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Hayley Stevens

Hayley Stevens is a paranormal investigator using scientific scepticism to solve spooky mysteries. Hayley writes The Ghost Geek blog and has investigated everything from haunted prisons and piers, to lake monster mysteries and UFO sightings.

The BBC’s NightWatch is a control group for Ghost Hunting TV

West Country comedy siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's Nightwatch shows how mundane ghost-hunting actually is, when you're not faking it for ratings

Algorithmic Astrology: the digital age of pseudoscience

Astrologers have adjusted to the digital age, claiming to use AI and algorithms to power their predictions – but the results are as pseudoscientific as ever

When it comes to science, the standard has to be truth and accuracy – not false balance

When it comes to matters of science, giving equal time to promoters of misinformation might make for 'good TV', but it is wholly irresponsible

The Estes method is an update to the ghost hunter’s Spirit Box, with all the same flaws

A modern take on the Spirit Box, the Estes Method is similarly doomed to fail, as long as ghost hunters continue to put their biases ahead of the science

Tony Stockwell on tour – the dying embers of the celebrity psychic era?

Where big touring psychics used to play to thousands in grand theatres, these days they perform in small, rural venues, for audiences of their remaining die-hard fans

Could Loch Ness Monster sightings really be attributed to an aroused whale penis?

Viral posts claimed that sightings of the Loch Ness Monster were actually just aroused whale penises, but this eye-catching explanation simply doesn't fit the facts

An unhealthy dose of viral conspiracy

As conspiracy theories flood social media and users struggle to tell fact from fiction, we need to find better ways to stop misinformation from spreading.

Electrician sheds light on viral Birmingham ghost mystery

Hayley Stevens explains how the recent ghost captured on a Birmingham CCTV camera may have a far more mundane explanation.
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