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October 2026 lilbrary presentations return for another season of lively multi-media presentatioins on "ghost hunting" from a skeptical point of view (but not a cynical one!). Free admission and open to the pubic. Note: Portions of this presentation may not be too sophisticated or scary for young children.

When and where?

Oct. 13, 5:30-6:30pm

Ghost Hunting 101 with Pacific Paranormal Investigations

Del Mar Public Library

1309 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014

honoring the heroes of

skeptical inquiry

Debunking: Frequently misused to refer to the search for practical causes of paranormal events and anomalies, the term "debunking," is reserved for the unmasking of bunco, or "bunk," those paranormal confidence tricks used by charlatans to swindle customers out of their money. The preeminent "debunker" of the 20th century was James Randi, a former stage magician turned investigator bent on exposing unscrupulous mentalists, prestidigitators, fortune tellers, spoon benders, psychics, and mystics. In 1996, Randi created the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) for skeptical enquiry, and famously offered one million U.S. dollars to the first person who could demonstrate a valid supernatural ability while undergoing scientific testing. To date, no one has passed the first level of the test.

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Improper Use of Psychics

In "Improper Use of Psychics During a Paranormal Investigation," Tim Mountain "tells it like it is" about the reasons scientifically based paranormal investigating gives psychics a demoted role to play, and what the protocols of their participation should be.

PPI Podcast #14: Edwin Becker Interview (2012)

We join members of Pacific Paranormal Investigations Jason Sieckman, Karl Sherlock, Debra Page, Tim Mountain and Brian Miller as they interview Edwin Becker, author of TrueHaunting, a first person account of he and his wife Marcia's personal experiences living in a haunted apartment building they bought in Chicago, Illinois in 1970

Recorded: December 9, 2012

Length: 01:06:52