Overview…

As each week goes by I often find myself stumbling across various news, social media posts, blogs, articles, books, and more in relation to the paranormal. Often some of these pass me by never to be seen again, which can be a shame as when I see them I know that I want to read more on them. However, it can often be the wrong time, there are other more pressing things to take care of. As we are often bombarded by lots of this such information on a daily basis, a lot is lost in the digital ether.

So, what I wanted to do with this regular post is attempt to gather some various pieces of information that others like me may be interested to read. I’ve broken this down into a few categories below for now, hopefully you’ll like it – would love to hear your thoughts on the matter?

The East Lothian Castle Photo & Eerie Sauchie Park Crescent

This week saw a few little news stories catch my eye; Mary Queen of Scots ghost is making an appearance again, the Research Grants from the John Björkhem Memorial foundation are highlighted by the SPR and a car showroom is haunted by the ghost of restless monk in Bury St Edmunds.

• Intriguing hotel where guests claim they’ve seen ‘ghost of Mary Queen of Scots’ – Mirror Online https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/intriguing-hotel-guests-claim-theyve-22427396
• Research grants from the John Björkhem Memorial foundation | spr.ac.uk https://www.spr.ac.uk/news/research-grants-john-bj-rkhem-memorial-foundation
• WEIRD SUFFOLK: Did the restless spirit of a monk haunt a car showroom and bungalow in Bury St Edmunds? | East Anglian Daily Times https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/weird-suffolk-mann-egertob-haunted-1-6761379

Here is a few of the items that caught my eye this week on social media.

