Daily Mail
Tales of aliens and ghosts may seem far-fetched, but they are believed more than God.
A survey has found that while 54 per cent of us are convinced the Almighty exists, 58 per cent believe in the supernatural.
They found women were more likely to believe in the supernatural than men, and were more likely to visit a medium.
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Showing posts with label Paranormal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paranormal. Show all posts
Monday, 24 November 2008
Friday, 21 November 2008
US: TAPS Ghost Hunters launch new site
TAPS Ghost Hunters is one of the most popular paranormal research groups. TAPS is shorthand for The Atlantic Paranormal Society.
Their missiion is to investigate paranormal activity including ghosts, poltergeists, EVP, residual hauntings, and other unexplained activity. You may have seen the TV show but they have now also have launched a new interactive social website called: Join The Hunt
The new site allows you to:
Take Weekly Tutorials: Learn how to hunt ghosts with our weekly lessons about how to use EMF gauges, EVP's and other gear!
View Ghost Stories: Read stories about ghostly encounters or share your own.
Ask a Hunter: Have a question about ghost hunting? Ask a TAPS member.
Vote! Haunted or Not?: Check out alleged photos of ghosts and vote on whether you think they're haunted or not.
Get Resources: Peruse books, movies and more that will help you with your ghost hunting career.
Worth checking out!
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Charity ghost hunt held at castle
BBC NewsAn overnight ghost hunt is to be held at a Dundee castle to raise funds for charity.
The 16th Century Mains Castle will host the event, where more than 20 participants will join a professional paranormal investigation team.
Reports of past paranormal activity in the castle include inexplicable voices being heard and furniture being moved.
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Thursday, 30 October 2008
U.S. and Soviet spooks studied paranormal powers to find a Cold War advantage
Scientific American
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is well known for pushing the boundaries of science and technology in search of ways to give the U.S. military an edge—robotic pack animals, self-navigating vehicles and plant-based jet fuel, to name a few. Less well known is the agency's Cold War-era investigation into how paranormal phenomena like extrasensory perception might be used by the U.S. to get a leg up on the former Soviet Union and, perhaps more importantly, by the USSR against the United States.
Working with Washington, D.C., think tank RAND Corporation, DARPA determined that paranormal research by the Soviets focused on physical science, engineering and quantifiable results, whereas their U.S. counterparts tended to be psychologists looking instead to explore the human mind. The bottom line, according to a 1973 DARPA-commissioned study entitled "Paranormal Phenomena": "the U.S. has failed to significantly advance our understanding of paranormal phenomena."
As Halloween approaches, the report serves as a reminder of our fascination with paranormal forces (for more on this, visit Sciam.com's "Science of the Occult" in-depth report). The authors were worried that the Soviets might win the race to use the supernatural to its advantage much as they had threatened to win the space race decades earlier when they launched Sputnik. "If paranormal phenomena exist," RAND analysts P. T. Van Dyke and Mario L. Juncosa concluded, "the thrust of Soviet research appears more likely to lead to explanation, control and application than [does] U.S. research."
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is well known for pushing the boundaries of science and technology in search of ways to give the U.S. military an edge—robotic pack animals, self-navigating vehicles and plant-based jet fuel, to name a few. Less well known is the agency's Cold War-era investigation into how paranormal phenomena like extrasensory perception might be used by the U.S. to get a leg up on the former Soviet Union and, perhaps more importantly, by the USSR against the United States.
Working with Washington, D.C., think tank RAND Corporation, DARPA determined that paranormal research by the Soviets focused on physical science, engineering and quantifiable results, whereas their U.S. counterparts tended to be psychologists looking instead to explore the human mind. The bottom line, according to a 1973 DARPA-commissioned study entitled "Paranormal Phenomena": "the U.S. has failed to significantly advance our understanding of paranormal phenomena."
As Halloween approaches, the report serves as a reminder of our fascination with paranormal forces (for more on this, visit Sciam.com's "Science of the Occult" in-depth report). The authors were worried that the Soviets might win the race to use the supernatural to its advantage much as they had threatened to win the space race decades earlier when they launched Sputnik. "If paranormal phenomena exist," RAND analysts P. T. Van Dyke and Mario L. Juncosa concluded, "the thrust of Soviet research appears more likely to lead to explanation, control and application than [does] U.S. research."
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Thursday, 23 October 2008
Most Haunted Live 25th - 31st October 2008: Investigating the Denbigh Asylum in Wales
Saturday 25 October 2008: First of seven spooky nights of paranormal investigation in Denbigh, a Welsh village allegedly cursed by witches and home to an asylum which has reportedly been the scene of ghostly activity. Yvette and the team try to conjure up the spirit of one of the witches as well as other phantoms.
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Paranormal investigator to host web chat
Belfast Newsletter
HALLOWEEN is edging closer and Ulster folk are bracing themselves for spooky goings-on and things that go bump in the night.
There is often deep scepticism surrounding ghostly sightings or alleged paranormal activity and that debate is set to be played out in an interactive web chat on the News Letter website next week.
Taking your questions will be a leading investigator from the Northern Ireland Paranormal Society (NIPS), who is no stranger to 'scary' assignments.
Darren Ansell – who when he is not targeting the truth is a full-time business development manager – is looking forward to portraying a positive message to would-be detractors.
"I would hope to show people and answer questions in a way that portrays paranormal investigators in the right light as normal people with normal jobs," he said.
"Paranormal investigation is not all about running and screaming and I would like to show a little bit more professionalism about what we do."
