John Fraser knows a hell of a lot about looking for ghosts. He serves on the Council of the UK’s renowned Society for Psychical Research (SPR), is a member of the SPR’s Spontaneous Cases Committee, and has been the Vice Chair (Investigations) of the Ghost Club, the world’s oldest psychical research organisation. He is also...
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September 20, 2011September 20, 2011Paranormal
UK Paranormal Research Gets Professional
Rumours had been circulating for months among the UK’s paranormal research groups. ASSAP — the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena — had let it be known they had a major announcement to make, and there was much speculation as to what it would be. The secret was finally revealed on Saturday, 10...
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September 13, 2011September 13, 2011Paranormal
Aliens On The Moon?
Is the Moon really as barren as we’re told? The makers of Apollo 18 are not the first to suggest something might be up there. In 1835, hopes were high that life would eventually be discovered on our satellite. So when a series of six articles claiming precisely that appeared in the New York Sun newspaper...
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September 6, 2011September 6, 2011Paranormal
Is the “Extinct” Thylacine Still Alive?
It’s not supposed to exist these days but people claim to spot it so often that the thylacine has been called the world’s “most common extinct animal”. The thylacine was always something of a contrary beast. Also known as the Tasmanian wolf because of its generally wolf-like appearance, and the Tasmanian tiger because of the...
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August 30, 2011August 30, 2011Paranormal
Ghostbusters And Ghost Hunters
In 1984 they came to save the world, and with a new comic book series from IDW Publishing due to hit the shops the Ghostbusters are back. The moment I saw them in the cinema more than a quarter of a century ago, I was captivated. Barely into my teens, I was already hugely interested in...
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August 23, 2011August 23, 2011Paranormal
UFOs Are Unidentified – I’ll Say That Again, Unidentified – Flying Objects
Extra-terrestrials buzzed London last week – except they almost certainly didn’t. On 17 August one of the local (south London, UK) news websites announced: “UFO spotted in Croydon town centre”. Predictably, the article accompanying this headline was illustrated with a picture of flying saucers. One reader soon joked that aliens had flown to Croydon from...
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August 16, 2011August 16, 2011Paranormal
The Rendlesham Forest UFO Revisited
It’s been called Britain’s Roswell, and it’s back in the news. Rendlesham Forest is in Suffolk, England. It stands close to what was once a twin military airbase (RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge) used by the USAF under the command of Colonel Ted Conrad. In the early hours of a late December morning in 1980...
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August 9, 2011August 9, 2011Notes From A Weird World
The Ghosts Of Wilson’s Creek
The American Civil War is returning to Missouri. Over the weekend of 12-14 August, the Wilson’s Creek Foundation will mark the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Wilson’s Creek with a major re-enactment of the engagement, and once again the ground and trees will shake to the roar of cannon and the clatter of muskets....
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August 2, 2011August 2, 2011Paranormal
Paranormal Versus Xenonormal
A quiet revolution is underway in paranormal research. The idea involved is not new — it’s been around for a few years now — and it hasn’t captured the hearts and minds of too many people yet, but it’s an idea with potentially wide-reaching implications and it might just be gathering momentum. It’s based on...
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July 26, 2011July 26, 2011Paranormal
Ghosts of St Paul’s Cathedral, London
Different people experience the same location in different ways. For many visiting St Paul’s Cathedral this week their surroundings will evoke poignant memories of the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer, which was held 30 years ago this Friday. Other visitors will be captivated by the history and awe-inspiring magnificence of Sir Christopher...