• 46 of the most inspiring, informative, and deeply compelling near-death experiences (and related phenomena) ever recorded. https://twitter.com/nhneneardeath/status/1289648872352972801?s=12
• #FridayNightConfession Decades ago, I investigated a #goblin sighting in downtown #Durham, NC. I was researching & studying at the Institute of Parapsychology (RRC/FRNM) at the time. The story was covered in the local press…as a comic strip! #NotQuiteHellier https://twitter.com/ciaranokeeffe/status/1289310631904940033?s=12
• Some postcard invitation cards to @GhostClub1862 members from the 60s/70s https://twitter.com/markyarkshopper/status/1289229757335220224?s=12
• @DrSugg COMING SOON !@ASSAParanormal @ashleyknibb case updates. https://twitter.com/macqdor/status/1289283233016774656?s=12
• READ TODAY! Poltergeist! A New Investigation Into Destructive Haunting @SPR1882 @mosthauntedexp @MostHaunties1 @coasttocoastam @ghosthunters #GhostAdventures #paranormal #GhostAdventures #ghosts #Hauntedhouses #haunted #6thbooks johnhuntpublishing.com/6th-books/our-… https://twitter.com/obooks/status/1289208537613078529?s=12
• Want to know more about EVP? Where did the name come from and how was it discovered? How has research evolved and how can you do your own? The LLIFS Guide to EVP is now on Amazon and soon on book depository! Amazon US: amazon.com/dp/B08DC84G57 Amazon UK: amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DC84G57 https://twitter.com/sarahllifs/status/1289164098433761281?s=12
• “Beyond Reality” magazine was edited and published by Harry Belil from 1972 until 1980. It intriguingly covered a wide range of paranormal and occult topics. From psychic phenomena to UFOs, there’s something in these issues for everyone. Click the link below to read issue #1. https://twitter.com/paracourses/status/1288793686403358725?s=12
• These anomalous photographs were taken by Carol Mayes in the mid-1900s during home circle séances. A simple roll film camera was used with no flash and the séance room was dimly lit with a red light. Special thanks to Mike Rogers for allowing us to share these photos. #Paranormal https://twitter.com/metascienceitc/status/1288820337921200130?s=12
• Busy night recording the theories and experiments talk. It will be up this weekend! I am not sure I’m happy with it because I have much better talks in the vault and it reflects where I was 2 years ago when it was written as opposed to now but there will be many more to come! https://twitter.com/sarahllifs/status/1288821002206474241?s=12
• What (if anything) survives bodily death? 👻 To help the Institute of Noetic Sciences find out what people think about this question, please take our 5-7 minute anonymous online survey. https://twitter.com/deanradin/status/1288499512441372673?s=12
• Join our very own @ukghosthunterdj for the @ASSAParanormal webinar tomorrow night from 7pm, as he discusses ‘Paranormal Media and the Modern Ghost Hunter’ #paranormal #ghosts #haunted #realitytv #media #ghosthunters #ghosthunting https://twitter.com/ghost_huntersuk/status/1288528393697452032?s=12
• The gorgeous somewhat restrained cover art to the books of Swedish #spiritualist publisher Excelsior, 1950s. https://twitter.com/drpathistorian/status/1288491074177110021?s=12
• COVER REVEAL #HauntedMagazine #haunted27 #issue27 a pre-order link will be up soon. More pages than ever before too. Please share. #DontBeNormal BE PARANORMAL https://twitter.com/hauntedmagazine/status/1288395265154715650?s=12
• 💕 I LOVE MY JOB 💕 On the road visiting not 1, 2, 3 but 4 potential new HD Paranormal locations which have NEVER allowed public investigations before! 😱👻 We work hard to bring u ghost hunting experiences u cant get anywhere else! Thats the #HDexperience 💥👊💥 #HDparanormal https://twitter.com/hdghost_girl/status/1288424926752514054?s=12
• SOAS sleep paralysis questionnaire (UK only). This questionnaire is designed to assess sleep paralysis characteristics in the UK population. The survey is conducted on a voluntary basis in compliance with the complete anonymity of the respondent. https://twitter.com/spr1882/status/1287502230682312706?s=12
• 👻🧲New Ghost Magnet Podcast Episode👻🧲 This week I am chatting about parapsychology with @loydauerbach @profparanormal the Professor of Paranormal! AVAILABLE ON: Apple podcasts Spotify IHeartRadio #paranormal #parapsychology #ghosts #ghostmagnet https://twitter.com/bridget/status/1287803887580098560?s=12
• One of my recent #ghostly #research articles co-authored with @IDoubtIt. “Meme-Spirited”: I. The VAPUS Model for Understanding #Ghost Stories. Forgive me @andynyman but I immediately thought this would be the perfect image. bit.ly/3jL64dR https://twitter.com/ciaranokeeffe/status/1287974641894674433?s=12
• It has been years, but when the team needs you in a case you can’t say no ❤️👍. #ghosthunt #GhostAdventures #oldtimes https://twitter.com/yvonne97756960/status/1288013900886269952?s=12
• A Sample Phenomenology of the Ghost Hunting Scene in the USA and in Germany, by Gerhard Mayer: https://twitter.com/spr1882/status/1288064753907060737?s=12
• SUPERHUMAN: The Invisible Made Visible @Superhuman_Film : superhumanfilm.com/?fbclid=IwAR3p… https://twitter.com/spr1882/status/1288142943086358532?s=12
• The Ashkir-Jobson Trianion was a group that formed in 1930 to conduct spirit communication experiments using devices that very few have heard about (such as the Reflectograph and Communigraph). Members included George Jobson, B. K. Kirkby, and A. J. Ashdown. #Paranormal #History https://twitter.com/metascienceitc/status/1288236261166260229?s=12
• Calling the Spirits with Lisa Morton – interviewed by Patrick Keller, Big Seance #170: bigseance.com/2020/07/27/cal… via @BigSeance https://twitter.com/spr1882/status/1287640257039654917?s=12
• Psychic Virtuoso Stefan Ossowiecki with Zofia Weaver – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhbNYZ9Boz4
• InPresence 0176: What Is Your Boggle Threshold? with Jeffrey Mishlove – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfiIafcseUY
• S02 E03 Old Hag Syndrome – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u62sxN8EmBM InPresence 0175: Reflections on Our Online PK Metal-Bending Party – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_sK_xiFEg0
• Telekinesis in the new movie “Superhuman” with Sean McNamara and Caroline Cory, great interview! – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sjizYwuc6E&feature=youtu.be

This section is somewhere I would like to share a few of the events, investigations, conventions and more that may interest you all. However, due to our current lockdown situation – I have now included online events.

• I didn’t spot any events during the week or upcoming events next week, but if I have missed any, please by all means add them in the comments below.

I often spend a lot of my time reading paranormal related blogs, books and articles. So, I figured this would be great to share with you all too. Blogs and online articles are often a great way to discover more on the paranormal and even challenge your own perception of some concepts. There will also likely be items from published journals and magazines too in the future – which of course will be limited to those with memberships to those organisations.

