Ghost Hunting Terminology Part 2

Coupling
Using other forms of investigative documentation in conjunction with photography to create more compelling evidence of paranormal activty. For example, using an audio recorder to capture EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) whenever a particular image appears.

Digital Infrared Camera
A device used to capture images invisible to the human eye, at the "hot" end of the light spectrum. It is capable of feeding information to a computer, where its infrared images may be stored on a hard drive.

Digital Thermometer
A device used to record the presence of "cold spots" and "hot spots" sometimes during an apparent paranormal event. Some digital thermometers record temperatures second by second for PC storage anf graphic charting.

Bibliography
Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman, Pocket Books, 2009

Ghost Hunting Terminology, part 1

Apparition
A disembodied spirit visible to human beings

Astral plane
A level of existence separate from and in some sense higher than the physical world, according to certain philosophies and religious teachings

Cold Spot
A place that is cooler than the surrounding area. It is thought by some to be an indication of a supernatural presence drawing energy from its environment in order to manifest.

Terminology added every Monday and Thursday

Bibliography
Seeking Spirits: THe Lost Cases of the Atlantic Paranormal Society. Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman, Pocket Books, 2009

Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of the Atlantic Paranormal Society

Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of the Atlantic Paranormal Society, by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson with Michael Jan Friedman
Pocket Books, 2009

Description
For the first time ever, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, founders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), share their most memorable and spine-tingling early cases-none of which has appeared on television. Beginning with the previously untld experiences that sparked their passion for ghost hunting, Jason and Grant's bone-chilling investigations uncover:
-A Connecticut woman who seems to exist in two places at once
-A little girl whose invisible playmate retaliates against her father's punishments
-A man overcome by an evil entity as Jason and Grant survey his home
-A distraught woman who dreams of paranormal events before she experiences them...and much more

Jason and Grant didn't always have the fancy scientific equipment and experienced team that fans now watch on their smash-hit television show. As they share their hair-raising first experiences, they offer essential tips for budding paranormal investigators-including how to use an electromagnetic field (EMF) meter and an infrarewd camera, determine if a supernatural phenomena is good or evil, and deal with spirits. Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, these fascinating and frightening true stories will keep you up at night!

Jason: Playmate - 1994
Grant: Empty Nest - 1994
Jason: Beyond the GRave - 1995
Jason: The Atheists - 1996
Grant: Allie - 1997
Grant: The Haunted Trailer Park - 1997
Jason: Pots and Pans - 1997
Grant: A Stranger in the Room - 1997
Jason: The Swinging Gate - 1997
Grant: The Sensitive - 1997
Jason: Demon - 1997
Jason: Invader - 1998
Grant: Wild Claims - 1999
Jason: Jeremy and Mike - 2000
Jason: The Blizzard - 2000
Grant: There Was an Old Woman - 2000
Jason: In Thrall - 2000
Grant: Molested - 2000
Jason: Beside Herself - 2001
Jason: Our Biggest Regret - 2001
Grant: A Little Help From My Friends - 2001
Jason: The Child - 2001
Grant: A Sister's Feelings - 2002
Jason: Piece by Piece - 2002
Grant: All Too Familar - 2002
Jason: They're Talking to Me - 2002
Jason: The Long Cleansing - 2002
Grant: Protector - 2002
Jason: Bad Advice - 2003
Grant: The Littlest Sleepwalker - 2003
Jason: The Frying Pan - 2003
Grant: The Priest - 2003
Grant: The Face in the Window - 2003
Jason: Dreams that Come TRue - 2003
Grant: The "Lost" Ghost Hunters Episode - 2004
Jason: The Haunted Hotel - 2008
Jason: Conclusion
Glossary

Ghosts Among Us, by Leslie Rule

Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters, by Leslie Rule


Whether you are a believer or a skeptic, the stories of the supernatural in Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters will keep you riveted. Macabre and fascinating, Leslie Rule's latest book offers true-life haunting accounts of eerie visitations and paranormal experiences along with artistically shot black-and-white photographs of haunted sites. The personal firsthand reports and chilling full-length stories explore mysterious events across the country-from Nantucket Island to San Antonio to Hollywood-events that the reader will find hard to pass off as mere coincidences.

Leslie Rule, daughter of true-crime author Ann Rule, has had a lifelong fascination with the paranormal. Her previous writing success includes Coast to Coast Ghosts, two suspense novels, and more than fifty feature articles in national magazines. Her photography has appearewd in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Cosmopolitan.

Contents
Foreword by Anne Rule
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Spirits of Seattle
2. Playtime
3. Haunted amusement parks
4. Eat, drink and be scary
5. Four-footed spirits
6. Spirit photography capturing ghosts
7. Ghostly letters
8. Their house is a museum
9. Hosts and ghosts
10. Haunted hotels
11. Cemetery stories
12. Ghosts on the road
13. A helping hand
14. B&B&G (Bed and breakfast and ghost!)
15. When justice is done

Ghost Hunting 101

This website is located at: http://www.ghosthunting101.com/

From the site:

Since I started this page in December 1994, I have always been asked how to conduct a ghost hunt, what to bring, etc. I don't encourage amateurs without any training at all to conduct ghost hunts. You need some idea of what you are doing before you go off into that graveyard or haunted building. I do recommend you contact an established organization near you and join them on a hunt/investigation before you go on your own. I have many groups listed on my Local Ghost Groups page. I've created this page in order to give you the basics of ghost hunting in plain and simple talk and to provide that to everyone for free. I think that there are already people going out and conducting ghost hunts or investigations who have no experience and they will not buy a book, attend a class or join a group to learn how to do it better. I hope to reach them, because this is "no strings attached" information. I also hope the rest of you who haven't done a ghost hunt yet or even some seasoned investigators can take something from this page and use it in the field. The following info has come from books, articles, WWW and experienced investigators themselves. Keep in mind these are the procedures I follow and they are, in my opinion, the right way of doing things. Because this is not an exact science they are differing opinions and I've tried to keep that in mind. Feel free to use this info any way you want as long as you mention where you got it.

Organizations: Ghost Research Society

http://www.ghostresearch.org

Book: A Ghost in My Suitcase, by Mitchel Whitington

A Ghost in My Suitcase: A Guide to Haunted Travel in America
by Mitchel Whitington
Atriad Press, 2005

Description
Pack up your traveling shoes, fire up the family car, and prepare to hit the road for a haunted tour of America. Whether you're wandering the dark, dank catacombs under the city of Portland, Oregon, or exploring a Florida bed and breakfast where a heartbroken bride still walks the hallways, you will find this book a spine-tingling good time. Take a spirited sweep across the country - fifty states, and fifty haunted destinations. Each one has a ghostly tale to tell, and all are public places that you can actually visit any time you are in town. If you dare.

Walk the hallways of these places with the author and hear their stories and the fascinating history behind them. Read personal, first-hand accounts of the chilling encounters the author experienced while visiting them: a mysterious rapping on the headboard of a majestic Arkansas resort by some unseen hand; a female spirit who wanted a Wyoming hotel room all to herself; and the phantom figure of a man with a long, gray beard who walks a historic garden in Texas. You will also discover how to visit a haunted library with on-line cameras to allow a paranormal investigation from your own home computer.

Grab your suitcase and get ready - it's time to go ghost hunting across America!

Table of Contents
Normally I share the Table of Contents of books, but this one is 50 entries long, one for each state of the Union, including Hawaii and Alaska!

Check it out.



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