Continuing my deep dive into nostalgia and the paranormal! Does the way we feel about paranormal investigation tools change their efficacy? How do our emotions (especially nostalgia) interact with the paranormal?

Highlights include:

• My continuing fascination with whether the ghosts of living people can haunt us
• Looking at nostalgic paranormal investigation tools through the lens of Amanda D. Paulson’s Paranormal Emotive Touchpoint theory

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Shownotes and written version of this episode at buriedsecretspodcast.com.

A look at lore surrounding the legendary Panasonic RR-DR60. How did the late 1990s audio recorder become a device that now sells for $4,000-5,000 USD on eBay? What makes the DR60 so special?

Highlights include:

• plenty o' nostalgia (and skepticism)
• a digression about hard drives (everyone's favorite)
• some arguments in favor of using older gear to investigate the paranormal

Check out the shownotes for sources and a written version of the episode.

A wild ride through nostalgia about instant photography, the pitfalls of both analog and digital photography, the weirdly zeitgeisty history of the Polaroid Corporation, and the search for images we can "trust."

Highlights include:

• My attempts to doctor Polaroid photos
• Spirit photography
• Computational photography

Check out the shownotes for sources and a written version of the episode.

A deep dive into nostalgia, liminality, and the paranormal.

Are we interested in the paranormal because we feel nostalgic? Could that be why so much paranormal investigation gear is inspired by 1980s and 1990s tech?

Highlights include:

• Could a state of feeling deep nostalgia help with spirit communication?
• Radio Shack memories
• Internet aesthetics
• Attempts to find meaning in a chaotic world

Check out the shownotes for sources and a written version of the episode.

In 1897, a series of mysterious airships were sighted all around the United States. This is a look at the flap in general, with a particular focus on some of the North Texas UFO sightings.

Highlights include:

• The Dallas-Fort Worth area as a "window area" with heighted strange activity
• A glimpse into how Victorian-era people responded to UFOs
• Lots of bearded aliens

Check out the shownotes for sources and a written version.

A look at the Aurora, Texas, UFO crash, one of many sightings during the mystery airship flap of 1897.

Highlights include:

• airships!
• urban legends and uncertain truths
• Jacques Vallée

Check out buriedsecretspodcast.com for the shownotes.

Do you ever read a book so interesting that you gotta tell everyone about it? I recently read Consorting with Spirits: Your Guide to Working with Invisible Allies by Jason Miller and was struck by how much great information and advice it contained for paranormal investigators. Though the book is ostensibly geared toward magickal practitioners, it might actually be the most helpful ghost hunting book that I've read so far.

So here are the insights and nuggets of wisdom that I found most illuminating from a paranormal investigation perspective. This episode will be focused on advice about how to stop doubting paranormal experiences, ways to think critically about encounters with spirits, how to be braver and take risks, and other cool insights.

Highlights include:

• the perception/projection ratio
• a digression about neurodivergence
• how to be less afraid of the paranormal
• an exercise to look past the veil

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