That is why the atheists in Portugal converted and printed the story that happened in the Cova de Ira (Cove of Irene or Cove of Peace) in Fatima, Portugal.
Actually, contact with the dead is not uncommon. The real question is whether the dead trying to be contacted are of heaven or hell. In the true story behind the movie (and novel) the Exorcist, it was a case of trying to contact hell that got the little boy from Maryland in trouble.
The novel/movie was changed to be a little girl in Washington, DC rather than a boy in the Maryland suburbs of DC. A student at Georgetown University was inspired by the report in the Washington Post...
If you believe that things of faith are a farce, then maybe your belief in God is a farce...
"Dead" means they have departed the earth and gone somewhere else. Not snuffed out like a candle. In that sense, no one "dies". They leave the earthly vehicle/tent, and go elsewhere.
Where is the question.