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  L.C.G.H. Episode 17- with Alex Rondini of Phantom Magazine

  L.C.G.H.

  Date / Time: 2/7/2009 5:00 AM UTC

  Category: Paranormal

  
  

  Current News, Theories, Experiences, Upcoming Events or Whatever Comes Up! Call- Ins Are Always Welcomed! Tonight we will have Alex Rondini of Phantom Magazine on. I first met Alex on Nocturnal Frequency. Which is here on blogtalk and hosted by Steven Geiner of Southern Ontario Paranormal Society! Which is another person and show you must check out! Alex's online magazine focuses on the philosophical aspects in paranormal research. So, this show most definitely will be interesting. You can find out more on Alex at- www.phantomezine.com www.myspace.com/phantommagazine Afterthought- Another great night as usual. And what other show will start off with Dimmu Borgir! I mean come on! If you ain't listenin live. You is missin' out! Either way. Alex was great and was awesome to have had time to do a one on one type thing. He is great and its also great to have a "paranormal" magazine base most of its content on a philosophical stand point. Also, great music. You gotta hear what you missed!

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  Original Air Date: 1/31/2009 5:00 AM UTC

  L.C.G.H.- Episode 16- with Gary of NightFall Paranormal and Tom of Mass Paranormal

  Current News, Theories, Experiences, Upcoming Events or Whatever Comes Up! Call- Ins Are Always Welcome! Tonight we will have Gary Manley Founder of NightFall Paranormal and Tom Ventosi Founder of Mass Paranormal. They are my new found friends from the East Coast. We will talk shop and as always, play some great music! You can find more on Gary and NightFall at www. myspace. com/nightfallparanormal You can find more on Tom and Mass at www. massparanormal. net www.blogtalkradio.com/massparanormal. Afterthought- The show started rough! Switch board and chat became technical problems. Lack of sleep and overtime were taking their toll on me. Gary couldn't call in for his own technical problems. Sooley came to co-host a little. Which turns out, he was lost in his own world! Talked a little about this "Bloop" phenomenon! Also, got into "ley lines" a little bit. Astrid stopped by. Serenity and Michael of Mass Paranormal were on the phone for a little through all the Chaos. Jaco called in. He turns out to be a neighbor of LCGH,follow paranormal enthusiast and blogtalk host. He had great info and was a great caller. Check him out when you get a chance. That was the first 45mins or so. Then the magic really happened for the last hour. We got to learn more about Tom. His theories and experiments and being a founder of his group. Also, Lourdes of NightFall Paranormal called in to represent Gary and NightFall as a whole! She was great! And is also interested in the theories of "Quantum Mechanics" applied in paranormal research! With all that said and some great music! I think this was a pretty good Friday night for paranormal enthusiast!
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  • Tags:
  • Gary Manley
  • NighFall Paranormal
  • Theories
  • Tom Ventosi
  • Mass Paranormal
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• Original Air Date: 1/24/2009 7:00 AM UTC

  L.C.G.H.- Episode 15- with Joey Ward Part 2

  Continuation of Episode 14. We further go down the rabbit hole and start to really get into what possible explanations exist for paranormal experiences. Then Later on, we end up doing a short music show for the last half hour. We were tired (I personally had 3 1/2 hours of sleep and got up at 5:30am) and it was late. I mean early morning. Well, over all we needed to chill out and music was the answer. Another great show and night for the paranormal!
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  • Tags:
  • Joey Ward
  • West Georgia Paranormal Research Society
  • Paranormal
  • Theories
  • Quantum Mechanics
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• Original Air Date: 1/24/2009 5:00 AM UTC

  L.C.G.H - Episode 14- with Joey Ward of West Georgia Paranormal Research Society

  Current News, Theories, Experiences, Upcoming Events or Whatever Comes Up! Call- Ins Are Always Welcome! Joey Ward is the Director of West Georgia Paranormal Research Society. Joey Had caught my ear a few months back. Not because he is just another paranormal enthusiast, like many of of us! But, because of where his research has lead him to. Come join us to find out how he incorporates his perspective of Quantum Mechanics in the paranormal field! You can find more on Joey at www.wgprs.com
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  • Tags:
  • Joey Ward
  • Paranormal
  • Hauntings
  • Theories
  • West Georgia Paranormal Research Society
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• Original Air Date: 1/10/2009 5:00 AM UTC

  L.C.G.H.- Episode 13- with Steven Raebel of Michigan Paranormal Project

  Current News, Theories, Experiences, Upcoming Events or Whatever Comes Up! Call- Ins Are Always Welcomed! This will be our first show of the year and we will have Steven Raebel of Michigan Paranormal Project with us! He is a close BTR friend and fellow paranormal enthusiast who will share with us his current experiences and projects! You can find Steve at myspace.com/MichiganParanormalProject. Afterthought- The show was great! We touched on the "UFO" over Jersey. Natural Floating Orbs with video link posted in chatroom! John Hitchinson , Dr. Michael Persinger and my response to a blog from whoforted.com! That was all in the beginning of the show. Then We got right to Steven for the rest of the show. Louie Bee stopped by from CrotchShotRadio to open his mouth. I also played his "We Are Change" promo, which will be a reoccuring promo! Then we had to extend the show for an hour more with Steven and David, who is from PRRS out in Maryland. He and Steve are both in Maryland at the moment! Listen to the show to find out more. Oh and awesome music as always! Later!
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  • Tags:
  • Steven Raebel
  • Paranormal
  • PRRS
  • Michigan Paranormal Project
  • Lake County IL
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• Date / Time: 1/8/2009 4:20 AM UTC

