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Sleep Paralysis – Our Waking Nightmares and Fantasies

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Ryan Hurd discusses Sleep Paralysis phenomena with The Unnormal Paranormal Podcast

Ryan Hurd, consciousness researcher and author of Sleep Paralysis: A Guide to Hypnagogic Visions and Visitors of the Night, describes the terrifying notion of nightmares visually manifesting while we are waking! Also covered: night terrors and out of body experiences

With degrees in archeology and Consciousness Studies, Ryan’s aim is to “help bring about a new dreaming culture that integrates the best of 21st century thought with the intuitive ways of knowing prized by our ancestors: dreams, visions and imagination”.

His authored works include Dream Like a Boss (Books 1 and 2), and Sleep Paralysis: A Guide to Hypnagogic Visions and Visitors of the Night. He also co-edited, with Kelly Bulkeley, the two volume reference edition “Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep.”

As an educator, Ryan has presented to a wide range of audiences, including invited lectures for TEDMED, Stanford University, the Institute of Buddhist Studies, and the Rhine Institute.

Links to Ryan Hurd ~

Main Website:

http://dreamstudies.org/

Follow Ryan on Twitter:

@ryanhurd

 

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UPP 20: Of Ghosts and Gadgets – Haunted Pennhurst Asylum and Gettysburg Battlegrounds

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Bob Christopher , from NEPA, a TAPS Ghost Hunting Team, and Frank Cinelli discuss the scientific equipment being developed and used during professional paranormal investigations

Would the spirits of Gettysburg Civil War soldiers be drawn to a trigger item that was … 80 proof? Frank Cinelli, aka Dr Specter, weighs in on ghostly encounters and introduces the podcast team to Bob Christopher, co-founder of NEPA Paranormal, a TAPS family investigative unit featured on Ghost Adventures, all the while starring in and developing electronic equipment for the paranormal reality television show, “Ghost Detectives”.

Bob will briefly go over some of his new ghost hunting equipment and later on both he and Frank Cinelli will discuss their most terrifying encounters while investigating at some of America’s most haunted locations.

Topics discussed:
* Theories on why some people draw spirits and not others
* The Soon-to-be-developed Pennhurst Insane Asylum Conspiracy Theory
* Bob’s life-altering experience at the Jennie Wade House in Gettysburg, PA
* Devils Circle in North Carolina — nothing can grow there!!
* Latest ghost hunting gear developed by Bob Christopher — and how they work
* And much more …

 

Links to our guests —

Bob Cinelli, aka Dr Specter:

TAPS Paramagazine

 

Bob Christopher:

NEPA Paranormal

Ghost Detectives

 

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UPP 08: Linda Dix — The Rewards and Dangers of Paranormal Investigations

Do you have what it takes to be a psychic or paranormal investigator? Well, first be sure to catch our new episode featuring Linda Dix, forensic investigator, Co-founder of Toledo Intuitive Paranormal and consultant for the TAPS branch in Ohio, as she discusses:

* her early self-realization as a psychic medium
* exorcism techniques and dangers
* female succubus demons
* the violent and often disturbing world of forensic case investigations
* differences between ghosts and spirits
* physical assaults committed by ghosts

Linda offers an eclectic perspective on the world of paranormal investigation — one gained through experience and talent!

Linda Dix

We will be adding updates on Linda’s upcoming published works and public appearances. For Facebook users, Linda admins the group (click to see) REAL PARANORMAL. 

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