A press release:
ATLANTA, GEORGIA…( November 21, 2011) National ghost hunt celebrities will be featured Friday, January the 13th at the First Annual Celebrity Ghost Hunt at Rhodes Hall Museum in Atlanta. Chip Coffey celebrity psychic and medium from the A&E Channel’s hit paranormal TV show “Paranormal State” and “Psychic Kids” along with Joe Chin from Syfy Channel’s “Ghost Hunters International” will be joining fans for an evening of psychic readings, autographs, photos, presentations and a Live Ghost Hunt.
“This event gives a seldom seen inside look of the Rhodes Hall along with a chance to meet with television paranormal celebrities and then join them on a live ghost hunt.” said Chad Morin, event host and promoter.
Rhodes Hall was originally built in 1904 out of solid granite as a private plantation home for Atlanta furniture magnate Amos Rhodes. After his death and the death of his wife and children, the Hall has now become a historic house museum by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.
Over the years Rhodes Hall has reported sites of a little girl in a white dress haunting the first floor, a woman in white that seems to follow visitors throughout the house, a tall man who has been seen going up and down the Grand Staircase, doors that open and close on their own, voices and conversations seeming to come from empty rooms,
and objects that move and appear with no explanation and poltergeist activity in the basement.
Some of the well known celebrity ghost hunters participating in the Celebrity Ghost Hunt include:
Atlanta resident Chip Coffey, a Psychic Medium who has appeared on several paranormal television shows including Paranormal State and Psychic Kids on A&E Channel. He will be greeting guests, signing autographs and photos and then conducting a Psychic Gallery Reading of the attending guests.
Another big name in paranormal reality television participating will be Joe Chin from Syfy Channel’s Ghost Hunters International. Joe will be making a rare United States appearance for this event as he is primarily filming overseas for his television show.
Nate Lien, from A&E Channel’s Paranormal State the New Class will also be joining the lineup of paranormal powerhouses at the ghost hunt.
“We want this to be an intimate event for the attending fans, so we are limiting tickets to only 75 lucky people. Celebrity paranormal guests, a reportedly haunted castle-like building and a ghost hunt on a Friday the 13th should prove an exciting evening for everyone.” added Morin.
The Celebrity Ghost Hunt will be at Rhodes Hall Museum located at 1516 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia. For more information and ticket information call Chad Morin at 1-800-604-9101 or go online to www.GhostHuntWeekends.com
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
UK: 21 and 22 Jan 2012: Ghost Hunt at Seaton Holme
Ghost Hunt at Seaton Holme: A former rectory, built in 1248 that throughout the years was sold to the guardians of the poor (1921) and became a home for children from the workhouse and in the 1930s became a hostel for old men. A couple of spirits are said to roam the building. one of which is said to be Prince Bishop Farnham whom the building was originally built for as a retirement home
for tickets or more info visit WWW.SPIRITSEEKERS.INFO or call 07915670663
Ghost Hunt at Seaton Holme at Seaton Holme in Peterlee, Other on Saturday, 21 January 2012.
for tickets or more info visit WWW.SPIRITSEEKERS.INFO or call 07915670663
Ghost Hunt at Seaton Holme at Seaton Holme in Peterlee, Other on Saturday, 21 January 2012.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Ghost Tour Directory
If you're looking for ghost tours in your town, check out the http://www.ghosttourdirectory.com.
Save the date: Ghost Hunt at the Stanley Hotel in Colorado
From the National Examiner: Save the date: Ghost Hunt at the Stanley Hotel
D-Mentd Entertainment LLC is proud to present an upcoming event at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado on Saturday, February 25, 2012.
The Stanley Hotel (about a one hour drive north of Denver) is famous as the inspiration of Stephen King’s movie, “The Shining”. The winding roads into Estes Park take you to the Estes Valley where the Stanley (built in 1909) sits in all its grandeur.
D-Mentd Entertainment invites you to come out February 25, 2012 to the Estes Park, Colorado and find out just how haunted the Stanley Hotel really is. There will be guest speakers form some of our favorite TV shows on hand for lectures and ghost hunts.
Scheduled guests include: (subject to changes without notice due to filming schedules)
Dustin Pari: Ghost Hunters/Ghost Hunters International
K J McCormick: Ghost Hunters
Austin Porter: SyFy’s Fact or Faked
Jael De Pardo: SyFy’s Fact of Faked (pending film schedule)
D-Mentd Entertainment LLC is proud to present an upcoming event at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado on Saturday, February 25, 2012.
The Stanley Hotel (about a one hour drive north of Denver) is famous as the inspiration of Stephen King’s movie, “The Shining”. The winding roads into Estes Park take you to the Estes Valley where the Stanley (built in 1909) sits in all its grandeur.
D-Mentd Entertainment invites you to come out February 25, 2012 to the Estes Park, Colorado and find out just how haunted the Stanley Hotel really is. There will be guest speakers form some of our favorite TV shows on hand for lectures and ghost hunts.
Scheduled guests include: (subject to changes without notice due to filming schedules)
Dustin Pari: Ghost Hunters/Ghost Hunters International
K J McCormick: Ghost Hunters
Austin Porter: SyFy’s Fact or Faked
Jael De Pardo: SyFy’s Fact of Faked (pending film schedule)
Thursday, November 10, 2011
"Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death" by Deborah Blum
From Gather.com: "Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death" by Deborah Blum
"Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death"
by Deborah Blum
read by George K. Wilson
Produced by Sound Library (2006)
approx 13 hours
It seems to be a recent trend to go out and try to find proof of the existence of ghosts, spirits and all things paranormal. We have "reality" TV shows showing ghost hunters and search amazon.com for ghost hunting and you can find all sorts of equipment that theoretically aids the hunt for ghosts. But this trend has been with humankind ever since we began burying our dead and trying to find out what happens next. Pulitzer prize winning writer, Deborah Blum takes a look at some 19th Century ghost hunting int the book, "Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death." During this time period Harvard professor William James, remembered more for his contributions to psychology and philosophy than psychical research, was one of the early leaders in scientific research aimed ultimately at determining whether consciousness survives bodily death.
From the mediums speaking to the spirit of a dead girl to find her body to tricksters using various contraptions to fool the audience, several members of society's Intelligencia (both British and American) were looking to prove or disprove psychical arts. William James sought out to apply objective scientific methods to the study of paranormal phenomena. Many times a fraud was found but sometimes during this book you just have to wonder.
Deborah Blum tells this story of intellectuals, philosophers, pyschologists, Nobelists from the 19th Century into the early part of the 20th Century trying to bridge the gap between science and religion when religion was being questioned by the theory of evolution and the the new sciences. I found it quite interesting as to how many folks were out to fool the public in the name of talking to the dead. I had listened to the Mary Roach book "Spook" and she also talked of the the same fakes trying to earn a buck by holding seances. In fact, this book would make a great companion to that book or vice versa.
