An investigation into the alleged haunting of hampton court palace: Psychological variables and magnetic fields

Journal of Parapsychology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-408

  Wiseman, Richard ^a   Watt, Caroline ^b   Greening, Emma ^a   Stevens, Paul ^b   O'Keeffe, Ciarán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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