Paranormal Investigation

Method, equipment and evidence. How an investigation is actually run, what the instruments can and cannot tell you, and how to sieve footage for the genuine anomaly.

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Paranormal Evidence: How to Review the Best Paranormal Evidence?

Capturing the evidence of paranormal activity is the ultimate goal for an investigator. Sieving through the footage for the genuine anomaly is the harder half.

Praveen SaankerApril 1, 20218 min read
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Equipment

Ghost Hunting Thermometers: The Types of Thermometers

Ambient, infrared and probe — which reading means something, and which is measuring your own hand.

April 1, 2021 7 min read

Technique

Depossession Instructions — How to Do It?

The sequence, step by step, and the points at which an inexperienced practitioner tends to lose the thread.

April 1, 2021 9 min read

Investigation

Electronic Voice Phenomenon: How to Get a Clear EVP?

Room, recorder, silence and patience. Most unusable EVP is lost before the session even begins.

April 1, 2021 6 min read

Equipment

What is an EM Pump?

What the device actually does, and the reason its use remains contested among investigators.

April 1, 2021 4 min read

Equipment

EVP Equipment — A History of EVP Equipment

From reel-to-reel to solid state, and what each generation of hardware changed about the results.

April 1, 2021 5 min read

Investigation

What is an EVP?

A plain definition, the three classes of recording, and why class C is almost never worth keeping.

April 1, 2021 5 min read

Method

Running a Baseline Sweep Before the Session

The unglamorous hour that decides whether anything you record afterwards can be trusted.

April 1, 2021 6 min read

Equipment

EMF Meters: What They Measure and What They Do Not

The single most misread instrument in the field, and how to read it honestly.

April 1, 2021 7 min read

Method

Interviewing a Witness Without Leading Them

The account is evidence too — and the easiest piece of evidence for an investigator to contaminate.

April 1, 2021 6 min read

Investigation

Photographic Anomalies: Orbs, Flares and the Rest

Nearly all of it is dust, moisture or optics. Ruling those out is what makes the remainder interesting.

April 1, 2021 5 min read

Equipment

Building a Field Kit That You Will Actually Carry

What earns its place in the bag after twenty-five years, and what stays permanently at home.

April 1, 2021 6 min read

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