John Sabol

Spirits to come alive in Western Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania Paranormal Conference Coming May 30th WASHINGTON, PA—From mythical Thunderbirds flying in the skies to the Lady in White...

Homan House, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: Development of “Jeremy Ghost Script” and Framing Activities

The following investigative mise-en-scene (etic) was developed and consisted of the following elements: Sets: These included the 3 S.I.M.S. zones...

Homan House, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: A Preliminary Report

In a previous article, I had talked about the distinction between an emic (haunting context) perspective, and the etic analysis (investigator's)...

Engagement and Data Analysis in Symmetrical Field Investigations: The Emics and Etics of Ghost Research

An individual or group which actively, and scientifically conducts fieldwork at haunted locations is (are), in actuality, sensory ethnographers. They encounter...

Perceptual Stratigraphy: Making Sense of Ghostly Manifestations

Each of us lives in a patterned world in which we uniquely perceive, experience, and interpret our interactions with others and...

Ethnoarchaeoghostology: A Humanistic-Scientific Approach to the Study of Haunt Phenomena

Hauntings are past integrated systems of contextual sensory assemblages. They are not isolated sense "attributes," be they visual (orb", mists, tracers,...

Theatre, Séance, and the Ghost Script: Performances at Haunted Locations

Theatre and theatrical productions contain the same ritual resonating elements as a séance: Both are social events between a performer and...

Ritual, Resonance, and Ghost Research: The Play in the Fields

“We are both onlookers and actors in the great drama of existence.” - Niels Bohr "If one...

Natural Selection and the Involution of the Gettysburg Ghosts

“The Past is never dead, it isn’t even past” - William Faulkner This article proposes that ghostly...