Society for Psychical Research
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Founded in 1882, the SPR aims to advance the understanding of events and abilities commonly described as psychic or paranormal. Posts are not endorsements.
Our website address is spr.ac.uk.
Our website address is spr.ac.uk.
The Cambridge Ghost Club, from Dickens to 2026 - Emer Naylor Afram speaks to the current Chairman of Cambridge’s Ghost Club about the past, present, and future of paranormal investigation in Cambridge (Varsity is the student newspaper): www.varsity.co.uk/features/32350
The Cambridge Ghost Club, from Dickens to 2026
Emer Naylor Afram speaks to the current Chairman of Cambridge's Ghost Club about the past, present, and future of paranormal investigation in Cambridge
www.varsity.co.uk
November 2, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The Cambridge Ghost Club, from Dickens to 2026 - Emer Naylor Afram speaks to the current Chairman of Cambridge’s Ghost Club about the past, present, and future of paranormal investigation in Cambridge (Varsity is the student newspaper): www.varsity.co.uk/features/32350
Trickster-Like Experiences While Documenting the Paranormal: Rasch Analysis of an Initial Survey: journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/js...
Trickster-Like Experiences While Documenting the Paranormal: Rasch Analysis of an Initial Survey
| Journal of Scientific Exploration
journalofscientificexploration.org
November 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Trickster-Like Experiences While Documenting the Paranormal: Rasch Analysis of an Initial Survey: journalofscientificexploration.org/index.php/js...
Peter Mulacz I Facets of the Schneider Brother’s Mediumship: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZD3...
Peter Mulacz I Facets of the Schneider Brother’s Mediumship
YouTube video by Parapsychological Association
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November 1, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Peter Mulacz I Facets of the Schneider Brother’s Mediumship: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZD3...
The Least Scary Haunting of the 1930s: Gef, the Talking Mongoose: blog.newspapers.com/the-least-sc...
The Least Scary Haunting of the 1930s: Gef, the Talking Mongoose - The official blog of Newspapers.com
Haunting or hoax? In the 1930s, Gef, the "talking mongoose," gained worldwide fame and unexpectedly sparked a highly public legal battle.
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November 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The Least Scary Haunting of the 1930s: Gef, the Talking Mongoose: blog.newspapers.com/the-least-sc...
Many Apparitions Are Group-Seen: futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2026/11/many...
Many Apparitions Are Group-Seen
Cosmology,philosophy of biology,philosophy of mind, paranormal,futurology,anthropic,mind-body,neuroscience,intelligent design,memory,parapsychology
futureandcosmos.blogspot.com
November 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Many Apparitions Are Group-Seen: futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2026/11/many...
Enfield Miscellany (Part 12): triablogue.blogspot.com/2026/11/enfi...
Enfield Miscellany (Part 12)
(See part 1 here for an explanation of the series. The other parts can be accessed through the following links: two , three , four , five ,...
triablogue.blogspot.com
November 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Enfield Miscellany (Part 12): triablogue.blogspot.com/2026/11/enfi...
Anabela Cardoso reports that the documentary Conversations with the Dead has just won an international award in Mumbai.
November 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Anabela Cardoso reports that the documentary Conversations with the Dead has just won an international award in Mumbai.
The Threapwood haunting near Whitchurch investigated in 1927: www.whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/2668221...
1927 Threapwood haunting investigated – hissing blamed on asthmatic cat
Threapwood haunting: the Kynaston family reported strange noises at The Mount in 1927, but Society for Psychical Research investigators found no ghost.
www.whitchurchherald.co.uk
October 31, 2026 at 10:55 PM
The Threapwood haunting near Whitchurch investigated in 1927: www.whitchurchherald.co.uk/news/2668221...
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Before calling Ghostbusters, check your carbon monoxide alarm. Sleep paralysis, misperception and environmental factors can explain many a 'haunting'. The spirits, meanwhile, remain conspicuously short of evidence. www.sciencefocus.com/science/can-...
Why most hauntings have a surprisingly rational (and scientific) explanation | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Haunted houses seem unexplainable but like everything else out there, science has some answers to this mysery.
www.sciencefocus.com
October 31, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Before calling Ghostbusters, check your carbon monoxide alarm. Sleep paralysis, misperception and environmental factors can explain many a 'haunting'. The spirits, meanwhile, remain conspicuously short of evidence. www.sciencefocus.com/science/can-...
