How often have horror movies helped you sleep at night? If your answer is close to "almost never", then you aren't one in a million. But for metaphysician and psychic Pooja Vijay and paranormal investigator and demonologist Sarbajeet Mohanty, the founders of Parapsychology And Investigations Research Society (PAIRS) India, the paranormal is an area to be explored with logic and reason. It is with this idea that they decided to start ScareCon — a paranormal convention in 2018, that they now call Asia's biggest.

"We were watching the Sand Diego Comic Con last year and thought about how we could organise such an event to create awareness about our area of work — it's one that no one takes seriously," Mohanty says. After initially organising a series of meet-ups, the first edition had a footfall of 100 people, which Mohanty states is a huge crowd for such an event in India. This year, they have widened the scale with a Halloween-themed venue, panel discussions with famous personalities and performance acts. Here are The Guide's top picks.