There’s nothing we love more than watching a skeptic apply skepticism to another skeptic. Hayley Stevens takes issue with Bill Nye’s outright dismissal of ghosts, the essential element of people, and the not-so-tacit promulgation of ignorance by insisting science is always right. Same goes with EsoterX’s guide on How To Measure Useful Fictions, illustrating the […]

Everyone knows the difference between a fact and an opinion. Well, almost everyone. Take those science-y zealots, resolute in their skepticism of the world around them, but never questioning their own beliefs nor the data. Everyone’s guilty of this, even Hayley Stevens, but she takes issue with the self-assured who earnestly believe their opinions are […]

It’s not news to us that paranormal events depicted on the big screen seldom bear any resemblance to reality. But sometimes a movie goes a tad too far, causing the incredible to morph into unbelievable or demeaning. Hayley Stevens points out that it is up to the real ghost hunters out there to make a […]

Haunted houses are one of the best ways to preserve historical landmarks. Folks fork over their hard earned cash to learn about history, and hear an eerie ghost story or two as the sun goes down. Hayley Stevens notes it’s important to follow the money, since you might have a good time but the charitable […]

Ghost-geek Hayley defends UK psychic Sally Morgan in her recent attempt to, apparently, prevent her clients from being ripped off by scammers who claim to be her and grab the dosh which should rightfully be hers. The debate on psychics has run longer than the ‘Who Killed JFK’ saga, but one surely must ask why […]

Is there a problem with skepticism as John Horgan insists? Well it all depends on what you’re calling skepticism according to Hayley Stevens. She urges everyone to look underneath the surface, beyond the rhetoric, and possibly get to know your local skeptic to realize they’re more than two-dimensional caricatures spewing invective on the internet. For […]

More important than skepticism when chasing spooks is honoring a code of ethics. Taking umbrage at the shenanigans of another paranormal research group, Hayley Stevens shares her thirteen commandments of ghost hunting to respect the living, and the legacies of those who still linger. A famous breach of ethics surrounds Carl von Cosel and his […]

Self-confessed ghost-geek Hayley Stevens asks if it’s time for a code of ethics for ghost-hunters. A paranormal research team in Wales caused distress and offense to a local whose relatives are interred in a local graveyard. The team had gone there to try and summon up contact from the other side without considering the feelings […]

Louis Kidd, 27, pictured, launched Prodial Ltd from his mother’s modest home in Brighton, East Sussex, in November 2014. The company was responsible for 46million nuisance calls in four months.

Everyone knows psychics declare their services are ‘for entertainment purposes’, but new petition aims to change the caveat. Despite her skepticism, Hayley Stevens believes forcing psychics to prove they are psychic is an astoundingly bad idea. Back alley tarot card readings and séances in speakeasies might thrill, but it would put paranormal patrons at even […]