The narrator George K. Wilson (no relation) does a superb job of narrating the book and even throws in some voice changes and accents when representing quotes from various people in this documentary. I have also heard some other books read by Wilson and I have decided that any documentary or non-fiction audio book I look at I will immediately get the book if he is the reader. He has a way that presents the story or information with no opinion yet keeps the information very interesting to hear.
So, if the study of the paranormal or you're thinking about becoming a ghost hunter like on TV, check out the history of debunking and proof in this book.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Ghost Stories: Visit Gabreil Daveis Tavern for a Ghostly Trip Through History
This event was supposed to have taken place on Oct 29 but was cancelled due to inclement weather.
I share it here because it's an annual event, and next year I'll let my readers know about it in good time so that those who want to attend can do so.
From Gloucester Township Patch: Ghost Stories: Visit Gabreil Daveis Tavern for a Ghostly Trip Through History
(Editor's note, 1 p.m., Oct. 29: Tonight's tour is canceled because of the weather. It won't be rescheduled immediately.)
Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? Especially when it is in your own backyard.
According to local volunteers, the 250-year-old Gabreil Daveis Tavern is haunted, and by more than one ghost.
There have been reports of chairs moving on their own, doors opening and closing with no one near them, and unexplained banging noises when the house is empty.
Are you spooked yet?
This Saturday, you can experience the haunted happenings at the 12th annual Ghost Hunting Experience from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The event will include a bonfire, snacks, tours of the property, ghost stories and some real-life ghost-hunting with professional paranormal investigators from South Jersey Ghost Research.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the preservation of the historic site, which was willed to Gloucester Township by the tavern’s last owner, William Schuck, who died in 1976.
Schuck is buried on the property, and it is said that Schuck's is one of the spirits who makes frequent appearances at the tavern.
The Glendora tavern was built in 1756, before the Revolutionary War, by Gabreil Daveis. It served as a place for food and rest for weary travelers and immigrants who sailed in on Big Timber Creek, which was, in the 1700s, the size of a river. Later, farming and forestry caused the creek to shrink to its current size.
Throughout the years, the tavern has passed through many owners, including the Warwick and Jaggard families. Joseph Jaggard, who was the last of the Jaggards, is still around the house, according to investigators and volunteers.
“When we first began working on the house and using Joseph’s former bedroom as a storage area, there was some unsettling,” said one of the volunteers, who asked to remain anonymous.
This volunteer said she was once in the basement and the light would not work.
“We asked, 'OK, Joseph, put the light on,’ and the light went right on,” she said.
According to Sharon Vincz, a volunteer investigator with South Jersey Ghost Research, it is not uncommon for there to be more paranormal activity when there is construction or renovations being done to a home.
“These spirits are more like caretakers than ghosts. They have a passion for the area and for the home,” Vincz said.
Neighborhood children have reported seeing Mr. Shuck’s rocking chair rocking on its own. Locals working on their plot in the community garden have heard loud banging noises from inside and ran away spooked. Public Works employees have reported similar unexplained noises and refused to return to the property alone.
But, even with all the spookiness, Vincz says the spirits are harmless.
“We’ve been here enough investigating and know it is a safe environment,” she said.
On Saturday, guests will learn all the ropes of ghost-hunting, from thermal imagining and photography to recording EVPs, or electronic voice phenomena, which are recordings of white noise that may contain messages from spirits. Guests will be given the chance to go on a ghost hunt of their own.
Gloucester Township Historical Society volunteer Jill Maser has participated in the annual ghost hunt, as well as numerous special VIP ghost hunts at the tavern.
“One night, I was holding the thermometer in Mr. Schuck’s former bedroom. The temperature started at 60 degrees and by the end of our time, the temperature dropped to 52 degrees,” Maser recalled.
Maser also reports feeling heaviness—almost as if some one was pushing her.
Investigators have detected ghosts of Revolutionary War soldiers. There are rumors that the property was once a hospital during the war and that there are blood stains on the attic floor. However, according to Maser, there is no documentation that the property was ever a hospital and the stains in the attics could be anything.
Both Mazer and Vincz believe that the spirits who reside at the tavern are friendly.
And whether you believe or not, historic Gabreil Davies Tavern is worth a visit. If you go, tickets are $8 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Contact Joanne Carr at 856-784-5243 for more details. The event is shine only and will be postponed or cancelled due to inclement weather.
Tonight, the tavern will host a special VIP Ghost Hunt. The cost is $50.
Reservations are required for tonight's event, which was near capacity mid-week. If you're interested, it never hurts to try, right?
If you miss both events this weekend, keep on the lookout for other ghost-hunting events and activities at the tavern throughout the year.
Gabreil Daveis Tavern is located at Fourth Avenue and Floodgate Road.
I share it here because it's an annual event, and next year I'll let my readers know about it in good time so that those who want to attend can do so.
From Gloucester Township Patch: Ghost Stories: Visit Gabreil Daveis Tavern for a Ghostly Trip Through History
(Editor's note, 1 p.m., Oct. 29: Tonight's tour is canceled because of the weather. It won't be rescheduled immediately.)
Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? Especially when it is in your own backyard.
According to local volunteers, the 250-year-old Gabreil Daveis Tavern is haunted, and by more than one ghost.
There have been reports of chairs moving on their own, doors opening and closing with no one near them, and unexplained banging noises when the house is empty.
Are you spooked yet?
This Saturday, you can experience the haunted happenings at the 12th annual Ghost Hunting Experience from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The event will include a bonfire, snacks, tours of the property, ghost stories and some real-life ghost-hunting with professional paranormal investigators from South Jersey Ghost Research.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the preservation of the historic site, which was willed to Gloucester Township by the tavern’s last owner, William Schuck, who died in 1976.
Schuck is buried on the property, and it is said that Schuck's is one of the spirits who makes frequent appearances at the tavern.
The Glendora tavern was built in 1756, before the Revolutionary War, by Gabreil Daveis. It served as a place for food and rest for weary travelers and immigrants who sailed in on Big Timber Creek, which was, in the 1700s, the size of a river. Later, farming and forestry caused the creek to shrink to its current size.
Throughout the years, the tavern has passed through many owners, including the Warwick and Jaggard families. Joseph Jaggard, who was the last of the Jaggards, is still around the house, according to investigators and volunteers.
“When we first began working on the house and using Joseph’s former bedroom as a storage area, there was some unsettling,” said one of the volunteers, who asked to remain anonymous.
This volunteer said she was once in the basement and the light would not work.
“We asked, 'OK, Joseph, put the light on,’ and the light went right on,” she said.
