The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) touts itself as “bridging the known and unknown worlds.” One of their exhaustive (?) research projects has recently been to determine why gay people are–well, the way they are. This has resulted in the SSRF asking the question, “Are gay people possessed by ghosts?” We would like to perform […]

How about twenty paranormal challenges? Your extraordinary proof could net you several extraordinary rewards, but do these challenges accomplish anything besides hype? Hayley Stevens learns from one contest organizer they’re considerably more open-minded than Randi, without sacrificing skepticism. Perhaps they’d be interested in the Gruesome Moment An African Witch Doctor Knifes A Man To Death […]

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 […]

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 […]

In February, Willson, 48, was jailed for 20 months after he pleaded guilty to five historic offences of indecent assault against Hayley when she was a schoolgirl in Bacup, Lancashire aged 14 or 15.

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 […]