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The Ghosts of Stirling Castle A Haunting in Philadelphia Ghost Hunting in the 21st Century Poltergeists: Spirit & Phenomena Residual Hauntings Accountability to Ghost Hunter Team Members Assessing the Threat Level in a Paranormal Investigation Applying the Scientific Method to Ghosthunting Ghosthunting Tools: Audio Voice Recorders Becoming a Ghost Hunter New Discoveries in Ghosthunting Capturing Images While Ghosthunting Ghosthunting Case Files and the Case Manager Ghosts: Chillingham Castle Ghosthunting Client Release and Permission Forms Cleansing Rituals and Closure in Ghosthunting Collecting Eyewitness Accounts of Paranormal Activity Psychic Data and Ghosthunting Dangerous Entities in Ghosthunting Cultivating Your Psychic Talents for Ghosthunting Debunking Paranormal Activity Ghosthunting Tools: Divination and Necromancy Ghosthunting Equipment Failure EVPs and the Ghost Box Financial Considerations for Ghost Hunters Electronic Voice Phenomena Follow-Up Paranormal Investigations Following Scientific Protocols in Ghosthunting Ghosthunting Tools: Flashlights, Lanterns, Compasses, and Watches When to Revisit a Paranormal Site Sensitives and Paranormal Investigations Gathering Background Data for a Paranormal Investigation Ghosthunting in the Twenty-First-Century Ghosthunting Resources for Sensitives Ghosts in Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome Haunted Battlefields Haunted Cemeteries and Graveyards Haunted Schools and Churches Haunted Private Residences Haunted Theaters and Museums Ghosthunting Tools: Infrared Cameras and Motion Sensors Instinct Versus Intellect in Ghosthunting Intelligent and Human Hauntings Ghosthunting Interview Questionnaires Ghosthunting Techniques: Interviewing Witnesses Paranormal Investigation Checklist Involving Priests and Clergy in Paranormal Investigations Laying the Groundwork for Paranormal Investigations Ghosthunting Lectures, Presentations, and Classes Local Sources of Ghosthunting Information Jinxes and Hexes Medical Issues and Ghosthunting Ghosthunting Tools: Miscellaneous Equipment Ghosthunting Records and Anaylsis Networking in the Ghosthunting Community Ghosthunting: Covering Your Assets Ghost Hunters Help Those in Trouble New Avenues of Ghosthunting Research New Ghosthunting Technology and Tools New Ways of Analyzing Paranormal Evidence Ghosthunting Observations Analyzing Information about the Paranormal Organizing Your Ghosthunting Team Parapsychologists and Demonologists Patience and Reliability Pay Off in Ghosthunting Perform a Cleansing Ritual After a Paranormal Investigation Ghosthunting Permission Forms Physical Paranormal Attacks Poltergeists and Elemental Spirits Protecting the Client's Privacy in a Paranormal Investigation Protecting Yourself from Physical Paranormal Attacks Protecting Yourself from Psychic Attacks Psychics and Mediums Ghosthunting Gear Recording Paranormal Data and Observations Ghosthunting Release Forms Remaining Objective and Professional as a Ghost Hunter Reviewing Photos and Videos for Paranormal Evidence Showing Paranormal Data to a Client Paranormal Site Investigation Forms Sensitivity to the Supernatural Specialized Paranormal Education Classes An Education in Demonology Technological Resources for Paranormal Investigations The Ghosts of Stirling Castle The Ghost Team The Knowledge of Psychics The Princes in the Tower Thermometers and Chilly Spirits in Paraonormal Investigations Get Permission to Investigate Paranormal Sites Video and Still Photography in Paranormal Investigations Respect the Paranormal Your Paranormal Self-Education One Ghost Hunter's Introduction to the Paranormal Explaining Residual Hauntings Psychic Attacks Understand the Layout of a Paranormal Site Ghosthunting as an Amateur or a Professional An Ancient Belief in the Afterlife Victorian Ghosthunters Psychics and Seers Ghosthunting Techniques: Dowsing Ghosts, Apparitions, and Demons Land Data Research Resources Ectoplasmic Mists and Fogs The Commitment of Psychics to Ghosthunting Ghosthunting Equipment Ghosthunting Team Members: Photographers and Videographers Ghosthunting Tools: EMF and ELF Meters The Ghost Hunter's Responsibility to Clients Ghost Hunting: Mapping Power Sources and Natural Anomalies Educating and Comforting Ghosthunting Clients Haunted Historic Sites Do a Paranormal Site Check with the Client Ghosthunting Equipment Check and Deployment Honing Your Psychic Abilities for Paranormal Investigations Ghosthunting Client Problems Wards and Shields for Paranormal Investigations Analyzing Paranormal Evidence Gaining Access to Haunted Sites Storing Paranormal Evidence on CD or DVD Building an Online Presence for Ghost Hunters Your Ghost Hunting Website Ghost Photo Gallery Compiling and Comparing Psychic Data