According to Sharon Vincz, a volunteer investigator with South Jersey Ghost Research, it is not uncommon for there to be more paranormal activity when there is construction or renovations being done to a home.
“These spirits are more like caretakers than ghosts. They have a passion for the area and for the home,” Vincz said.
Neighborhood children have reported seeing Mr. Shuck’s rocking chair rocking on its own. Locals working on their plot in the community garden have heard loud banging noises from inside and ran away spooked. Public Works employees have reported similar unexplained noises and refused to return to the property alone.
But, even with all the spookiness, Vincz says the spirits are harmless.
“We’ve been here enough investigating and know it is a safe environment,” she said.
On Saturday, guests will learn all the ropes of ghost-hunting, from thermal imagining and photography to recording EVPs, or electronic voice phenomena, which are recordings of white noise that may contain messages from spirits. Guests will be given the chance to go on a ghost hunt of their own.
Gloucester Township Historical Society volunteer Jill Maser has participated in the annual ghost hunt, as well as numerous special VIP ghost hunts at the tavern.
“One night, I was holding the thermometer in Mr. Schuck’s former bedroom. The temperature started at 60 degrees and by the end of our time, the temperature dropped to 52 degrees,” Maser recalled.
Maser also reports feeling heaviness—almost as if some one was pushing her.
Investigators have detected ghosts of Revolutionary War soldiers. There are rumors that the property was once a hospital during the war and that there are blood stains on the attic floor. However, according to Maser, there is no documentation that the property was ever a hospital and the stains in the attics could be anything.
Both Mazer and Vincz believe that the spirits who reside at the tavern are friendly.
And whether you believe or not, historic Gabreil Davies Tavern is worth a visit. If you go, tickets are $8 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Contact Joanne Carr at 856-784-5243 for more details. The event is shine only and will be postponed or cancelled due to inclement weather.
Tonight, the tavern will host a special VIP Ghost Hunt. The cost is $50.
Reservations are required for tonight's event, which was near capacity mid-week. If you're interested, it never hurts to try, right?
If you miss both events this weekend, keep on the lookout for other ghost-hunting events and activities at the tavern throughout the year.
Gabreil Daveis Tavern is located at Fourth Avenue and Floodgate Road.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Bethlehem, PA: Ghosts of Sun Inn Help Keep Historic Site Alive
From Bethlehem Patch: Ghosts of Sun Inn Help Keep Historic Site Alive
Built in 1758 by the Moravians, the Sun Inn at 564 Main Street offered a restful night sleep and a hot meal to such famous travelers as George and Martha Washington, John Adams, Ben Franklin among others.
“No other Inn has housed more signers of the Declaration of Independence,” said Inn Keeper Bucky Szulborski. The Sun Inn boasts 10 but, this fact is overshadowed by the attention the Sun Inn gets for the guests that haven’t checked out.
In December, the Sun Inn will get national television exposure on the SyFy television series Ghost Hunters, which airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
“One ghost hunter said that there is more activity than in the Eastern State Penitentiary,” said Szulborski, “They are happy ghosts; they love to talk.” In January of 2009, the Lehigh Valley Research and Investigation in Paranormal Activity caught 15 electronic voice phenomena (EVP).
This same Lehigh Valley Group took the famed picture of the ghost in the window donning a white apron suspected to be Hughetta Bender.
Hughetta Bender founded the Sun Inn Preservation Association and in 1971 began to restore the Sun Inn to its original glory according to the blue prints in the Moravian archives. Hughetta died in 1995.
Szulborski said that he didn’t believe at first but, the more “proof” coming from these paranormal investigations, the more his skepticism subsides.
“R.I.P.A. (Research and Investigate Paranormal Activity) took over 200 shots to try to reproduce it and they could not,” said Szulborski. “No one has been able to reproduce it.”
Not true says Kenneth Biddle, author of Haunted Lehigh Valley and former “boss” of the now defunct Paranormal Investigators and Research Association (P.I.R.A.). Biddle said he has visited the Sun Inn on two occasions by invitation through P.I.R.A. and the other on the 2010 Ghost Hunting event.
“They are attributing the white reflection to her apron," Biddle said. "Unfortunately, it’s simply a distorted reflection of a fireplace that sticks out from the wall to the right, which is not in the image.”
As a professional photographer, Biddle says that this image and many of the images capturing orbs and vortexes can be explained by natural phenomena like the reflection of light or shadows.
“Sometimes, I think people believe what they want to believe when they are on the ghost hunt and anything that happens they attribute to the spirits,” said Szulborski. “We have enough evidence that shows there is paranormal activity going on in the building.”
When R.I.P.A. investigated the building, they found a chest and got some EVP’s recorded when they opened it: “We’re watching you.”
According to R.I.P.A., an elderly man sits in the green chair by the fireplace of the Great Room. When asked his identity, he responded “William” on EVP recordings. Indeed a man name William Jones, the Secretary of Navy under President Madison, died in 1831 at the Sun Inn.
The ghost with the most paranormal support is that of Sarah, the spirit of a little girl still happily playing with toys in the third floor attic.
“It’s the floor with the most paranormal activity ... people bring [Sarah] toys and clothes,” said Szulborski. He showed me a doll seated on a miniature chair that he said drew the attention of The Atlantic Paranormal Society, the team of ghost hunters that star in the SyFy television series Ghost Hunters. It was the creepiest doll I had ever seen and my camera jammed twice when I tried to take pictures of it.
Under the chair was a aged piece of paper that had been scotch taped to the bottom. The inscription read “Sarah ... daughter of Inn Keeper ... Bethlehem.” Also taped to the bottom of the chair was a photo of a man holding the same chair. A doll collector traced the doll's origin to Dresden before 1850.
A woman on the 2010 public ghost hunts said good bye to Sarah and her recorder picked up the EVP: “Don’t go.”
“On September 20, T.A.P.S. investigated the Sun Inn and the Hanoverville Road House,” said Szulborski. “They found a lot of activity here -- something on every floor. EVP’s in the basement and first and second floor, thermal images on the third floor.”
Szulborski said that ghost activity has increasingly become a source of income for the preservation association, which continues to struggle to find the resources it needs to keep the inn open.
“The Inn has been a challenge with the ongoing maintenance and funding. We work with grants because museum admission doesn’t do it. Our ghosts have been doing it,” said Szulborski.
In fact, the Sun Inn is hosting a ghost hunting dinner tonight with a $70 admission price and an overnight ghost hunting stay on Saturday.
Built in 1758 by the Moravians, the Sun Inn at 564 Main Street offered a restful night sleep and a hot meal to such famous travelers as George and Martha Washington, John Adams, Ben Franklin among others.
