An eye on the paranormal world in today’s popular culture.  Articles refer to news about paranormal groups, TV shows and appearances by the leading ghost hunters in the field.

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Our site tries to bring you all things "ghosts". Today's popular culture has seen an explosion in the subject of ghosts and the paranormal. Nearly everyday one could find some documentary, reality or entertainment television show which main theme is ghosts. Throw in the coverage the mass media gives to psychics, vampires and demons and this subject is nearly unavoidable.

May 8th, 2008 by djb

The Cold Spot

The May 1, 2008 episode of The Cold Spot with Brad and Barry Klinge from Everyday Paranormal is available for your listening pleasure.

Brad and Barry discuss EVPs and how Everyday Paranormal goes about handling their EVP sessions. They have three techniques in the capture of EVPs and explain them on this show.

Here is part one:

Here is part two:

Remember the show is on Thursday nights at 10PM Eastern on the terrific Para-X Radio Network. Also check out EPTV to see their video channel.

You can keep up to date with the Everyday Paranormal Radio/TV news at anytime.

May 8th, 2008 by djb

The Daily News of Longview Washington has posted an article about a new book called Weird Washington. The book includes an entry on the Kelso Theatre Pub. From the article:

The authors devote a page to the Kelso Theatre Pub, which reportedly offers paranormal drama to those who seek it.

“Customers have seen a woman in the upper floor of the theater and immediately know something isn’t quite right, because she is transparent,” the authors reveal.

The see-through theatergoer may haunt the women’s restroom, where paranormal researchers reportedly recorded her saying “I’m cold.”

Southwest Washington Paranormal Group has investigated the Kelso Theatre Pub in the past. See their report on their investigation page.

A search reveals their evidence from the Kelso Theatre Pub. We think they should read Orbs or Dust? A Practical Guide to False-Positive Evidence by Kenny Biddle.

May 6th, 2008 by djb

We here at Spectral Review as you might imagine enjoy the “reality” based ghost and paranormal shows. These shows include Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State and Ghost Hunters International. These shows in their own way each try to find answers to questions about the paranormal. One could argue about their methods or motivations but they do try to show how they search for ghosts.

These shows are just representations of real people who do paranormal research. Nearly 100% of these people do this paranormal research for free. That tells us that these researchers are not only dedicated to this research but passionate about it also.

We want to know more about these people. Why do they do this research? How did they start? What expertise do they have?

Our next article in the “People in Paranormal Research” series is from Lisa of Carroll Area Paranormal Team (CAPT). Lisa is the co-founder of CAPT.

We hope you like this series. If you have any suggestions or want to participate in our series, use our contact form. And as always you can leave your comment here.

Onto the questions and Lisa’s terrific answers.

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May 6th, 2008 by djb

The Times Record News has published a nice article on Texoma Regional Organization Of Paranormal Studies (T.R.O.O.P.S.).

The group is just a few months old, no doubt inspired by the Ghost Hunters. Hopefully they will take the time to read Orbs or Dust? A Practical Guide to False-Positive Evidence by Kenny Biddle as every paranormal investigator should do.

The article includes the following interesting personal experience:

“I was home alone in my room with my dog, a big Rottweiler,” she said. “All of a sudden, he starts scratching at the door.”

She opened the door and he bolted out, but then came back just as quickly and hid under the bed.

Something had obviously scared him, she said.

Latishia walked out into the kitchen and saw an unusual shadow hanging out in the corner of the room.

“It stood there for a while and then this thing walked right by the windows,” Corwin said.

Light from the outside didn’t pass through the image.

The “ghost” then walked through the wall into her room.

“The dog ran out from under the bed and went and hid, and I went and hid with him,” she said.

I’m sure this ghost hunter wouldn’t have hid under the bed. :)

May 5th, 2008 by djb

As we mentioned a few days ago, Ghost Whisperer will be syndicated on the ION network. At the time we wondered if it would be on the ION satellite feed and today we have our answer.

