Magnetic Variances Associated with ‘Haunt-type ’ Experiences: A Comparison Using Time-Synchronised Baseline Measurements

Recent laboratory studies have revealed that human exposure to low-frequency complex electromagnetic fields (EMFs) can induce strange and exceptional hallucinatory experiences under controlled conditions. A number of field-studies have also shown that reput-edly haunted locations can be magnetically distinguished from non-haunted areas in the natural setting. However, none of these stud-ies have employed appropriate time-linked baseline measurements taken from haunted and baseline areas simultaneously. This study presents the first magnetic investigation of a reputedly haunted lo-cation that employs and formally compares high-speed time-linked magnetic baseline measurements. The results show separate effects of both elevated levels in the ambient spatial magnetic field, and the nature of how magnetic fields vary over time (i.e., their complexity) in areas of interest. The implications of the current findings for the magnetically remarkable nature of reputedly haunted buildings are discussed