“No other Inn has housed more signers of the Declaration of Independence,” said Inn Keeper Bucky Szulborski. The Sun Inn boasts 10 but, this fact is overshadowed by the attention the Sun Inn gets for the guests that haven’t checked out.
In December, the Sun Inn will get national television exposure on the SyFy television series Ghost Hunters, which airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m.
“One ghost hunter said that there is more activity than in the Eastern State Penitentiary,” said Szulborski, “They are happy ghosts; they love to talk.” In January of 2009, the Lehigh Valley Research and Investigation in Paranormal Activity caught 15 electronic voice phenomena (EVP).
This same Lehigh Valley Group took the famed picture of the ghost in the window donning a white apron suspected to be Hughetta Bender.
Hughetta Bender founded the Sun Inn Preservation Association and in 1971 began to restore the Sun Inn to its original glory according to the blue prints in the Moravian archives. Hughetta died in 1995.
Szulborski said that he didn’t believe at first but, the more “proof” coming from these paranormal investigations, the more his skepticism subsides.
“R.I.P.A. (Research and Investigate Paranormal Activity) took over 200 shots to try to reproduce it and they could not,” said Szulborski. “No one has been able to reproduce it.”
Not true says Kenneth Biddle, author of Haunted Lehigh Valley and former “boss” of the now defunct Paranormal Investigators and Research Association (P.I.R.A.). Biddle said he has visited the Sun Inn on two occasions by invitation through P.I.R.A. and the other on the 2010 Ghost Hunting event.
“They are attributing the white reflection to her apron," Biddle said. "Unfortunately, it’s simply a distorted reflection of a fireplace that sticks out from the wall to the right, which is not in the image.”
As a professional photographer, Biddle says that this image and many of the images capturing orbs and vortexes can be explained by natural phenomena like the reflection of light or shadows.
“Sometimes, I think people believe what they want to believe when they are on the ghost hunt and anything that happens they attribute to the spirits,” said Szulborski. “We have enough evidence that shows there is paranormal activity going on in the building.”
When R.I.P.A. investigated the building, they found a chest and got some EVP’s recorded when they opened it: “We’re watching you.”
According to R.I.P.A., an elderly man sits in the green chair by the fireplace of the Great Room. When asked his identity, he responded “William” on EVP recordings. Indeed a man name William Jones, the Secretary of Navy under President Madison, died in 1831 at the Sun Inn.
The ghost with the most paranormal support is that of Sarah, the spirit of a little girl still happily playing with toys in the third floor attic.
“It’s the floor with the most paranormal activity ... people bring [Sarah] toys and clothes,” said Szulborski. He showed me a doll seated on a miniature chair that he said drew the attention of The Atlantic Paranormal Society, the team of ghost hunters that star in the SyFy television series Ghost Hunters. It was the creepiest doll I had ever seen and my camera jammed twice when I tried to take pictures of it.
Under the chair was a aged piece of paper that had been scotch taped to the bottom. The inscription read “Sarah ... daughter of Inn Keeper ... Bethlehem.” Also taped to the bottom of the chair was a photo of a man holding the same chair. A doll collector traced the doll's origin to Dresden before 1850.
A woman on the 2010 public ghost hunts said good bye to Sarah and her recorder picked up the EVP: “Don’t go.”
“On September 20, T.A.P.S. investigated the Sun Inn and the Hanoverville Road House,” said Szulborski. “They found a lot of activity here -- something on every floor. EVP’s in the basement and first and second floor, thermal images on the third floor.”
Szulborski said that ghost activity has increasingly become a source of income for the preservation association, which continues to struggle to find the resources it needs to keep the inn open.
“The Inn has been a challenge with the ongoing maintenance and funding. We work with grants because museum admission doesn’t do it. Our ghosts have been doing it,” said Szulborski.
In fact, the Sun Inn is hosting a ghost hunting dinner tonight with a $70 admission price and an overnight ghost hunting stay on Saturday.
Kentucky: Hotel Metropolitan Ghost Hunt
From Public Broadcasting: Hotel Metropolitan Ghost Hunt
MURRAY, KY (wkms) - Just about any city, town, or hamlet you can think of has at least one place everyone thinks is haunted.
People are drawn to these places, and they come for a variety of reasons. Maybe it's for thrills, or the chance to experience the supernatural. But there's often a degree of curiosity about the question: are there such things as ghosts? Todd Hatton gets his chance when a Fulton County paranormal group comes to Paducah's historic Hotel Metropolitan to see if any of its former occupants are still there.
With the proliferation of paranormal programming on practically every television channel and online, some are taking their curiosity about the supernatural to the next level. They're using meters, cameras and recorders to do something others think impossible: document the doings of the unquiet dead.
That's why I'm standing in front of the Hotel Metropolitan on a sunny October afternoon. The slightest hint of autumn coolness sharpens the air as members of Fulton County Paranormal Investigations haul equipment cases onto the century-old building's front porch. The Metropolitan opened in 1909 to serve African-American visitors to Jim Crow-era Paducah. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Satchel Paige, and possibly even Thurgood Marshall stayed there. Some of those guests may linger there today.
"...I don't have a ghost of a chance with you..."
And of course, that's why we're here.
"We" are myself, Hotel Metropolitan director and curator Betty Dobson, a handful of guests, and four Fulton County Paranormal Investigation team members. The FCPI members course through the building, setting up infrared cameras, prepping digital voice recorders, and running cables. Great care is taken to ensure that all the equipment's doing what it's supposed to do and that all possible controls are in place.
While that's going on, Mrs. Dobson tells me a piano sitting by the hotel's staircase. It used to belong to her late sister, who was very involved in the Metropolitan's restoration. After she passed, the piano was installed as a kind of tribute. Later on, a photographer took pictures of the outside of the building. Mrs. Dobson noticed something, or rather, someone in one of them.
Right about now, I get a chill. FCPI co-founder Leslie Woods announces she's ready, and we file into the main room for an orientation, and an interruption.
A placard hanging on the wall behind Woods falls to the floor. As to why it fell, your guess is as good as mine. The pin holding it up was still in the wall, and the string on the back of the exhibit was still intact.
Undeterred, Woods continues.
There isn't a fire, nor is there any apparent reason for the alarms to go off. In fact, they'll go on and off all night. As the group breaks up, some go to check on gear, others step outside for a moment. The anticipation rises. The investigation is about to begin.
And when it does, we're outdoors on the north side of the hotel. The sun has finally set, and it is dark.
We cluster around FCPI Lead Investigator Carmen Henderson. She's holding a electronic device not much bigger than an iPod called an Ovilus. Put simply, it's a voice box for ghosts.
The theory behind the Ovilus is that spirits can manipulate the local electromagnetic fields, the device's E-M-F meter picks it up and either interprets the fluctuations into words in an on-board dictionary, or simply translates them into syllables. Scientifically, it shouldn't work, but when Carmen asks a question, she usually gets an answer. "The red light, when it lights up, it's picking up something. "Cycle."
