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Gettysburg is one of the most haunted locations in the United States. The Civil War and the intense and tragic battles here have left an indelible mark on the landscape and the people here. In places of great trauma and turmoil there is often some otherworldly echo still playing on, and it is no truer than in Gettysburg. The... more »
Alberta, Canada is one of the most beautiful places on this continent. With its glacier hikes and posh resorts, this natural gem is a year-round destination for an international community. "Discover Alberta" is their motto, and there is, indeed, a lot to discover here. Ghost hunters won't be disappointed in this terrain either!... more »
Winnipeg’s motto is “Connect With Your City,” but it might as well be “connect with the other side!” This area of Canada has a mix of big city and beautiful landscape to share with tourists, and plenty of history that supports its paranormal residents as well. Travel around yourself or take a... more »
If you experience the uncanny sense that someone is watching you or you feel like someone is present when no one is around, you may be experiencing paranormal activity; but then again, you may simply be reacting to your environment in ways you have never considered. Before you declare your home haunted, there are steps to take to... more »
EVPs, or electronic voice phenomena, are the recorded voices of spirits. However, with EVPs, the voice isn't heard by the humans present at the time the recording was made. EVPs are thought to be a way spirits attempt to communicate with the living. Here is how to capture one. more »
If you're not afraid of things that go bump in the night and if the paranormal interests you,...
We’ve all heard unexplained noises or seen something out of the corner of our eyes that is not...
The audio recorder you choose to take on a ghost hunt may determine how successful you are in recording electronic voice phenomena, commonly... more »
An intelligent ghost, or intelligent spirit, is the term used to describe the spirit of a person who has passed on and is able to communicate with... more »
An electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) is something ghost hunters use to define a haunting. An EVP is a recording of a ghost's voice, often... more »
Ghost hunting organizations have sprung up across the globe with amateurs, desiring to follow in the footsteps of Jason and Grant from SciFi's... more »
Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are electronically captured sounds that resemble speech, but are not the result of intentional voice recordings. Common sources include static, stray radio transmissions and background noise. Some people claim these sounds are of paranormal origin,Baruss/> while there are natural explanations such as apophenia (finding significance in insignificant phenomena), auditory pareidolia (interpreting random sounds as voices in their own language), equipment artefacts, or simple hoaxes. Recordings of electronic voice phenomena are often created from background sound by increasing the gain (i.e. sensitvity) of the recording equipment.
According to parapsychologist Konstantin Raudive, who popularized the idea, EVP are typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase."bretf"/>
History
As the Spiritualism religious movement became prominent in the 1840s–1920s with a distinguishing belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted by mediums, new technologies of the era including photography were employed by spiritualists in an effort to demonstrate contact with a spirit world. So popular were such ideas that Thomas Edison was asked in an interview with Scientific American to comment on the possibility of using his inventions to communicate with spirits. He replied that if the spirits were only capable of subtle influences, a sensitive recording device would provide a better chance of spirit communication than the table tipping and ouija boards mediums employed at the time. However, there is no indication that Edison ever designed or constructed a device for such a purpose."SkepDic">Carroll, Robert Todd, The Skeptics Dictionary 2003, Wiley Publishing Company, ISBN 0471272426 As sound recording became widespread, mediums explored using this technology to demonstrate communication with the dead as well. Spiritualism declined in the latter part of the 20th century, but attempts to use portable recording device read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic+voice+phenomenon
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