Kansas: Join the Winfield ‘haunt hunt’ July 30

Winfield Daily:  Join the Winfield ‘haunt hunt’ July 30

Lights blink. Things go bump in the night. Shadows move swiftly in and out of view. Barely discernible sounds may be voices. Transparent, floating apparitions materialize out of thin air. Nothing brings chills and back-of-the-neck prickles like the possibility of a ghostly visitation. Who hasn’t been jumpy while watching “Ghost Hunters,” television’s No. 1 paranormal reality series on the Syfy network?

Now area enthusiasts will have an opportunity to take part in an actual haunted investigation. Ken Elliott, owner of Winfield’s Iron Gate Inn, built in 1885, has asked Darin Peterson and his Moonlit Ghost Hunts to explore this local bed-and-breakfast, and you’re invited.

“This is not a ghost tour or haunted house,” Elliott said, “and it’s not just a tag-along. Everyone attending will actually participate.”

Members of Moonlit Ghost Hunts, from Wichita and around south central Kansas, will lead the hunt as well as provide equipment and instructions on how it works.


Peterson said equipment used will include four types of MEL meters which measure AC magnetic and temperature changes and detect vibration and static electricity. A spirit box, a modified AM/FM radio, scans both frequencies constantly so a ghost or spirit can communicate over the air waves. A piece of equipment taken from earthquake research — the geophone — is very sensitive and used in paranormal research to detect footsteps, bumps or knocks. The KS EMF meter quickly samples the electromagnetic field. Many modified infrared night vision CCTV cameras are utilized, along with digital voice recording devices and several lasers with different colored beams. A modified Nikon professional grade camera takes full-spectrum photos of light that the naked eye does not recognize. Night vision monocular scope and Sony Handycams allow for long range viewing in the dark. Numerous motion sensors/detectors are used, and a DVR with screen serves as the command base.

“This will be your chance for a hands-on experience of what you’ve seen done on TV,” Elliott said.

Moonlit Ghost Hunts and Moonlitghosthunts.com was established in fall 2011. According to their Web site, it was “an idea inspired by an interest in things unexplained and desire to have a better understanding of the science behind paranormal investigating.”

Members hope to teach investigation techniques as they furnish the most current equipment in the field. They supply a location — usually known to have paranormal activity — as they give others a chance to have a real investigative experience.

“We’ve actually been selling out at every single location lately,” Peterson said, “so it’s really started to feel like there’s been some demand to get out and see some historic places and learn how to investigate.”

When Elliott purchased the Iron Gate Inn in January, he quickly became aware the 125-year-old mansion, the former home of John Peter Baden and his wife, Adelaide, held many unique features and untold tales.

“I don’t think anyone has ever died in the house,” Elliott said, “but there does not have to be a death for paranormal activity to exist.”

The inn is filled with interesting and original details such as the European imported parquet floors on the first and second floors and the sweeping hand-carved, walnut, 17-foot main staircase.

During the expedition, participants will explore not only the history — but the mystery — of the mansion.

Elliott also owns the 1889 Serenity Bed and Breakfast on N. Market in Wichita. A haunted hunt is planned for Aug. 17 at the Serenity.

“We just want the public to come in and share the experience,” Elliott said. “It’s a really fun evening; you’ll learn a lot, and then you can do your own investigating. It will be a night you won’t soon forget.”

The Iron Gate Inn is located at 1203 E. Ninth. The hunt will begin at 8:30 p.m. July 30 and last until midnight. Moonlit members will divide participants into small groups. Cost is $35 per person. Some areas of the inn are not handicapped accessible, and the experience is probably not suitable for children under the age of 14.

Tickets or more information about the Winfield investigation or other upcoming events may be purchased or viewed at www.moonlitghosthunts.com.

“We’re always looking for other new places to go,” Peterson added, “and we do think there are some other places of interest in Winfield.”

Peterson encourages anyone who might have a location to suggest to contact him at the Moonlit Ghost Hunts Web site.

“The Iron Gate Inn also offers free historic tours upon request,” said Elliott.

Reservations may be made by calling 221-7787.