  First Official Update Of 2009

  Hi all,
  
  Well, this is the first official update for 2009! This month will be quite the kick off for things to come! First off! I will like to thank those that have contributed to the yahoo groups in 2008. Keep it up! That's what the group is designed for. You are a group member of Lake County Ghost Hunters. You are a Lake County Ghost Hunter! And of course your input is needed!
  
  This is one of the new things that I want to focus more on. I will explain more later in a post or if possible, the upcoming meeting on a Saturday towards the end of the month! I am looking at some "core" member's schedules to see what will work out. If anyone is interested please contact me as soon as possible! The meeting will involve a movie and group discussion. We could have refreshments!?  I am looking forward to doing these more on a monthly basis. Plus, it will be a platform for others to come and bring their experiences and or theories out so we can learn together what this whole thing is about! Of course, everyone will be updated before it is scheduled!
  
  Next we will be workin' with John Treva of The Paranormal Side Indiana Chapter. His base group has a webcam forum that we may be experimenting with. All in all, its really for you the people. You will get to see how boring a night of investigatin' can be or how awesome depending on what happens! We will see how everything works out! If you would like further info on John or The Paranormal Side, please go to our links section on the yahoo groups page. Heck! Look at the many of many links that we have!
  
  Of course, workin on the few cases that we have as well as upcoming trips to places outside the Lake County area. I will also try to  post my observations much quicker after every add of pics from our investigations. Most likely, I will be fashsionably late! I think its worth it. So, soon I will have a post of our most recent investigation called "The Dentist House". Is it haunted? Not sure! Interesting stories? Of course!
  
  We will be focusing on a constant schedule for L.C.G.H. on blogtalkradio. Currently we are on a Friday late night schedule and we think we will keep it! May work with the time, but I think it will be an after 9pm central type schedule. Always, looking for input about the show or even help in research!. Always looking for help in research!! And most definitely your interaction! Without you guys. The show would be nothing! So please join in and become part of a great medium for this subject! Or any subject for that matter. Get your voice out!
  
  And lastly and always, we will be doing our best to get out and work with others groups! We are always networking and through this, I personally have met and hopefully will be working with some interesting people and ideas this year. Really trying to organize theories and find something that really would shine some light on this psuedo-science!  It only takes our will to accomplish something greater than ourselves!
  
  Oh! And hopefully this year we will have a website up! Do we really need one? Probably! Better to have things at one center I guess.
  
  
  Justin Villarreal
  Founder of L.C.G.H.
  lakecountyghosthunters@yahoo.com
  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LCGH
  http://www.myspace.com/lakecountyghosthunters
  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LCGH
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• Date / Time: 1/4/2009 4:48 PM UTC

  New Pics!

  There are new pics added on our yahoo groups page! Soon, we will have more up on our MySpace, but the yahoo groups is what we are focusing on at the moment! Go and give them a look!
  
  Justin Villarreal
  Founder of L.C.G.H.
  lakecountyghosthunters@yahoo.com
  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LCGH
  http://www.myspace.com/lakecountyghosthunters
  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LCGH
  
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• Date / Time: 1/4/2009 4:34 PM UTC

  A Response To An Article About "Unity" In The Paranormal

  Here is the original author and article from whofortedblog.com-
  
  A Case Against "Paranormal Unity"
  
  By Tony Hart-Wilden • December 15, 2008
  
  We all have our own opinions on what credible evidence is, and what methods to use in paranormal research, and some of it not only has no common ground, but is also a completely opposing viewpoint. "Choose your side even if you're the only one on it".
  
  Just as in mainstream politics, although we may listen to the views of an opposing candidate, we don't lend our support to them, paranormal research shouldn't be any different. One paranormal investigator showing unity with another merely because they are a paranormal investigator is like a Democratic candidate showing unity with a Republican because they happened to be a politician.
  
  Unconditional paranormal unity is counter productive; it is just an ill-thought-out buzz word. Why show unity with people that continually post false or easily discredited evidence or demonstrate questionable investigative methods? It reflects badly on anyone that associates with them. Not only should you not be unifying with them, you should be actively working against them and the negativity that they promote.
  
  Respect needs to be earned, not automatically given without justification. This is the only way that credibility can be restored to the paranormal field, not by mutual toleration of everyone's ideologies no matter how illogical or scientifically invalid they are. And if you can't take personal criticism of your own beliefs, what that really means is that you haven't enough evidence to justify them, not just to others, but more importantly to yourself. If you have one opinion and someone else has another which contradicts yours, you clearly think that the other person is wrong. And presumably the other person believes they are right and you are wrong.
  
