Ghost research

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My ‘basic ghost guides’:

Electronic Voice Phenomena
A look at the reality of recording the voices of the dead

EMF & Ghosts
Are EMF meters useful?

Ghost Laser Grids
Useful device, or just another fad?

A guide to Ghost Science
How to introduce science to your investigations

Orb Phenomena
A simply guide to orbs in photographs

The Ghostbox
A look at the reality of these devices

How Greaseproof paper will fool a ghost
a critical look at table tipping & glass divination

Essential & recommended reading:

Magnetic fields, hallucinations & anomalous experiences: a sceptical critique of the current evidence
A comprehensive review of the literature on magnetic fields and anomalous haunt-type experiences by Dr Jason Braithwaite

‘Paranormal activity or psychotic symptoms?’

The waking nightmare of Sleep Paralysis
An article by Prof Chris French

The Hallucinations of Widowhood
[PDF] W. Dewi Ree in the British Medical Journal 1971

An investigation into alleged ‘hauntings’
Richard Wiseman, Caroline Watt, Paul Stevens, Emma Greening and Ciaran O’Keeffe

Sleeping with the entity; A quantitive magnetic investigation of an English Castles reputedly haunted castle Part 1
Sleeping with the entity; a quantitive magnetic investigation of an English Castles reputedly haunted castle Part 2
Jason Braitwaite & Maurice Townsend

Richard Wiseman: Belief in the Paranormal
A selection of references on Wiseman’s website

APRU lectures
Listen/watch online

The Orb Zone
Are Orbs Paranormal?

Belief in ghosts in post-war England
Paul Cowdell, 2011

On Hoaxing the Hoaxers – Token Skeptic podcast
An interview with Dr Karen Stollznow, Matthew Baxter & Bryan Bonner