 

Australia: BUSTED: Ghosts on camera. Who you gonna call?

From NewsOnline.au:  BUSTED: Ghosts on camera. Who you gonna call?

SOMEONE get Fox Mulder on the line. Now. 
 
A ghost hunter has captured a "paranormal attack" on film, giving everyone one more reason to visit Cairns.
Kris Fox is the man with nerves of steel - although when you're in the ghost hunting business this is somewhat of a professional necessity.

But a trip to the abandoned town of Maytown five hours west of Cairns recently still has him shaking in his boots, the Cairns Post reports.

Fox, one of the region's foremost paranormal investigators, released a 34-minute documentary last week telling the tale of his three-night stay in the historic town and his description of what happened is enough to send shivers down your spine.

"It was as if I was in a crowd of people who started out 40m away and gradually took a step closer," he said.
"You would walk down the main street and get the feeling you were being watched, like you were trespassing.
"Right up until the last day I started getting very twitchy and very emotional. It got to the point where I couldn't take any more, I was sick in the guts.

"I virtually cracked in the end, I said I couldn't do this any more.

"As I was standing inside the replica miners hut, I was bending down to grab my stuff and something hit me from the left hand side and threw me across the room on to and table.

"After this I don't remember anything until the next day."

Sound freaky? He swears black and blue the next thing he remembers is being found by fellow tourists the next day - 8km from the historic town.

While many may not believe his creepy tale, there is plenty of dark history surrounding the former gold mining centre to give it an eerie feel.

Settled in the 1870s, it was the main settlement on the Palmer River goldfields and a majority of its inhabitants were Chinese miners where bloody street battles were the norm.

Believe it or not, Fox hopes if nothing else his documentary, entitled Dead Eyes Watching, will help keep the town's memory alive - just maybe not in the small hours of the evening.

 

NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art -- A Haunting Experience

From SBWire:  NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art -- A Haunting Experience

New York City, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/11/2012 -- This Saturday (7/14/12) two of New York's noted paranormal investigators will be leading a group of adventurous amateur ghost hunters through the vast and numerous galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art searching for signs of the paranormal. After receiving a crash course in the fundamentals of ghost hunting, they'll be instructed in the proper use of different electronic ghost hunting equipment as well as how to detect and even photograph signs of paranormal activity.

Pete and Stew Kandel (known as Dr. Pete and Dr. Stew) noted paranormal investigators and licensed NYC tour guides aka  the “Ghost Doctors”  have been exploring the Met for signs of ghostly activity, sort of like a paranormal  Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in their quest to find some spirited inhabitants. And it seems that they have unearthed some strange goings-on within the walls of this world renowned iconic museum.

“We have been researching the Met for quite some time and have uncovered some strange and at times bizarre paranormal phenomena,” says Dr. Pete. “And this Saturday's ghost hunt could be quite revealing considering this museum has the largest collection of priceless and ancient artifacts in the world.”

So if things should go their ghostly way and a roaming spirit who just happens to be floating along in search of some of their lost belongings, maybe the Ghost Doctors will be able to point them in the right direction. You just never know!

To find out more about this upcoming Ghost Hunting Event  – go to -- http://www.ghostdoctors.com

About Ghost Doctors
Ghost Doctors (http://www.ghostdoctors.com), based in New York City, is the premier ghost hunting tour in NYC that actually allows participants to experience “real” ghost hunts. Their ghosts hunts can be suited for both public, private and corporate events.

 

Nevada: I-Team: The Hunt for Goldfield's Ghosts

From 8 News :  I-Team: The Hunt for Goldfield's Ghosts

GOLDFIELD, Nev. -- Goldfield, Nevada which is 180 miles north of Las Vegas exemplifies the boom and bust cycle so common in Nevada's history. Rich gold deposits made it the biggest city in Nevada at the beginning of the 20th century.

Everything changed 89 years ago today when a deadly fire raced through the town, wiping out 25 city blocks. Today, fewer than 250 people live there.

Reality TV ghost hunters think Goldfield is one of the most haunted places in the country, and now some civic boosters want to put that reputation to work.