The cultural near-death experience multiverse: It’s all fake! How can we trust NDEs if they all feature strong cultural and religious elements that are idiosyncratic to each experiencer? andresdelgadoron.substack.com/p/the-cultur...
The cultural near-death experience multiverse: It’s all fake!
How can we trust NDEs if they all feature strong cultural and religious elements that are idiosyncratic to each experiencer?
andresdelgadoron.substack.com
October 31, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The cultural near-death experience multiverse: It’s all fake! How can we trust NDEs if they all feature strong cultural and religious elements that are idiosyncratic to each experiencer? andresdelgadoron.substack.com/p/the-cultur...
Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural - Ghost hunting has changed in recent years due to AI chatbots, and paranormal enthusiasts are concerned: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural
Ghost hunting has changed in recent years due to AI chatbots, and paranormal enthusiasts are concerned
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Ghost in the machine: how AI is haunting the search for the supernatural - Ghost hunting has changed in recent years due to AI chatbots, and paranormal enthusiasts are concerned: www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Looking Back at the Ghostly Case of “The Scratched Cheek,” 150 Years On: paranormaldailynews.com/looking-back...
Looking Back at the Ghostly Case of “The Scratched Cheek,” 150 Years On
Explore the 1876 “Scratched Cheek” ghost case and examine how memory, hidden details, and psychic explanations shape claims about life after death.
paranormaldailynews.com
October 31, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Looking Back at the Ghostly Case of “The Scratched Cheek,” 150 Years On: paranormaldailynews.com/looking-back...
Life after death mystery deepens as scientists find signs of consciousness in 'clinically dead' patients: www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/...
Evidence that consciousness persists after death found in new study
What happens after death remains one of humanity's greatest and most enduring mysteries.
www.dailymail.com
October 31, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Life after death mystery deepens as scientists find signs of consciousness in 'clinically dead' patients: www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/...
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#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #halloween2026 #Norfolk
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Secret Norfolk - The ‘haunted’ squash court and the lost BBC tape - BBC Sounds
Paul Hayes hears the story of the alleged haunting of the former RAF Bircham Newton.
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October 30, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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2 SLEEPS until the #Uncanny Halloween Special at the Tower of London 🎃🏰 ARE YOU READY?!
LISTEN to the HOUR LONG podcast on BBC Sounds (or wherever you get your podcasts) or WATCH on BBC iPlayer or the Uncanny YouTube channel - it’s available on all platforms from 6pm on Halloween night…if you dare.
LISTEN to the HOUR LONG podcast on BBC Sounds (or wherever you get your podcasts) or WATCH on BBC iPlayer or the Uncanny YouTube channel - it’s available on all platforms from 6pm on Halloween night…if you dare.
October 29, 2026 at 6:29 PM
2 SLEEPS until the #Uncanny Halloween Special at the Tower of London 🎃🏰 ARE YOU READY?!
LISTEN to the HOUR LONG podcast on BBC Sounds (or wherever you get your podcasts) or WATCH on BBC iPlayer or the Uncanny YouTube channel - it’s available on all platforms from 6pm on Halloween night…if you dare.
LISTEN to the HOUR LONG podcast on BBC Sounds (or wherever you get your podcasts) or WATCH on BBC iPlayer or the Uncanny YouTube channel - it’s available on all platforms from 6pm on Halloween night…if you dare.
Why do we see ghosts? The science behind spooky encounters: news.wfu.edu/2026/10/28/w...
Why do we see ghosts? The science behind spooky encounters | Wake Forest News
At Halloween, when people share tales of haunted houses, ghosts in the graveyard and things that go bump in the night, Wake Forest University psychologist Melissa Maffeo responds with science. Author ...
news.wfu.edu
October 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Why do we see ghosts? The science behind spooky encounters: news.wfu.edu/2026/10/28/w...
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New issue on sale! Houdini’s ghostbuster; Solstice spirits; Roger Corman at 100; Orford Ness; Glastonbury Symposium; Indian ghost panics; mermaid strandings; Angels of Mons; Ken Russell's Devils; Allendale wolf burning; Godzilla attacks Bournemouth + much more!
