" Meme-spirited": II. Illustrating the VAPUS model for ghost narratives

SA Hill, B Laythe, N Dagnall… - Australian Journal of …, 2019 - search.informit.org
We continue our integrative review of nearly 20 years of sociocultural research and popular
trends on ghosts, haunted houses, and poltergeists (collectively termed" ghostly episodes") …

Paranormal tourism: Market study of a novel and interactive approach to space activation and monetization

J Houran, SA Hill, ED Haynes… - Cornell Hospitality …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
We review the premise, popularity, and profitability of paranormal tourism, which involves
visits to any setting or locale for the explicit purpose of encountering apparent supernatural …

[HTML][HTML] Researching unexplained phenomena II: new evidences for anomalous experiences supported by the Multivariable Multiaxial Suggestibility Inventory-2 …

Á Escolà-Gascón - Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Anomalous phenomena are human experiences that are characterized by challenging the
foundations of current scientific ontology (ie, psi phenomena). The problem lies in the fact …

Conceptual and clinical implications of a “Haunted People Syndrome”.

B Laythe, J Houran, N Dagnall… - Spirituality in Clinical …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Evidence suggests that subjective and objective anomalies associated with ghostly
episodes form a unidimensional Rasch scale and that these interconnected “signs or …

[HTML][HTML] Paradoxical effects of exposure to nature in “haunted” places: Implications for stress reduction theory

Á Escolà-Gascón, J Houran - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Stress Reduction Theory (SRT) ostensibly explains why natural environments have
positive effects on mental health. However, there is debate about the particular …

" Meme-spirited": I. The VAPUS model for understanding the prevalence and potency of ghost narratives

SA Hill, C O'Keeffe, B Laythe, N Dagnall… - Australian Journal of …, 2018 - search.informit.org
A review of nearly 20 years of sociocultural research and trends on" ghostly
episodes"(ghosts, haunted houses, and poltergeists) suggests that personal accounts …

[PDF][PDF] ENVIRONMENTAL" GESTALT INFLUENCES" PERTINENT TO STUDIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES.

MA Jawer, B Massullo, B Laythe… - Journal of the Society for …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Fieldwork studies of “haunted houses” can offer ecologically valid insights for model-
building or theory-formation in consciousness studies from parapsychological and …

[PDF][PDF] Adversarial collaboration on a Drake-S Equation for the survival question

B Laythe, J Houran - Journal of Scientific Exploration, 2022 - academia.edu
The idea of 'life after death'transcends philosophy or religion, as science can test predictions
from claims by both its advocates and skeptics. This study therefore featured two …

[PDF][PDF] A Test of an Occult-Themed Séance: Examining Anomalous Events, Psychosomatic Symptoms, Transliminality, and Electromagnetic Fields.

BR LAYTHE, EC LAYTHE… - Journal of Scientific …, 2017 - academia.edu
This paper reports on an Owen and Sparrow (1976) genre séance study to examine the
relationships among transliminality, psychokinesis (PK), general subjective and external …

The Dr. John Hall story: a case study in putative “Haunted People Syndrome”

C O'Keeffe, J Houran, DJ Houran… - … Health, Religion & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research suggests a “Haunted People Syndrome (HP-S)” defined by recurrent
and systematic perceptions of anomalous subjective and objective anomalies. Such signs or …