Anyone with an interest in Nevada history has a soft spot in their heart for Goldfield. Once, a fabulously wealthy boomtown. Today, it's just barely hanging on. 8 News NOW has reported before about magnificent Goldfield Hotel believed -- by paranormal investigators -- to be one of the most haunted buildings in the west. But there's another grand old building that is every bit as spooky.

The public rarely gets to look inside the ominous Goldfield School, but that's changing thanks to history buffs who think the ghosts might even save Goldfield.

The windswept cemetery outside of town, Goldfield's Boot Hill, is testament to the death and tragedy that marred the city's short tumultuous heyday. Some of the world's richest ore sparked a boomtown built to last with more than 20,000 people at a time Las Vegas was a dusty speck.

It was the biggest city in the state and there was talk of making it the capital. But a pair of deadly fires, followed by killer floods, wiped out nearly everything. Those who weren't killed left when the gold ran out.

"When you walk through the building, it really shows the prominence of the town at that time. Goldfield was a great city," said Esmeralda County Commissioner Dominic Pappalardo. As a big city transplant, Pappalardo has taken on the task of restoring Goldfield's greatness, one building at a time, starting with the once magnificent high school.

By night, the school looks like it belongs on a hillside behind the Bates Motel, large and ominous. It is rarely open to the public, has been ravaged by time and cannibalized by the district, but hints remain of what it once was. The names of each graduating class in graffiti on the walls, a Christmas greeting from the last senior class (1947), and teacher lessons still on the blackboard.

Pappalardo has spent hundreds of hours in the school, repairing it brick by brick, room by room, and has seen enough, heard enough, to believe he hasn't been alone.

"There's spirits and entities and all of them lived here in the past and they have a reason why they were here and when they were alive," Pappalardo said.

He claims there are more than a dozen people. He has seen wispy glimpses of a young girl in what used to be a lavatory. And there's a spot on the second floor where others have seen the once stern principal.

"I had a medium here recently tell me he sees Mary McLoughlin, the principal of the school, standing here watching students, making sure they do what they are supposed to be doing," he said.

"It's nothing hostile. It's more like, hello, I'm here," said John Cushman, a ghost hunter. He is leader of the G-Tops, that's Ghost Town Operations. Cushman and his team travel Nevada's outback, looking for ghost towns with real ghosts.

"You say Goldfield, that's all you need to do. People learned it from television. Oh yeah, that's where the ghosts are," he said.

Television ghost hunters have repeatedly focused on the massive Goldfield Hotel. Paranormal amateurs have taken to break-ins so they can connect with the other side. That gave Cushman and Pappalardo the idea that ghosts might save Goldfield, which now sells all sorts of spooky merchandise.

But restoring the school is a key goal, and for that, they stage Dinner with a Ghost once a month. A team of volunteers led by a Las Vegas chef whip up a four-course gourmet meal in a makeshift kitchen, and serve it to guests in an elegant but spooky setting inside the school. Infrared cameras record any anomalies, KDWN radio broadcasts the proceedings. Guests are encouraged to ask questions of any spectral visitors and a device called an Ovelius Box picks up words from somewhere.

Throughout the school, the team sets up objects they hope will trigger a reaction, and they've recorded some pretty weird stuff.

"We've encountered a lot here. I think, in my own opinion, they get used to you. They know when you're here," Cushman said.

All proceeds from the dinners go into the non-profit that is restoring the school. The hope is that interest in the dead will keep Goldfield alive.

"We want to save our history and our heritage because this is all we've got," Pappalardo said.

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC -- Got Ghosts

From SBWire:  The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC -- Got Ghosts

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/02/2012 -- Saturday (7/14/12) two of New York's noted paranormal investigators will be leading a group of fearless amateur ghost hunters through the winding wings, hallways and galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in search of supernatural happenings. After receiving a crash course in the fundamentals of ghost hunting, they'll be instructed in the proper use of different electronic ghost hunting equipment as well as how to detect and even photograph signs of paranormal activity.

