Showing posts with label Ghost Hunters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ghost Hunters. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Wait, I Thought Ghosts Couldn't Go Near Water?

9:01: Everyone gathers to go to Nantucket.

9:02: Everyone leaves as Grant tells us it could be a residual haunt while Jason is happy he can go home at the end. They arrive at the Slater Mill and meet Cheryl, their tour guide.

9:03: Cheryl gives us the history of the mill and how children used to work there. Cheryl tells us people feel like they are being watched in the tower. Cheryl says she feels there are still people working there.

9:04: A machine people have heard run when it wasn’t. When someone tried to alarm the building one day, the security company said people were walking around on the third floor. No one was there.

9:05: The attic can feel cold, even in July. The personal stories keep coming.

9:06: Jason sums up the case as a largely auditory case and that water may have something to do with why it’s so haunted.

9:07: Everything is set up! Lights out.

9:08: Jason and Grant go to the water wheel with the thermal camera. They start a session talking with the ghosts with the K2.

9:09: Meter goes off.

9:13: The meter indicates they are talking to a boy ghost. So, they start the EVP.

9:14: The ghost likes to work in the mill and lived in Central Falls. Grant restates the same questions to make sure they get the same answers. Light show!

9:15: Jason freaks out and feels cold.

9:16: Grant breaks out the thermometer. Temp continually drops and Jason is freezing. Cut to Tango and Steve. Steve freaks out as Tango laughs.

9:17: Jason and Grant continue to move and see if the ghost is following them. He is. The ghost says there are four people in the room, which there are.

9:18: The ghost agrees that there are two bald people in the room. Grant is ecstatic but Jason asks if the ghost is lonely.

9:19: Jason invites the ghost home? The hell? He texts his wife. Oh, I can imagine she would love that message. “hi ghost comin home w/me. xo. j.”

9:20: Kris and the other guy hear a machine. They go and investigate.

9:24: Steve and Tango are in the attic. Tango feels slightly dizzy, but Dave thinks the spinning wheel was giving him the feeling and not a ghost.

9:25: The move to the basement where they run into the spiders. We all know how Steve hates spiders. They wrap and being analysis.

9: 26: Steve and Tango argue about whether or not Tango is growing a goatee than turn to the evidence. Steve hears something.

9:27: Everyone is called in. Steve plays the audio. They think it sounds like a cat, but they know they would’ve heard that. He plays another audio.

9:28: Time for the reveal.

9:30: They play the second audio piece. It sounds like “hello” but with the tone of “Geronimo.”

9:31: Humphrey? That’s what the other audio bit sounded like to me. They show her their session with the K2.

9:36: Grant and Jason says good-bye and drive off to Case #2: Pettibone Tavern.

9:37: They want Taps to investigate before renovations begin after a fire. It looks like a beautiful Colonial-era house. The tour guide, Chris, tells us about the fire and praises the sprinkler system.

9:38: We get the story of Abigail, who married a sea captain but was dallying with a local. Her husband wasn’t too thrilled and beheaded both. We are told of a painting of Abigail and her mother, which was restored after Abigail was cut out.

9:39: The ladies room is haunted. Of course. It’s bad enough there is always a line for the ladies room. We don’t need ghosts! Tour continues.

9:40: Set up starts. Can’t go lights out as there are no lights due to the fire.

9:41: Investigation starts. Jason and Grant go to the basement to do some EMF work.

9:42: Jason has the thermal as he continues to investigate. He sees something.

9:46: Jason and Grant realize it was just a reflection off some pipes.

9:47: Grant and Jason go to see if the EMF field off the breaker box goes up through the floor. And it does. Cut to Steve and Tango. Someone is clearly seen in the background as Steve decides to light the candles to see if something will relight them.

9:48: Steve goes into debunking mode. He thinks the smell of the horse manure comes through the vents. They go and check the candles—still out.

9:49: Jason and Grant go to investigate the ladies room, once Abigail’s bedroom. They start a session, trying to lure Abigail out. All they get is that the toilet looks like an angel on the thermal.

9:50: Kris and Tango fit themselves into an old phone booth. Then Kris realizes they are trapped in there. Tango starts to panic as Kris reveals she had her foot there. But they are still stuck until they wiggle the door open.

9:51: Clean up. Kris goes to investigate the house of the Pettibone Tavern and asks the local history society for help.

9:52: There were Abigail Pettibones, but no proof that one was murdered. In fact, that rumor was started when the house was turned into a tavern.

9:53: Kris and the Historian go over the painting. While it is of a Pettibone, the child is most likely the woman’s son. Oops.

9:56: Reveal. No personal experiences, no evidence.

9:57: They explain the EMF and how it matched up in the creepy feeling spots. Jason talks about the research. They squash the main story of the house. But they say that activity may start up again after the renovations begin and they want to explore it more.

9:59: Chris is still a believer. Jason and Grant leave.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Minute-by-Minute Replay!

11:00: On the job. Kris calls Grant and Jason and asks if they want to go investigate a church turned funeral home turned museum in Buffalo. They agree and brief everyone on it.

11:02: Everyone leaves Rhode Island to Buffalo.

11:03: Kris says that someone died during a wake while it was a funeral home. And it's so active, the volunteers won't go in. They meet with a director, who gives them the rundown. The curator explains it is to preserve the history of Buffalo. The director says they see a shadow man.

11:04: Personal experience! She picks up a picture that keeps winding up on the floor. The director also says people feel children as well as if they are being watched.

11:05: The curator's six years-old son was waked in a room. The tour guide points out her brothers toy box.

11:07: That shadow man really gets around. Tour Guide explains how they found 33 urns that were never claimed. Children and man have been reported down in the basement. She hopes her brother is one of them

11:08: The set up begins.

