Alternative Protection

Alternative Protection

Here we are offering old superstitions, folk remedies and different ways to protect yourself on either, ghost hunt expeditions, or in your own home.

We do not vouch for the validity of any of the protection suggestions having basis in scientific fact, or actually working - We offer them here purely for entertainment value and will not be held responsible for any resulting outcome, whether good or bad.

We have only tested a few for ourselves and our outcomes have no scientific basis, just entertainment value, as we cannot get a ghost into a laboratory to see if this stuff actually works! 

Shoes

When you go to bed at night, set out the shoes you'll wear in the morning. Place them at the foot of your bed, on the floor, with one shoe pointing one way, and the other shoe pointing the opposite way. According to folklore, the ghosts get so confused by this they leave after a few nights.

Garlic

Garlic: is a tried-and-true repellent for unpleasant spirits of all kinds. Hang one clove in each doorway and window where you need protection. A clove in your pocket can also be a good idea.

Also used to keep Vampires (and some women) away

Haematite

 Wearing it, or even carrying a piece of this unusually heavy black stone, will absorb evil energy. This won't get rid of the ghost, just the negative effects of it.

For more info on other Crystals with potential benefits please visit the links below:

http://crystal-cure.com/protection.html 

http://www.crystalsandjewelry.com/protection_stones.html 

 Mirrors

Convex Mirrors: can be purchased from automotive stores. Use one for each haunted room. You'll need extra mirrors if your windows in the haunted room face more than one direction. For example, if your windows face North and East, you'll need two convex mirrors. You'll also need an extra convex mirror if your computer or TV is in a haunted room, and your back is to the door when you're looking at them. Select one window in a haunted room. Place the mirror discreetly in a corner, preferably behind a curtain. The mirror should face towards the outside of the house. When a ghost approaches your window from the outside, he sees his own distorted reflection and goes away. In haunted rooms where you sit with your back to the door, place the mirror so that you will see anyone (or anything) entering the room, without turning your head.

Flat Mirrors: Buy one for each room that is haunted. Place the mirror at eye level, inside the room that is haunted, against the door. The shiny side of the mirror should face the door itself, not you. Supposedly, the ghost looks through the door and sees his reflection in the mirror. This scares him away.

 Grain Counting

Sand, rice, split peas, etc.: Randomly toss rice, split peas, sand, salt, coffee beans or grounds, or anything small and granular, on your kitchen floor when you go to bed at night (if that's when the ghosts are most bothersome). According to folklore, the ghosts will pause to count the grains. They aren't very good at counting, so they have to start over again, repeatedly, or they forget the numbers.

One variation of this is to hang a vial or tube of sand in the window of any haunted room. Like the grains of rice on the kitchen floor, any entering ghost has to pause to count the sand granules. After a few nights, the ghost will give up and haunt somewhere else.

 Salt

Salt has to be the best known of all the protective minerals - it is used by Wiccans, pagans and many other spiritualists to cleanse and protect themselves, and their abodes.

According to legend, ghosts cannot cross a line of blessed salt so you can use it to keep a ghost in a particular area or create a circle of protection. Some people like to have their salt blessed too.

Sea Salt: According to legend, ghosts cannot cross a line of blessed salt so you can use it to keep a ghost in a particular area, or create a circle of protection. Some people like to have their salt blessed too.

Space Clearing

Sage, Salt, Crystal and Incense:

Sage sticks or incense can be used to clear the energy in houses - it is best to open all the doors and windows of the house, light the stick, and slowly go from room to room.

Take the stick into corners of rooms where energy builds up or becomes stagnant, in cupboards - anywhere and everywhere really...

Bells also work in the same manner, as do Tibetan singing bowls (which can be purchased cheaply from eBay)

A little more info about Bells:

http://www.spaceclearing.com/html/blog/2008/12/28/space-clearing-bells-and-harmony-balls/

 Hazelnuts

Really not sure on the history of this one - guess it would have to be from wherever hazelnuts originated from? (I wonder if Nutella works too?)

