Special: Parapsychology and Ghosts – a Conversation With Christian Jensen Romer part 1
Added 2020-03-10 19:05:37 +0000 UTCFollowing our recent discussion of ghosts in Call of Cthulhu, we thought it might be useful to get an expert opinion. Luckily, our good friend Christian Jensen Romer (CJ to his friends) is a qualified parapsychologist. He is also a member of the Society for Psychical Research and a familiar face to viewers of TV shows like Most Haunted.
As if that weren’t enough, CJ has also written for Call of Cthulhu and other RPGs. In particular, listeners may know him as the author of The Parapsychologist’s Handbook. This was one of the first monographs that Chaosium published, back in 2008. Basically, he’s much better qualified to talk about this stuff than any of us.
Scott spent some time talking to CJ about his experiences and how parapsychology treats the subject of ghosts. In fact, we spent so long talking that we are going to have to split the discussion in two. This first part largely covers CJ’s personal experiences with ghosts. Part 2, scheduled for release on the 24th of March 2020, focuses more on general parapsychology.
Comments
Re-listening this episode after having met Mr Romer at Games Expo live, he's an interesting fellow, hehehe :)
Accountant
2021-08-01 22:42:53 +0000 UTCGreat episode! Thanks for it, and I’m looking forwards to more.
Joe Webb
2020-03-12 22:06:02 +0000 UTCA very entertaining hour, I look forward to more of the same and wish Matt a speedy recovery from all his imagined incidents.
Steve
2020-03-11 14:48:49 +0000 UTCSadly the Rendlesham crown is equally fictional: https://heritage.suffolk.gov.uk/hbsmr-web/record.aspx?UID=MSF12678--
Steve
2020-03-11 13:59:42 +0000 UTCPlaying CJs games is always a highlight of UKGE for me. His one about a poltergeist is one of my favourite scenarios ever.
Steve
2020-03-11 12:10:38 +0000 UTC
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