It's tough to determine which is the more unsettling; the Ovilus' mechanical "voice," or its response to Carmen's question.
Back inside, it's time to head upstairs, to the Metropolitan's hotel rooms, where the bulk of the investigation will take place.
We pile into one of them and out comes the Ovilus again, along with a EMF detector and an infrared thermometer. Contact comes quickly.
"Were you an owner?"
"Were you a guest?"
"Afterlife."
"Now that one, I've never heard that one come out of this box. I got chills on that one. That was pretty cool."
In case you didn't catch that, the word was "afterlife." After a break, we're upstairs again, in another room. After a few moments, the Ovilus starts speaking again. This time, whoever's coming through has a bit of an attitude.
"Yeah, I'm not even gonna guess what, what it sounded like to me, I'm not gonna say."
"Honky."
"You shoulda heard what it said us a while ago."
Since the belief is that ghosts are largely the spirits of the once-living, the social dynamics can be similar to dealing with someone who's got a pulse. So, it comes as no surprise a few minutes later when the Ovilus spits out a colorful metaphor or two aimed at one of the female investigators. At one point, we're even given a pointed piece of advice as to what we could go do with ourselves. At another, the apparent apparition calls Carmen Henderson a couple of not-so-nice names.
"Really?"
"What'd he say?"
"Sounds like he said 'floozy."
"Honky."
"Honky? You calling me a honky? Is that what he said?"
"Sounds like it."
"And we're trying to be nice!"
You really haven't lived until you've been insulted by the dead. Skeptics will point out that ghost-hunting methods and evidence aren't strictly scientific. Paranormal experiences aren't controllable or repeatable, and they're nearly impossible to predict. So, they get labeled as pseudo-science or worse.
Then again, it's hard to dismiss a cold spot that moves from person to person in a room with no air conditioning. One moves across my hands as I record. An infrared thermometer pointed at my hands indicates a 10 degree drop from my base reading of 71 degrees. As Leslie Woods calls out the falling temperature, the Ovilus comes to life again.
I'm not sure anything I heard, saw or felt at the Hotel Metropolitan that night will turn a skeptic into a believer, and I'm not sure that was the point. You could say it represented an honest effort to explore something beyond ourselves. And if nothing else, it was a remarkable opportunity. After all, how often do you get to go on the kind of investigation you only see on T-V and see first-hand how it works? That is, of course, unless you have a supernatural guest lurking around your own home.
MURRAY, KY (wkms) - Just about any city, town, or hamlet you can think of has at least one place everyone thinks is haunted.
People are drawn to these places, and they come for a variety of reasons. Maybe it's for thrills, or the chance to experience the supernatural. But there's often a degree of curiosity about the question: are there such things as ghosts? Todd Hatton gets his chance when a Fulton County paranormal group comes to Paducah's historic Hotel Metropolitan to see if any of its former occupants are still there.
With the proliferation of paranormal programming on practically every television channel and online, some are taking their curiosity about the supernatural to the next level. They're using meters, cameras and recorders to do something others think impossible: document the doings of the unquiet dead.
That's why I'm standing in front of the Hotel Metropolitan on a sunny October afternoon. The slightest hint of autumn coolness sharpens the air as members of Fulton County Paranormal Investigations haul equipment cases onto the century-old building's front porch. The Metropolitan opened in 1909 to serve African-American visitors to Jim Crow-era Paducah. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Satchel Paige, and possibly even Thurgood Marshall stayed there. Some of those guests may linger there today.
"...I don't have a ghost of a chance with you..."
And of course, that's why we're here.
"We" are myself, Hotel Metropolitan director and curator Betty Dobson, a handful of guests, and four Fulton County Paranormal Investigation team members. The FCPI members course through the building, setting up infrared cameras, prepping digital voice recorders, and running cables. Great care is taken to ensure that all the equipment's doing what it's supposed to do and that all possible controls are in place.
While that's going on, Mrs. Dobson tells me a piano sitting by the hotel's staircase. It used to belong to her late sister, who was very involved in the Metropolitan's restoration. After she passed, the piano was installed as a kind of tribute. Later on, a photographer took pictures of the outside of the building. Mrs. Dobson noticed something, or rather, someone in one of them.
Right about now, I get a chill. FCPI co-founder Leslie Woods announces she's ready, and we file into the main room for an orientation, and an interruption.
A placard hanging on the wall behind Woods falls to the floor. As to why it fell, your guess is as good as mine. The pin holding it up was still in the wall, and the string on the back of the exhibit was still intact.
Undeterred, Woods continues.
There isn't a fire, nor is there any apparent reason for the alarms to go off. In fact, they'll go on and off all night. As the group breaks up, some go to check on gear, others step outside for a moment. The anticipation rises. The investigation is about to begin.
And when it does, we're outdoors on the north side of the hotel. The sun has finally set, and it is dark.
We cluster around FCPI Lead Investigator Carmen Henderson. She's holding a electronic device not much bigger than an iPod called an Ovilus. Put simply, it's a voice box for ghosts.
The theory behind the Ovilus is that spirits can manipulate the local electromagnetic fields, the device's E-M-F meter picks it up and either interprets the fluctuations into words in an on-board dictionary, or simply translates them into syllables. Scientifically, it shouldn't work, but when Carmen asks a question, she usually gets an answer. "The red light, when it lights up, it's picking up something. "Cycle."
It's tough to determine which is the more unsettling; the Ovilus' mechanical "voice," or its response to Carmen's question.
Back inside, it's time to head upstairs, to the Metropolitan's hotel rooms, where the bulk of the investigation will take place.
We pile into one of them and out comes the Ovilus again, along with a EMF detector and an infrared thermometer. Contact comes quickly.
"Were you an owner?"
"Were you a guest?"
"Afterlife."
"Now that one, I've never heard that one come out of this box. I got chills on that one. That was pretty cool."
In case you didn't catch that, the word was "afterlife." After a break, we're upstairs again, in another room. After a few moments, the Ovilus starts speaking again. This time, whoever's coming through has a bit of an attitude.
"Yeah, I'm not even gonna guess what, what it sounded like to me, I'm not gonna say."
"Honky."
"You shoulda heard what it said us a while ago."
Since the belief is that ghosts are largely the spirits of the once-living, the social dynamics can be similar to dealing with someone who's got a pulse. So, it comes as no surprise a few minutes later when the Ovilus spits out a colorful metaphor or two aimed at one of the female investigators. At one point, we're even given a pointed piece of advice as to what we could go do with ourselves. At another, the apparent apparition calls Carmen Henderson a couple of not-so-nice names.