Hazelnuts have been used for protection since ancient times. Have a string of hazelnuts at every doorway into your house. You may want to bless the string in a ritual suited to your own religious beliefs or have your local priest bless it.

Herb Pouches

If you believe in folk magic, create a small pouch with several protection herbs in it. This could include- Five-Finger grass, cinnamon, and Echinacea. Along the same lines,  

If you believe in folk magic, create a small pouch with several protection herbs in it. This could include- Five-Finger grass, cinnamon, and Echinacea.

Disclaimer: Eidolon Paranormal provides this information contained in the article "Alternative Protection" with no guarantee that any of its properties work in the manner written or supplied. All information contained here is sourced from "Old Wives Tales", "Medieval sources" and "superstitious belief" and should be taken as gospel on the matter of "spiritual protection".

Researched and written by Allen Tiller ©2012

History Of The Gladstone Gaol

History Of The Gladstone Gaol

Written and Researched by

Karen Paynter

A famous and historic heritage-listed building, The Gladstone Gaol was built between 1879 - 1881 at the cost of  £21,640.

 It was constructed from slate sourced from the Mintaro Quarry and transported to the Gladstone site by bullock drays.

While originally housing "inebriates" and "debtors", the Gladstone Gaol never housed its intended capacity. Reaching never more than approximately 86 prisoners between 1881 until the 1920s.

 Although always intended as a Gaol for both Men and Women, the prisoners always remained totally separated, maintaining zero contact.

 The Women were assigned to laundry duties, while the Men were to attend the market gardens outside of the prison grounds.

During the global conflict of World War II, The Gladstone Gaol was transformed into a South Australian Internment Camp for German and Italian internees. While interstate, another two gaols were also used, along with a hospital and a racecourse, eventually leading to the need of purpose-built internment Camps.

 Following this, the gaol was used as a Military Detention Barracks.

Between 1943 and 1953 the Gaol remained unused until it became a corrective training facility for offenders aged 18 - 25 years old.

In 1955 the complex increased to include 125 cells following an extension.

Closing in 1975, as its facilities were deemed outdated, only to be reopened to the public in 1978

Charles Vangelis Ross in His Prison Guard uniform

Photograph provided courtesy of Roslyn Ross, http://Roslyn-ross.blogspot.com/.

During the late months of 1979, The Gladstone Gaol became the "Gatunga Gaol" for the set of the prison movie "STIR".

While controversial at the time, "STIR" was inspired by and loosely based on the real-life prison riot at Bathurst Gaol of N.S.W. in 1974.

The "B" and "C" wings were used in the making of the movie.

Travellers and Tourists alike find the Gladstone Gaol a "must-see" destination of the Southern Flinders Ranges.

Today, The Gladstone Gaol is available for overnight accommodation with three styles available

-"Budget": Bring your own bedding

 - "Affordable": ready-made beds

- "Bed and Breakfast": Fully prepared accommodation with a continental breakfast

Tours available include:

- A  "Do it yourself" Tour

- A Guided Tour

or

You can make an appointment for a night "Ghost Tour"

 - functions and conferences are also catered for, along with special interest groups

 - Light refreshments are available at the Gaol Cafe

 Gaol opening times are:

Wed- Mon 10am - 5pm

Address:

Ward Street

Gladstone S.A. 5472

Ph: (08) 86622200

Mobile (Cell): 0429799926

Fax: (08) 866622240

 

June 1910, appointed Senior Warder at Gladstone Gaol 

Investigation

Preparation

 We prepared for our investigation by researching our location, getting maps and making a list of all known haunted areas within the Gaol, Karen and Allen then presented this material to the other teams at a team meeting held the weekend before the Gaol Investigation.

We decided on how to approach the investigation at the team meeting. It was decided each team would take a section of the Gaol, locations listed from A to E, and spend half an hour there investigating before moving into the next section. All the teams would then meet together and try some experiments Allen and David had designed, then return to the rotating roster of locations.

