Ghost investigations

This section provides notes about ghost-related phenomena, sceptic explanations, methods and equipment to adequately assess whether people’s subjective experiences are down to the actual presence of ghosts, and/or to find evidence for the more conventional explanations.

1. Definition

“A sensory experience in which there appears to be present a person or animal (deceased or living) who is in fact out of sensory range of the experient...”

Baker, I. S. (2002). Do Ghosts Exist? A Summary of Parapsychological Research into Apparitional Experiences. In J. Newton (Ed.). Early Modern Ghosts. Durham, UK: University of Durham.