We are happy to share a conversation with journalist and artist Don Hill about his collaboration with Dr. Michael Persinger and the Koren (“God”) Helmet, which uses pulsed energies to stimulate the temporal lobes. Hill recounts a ghost experience in his Rocky Mountain home and later re-experiencing the same presence and fear in Persinger’s lab, raising whether such events can be created externally or reveal something that's already inherent.

He discusses external factors that may shape paranormal and religious experiences, including geophysical features, piezoelectric effects in stressed granite, infrasound and standing waves, and “space weather” from solar storms possibly correlating with anxiety and common anomalous reports. He references Jung’s view that UFOs, poltergeists, and ghosts increase during cultural tension, and explores epigenetic memory. Hill argues some people may be exceptional “psychonauts”, but emphasizes scientific measurement, and urges collaboration between artists and scientists, using tools like sound and repetition, meditative states, and art to explain how perception can be shaped into reality.

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Gather round for a casual roundtable discussion with our podcast friends at NVus Alien and Haunted Vermont as we share how we got into paranormal investigating. We talk intuition vs. tech, and concerns with the misuse of devices like K2 meters, REM-Pods, and apps. We describe moments of fear, "gut feelings", and synchronicities as a guide to certain places or people during investigations. Does the paranormal exist and interact with us externally or from within? Let us know what you think! We're hoping to continue our discussions again soon. Let us know what you think!

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Welcome back to the second part of our conversation with Johnny Hull. He talks about shared experiences he's had with family members and a few more personal stories. Plus, he recounts a chilling encounter while hunting—a strange apparition that feels less like a ghost and more like a time anomaly or a doppelgänger.

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Johnny Hull has experienced a lifetime of the unexplained. In the first of two parts, Johnny shares how he inherited his abilities from his mother and learned to trust his intuition through years of paranormal encounters.

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Check out Johnny's book: John's Ghosts: Haunted Till I Die?:A True Account of Growing Up in a Haunted House with Ghosts, a Murdering Demon(s) and Other Paranormal Activity. 

How did we get from spirit horns to spirit boxes? We’re exploring a brief history of Instrumental Trans-Communication (ITC), starting with American Spiritualism, moving through the magnetic tape era, and landing on the Estes Method. Conceived at the Stanley Hotel in 2016 by Connor J. Randall, Karl Pfeiffer, and Michelle Tate, it’s a fascinating paranormal experiment and investigation tool. We’ll discuss how to use it and why we love it, while keeping a grounded perspective. Do you use the Estes Method in your own investigations?  Do you use similar or modified versions? Let us know!

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Spirits of the Stanley: 

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https://www.scottish-paranormal.co.uk/post/the-power-of-instrumental-trans-communication-itc-validating-spirit-communication#:~:text=A%20Brief%20History%20of%20ITC,psychically%20from%20a%20deceased%20scientist.

https://www.academia.edu/79656258/Paranormal_Review_ITC_paper

https://bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/evp-voices-from-the-other-side/

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1466138119872519#:~:text=Other%20researchers%20had%20more%20conscious%20aspirations%20in,regularly%20invite%20random%20people%20to%20interpret%20them.

https://atransc.org/about-aaevp/

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/jurgenson-friedrich-1903-1987

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/sensory-deprivation#:~:text=by%20the%20experience.-,The%20term%20“prisoner's%20cinema”%20comes%20from%20the%20vivid%20hallucinatory%20phenomena,to%20the%20hallucinations%20%5B22%5D.

https://www.healthline.com/health/ganzfeld-effect

Old theaters always have stories to tell, but the Ritz in Scranton has over a century of them. From its golden age in Vaudeville to the shadows of the present day, The Ritz Theater is a treasure trove of history and stories of things that go bump in the night. Are the spirits of the Ritz still putting on a show? Listen and decide for yourself.

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https://www.lackawannacounty.org/news_detail_T8_R67.php#:~:text=Built%20in%201906%20by%20S.Z.,balcony%20and%20second%20story%20balcony

We’re headed back to The Church after being chased out by an antlered shadow figure during our first investigation. Gabrielle and Jody return with Jeff to continue investigating this local spot. We’re breaking down the local legends and revealing the evidence we captured. Would you go back?

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In this episode, we take a journey to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to explore the hauntings at Bube’s Brewery, a 19th-century landmark. We’ll descend into the catacombs, the brewery's original lagering cellars, and uncover the legend of Alois Bube. But the fun isn’t contained within the brewery gates. We also venture through Lancaster’s unique local shops, from the curiosities at the Lancaster Troll Market to the historic Lancaster Central Market. We wrapped up the night, in the Malt Baron’s Mansion just across the street, where the atmosphere of the town’s historic district lingers long after the brewery lights go out.

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https://townlively.com/digging-into-history/

https://www.mountjoyhistory.com/places-of-interest/philip-frank-house/

https://www.bubesbrewery.com/dine-at-the-catacombs

Join us for our first annual Christmas episode as we explore creepy holiday folklore from around the world. From St. Nicholas's dark origin, Krampus’s lashings, to the Yule Lads and their cat, discover the eerie stories behind many lesser-known folklore figures.

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Rayborn, T. (2003). The scary book of Christmas lore: 50 terrifying yuletide tales from around the world. Cider Mill Press. 

https://westviewnews.org/2021/12/03/the-kallikantzaroi-who-stole-christmas/gcapsis/

https://www.history.com/articles/saturnalia

https://www.walksofitaly.com/blog/travel-tips/introducing-la-befana

https://oldweirdalbion.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/santa-last-of-the-wild-men/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Frost

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/discover/the-history-of-christmas-carols

https://www.almanac.com/content/what-yule-log-christmas-traditions

Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. Gabrielle investigates the fascinating story of the Borden murders. This deep dive covers the key figures and timeline of events, the numerous murder theories, and the controversial trial and acquittal. By examining the social dynamics, gender roles, and some lesser known details, we debate whether Lizzie was the killer or a victim of circumstances.

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