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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 />
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