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Journal 2007

3. EMF Meters - a useful tool or a hindrance
to investigations?
By Sarah Louise Hutchinson

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ACK IN OCTOBER 2002 A new television show hit the UK market. This show was to
change the lives of many residents of the British Isles, some for the better, some
for the worse. It encouraged many people to get out and about to actively look for
ghosts while others preferred to stay at home to merely watch from the safety of their
sofas. The show of course is the now world famous Most Haunted.
It is thanks to Most Haunted that many more serious paranormal investigators (as
opposed to those I prefer to refer to as “ghost hunters”) were forced into the public eye
with a sharp jolt. Their work was now seemingly being displayed on television every week
and was raking in not thousands but millions of viewers for each and every show. Now, in
its tenth series, the show is still attracting millions of viewers, many of whom are still
under the very naïve view that the show is true to its name and genuinely does show
paranormal investigations as they really are/should be.
Just one influence the show has had on my own work as a Paranormal Investigator is
something seemingly quite simple involving small pieces of equipment that can be a true
aid to any real Investigator – the EMF meter.
EMF stands for Electromagnetic Field (some people also refer to it as Electromagnetic
Force – this is equally correct really, the exact ‘translation’ of the initials has little
relevance).
What are EMFs?
Before we can delve into any
detail about the use of EMF
meters on investigations we of
course all need to know what an
EMF is itself.
An EMF, put simply are simply
just what the intials state – they
are electrical and magnetical

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