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    Read more about the article Deception: poltergeist activity
    Deception: magicians string

    Deception: poltergeist activity

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:February 23, 2025
    • Post category:Trickery demonstrations

    Demonstration of a 'poltergeist' or 'telekinesis' movement of a small pamphlet. The effect...

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    Read more about the article Deception: ‘poltergeist’ chair
    Trickery and deception: the poltergeist chair

    Deception: ‘poltergeist’ chair

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:February 23, 2025
    • Post category:Trickery demonstrations

    Demonstration of a 'poltergeist' or 'haunted' chair seemingly moving across an office by itself. The effect...

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    Read more about the article Orbs: examples
    Examples: Orbs and light anomalies

    Orbs: examples

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:February 23, 2025
    • Post category:Photography examples

    Examples: Orbs and light anomalies

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    Read more about the article Orbs: investigating photography
    Orbs: investigating photography

    Orbs: investigating photography

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:February 23, 2025
    • Post category:Photography

    The topic of orbs in the paranormal is an interesting one. Orbs are the source of massive disagreement when it comes to collating 'evidence' ...

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    Read more about the article Do you know the risk? Investigating derelict buildings
    Do you know the risks?

    Do you know the risk? Investigating derelict buildings

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:February 2, 2025
    • Post category:Ethics and safety

    This article isn't about being a killjoy, or 'having a go'. Its not even about the plethora of ghost groups who think its perfectly acceptable to break-and-enter or trespass in derelict buildings to ply their 'trade'...

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    Read more about the article Investigating Photography: sources and further reading
    Investigating photography, sources and links

    Investigating Photography: sources and further reading

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:February 2, 2025
    • Post category:Photography

    This page holds links and titles of useful sources/research for those wanting to look into photography themselves, and understand the processes behind some of the mundane phenomena often mistaken for paranormal phenomena.

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    Read more about the article Software and apps: investigating photography
    Apps and software: investigating photography

    Software and apps: investigating photography

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:January 21, 2025
    • Post category:Photography

    Perhaps the most common 'ghost photograph' that crosses my desk these days is the product of the deliberate use of a ghost app or other software...

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    Read more about the article Software and apps: examples
    Examples: Software and app generated images

    Software and apps: examples

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:January 21, 2025
    • Post category:Photography examples

    Examples: Software and app generated images

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    Read more about the article Long exposure imagery: examples
    Examples: long exposure

    Long exposure imagery: examples

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:January 20, 2025
    • Post category:Photography examples

    Examples: long exposure

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    Read more about the article Smoke: investigating photography
    Smoke and smog: investigating photography

    Smoke: investigating photography

    • Post author:ThBoggartW
    • Post published:January 18, 2025
    • Post category:Photography

    Out of all of the anomalous 'mist' images I've seen over the years, the imagery produced by smoke introduced to a cold damp atmosphere is by far the most evocative and easily prone to pareidolia and very simple imaginative interpretation...

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