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Calling Out – What Would Count as an Answer?
Introducing Experimental Discipline to Call‑Out Sessions I was recently approached by an investigator from a paranormal team operating in Lancashire, England, who asked for my opinion on a series of video‑recorded call‑out sessions. In these sessions, participants sat around a table and reported apparently “intelligent” responses to direct questions, typically in the form of audible
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“Real” Ghost Hunting Without Ghosts (But Plenty of Clickbait)
When I was a kid, there was a house visible from the back of our school – a proper local legend. Dilapidated, half-swallowed by brambles, broken windows, the whole cliché. We called it the haunted house. Not because anyone ever saw anything there, or because it had a tragic history, but simply because it looked
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Urban Exploration or “Real” Paranormal Investigation?
There’s a particular kind of ghost hunting channel that perhaps irritates me more than the over-the-top scream-and-run crowd. Not the Sam & Colbys of the world – but the ones that wander through derelict houses and half-collapsed factories with no reported activity, no folklore, and no witness accounts or claims of poltergeist activity – nothing
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EMF Case Study: Why Debunking is Often More Complicated Than It Looks
Every investigator eventually comes across an incident that refuses to fit neatly into any category. One of those moments happened recently during a routine field session. It wasn’t a dramatic event, but it was an interesting one, because it illustrated something that doesn’t get said enough in paranormal investigation: not every anomaly has a tidy
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Speak Its Name: Sleep Paralysis and Acknowledging the Demon
I awoke in darkness, my body utterly unresponsive. At first, I thought I was still dreaming, yet the sensation in the room was different – heavier, charged, undeniably real. A presence loomed. I couldn’t move, couldn’t speak, yet my mind was alert and unusually calm. Perched on my chest was a small figure, no taller
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EMF: The Millstone Around the Neck of Paranormal Research
From ghost hunting TV shows to YouTube channels and even formal parapsychology studies, few tools are as omnipresent – or as misunderstood – as the humble EMF meter. Flashing LEDs showing sudden spikes have become staples of ghost-hunting TV shows and late-night urban explorations alike, and devices of all different form factors and feature sets
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The Warren House Sale: Haunted Legacy or New Sideshow?
The paranormal world has been buzzing with the news that stand-up comedian Matt Rife and YouTube personality Elton Castee have bought the former home of Ed and Lorraine Warren – the most famous (and infamous) ghost hunters in American pop culture. Their plan is to reopen the Warrens’ home and attached haunted museum and let
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Attention Ghost Hunters: Stop Trying to Prove that Ghosts Exist
Every weekend, in abandoned hospitals, decrepit mansions, imposing castles or solemn graveyards around the world, groups of dedicated paranormal investigators gather in the dark armed with audio recorders, cameras and various pieces of dubious technology. Their mission? To make their name as the ones that finally prove that ghosts exist. It’s a mission that, on
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Entertainment or Evidence? Rethinking the Ghost-Hunting Experience
Between Science and Theatrics – Are We All Just Taking Things Too Seriously? A couple of weeks ago, I was bored – dangerously bored. Which is probably why, despite my better judgement, I signed up for a local public ghost hunt at a nearby disused military installation. You know the type: a group of paranormal
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Video Essay – Debunker vs. Skeptic: What’s the Real Difference?
Does “debunked” mean a claim is false, a content creator is fake—or something else? And when debunkers imply that they’re not levelling that accusation… is that still debunking?In this video, I explore the boundary between scepticism and debunking—and how the language we use can influence public perception, bias inquiry, and short-circuit honest debate. Featuring a
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