NO!

The Sci Fi Channel has acquired the rights to Ghost Whisperer for cable/satellite syndication. It also will be in High Definition (HD). Yeah!

They also acquired some other shows too. Here is the press release:
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May 4th, 2008 by djb

We here at Spectral Review as you might imagine enjoy the “reality” based ghost and paranormal shows. These shows include Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State and Ghost Hunters International. These shows in their own way each try to find answers to questions about the paranormal. One could argue about their methods or motivations but they do try to show how they search for ghosts.

These shows are just representations of real people who do paranormal research. Nearly 100% of these people do this paranormal research for free. That tells us that these researchers are not only dedicated to this research but passionate about it also.

We want to know more about these people. Why do they do this research? How did they start? What expertise do they have?

Our next article in the “People in Paranormal Research” series is from Marie Peterson of Cincinnati Area Paranormal Existence Research (C.A.P.E.R.). Marie is the Case Manager for C.A.P.E.R.

We hope you like this series. If you have any suggestions or want to participate in our series, use our contact form. And as always you can leave your comment here.

Onto the questions and Marie’s great answers.

…continue reading the story called People in Paranormal Research - Marie Peterson

May 3rd, 2008 by djb

Don’t you want the evidence that is collected that may document paranormal activity to be rigorously examined? Isn’t the point of all the investment in equipment, the work of investigating, and the hours spent analyzing results to produce something that stands scrutiny?

The book Orbs or Dust? A Practical Guide to False-Positive Evidence by Kenneth Biddle should be be a tool of every paranormal investigator. Mr Biddle has written this book which can help anyone determine what paranormal evidence (photo, video, and EVP) has a natural explanation and what might really be authentic.

The book is 82 pages long, has 81 photographs and is self-published by Mr Biddle copyright 2007.

Orbs or Dust? A Practical Guide to False-Positive Evidence

…continue reading the story called Orbs or Dust? A Practical Guide to False-Positive Evidence

May 3rd, 2008 by djb

Great news from Everyday Paranormal. They will be releasing a DVD this summer that will be produced by XI Media Productions that will have investigations from haunted spots in Texas.

We are really looking forward to the release of the DVD. The Everyday Paranormal webisodes are terrific and the best paranormal video you can find on the web. However because of bandwidth constraints of places like YouTube the resolution and length of the videos is reduced. The DVD will not have these limitations so it certainly will be a terrific DVD to have in one’s collection.

Please see a sample of the great work of Everyday Paranormal.

Brad told us that it should be in stores and on Amazon.com. We here at Spectral Review will link to Amazon as soon as it’s available.

Brad updates all of this in this short video:

May 3rd, 2008 by djb

A theory in the paranormal world is that physical objects can themselves be haunted. Or more precisely these objects have spirits “attached” to them. It’s a plausible idea because objects here in the physical world can be important to people in life and it’s logical they can remain important to them in the spirit world.

The other night the History Channel repeated a show that featured the Castroville Hearse. The Castroville Hearse is a horse drawn carriage that is now at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio Texas. The hearse has been reported to be haunted.

Everyday Paranormal has had the opportunity to investigate the Institute of Texan Cultures, including the Castroville Hearse and we have been told by Brad Klinge the groups founder, that they have captured some terrific evidence at the Institute of Texan Cultures since the museum has many many artifacts that appear to be haunted.

This evidence from the Institute of Texan Cultures will be shown in a future video. However, Everyday Paranormal has posted their evidence associated with the Castroville Hearse.

May 2nd, 2008 by djb

The O.P. Fannin School for the Deaf was recently jointly investigated by Kentucky Area Paranormal Society (KAPS) and Peach State Paranormal.

Check out the EVPs and photograph captured by KAPS.

Both teams have a radio show on Para-X. There is KAPS Paranormal Radio and Paranormal Divide with Kurt Smith who is with Peach State Paranormal.

Please check the KAPS Paranormal Radio archives for some really interesting shows.