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The myth of the Hatchet Lady, Old Town Albuquerque

Posted onApril 14, 2011May 11, 2015AuthorHitman2 Comments

For the story, check out the video below.     After reading several comments about this myth on YouTube, I decided to write a little bit about this particular "ghost" since I was one of the narrators in the video and SGHA was the original Read More …

CategoriesCommentary, New MexicoTagsAlbuquerque, Ghost Tour, ghosts, Hatchet Lady, Old town, Plaza Hacienda, stories

Applied Science: Laws of Thermodynamics

Posted onApril 7, 2011April 22, 2015AuthorGRIM (ADMIN)Leave a comment

The majority of paranormal investigators would readily agree that ghosts must be some form of energy. As such, it is important to understand many of the laws that govern energy. Energy exists in many forms, such as heat, light, chemical energy, and electrical energy. Energy Read More …

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Applied Science: Occam’s Razor (also spelled Ockham’s Razor)

Posted onApril 1, 2011April 22, 2015AuthorGRIM (ADMIN)Leave a comment

  The most important thing for a scientific ghost hunter to know is the science behind what he or she is doing. Anyone who has studied physics knows how daunting it is to learn the philosophical and mathematical formulas needed to fully comprehend, express, and Read More …

CategoriesCommentaryTagsOccam's Razor, science

Applied Science: Law of Extrema

Posted onMarch 16, 2011April 22, 2015AuthorGRIM (ADMIN)Leave a comment

Simply put, the Law of Extrema states that all natural processes act to extremize (maximize or minimize) a physical quantity. An especially important instance of this is the principle that all systems, by themselves, tend toward a state of minimum energy. This explains many phenomena Read More …

CategoriesCommentaryTagsghosts, Law of Extrema

The Perceptual Ghost Hypothesis

Posted onMarch 14, 2011April 14, 2011AuthorGRIM (ADMIN)Leave a comment

In this special edition podcast we talk about one of our hypotheses concerning ghosts. If they actually exist, what would they be? just one of many ideas…

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Image Analysis: Using Photoshop to compare the density levels of selected objects

Posted onFebruary 16, 2011April 16, 2011AuthorHitmanLeave a comment

  The Histogram dialog gives you everything you want to know, and then some. First, you should convert the image to grayscale. This can eliminate color variations from skewing the results. First figure out what particular pixel you plan to sample, and what range of Read More …

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Applied Science: The Principles of Universality and Causality

Posted onFebruary 10, 2011April 16, 2011AuthorGRIM (ADMIN)Leave a comment

  The Principle of Universality says that all laws of nature must work the same way everywhere. That is, the laws are objective; it doesn't matter who does the experiment or where, the same results should be produced under the same conditions. In paranormal studies Read More …

CategoriesCommentaryTagsCausality, ghosts, Principle, Universality

Applied Science: Law of Entropy and “ghosts”

Posted onJanuary 26, 2011April 16, 2011AuthorHitmanLeave a comment

  The concept of entropy is still being actively debated by philosophers of science and is difficult to convey, so what follows is my own working definition. I find it useful to define an increase or decrease in entropy as a loss or gain in Read More …

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Applied Science: Conservation of Matter and Energy

Posted onJanuary 16, 2011April 16, 2011AuthorHitmanLeave a comment

  Generally speaking, conservation means that in an isolated system a given physical quantity does not change with time. An especially important and useful conservation law is that matter and/or energy are neither created nor destroyed over time; they merely change form, and their sum Read More …

CategoriesCommentaryTagsConservation, ghosts, Matter and Energy

Image Analysis: A Spectral Selectivity Metric

Posted onJanuary 10, 2011April 16, 2011AuthorHitmanLeave a comment

A digital image can be treated as a data set to extract information. Each pixel's intensity value is a measure of how much energy was used to generate it within the band of spectrum used to produce the image. The sum of the pixel intensities Read More …

CategoriesCommentaryTagsghosts, image analysis, paranormal, spectral selectivity

Ultrasonic waves and ghostly experiences

Posted onDecember 12, 2010April 16, 2011AuthorHitmanLeave a comment

The following is an excert from "The Complete Ghost Hunter" by C. Polston and B. Carter   Some ghostly phenomena may have a scientific explanation that is not all in the mind. New research into some hauntings has revealed that many of the classic signs Read More …

CategoriesCommentaryTagsCarter, Polston, published book, The Complete Ghost Hunter

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