I have been in this game for a very long time now. Long enough to see and experience my fair share of the back-stabbing and bitching that goes on between organisations as well as in-group disputes too. 
So I thought now would be a good time for an extended update to the RiPA homepage in order to cover the subject of dishonesty in science and the paranormal. 

I have been going on for years now about the lack of trust in science and the paranormal world, and the extent to which it is a self-inf...

Meet RiPA's latest recruit, Miz Cleo. By using her psychic powers she will tell you all you ever wanted to know. If you dont like what she said then you can always do what you've always wanted to do to an *annoying false psychic...

Now this weeks update is a little bit different from the norm as its more of an appeal. RiPA are looking for people within the Milton Keynes catchment area (Herts, Beds & Bucks) to take part in an extensive research project involving a custom built 'Psychomanteu...

Something a little different for this update.
For sometime now RiPA has been following the law suit against Simon Singh by the British Chiropractic Association (BCA). But first, lets speak a bit more about who Simon is.

After completing a PhD in particle physics, Simon Singh joined the BBC and worked as a director and producer on programmes such as Tomorrow's World and Horizon. He has also presented programmes on Radio 4, BBC4 and Channel 4. He is best known as the author of Fermats Last Theore...

Well well well, here we are in 2010 and how we have all changed..... or not! There has been a few changes within the RiPA world though in order to make the whole RiPA ship flowing smoother than ever.

So whats on the cards for RiPA at the start of this year?
First off, we're off to London to join Prof Chris French on a talk about the 'Psychology of Anomalous Experiences'.

This talk will provide an introduction to the sub-discipline of anomalistic psychology, which may be defined as the study of e...

Sky Channel 201 is known as the Paranormal Channel and this is the brain child of Living TV's Most Haunted hosts, Karl Beattie and Yvette Fielding. RiPA are not a fan of these guys for many reasons, but even more so now.
Recently, they have been screening a show called
'The Great Unexplained Debate'.

This is hosted by Karl and he talks to guests about subjects to do with the Paranormal. Ok, so why am I writing about them and bringing this show to attention? Let me tell you. RiPA has its own deb...

 TV's Living with the dead paranormal investigator, Mark Webb has left the show on his own accord despite claims of him being sacked.
Webb revealed on Richard Felix's radio show, Ghost Chronicles International, that Johnnie Fiori and Ian Lawman had been fed location information prior to the investigations and that he had proof.

Webb sent the proof that he spoke of to RiPA, and we can assure that it certainly seem that Mark's claims are true.
The email is addressed to Johnnie , Ian and Mark with...

Thats right. it seems that our space dwelling cousins 
have tired of visting the remote farm places and trailer park in the good old US of A and have decided to up their standards..... well, according to the taker of this picture anyhow.

The picture of the flying shape was clicked hovering over the house at Hatfield, or Hatfield House even, near Welwyn Garden City.

It was Chris Middleton, of Welwyn, who snapped the mystery object during a a visit to the Jacobean house and garden, the home of t...

Session 2 of RiPA's Ganzfeld experiments has been and gone.This time around the RiPA's that took part done reasonably well as the 'reciever' selected the correct picture even though most of the associations were incorrect.

Those of you who dont know, RiPA is much more than just 'Ghost Investigations'. RiPA is currently undertaking a project in collaboration with Smiths University of London into the tried and tested Ganzfeld experiments.

The premise is that a subject lies down in a selected ...

Back in March there was an event in Edinburgh to speak about paranormal phenomena and the subject of photos took the stage.One photo in particular seemed to cause a stir.

This was taken at Tantallion Castle in East Lothian in Scotland. An  eerie image of a figure at a Scottish castle has got ghost experts spooked as it seemed to have caused the biggest ever investigation into photographic evidence of ghosts.

The picture, taken in May last year, appears to show a spectral
figure in fifteenth c...

RiPA are proud to announce a new addition to their arsenal.
Not only have we gone and upgraded our CCTV equipment with 4 lovely shiny new HD cameras and an 'oh-so-sexy' HD monitor.....RiPA are proud to announce  they now have 'Cap-Cam'.

Yep, thats right, we hope to bring you highlights from our investigations from the eyes of our RiPA's.
You'll see what they see, feel what they feel........... Exciting times at RiPA HQ!

What does it matter anyway? Lets just enjoy it while its here. However, could the summer weather increase solar flares therefore increasing the phenomenon of haunting effects?

I feel it might be worth the UK teams out there to keep an eye out for such influctuations and see if there is a pattern being caused.

So has anything exciting come to the RiPA desk this week?
In short. the answer is no.

RiPA are still looking for future RiPA's to join the ranks, so if you are within reasonable dista...