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Tag Archives: haunted houses
Re-Investigating Un-Haunted Houses
Abstract Eight couples who had never experienced any ‘haunting’ activity in their houses and had no reason to expect they would experience ‘ghosts’ were asked by the author to keep a diary for one calendar month from 17th October – … Continue reading
How to Investigate a Haunting – Part Three
Hints for Ghosthunters! It often sounds rather glamorous to work in psychical research. Imagine the scene: a rainy day in downtown Bury St Edmunds. An office, neon light flashing behind the Venetian blinds, the whirr of an overhead fan. The … Continue reading
Posted in Dreadful attempts at humour, Paranormal
Tagged ghost investigation, ghosthunters, Ghosthunting, ghosts, haunted houses, hints for ghosthunters, How to Investigate a Haunting - Part Three, parapsychology, psychical research, Society for Psychical Research, spontaneous case investigation
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5,000 visits!
Just glanced at the hits counter on the blog and it has reached 5,000 visits to the blog. When I hit 2,000 we had a celebration of sorts – so I guess 5,000 needs marking as well! So a little celebratory wittering about my recent activities seems in order! Today was supposed to be busy with work, and a couple of hours out to go do a piece for an American ghost show. Continue reading
Posted in Paranormal, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
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Ghosthunting Techniques: Quantatitive Assessment of Haunted Houses…
A technique I have been playing with for some years, which may be of interest… A way of employing psychic claimanats and sceptics in investigating a purported haunting. Continue reading
Posted in Paranormal, Science
Tagged Gertrude Schmeidler, ghost witnesses, Ghosthunting, ghosts, haunted houses, hauntings, how to investigate a haunted house, investigative technniques, mapping haunted houses, parapsychology, psychical research, psychics, Quantitative Assessment of A Haunted House, Science of Ghosts, sensitives, spontaneous case investigation, spooks, testing psychics
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Six Types of Ghosthunters
A bad attempt at humour on my part, originally written back in the days when I was a researcher/consultant for the TV show Most Haunted , and posted by me on a few websites since. I rather like it though, … Continue reading
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Tagged apparitions, bad humour, beasticles, EMF meter, ghost hunts, ghost investigation, ghosthunters, Ghosthunting, ghosthunting culture, ghosthunting in the UK, ghosthunting methodology, ghosts, haunted houses, hauntings, in to the light, Most Haunted, parapsychology, phantasms, psychical research, psychics, Science of Ghosts, spooks, types of ghosthunter, vigil
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"And sometimes he's so nameless" 