Query: Ed and Lorraine Warren were pseudoscience believers.

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Clairvoyance <=SEP=> Clairvoyance ( / klɛɹˈvɔɪəns / or / klɛəˈvɔɪəns / ) ( from French clair meaning `` clear '' and voyance meaning `` vision '' ) is the alleged ability to gain information about an object , person , location or physical event through extrasensory perception . Any person who is claimed to have some such ability is said accordingly to be a clairvoyant ( / klerˈvɔɪənt / ) ( `` one who sees clearly '' ) .   Claims for the existence of paranormal and psychic abilities such as clairvoyance have not been supported by scientific evidence published in high impact factor peer reviewed journals . Parapsychology explores this possibility , but the existence of the paranormal is not accepted by the scientific community . Parapsychology , including the study of clairvoyance , is an example of pseudoscience .

Ed and Lorraine Warren <=SEP=> Edward Warren Miney ( September 7 , 1926 -- August 23 , 2006 ) and Lorraine Rita Warren ( née Moran , born January 31 , 1927 ) were a married Roman Catholic couple who were highly controversial American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of hauntings . Edward was a World War II United States Navy veteran and former police officer who became a self-taught and self-professed demonologist , author , and lecturer . Lorraine professes to be clairvoyant and a light trance medium who worked closely with her husband .   In 1952 , the Warrens founded the New England Society for Psychic Research , the oldest ghost hunting group in New England . They authored numerous books about the paranormal and about their private investigations into various reports of paranormal activity . They claimed to have investigated over 10,000 cases during their career . The Warrens were among the very first investigators in the controversial Amityville haunting . According to the Warrens , the N.E.S.P.R. utilizes a variety of individuals , including medical doctors , researchers , police officers , nurses , college students , and members of the clergy in its investigations .   Stories of ghost hauntings popularized by the Warrens have been adapted as , or have indirectly inspired , dozens of films , television series and documentaries , including 17 films in the Amityville Horror series alone . Other adaptations include the 2013 movie The Conjuring , its prequel/spinoff from 2014 , Annabelle , and its sequel , The Conjuring 2 , released in 2016 .   Skeptics Perry DeAngelis and Steve Novella have investigated the Warren 's evidence and found it all to be `` blarney '' . Skeptical investigators Joe Nickell and Ben Radford concluded that the more famous hauntings , Amityville and the Snedeker 's , did not happen and had been `` invented '' .

Ghost hunting <=SEP=> Ghost hunting is a fringe pseudoscience wherein its adherents visit and investigate locations that are reported to be haunted by ghosts . Typically , a ghost hunting team will attempt to collect evidence that they see as supportive of paranormal activity . Ghost hunters often use a variety of electronic devices : the EMF meter ; digital thermometer ; handheld and static digital video cameras , such as thermographic ( or infrared ) and night vision ; digital audio recorder ; and computer . Traditional techniques such as conducting interviews and researching the history of a site are also employed . Some ghost hunters refer to themselves as a paranormal investigator .   Ghost hunting has been heavily criticized for its total absence of scientific method ; no scientific body has ever been able to confirm the existence of ghosts . Ghost hunting is considered a pseudoscience by a vast majority of educators , academics , science writers , and sceptics .