"Really?"
"What'd he say?"
"Sounds like he said 'floozy."
"Honky."
"Honky? You calling me a honky? Is that what he said?"
"Sounds like it."
"And we're trying to be nice!"
You really haven't lived until you've been insulted by the dead. Skeptics will point out that ghost-hunting methods and evidence aren't strictly scientific. Paranormal experiences aren't controllable or repeatable, and they're nearly impossible to predict. So, they get labeled as pseudo-science or worse.
Then again, it's hard to dismiss a cold spot that moves from person to person in a room with no air conditioning. One moves across my hands as I record. An infrared thermometer pointed at my hands indicates a 10 degree drop from my base reading of 71 degrees. As Leslie Woods calls out the falling temperature, the Ovilus comes to life again.
I'm not sure anything I heard, saw or felt at the Hotel Metropolitan that night will turn a skeptic into a believer, and I'm not sure that was the point. You could say it represented an honest effort to explore something beyond ourselves. And if nothing else, it was a remarkable opportunity. After all, how often do you get to go on the kind of investigation you only see on T-V and see first-hand how it works? That is, of course, unless you have a supernatural guest lurking around your own home.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Ghost Sex At Ohio Haunted House Arouses Interest Of Paranormal Researchers
From AOL.cm: Ghost Sex At Ohio Haunted House Arouses Interest Of Paranormal Researchers
A house in Euclid, Ohio, is arousing interest from ghost researchers because the owner claims that she has seen two ghosts having sex with each other.
Dianne Carlisle claims that she has seen afterlife amore going in the living room, which seems to be more of a living-and-dead room.
"It look like, like ghosts having sex," she told the Fox affiliate in Cleveland. "You can see the lady's high heeled shoes!"
If true, this represents an extraordinary development in paranormal research, according to Ohio-based investigator David Jones.
"This has never been reported before," Jones told HuffPost Weird News. "It would be interesting to know more about the house, especially [Carlisle's deceased sister], who supposedly left a voicemail message from the afterlife. However, I don't think that has anything to do with [the sex], but I do wonder how long it's been going on.
Jones says ghosts are examples of residual energy that get imprinted on to a certain location and aren't always from dead people.
"It's possible that the ghost could be [Carlisle] from an earlier age," he said.
Although Carlisle claims she has pictures of the ghosts "getting busy" that were snapped by her four-year-old granddaughter Kimora while she was playing with Dianne's cell phone in the living room, paranormal experts like Amy Allan, star of the Travel Channel series "The Dead Files," is skeptical.
"I've never seen two dead people who were conscious entities have intercourse," Allan told HuffPost Weird News. "I have heard of people having sex with ghosts, but not this."
Based on the evidence she's seen from the news report, Allan is skeptical.
"All we have are a few images that don't relate well to YouTube," she said.
But paranormal researcher Alexandra Holzer, whose dad, Hans Holzer, was a pioneer in the field, says the case, while unusual, is not uncommon.
"These could be two spirits who knew each other in life and have a connection to the house," she said. "When you're dealing with residual energy -- which is what a ghost is -- any intense emotional experience can be imprinted, and that could be an act of passion or of murder."
On the other hand, she says it's possible that the ghostly lovers had no connection with each other when they were on Earth and simply found themselves in the afterworld.
Holzer recommends more research be done on the house, and says that might require researchers as well as psychics who can communicate with any of the spirits that may be lurking.
"You have to speak to ghosts conversationally," she advised. "Say something like, 'I can appreciate it that you have a connection with each other, but we have children here."
Jones, who lives three hours away from the horny haunted house, says he'd love to investigate this afterlife orgy, but Allan says there's not a ghost of a chance she will devote an episode to the horny house.
"It's better for the Playboy Channel, than the Travel Channel," she laughed.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Ghost hunting still popular at Clark
From ABS CBN News: Ghost hunting still popular at Clark
CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines —For the past several years, ghost hunters from as far as the United States have visited this free port to pursue their hobby.
American students belonging to one club recently stayed at the Stonsenberg Hotel here for a few days to “ghost hunt.” They wore black shirts and printed on them is “Ghosts we pursue.”
But they declined an interview with the BusinessMirror. “Our uniforms say it all why we are here at Clark,” they said.
Guy Hilbero, tourism chief of Mabalacat, Pampanga, said there is nothing wrong with ghost hunting at Clark. “Ghost tourism” could be packaged in the tourism plan of the state-owned Clark Development Corp. (CDC), which runs the 2,100-hectare area, he said.
Ghost hunters could start their visit at the CDC tourism office itself. The CDC tourism office on Quirino Avenue and E. Aguinaldo Avenue is haunted, according to CDC workers and Hilbero.
“We hear sounds at night. No one dares stay late without companion at the office,” they said.
Nicanor Targa of the CDC Public Safety Department said he has neither seen ghosts nor heard noises, although he had been asked several times by local and foreign journalists on the reported presence of ghosts in the former US military base. He has been the head of the CDC-PSD for five years.
In same area where most of the CDC corporate offices are, helpers claimed hearing strange sounds at night, which, for them was proof that “there are ghosts here.” One of these offices is the recently inaugurated CDC Press Center on Cardinal Santos Avenue.
Hilbero also cited the former Fort Stotsenberg cemetery within the Mimosa Leisure Estate as being one of the most haunted places there. Clark Freeport used to be known as Fort Stotsenburg when the Americans moved here at the turn of the 20th century.
Golf caddies at the 36-hole golf course of the 215-hectare Mimosa said they had heard of a “black lady” appearing under a huge acacia tree at Hole No. 8 of the course’s Lake View.
“Not one or two caddies but many heard about the black lady just standing near the tree,” said a caddie of the Mimosa Golf and Country Club. She added that their locker room near the Mimosa Convention Center was also haunted.
“We often hear sounds of a a woman crying as we prepare to go home, especially at night,” she said. “Sometimes, the faucets would suddenly open even if no one is around in our locker room.”
Hilbero said the Mimosa property also has an unfinished clubhouse in an area that used to be the Fort Stotsenberg cemetery.
“They say the area brings bad luck; ghosts are reportedly heard and seen in the area,” Hilbero said.
The abandoned Clark hospital used to contain a morgue for American victims of the Vietnam War in the 1960s before their bodies where flown to the US or laid to rest at the new cemetery on M.A. Roxas Avenue.
“The Clark hospital is the most popular area for ghost hunters. It’s always on their list,” a security guard stationed at the hospital said. “I, myself, hear voices at night—sounding like Americans arguing with each other—when the place is supposedly totally abandoned.”
The Clark cemetery, which was established in the late 1940s, reportedly contains the remains and headstones from at least four other US cemeteries in the Philippines.