Pre Investigation

We started our walkthrough of the site with Kathy Webb, former caretaker of the Gaol. Kathy gave us vast amounts of insight into the operations of the gaol in its working life, and life in the gaol since its closure in 1975.  Kathy took us to all the locations reputed to be haunted and told us the stories associated with the haunting, some of which, in her opinion, are not true at all.

After our tour we began our setup process, DVRs were placed in the "D" block by the Adelaide Shadow Hunters, and the "C" and "A" blocks, and tower by Adelaide Spirit Chasers and Shadow Riders Paranormal Investigations. Ir lighting was set about the different hallways and measurements of sound, wind and EMF were taken throughout the facility.

We then stopped for dinner and a quick chat about noise levels and contamination of evidence.

Investigation

Each team began its investigation in it's allocated area, then rotated throughout the evening, until we gathered together for an experiment.

Cell Block Experiment

We gathered all the teams together in cell block "C". Allen and David acted as the Warden and Guard.

  All the remaining team members divided into individual cells, then Allen and David walked through the cell block calling "lights out" and checking on the individual cells as guards would have done in their era.

During this experiment we noted a number of occurrences, one team member reported that their K2 meter went into the "red" , Allen and David both witnessed a light leaving a cell behind them and heard the sound of shuffling feet (no-one was behind them, nor was anyone moving about). 

We decided to move the experiment into cell block "B' and try again, this timeless phenomenon occurred in the cell block when compared to the previous experiment, however, whilst watching the DVR system during the experiment, we noticed movement in the stairwell and in the "C" block where we had just been...

Each team took turns at doing EVP sessions during the night, experiments and using various equipment - look for a video on youtube soon showing some of the investigations during the night

Personal Experiences

Sometimes whilst investigating people have experiences that aren't caught on camera, voice recorder or other equipment.

These experiences, being touched, being scratched, smelling perfume etc. cannot be caught on conventional paranormal investigation equipment. Often these experiences are dismissed as they cannot be quantified, or validated by any conventional means, and thus remain the personal experience of the witness.

The majority of Personal Experiences are never expressed to the client as no physical evidence or reading can be supplied, however, if the event coincided with a reading, it may be referenced in a report.

Here we are going to share some of the personal experiences from team members on our investigation at The Gladstone Gaol.

We are not stating that these experiences are verifiable paranormal experiences, but they are related to the investigation and previous ghost stories told from the Gaol.

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Lisa: Shadow Riders Paranormal Investigations

When we were doing the experiment in area B, I thought I would just lay down for a minute (mistake no 1) and shut my eyes for a sec(mistake no 2). I started to doze off, at first it felt like someone was lightly rubbing the inside of my knee, but then I decided it was just the fabric of my jeans moving across my leg, that I must have moved slightly. As I was falling deeper asleep, I got what felt like a firm squeeze on the right side of my waist, I really thought it felt like fingers digging into me, and I woke up with a jolt. When I was awake I thought I must have imagined it and it was just that I woke with a start. When I mentioned it on Sunday morning, I found out some of the others had the same thing. 

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John: Adelaide Shadow Hunters

"We began by holding an EVP session in Cell 1 where the only activity seemed to be me (John) experiencing something tug on my Infra-red light cord.  We then moved around each cell in D-block conducting EVP sessions where we didn't get much activity.

Another personal experience that happened to me was I had seen a shadow go across the back wall into a closed-cell.  As we went down there to see which cell it went in we noticed that the cell was locked and that you could not get into it."

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 John: Shadow Riders Paranormal Investigations

It was about 5.30am... in "A" Block and I awoke with a pain in my side like I was being clamped by a claw of sorts. The funniest thing was I had been dreaming that I had been bitten by a crocodile. After I woke the pain was gone within a few seconds

Back Row: John (S.R.P.I.), David (A.S.C./ S.A.P.), Allen (E.P./ S.A.P.), Ben (A.S.H.), Tony Holland - Curator

Middle: Lisa (S.R.P.I.), Mick (A.S.C.) John (A.S.H.), Courtney (A.S.H.)