• Prof. Chris French – paranormal beliefs (#126) – Words on Wonder https://wordsonwonder.com/2020/07/31/prof-chris-french-paranormal-beliefs-126/
• LLIFS – Paranormal Book Club: Illusion | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/paranormal-book-club-the-spectacle-of-illusion/
• SurvivalAfterDeath | CienciasPsíquicas: Diario de Ciencias Psíquicas Nº29 – Agosto 2020 http://survivalafterdeath.blogspot.com/2020/08/diario-de-ciencias-psiquicas-n29-agosto.html
• Triablogue: A Tribute To Guy Playfair http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-tribute-to-guy-playfair.html
• Future and Cosmos: Cases of “Impossible” Writing or “Impossible” Speech https://futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2020/07/cases-of-impossible-writing-or.html
• MAGONIA REVIEW: ALL TIED UP http://pelicanist.blogspot.com/2020/07/all-tied-up.html
• LLIFS – Paranormal Experiments and Theories Talk | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/paranormal-experiments-and-theories-talk/
• LLIFS – Slenderman, a blurred line between fiction and reality | livinglifeinfullspectrum.com.au https://llifs.com.au/blog/slender-man-a-blurred-line-between-fiction-and-reality/
• A Ghost Is the Perfect Quarantine Sex Partner https://www.thecut.com/2020/07/a-ghost-is-the-perfect-quarantine-sex-partner.html
• Night At The Mausoleum: Taking on The MacKenzie Poltergeist – Hayley is a Ghost https://hayleyisaghost.co.uk/night-at-the-mausoleum-taking-on-the-mackenzie-poltergeist/
• SurvivalAfterDeath | CienciasPsíquicas: El futuro de la transcomunicación instrumental http://survivalafterdeath.blogspot.com/2020/07/el-futuro-de-la-transcomunicacion.html
• SHOCKING 18th Century Letter Shows Lottery Prizes Won Through Psychic Dreams! – EXPLORING THE OUTER EDGES OF SOCIETY AND MIND https://davidmetcalfe.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/shocking-18th-century-letter-shows-lottery-prizes-won-through-psychic-dreams/
• Calling the Spirits with Lisa Morton – Big Seance #170 – The Big Séance Podcast https://bigseance.com/2020/07/27/calling-the-spirits-with-lisa-morton-big-seance-170/
• Strange Company: The Demon of the Printing-Office: An Unusual 18th Century Haunting http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-demon-of-printing-office-unusual.html
• Hocus Pocus Issue 2 – Magic, Mystery and the Mind Comic by Richard Wiseman – PropDog Exclusive https://www.propdog.co.uk/hocus-pocus-richard-wiseman-issue-2
• Top 15 Paranormal Memoirs – Sharon Hewitt Rawlette https://sharonrawlette.wordpress.com/2020/07/28/top-15-paranormal-memoirs/
• 20 Movies about Death and Near-Death Experiences – Insight state https://www.insightstate.com/spirituality/movies-about-death-and-near-death-experiences/
• Strange Company: The Demon of the Printing-Office: An Unusual 18th Century Haunting http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-demon-of-printing-office-unusual.html
• William Braddell Blog: Debunking common denialist arguments against Psi and Parapsychology http://lostinthebardo.blogspot.com/2020/07/debunking-common-denialist-arguments.html
• Alterations of Consciousness–new book by Imants Baruss – Visionary Scientists Lead a Revolution in Consciousness https://visionaryscientists.home.blog/2020/07/30/alterations-of-consciousness-new-book-by-imants-baruss/
• Common Phantoms: An American History of Psychic Science | Alicia Puglionesi – Book https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=28936#.Xx9TLWLn7Xc.twitter
• Poltergeists & Ghosthunting / Open Lines | Coast to Coast AM https://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2020-07-31-show/
• (PDF) DO CHANGES OF THERMODYNAMIC ENTROPY AT A REMOTE SITE ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF ANOMALOUS COGNITION | Sonali Bhatt Marwaha – Academia.edu https://www.academia.edu/43757747/DO_CHANGES_OF_THERMODYNAMIC_ENTROPY_AT_A_REMOTE_SITE_ENHANCE_THE_QUALITY_OF_ANOMALOUS_COGNITION
• (PDF) Phone Calls from the Dead? Exploring the Role of the Trickster | Sharon Hewitt Rawlette – Academia.edu https://www.academia.edu/43730606/Phone_Calls_from_the_Dead_Exploring_the_Role_of_the_Trickster
• (PDF) The Origins of ARV https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341099380_The_Origins_of_ARV
• Demystifying the Paranormal: Dr. Barry Taff Unravels the ‘Poltergeist’ Mystery | Reality Sandwich https://realitysandwich.com/232618/demystifying-the-paranormal-dr-barry-taff-unravels-the-poltergeist-mystery/
• Hans Eysenck and Carl Sargent’s Dishonesty in Parapsychology – David F Marks https://davidfmarks.com/2020/07/22/hans-eysenck-and-carl-sargents-dishonesty-in-parapsychology/

Although generally the idea of this post was to share some of what catches my eye in the paranormal field week to week. I thought it would be good to capture some of this stuff in one place. Makes it easier to find right?

However, there’s always going to be stuff I miss, so please feel free to send me items and I may include them too. It’s a good way to share a lot of what’s happening out there in the paranormal world.

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