The 12,000-plot cemetery which sprawls over 23 acres, is a lonely place during All Saints’ Day because the relatives of the dead soldiers have long left Clark. But the cemetery remains well maintained.
“Most of the dead soldiers’ relatives are no longer in Clark. So these dearly departed are probably seeking some attention and prayers, hence, they appear in the cemetery,” said Marvin Gonzales, who worked here when the Americans still occupied it.
“They are reports and stories that white ladies and headless soldiers often appear,” he said.
The ghost stories at Clark have gained more attention over the years, thanks to modern technology, particularly the video-sharing site YouTube. Just search “Clark ghosts” after reading this.
CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines —For the past several years, ghost hunters from as far as the United States have visited this free port to pursue their hobby.
American students belonging to one club recently stayed at the Stonsenberg Hotel here for a few days to “ghost hunt.” They wore black shirts and printed on them is “Ghosts we pursue.”
But they declined an interview with the BusinessMirror. “Our uniforms say it all why we are here at Clark,” they said.
Guy Hilbero, tourism chief of Mabalacat, Pampanga, said there is nothing wrong with ghost hunting at Clark. “Ghost tourism” could be packaged in the tourism plan of the state-owned Clark Development Corp. (CDC), which runs the 2,100-hectare area, he said.
Ghost hunters could start their visit at the CDC tourism office itself. The CDC tourism office on Quirino Avenue and E. Aguinaldo Avenue is haunted, according to CDC workers and Hilbero.
“We hear sounds at night. No one dares stay late without companion at the office,” they said.
Nicanor Targa of the CDC Public Safety Department said he has neither seen ghosts nor heard noises, although he had been asked several times by local and foreign journalists on the reported presence of ghosts in the former US military base. He has been the head of the CDC-PSD for five years.
In same area where most of the CDC corporate offices are, helpers claimed hearing strange sounds at night, which, for them was proof that “there are ghosts here.” One of these offices is the recently inaugurated CDC Press Center on Cardinal Santos Avenue.
Hilbero also cited the former Fort Stotsenberg cemetery within the Mimosa Leisure Estate as being one of the most haunted places there. Clark Freeport used to be known as Fort Stotsenburg when the Americans moved here at the turn of the 20th century.
Golf caddies at the 36-hole golf course of the 215-hectare Mimosa said they had heard of a “black lady” appearing under a huge acacia tree at Hole No. 8 of the course’s Lake View.
“Not one or two caddies but many heard about the black lady just standing near the tree,” said a caddie of the Mimosa Golf and Country Club. She added that their locker room near the Mimosa Convention Center was also haunted.
“We often hear sounds of a a woman crying as we prepare to go home, especially at night,” she said. “Sometimes, the faucets would suddenly open even if no one is around in our locker room.”
Hilbero said the Mimosa property also has an unfinished clubhouse in an area that used to be the Fort Stotsenberg cemetery.
“They say the area brings bad luck; ghosts are reportedly heard and seen in the area,” Hilbero said.
The abandoned Clark hospital used to contain a morgue for American victims of the Vietnam War in the 1960s before their bodies where flown to the US or laid to rest at the new cemetery on M.A. Roxas Avenue.
“The Clark hospital is the most popular area for ghost hunters. It’s always on their list,” a security guard stationed at the hospital said. “I, myself, hear voices at night—sounding like Americans arguing with each other—when the place is supposedly totally abandoned.”
The Clark cemetery, which was established in the late 1940s, reportedly contains the remains and headstones from at least four other US cemeteries in the Philippines.
The 12,000-plot cemetery which sprawls over 23 acres, is a lonely place during All Saints’ Day because the relatives of the dead soldiers have long left Clark. But the cemetery remains well maintained.
“Most of the dead soldiers’ relatives are no longer in Clark. So these dearly departed are probably seeking some attention and prayers, hence, they appear in the cemetery,” said Marvin Gonzales, who worked here when the Americans still occupied it.
“They are reports and stories that white ladies and headless soldiers often appear,” he said.
The ghost stories at Clark have gained more attention over the years, thanks to modern technology, particularly the video-sharing site YouTube. Just search “Clark ghosts” after reading this.
London, England: Win an overnight ghost hunt to celebrate the release of The Awakening
From Handbag.com: Win an overnight ghost hunt to celebrate the release of The Awakening
You need to go to the original link above via your computer to participate in this contest.
Upset that Halloween is over? Well, fear not. We’ve got a spooky competition for you to sink your teeth into. To celebrate the release of The Awakening on 11 November, we’re giving one brave reader the chance to win a pair of tickets to an overnight ghost hunt at the London Tombs!
Working with a paranormal team including Barrie John, guest medium on Most Haunted, you’ll be taken on an unforgettable ghostly journey and have the chance to try your hand with ghost hunting equipment in dark and gloomy tunnels where so many bones have been discovered.
Starring Dominic West (The Wire, 300), Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Oscar®-nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), The Awakening is the chilling new supernatural thriller from Nick Murphy, set for release on 11 November 2011. In post-World War I England in 1921, an author and paranormal sceptic (Hall) is invited to a countryside boarding school by the history master (West) to investigate rumours of an apparent haunting. But just when she thinks she has debunked the ghost theory, she has a chilling encounter that makes her question all her rational beliefs.
To be in with a chance of winning, comment below and tell us your spookiest experience!
For more information check out The Awakening Facebook page
Event details:
Ghosts of the London Tombs
Date: 25 Nov 2011
Venue: London Bridge Experience, SE1 2PF
Time: 9pm – 5am
Event includes:
Overnight ghost hunt
Working with the Paranormal Team
Medium and equipment workshops, and use of all equipment
Refreshment available throughout the night, including snacks
To enter all you need to do is read the Terms and Conditions and tell us your spookiest experience in the comments section below.
You need to go to the original link above via your computer to participate in this contest.
Upset that Halloween is over? Well, fear not. We’ve got a spooky competition for you to sink your teeth into. To celebrate the release of The Awakening on 11 November, we’re giving one brave reader the chance to win a pair of tickets to an overnight ghost hunt at the London Tombs!
Working with a paranormal team including Barrie John, guest medium on Most Haunted, you’ll be taken on an unforgettable ghostly journey and have the chance to try your hand with ghost hunting equipment in dark and gloomy tunnels where so many bones have been discovered.
Starring Dominic West (The Wire, 300), Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Oscar®-nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), The Awakening is the chilling new supernatural thriller from Nick Murphy, set for release on 11 November 2011. In post-World War I England in 1921, an author and paranormal sceptic (Hall) is invited to a countryside boarding school by the history master (West) to investigate rumours of an apparent haunting. But just when she thinks she has debunked the ghost theory, she has a chilling encounter that makes her question all her rational beliefs.
