Published Research on the Paranormal

Peer-Reviewed Academic Research

I.S.R.A.E. is proud to collaborate with an international team of scientists to tackle the big questions about hauntings, poltergeists, and general “high strangeness”. Below you will find a list of scholarly research articles where I.S.R.A.E. directly provided research data or worked with other scientists to further the goal of honest and accurate science when it comes to paranormal studies and investigations. When possible, we provide direct links to our collaborative works.

Hill, S. A., O’Keeffe, C., Laythe, B., Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K., Ventola, A., & Houran, J. (2018). “Meme-spirited”: I. A VAPUS model for understanding the prevalence and potency of ghost narratives. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 18, 117-152.

Laythe, B., Houran, J., & Ventola, A. (2018). A split-sample psychometric study of haunters. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 82, 193-218.

Drinkwater, K., Laythe, B., Houran, J., Dagnall, N., O’Keeffe, C., & Hill, S. A. (2019). Exploring gaslighting effects via the VAPUS model for ghost narratives. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 19, 143-179.

Hill, S. A., Laythe, B., Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K., O’Keeffe, C., Ventola, A., & Houran, J. (2019). “Meme-spirited”: II. Illustrations of the VAPUS model for ghost narratives. Australian Journal of Parapsychology, 19, 5-43.

Houran, J., Lange, R., Laythe, B., Dagnall, N., & Drinkwater, K., & O’Keeffe, C. (2019). Quantifying the phenomenology of ghostly episodes – Part II: A Rasch model of spontaneous accounts. Journal of Parapsychology, 83, 168-192.

Houran, J., Laythe, B., O’Keeffe, C., Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K., & Lange, R. (2019). Quantifying the phenomenology of ghostly episodes – Part I: Need for a standard operationalization. Journal of Parapsychology, 83, 25-46.

Laythe, B., & Houran, J. (2019). Concomitant object movements and EMF-spikes at a purported haunt. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 83, 212-229.

Ventola, A., Houran, J., Laythe, B., Storm, L., Parra, A., Dixon, J., & Kruth, J. G. (2019). A transliminal ‘dis-ease’ model of poltergeist ‘agents.’ Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 83, 144-171.

O’Keeffe, C., Houran, J., Houran, D. J., Drinkwater, K., Dagnall, N., & Laythe, B. (2019). The Dr. John Hall story: A case study of putative “haunted people syndrome.” Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 22, 910-929.

Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K., O’Keeffe, C., Ventola, A., Laythe, B., Jawer, M. A., Massullo, B., Caputo, G. B., & Houran, J., (2020). Things that go bump in the literature: An environmental appraisal of “haunted houses.” Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1328. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01328

Jawer, M. A., Massullo, B., Laythe, B., & Houran, J. (2020). Environmental “Gestalt influences” pertinent to the study of haunted houses. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 84, 65-92.

Lange, R., Houran, J., Sheridan, L., Dagnall, N., Drinkwater, K., O’Keeffe, C., & Laythe, B.  (2020). Haunted people syndrome revisited: Empirical parallels between subjective paranormal episodes and putative accounts of group-stalking. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 23, 532-549.

Drinkwater, K., Massullo, B., Dagnall, N., Laythe, B., Boone, J., & Houran, J. (2020). Understanding consumer enchantment via paranormal tourism: Part I – Conceptual review. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/1938965520967920

Houran, J., Lange, R., & Laythe, B. (2020). Understanding consumer enchantment via paranormal tourism: Part II – Preliminary Rasch validation. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly, advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1177/1938965520971276

Laythe, B., Houran, J., Dagnall, N., & Drinkwater, K. (2021). Conceptual and clinical implications of a “haunted people syndrome.” Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000251

Little, C., Laythe, B., & Houran, J. (2021). Quali-quantitative comparison of childhood imaginary companions and ghostly episodes. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. In press.

Laythe, B., Houran, J., & Little, C. (2021). The ghostly character of childhood imaginary companions: An empirical study of online accounts. Journal of Parapsychology. Under review.