The Psychical Research Foundation (PRF) is very sad to announce the recent passing of its president, Jerome J. (Jerry) Conser, on the...

In addition to being St. Patrick's Day, March 17th marks the posthumous birthday of Mrs. Eileen J. Garrett (1893 - 1970). Apart from...

New Year's Eve is typically a time when people "party like it's 1999" (as Prince so famously put it once), ringing in the dawning of...

In a December 1, 2022 entry (with accompanying YouTube video) that he posted to his "Ghosts in the Machine" blog on the Skeptical...

Popular cultural stereotypes tend to most often associate hauntings with houses (something that's even inherent in the term haunt itself,...

[Cover image: Linnea Harribance Haggerty] The PRF is saddened by the news recently shared by the Sean Harribance Institute for...

Holidays like Thanksgiving are made more special when a loved one unexpectedly arrives home from afar to celebrate with friends & family....

Stories, folklore, horror films, and the ghost hunting shows all tend to continually emphasize and perpetuate the idea that ghosts are a...

Pre-specifying the parameters and test prediction for a field RNG exploration on National Ghost Hunting Day - September 25, 2021

Back in May of 2020, there was an article that appeared on The New York Times website which discussed the ghostly experiences that some...

The General Wayne Inn, located in southeastern Pennsylvania, has a rich history that extends all the way back to the beginning of the...

It has been said that "love knows no bounds," particularly when it comes to the loving bond that a mother shares with her children. One...

In one of last year's PRF holiday blog entries, we'd taken a look back at an old and long-forgotten holiday custom from the 19th century...

Although they don't seem to be as common as visual sightings, phantom sounds do tend to make up a fair proportion of the kinds of...

For many people, one of the joys of Thanksgiving comes in being with friends and family who've traveled from afar to celebrate the...

The Psychical Research Foundation has had the opportunity to test the reported abilities of a number of psychics and mediums over the...

Over the course of his life-long career in parapsychology, the late William Roll (the PRF's first research director) had conducted...

Among the conflicts that were influential in turning the course of the American Revolutionary War (which serves as the historical...

Case surveys tend to indicate that many instances of ostensible precognition (i.e., psychic perception of the future) come in the form of...

Occasionally there are moments when people tell of having felt a sudden urge, impulse, or desire coming on, without any clear reason or...