Front: Cathy Webb (Guide) Jayde (E.P.), Maryann (A.S.C.), Teena (M.N.P.), Deb (M.N.P.)

Kneeling: Karen(E.P./ S.A.P.)

Thank You

A big thanks to Tony Holland, Gladstone Gaol caretaker for allowing us to investigate.

Thanks also to Kathy Webb for the tour and valuable insight into Gaol life...

...And finally, a big thank you to Mid North Paranormal for all the liaising in Gladstone

References

TROVE

http://trove.nla.gov.au

"The Mercury" - Hobart, Tasmania, Sat. 15th May 1920 - page 7

"The Advertiser" - Adelaide, South Australia; Sat. 21st Oct. 1911 - page 19

"Barrier Miner" Broken Hill, N.S.W. Mon. 2nd March 1953 page 1

"Barrier Miner" Broken Hill; N.S.W. Wed. 9th May 1894 page 1

Gladstone Community Development & Tourism Association  

http://www.gladstonesa.com.au/gladstone-gaol/ 

Postcards

http://www.postcards-sa.com.au/features/gladstone_gaol.html

© 2014 Allen and Karen Tiller

www.eidolonparanormal.com.au

Goosebumps: Paranormal Phenomena or Natural Reaction

GOOSEBUMPS
Paranormal Phenomena or Natural Reaction

By

Allen Tiller 

Goosebumps, those odd feeling little prickly bumps that rise on our skin from time to time, have become a recent “Ghost Hunting” sensation, due to a paranormal television show claiming they are a reaction to “energy” or “spirits” present in the area the team are in....but what are they really? And are they paranormal?

Goosebumps is a reflex action called “Piloerection”

Piloerection is also known as “Horripilation” and “Pilometer Reflex”, or as its medical term, “cutis anserina“ it occurs in not just humans, but many other mammals as well.

Goosebumps can be brought about by cold breezes or emotions, such as awe, pleasure, fear and nostalgia, many people feel it when daydreaming, or when listening to a favourite piece of music.

Animals use Piloerection to make themselves look larger when they feel threatened. Ever seen the “hackles” on your dog? That’s piloerection too!

http://www.healthyheating.com/ 

  

Wikipedia states the following:

Goosebumps are created when tiny muscles at the base of each hair, known as arrectores pilorum, contract and pull the hair erect. The reflex is started by the sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for many fight-or-flight responses.

As a response to cold: in animals covered with fur or hair, the erect hairs trap air to create a layer of insulation. Goosebumps can also be a response to anger or fear: the erect hairs make the animal appear larger, in order to intimidate enemies. This can be observed in the intimidation displays of chimpanzees, in stressed mice and rats, and in frightened cats. In humans, it can even extend to piloerection as a reaction to hearing nails scratch on a chalkboard, listening to awe-inspiring music, or feeling or remembering strong and positive emotions (e.g., after winning a sports event).

So why is it called a “Goosebump”?

Basically, it is because the goosebump looks like the pimply skin of a plucked goose...

The alternate name for goose-bumps is goose-flesh. The Germans use an almost identical term Gaensehaut (gooseskin) and the Italians say pelle d'oca ( goose-skin). All of these draw from the appearance of a goose when it has been plucked.

So is it paranormal or natural?

It is a natural phenomenon and not paranormally linked in any other way than a natural reaction to one's surroundings, “fight or flight” instincts and heightened senses due to fear.

Videos with more information

References

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrector_pili_muscle>

<http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6842>.

<http://www.syncrat.com/7jn>.

© 2007 - 2014 Allen Tiller

www.eidolonparanormal.com.au

Ian Murphy

Ian Murphy

Today we meet an Irish national now living in Manchester, New Hampshire, Mr Ian Murphy, the founder of 4 (count them 4!) paranormal teams across the world.
 They are as follows: The Paranormal Research Associations of Boston, New Hampshire, Colorado and Ireland.

