What Dwells Within: A Study of Spirit Attachment

By Jayne Harris and D. J. Weatherer

A book discussing the work of leading paranormal investigator Jayne Harris and her studies into haunted objects. See Jayne's YouTube video which has achieved over one million views in just one week. https://youtu.be/c7cuTZXVdHI

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
• Release date: Oct 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9781785350337

Jayne Harris

Jayne Harris is Founder and Lead Investigator at Haunted Dolls Paranormal Research. Her qualifications include Criminology, Psychology and Counselling, and are soon to include Demonology and Paranormal Investigation. Jayne's field of expertise within the realms of the Paranormal, is Spirit Attachment.

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A Bespoke Service – ‘Haunted Dolls’

It would still be many years before the introduction of the Haunted Dolls website. Jayne continued to visit the spiritualist churches in her area and attended several shows by highly respected mediums such as Colin Fry and Tony Stockwell. As Jayne’s collection of paranormal literature began to expand so did her knowledge and it was not long before a concerned home owner contacted Jayne to ask for her help and expertise.

After being asked in 2002 by someone to go and see what I thought about things they were experiencing at their home, word soon spread that I knew a bit about this kind of thing and I had several people ask me to ‘investigate’ their home. I’ve never charged anyone, as they were kind of doing me a favour in helping me study and learn more.

Jayne’s interest in all things paranormal continued to go from strength to strength, and over the course of the next few years she began to amass a large collection of dolls and curios that reputedly held connections to the spirit world.

I actually got to the stage where I couldn’t have friends over to my house as they were a bit uncomfortable with the amount of objects, dolls, equipment and things I had in the house. You couldn’t see the dining table for files and paperwork!

In order to continue her investigation into spiritual attachment she came to the conclusion that she would have to move some of her collection on in order to make way for fresh items in which she could devote her time. The foundations for Haunted Dolls were set.

"I set up my website in 2012 and at that time it was just a personal blog type site where I would document my own photographs and experiences. Then I got to the point where I had used up both of my spare rooms housing dolls and other curiosities…

…So I offered a couple of my own dolls up on the website. I knew what I had paid for them, and I worked out how many hours roughly I had spent researching them in order to gain detailed information. This was how I decided on a price and that model stays the same today. The more documented hours of study time, the more travel and preparation we have to do, and the more we have to pay for a study piece initially, dictates its cost to a collector later on. This allows us to continue to travel, purchase further items to research and so goes the cycle. We’re not out to make huge profits. As long as we can keep doing what we love.

In the early days of Jayne’s investigations she would often be accompanied by her husband and a couple of friends who shared her enthusiasm for all things paranormal. This was the case until recently when the couple moved away from the area. Jayne’s husband still helps with the investigative side of the business from time to time, but the bulk of the work largely rests upon Jayne’s shoulders.

Having established herself as one of the leading lights in the field of spiritual attachment (she is officially endorsed by the British Paranormal Association), it may not surprise you to hear that her client list is both large and varied.

"Our clients can be anyone. We have had doctors, teachers, students, artists, an ex-FBI agent, a puppeteer you name it! Spirits are not choosy about who they get to know! The one thing all collectors obviously have in common is an interest in the