Ciarán O'Keeffe

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Ciarán O'Keeffe
Born	(1971-03-21) 21 March 1971 Norwich, Norfolk, England
Known for	Paranormal Investigator on Most Haunted

Ciarán James O'Keeffe (born 21 March 1971) is an English psychologist specialising in parapsychology and forensic psychology. He is currently employed at Bucks New University. He has held a research associate position at the University of Toulouse II - Le Mirail and also an online tutor position at Derby University. Previously employed at Liverpool Hope University, lecturing in psychology with a parapsychology component, O'Keeffe is a member of the Society for Psychical Research and a senior advisor to The Ghost Club. According to his own website, he completed his PhD at the University of Hertfordshire under the supervision of Richard Wiseman and Julia Buckroyd.^[1]^[2]

Television career

O'Keeffe became known in the United Kingdom following his appearances on Living TV's paranormal television series Most Haunted^[3] and Jane Goldman Investigates, where he performs the role of parapsychologist and paranormal investigator. He also featured in National Geographic Channel's 2005 series Paranormal?. O'Keeffe is an open-minded skeptic on most paranormal phenomena.^{[citation needed]}

Other information

O'Keeffe attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, where he double majored in music and psychology. He then completed a MSc in investigative psychology at the University of Liverpool before studying for his PhD at University of Hertfordshire.^[1]

He is currently living in a village in Oxfordshire with his wife.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 About me section at theparapsychologist.com (accessed 2012 April 11)
↑ According to the British Library Electronic Theses Online Service, O'Keeffe's October 2004 PhD thesis has the title: "Assessing the content of advice from practitioners claiming paranormal ability"., however the advisors are listed neither in the records, nor inside the thesis text itself.
↑ Dr. Ciarán O'Keeffe on Most Haunted

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Topics	Apparitional experience Astral projection Auras Clairvoyance Deathbed phenomena Energy (esotericism) Extrasensory perception Ganzfeld experiment Ghosts Kirlian photography Mediumship Near-death experience Out-of-body experience Past life regression Plant perception (paranormal) Poltergeist Precognition Psychic Psychic reading Psychokinesis Psychometry Reincarnation Remote viewing Retrocognition Sensory leakage Spoon bending Telepathy Zener cards

Organizations	American Society for Psychical Research College of Psychic Studies International Association for Near-Death Studies Koestler Parapsychology Unit National Laboratory of Psychical Research Parapsychological Association Parapsychology Foundation Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Laboratory Rhine Research Center Society for Psychical Research

Parapsychologists	Daryl Bem Hans Bender Stephen E. Braude Whately Carington Hereward Carrington Tony Cornell William Crookes Eric Dingwall Camille Flammarion Théodore Flournoy Nandor Fodor Bruce Greyson Alister Hardy Richard Hodgson Hans Holzer Charles Honorton James Hyslop Thomson Jay Hudson Robert G. Jahn Brian Josephson Stanley Krippner Oliver Lodge R. A. McConnell James McKenzie Raymond Moody Richard Morris Thelma Moss Gardner Murphy Frederic Myers Karlis Osis Michael Persinger Joseph Gaither Pratt Harry Price Walter Franklin Prince Frank Podmore Dean Radin Joseph Rhine Charles Richet Kenneth Ring D. Scott Rogo William Roll Helmut Schmidt Gary Schwartz Rupert Sheldrake Henry Sidgwick Samuel Soal Ian Stevenson Ingo Swann Russell Targ Charles Tart Michael Thalbourne Jim Tucker Jessica Utts René Warcollier Karl Zener

Publications	Extrasensory Perception Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century Journal of Consciousness Studies Journal of Near-Death Studies Journal of Parapsychology Journal of Scientific Exploration Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon—Survival of Bodily Death Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives Old Souls: The Scientific Evidence For Past Lives Parapsychology: Frontier Science of the Mind The Roots of Coincidence Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation Varieties of Anomalous Experience

Skeptics	James Alcock Robert Baker Susan Blackmore John Booth Derren Brown Mario Bunge Robert Todd Carroll Sean Carroll Milbourne Christopher Brian Dunning Bergen Evans Chris French Antony Flew Kendrick Frazier Martin Gardner Thomas Gilovich Trevor Hall C. E. M. Hansel Terence Hines Joseph Jastrow Daniel Webster Hering Bruce Hood Harry Houdini Ray Hyman Paul Kurtz Daniel Loxton Charles Mackay · David Marks Joe Nickell Robert Park Massimo Pigliucci Massimo Polidoro George Price Benjamin Radford James Randi Graham Reed Joseph Rinn Carl Sagan Theodore Schick Michael Shermer John Sladek Gordon Stein Victor Stenger John Taylor Ivor Lloyd Tuckett Richard Wiseman

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Name	Okeeffe, Ciaran
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Date of birth	21 March 1971
Place of birth	Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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