Tag Archives: parapsychology

Investigation of a Haunted House: Cheltenham 2015

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Chris Jensen Romer

A few years back I was asked to investigate a haunting. Owing to somewhat unique factors involved I can not actually obfuscate the address: however the account should still be shared with the public. The Property Built in 1843 the … Continue reading →

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The Quest for the Historical Harry Price

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Chris Jensen Romer

Yes, it’s been a while. I find writing about most things nowadays superfluous – people can become absurdly well informed by reading Wikipedia, and people like me belong to an irrelevant generation of people who hoarded books and knowledge the … Continue reading →

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The Presence and the Press: Once Again Science Journalists Tell Us Ghosts Explained Away!

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Chris Jensen Romer

OK, I blog very rarely nowadays, but I thought I had best respond to all the press excitement caused by an article from Current Biology, which pretty much everyone (including the authors) seem to think explains away “ghosts”.  You should … Continue reading →

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The Day I Met Myself: or how I survived my death-omen doppleganger.

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Chris Jensen Romer

It was an overcast day, and I was walking through Bury St Edmunds with my best friend, Hugh. After lunch sometime, killing time before our scheduled afternoon classes. I don’t know the date or even the year — and Hugh … Continue reading →

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A 5 million dollar question: Is Life after Death real? The Immortality Project.

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Chris Jensen Romer

Today I should be working, but about the time I’m writing this my Becky is finally submitting her PhD thesis at Coventry University, entitled something like A Century of Apparitions: The Census of Hallucinations in the 21st Century. I have … Continue reading →

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I Have Seen The Future Of Science And It’s Spin All The Way: Some Thoughts On Daryl Bem’s Habituative Precognition Experiments, and Science by Media

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Chris Jensen Romer

Firstly, a warning. This is not an article on Daryl Bem’s experiments, and if they suggest precognition exists or not. I have no idea. This is an article on hype, spin, the media and lousy science reporting, and how some … Continue reading →

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The Fall of Parapsychology?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Chris Jensen Romer

Long time readers of this blog will know I am a genuine fan of Professor Chris French — he is brilliant, hard working, and actually investigates claims, and like Professor Wiseman avoids making the “rationalist myths” howlers that most of … Continue reading →

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Why Everything We Think We Know About Ghosts Is (Probably!) Wrong

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Chris Jensen Romer

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 →

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Card Guessing Success Hints at New Physics

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Chris Jensen Romer

by Every Science Staff Reporter Everywhere Astonishing new results that may suggest that the Standard Model, Common Sense and Randi’s Law have all been violated have been reported from the Gloucestershire basement lab of Dr Jerome Jeromesen (East Cheams Diploma … Continue reading →

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Studying the Paranormal: serious online courses in Parapsychology

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Chris Jensen Romer

In fact, sceptic or believer, I would seriously suggest you consider taking the course. I just saw on Twitter that enrollment for the latest run has opened, so please do consider it. Continue reading →

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