Free Resources
The following are my free resources for ghost hunters and paranormal investigators:
- My videos are at Fiona Broome’s YouTube Channel (Also see my Video-Related Articles.)
- Answers to questions about ghosts & haunted places: Ghosts101.com
- Free ghost hunting courses: Hallowfields, the ghost hunting academy
Worksheets & Printables
The following are some of my free downloads, plus a few handouts from past events. (All files are at Google Drive. Most files are PDFs.)
(If a download link doesn’t work, leave a comment. My team will fix it as soon as they can. Thanks!)
- Baseline Yourself for Successful Ghost Hunting – Instructions and a chart to use before and during investigations.
- Evaluating Famous Haunts – How to decide whether a famous location is worth investigating.
- Evaluating Famous Haunts – Worksheet – A printable worksheet. (Goes with the above report.)
- Everyday Ghost Hunting – Tips and a Mindmap. (The mindmap is best on a sheet of paper that’s 8.5″ x 14″ or so.) Related article: Everyday Ghost Hunting.
Ghost Hunting & Tragedy – Connections between ghosts and past events.
- Getting the Most from Ghost Hunting Events – Preparing for the best investigations and fun.
- Ghost Hunting Then & Now – An overview of ghost hunting history. (Originally from a Dragon Con handout)
- Halloween Checklist – Get the most from your Halloween investigations.
- Free Ghost Hunting Course Certificate – for those who complete my free course, currently being updated.
- Presentations – How to Organize Your Ghost Hunting Talks – If you speaking at an event, to a club, or to a library audience, use this checklist to look and sound professional.
- When to Go Ghost Hunting – Worksheet – A place to note times and days that may be best for research, as well as some suggested triggers. (Added Nov 2017) Related article and video: When to Go Ghost Hunting.
- When to Go Ghost Hunting – Worksheet Instructions – Tips to get the most from the When to Go Ghost Hunting Worksheet. (Added Nov 2017)
- When to Go Ghost Hunting (Using Folklore) – General advice, and an old-school method involving “planetary hours.” (I’m not sure that it works. I share it for those who like to explore the fringes of paranormal research, and old-school approaches that may not improve your results.)
MISC CHARTS
- Pendulum Chart – Numbers – If you’re using a pendulum and want a numeric answer (like “how old are you?” or “when were you born?”), this chart can help.
- Pendulum Chart – Yes/No – If you’re using a pendulum and looking for a yes, no, or maybe answer, use this chart.
JUST FOR FUN
These are updated handouts from my Dragon Con presentations around 2008 – 2010. Each was in the context of a sci-fi or fantasy TV series. Of course, those shows were fictional, but some elements could be used for real research.
My presentations and these handouts were not entirely serious. Many were in a “let’s pretend” context that my audience understood. So, don’t think I go around looking for alien rifts or all-powerful artifacts. I don’t. (Dial these concepts down by about 90%, and that’s closer to my actual research.)
- Homegrown Patterns (Dragon Con presentation) – Looking for patterns in news reports. An overview for people who enjoy conspiracy theories. (This referenced the TV series, Rubicon.)
- Torchwood Notes (Dragon Con presentation) – I’m still a big fan of Torchwood. This handout is a crash course in identifying patterns related to UFOs and aliens.
- Warehouse 13 Notes (Dragon Con presentation) – This handout talks about finding powerful and haunted objects, and related artifacts. It’s somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but the basic concepts are a core part of my paranormal research.
NEED TO BE UPDATED (linked items are still available for download, but not necessarily current advice)
- Cemetery Pre-Research – What to do before the main investigation at any cemetery.
- Haunted Cemeteries Mindmap – What to think about, choosing and investigating haunted cemeteries.
- Fiona’s Field Guide to Entities and How They Manifest
- Ghosts and Unplanned Provoking
- Is Your House Haunted? – A brief checklist of things that can seem like ghosts… but they’re not. (This will be replaced when I publish an updated version of the related book.)
- Ley Lines Mindmap – Things I consider when I plot ley lines for paranormal research. (Only for advanced researchers. This may be too confusing to leave online; for now, I’m undecided.)
- Ley Lines of Atlanta (and other ley line maps)
Podcasts
Fiona Broome’s Hollow Hill podcasts are free, short (usually under 15 minutes). They cover a variety of topics including the nuts & bolts of ghost hunting, as well as Fiona Broome’s favorite haunted places.
Here’s the current list: (First date is when the podcast was recorded. Second is when it was re-released.)
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- Some Ghosts of New Orleans (Oct 2006 / Dec 2017) – Fiona describes ghosts she’s encountered in New Orleans’ French Quarter.
- Ghost Hunting without Equipment (Nov 2009 / Nov 2017) – Advice (and a slight rant) about ghost hunting equipment, and how to investigate without it.
- Ghost Hunting – Keeping Tragedy in Context (Oct 2012 / Oct 2017) – What seems truly terrible now, may not have been so shocking in the past.
- Baseline Yourself for Ghost Hunting (Oct 2012 / Oct 2017) – Tips and a free worksheet to better evaluate a ghost’s influence on you.
- Where to find Fiona Broome’s Hollow Hill podcasts about ghosts and haunted places:
- Search posts in the Podcasts category. (That’s also in the Topics drop-down menu.)
- Visit the Hollow Hill podcasts page at Libsyn, for the newest (and restored) podcasts, as they’re added.
Use the search form at this website, and enter a word or phrase (or location) that interests you, plus the word “podcast.”
More of Fiona’s ghost hunting podcasts: Fiona also records podcasts and videos related to her Ghosts101.com website, and her free ghost hunting courses.
- About the podcasts
Fiona Broome has been recording ghost-related podcasts since 2006. (As a result, the content of some may now be outdated, and the sound quality has improved as technology has.) Fiona’s podcasts are hosted by Libsyn.com. Her podcast webpage is http://hollowhill.libsyn.com You can listen to Fiona’s podcasts online or on any MP3 player.
I find these work sheets, and check lists very helpful! I will be using them in future investigations. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
welcome back, Fiona. I’ve missed you. with the earth dying and all the countries suffering from so many disasters our time is short. I can feel it. The spirits can too and are in a flurry.I
have often asked myself where will we all go once we are all back together again. That will be the greatest adventure of all. I think many are looking forward to that time.Surprising how many are taking this upcoming extinction so peacefully. Now to get back to your new goodies. no more boredom for this gal.
FYI – someone mentioned “Quantum Leap’ on my facebook page some time ago and there you popped up. That blew my mind. I still haven’t figured that one out. had to have been a spirit bringing you to mind. I truly thank them!
Why cant I download any of these worksheets?
crystal, I apologize for not realizing this page needed a correction.
My author site — where the freebie links are — is being redesigned. Until that’s completed, all of the free downloads are still available. Visit my freebies page at FionaBroome.com for the links.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Sincerely, Fiona Broome
Yeah! So glad you are back in business! Love reading and listening to you!
T Stinson
Thank you! There will be a lot more, soon. The video learning curve was a little daunting, but worthwhile. (I am still learning, but improving quickly.) My next project: update the free ghost hunting course, with videos & downloads.
I would like to learn and have experience in paranormal activity and I would like to know if I can really be a ghost hunter with this course?
Zadamelis, you’d need to start the course and see if it answers your questions about becoming a ghost hunter. Different people are interested in different kinds of paranormal research. The course is free. All you need to do is visit the website (Hallowfields.com) and see if it seems to meet your needs and expectations. After taking the course, you’ll be better equipped to decide if you are – or could (with practice) become – a ghost hunter. That’s a personal decision.