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The “Haunted Hotel Room” Hoax

The “Haunted Hotel Room” Hoax

August 5, 2017 — 3 Comments

Kenny’s CSICon workshop

August 5, 2017 — 0 Comments

Analysis of the “Screaming Hotel Ghost” video

Analysis of the “Screaming Hotel Ghost” video

August 2, 2017 — 0 Comments

Interview with Chris Webber, host of Paranormal Skeptic Academy

Interview with Chris Webber, host of Paranormal Skeptic Academy

July 31, 2017 — 0 Comments

The Lowe Files: “Paranormal idiots”

July 29, 2017 — 0 Comments

Anyone want to buy the Clown Motel?

Anyone want to buy the Clown Motel?

July 24, 2017 — 0 Comments

Ghost hunters trespass and get arrested at not-haunted school

July 22, 2017 — 0 Comments

Kenny’s work referenced in Morton’s “Ghosts: A Haunted History”
Kenny makes an appearance in a book on the history of ghosts. (Morton, 2015) You can read the article referenced on this page here: Testing the K-II EMF Meter: Does it communicate with spirits? No. Advertisements
Upcoming movie on the Winchester House
Like several other locations, the Winchester Mystery House is claimed to be the “Most Haunted Place in the world”. Not. So. Fast. A short dip into the history of Sarah Winchester and her eclectic architectural wonder reveals that a local news story which was factually deficient may be the source of the legend about Native […]
The “Haunted Hotel Room” Hoax
Here we go again, another haunted hotel room. This time around, we have a man named Frank Ramirez shooting video (from his phone) inside a hotel room. The video has surpassed nine million views and spurred some heated debates on social media (because, well, that’s what you do on social media). We’re going to […]
Analysis of the “Screaming Hotel Ghost” video
If you’re interested in paranormal topics, I’m sure you’ve probably seen the viral video claims to be from a Wingate Hotel somewhere in Illinois, and features a security guard checking on an empty room from which blood curdling screams are coming from. When the security guy goes in, a ghost floats out. In addition, the […]
On 15 Credibility Street: Exaggerated and Unlikely Evidence
Kenny is a special guest interview on Sharon’s podcast regarding his visit to the Haldeman Mansion. 15 Credibility Street #21: Exaggerated and Unlikely Evidence | Doubtful News
Examining the Stone Tape
Sharon has done historical and scientific research on the concept of the Stone Tape. What you have heard on paranormal TV shows and ghost investigators is wrong. A written version in support of the video can be found at the Spooky Geology site. Or a more-detailed version is on her website.
Kenny visits the Haldeman Mansion
I recently spent a few hours exploring the house and surrounding grounds known as the Haldeman Mansion. I’ve heard about the place several times while attending paranormal conferences and also from friends (from the community) that have visited the mansion. Although I knew of it, it wasn’t on my ‘radar’ to look into. That changed […]
Review of “The Zozo Phenomenon”
Sharon reviews The Zozo Phenomenon by Darren Evans and Rosemary Ellen Guiley in this post: The manufactured, badly-behaved Ouija demon: Zozo. Everyone has their strange unexplained spooky stories. Paranormal stories are often not like Hollywood horror but they can creep people out. Darren Evans begins this book with a story of an unusual ouija board […]
Is the Xbox Kinect a ghost hunting tool?
Kenny has a new article published on the CSI website: The Xbox Kinect and Paranormal Investigation Ghost hunters absolutely love their gadgets. Simple observations show that technology attracts ghost hunters like moths to the blue glow of a bug zapper. It’s the “sciencey” aspect of it; gadgets make it look like one is being all scientific, with […]
Exposing ghost gadgetry
Kenny and Sharon supplied information for this article in Popular Mechanics: Proton Packs and Teddy Bears: The Pseudoscientific History of Ghost Hunting Gadgets Embedded in the piece was the admission by Bill Chappell, creator of the Ovilus and other devices promoted as ghost detection tools, that ghosts don’t exist. He seemed to suggest that his […]