Ghost Hunters International are 'Sensing Evil: Trinidad and Argentina'

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The Ghost Hunters International crew continues their investigation in the country of Trinidad with a case involving a former leper colony on Chacachacare Island. Run by both Dominican and French nuns there have been reports of voices, footsteps, apparitions and shadow people.

Being taken by boat out to the island we are introduced to the local ghost hunting team who repeat the rumor of a nun that hooked up with a Venezuelan sailor and when the affair was discovered and she was told to break it off she committed suicide by hanging herself over the altar in the chapel. The Paranormal Investigators of Trinidad Tobago also tell about a group of coast guard soldiers that felt as though they were held down in their sleep and being pushed up the stairs by an unseen hand.

After the local paranormal guys managed to frighten Kris Williams with their machetes they continue to give a tour of the island including the cemetery for the nuns where a woman in white is seen wearing lipstick. A three-quarter melted Paul Bradford gave a quick interview describing the difficulty with covering the location with cameras and we are soon underway.

Barry Fitzgerald and Kris begin the investigation in the chapel looking for the suicidal nun. Pushing together boxes from their gear Barry attempts to create a ‘bed’ to test out the theory of the feeling of being held down. Soon they hear footsteps over by the altar.

In what I think was the reason for the title of this episode: ‘Sensing evil’ Joe Chin and Scott Tepperman are in the nun’s quarters where Joe repeatedly says that he doesn’t like the building. Citing tightness in his chest and difficulty breathing Joe tries to reassure Scott that he is not in fact having a heart attack although, I have to say, I wasn’t too convinced.

Taking a boat driven by the local ghost hunting crew and their guide to another section of the island Paul Bradford and Susan Slaughter head to the leper infirmary to try to convince the resident lepers that they have found a cure for leprosy and that they can get them off the island. Not buying it the spirits take offense and tell the GHI team members to get out but not before Susan claims to feel someone push on her backpack, see a shadow and begin feeling really uncomfortable.

Visiting the cemetery Barry claims to hear a woman’s voice and it’s all aboard for the boat ride back to the mainland.

Analysis of the evidence gathered revealed little. There is the footsteps heard in the chapel which I can really only make out one thump of, the woman’s voice heard in the cemetery sounds like rusted metal grating, the ‘no’ or ‘go’ heard in the infirmary could just as easily be an exhale. The ‘get out’ recorded there is perhaps the strongest bit of evidence gathered on this investigation and yet still isn’t all that impressive.

Research done by the Ghost Hunters International team reveals that there was an American nun found dead in the water named Sister Mary Luigi. The priest that told them about said that she was being asked to go to Guyana but didn’t want to and they aren’t sure if she jumped into the water or if she fell. Hopefully the local team will now stop spreading the horrible rumor of the ‘wayward nun and her hook up with a sailor’ because it’s just plain sexist and mean.

Heading out, Kris and Barry agree that it’s a wonder that Paul didn’t fall into the water on the boat ride but no explanation is given as to why they would think that.

The next investigation takes place in Gualeguaychu, Argentina at Frigorifico Slaughter house. Built in the 1920s it was abandoned 15 years ago and as Paul mentioned when he saw the building it looks like something out of a horror movie.

Reporting incidents of apparitions, screams, mumbling, conversations and residual sounds of the slaughterhouse still in operation which I can only assume entails a lot of horrible mooing noises.

Being given a tour by a gentleman and his interpreter the Ghost Hunters International team is also joined by several different stray dogs as they tour the elevator where a shadow is seen dressed in white and guy managed to get himself decapitated by the elevator. The slaughterhouse lot is the scene of a workplace stabbing and women continue to chat in the salon, while photographs taken in the cold chamber come back with orbs on them.

As I was watching the team being escorted around the buildings by the stray dogs it did cross my mind that they were going to have to keep an eye out for contamination that night. In a great move, we see Kris give the team a heads up to check on any noises to make sure they were caused by any of the wildlife they encountered in the building.

While not much was found in the investigation of the slaughterhouse it was interesting to see the team do a great job of debunking some of the instances that did take place. Paul and Susan hearing women’s voices in the salon, just as was reported in the walk through, checked out to be a flock of sky rats hanging out in the rafters. Kris feels something touch her arm and in asking Barry if he touched her he says that he did. In a clip we see Barry say he hears someone say ‘Kris’ and in analysis it is shown to be just their own heavy breathing.

Eventually the reveal shows really only one somewhat solid piece of evidence in the form of an EVP captured that says ‘It’s my job.’ What is odd is that the voice is captured speaking in English, which I kind of find hard to believe that there would be someone working in this slaughterhouse that is speaking English on a regular basis.

Both investigations by the Ghost Hunters International team were at interesting locations which made this an episode worth watching but both locals (to the team’s credit) were told that there wasn’t enough evidence for a declaration of ‘haunted.’