The origins of the 33-year-old's fascination with the unknown began with his own personal experiences while growing up in Ballynahinch.
Full article and information on how to join in
Due to take place: Thursday, October 30
HALLOWEEN is edging closer and Ulster folk are bracing themselves for spooky goings-on and things that go bump in the night.
There is often deep scepticism surrounding ghostly sightings or alleged paranormal activity and that debate is set to be played out in an interactive web chat on the News Letter website next week.
Taking your questions will be a leading investigator from the Northern Ireland Paranormal Society (NIPS), who is no stranger to 'scary' assignments.
Darren Ansell – who when he is not targeting the truth is a full-time business development manager – is looking forward to portraying a positive message to would-be detractors.
"I would hope to show people and answer questions in a way that portrays paranormal investigators in the right light as normal people with normal jobs," he said.
"Paranormal investigation is not all about running and screaming and I would like to show a little bit more professionalism about what we do."
The origins of the 33-year-old's fascination with the unknown began with his own personal experiences while growing up in Ballynahinch.
Full article and information on how to join in
Due to take place: Thursday, October 30
Thursday, 16 October 2008
York plays host to ghost vigil
The Press
A CITY-WIDE experiment into the paranormal will take place on Hallowe’en this month as ghost hunters stage the world’s biggest ghost vigil.
In an attempt to boost York’s reputation as the most haunted city in the world, astrologer Jonathan Cainer wants residents to listen out for things going bump in the night on October 31.
He said: “Several cities claim the title of the world’s most haunted and obviously there’s no official designation, but he who shouts longest and loudest gets it.
“York must be up there, so I say let somebody say we aren’t and, while they prove that, we will prove that we are the most haunted.
“Guy Fawkes Night ought to belong to York, but we can make Hallowe’en ours, with that in mind we want to do the world’s biggest ghost vigil.
“This is an open invitation to everyone in York but particularly to spiritualists or those living and working in haunted properties.”
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A CITY-WIDE experiment into the paranormal will take place on Hallowe’en this month as ghost hunters stage the world’s biggest ghost vigil.
In an attempt to boost York’s reputation as the most haunted city in the world, astrologer Jonathan Cainer wants residents to listen out for things going bump in the night on October 31.
He said: “Several cities claim the title of the world’s most haunted and obviously there’s no official designation, but he who shouts longest and loudest gets it.
“York must be up there, so I say let somebody say we aren’t and, while they prove that, we will prove that we are the most haunted.
“Guy Fawkes Night ought to belong to York, but we can make Hallowe’en ours, with that in mind we want to do the world’s biggest ghost vigil.
“This is an open invitation to everyone in York but particularly to spiritualists or those living and working in haunted properties.”
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Monday, 6 October 2008
Revealed: How the Government studied the paranormal for use in war on terror
Glasgow Daily Record
Secret documents have revealed the MoD have been studying the paranormal and other unexplained scientific phenomenon for use in the war against terror.
The newly released files show that just after 9/11, the Ministry of Defence conducted a research project into psychics - with the possibility they could be used to locate terrorist cells.
Last night saw the UK debut of the eagerly anticipated US TV show Fringe, which takes its name from fringe science, an umbrella term for such bizarre notions as ghosts, UFOs, psychics and invisibility.
The series, from JJ Abrams, the creator of Lost, centres on FBI agent Olivia Dunham and uses paranormal plots following in the X-Files tradition.
Coincidentally, as the show takes off, the truth of just how seriously our Government have taken fringe science is slowly emerging.
As Abrams has said: "Though you could say it's science fiction, the weird thing about Fringe is that a lot of the stuff is at least in the realm of possibility.
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Secret documents have revealed the MoD have been studying the paranormal and other unexplained scientific phenomenon for use in the war against terror.
The newly released files show that just after 9/11, the Ministry of Defence conducted a research project into psychics - with the possibility they could be used to locate terrorist cells.
Last night saw the UK debut of the eagerly anticipated US TV show Fringe, which takes its name from fringe science, an umbrella term for such bizarre notions as ghosts, UFOs, psychics and invisibility.
The series, from JJ Abrams, the creator of Lost, centres on FBI agent Olivia Dunham and uses paranormal plots following in the X-Files tradition.
Coincidentally, as the show takes off, the truth of just how seriously our Government have taken fringe science is slowly emerging.
As Abrams has said: "Though you could say it's science fiction, the weird thing about Fringe is that a lot of the stuff is at least in the realm of possibility.
Full Story
Friday, 3 October 2008
New York ~ Spooky sites in and around the city
Daily News
If you really want to get into the spirit of things for Halloween, check out a few of the most haunted landmarks in and around New York City. We asked Dominick Villella from the Paranormal Investigation of NYC team to share his favorite paranormal hot spots for aspiring ghost-hunters.
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia
"Almost every paranormal team has witnessed some paranormal activity, from sightings to voices," says Villella of this former prison, abandoned since 1971. Notorious criminals including Al Capone and bank robber Willie Sutton suffered solitary confinement and hard labor here, piquing plenty of interest in the Halloween guided tours.
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Sunday, 21 September 2008
Spooked businessman flees 'haunted' mansion
Mail OnlineWhen businessman Anwar Rashid bought the 52-room Clifton Hall, he thought it complemented his millionaire lifestyle perfectly.
But within hours of moving in to the imposing £3.6million mansion, the Rashids realised they were not the only ones in residence.
Today Mr Rashid told how the family were left so terrorised by a series of ghostly sightings they handed the property back to their bank, just eight months after being handed the keys.
This paranormal experience is also reported in The Daily Telegraph
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