Allen: Ian, how did you become interested in paranormal related subjects?

Ian: “I became interested after a friend believed she had a ghost in her house and knew I was a scientific person. We had an experience of an object moving across the room as we turned the lights out. That piqued my interest in 1997 and I started researching. In 2004 I founded the Paranormal Research Association of Ireland and have subsequently started divisions in Boston, New Hampshire and Colorado."

Allen: "Have you had anything paranormal occur in your life?"

Ian: "95% of our cases are of natural origin. However, I have had some unexplained things happen to me. One of the earliest was in 2004 when I was down in a dungeon in a castle and I got a strange feeling in my face. A medium across from me told me that she could see my face change. Now we don’t work with mediums, and this could just have been her reading my micro signals and embellishing, but still strange.”

Allen: “Why did you become an investigator and how has it changed your life?”

Ian: “ I have always been interested in the paranormal, and decided to become more serious in it.
Managing 4 teams and about 40 people internationally, it takes over a part of your life. But helping people and educating people is very rewarding (albeit not financially rewarding) experience.”

Allen: “If you could give me two places in the world you have investigated, that really intrigued you, or you just plain loved, what would they be?”

Ian: “ Charleville Castle, Ireland. It’s a fantastic location with fantastic people and always have a good time. It has a friendly

USS Salem

atmosphere and is very historical

USS Salem – Always a fun place to investigate. However, recently they doubled their rates making them no longer viable to run public investigations on.”

I asked Ian if he could share an interesting story or two about the many investigations he has been on over the years with the various teams that he runs across the world. Ian stated that ALL his investigations have been interesting for one reason or another some from a psychology, environmental or personal viewpoint.

Allen: “Ian, what are some of your more memorable moments?

Ian: “Colonial House – We saw a shadow flitting across one of our cameras in a locked off room. When we went in to investigate there was a bat, and subsequent hilarious footage of me chasing the bat around the room.”
“USS Salem – We have a great piece of audio caught on one of our voice recorders, and it’s available to download on our website!”
“Charleville Castle – Numerous events happened there. Our most interesting in my experience was part of our testing for new candidates. We had a small room in the castle where we would put new members in alone and tell them there were stories of voices, physical attack and apparitions. None of the stories were real, but we liked to see how susceptible to suggestion they were. We had a lot of events from the new candidates which were familiar to the stories we gave them.”

Allen: “Has anything unexplainable or paranormal ever happened on an investigation that you wish to share with our readers?”

Ian: “ Most of the events that happen have had a non-paranormal cause. All things that have happened are usually uncorroborated and still under review.”

One of my favourite questions to ask, purely because of the variety of answer I get is:
 “What is your favourite piece of equipment, and why?”

Ian: “ We have about $10000 worth of gear within the association, however, I feel that critical thinking is our best piece of equipment, and our most valuable resource is our members.”

Now that is an answer I have not had before, and it is encouraging to know that there are teams out there with this approach to their investigations and team work. It is also worthwhile noting that Ian's groups run “paranormal classes, conferences, public investigations and talks” all vital to the interaction and education of the general public to the world of ghosts and other paranormal phenomena, and something all teams should consider developing into their groups general guidelines and activities.

Ian has appeared on many TV shows, on radio and in newspaper articles. Some would include:

Ghost Hunters International

(Season one, episode ten “Castle of the Damned” )

FM104,

CBS Radio,

many national newspapers, RTE 1, RTE 2, 98FM and many more over 10 years!

For more information on Ian and his teams, his activities, media appearances and investigations please visit his website at:

www.praofb.org

Video Bio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRbL8zugVN8 

© 2014 Allen Tiller

www.eidolonparanormal.com.au

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Ray Jorden

Ray Jorden

It's been a little while since I’ve written a “Paranormal Investigator: Past & Present” blog, to be quite frank, I needed a break from writing. The blog will be up and running again soon, but the PI blog will be a little more sporadic, and perhaps only once a month, allowing me more time to concentrate on other topics I wish to present here, and over at The Haunts of Adelaide blog.



