Reddit mentions of Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

So there is no good data to support the hypothesis that EMFs are a potential mechanism for the physicality of entities....But one would think that would be easy to test....Right?????

And OK, I get the experiences and I don't doubt there are experiences. "There isn't even a paper anywhere that will outright state any of this as it's flatly a 'connect-the-dots' kind of thing that the few folks willing to dig into Mediaeval and Renaissance manuscripts to look at the documented experiences (journals were well kept on this subject by some of the finest minds of those times). " I would say people are trying to connect the dots.

You might find these interesting....A little more recent and I think you will find that there is good work going on and people are trying to connect the dots. Always good to keep up on the more recent literature.

https://www.academia.edu/27378215/A_CRITICAL_TEST_OF_THE_EMF-PARANORMAL_PHENOMENA_THEORY_EVIDENCE_FROM_A_HAUNTED_SITE_WITHOUT_ELECTRICITY-GENERATING_FIELDS

ABSTRACT. Previous research in electromagnetic and geomagnetic fields (EMF and GMF) and their relationship to paranormal phenomena has been performed under the theoretical assumptions of hallucination due to GMF fields. The current study tests the possibility that nonhallucinatory paranormal phenomena are also associated with EMF/GMF fields. EMF and GMF perturbations were examined in context of collected potential phenomena with data logging equipment at a haunted site with no electricity. Overall results indicate that EMF and GMF fields were significantly greater in both magnitude and variability inside-the-location compared to outside-the-location baseline measurements. Differences in GMF magnitude were small compared to EMF. Through correlation, EMF/GMF fields were demonstrated to change in range and location throughout the duration of the investigation. Results involving individual reviewed phenomena indicate that phenomena are strongly and significantly associated with serial EMF and GMF spikes, that both increases and decreases in EMF/GMF fields are not differentially predictive of phenomena, and that increases in the number (i.e., duration) of serial spikes do not differentially predict phenomena.

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https://www.amazon.com/Hauntings-Poltergeists-Multidisciplinary-James-Houran/dp/0786432497

EXCELLENT RESOURCE. I highly recommend this book. It covers many of the topics were are discussing here.

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http://www.publicparapsychology.org/Public%20Parapsych/Apparitional%20Experiences%20Primer%20Final.pdf

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http://www.publicparapsychology.org/hauntingsandmagnetismprimer.pdf