To be in with a chance of winning, comment below and tell us your spookiest experience!
For more information check out The Awakening Facebook page
Event details:
Ghosts of the London Tombs
Date: 25 Nov 2011
Venue: London Bridge Experience, SE1 2PF
Time: 9pm – 5am
Event includes:
Overnight ghost hunt
Working with the Paranormal Team
Medium and equipment workshops, and use of all equipment
Refreshment available throughout the night, including snacks
To enter all you need to do is read the Terms and Conditions and tell us your spookiest experience in the comments section below.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Live Ghost Hunt broadcast from our backyard on Halloween
This article is a day old...but this event will probably become an annual Halloween event. So I include it here.
From Perkiomen Valley Patch: Live Ghost Hunt broadcast from our backyard on Halloween
As you drive around this time of year, it doesn’t take long to realize that Halloween is quickly catching up to Christmas as the holiday that people decorate the most for.
What it is about ghosts, goblins, witches and demons that spark the imagination?
Recently there has been a barrage of “paranormal” movies, tours and reality shows that all seem to sensationalize what happens to someone who experiences the unexplained.
“Terror Behind the Walls,” which turns a truly frightening place in its own right -- Eastern Sate Penitentiary-- into little more than an amusement park, has actors portraying the guards and scary beings that go bump in the night.
Noting that, there is a real need for help for people who are troubled by unexplained occurrences and have had their lives impacted by something not of this world.
In 2004, the SyFy network launched "Ghost Hunters," a show about two guys who were plumbers, but when the lights went out, they set out to debunk or confirm any unexplained activity.
This Halloween, "Ghost Hunters," broadcast live from our area at Pennhurst Asylum. With investigators and co-founders Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson leading the way, along with Steve Gonsalves, and Jay's daughter, Haily, set to undertake an evening of investigation at one of America’s “most haunted” locations.
The team that arrived on Thursday, has spent three days getting ready to broadcast live to the world with streaming video from Pennhurst, a daunting task considering there is no power to be had on the property.
On Monday afternoon fans and paranormal enthusiasts from Chester, Bucks, Montgomery, Berks and Delaware counties flocked to the outer limits of the Pennhurst property, which was being secured by EPS Services, just to see the "Ghost Hunters" and their army of tech people in action.
“We have been huge fans of the show since it came on,” said Linda Widmer, who traveled from south of Coatesville to get a glimpse of the "Ghost Hunters."
“To be here and see them getting ready is great; they put a lot of work into it. I have enjoyed them because their first inclination is to debunk or find a logical explanation. I never expected to even get close today; this is just amazing. I know people that have had experiences, and it’s great that they try to help.”
In today’s world of sensationalized programming and marketing, GH has always stayed firm to their original caveat which was to help people first and try to bring an explanation or theory to any claims of “paranormal activity”, taking into account it’s impact on the people affected, without shameless self promotion and monetary gain as they provide their services free of charge to any client that contacts them.
“This is great to see them here in our area,” said Pottstown native Gabrielle Dyszel. “How they debunk some stuff and can’t explain some other things really helped me realize that there are more things than people can see with their eyes or hear with ears. It opened my mind up to accept that some of the things I have heard are real.”
Even the security people on site were sharing their own experiences with onlookers and fans as the afternoon progressed getting ready for the big night.
“I have been here a lot and witnessed some really strange stuff,” EPS agent Brian Gaily said to some of the people that had made the trek to Pennhurst. “We have had many reposts from several of our people about some really weird stuff. The 'Ghost Hunters' people and their staff have been very nice while they have been here and I can’t wait to see what they find once the cameras start rolling.”
To view the live broadcast go to SyFy on your local cable or satellite provider to see the live feed directly from Pennhurst Asylum in Spring City from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m.
From Perkiomen Valley Patch: Live Ghost Hunt broadcast from our backyard on Halloween
As you drive around this time of year, it doesn’t take long to realize that Halloween is quickly catching up to Christmas as the holiday that people decorate the most for.
What it is about ghosts, goblins, witches and demons that spark the imagination?
Recently there has been a barrage of “paranormal” movies, tours and reality shows that all seem to sensationalize what happens to someone who experiences the unexplained.
“Terror Behind the Walls,” which turns a truly frightening place in its own right -- Eastern Sate Penitentiary-- into little more than an amusement park, has actors portraying the guards and scary beings that go bump in the night.
Noting that, there is a real need for help for people who are troubled by unexplained occurrences and have had their lives impacted by something not of this world.
In 2004, the SyFy network launched "Ghost Hunters," a show about two guys who were plumbers, but when the lights went out, they set out to debunk or confirm any unexplained activity.
This Halloween, "Ghost Hunters," broadcast live from our area at Pennhurst Asylum. With investigators and co-founders Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson leading the way, along with Steve Gonsalves, and Jay's daughter, Haily, set to undertake an evening of investigation at one of America’s “most haunted” locations.
The team that arrived on Thursday, has spent three days getting ready to broadcast live to the world with streaming video from Pennhurst, a daunting task considering there is no power to be had on the property.
On Monday afternoon fans and paranormal enthusiasts from Chester, Bucks, Montgomery, Berks and Delaware counties flocked to the outer limits of the Pennhurst property, which was being secured by EPS Services, just to see the "Ghost Hunters" and their army of tech people in action.
“We have been huge fans of the show since it came on,” said Linda Widmer, who traveled from south of Coatesville to get a glimpse of the "Ghost Hunters."
“To be here and see them getting ready is great; they put a lot of work into it. I have enjoyed them because their first inclination is to debunk or find a logical explanation. I never expected to even get close today; this is just amazing. I know people that have had experiences, and it’s great that they try to help.”
In today’s world of sensationalized programming and marketing, GH has always stayed firm to their original caveat which was to help people first and try to bring an explanation or theory to any claims of “paranormal activity”, taking into account it’s impact on the people affected, without shameless self promotion and monetary gain as they provide their services free of charge to any client that contacts them.
“This is great to see them here in our area,” said Pottstown native Gabrielle Dyszel. “How they debunk some stuff and can’t explain some other things really helped me realize that there are more things than people can see with their eyes or hear with ears. It opened my mind up to accept that some of the things I have heard are real.”
Even the security people on site were sharing their own experiences with onlookers and fans as the afternoon progressed getting ready for the big night.
“I have been here a lot and witnessed some really strange stuff,” EPS agent Brian Gaily said to some of the people that had made the trek to Pennhurst. “We have had many reposts from several of our people about some really weird stuff. The 'Ghost Hunters' people and their staff have been very nice while they have been here and I can’t wait to see what they find once the cameras start rolling.”
To view the live broadcast go to SyFy on your local cable or satellite provider to see the live feed directly from Pennhurst Asylum in Spring City from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m.
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