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Why Everything We Think We Know About Ghosts Is (Probably!) Wrong
If you are interested in ghosts you may want to take a look. By kind permission of the editor, Dave Wood, my paper, with only the graph missing, follows. Continue reading
Posted in Debunking myths, Paranormal, Reviews and Past Events, Science, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged Alan Gauld, Anomalous experience, ANOMALY journal, apparitions, ASSAP, ASSAP 30, ASSAP conference, Edmund Gurney, Frederick Myers, ghosts, hauntings, parapsychology, poltergeists, psychical research, Rebecca Smith, RSPK, S.P.R
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How to Investigate a Ghost – part two
Investigating a Haunting Investigating a ghost ultimately comes down to common sense. Firstly, it is necessary to visit the site of the haunting and take detailed notes on the environment. Are there any obvious factors that could be causing strange … Continue reading
Posted in Paranormal
Tagged apparitions, Ghosthunting, ghosts, hauntings, how to hunt ghosts, investigating a haunting, investigating ghosts, phantasms, spooks
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How to Investigate a Ghost – Part one
How do you set about investigating a case? Something unusual, quite purportedly paranormal is occurring – the investigators seek to understand it. The following notes are merely tentative guidelines. There can be huge differences between one case and the … Continue reading
The Science of Ghosts: how it went!
So what can I say about the Science of Ghosts event? Continue reading
Posted in Debunking myths, History, Paranormal, Science, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
Tagged Becky Smith, Cheltenham Ghost, Ciaran O keefe, Despard Family, Dowdeswell Reservoir, Dr Serena Roney-Dougal, Dudley Castle, Earth Mysteries, earthlights, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Parking, Edinburgh Science Festival, Edinburgh Vaults, European Journal of Parapsychology, fault lines., Fortean Times, Gertrude Schmeidler, ghost photos, ghosts, GSUK, GW Lambert, Hampton Court pAlace, hauntings, Ian Hume, JASPR, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, megalithic tumuli and henges, Monster Mash, Most Haunted Live, parapsychologists, parapsychology, Parasoc, Paul Devereaux, psychical research, Quantitative investigation of a “haunted house”, Richard Wiseman, S.P.R, Science of Ghosts, St. Anne's Ghost, Station Hotel Dudley, T.C.Lethbridge, Tamworth Castle, Tony Cornell, Tony Lawrence, Travelodge Dreghorn, Underground Water Hypothesis, Vic Tandy, water flowing underground
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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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Wild “paranormal” theory! Why ever not?
WILD PARANORMAL THEORY! I wrote this for fun a couple of years back on James Randi’s forum… thought might amuse! I thought time to allow myself some wild speculation and kookery, and the original featured LOTS OF STUFF IN CAPS, … Continue reading
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Tagged apparitions, dualism, dualist theory of haunting, energy mass and spirits, ghosthunters, Ghosthunting, hauntings, information in physics, James Randi Educational Foundation, JREF, occam's razor, Paranormal, parapsychology, philosophy of ghosts, physical aspsects hauntings, PK, poltergeists, psi, pside effects, psychical research, recording hypothesis, RSPK, Science of Ghosts, spirits, spontaneous case investigation, spooks, stone tape hypothesis, wild theories
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The Haunted and the Haunters: the House and the Brain
When investigating a “haunting” there are two main schools of thought in the [[group]]. Continue reading
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Tagged apparitions, David Curtin, deliverance, environmental theory of ghosts, ESP, exorcism, G.W.Lambert, geophysical, ghost investigation, haunted, haunted and the haunters, haunting, hauntings, house and the brain, Morven Alexander, Most Haunted, moving on spirits, parapsychology, person centred haunting, philosophy of ghosts, PKE, place centred haunting, poltergeists, psi, psychic, psychical, psychical research, Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis, Richard Lay, RSPK, S.P.R, Science of Ghosts, Small Object Displacement, Society for Psychical Research, Super-ESP, The Bell Dursley, Thetford, Thetford Priory, water flowing underground
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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
Posted in Paranormal, Uninteresting to others whitterings about my life
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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March 14th 2009 — Charity Ghost Night in 13th Century Castle – just £35
This is in St. Briavels Castle, between Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff and Oxford in the Forest of Dean. An excellent cause, a chance to get spooked, make new friends and maybe even see a ghost! Thought this might interest some readers … Continue reading
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Tagged castles, charity ghost hunt, Forest of Dean, forthcoming events, ghosthunter, Ghosthunting, ghosts, hauntings, invites, learn to be a ghosthunter, parapsychology, Phantomfest, Phantomfest forum, scary dates, spooks, St. Briavels, unusual nights out, Youth Hostel Association
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"And sometimes he's so nameless" 
Spooks and Witches…
So I’ve just read an interesting piece on the Higgypop website saying we should not blame witches for hauntings. The article is here This sounds fair and good but I’m afraid I disagree totally. Now here I am talking about … Continue reading →