Today, I am going to introduce to you a good friend and colleague of mine Mr Ray Jorden, some of you may already know him from his previous work with “The Paranormal 5” television show in the UK, or paranormal radio show “Haunted 911”. Ray's Magazine column in Ghost Voices Magazine or by his regular hosting gigs, such as that of hosting his longtime friend, Ian Lawman's, “Buried Alive” event at Dudley Castle in the UK.
If you haven’t heard of Ray before, you will soon know his name from the Australian production of “Haunting: Australia” due to air on Foxtel's “Syfy” channel in February in Australia, and in the UK in April, on UKTV's “Really” channel.

Ray was born in the southern English town of Salisbury in the county of Wiltshire, a historic location sometimes described as “The City in the Countryside”, Salisbury is home to a Gothic Cathedral that holds the “Magna Carta” and is only minutes drive from the world famous Stonehenge, a place of mystery and intrigue for many paranormal investigators.

Allen: "Ray, how did you become interested in ghosts and the paranormal?"
Ray: “ I have been interested in the paranormal for over 30 years, actually since I was five years old, when my cousin and myself use to play in the summer holidays at my grandfather’s house in the basement, we use to look for ghosts and ghoulish monsters, so my journey began then. I used to read books in private and in secret growing up, never daring to tell anyone in case they thought I was weird or bizarre.
Then in 1999 my two best friends passed away three months apart, so this set a new journey for me, I wanted to know more about, once were dead are we dead, and this journey has led me to this point.

Ray with Ian Lawman at Circular Quay - Sydney, Australia

Allen: Have you had anything you would deem “paranormal” occur in your life?
Ray: “ I have seen my grandmother when I was very young, I was playing in my grandfather’s garden, I looked up and saw my grandmother looking at me, even though I knew she had died 3 or six months before I could not understand why she was looking at me and why she was there, so I looked away looked back and she was gone. That is the most personal occurrence I have had on a personal level. “

Allen: “What led you to become a paranormal investigator/researcher?
Ray: “I can’t believe we just cease to exist, in my opinion. We go somewhere, or do we go where we want to go? So this is what I wanted to find out and one reason I became an investigator."

Allen: “ How has being a paranormal investigator changed your life?”
Ray: “ Every investigation I learn something new and I have to admit working within this field it’s a never-ending road of self-discovery and learning things about yourself that you never knew, I am proud of this and embrace it as I believe you can never stop learning and you can never stop learning about yourself.”

As I mentioned earlier, Ray worked with a team on television called “The Paranormal 5”, but this wasn't his first team or investigations, so I asked Ray, “What his first, or previous teams had been named?”

Ray and Gaurav Tiwari at Circular Quay Sydney, Australia

Ray: "My very first investigation team I founded with a friend of mine and the team was called Jorden Williams Paranormal. My role was executive founder within the team, I also use to source the locations and was responsible for the investigation coordination for the night."

Of course, every team, and budding investigator needs somewhere to hone their skills and practice their craft...
Allen: “Do you have a favourite place to investigate or location you've investigated?"
Ray: “I can honestly say I do not have a favourite location to investigate, each location is a real pleasure to have had the opportunity to explore, but if I had to say it has to be Woodchester Mansion, just so many tales and stories, ghost sightings and previous evidence caught, it’s a thrilling location.”