11: 09: Lights out. The girls go into the kitchen to do some EVP work.

11: 11: The Krises go through Jimmy's toy box and get emotional. We hear a sound as Kristyn is talking about being a mom and losing a child. It sounds like a boom.

11:15: Kris and Kris go to investigate the door, which made the sound. Kris says she saw something move in the doorway. They radio to make sure no one was at the door.

11:16: Jay and Grant say the door was locked, but the Krises easily opened the door. Something unlocked the door.

11:17: Kris Williams celebrates she saw something. Jay and Grant take the thermal into the hallway. They focus on the door.

11:18: Tango and Steve take a crack by the door. They do an EVP session. Steve thinks he feels a cold spot and gets Tango to feel around.

11: 19: Grant and Jay take an EVP session and magnetic field detector in the viewing room. They think they make contact with Jimmy.

11:20: There are more people than Jimmy, apparently. And the machine goes crazy! It's like a lights show.

11:24: We hear knocking from the attic as the light show ends.

11:25: Steve and Tango do some EMF readings while our favorite plumbers go to the attic to investigate. The readings are high.

11:26: Especially on the floor. Steve goes to the basement and finds wiring with a high EMF reading. De-bunked.

11:27: Grant does a thermal scan of the attic. No animals spotted.

11:28: More knocking. Jay declares them footsteps. Grant goes back up to the attic to investigate.

11:29: Something is coming at Grant. That's it--they've finally pissed off a ghost.

11:32: Grant interviews that he heard whispering before the shadows started moving.

11:33: Jay goes up--you already pissed off whatever is living up there. Why make it madder? He hears a sigh, Grant hears an older woman.

11:34: Jay sees the figure and gets out of the attic. They decided to send more victims up there. Tango is their first sacrifice.

11:35: Tango fits in the attic. He starts to antagonize it--asking it to do something. He gets nada.

11:36: The Krises go to the basement for thermal sweeps. Kris hears something.

11:37: EVP starts and Kristyn catches something on the thermal.

11:41: Turns out to be a reflection. De-bunked. We return to the attic. Tango starts cursing. The censors must've loved that. It's actually pretty funny.

11:43: Tango gets nothing, lights on and they clean up.

11:44: Steve and Tango starts analysis. Steve gives Tango grief about his "Candy Apple" red headphones. Tango spots something.

11:45: It's the sounds Grant and Jay heard. Now Steve spots something on the video. They see something move and freak out. They bring in the rest of the team, minus Kristyn.

11:46: Steve points out a mist that floats across a room and disappears. They rule it out as something on the lens. De-bunked.

11:47: They play the footsteps. They hear a voice that says "We want..." It sounds like it belonged to a chain smoker.

11:48: They get another EVP. A woman says something like "We went there..."

11:52: Preview for next week. Apparently a woman got beheaded in next week's locale!

11:53: THE REVEAL! Jay and Grant worry about how Tour Guide will react. They tell her about the Krises and the door. They show it to her.

11:54: Tour Guide looks ready to pass out from the door. Now, they are heading into the attic.

11:55: EVP time. Smoker's "We want..." She thinks it says "What do you want?" She freaks out. So would I and I like ghosts.

11:56: She thinks the female voice is speaking Polish and sounds familiar.

11:57: Tango apparently caught something. It says "Leave me alone." And it is male. Tour Guide is completely freaked out.

11:58: Grant and Jay tell Tour Guide how to deal with the ghosts. They tell her she is safe. And that the place is haunted.

11:59: They leave and Tour Guide has composed herself. They talk about her and how glad they are that Kris got see something.

12:00: End.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Who You Gonna Call?

Ghost Hunters International! Okay, not as catchy as Ghostbusters, I'll admit.



GHI is the spin-off of Sci Fi's hit series, Ghost Hunters. A TAPS team was assembled and sent to investigate hauntings overseas. GH regulars Andy, Brian and Donna joined Rob and newcomer Shannon. They met up with Barry, an Irish investigator the TAPS team had worked with previously, to explore European hauntings. The first part of the season ended back in March with the second part starting this past Wednesday. Shannon is inexplicably gone but former TAPS regular Dustin has come in her stead. I just wish there had been an interviewing saying why Shannon had gone.

The gang flew to New Zealand to investigate Larnach Castle in Dunedin. Deborah explains that the owner, Larnach, lost two wives then found wife # 3 cheating with his son. He shot himself in Parliament. She says she's been pushed, people smell port and tobacco in an empty room, see orbs among other things. All through this, I'm wondering why they keep captioning the poor woman. Yes, she has an accent but I can understand her perfectly! After listening to the stories, the gang sets up their cameras and microphones. They go lights out.

Now, TAPS and GHI don't look for evidence more than they look for ways to disprove the haunting. Andy realizes the porous wood is releasing the port and tobacco smells the people have reported. Brian realizes the steps are designed in a way that would cause people to trip if they weren't careful and feel as if they were pushed. But they do capture a picture that seems to have a shadow in the shape of a man staring at them that they can't explain. And both Brian and Barry claim to have seen someone within minutes of each other.

I love Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters International because it's a ghost show that won't scare me. They aren't going to use tricks or filmed segments to boost up the fear fact (I'm looking at you, A Haunting). Sometimes, things happen, sometimes, they don't. But the team members are always entertaining themselves. Whether it's Steve being scared of something, Dustin and Brian reacting to a large spider, or Jason and Grant sitting in a supposedly haunted room just talking, it's wonderful to watch.

So tune in! Maybe some of you nonbelievers will be converted. Sci Fi channel at 9 PM.