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Ghost Hunting in the 21st Century by Mellisa Martin Ellis Share Email Print - Ghost Hunting in the 21st Century Tags No tags are currently set for this article. To add a new tag Log in or register Be observant & keep accurate records Electronic equipment is new to spook sleuthing Audio tapes pick up garbled voices, or EVPs New audio software helps analyze EVP data In the 120-some years since the Society for Paranormal Research was founded, many new elements have been added to the search for explanations of ghosts and apparitions. The pursuit of spirit evidence has been a popular pastime for hundreds of years. Surprisingly, as we will soon learn, some of the tools at the ghost-hunters’ disposal remain similar to those used in the 1880s. Good observational skills, accurate recording of information and an inquiring and skeptical mind are prerequisites which will probably never change. Electronic Ghost Hunting Tools What has changed the most is the external tools and electronic equipment that we use in our investigations? When radios and television were invented, they ushered in a new age. It was widely reported that people were picking up transmissions from the Other Side. TVs that were turned off displayed the ghostly faces of deceased relatives, or more frequently, total strangers. On tape, garbled voices could be heard trying to communicate, as well. These voices came to be known as Electronic Voice Phenomena, EVP for short. One of the characteristics of EVPs is the reaction they produce in the listener—sometimes they will literally send chills up the spine or cause the hair on the backs of necks to stand up. Critics allege that the sounds are random signals, which the human mind interprets as meaningful. Recording EVP The idea that spirit voices could be captured on audio tape first entered the public consciousness in the 1950s, when an artist named Friedrich Jürgenson discovered an EVP quite by chance when he was trying to record birdsongs. He was startled to hear a man’s voice on the tape, making comments about the birds. Since he’d been alone, he was intrigued and investigated further. He went on to write about it in his book, Roesterna Fraen Rymden (Voices from the Universe). In 1965, Dr. Konstantin Raudive, a Latvian psychologist, visited Jürgenson, perhaps with thoughts of debunking him, only to conclude that the phenomenon was genuine. Jürgenson was not the first person to capture EVPs, but he and Raudive were two of the best known and publicized people in the field.
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by Mellisa Martin Ellis

Be observant & keep accurate records
Electronic equipment is new to spook sleuthing
Audio tapes pick up garbled voices, or EVPs
New audio software helps analyze EVP data

In the 120-some years since the Society for Paranormal Research was founded, many new elements have been added to the search for explanations of ghosts and apparitions. The pursuit of spirit evidence has been a popular pastime for hundreds of years. Surprisingly, as we will soon learn, some of the tools at the ghost-hunters’ disposal remain similar to those used in the 1880s.

Good observational skills, accurate recording of information and an inquiring and skeptical mind are prerequisites which will probably never change.

Electronic Ghost Hunting Tools

What has changed the most is the external tools and electronic equipment that we use in our investigations? When radios and television were invented, they ushered in a new age. It was widely reported that people were picking up transmissions from the Other Side. TVs that were turned off displayed the ghostly faces of deceased relatives, or more frequently, total strangers.

On tape, garbled voices could be heard trying to communicate, as well. These voices came to be known as Electronic Voice Phenomena, EVP for short. One of the characteristics of EVPs is the reaction they produce in the listener—sometimes they will literally send chills up the spine or cause the hair on the backs of necks to stand up. Critics allege that the sounds are random signals, which the human mind interprets as meaningful.

Recording EVP

The idea that spirit voices could be captured on audio tape first entered the public consciousness in the 1950s, when an artist named Friedrich Jürgenson discovered an EVP quite by chance when he was trying to record birdsongs. He was startled to hear a man’s voice on the tape, making comments about the birds. Since he’d been alone, he was intrigued and investigated further. He went on to write about it in his book, Roesterna Fraen Rymden (Voices from the Universe).

In 1965, Dr. Konstantin Raudive, a Latvian psychologist, visited Jürgenson, perhaps with thoughts of debunking him, only to conclude that the phenomenon was genuine. Jürgenson was not the first person to capture EVPs, but he and Raudive were two of the best known and publicized people in the field.