Cold spot

Cold Spots refer to areas 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.

Paranormal beliefs

Cold spots are said to be unexplained paranormal temperature variances that are believed to signal that a ghost is present. It is thought that a ghost uses the energy in a particular spot to manifest itself, and by doing so, creates a cold mass. Ghost hunters often use hand held infrared temperature sensors to attempt to document evidence of hauntings.

"Cold Spots" is also the name of an article series written by Scott A. Johnson for Dread Central about allegedly haunted places in the United States of America. According to the series, only places with factual, verifiable histories that are thought to compliment the alleged hauntings are chosen. Among the places listed in the Cold Spots archive are:

• Lake Jackson
• The Legend of the Bunnyman Bridge
• Robert
• Hammock House
• Hot and Cold: The Sloss Furnaces
• Inn Distress
• Cheesman Park
• MARDI-GRAve
• The Pittsburgh Playhouse
• Resurrection Mary
• The Ladd School
• Franklin Castle
• Starvation Heights
• King's Tavern
• The Jerome Grand Hotel
• KiMo Theater
• Lafayette Cemetery
• The Old Jesse Lee Home for Children
• The Goldfield Hotel
• Forepaugh's Restaurant
• Camarillo State Mental Hospital
• The Castle and Gauche
• Surratt House
• Lake Compounce Amusement Park
• Nashotah House and Seminary
• Stone's Public House
• Old Wyoming State Penitentiary
  • The Chelsea Hotel
• McCune Mansion
• The Sage Hill Bed and Breakfast
• Little Big Horn
• The Henry Ford Estate/Henry Ford Museum
• The Isles of Shoals
• Southern Vermont College
• The Brig
• Dead Presidents Pub and Restaurant
• The Bullock Hotel
• The Willard Library
• West Virginia State Penitentiary
• Stones River Battlefield
• Waverly Hills Sanitorium
• The Stone Lion Inn
• The Lemp Mansion
• The Mathias Ham House
• The Crescent Hotel and Spa
• Ringwood Manor
• The Hollenberg Station
• The Night Marchers
• The Argo Hotel
• COLD SPOTS Reviews EMF Meters!
• The Opera House
• COLD SPOTS Reviews IR-Thermometers!
• Cold Spots Special Report: What Really Happened to Emily Rose?
• Ghosts of The White House
• Bailey's Light
• The Whaley House
• Race Rock Lighthouse
• Cold Spots Special Report: Haunted Attractions
• The Lost Dutchman Mine
• Sprague Mansion
• The Ghosts of Gettysburg
• Tillamook Lighthouse
• The Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital
• The St. James Hotel
• The Harvard Exit Theater
• The Flamingo Hotel and Casino
• Old Idaho State Penitentiary
• The Legend of John Baptiste
• Miramont Castle

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 -- 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.

However, most legitamate ghost hunters look for so-called "normal causes" before labeling a cold spot. If there is a cause, the cold spot is discounted.

See Also

• Ghost
• Ghost hunting