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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

Eyewitness Testimony: Many subscribe to the old adage, "Seeing is believing," but eyewitness testimony is among some of the more unreliable findings admitted into any investigation. Paranormal investigations are no exception. Although clients provide personal accounts of activity as part of the Prelim process, investigators cannot use these as findings. Rather, they must depend on a combination of their own personal accounts and the documented findings they capture on the investigation. Even the eyewitness testimony of investigators remains the most subjective and least reliable form of findings in the report. It is significant only if there are correlations between subjective experience and documented findings, or patterns among independent reports of experiences.

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Bylaws or By Lawlessness

Bylaws are a basic part of the governance of any organized group. Establishing rules, structure, and guiding principles, bylaws live up to their name: by these laws, a group holds itself accountable and becomes dependably managed. Without bylaws, a group that doesn't articulate its own standards risks flagging membership and organizational instability....

PPI Podcast #7: Halloween Night (2010)

We join members of Pacific Paranormal Investigations during a fireside chat on Halloween Night. Karl Sherlock, Brian Miller, Tim Mountain, Lillie Chase, Gary Eidsmoe, Debra Page, Larry Page and Alexis Miller discuss all things paranormal in a casual and spontaneous manner.

Recorded October 31, 2010

Length: 00:49:03