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Before the ghost hunters
What did people do before social media when they felt they were the subject of a haunting?
An old school ghost hunter through pictures: Harry Price
Harry Price is one of the most well-known paranormal investigators in history. Long before paranormal reality television shows, Price made a name for himself for his investigations into psychical phenomena and exposing fraudulent psychic mediums. Let's take a look at some of his work through photographs.
Jail or Gaol .... which is one is it?
Australians spell old prisons as Gaol. Modern prisons here in Australia are referred to now as Jail. Americans have always spelt it as Jail, now we do too, yet we spelt it as Gaol up until the 1990's. Here is the low down!
Houdini does congress
In 1926, Harry Houdini testified in front of congress in Washington to push through a proposed bill aimed at regulating the act of fortune-telling. While the bill never passed, the proceedings were described as an 'uproarious hearing' with plenty of revelations.
LLIFS VS AI: Paranormal Research
I challenge AI to discuss the benefits and downfalls of using AI for paranormal research, more specifically in data collection and analysis.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck Review
Here is my review of the AMAZING Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck
Ghosts of the World: Pocong
Many cultures from different countries have different myths/folklore or spirits to fear or worship. This short series looks at the different ghosts from around the World! Today's ghost is the Pocong
Ladies of Paranormal Past: Mary Rose Barrington
In this edition of Ladies of Paranormal Past, we look at some of the work of Mary Rose Barrington which many of you may know from her book detailing the JOTT phenomenon.
Feeding off fear
I recently rewatched the classic horror movie The Tingler from 1959 which is all about fear and it got me thinking. As investigators, we speak often about how much the power of suggestion can influence a person. How much of what we experience is us feeding off the fear of the other people with us?
Ghosts of the Past: Police burn 'GHOST' doll
In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters. In this article, we look at a supposedly haunted doll in NSW Australia that had to be burnt by police after it kept coming back after numerous attempts to dispose of it.