It's all about the evidence, I asked Ray what he thinks is the best thing he has captured...
Allen: “What is your best piece of evidence you have captured, and can you tell me about why it is good?”
Ray: “ I think as a collective with the “Haunting: Australia” team we collected some really compelling evidence, but personally it was on location at one of Salisbury’s oldest pubs or “chop house” as it was known called The Haunch of Venison. Myself and the team were sitting in a U shape in the restaurant on the first floor, I could see everyone to my left and to my right as I was sitting in the middle, this way I could view everyone’s position.
It was quiet, so Samantha said she was getting up to move across the room to have a look, as she returned from her little walk round, just as she was heading towards us, this all mighty crashing sound was heard, I thought someone had smashed the windows in, but that wasn’t the case. Lights went on and logically we were trying to work out what this might have been, I looked under the table (which was free from any objects on the top surface) and found a heaving silver dinner knife on the floor. When we first went in the room, we did a sweep of the floor and tables as to record and document any objects, as to know what was where, or what wasn’t there before, we checked this against finding the knife and it wasn’t recorded as being there before!!!!!! So we cant say it was paranormal, but we can say it was very unexplained and coincidental with the noise and the knife.”

Allen: “Ray, everyone who investigates the paranormal, generally has a favourite piece of equipment, can I ask, what is your favourite piece of equipment, and why?”
Ray: “ I really like using the voice recorder on investigation and I really enjoy using simple trigger objects as well as my own senses, we are in fact in many ways a great piece of equipment using our own senses. “

Ray and Myself about to eat dinner in the Blue Mountains NSW

Ray doesn’t run any Ghost Tours, like many of my previous guests to the blog, but he does get asked to appear at events, on the subject, Ray had this to say...
Ray: “ I often get asked to appear at Ghost Hunting Nights at various locations around the UK. I have to admit this is something I have enjoyed and have spent some amazing investigation nights with some lovely people of the general public. I have a few lined up towards the end of 2013.”

(With this in mind, if you are looking for Ray to host an event or to appear at an event please feel free to contact him via his website on the link below in this article )

Ray has done a ton of Media work, and this would be an extremely long blog if I were to list all the work he had done, it is a rather extensive list, and can be found on his website (Link below), but here is a short list of some of his appearances:

ITV’s The Paranormal 5 (8 part TV series)

Vision Paranormal (Vision News) (3 episodes)

The Kevin Mooore Show (Sky TV)

The Sporah Show (Ben TV)

Live in London (Brookiewood TV)

Ghostly Getaways (TV Pilot)

Screamers (TV Pilot)

Paranormal Magazine

Haunted Magazine

Society Magazine

Ghost Voices Magazine

Salisbury Life Magazine

Rayleen Kable and Ray at Circular Quay, Sydney NSW

It has been an honour and pleasure to interview Ray and share the interview with you all. I had the pleasure of not only investigating with Ray on “Haunting: Australia”, but also inviting Ray (and the rest of the cast) to my home for a BBQ Kangaroo dinner, cooked by lovely Wife Karen, making the whole event of our overseas visitors coming to Australia to investigate just a little more personal.
I hope you, constant reader have enjoyed this little view into Ray's past...

You can look forward to seeing more of Ray Jorden in 2014 with the release of “Haunting: Australia”, in the meantime you can follow Ray on various internet sites listed below.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RayJorden

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/OfficialRayJorden?fref=ts

Ray Jorden Official Website – www.rayjorden.com

Ray Jorden with the cast of "Haunting: Australia", Ian Lawman, Gaurav Tiwari, Robb Demarest, Rayleen Kable, Allen Tiller and Allen's wife (hiding behind Allen), Karen Tiller - taking a break between shooting at Gledswood Homestead, NSW

© 2013 Allen Tiller

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PI:Past & Present: Edmund Gurney

Edmund Gurney

Born at Hersham England in March 1847, Gurney was a Musician, an English Psychologist and Psychical Researcher.

Gurney was an avid learner, studying music for most of his youth, but being dissatisfied by his own execution, he went on to study medicine, not to practice it, but just for his own interest. He studied Physics, Chemistry and Physiology. He then went on to study Law in 1881.

