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==Skeptical analysis== |
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Cold spots supposedly indicate areas where ghosts reside (a spooky place may give one “cold chills”). Modern [[ghost hunting|ghost hunters]] employ heat sensors, such as digital thermal scanners which measure instant temperature changes. The practice persists despite a lack of scientific evidence or theory to support equating the temperature with ghosts and the fact that temperatures can vary throughout a building due to normal causes.<ref>http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-05/i-files.html</ref> |
Cold spots supposedly indicate areas where ghosts reside (a spooky place may give one “cold chills”). Modern [[ghost hunting|ghost hunters]] employ heat sensors, such as digital thermal scanners which measure instant temperature changes. The practice persists despite a lack of scientific evidence or theory to support equating the temperature with ghosts and the fact that temperatures can vary throughout a building due to normal causes.<ref>http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-05/i-files.html</ref> |
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Cold Spots may refer to:
- An area of supposed psychic energy marked by a drastic drop in temperature, often said to indicate the presence of something supernatural, spirits, ghosts, or other unexplainable phenomena.[citation needed]
- Cold Spots, a twice-monthly article series written by Scott A. Johnson for Dread Central about allegedly haunted places in the United States of America. First envisioned in 2004 by Steve Barton and Scott A. Johnson, Cold Spots was used with permission by The Horror Channel. When Barton and Johnson departed The Horror Channel, Cold Spots moved to Dread Central, where it continues operation. According to the series, only places with factual, verifiable histories that are thought to compliment the alleged hauntings are chosen. Of these, the most interesting places are chosen for a story. Among the places listed in the Cold Spots archive are:
- Lake Jackson, Texas
- Sloss Furnaces, Alabama
- Hammock House, North Carolina
- 17 Hundred 90 Inn, Georgia
- LaLaurie House, Louisiana
- Robert, The Haunted Doll, Florida
- Cheesman Park, Colorado
- Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pennsylvania
- Resurrection Cemetery, Illinois
- Ladd School, Rhode Island
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Kentucky
Skeptical analysis
Cold spots supposedly indicate areas where ghosts reside (a spooky place may give one “cold chills”). Modern ghost hunters employ heat sensors, such as digital thermal scanners which measure instant temperature changes. The practice persists despite a lack of scientific evidence or theory to support equating the temperature with ghosts and the fact that temperatures can vary throughout a building due to normal causes.[1]