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PARANTHROPOLOGY: JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE PARANORMAL VOL. 2 NO. 2<br />

Reviews<br />

Spooksfest reviewed by Rachael Hayward<br />

Dark snickleways, cobbled<br />

streets <strong>and</strong> an abundance<br />

o f b e a u t i f u l , h i s t o r i c<br />

buildings made York the<br />

perfect setting for a new<br />

festival celebrating the<br />

paranormal <strong>and</strong><br />

supernatural. Spooksfest<br />

2011 took place over the<br />

weekend of March 11 th ,<br />

12 th <strong>and</strong> 13 th , hosting a<br />

range of events aimed to<br />

celebrate York's recently<br />

awarded accolade of “The<br />

Most Haunted City in<br />

Europe”.<br />

" Of particular interest<br />

t o t h e a c a d e m i c<br />

community were a<br />

schedule of fascinating talks<br />

Left to Right: Dr. Ciaran O’Keeffe, Jon Sales, Am<strong>and</strong>a Hayward, Dr. Sean O’Callaghan, Dr.<br />

David Luke, Jack Hunter, Callum E. Cooper, Rachael Hayward<br />

that took place on the Saturday 12 th March at the exquisite 14C Bedern Hall. We were lucky<br />

enough to be joined by some of the leading experts in paranormal <strong>and</strong> supernatural research<br />

from across the UK, all of whom intrigued <strong>and</strong> entertained us with their particular areas of<br />

interest.<br />

" Starting off the day were paranormal research group, Torchlight Paranormal<br />

Investigations, led by Kieran, Jess <strong>and</strong> Liam. Experienced in field-based research they<br />

presented a balanced view on the theories surrounding Electronic Voice Phenomenon whilst<br />

captivating us with some fascinating examples that they had captured during their research.<br />

Presented with a range of different explanations from the paranormal to natural interference<br />

<strong>and</strong> fraud, this first talk of the day led to a thought provoking discussion from the audience.<br />

Leading nicely on from this, Cal Cooper, took us deeper into the world of spirit voices,<br />

exploring the unique phenomenon of “Phone Calls from the Dead”. Drawing upon his own<br />

fascinating research as well as that of others, Cal introduced us to some incredible case<br />

studies, including examples of spirit text <strong>and</strong> answer machine messages. I believe the<br />

audience were all secretly hoping for the humorous moment when someoneʼs mobile phone<br />

rang, just in case it was a call from the other side!<br />

" At midday we were joined by Dr Ciaran O'Keeffe who presented his talk called,<br />

“Demonology <strong>and</strong> Vampirology: Be Afraid!”. Commencing with a short introduction to the<br />

history of demons, it seemed at first that we would be exploring the fears surrounding the<br />

world of demons <strong>and</strong> vampires. However, in a surprising twist Ciaran then took us on a<br />

journey through the eyes of a demonologist, showing exactly what it takes to become an<br />

expert in this field, a surprising <strong>and</strong> insightful experience! We were later taken further into the<br />

53 PARANTHROPOLOGY: JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE PARANORMAL

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