Huffington Post, February 10, 2001 (article about Americans' belief in the paranormal quotes from a book by sociologists Christopher Bader and F. Carson Mencken of Baylor University and Joseph Baker of East Tennessee State University, which was based on research from the Baylor Religion Survey) Don't expect Hollywood to give up the ghosts. The parade of paranormal entertainment filling American screens -- from the movie Paranormal Activity 2 to television shows such as Ghost Hunters, Psychic Investigators and Paranormal State -- is meeting an intense interest in otherworldly experiences, new research shows.