Complete Guide to Paranormal Investigation
Everything you need to know about investigating the supernatural—from choosing the right equipment to documenting evidence and staying safe during explorations.
Paranormal investigation combines scientific methodology with an open mind toward the unexplained. Whether you're drawn to abandoned asylums, historic battlefields, or reportedly haunted hotels, understanding proper investigation techniques is essential for meaningful experiences.
This guide compiles our most valuable resources across five key areas: getting started, equipment selection, investigation techniques, safety protocols, and evidence documentation. Each section links to in-depth articles that expand on these critical topics.
Getting Started
Essential knowledge for beginning your paranormal investigation journey
Gathering Firsthand Ghost Evidence: A Practical How-To
You’ll prepare reliable gear , test microphones and batteries, and keep a concise checklist so nothing fails in the field. Choose sites with clear access and...
Chilling EVP Captures and Full Transcripts Revealed
You'll find handheld recorder logs, camera angles, and timestamps so you can judge captured whispering yourself. Transcripts match waveform peaks to...
7 Essential Ghost Hunting Tools for Beginners
You'll want a compact, reliable kit: an EMF meter to map electromagnetic spikes, a digital recorder for EVPs, an infrared thermometer to check sudden cold...
3 Best Beginner Ghost Hunting Gear and Tools
You’ll want three reliable, easy-to-use tools: a high-quality EVP recorder with manual gain and lossless files to catch subtle voices; a simple EMF meter...
Beginner Ghost Hunting Gear: A Practical How-To Guide
You’ll want to prioritize safety and evidence from the start: tell someone where you’re going, bring a reliable light and first-aid kit, wear sturdy shoes,...
My First Night: Beginner Ghost-Hunting Gear Secrets
You’ll want a compact, testable kit : a tri‑axis EMF meter, a sensitive digital audio recorder with adjustable gain, a reliable night‑vision or IR camera ,...
Investigation Equipment
Tools and technology for detecting and documenting paranormal activity
10 Essential Tips for Investigating Abandoned Hospital Sites
Exploring abandoned hospital sites can be a thrilling adventure, filled with hidden stories and forgotten history. But before you step inside those crumbling...
Paranormal Tools And Technology Explained
Have you ever wondered what gadgets ghost hunters actually use and whether they’d make your next haunted walk feel more like a high-tech adventure?...
How To Capture Paranormal Evidence
Have you ever felt a shiver in an old hallway and wondered whether you caught something on camera? How To Capture Paranormal Evidence Pass 1 — Scaffold...
Investigation Techniques
Proven methods for communicating with spirits and capturing evidence
Ultimate Guide to Victorian-Era Haunted House Investigations
You’ll approach a Victorian haunted-house investigation with meticulous, evidence-focused methods that respect the building’s history. Start by cataloging...
5 Proven Tips From Documented Paranormal Investigations
When you investigate claims, start with thorough historical research so you know who, when and why before you set foot on site. Keep strict evidence chains :...
Gathering Firsthand Ghost Evidence: A Practical How-To
You’ll prepare reliable gear , test microphones and batteries, and keep a concise checklist so nothing fails in the field. Choose sites with clear access and...
5 Documented EVP Captures and Transcripts
You’ll get five rigorously documented EVP cases with timestamps, gear notes, and scene context so you can judge anomalies yourself. Each entry lists...
3 Best EVP Captures With Full Transcripts
You'll get three rigorously documented EVP captures with full transcripts and skeptical notes so you can judge credibility yourself. Each entry lists...
3 Best Beginner Ghost Hunting Gear and Tools
You’ll want three reliable, easy-to-use tools: a high-quality EVP recorder with manual gain and lossless files to catch subtle voices; a simple EMF meter...
Safety & Preparation
Stay safe during investigations with proper preparation and protocols
Beginner Ghost Hunting Gear: A Practical How-To Guide
You’ll want to prioritize safety and evidence from the start: tell someone where you’re going, bring a reliable light and first-aid kit, wear sturdy shoes,...
Essential Ghost Hunting Gear for Beginners
You'll want basic safety gear first: sturdy shoes, flashlight with spare, phone, first-aid kit and a buddy; always check permissions and hazards. Bring an...
How to Record Genuine Ghost Encounters Safely
You’ll prepare mentally and physically , checking gear, rest, and exit plans, and rehearse calm responses to surprises. Pick legal, documented sites and get...
