NPIMichigan on Nov 13, 2008 03:00AM

Mike comments on the TAPS accusation videos

11-12-08 : First podcast!

Hello internet!
This is the first official podcast for NPI!

Please take a listen and share your thoughts.  Here Mike does an overview of all the accusations that have been presented to TAPS since the live Halloween show 2 weeks ago.
The cast covers the cues and direction the teams were getting, it covers the evp, as well as the already infamous coat dug!

Enjoy!  Please share your thoughts!




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NPIMichigan on Nov 13, 2008 03:02AM

Looking back at the Cold War

11-9-08 : Government focus on the paranormal

This is certainly a neat article to come by.  I've read about WWII having a interestingly high amount of research going into the paranormal, but don't think I've ever come by actual data from the Cold War.

Here are some excerpts from a great article:

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is well known for pushing the boundaries of science and technology in search of ways to give the U.S. military an edge?robotic pack animals, self-navigating vehicles and plant-based jet fuel, to name a few. Less well known is the agency's Cold War-era investigation into how paranormal phenomena like extrasensory perception might be used by the U.S. to get a leg up on the former Soviet Union and, perhaps more importantly, by the USSR against the United States.

Working with Washington, D.C., think tank RAND Corporation, DARPA determined that paranormal research by the Soviets focused on physical science, engineering and quantifiable results, whereas their U.S. counterparts tended to be psychologists looking instead to explore the human mind. The bottom line, according to a 1973 DARPA-commissioned study entitled "Paranormal Phenomena": "the U.S. has failed to significantly advance our understanding of paranormal phenomena."

The authors acknowledge that the study was limited, because it was based on but a sampling of works available at the time. Among them: a decade of abstracts from the parapsychology section of Psychological Abstracts, a print version of the PsycINFO abstract database of psychological literature. They knew even less about Soviet efforts, they admitted, noting that their conclusions on that front were based on a "somewhat impressionistic" sample  and "some not always reliable and frequently imprecise reports of Western visitors to the Soviet Union."

Soviet research on telepathy dates from the early 1920s when a program was established at the Institute for Brain Research at Leningrad State University. The Soviets appear to have been fascinated with telepathy, which they called "biological communication," as a ship-to-shore way of communicating with submarines without using electronic equipment. They also considered training their cosmonauts to develop and use precognitive abilities  to "foresee and to avoid accidents in space."

It seems the Soviets also were quite taken with the possibility of psychokinesis (using mental imagery to move objects) as a way of "disrupting the electrical systems associated with an ICBM's [intercontinental ballistic missile] guidance program."

The Soviets were more inclined than American scientists to believe that paranormal phenomena might be the result of "bioenergetics," or the energy given off by the metabolic processes of living things. This theory stated that people exuded "bioplasma," (a theoretical energy field) that, under certain conditions, was capable of emitting charged coherent radiation beyond the body surface in the form of electrons and possibly protons.

Although the Soviets did not reach a consensus on the existence of bioplasma, RAND concluded, "the very pursuit of this theory indicates that Soviet parapsychologists were attempting to explain alleged paranormal phenomena with a greater degree of specificity than their Western counterparts."

(Source: Scientific America)

NPIMichigan on Nov 12, 2008 02:55AM

TAPS is under attack

11-7-08 : YouTube attacks credibility of TAPS

Some wild happenings have been going throughout the paranormal community recently.

I don't recommend watching any of the videos quite yet because they are all opinions, not facts, but I'm sure some solid videos will be coming out soon.  The allegations are centered specifically around the LIVE Halloween program.  Allegations range from anywhere from the fact that the cast were taking cues, to the loud EVP, to the coat tug.

Keep an eye out!  It's certainly interesting, but it's sad to see so many people are willing to turn their backs on the TAPS crew.
MORE TO COME!
(NPI)

NPIMichigan on Nov 07, 2008 03:32AM

Ghostly image caught on the news

11-2-2008 : The apparition of a boy?

I just came across this video.  The case itself is quite morbid, and not a happy subject, but the video itself has gotten some attention.

HERE is the full video.  The portion of the video that is in question is at the very end, so choose to watch the entire thing or skip right to it.  The exact timing of the scene is at 0:18 - 0:12.  Over the mans shoulder you see something moving across the screen.
Some say it's the boy that was killed.

HERE is the clip singled out.

HERE is an edited clip.  It is only the specific scene in question and it's zoomed in.

Quite interesting.  Is it just a reflection in the glass or is this an actual entity caught on camera?
Share your thoughts!
(NPI)

NPIMichigan on Nov 07, 2008 02:44AM

NPI Status update!

11-1-2008 : Results of the October 'hunts'

Hey folks!
It's been a busy, busy month!
Here at NPI we will have some very neat videos up as soon as they are finished with the editing process.  In the mean time, keep an eye out for lots of new articles which cover our findings, as well as some great tutorial/educational materials!

As always, thanks so much for the help and support!
Take care,
(NPI)

NPIMichigan on Oct 30, 2008 02:36AM

Rosemary Ellen Guiley speaking at OCC TONIGHT!

10-29-08 : Rosemary Guiley lecture.

