The back of Jack Kenna’s SUV is filled with items used to detect the paranormal: REM pods, EMF meters, divining rods and even cat toys — the kind that light up when moved, a low-tech option ghost hunters swear by.
Kenna and Stacey Hawkins, his ghost-hunting protégée, planned to use the equipment Monday night to investigate the Saratoga County Homestead, a long-abandoned tuberculosis sanitarium in western Saratoga County. But Kenna will also be teaching students how to use them in the coming weeks at Schenectady County Community College.
Kenna’s classes at SCCC — Advanced Paranormal Research and Paranormal Research – Psychic Abilities — are not for college credit. They are personal enrichment courses that run from mid-September to early and mid-November, with a fee of $175 each (Kenna says much of that covers the cost of attending off-site paranormal investigations). Likewise, Hawkins was set to teach Paranormal Research 101 at Hudson Valley Community College as a non-credit course, though the class was canceled because only nine students signed up (the course requires 10)…