![]() Its this quick conclusions following little exposure or true experience that’s a fundamental issue across the board of the paranormal today. Nick and Katrina aren’t alone on this one either, other TV shows do it and so do many ghost hunters. As you can see its easy to draw simple conclusions, but only if we focus on specifics. Clearly Katrina and Nick had knowledge of the location, perhaps this included what they thought they learnt during the investigation. 3) information already known – often we may read about a location or learn of it and ambiguous information about this is remembered. So, their questions were answered by their own minds interacting with the devices and/or others, but not spirits. The reason being is that there are a number of other possibilities here 1) fraud – as in the team fabricated this to create a good story line, but lets not use that as a reason, lets give them the benefit of the doubt as good investigators seeking the truth 2) telepathic interaction – as Nick and Katrina had interacted with the home owners and established a connection, any information not verbalised became telepathically accessed. Also, just because Katrina and Nick had experiences which vaguely fall in line with this doesn’t give us evidence of spiritual activity either. This experience does not explain the cause of the hauntings, it’s a small possibility and could equally be part of a larger picture. During this Ouija Board session the mother stated she encountered an entity, a name of which was linked to some of the shows experiences. In the Paranormal Lockdown UK episode investigating the Skegness Hell House, Katrina and Nick stated that the probable cause was that of the mother dabbling with a Ouija Board many years back. Although some, Ghost Hunters back in the day, didn’t over step this mark and presented what they found as just that, what they had found. ![]() Now many TV shows if not all at some point have fallen into the trap of mixing their own opinion in with the conclusion, which often results in an unsubstantiated understanding of the events and experience. This all creates natural drama and engages the audience. Often the ‘drama’ of the investigation is built through the show too, so it gets more intense finalising in a big experiment perhaps. Which means usually a simple format of setting the scene, that’s the location history and previous activity then the main body or investigation then the build up to the finale or most active part of the investigation and evidence review concluding with the evidence reveal to the client and suggestion of their assessment. This is because TV shows such as Paranormal Lockdown UK, Ghost Hunters, Most Haunted or Ghost Adventures still need to tell a story to their audiences. However when it comes to a TV episode you have to really present a conclusion of some kind. ![]() You see although as previously mentioned reaching a conclusion after only spending a short time investigating a location may not be wise or ideal. Now this is a fundamental flaw when it comes to paranormal TV shows as it happens. We each have a duty of care to our fellow human and with that in mind we shouldn’t be confusing the situation with dramatic conclusions that have little or no proof to support them. Especially if that conclusion could be wrong and be misleading to individuals that could in some way cause harm. In regards to paranormal investigations this also ties into my recent post on the SPR’s ‘ Guidance Notes for Investigators of Spontaneous Cases’ and how it mentions that if you’re not sure or don’t have the supportive evidence then we don’t need to or perhaps should present a conclusion. Okay, so I better come clean, this isn’t a post about just the Paranormal Lockdown investigation of the Skegness Hell House the episode did get me thinking though about the source of hauntings once again. ![]() That is the cause is often said to be the devil, demonic or due to some dabbling in the darker arts. What I found particularly interesting about this episode and other information I found online, was that the jump to understanding the source of this haunting often seemed to find its place within a darker vocabulary. Not long ago an episode of Paranormal Lockdown UK hit our screens, where Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman investigated 81 Skegness Road, known apparently as the Skegness Hell House. ![]()
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