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October 2025 lilbrary presentations return for another season of lively multi-media presentatioins on "ghost hunting" with from a skeptical viewpoint, including high-tech pseudoscience, skeptical inquiry, critical and thinking pitfalls like cognitive biases. Free admission and open to the pubic. Note: Portions of this presentation may not be suitable for very young audiences.

When and where?

Oct. 21, 6-8pm

Kensington Branch Library

4121 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116

Oct. 28, 5:30-7:30pm

Paradise Hills Branch Library

5922 Rancho Hills Dr, San Diego, CA 92139

honoring the heroes of

skeptical inquiry

Apparition: The scarcest of paranormal phenomena, the apparition is a full or partial materialization of "spirit energy" (though, there is nothing officially recognized or objectively measured as "spirit energy".) An apparition may be anything that suddenly appears (i.e., becomes apparent). As such, it ranges in form from an orb to a "full-body apparition," the latter of which is synonymous with the popular conception of a ghost. Apparitions can also vary in opacity, from solid to transparent. Some apparitions are not merely forms, either; apparitions that manifest along with a "ghost room" are also said to occur rarely.

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Paranormal Pursuit

The theater was truly dark, a dark so thick it oozed over three members of the team like a viscous oil. Three lights were visible: a demonic lens blinking like a red beacon from afar, a blue power signal, property of a digital night vision camera and the ghoulish green from the screen of an electromagnetic field (EMF) detector....

PPI Podcast #13: Turn of the Screw - After Show Discussion (2012)

Join Pacific Paranormal Investigations and Savannah Sincoff, LCSW, for a lively discussion following the Intrepid Shakespeare Company's production of The Turn of the Screw, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella by Henry James. PPI and Savannah Sincoff disect the story and characters of The Turn of the Screw as if it were a modern day paranormal investigation. Moderated by Tom Hall.

Recorded April 15, 2012 at the Performing Arts Center of the San Dieguito Academy, Encinitas, CA

Length: 00:45:18