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Interview with Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe

Season 2, Ep. 7

Join Nigel and Juliette as they chat with someone who may be very familiar to a few of you


Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe, a leading parapsychologist and hardcore sceptic, one of the original "Most Haunted" team and recently appearing

as one of the experts in the award-winning Battersea Poltergeist podcast and Uncanny podcast on BBC sounds.


Ciaran has been studying the paranormal for a number of years now, even though he is seen as a hardcore sceptic, you may be very surprised by some of the things he has to say.


We were so fortunate to have the chance to talk to Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe, a thoroughly enjoyable experience, we hope you enjoy listening as much as we did talking.


The new "Ghosted" book is available from here

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/ghosted/


Ciaran's School of Parapsychology is here

https://theschoolofparapsychology.ecwid.com


The update on the Houran and Lange book is here

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01328/full


If you are interested in looking a little further into Ciaran's work you can view it here

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ciaran-Okeeffe-2


The Steve Parson investigation guide is available from Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guidance-Notes-Investigators-Spontaneous-Cases/dp/1916427308/ref=sr_1_1?crid=63W24MFK6WYQ&keywords=Guidance+Notes+for+Investigators+of+Spontaneous+Cases.+Apparitions%2C+Hauntings%2C+Poltergeists+and+Similar+Phenomena.&qid=1657311217&sprefix=guidance+notes+for+investigators+of+spontaneous+cases.+apparitions+hauntings+poltergeists+and+similar+phenomena.%2Caps%2C136&sr=8-1




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