Pete and Stew Kandel (known as Dr. Pete and Dr. Stew) noted paranormal investigators and licensed NYC tour guides aka the “Ghost Doctors” have been exploring the Met for signs of ghostly activity, sort of like a paranormal Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in their quest to find some spirited inhabitants. And it seems that they have unearthed some strange goings-on within the walls of this world renowned iconic museum.

“We have been researching the Met for quite some time and have uncovered some strange and at times bizarre paranormal phenomena,” says Dr. Pete. “And Saturday's ghost hunt should be quite revealing considering this museum has the largest collection of priceless and ancient artifacts in the world.”

So if things should go their ghostly way and some roaming spirits just happen to be floating along in search of their lost belongings, maybe the Ghost Doctors will be able to point them in the right direction. You just never know!

To find out more about this upcoming Ghost Hunting Event – go to -- http://www.ghostdoctors.com

Ghost Doctors (http://www.ghostdoctors.com), based in New York City, is the premier ghost hunting tour in NYC that actually allows participants to experience “real” ghost hunts. Their ghosts hunts can be suited for both public, private and corporate events.

Cape May Community News > Edition of Jul.. 04, 2012

From Shore News Today:  Cape May Community News > Edition of Jul.. 04, 2012


Full moon events
Let the light of the full moon guide you to the top of the Cape May Lighthouse or lead you on a ghost hunt through Cape May's original haunted house, the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., on tours sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC). Two tours, the Lighthouse Full Moon Climb and the Full Moon Ghost Hunt with Ghost-One, take full advantage of bright, moonlit nights. Tickets are $30 per person and each tour is limited to 50 people. Upcoming Full Moon Ghost Hunts with Ghost-One are offered on Thursday, Aug. 2, Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. Upcoming Lighthouse Full Moon Climbs are offered on Thursday, Aug. 2, Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sept. 29, from 8 to 10 p.m. The lighthouse is located in Cape May Point State Park, Lower Township. Tower admission is free for Friends members. Admission for non-members is $7 for adults and $3 for children (ages 3-12). Non-members who join the group at the event will get free admission to the lighthouse climb and to future Friends' events. Admission to the Visitors' Orientation Center and the ground floor of the lighthouse is free.

 

Ghost Hunt Returns to Kent Stage

This took place this Saturday, June 30, but it will be doubtless repeated so mark your calendars now:

From Kent Patch.com: Ghost Hunt Returns to Kent Stage

Ghost hunters both professional and just the curious return to the Kent Stage tonight for a late night of normal-paranormal activity.

The Spiritual Insight Ghost Hunting Team of Ohio (SIGHT) will lead the annual progressive ghost hunt from 9 p.m. tonight to 3 a.m. Sunday morning at the theater.

Laura Lyn, a psychic medium who leads investigations with SIGHT, said the two Kent buildings that are the focus of tonight's hunt — the Pufferbelly restaurant and the stage are full of spiritual energy.

"We believe that this is actually normal presence," Lyn said. "They call it paranormal, but we feel that spirits are always among us."

The hunt starts at the Pufferbelly with dessert and a tour of the building and its basement, where Lyn said much of the spiritual energy is concentrated at the former railroad depot.

At the stage, new this year, participants will get the chance to tour some of the building's private apartments that, like the theater itself, are said to be haunted, including tenant Doug Hite's apartment.

Hite has lived in the building for more than a year and said he's felt a presence more than once.

"I'd like to think the ghost is friendly," Hite said in prepared remarks. "I think she just wants to have a good time. Sometimes she turns on the TV and then flips it right back off."

Participants on the tour also will get to see some of the more exclusive areas of the stage building from the dark corners of the basement to spooky spots on the second floor.

Lyn said participants will get to experiment with equipment provided by SIGHT for detecting spirits.

"What we’re going to do is go to the hot spots and we’re going to use the meters and the electronic equipment that we have," she said. "And we’re going to hand it to them, the equipment, so they can experience it for themselves. Basically what we’re going to do is help them learn to tap into themselves so they can feel the presence of the spirit."

Tickets for the ghost hunt are $68. For tickets, visit www.kentstage.org or call 888-718-4253.