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October 29, 2026 at 12:15 PM
New issue on sale! Houdini’s ghostbuster; Solstice spirits; Roger Corman at 100; Orford Ness; Glastonbury Symposium; Indian ghost panics; mermaid strandings; Angels of Mons; Ken Russell's Devils; Allendale wolf burning; Godzilla attacks Bournemouth + much more!
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Sheeted grave clothes but also notice how ghosts of the era carried illumination, sometimes tapers, sometimes these larger affairs called rush torches or links
Happy spooky season, #FolkloreThursday ! An archival post on ghosts in grave-clothes--the sheeted dead--and how those with Second Sight could calibrate the time of death to a nicety by the height of a shroud on a body.
thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/g...
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October 29, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Sheeted grave clothes but also notice how ghosts of the era carried illumination, sometimes tapers, sometimes these larger affairs called rush torches or links
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Last call on #FolkloreThursday
There's four weeks and about 100 in-person tickets left for The Haunted Landscape on 21 November 2026 @conwayhall.bsky.social
We present witches, ghosts, fairies, folklore and the Great God Pan.
In-person and online tickets:
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We present witches, ghosts, fairies, folklore and the Great God Pan.
In-person and online tickets:
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
1/6
October 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Last call on #FolkloreThursday
The SPR's Psi Encyclopedia article on Tony Cornell has been updated: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/ton...
Anthony D Cornell – Psi Encyclopedia
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October 29, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The SPR's Psi Encyclopedia article on Tony Cornell has been updated: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/ton...
Mysterious stone-throwing leaves Indian villagers spending sleepless nights: www.gulftoday.ae/news/2026/10...
Mysterious stone-throwing leaves Indian villagers spending sleepless nights
Fear has gripped residents of Appajipeta village in Pimdi mandal of Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, after stones began mysteriously hitting houses during...
www.gulftoday.ae
October 28, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Mysterious stone-throwing leaves Indian villagers spending sleepless nights: www.gulftoday.ae/news/2026/10...
Shandon Guthrie's Assessment Of The Enfield Poltergeist: triablogue.blogspot.com/2026/10/shan...
Shandon Guthrie's Assessment Of The Enfield Poltergeist
From his recent book, Dark Apologetics (Verona, Wisconsin: Sound Faith Books, 2026):
triablogue.blogspot.com
October 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Shandon Guthrie's Assessment Of The Enfield Poltergeist: triablogue.blogspot.com/2026/10/shan...
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#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #norfolk
My article on the Syderstone Rectory ghost is in the new Fortean Times, out tomorrow
@forteantimes.bsky.social @spr1882.bsky.social @dannyrobins.bsky.social
My article on the Syderstone Rectory ghost is in the new Fortean Times, out tomorrow
@forteantimes.bsky.social @spr1882.bsky.social @dannyrobins.bsky.social
October 28, 2026 at 6:29 PM
#ghosts #hauntings #halloween #norfolk
My article on the Syderstone Rectory ghost is in the new Fortean Times, out tomorrow
@forteantimes.bsky.social @spr1882.bsky.social @dannyrobins.bsky.social
My article on the Syderstone Rectory ghost is in the new Fortean Times, out tomorrow
@forteantimes.bsky.social @spr1882.bsky.social @dannyrobins.bsky.social
SPR Psi Encyclopedia: Goethe’s life and writings were deeply shaped by his mystical, spiritual and anomalous experiences. This article examines Goethe’s accounts of telepathy, precognition, hauntings, apparitions, reincarnation, and other phenomena. psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/psy...
Psychic Phenomena in Goethe’s Life and Work – Psi Encyclopedia
psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk
October 28, 2026 at 2:26 PM
SPR Psi Encyclopedia: Goethe’s life and writings were deeply shaped by his mystical, spiritual and anomalous experiences. This article examines Goethe’s accounts of telepathy, precognition, hauntings, apparitions, reincarnation, and other phenomena. psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/psy...
When the Dead Spoke: Spiritualism & Seances, Celebrities & Charlatans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMxa...
When the Dead Spoke: Spiritualism & Seances, Celebrities & Charlatans
YouTube video by Things Visible & Invisible
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October 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
When the Dead Spoke: Spiritualism & Seances, Celebrities & Charlatans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMxa...