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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Ghost Hunters' Steve Gonsalves on His Freakiest Paranormal Experiences - Miami New Times
Courtesy of Seminole Casino Hollywood
Despite the wacky charms of our childhood friends Slimer and Beetlejuice, real ghosts are no joke. And tracking 'em down with high tech equipment takes a special kind of courage. (Balls. It takes balls.)
Enter Steve Gonsalves and Jason Hawes, two of the stars of the SyFy channel's longest running spook show, Ghost Hunters. Their team uses high-tech equipment to investigate paranormal phenomenon all over the country. And while cynics constantly challenge the show's authenticity, the crew insists it's all legit.
With Halloween right around the corner, Steve and Jason appeared last weekend at the Seminole Casino Hollywood for a little metaphysical meet and greet.
Cultist caught up with Steve and chatted about his "first time" (with the paranormal, that is), haters, and his love for all things Universal Studios.
Cultist: What experience first led you to believe in paranormal phenomenon?
Steve Gonsalves: I started researching it long before I had an experience. The first experience I had I was in this graveyard when I was 16, just before I started doing it semi-professionally. I was leaving the graveyard and it felt like something kind of tripped me a little bit, but I was confused. I didn't know if I just tripped over something. I didn't stick around to evaluate what might have actually happened. I don't really consider that a legit experience. Five or six years later I saw a spontaneous fire, which was very strange to me. Just to see a fire start on a table when you know there's nothing there ... I'm in this family's house and it just appears. I know something goofy's happening here (by goofy I just mean unexplained). But I've never seen a ghost, unfortunately.
What do you say to skeptics?
Yeah we get a lot of flack from skeptics. What most people don't realize is, I don't think there's any bigger skeptic than myself. I encourage what they're saying. You shouldn't believe anything unless you see it yourself. What we're dealing with are things that are so fantastic to believe. If you say, "I saw this table sliding across the room" or "I saw this bouncing light," the average person will look at you with raised eyebrows and think, "yeah right, buddy." I sort of appreciate that outlook because you really have to be that way. There's no sense in fooling yourself or other people.
The hateful skeptics are kind of a nuisance. They think we're all liars, which is fine. But when they start to get hateful it's just like, come on guys, really? It sounds horrible, but boil it down to jealousy. I end up finding out that half of these skeptics are members of paranormal organizations, and when we first came out they loved us and said we pushed this into the forefront. But then they always sort of have that mindset that, it should be them on TV. I have yet to meet a skeptic that doesn't have an ulterior motive to what they're feeling or saying.
But in general, I think that mindset is healthy and they should approach it as we do.
What's the science behind your equipment?
It depends on the equipment. While we don't consider ourselves scientists per se, we do take what you could call a scientific approach. If you talk to any scientist, they'll say a scientist is just a person that seeks the answer to a question.
Our EMF gauge measures energy, radiation given off by a fluctuation in the magnetic field. Everything on earth has a static charge to it. Even a pencil on a table is surrounded by static electricity -- as soon as it moves, it becomes electromagnetic. So a movement of energy creates a little bit of radiation, which is what our EMF picks up. If we see a fluctuation it could be something natural or manmade. We look for sources like electricity, power boxes, copper piping, etc. If we don't find a source and it seems to be a free-floating disturbance, we move our meter in every direction and make sure it dissipates, to determine that it's not coming from any one direction.
Once we see and can rule out any natural or manmade source, then we can look at the potential that there's something else there manipulating that energy.... The theory is that spirits are made of energy. So we believe that when we get a little fluctuation and we can't find a source for it, there could be something there. It doesn't mean it's a ghost. It could be geothermal energy, it could be a lot of things -- we just know we can heighten our investigation as there's a chance something could be present. We also use our equipment to disprove claims of hauntings.
We also use digital recorders, cameras that can see in the night, infrared cameras, thermal imaging cameras, full spectrum cameras. We use a device called a geophone that's basically a mini seismograph. It takes an electric impulse caused by a vibration and converts onto digital reading.
Guardian Angel Changes Trajectory Of Car To Save Driver? - Ghost Theory
In the strange world we live in, there happens things that are hard to explain. The following video depicts just such an occurrence.
According to the commentary on the video, the young man in the car hit a horse (edited out) which sent him careening across the center median. Just as he crosses the median, a figure appears out of the dust and seemingly causes the car to change direction.
Is this a Guardian Angel or something else entirely? Lets look in on the incident and see:
So, there you have it! Is this some sort of saving grace or just our eyes playing tricks on us.
If you look where the car ends up, you can see that it just misses an obstacle that could possibly have thrown the driver through the windshield or worse. Did this “helper” redirect the young man enough for him to avoid the obstacle? Are we seeing a mere dust shadow of the horse-tender in another cars headlights? Is there even something there at all? Could this be just a hoax?
It’s all up to you the reader to decide.
Thanks to NYC812 for providing the Guardian Angel video.
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Saturday, October 6, 2012
Video: Amazing UFO Seen Over Crete - Ghost Theory
I’ve seen a lot of UFO pictures in my time, but occasionally one comes along that for the life of me, I just can’t logically explain. Now I have to depend on our UFO ID expert Henry and I’m not so sure even Henry can come up with a feasible explanation on this one.
A German couple out photo-journaling the day last month got a big shock while going through shots they had taken along Balos Beach, Gramvousa in Crete.
There are obviously goats in the foreground, however, up in the sky, we can see an oddly shaped metallic object. My first inclination was a bird as it does have some shape aspects that tend to lean that way, but the reflection of the sun off the metal-like surface tells me something different. What that something may be, is where I get stuck.
According to Google Odd News, it went something like this:
The UFO was not the subject of the photographs Intended. The couple had targeted some goats to capture for posterity and only noticed the UFO When They looked back on Their photographs. The couple had not spotted the strange object in the sky, nor heard any strange noises.
Disclose TV Reported They said the couple first noticed the UFO When They scrolled through the shots on Their camera. The German woman recounted:
“We Could not believe what we saw, Such a strange shape. Immediately We started discussing possibilities to define what it could be, but had no idea. We did not notice anything was in the sky When I took the shot. We didn ‘ t experience anything strange. It was a warm, sunny day, but there was a strong wind out of the Northeast. There was no sound.”
Net Defence According To The photograph does not Appear to Have Been tampered with and Appears authentic. Read the rest here.
In my humble opinion, this sighting ranks right up there. Unless of course it is a bird or a big giant hoaxy fake. In that case, I wouldn’t be as impressed. By the by, I have no idea where “up there” is, so I wouldn’t depend on me for anything more than a sharp stick in the eye.
So, again I reach out to the idio…I mean, well informed readers here at GT. Time to put your thinking caps on, or for those among us who are paranoid, your tin foil hat.
Note: You can make a delightfully fresh and effective cleaner out of water, vinegar and a little lemon juice.
Thanks to Google User Content for keeping us up to date on the coming invasion. Oh and one honorable mention to Will Smith for punching that alien in the face.
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Friday, October 5, 2012
Asheville ghost hunter cast in new Travel Channel show, "Paranormal Paparazzi" - Ash Vegas
Asheville native, and paranormal investigator, Joshua P. Warren is a cast member on the Travel Channel’s new series, Paranormal Paparazzi, that debuts September 28, 2012, at 7pm.
Warren, who will appear on every episode, is one of six reporters sent around the country to explore strange activity in a fast-paced, fun forum. He invites the public to attend a premiere party, on September 28, 2012, 6pm, at the Wild Wing Cafe at 161 Biltmore Avenue, to watch the first episode with him and hear crazy behind-the-scenes stories. Artifacts from some of his travels, like his recent trip to Transylvania, in Romania, are on display in his Asheville Mystery Museum, in the basement of the Asheville Masonic Temple, and can be viewed by taking his new “Asheville Vampire & Occult Tour,” that kicks off October 6, 2012, with Warren and co-creator Tadd McDivitt leading the tour. Details are at: www.HauntedAsheville.com
“This has been an amazing year,” says Warren. “Paranormal Paparazzi has been called the TMZ of the paranormal. We’re based in a news room in Manhattan, and our ‘editor-in-chief,’ Aaron Sagers, sends us on missions. Perhaps the greatest thing about the show is its sense of humor. We had a blast!”
The show is Executive-Produced by Zak Bagans, creator of the popular Ghost Adventures TV series that has aired on the Travel Channel for six seasons, and enters its seventh this month. Here’s how the Travel Channel describes the show:
The all-new original series Paranormal Paparazzi features eight half-hour episodes, each of which follows Aaron Sagers’ (journalist, pop culture enthusiast, editor-in-chief of the Paranormal Pop Culture blog) hand-picked team of reporters as they travel around the country tracking down the most current, bizarre and unsolved paranormal stories. As Sagers’ team reveals their findings in the fast-paced newsroom, the group reviews and assesses whether or not the stories are bona fide or bogus. Through the lens of each reporter, viewers will travel to New Orleans and experience Will Ferrell’s haunted trailer, a UFO sighting at the Jersey Shore, a teenage exorcism squad in Arizona, a zombie survival camp in New Jersey and more.
“All this is just in time for the Halloween season,” Warren notes. “I hope everyone will come party with me on Sept. 28, then come take our new Vampire & Occult Tour to see the goodies I’ve brought back to the Museum, like an antique crucifix from Transylvania and a remnant of Vlad the Impaler’s castle.”
Ke$ha's Ghost Sex Claim Arouses Skepticism From Paranormal Experts - Huffington Post
Ke$ha's recent claim that she had sex with a ghost before writing her latest single is arousing something from paranormal experts: skepticism.
The pop singer recently revealed to Ryan Seacrest that a randy romp with a male ghost helped give birth to her new song, "Supernatural."
"It's about experiences with the supernatural... but in a sexy way," she told Seacrest. "I had a couple of experiences with the supernatural. I don't know his name! He was a ghost! I'm very open to it."
There have been reports of people having sex with ghosts, according to paranormal researcher Eric Olsen, who co-hosts "America's Most Haunted," an online radio show.
"There is a tradition of entities known as 'succubus' and 'incubus,' which are malevolent spirits and their whole modus operandi is to seduce human victims and, in the process of consummating, steal or possess the victim's soul," Olsen told The Huffington Post.
Still, Olsen is skeptical about Ke$ha's alleged haunted humpings, which, if true, would make her a "spectrophiliac."
"There is a question as to what kind of visitation can you have while asleep," Olsen said, suggesting that the singer's otherworldly orgasms with some paranormal perv may just be part of a vivid dream.
"Unless you can observe them, you can't really differentiate between a vivid dream and an actual encounter," Olsen said.
Ghost researcher and HuffPost blogger Alexandra Holzer is also raising her eyebrows at Ke$ha's allegations of spirit sex, which, if true, would not be a hot and heated encounter.
"The people who report having sex with a ghost report feeling pressure on them and even penetration, but ghosts don't have warmth," Holzer told HuffPost. "When they're in the room, it's a very cold environment."
Holzer said the singer has been known for her ability to get publicity and suggests it wouldn't shock her if Ke$ha created the story in order to scare up publicity for the new CD.
"In terms of PR, it's an interesting and smart move," Holzer said.
Los Angeles-based ghost hunter Jayni Hartman won't dismiss Ke$ha's claims as strictly for publicity, but said that erotic apparition encounters are rare.
"Connections between ghosts and humans are more likely to be emotional, like the woman I met who could actually feel the spirit of her dead husband spooning her in bed and even smelled his cologne," Hartman told HuffPost.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Full Bodied Apparition Caught On Video - Ghost Theory
Strange. The Anomalist recently posted a link to an interesting YouTube video in which is said to show a “full bodied apparition”.
My paranormal team investigated a 120 year old building (now a deli) and while investigating in the raised ceiling area (now a walk-in attic) we caught one of the most amazing pieces of evidence we’ve ever seen.
This evidence has been seen and analyzed by Paul Bradford of “GHI”, Bill Murphey of “Fact or Faked”, Micah Hanks & Scotty Roberts the Founders of “Intrepid Magazine”, Founders of “Mufon”, Dr. Rita Louise, UFO expert Anthony Sanchez and others from around the Paranormal community.
An interesting list of well-known investigators are listed as having reviewed the video. No mention as to what their conclusions were, but it’s an impressive list. (shout outs to my friend the famous Mr. Hanks)
The video shows an interesting dark shadow moving in an erratic manner in some dark attic. Nothing more, nothing less.
What is interesting to note is that from that corner of the attic, we can see that there is a light source emanating from the same direction as the shadow. Meaning that this could be a person’s (paranormal investigator’s) shadow being casted as they move around in front of this light source.
What do you think?
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Edinburgh Zoo mansion to host Halloween ghost hunt
Posted Today, 12:59 PM 
Stepping through the depths of darkness while exotic animals howl, scuttle or silently stare with black eyes would be an uneasy experience for anyone but the living creatures will be the least of your worries this Halloween at Edinburgh Zoo. While the activities of the nocturnal residents may be unnerving, they are harmless and abide securely in their enclosure homes. What is less predictable is what goes on inside the mansion sitting at the heart of the zoo after dusk. For the first time the doors will be opened after hours for a ghost hunt of a building with a history that stretches back more than 200 years... Full details HERE
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Cruise ship ghost 'caught on camera'
A Mysterious woman floats at the end of a corridor - in a photo said to depict the ghostly inhabitant of a famous cruise ship. Spook hunter Valentina Lomborg is convinced her snapshot features the Lady in White, who has 'haunted' the Queen Mary for more than half a century.
The ship was once a luxury liner, ferrying the rich and famous between London, Southampton and New York. Retired in 1967 it's now a hotel, moored in Long Beach, Californa.... PHOTO
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Asheville ghost hunter cast in new Travel Channel show, "Paranormal Paparazzi" - Ash Vegas
Asheville native, and paranormal investigator, Joshua P. Warren is a cast member on the Travel Channel’s new series, Paranormal Paparazzi, that debuts September 28, 2012, at 7pm.
Warren, who will appear on every episode, is one of six reporters sent around the country to explore strange activity in a fast-paced, fun forum. He invites the public to attend a premiere party, on September 28, 2012, 6pm, at the Wild Wing Cafe at 161 Biltmore Avenue, to watch the first episode with him and hear crazy behind-the-scenes stories. Artifacts from some of his travels, like his recent trip to Transylvania, in Romania, are on display in his Asheville Mystery Museum, in the basement of the Asheville Masonic Temple, and can be viewed by taking his new “Asheville Vampire & Occult Tour,” that kicks off October 6, 2012, with Warren and co-creator Tadd McDivitt leading the tour. Details are at: www.HauntedAsheville.com
“This has been an amazing year,” says Warren. “Paranormal Paparazzi has been called the TMZ of the paranormal. We’re based in a news room in Manhattan, and our ‘editor-in-chief,’ Aaron Sagers, sends us on missions. Perhaps the greatest thing about the show is its sense of humor. We had a blast!”
The show is Executive-Produced by Zak Bagans, creator of the popular Ghost Adventures TV series that has aired on the Travel Channel for six seasons, and enters its seventh this month. Here’s how the Travel Channel describes the show:
The all-new original series Paranormal Paparazzi features eight half-hour episodes, each of which follows Aaron Sagers’ (journalist, pop culture enthusiast, editor-in-chief of the Paranormal Pop Culture blog) hand-picked team of reporters as they travel around the country tracking down the most current, bizarre and unsolved paranormal stories. As Sagers’ team reveals their findings in the fast-paced newsroom, the group reviews and assesses whether or not the stories are bona fide or bogus. Through the lens of each reporter, viewers will travel to New Orleans and experience Will Ferrell’s haunted trailer, a UFO sighting at the Jersey Shore, a teenage exorcism squad in Arizona, a zombie survival camp in New Jersey and more.
“All this is just in time for the Halloween season,” Warren notes. “I hope everyone will come party with me on Sept. 28, then come take our new Vampire & Occult Tour to see the goodies I’ve brought back to the Museum, like an antique crucifix from Transylvania and a remnant of Vlad the Impaler’s castle.”
Ke$ha's Ghost Sex Claim Arouses Skepticism From Paranormal Experts - Huffington Post
Ke$ha's recent claim that she had sex with a ghost before writing her latest single is arousing something from paranormal experts: skepticism.
The pop singer recently revealed to Ryan Seacrest that a randy romp with a male ghost helped give birth to her new song, "Supernatural."
"It's about experiences with the supernatural... but in a sexy way," she told Seacrest. "I had a couple of experiences with the supernatural. I don't know his name! He was a ghost! I'm very open to it."
There have been reports of people having sex with ghosts, according to paranormal researcher Eric Olsen, who co-hosts "America's Most Haunted," an online radio show.
"There is a tradition of entities known as 'succubus' and 'incubus,' which are malevolent spirits and their whole modus operandi is to seduce human victims and, in the process of consummating, steal or possess the victim's soul," Olsen told The Huffington Post.
Still, Olsen is skeptical about Ke$ha's alleged haunted humpings, which, if true, would make her a "spectrophiliac."
"There is a question as to what kind of visitation can you have while asleep," Olsen said, suggesting that the singer's otherworldly orgasms with some paranormal perv may just be part of a vivid dream.
"Unless you can observe them, you can't really differentiate between a vivid dream and an actual encounter," Olsen said.
Ghost researcher and HuffPost blogger Alexandra Holzer is also raising her eyebrows at Ke$ha's allegations of spirit sex, which, if true, would not be a hot and heated encounter.
"The people who report having sex with a ghost report feeling pressure on them and even penetration, but ghosts don't have warmth," Holzer told HuffPost. "When they're in the room, it's a very cold environment."
Holzer said the singer has been known for her ability to get publicity and suggests it wouldn't shock her if Ke$ha created the story in order to scare up publicity for the new CD.
"In terms of PR, it's an interesting and smart move," Holzer said.
Los Angeles-based ghost hunter Jayni Hartman won't dismiss Ke$ha's claims as strictly for publicity, but said that erotic apparition encounters are rare.
"Connections between ghosts and humans are more likely to be emotional, like the woman I met who could actually feel the spirit of her dead husband spooning her in bed and even smelled his cologne," Hartman told HuffPost.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Man ‘spots dead mother’s ghost’ in guesthouse photo
When a father of two saw a photograph of a ghostly figure peering out of the window of a former guesthouse, he cried: ‘That’s my mother!’
David Grimshaw was certain it was his mother Frances, who died at 87 last year, after being shown the snap taken by a man demolishing the building.
The 59-year-old was stunned and added: ‘I’m totally convinced – no one else looks like that. She had glasses and big earrings and she used to wear a dress with a bow at the front.’
While some may think the ghost is just a mere reflection, Mr Grimshaw remained convinced. He said: ‘She used to stand in that room for hours on the phone – it was the guesthouse reception and she took bookings from there.
‘She would have been horrified if she had known the house was being demolished because it was beautiful, so maybe that is why she’s turned up.’
The demolition team had felt an eerie chill at Meadowbank House. Worker Stuart Shan said: ‘The day before we took the photo, I noticed the chandelier swinging on its own.’
And demolition supervisor Robert Johnson, who took the photo, added: ‘It wasn’t until I got home and showed my wife that we spotted the woman.
‘You can see the jewellery on her and everything,’ he said. ‘I’ve never seen anything like this before – the image is so clear. I’ve always been a sceptic but I’ll have to believe in ghosts now.’
The building in Kendal, Cumbria, has now been demolished to make room for a new commercial property.
Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/888551-man-spots-dead-mothers-ghost-in-guesthouse-photo#ixzz1kmwmCdQ6
Summer Solstice Ghost Hunt at Guys Cliffe House
Come and join us at the Summer Solstice ghost hunt at one of the UK’s most active locations.
In a hidden part of Warwickshire atop a natural sandstone ridge sits this forgotten property. Linked to the legend of Guy of Warwick this long hallowed site has offered occupancy firstly within caves, then in the shelter of the chapel and finally within the great homes that arose to overshadow the surrounding landscape. This is a many layered place that encapsulates a heady mix of pagan beginnings amid the oratory and hermitage, it has connections to the slave trade and also served as an hospital in the Great War and boys home during World War Two. Here too the stone walls have absorbed the high dramas of life upstairs and downstairs. Is it any wonder that the serenity found here is just an illusion? Abandonment, auctionary vandalism and fire finally took the grandeur away, leaving us this vacant and part-ruined house and its long companionship with the old chapel. Quiet now, but perhaps only a reality away from those that still walk here? Those that walk alone..
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Wine snob ghost ‘haunting pub’
A “wine snob” ghost is lurking in the cellar of a pub making its feelings known about the house wine, it has been claimed.
The ghost, named Corky by regulars at the Court Oak pub in Harborne, Birmingham, apparently has very strong opinions about the wine list.
The pub, part of the Sizzling chain, is built on the site of a 17th century hanging ground, sparking speculation that Corky may be the ghost of someone who died there years ago.
Pub manager Anne Tyler said the ghost had given its opinion about the wine on offer every Halloween for the last few years.
She said smashed bottles of red and white house wine were discovered in the cellar until the selection was upgraded.
Nuala Gallagher, of Sizzling Pubs, said: “It isn’t so much things that go bump in the night as things going smash in the night at the Court Oak.
“People have spotted the figure of a man, aged about 60, behind the bar and the staff have felt his presence numerous times over the years.
“But it is Corky’s insistence on certain wines that set him apart as a spirit.
“It only ever happens at this time of year when Halloween is in sight. If the pub has a house wine that is not to his liking, he makes his feelings known by smashing bottle after bottle of it in the cellar until it is changed for a wine he approves of.
“He’s a bit of a wine snob, which is why he’s been named Corky by customers.”
Source; msn.co.uk
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Reader Report: Solider's Ghost Came to Say Goodbye
They were far from home and loved ones when they were cut down in their youth by the indiscriminate blade of war. Yet, somehow their spirits move through time and space to bid one last farewell to family. The annals of ghost stories are filled with such experiences. This one is from Brenda:
"My grandmother told me about her aunt who saw the full-body apparition of her son, who was a soldier fighting in World War I," Brenda reports. "She turned to see him standing in the doorway and was overjoyed. She began to chide him a bit for not letting her know he was coming home, but as she spoke to him, he slowly faded away.
"They did not learn for several weeks, as was common in that war, that he had died?in some battle in Europe on?the same day?his mother saw him. Perhaps, when some of us are dying, our desire to reach out to our loved ones is so strong that a piece of us makes it through."
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