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.
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Our Christmas issue is now on sale! South Shields Poltergeist at 20; SAS vs Gnomes; Enys Tregarthen's Cornish tales; Europe's Yuletide spectres; Warminster Thing; Fortean TV 1988 Christmas Special; illustrious eunuchs; phantom twanger; Masonic Super Mario + much more
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November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Our Christmas issue is now on sale! South Shields Poltergeist at 20; SAS vs Gnomes; Enys Tregarthen's Cornish tales; Europe's Yuletide spectres; Warminster Thing; Fortean TV 1988 Christmas Special; illustrious eunuchs; phantom twanger; Masonic Super Mario + much more
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The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House | The Ghost Geek
on being overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in #Avebury.
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on being overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in #Avebury.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Skeptic Who Fled a Haunted House | The Ghost Geek
on being overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in #Avebury.
👉 www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-skepti...
on being overwhelmed by a sense of doom one Summer day in #Avebury.
👉 www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-skepti...
Pop Mech Explains Precognition: A Critcal View of the Science: www.popularmechanics.com/science/a694...
Why Your Premonitions Feel Real—Even When They’re Not, According to Science
“If our current understanding of the universe is correct, these things shouldn’t happen.”
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November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Pop Mech Explains Precognition: A Critcal View of the Science: www.popularmechanics.com/science/a694...
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Since 2010, I've written an end-of-year summary of the worst ghosts of the year. I've moved them all across to my new home on Substack and you can find them here: www.theghostgeek.com/s/worst-ghos...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Since 2010, I've written an end-of-year summary of the worst ghosts of the year. I've moved them all across to my new home on Substack and you can find them here: www.theghostgeek.com/s/worst-ghos...
In 1896, world-renowned psychic ‘neatly exposed’ by Grand Forks businessman (Anna Eva Fay): www.grandforksherald.com/news/the-vau...
In 1896, world-renowned psychic ‘neatly exposed’ by Grand Forks businessman
Anna Eva Fay seemed to know what notes written by her audience said, without having access to the actual papers. Thomas Skelly discovered Fay secretly used carbon paper to copy the notes.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In 1896, world-renowned psychic ‘neatly exposed’ by Grand Forks businessman (Anna Eva Fay): www.grandforksherald.com/news/the-vau...
The Ghost of Corpus Christi: strangeco.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Ghost of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi College, sometime in the late Victorian era An old and venerable British academic institution would make an ideal backdrop fo...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Ghost of Corpus Christi: strangeco.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The History of Sleepwalking Provides Evidence for Clairvoyance: futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The History of Sleepwalking Provides Evidence for Clairvoyance
Cosmology,philosophy of biology,philosophy of mind, paranormal,futurology,anthropic,mind-body,neuroscience,intelligent design,memory,parapsychology
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The History of Sleepwalking Provides Evidence for Clairvoyance: futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
AwareofAware: awareofaware.co/2025/11/19/b...
Believe it or not.
Apologies for the delay in creating this post, but I recently moved from the UK to New Zealand, starting a new job at the same time, so I have been somewhat distracted! As the eternal hunt for a sc…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
AwareofAware: awareofaware.co/2025/11/19/b...
Fun with RNGs: www.psihacking.com/posts/fun-wi...
Fun with RNGs – Psi Hacking
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Fun with RNGs: www.psihacking.com/posts/fun-wi...
Autistic Telepathy Evidence Vexes ESP Denialists: futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2025/11/auti...
Autistic Telepathy Evidence Vexes ESP Denialists
Cosmology,philosophy of biology,philosophy of mind, paranormal,futurology,anthropic,mind-body,neuroscience,intelligent design,memory,parapsychology
futureandcosmos.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Autistic Telepathy Evidence Vexes ESP Denialists: futureandcosmos.blogspot.com/2025/11/auti...
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What Netflix left out of Don Phillip's Unsolved Mysteries episode 'My Paranormal Partner' from a writer who examined his work for over a decade.
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This "Unsolved Mystery" Isn’t About the Ghosts
What Netflix left out of Don Phillips’ Unsolved Mysteries episode - from a writer who examined his work for over a decade.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
What Netflix left out of Don Phillip's Unsolved Mysteries episode 'My Paranormal Partner' from a writer who examined his work for over a decade.
www.theghostgeek.com/p/hey-netfli...
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Susan MacWilliam exhibition Table Turning runs until 21 February 2026 at Ormston House, Limerick. ormstonhouse.com/programme/ta...
Table Turning - Ormston House
Ormston House presents 'Table Turning', a solo exhibition by Susan MacWilliam. The exhibition will open on Thursday, 20 November from 7–9pm.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Susan MacWilliam exhibition Table Turning runs until 21 February 2026 at Ormston House, Limerick. ormstonhouse.com/programme/ta...
Anyone with a spare $12,500? Archive of 45 Spirit Photographs with Spiritualist Church Founder, Wilbur E. Tolbert by Anna Larimer, c. 1954 - 1965: www.eldritchoculum.com/inventory/p/...