Gurney's interests expanded with his knowledge of life and death, and the world in general, soon he became interested in the world of seances and medium-ship and found himself Co-founder of the Society of Psychical Research, one of the longest running and most respected paranormal related organisations in the world.

Amongst Gurney's study and experimentation were the subjects of “thought-transference” and hypnotism, of which he co-wrote many volumes on.

With other members of The Society of Psychical Research, Gurney's experiments would try and establish patterns and evidence for telepathy and hallucinations, many of the experiments were chronicled in the book “Proceedings for the Society of Psychical Research” and Gurney's own essay “Hallucinations”

Gurney's work would later become very controversial amongst his contemporaries as it claimed his assistant, George Smith, a well known theatrical performer, was using stage illusion and theatrical trickery to falsify results.

Douglas Blackburn, Smith's partner in performance, publicly admitted fraudulent activities in 1908 and 1911, of which Smith later denied.

Edmund Gurney died in 1888 from an overdose of Chloroform, it was widely thought at the time, that he had indeed committed suicide.

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PI:Past & Present: Loyd Auerbach - Haunted by Chocolate

Loyd Auerbach

Loyd Auerbach, a noted author and public speaker about many paranormal subjects has been involved in the paranormal community since sometime in the early 1980s. In 1978 he received a Bachelors degree in Cultural Anthropology, and by 1986 released his first book “ ESP, Hauntings and Poltergeists: A Parapsychologists Handbook”.

Mr Auerbach founded the “Office of Paranormal Investigations” in 1989, the OPI website is an interesting and detailed place for information based on Mr Auerbach's findings and methods. His team consists of paranormal investigators and consultants who are interested in “psi” related phenomena such as psychic and extrasensory perceptions but also delve into the world of ghost hunting and spiritualism.

Mr Auerbach was also a Consulting Editor and a columnist for FATE magazine from 1991 to 2004, possibly the longest running and most respected “para” magazine, with its first print run in spring of 1948.
Loyd Auerbach is also a professional mentalist and “psychic entertainer”, He performs under the pseudonym “Professor Paranormal” for private and corporate functions. He is also the on the Board of Directors for the “Psychic Entertainers Association” of which he also served as President from 2001 to 2005



More recently Mr Auerbach has created a program through the HCH Institute called “Parapsychological Studies Certification Program”, which offers on-campus and distance learning, and is registered with the State of California.
On top ODF this program Mr Auerbach is also on the faculty of Atlantic University where he teaches an online graduate course titled “Principles of Parapsychology”
Amongst his other credits is being the “Public Information and Media Consultant” to the American Society for Psychical Research”
Currently, Loyd Auerbach is on the Advisory board for the Rhine Research Center.



An unrelated fact about Mr Auerbach is that he is also a professional chocolatier, and produces chocolate under his brand name “Haunted by Chocolate”

Here is a list of Loyd Auerbach books

• The Ghost Detectives' Guide to Haunted San Francisco (2011, ISBN 978-1-61035-007-5).
•  A Paranormal Casebook: Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium (2005, ISBN 978-1-933177-04-5).
•  Hauntings & Poltergeists: A Ghost Hunter's Guide (2004, ISBN 978-1-57951-072-5),
•  Ghost Hunting: How to Investigate the Paranormal (2004, ISBN 978-1-57951-067-1),
•  Mind Over Matter (1996, ISBN 978-1-57566-047-9)
• Reincarnation, Channelling and Possession: A Parapsychologist's Handbook (1993, ISBN 978-0-446-36333-4)
•  Psychic Dreaming: A Parapsychologist's Handbook (1991, ISBN 978-0-446-36056-2)

Loyd Auerbach's has also been involved in many television shows, as well as appearing on air in various programs. He has made appearances on paranormal-related programs for the Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, The Learning Channel, A&E, the History Channel, theSci Fi Channel and TechTV.

Read More about Loyd Auerbach here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyd_Auerbach

http://www.fatemag.com/

http://mindreader.com/

© 2013 Allen Tiller

www.eidolonparanormal.com.au