  As we obviously don't all agree on the methodology, objectives and techniques regarding paranormal investigation, we can't all be right, but the people with evidence to back up their statements are going to be "more right" then someone that can't. This doesn't mean that people aren't entitled to an opinion; everyone is, including the other person that believes that an opinion is wrong.
  
  The mainstream scientific communities aren't all united in one method and theory, and it's the diversity and the conflict that is created as a result, that has enabled some of their greatest advancements. It is disunity that pits one set of ideologies against another and gives each the incentive to attempt to prove their own beliefs, over that of someone else's. The battles to prove germ theory, nuclear fusion, and evolution, were fought and won, not through mutual cooperation but through a war of words and technology backed up with evidence. Each conclusion reached ultimately not as a result of propaganda, but because it was the best method to solve the problem presented. In both instances alternative explanations and methods were met with strong opposition, but it was people working not only to promote their own opinions, but actively working to disprove the opinions of others that caused such breakthroughs. In paranormal investigation it is about applying the best tools to the job and some of the tools simply don't fit.
  
  It is not merely a numbers game; it is about the credibility of the evidence being presented. If you wish to follow scientific protocol regarding the paranormal, part of that process is peer review. If you have a public presence, even if that is just a website then the general public become your peers whether you wish them to or not. In many cases they may choose to reject the evidence presented because it is poorly researched, of questionable validity or defies logic. Most of the general public are not scientists, but they can accept and understand science when it is presented to it, because of the logic of the methods behind it, and the credibility of those that do the research. Logic and credibility are traits that cross many barriers, but the consequence is that when it is missing, the entire community it originates from will suffer as a result.
  
  Paranormal individuality doesn't mean you can't research and exchange information with others, but it does mean you can be selective what method, theory and evidence you chose to accept. And it won't stop you from listening to other people's opinions and ideas, if you did that, how could you possibly criticize them? How much of joining, a family, network, or crew, is actually just a propaganda tool for the people that started them. And when it's related to a group that has a T.V show, or puts on high profile events, who actually joins for the unity and who joins for the reflected glory? Instead of relying on someone else to open doors for you, why not try to open them yourselves ? When your not bound by anyone else's rules or protocols you can still learn from them, but only if you chose to do so, rather then having them inflicted upon you by being a member of a group that imposes them.
  
  
  Here is my response-
  
  
  
  I think all unity, like this perspective, is mostly of the individual's ideas. And "individual" can mean a person or group perspective. That itself holds it's own paradigm of understanding on those particular scales of thought. To say unity in general is not good, that's just being a shade of ignant!
  
  Ignant I mean in the most base of the word's definition. To Ignore. Ignore the fact that in every aspect of our consciousness is all about "unity". From family to Friends. From employee to company. From Company to Economy. Economy to Government. Ah! We come to government in in the second paragraph. LOL, some "unity" brought us to this point. But, as we can see "unity" is involved in any aspect. So, most definitely it is involved with government and choices. Money! That unifies politicians together. Power! That also unifies individuals. I say individuals cause you don't have to be a politician to desire these as well. Not even really a need to choose sides when you got something that will "unify" you.
  
  I don't think I need to go deeper in the paranormal aspect of unity. Just like everything in life, we are compelled with being part of something. You're gonna have pros and cons. If humans are involved in anything, you're gonna have duality in any aspect from physical to metaphysical. Take that last sentence and let that marinate in your thoughts for a long time!
  
  In the "scientific" aspect of things. As we went over previously, humans will always add "pros and cons" in some thought process. But, science is what bridges the gap with everything. Through our advancements in sciences, we have come closer to the "The Unified Theory"! Ever heard of "Quantum Mechanics"? That itself is just scratching the layer of understanding the sub-atomic world. So, I think "unity" is something what the scientific community really wants. I would hope so! That would be sad if we didn't share our experiences with one another. In any community at that!
  
  But, sharing experiences and data was not really the argument of this writer's perspective on "unity". It was really in judgment of one's credibility and methods. Which partially is true. You don't have to unite with someone because of how they operate. But, that is not the case entirely, some of our family, friends and coworkers would not necessarily be involved in aspects of our lives. Which brings us back to the individuals perspective on "unity".
  
  So, it's how we look at "unity". Well, maybe we need to go back with thinking like scientists. Since they have come up with this "Unified Field Theory" thingy. We are scientists you know!? I mean experiencing and reacting is learning. And sometimes we ignore what we experience. Ignorance- "what a damn ego trip!" We just need to become more "aware"!
  
  Unity needs a base. We find truth when everything can fit together to make the big picture. Education! Becoming aware of "Quantum Mechanics" just might bridge the gap! It involves everything! Holds no judgment! Can't help usher in a new thought process on a stagnant pseudo-science. New Year. New Hope!
  
  Justin Villarreal
  Founder of L.C.G.H.
  lakecountyghosthunters@yahoo.com
  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/LCGH
  http://www.myspace.com/lakecountyghosthunters
  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LCGH
  • Tags:
  • Unity
  • Paranormal
  • Lake County Ghost Hu
  • WhoFortedBlog.com
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