Archive of 45 Spirit Photographs with Spiritualist Church Founder, Wilbur E. Tolbert by Anna Larimer, c. 1954 - 1965 — ELDRITCH OCULUM ANTIQUARIAN
Archive of Forty Five Seance Spirit Photographs with Spiritualist Church Founder, Wilbur E. Tolbert by Anna Larimer, Gelatin silver prints, Approximately 9 x 7 inches (each), Dated on reverse from 195...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Anyone with a spare $12,500? Archive of 45 Spirit Photographs with Spiritualist Church Founder, Wilbur E. Tolbert by Anna Larimer, c. 1954 - 1965: www.eldritchoculum.com/inventory/p/...
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As we creep into the weekend, enjoy The Ghost Geek's Friday Files #1. Part scrapbook, part dispatch from the ghost-nerd trenches of all the odd and interesting things I've seen recently...
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The Ghost Geek’s Friday Files #1
Strange links, spooky stories, and skeptical side-eye...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
As we creep into the weekend, enjoy The Ghost Geek's Friday Files #1. Part scrapbook, part dispatch from the ghost-nerd trenches of all the odd and interesting things I've seen recently...
www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-ghost-...
www.theghostgeek.com/p/the-ghost-...
A reminder of our next Zoominar - Investigation of possession, entity attachment and corresponding healing modalities: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - TyLean Tuijl, 8 pm GMT, 24 November: www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/even...
Monday 24th November 2025 ZOOM SPR WEB EVENT at 8pm (BST): - Investigation of possession, entity attachment and corresponding healing modalities: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - TyLean T...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A reminder of our next Zoominar - Investigation of possession, entity attachment and corresponding healing modalities: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - TyLean Tuijl, 8 pm GMT, 24 November: www.spr.ac.uk/civicrm/even...
Survey about entity encounters during out-of-body experiences: www.spr.ac.uk/node/19744
Entity encounters during out-of-body experiences | spr.ac.uk
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November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Survey about entity encounters during out-of-body experiences: www.spr.ac.uk/node/19744
'Cold reading' is the name given to a collection of psychological strategies that can be used to simulate a 'psychic' reading. This article surveys the methods described by a number of commentators. Psi Encyclopedia article by Prof Chris Roe: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/col...
Cold Reading | Psi Encyclopedia
'Cold reading' is the name given to a collection of psychological strategies that can be used to simulate a 'psychic' reading. This article surveys the methods described by a number of commentators.
psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
'Cold reading' is the name given to a collection of psychological strategies that can be used to simulate a 'psychic' reading. This article surveys the methods described by a number of commentators. Psi Encyclopedia article by Prof Chris Roe: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/col...
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A new Psi Encyclopedia entry on Jim Kennedy, who established the KPU Study Registry with me way back in 2012!
James E Kennedy is an American researcher with a longstanding interest in parapsychology, who has emerged as an influential critic of its methodology: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jam...
James E Kennedy | Psi Encyclopedia
James E Kennedy is an American parapsychologist who has specialized in experimental research, methodological critique, and theoretical development.
psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A new Psi Encyclopedia entry on Jim Kennedy, who established the KPU Study Registry with me way back in 2012!
The BBC’s NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV: www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/11/the-...
The BBC's NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV - The Skeptic
West Country comedy siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's Nightwatch shows how mundane ghost-hunting actually is, when you're not faking it
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November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The BBC’s NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV: www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/11/the-...
The Parapsychological Association is putting on a free online series of talks on Thursday - 'Explore the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP)', via Airmeet Then Friday to Sunday is a replay of this year's convention: www.airmeet.com/e/320fc120-a...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Parapsychological Association is putting on a free online series of talks on Thursday - 'Explore the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP)', via Airmeet Then Friday to Sunday is a replay of this year's convention: www.airmeet.com/e/320fc120-a...
Philip J Cozzolino has investigated psychological aspects related to near-death experiences, children's memories of a past life, and other parapsychological phenomena: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/phi...
Phillip Cozzolino | Psi Encyclopedia
Researcher at the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) who has investigated psychological aspects related to parapsychological phenomena.
psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Philip J Cozzolino has investigated psychological aspects related to near-death experiences, children's memories of a past life, and other parapsychological phenomena: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/phi...
Jürgen Kornmeier is head of the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) in Freiburg, Germany, with research interests in perception, altered states and consciousness: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/j%C...
Jürgen Kornmeier | Psi Encyclopedia
Head of the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) in Freiburg, Germany, with research interests in perception, altered states and consciousness.
psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Jürgen Kornmeier is head of the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP) in Freiburg, Germany, with research interests in perception, altered states and consciousness: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/j%C...
James E Kennedy is an American researcher with a longstanding interest in parapsychology, who has emerged as an influential critic of its methodology: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jam...
James E Kennedy | Psi Encyclopedia
James E Kennedy is an American parapsychologist who has specialized in experimental research, methodological critique, and theoretical development.
psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
James E Kennedy is an American researcher with a longstanding interest in parapsychology, who has emerged as an influential critic of its methodology: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/jam...
Metal Bending Research - new entry in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/met...
Metal Bending Research | Psi Encyclopedia
Claims that cutlery and other metal objects can potentially be bent by mind force alone became current in the 1970s, associated with Israeli psychic Uri Geller and others.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Metal Bending Research - new entry in the SPR's Psi Encyclopedia: psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/met...