Time, Ghosts, and the Haunting of Corriganville

Corriganville Ranch/Park is hidden in the east hills around Simi Valley, in a gulley between mountain ranges. It was a movie ranch, a theme park, and finally a regional park. The opening of Disneyland in 1955 killed off the theme park, and fires, distance from Los Angeles, and complicated land negotiation deals prevented any furtherContinue reading “Time, Ghosts, and the Haunting of Corriganville”

We Know We Have Died . . . And Then What?

Sam Parnia via the AWARE study determined that there is electrical activity in the brain that suggests (how, I am not sure) that we are aware of our physical death for at least 20 seconds and possibly much longer after our hearts have stopped beating and our lungs have given up the ghost, so toContinue reading “We Know We Have Died . . . And Then What?”

Jack Osbourne’s “Night of Terror”, The Block Universe, and Quantum Weirdness in the Ghost Shows

Well, it has happened: physics (or intimations of it) now needs to be introduced into the paranormal shows in order to sort through the mishmash of theories that are popping up to explain hauntings. Recently, it’s not just about the spirits of dead people engaging in the classic haunt, but “crossing timelines”, “overlapping dimensions,” andContinue reading “Jack Osbourne’s “Night of Terror”, The Block Universe, and Quantum Weirdness in the Ghost Shows”

Nobody Cares About Your Ghost Story, Or, Why We Need a Theory of the Paranormal

When I started on the grand adventure of paranormal investigations, I believed that I could change the world with my data, my evidence, for the existence of “ghosts”, spirits, or beings that weren’t supposed to be here, because they were dead. It was so simple then; show the world (and by the world, I meantContinue reading “Nobody Cares About Your Ghost Story, Or, Why We Need a Theory of the Paranormal”