Hey para-heads!

Tonight at Oakland Community College - Highland Lakes Campus, Rosemary Ellen Guiley will be giving a lecture!

The posters didn't provide a lot of details, but it should be a great opportunity to get some great info.

Rosemary is a popular member in the paranormal community.
She's gone on invetigations with TAPS, she has an article in the popular TAPS Paramagazine, has been to many high profile locations and has many published books under her belt.

She's known for her use with the Franks Box and other "Ghost boxes" so, I'm looking forward to any input on those that she may have.

If you're free, join NPI at OCC tonight!
The event begins at 6:30pm.

Take care!

NPIMichigan on Oct 30, 2008 02:29AM

Lots Happening with NPI

10-28-08 : Busy Month!

Hey folks!
It's indeed been a great October month.

NPI has been researching and investigating all sorts of local locations to try and find any truth behind some of your favorite urban legends.

We've gone everywhere from playgrounds, to 'haunted' roads, to old hospitals!  We've had all access to these locations, so it's been very exciting!

Stay tuned.  Lots of updates are coming to the site!

NPIMichigan on Oct 21, 2008 01:50AM

Interview with Lorraine Warren!

10-21-08 : Anna Hartenbach interviews a paranormal legend.

Here I've just placed in a portion of the interview.  Find the link to the full Q&A article at the bottom of this post.
Enjoy!

The Post: What was the first memory you have of dealing with the paranormal?

Lorraine Warren: Well my husband actually grew up in a home that was haunted and it was in that home, for some reason, nothing was solved. ? I believe that his searching was to see if other families experienced what he experienced at a young age, up until the age of 12 when they finally left that house. 

Now myself, I had never been in a haunted house in my life, but I attended a private Catholic girls? school (in Connecticut). I began to notice in our class that I was seeing lights around the heads of people ? some of the nuns, the girls in class ? and I made the mistake of telling one of the nuns that her lights were brighter than Mother Superior?s. ? That was a big mistake. What I was really looking at was the aura around people ? that is what I was seeing. ? My first experience that was so profound was when I was in a home in Henniker, N.H., called the ?Ocean Born Mary House.? In that house, I had an out-of-body experience where I could look down and see my husband sitting there and see the man that he was interviewing and see the couple that was with us but I was way above them. And I could see my own body ?

The Post: Can you tell me about some of your more prestigious cases, like the Amityville Horror case?

Lorraine Warren: Well, I can tell you that the Amityville Horror, the Amityville case I should say, with reality we spent tremendous amounts of time with the family, with the Catholic priest that was involved with the case. We fell victim just as the priest had fallen victim and the family. I very seldom really talk about that.  That is a real personification of evil, that home. I don?t really talk about it, but believe me, that was reality.

The Post: Can you tell me about being on A Haunting and Paranormal State? What kinds of things do they have you do on these shows?

Lorraine Warren: ? I discern in these homes what it is we are dealing with and what it is that needs to be done to rectify it, like bringing in the clergy or things of that nature ?

The Post: Do you have any final thoughts you would like to add to anything?

Lorraine Warren: Well at this time of the year I like to tell people, you know, how to protect yourself.  Don?t do foolish things. Don?t play with a Ouija board, don?t go and try to conjure spirits because it?s the Halloween season and don?t go into graveyards for the sake of going into graveyards. Because you are opening doors to an occult world and it can be extremely dangerous and have very sad aftereffects on you.

(Source: The Post)

NPIMichigan on Oct 17, 2008 03:02AM

Our friends from Grand Rapids

10-17-08 : P-R-O-M joins the links page!

We're happy to announce a new addition to the links page.
A great group from the Grand Rapids area of Michigan, the Paranormal Researchers Of Michigan (P.R.O.M)



Be sure to check out their page.  They've got a lot of great things happening!
www.p-r-o-m.org

NPIMichigan on Oct 13, 2008 06:00AM

Full Body Apparition Caught on Camera!

10-13-08 : Very neat pic!

Paranormal Investigator, Kristen Sheley, captured a fantastic photograph on an investigation last week.

"The investigation was in a former school-turned-rec-center. The building was built in the 1920's and totally gives off a Garden Home vibe. The place had hard cement floors and high ceilings, which made every single noise echo and magnify like crazy. Part of the building's facilities include a performance theater, which is where the activity is supposed to be centered, so we had video cameras set up.

People took different stations when the investigation started around 7 P.M. Myself, Holly, and Carol had our digital cameras and were told to go upstairs and check that out. There was one class taking place up there, otherwise the floor would be empty. When we reached the top of the stairs, Holly -- who is our group's psychic/sensitive -- said that she sensed something. She whipped out a digital thermometer and got some fluctuations in the temperature.

The Photo had been shot around 7:20. At 7:30, we went down to the theater (per instructions, we were going to rotate sites during the investigation) and when the news came about what I had captured on camera, everyone got super excited. Capturing any sort of ghost figure -- this is a "shadow figure," which is one type of ghostly manifestation -- is very unusual, and in fact no one in our group, in all the investigations, has gotten something quite like this."

(Source: Paranormal.About)