Category: Opinion
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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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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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Thoughts on Gatekeeping in the Paranormal World
“There are two kinds of paranormal researchers,” the gatekeeper says, leaning back in his chair. “The serious scholars, and the amateurs that cosplay Ghostbusters with dodgy pseudoscientific ideas and methodologies.” You hear this division often—spoken with the certainty of someone who believes expertise is measured in citations rather than firsthand experience. But here’s the irony:
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Evaluating the Role of Mediums in Ghost Hunting
During my almost twenty-five-year career as an engineer, I have come to embrace one guiding principle when it comes to data gathering: never trust the output of any instrument without understanding its inner workings—what it measures, how it works, its parameters, tolerances, or calibration. Just as investigators must understand the mechanics and reliability of their
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