Fiona Broome's Blog, page 9

Hello, New Year! (2019)

Recently, I looked at my 2018 goals. They’d included:

Revise & update my books. Update & expand my free ghost hunting courses. Publish more articles, more regularly. Add more videos. Re-release my best podcasts. Spend more time interacting with friends & fans via social media. Decide what to do with the Mandela Effect topic.

Hmm… which of those did I complete?

Err.

Umm.

I did write a few articles, and start a Fiona Broome News page at Facebook. I even updated it, now & then.

Other than that...

ESP and Paranormal Research

Does ESP affect paranormal research?

It’s a question I’ve discussed with several people in relation to multiple topics, but especially ghost hunting.

Here’s a quote that may be relevant:

“Comments by Captain Ed Mitchell, the American astronaut, during a radio interview in January 1973, helped to strengthen the growing interest in psychokinesis. He told listeners of experiments in which metal had been fractured by this mental process. ‘It’s an ability that can be trainable,’ he said.”

[from “G...

Do Paranormal Researchers Attract Ghosts?

Different things can spark an interest in paranormal research.

For many people, it started with a childhood interest in ghost stories, or an experience that – as adults – they still wonder about: was it really a ghost?

That’s why they go looking for ghosts, or evidence that proves (or disproves) their existence.

But, now and then, someone asks me if ghost hunters live in haunted houses, or even attract ghosts.

People want to know if we “take ghosts home,” or feel uncomfortable if we move into...

Paranormal Research and “What If…?”

Almost all of my paranormal research starts with “what if…?”

I’ll bet your interest in ghosts, etc., began the same way:

What was that thing I heard/saw? And what if ghosts are real? Everyone says that house/battlefield/cemetery is haunted. What if they’re right? Ghosts can’t be real. I won’t believe in them. But what if something really is going on, at that “haunted” site?

My “what if…?” questions seem to multiply, like wire coat hangers in the basement wardrobe. Or dust bunnies under the...

2019 Website Changes

As 2019 approaches, it’s time for me to consider improvements in my various projects.

First, the websites.

Ghost Hunting Websites

I’m in the process of improving the ghost hunting articles at HollowHill.com and Ghosts101.com.  (You may have noticed an increase in graphics and videos at the most popular articles. That’s just the beginning.)

Hollow Hill is a very large project, with over 400 articles currently on the site, plus another ~130 articles (mostly podcast-related) that I’d like to res...

600 Dogs, a “Suicide” Bridge, and Black Shucks

Note: When articles cross two or more topics I routinely research, I’m planning to post those articles here. It’s simpler than trying to choose one of my other websites… and risk selecting one that isn’t the best match.

Black shucks – made famous in Conan Doyle’s story, The Hound of the Baskervilles – have always fascinated me. As a child, I was terrified of large dogs, and that may have contributed to my interest in them.  (Eventually, I outgrew my fear of large dogs… but I’d still prefer...

Thank you, Coast to Coast AM!

Tonight’s radio show was so much fun, I want to thank everyone involved.

George Noory was a gracious host, and his extensive background in paranormal topics made the two hours practically fly. (I’m glad I had a chance to vote for him at the National Radio Hall of Fame, shortly before polling closed tonight.)

Thanks also to the many listeners who called into the show with fascinating questions and insights. (Also, I’m grateful to those who were in the audience, nodding in agreement and contrib...

Why Paranormal Research?

With tonight’s radio show looming, I’ve been trying to record videos to answer the most likely questions.  (They’re at my YouTube channel.)

Here’s the latest, explaining why I’m still a paranormal researcher, and a little about what I do that’s unique.

The “TL:DR” summary..?

One of my main goals is to be sure that everyone who wants a paranormal experience, can have one.

In this video, I describe some of the nuts-and-bolts of my work.

That goal is why I keep fine-tuning my system of analyzin...

Radio Show Interview

On Monday night, June 18/19, I’ll be a guest on George Noory’s “Coast to Coast AM” radio show. It airs from midnight to 2 AM, west coast (USA) time. (Here, on the east coast, I’ll be listening to the show – and speaking, by phone, with Mr. Noory – between 3 AM and 5 AM.)

I’ll be featured in the second half of that two-hour show.

I’m expecting to focus on the Mandela Effect, but – depending upon how the discussion goes – also include insights about other paranormal phenomena. Of course, most o...

The Reality of Psi – A Shift in Past Attitudes

This week, Mark – a friend and visitor to my ghost hunting site, HollowHill.com – posted a comment about a recent report in the American Psychological Association’ academic journal.

The Daily Grail summarized the report and some of its implications, in The Reality of Psi: Leading Journal Publishes a Paper Revealing for Superpowers of the Mind.

Here’s the opening of that article.

Is controversial research into telepathy and other seeming ‘super-powers’ of the mind starting to be more accepted...