James Houran is a psychologist and researcher whose work focuses on the scientific study of ghosts and paranormal experiences. In The Reality of Ghosts and the Paranormal, Dr. Houran examines hauntings, apparitional reports, and anomalous experiences through the lenses of psychology, environmental factors, statistics, and human perception. Rather than dismissing or sensationalizing claims, he investigates why people report paranormal encounters, how belief, expectation, and context shape experiences, and which aspects may reflect genuine anomalies versus psychological or situational influences. His work is widely respected for bringing methodological rigor and critical analysis to a field often dominated by speculation.

Lesley Clarke Mitchell is a hypnotherapist and researcher who specializes in working with UFO and anomalous experience contactees through therapeutic hypnosis. In Hypnosis for the Experiencer, Lesley focuses on helping individuals safely access suppressed memories, process encounters, and integrate extraordinary experiences in a grounded and emotionally supportive way. Her work emphasizes healing, clarity, and empowerment—using hypnosis not to impose narratives, but to allow experiencers to explore their own truths, reduce fear or trauma, and regain a sense of balance and personal agency following unexplained events.

Explore crisis apparitions; Brief presence experiences linked to death or danger—plus patterns, psychology, and parapsychology research.

A new series of studies suggests that unusual experiences like premonitions, déjà vu, and out-of-body sensations are not rare, but instead quite common—and that people who report them often share...