September 19th, 2008 by djb
Robin M. Strom-Mackey has written a really great blog posting of her experience of becoming a paranormal investigator.
So how often do ghost hunters experience something honestly paranormal? Opinions vary, but somewhere between 1 in 5 investigations to 1 in 20 investigations. In other words you’ll spend somewhere between five or twenty sleepless nights wandering around in spider-ridden old basements and sneezing in dusty, hot attics before you actually capture any real evidence. Now, what is considered verifiable evidence depends on the investigation group and how rigorous they are with what they collect.
Check out the article as Robin covers a lot of interesting things. Especially if you are thinking going from the couch to real investigation. She is a member of the Delaware Ghost Hunters.
September 6th, 2008 by djb
“If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research, would it?”
– Albert Einstein
That quote was written on a big sign that I read when I went to work the first day on my current day job. Of course I like it because if good ol’ Albert sometimes gets confused then the rest of us should be cut some slack too.
I write software in my day job and I have wondered if I could bring those skills to the paranormal community in some way. I must admit the paranormal field is very interesting to me. It’s fun to read about, listen to people talk about it on podcasts, watch on TV whether it be reality or fiction. Of course some may say that it’s all fiction but we here at Spectral Review take an approach that we Humans really can’t say we have all the answers. Thanks to folks like Albert we do understand much about our physical universe but our feeling is what we know is less than what we don’t know.
I was very intrigued by an interview that was on KAPS Paranormal Radio in June. They had a gentleman on by the name of Bruce Halliday. The interview discussed the research people are doing on real time spirit communication. Shortly after we heard that interview we put together a primer on real time spirit communication.
There are several methods that researchers try to conduct real time spirit communication and one of them is by using a radio. The radio is “hacked” so it scans the frequencies at a high rate of speed. This has the effect of creating a sound made up of bits and fragments of radio noise and sounds which a spirit uses to form words.
I got to thinking that this same result could be done in software as there have been many computer devices that can tune FM radio.
Introducing the Box Research Achieved In Nifty Software (BRAINS) research project.
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July 25th, 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 Amy Passarella of Lachesis Sight Paranormal Investigation & Research (LSPIR). Amy is a Senior Investigator and EVP Reviewer for LSPIR.
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 Amy’s great answers.
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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 1st, 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 Niki of Carroll Area Paranormal Team (CAPT). Niki is a recent addition to 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 Niki’s interesting answers.
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April 22nd, 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 Esther of Northern Utah Paranormal Society (N.U.P.S.).
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 Esther’s thoughtful answers.
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April 19th, 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 Chris Warneka of Carroll Area Paranormal Team (CAPT). Chris is the 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 Chris’ great answers.
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April 16th, 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 Jennifer Doane of Northern Utah Paranormal Society (N.U.P.S.). Jennifer is the founder of N.U.P.S.
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 Jennifer’s awesome answers.
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April 9th, 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 John Howard of Lachesis Sight Paranormal Investigation & Research (LSPIR). John is the Technical Director for LSPIR.
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 John’s great answers.
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April 2nd, 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 Melissa of Lachesis Sight Paranormal Investigation & Research (LSPIR). Melissa is the Vice-President and Case Manager for LSPIR.
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 Melissa’s terrific answers.
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