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Exploring the Haunting Reality of Paranormal Encounters

Publisher:McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Published:June 2022; Copyright

ISBN:9781476644806

Title:Ghosted!

Author:Brian Laythe; James Houran; Neil Dagnall

Imprint:McFarland

Language:English

Number of Pages:269

Reports of paranormal experiences vary tremendously, but are often associated with ghosts, haunted houses, and otherwise eerie circumstances. There exist both classic and modern texts on ghosts and haunted or possessed people, places and spaces; many discuss traditional ideas regarding such phenomena or utilize now-outdated research in highly academic and technical ways.

This book offers a very different approach in reviews provided by a leading-edge research program devoted to who has ghostly experiences and why. With new insights both global in scale and multidisciplinary in scope, this collaboration by five researchers uncovers consistent evidence that anomalous experiences represent a very real "Haunted People Syndrome"--a term describing anomalous experiences that manifest recurrently to the same percipients and are interpreted as "ghostly"--with implications for future research across academia. The participation of new citizen scientists (the field investigators and researchers among us) is invited in furthering the exploration of paranormal mysteries. Photos and figures illustrating concepts and models are included, as is a glossary.

In The Press

“The work laid out in this book will remind people how seriously this field of research should be taken! Readers are given extremely well thought out ideas, insights, arguments, procedures, and investigation techniques. This book is sure to smash some of the tropes in the field of paranormal research, while reinforcing others. A solid foundation for any investigator and a fascinating read for enthusiasts of paranormal research—whatever it may eventually reveal about the nature of all things that go bump in the night.”—Steve Gonsalves, paranormal investigator, television host & producer; executive producer and host of Ghost Nation; director of The House In Between

About the Author

Brian Laythe, Ph.D., is the owner of Iudicium psychological consultancy, and the director of the Institute for the Study of Religious and Anomalous Experience (I.S.R.A.E.). He lives in Charlestown, Indiana. James Houran, Ph.D., is a research professor at the Laboratory for Statistics and Computation, ISLA—Instituto Politécnico de Gestão e Tecnologia (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal) and research director at Integrated Knowledge Systems, Inc. (Dallas Texas). He lives in Dallas. Neil Dagnall, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He has been involved with the teaching and researching of the anomalous for 20+ years and is an advocate of public engagement and education in science. Kenneth Drinkwater, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). His primary research interests concern the formation and maintenance of scientifically unsubstantiated cognitions, such as paranormal beliefs, conspiracy theories, and urban legends. Ciarán O’Keeffe, Ph.D., is an associate professor of research and education at Buckinghamshire New University (UK), where he is also associate head of the School of Human and Social Sciences. He is a co-author of a number of popular paranormal books.