5 Safe Nighttime Ghost Investigation Tips
Before you go, plan roles, routes, and safety pauses so everyone knows expectations and exit paths. Pack durable lights with red filters, headlamps, backup...
10 Essential Tips for Investigating Abandoned Hospital Sites
Exploring abandoned hospital sites can be a thrilling adventure, filled with hidden stories and forgotten history. But before you step inside those crumbling...
Inside Abandoned Mental Hospitals: Urban Explorer Tales
As you step inside the crumbling walls of an abandoned mental hospital, a chill runs down your spine. The air is thick with silence, yet it hums with the...
Evidence & Documentation
How to properly document and analyze paranormal evidence
7 Best Victorian Haunted House Investigations Uncovered
You’ll find seven Victorian investigations that treat chills and séances with skeptical curiosity and careful logs. You’ll see Whitechapel séance photos...
Historic Ghost Investigations: Firsthand Accounts and
You'll find many vivid firsthand reports from mansions, asylums, battlefields and wrecks, but you should ask how well they're corroborated. Check timestamps,...
Firsthand Eyewitness Ghost Encounters Revealed
You’ll find precise eyewitness logs detailing timings, light angles, distances, and physiological responses from encounters like a silent figure at night,...
10 Essential Tips for Investigating Abandoned Hospital Sites
Exploring abandoned hospital sites can be a thrilling adventure, filled with hidden stories and forgotten history. But before you step inside those crumbling...
Guide to Derelict Psychiatric Hospital Hauntings
Exploring abandoned psychiatric hospitals is like stepping into a time capsule of despair and intrigue. These structures, steeped in haunting histories ,...
Paranormal Tools And Technology Explained
Have you ever wondered what gadgets ghost hunters actually use and whether they’d make your next haunted walk feel more like a high-tech adventure?...
More Paranormal Investigation Articles
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7 Best Documented Ghost Investigation Eyewitness Accounts
You’ll find seven well-known cases — Enfield, Amityville, Borley Rectory (witnesses and a disputed photograph), the Bell Witch, Resurrection Mary, and...
Uncovered Firsthand Accounts From Famous Ghost
You’ll find raw, often unsettling firsthand accounts from landmark cases — Enfield, Amityville, Borley, the Bell Witch, Waverly Hills, Myrtles and the Tower...
Historic Hauntings: Unforgettable Accounts From the Past
You'll find hauntings tied to sorrow, power, and unresolved loss across history. You'll meet the Weeping Soldier at Gettysburg, a lone grief that urges...
When Haunted Historians Tell Tall Tales
You'll find that haunted historians mix testimony, ledger evidence, and neighborhood rumor to craft dramatic accounts. You follow deposition echoes ,...
10 Essential Tips for Historical Ghost Investigation
You should prepare compact dossiers and archival chains of custody, confirm deeds, directories and newspapers, and map prior statements before interviews....
Hair-Raising Historical Hauntings: Firsthand Encounter Tales
You'll feel history's chill as veterans, servants, sailors, guards, and caretakers recount eerie moments with precise times and repeating patterns. You'll...
What Haunted Encounters Shaped Historical Ghost
You’ll find that maritime fogs , shipboard phantoms, and lighthouse watchers’ grief shaped early investigations, as did battlefield echoes of soldiers and...
7 Chilling Historical Ghost Investigation Accounts
You’ll find seven rigorously gathered hauntings —from Hampton Court’s White Lady and Gettysburg’s battle-scarred apparitions to Lizzie Borden’s footfalls and...
Historic Ghost Investigations: Firsthand Accounts and
You'll find many vivid firsthand reports from mansions, asylums, battlefields and wrecks, but you should ask how well they're corroborated. Check timestamps,...
Cemetery Spirits: Personal Encounters and FAQs
You'll find old graveyards change after dusk and you'll notice worn inscriptions, moonlit paths, murmured voices and footsteps that demand scrutiny. Keep a...
Why Do People See Spirits in Cemeteries?
You're more likely seeing familiar cues than actual spirits. Cemeteries prime your expectations, low light and wind make shadows and sounds ambiguous, and...
Graveyard Confessions: Chilling Cemetery Ghost Tales
You walk the midnight paths like a caretaker, cataloging lantern swings , soil shifts, and chilled breaths near markers. You note scuff marks, shifted...
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