The Ghost Experience | Ciaran O'Keeffe

About this episode

Ciaran O'Keeffe discusses his research and experiences related to ghost and poltergeist phenomena.

Show Notes Season 2 Episode 8 ‘The Ghost Experience’ Today my guest is Ciaran O’Keeffe. Ciaran is an Associate Professor of Education and Head of the School of Human & Social Sciences at Bucks New University. He is a popular sceptical voice on various paranormal shows and podcasts. Ciaran has become best known for his regular appearances on Living TV’s Most Haunted and later for featuring on the popular BBC podcast and TV show Uncanny , which is now in its second series on BBC 2. Ciaran’s paranormal research has focussed on testing mediums & psychics in the lab and also field-work examining ghostly experiences. It has been reported in The Psychologist , The Times , The Independent , New Scientist and elsewhere. He has been involved in many unusual projects: physiological effects of infrasound in the Royal Festival Hall; ghost investigation of Hampton Court Palace; an exorcism ‘training day’; Hostage Negotiation simulations and lie detecting for the film Spy Game . He has written a number of ‘paranormal’ books including GhostHunters: A Guide to Investigating the Paranormal and is a co-author of the key work Ghosted!: Exploring the Haunting Reality of Paranormal Encounters. The…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Colborn

Guest: Ciaran O'Keeffe

Topics covered

• ghost experiences
• parapsychology
• psychology
• poltergeists
• paranormal research

Keywords

• ghost experience
• paranormal
• psychology
• poltergeist
• Haunted People Syndrome

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bucks New University, Living TV, BBC

Books & works: GhostHunters: A Guide to Investigating the Paranormal, Ghosted!: Exploring the Haunting Reality of Paranormal Encounters

Places: Hampton Court Palace, Royal Festival Hall

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