Saturday, July 21, 2012

Ghost Hunting Tutorial: Before The Hunt


A this article came from ghosthunting.com


  1. Arrive, collect local records and in-person testimonies
  2. Walk the location and take all preliminary measurements
  3. Review, plan, and prepare for the hunt (who what where)

Gather On-site Testimonies and Relevant Records

Once you've arrived at the location, your first step will be to continue gathering any other information that requires your local presence. This first and foremost includes meeting with eyewitnesses and hearing their accounts firsthand. If you are gathering evidence for a professional presentation, production, or just for documentation purposes, then you will want to bring one of your video cameras, voice recorders, and a notepad with you while interviewing the eyewitnesses. This will provide a lot of valuable information which you can go back and review afterwards for identifying commonalities between different witnesses and coo-berating it with your own evidence from the investigation.

Your other onsite information gathering will likely consist of visiting local courthouses and libraries for records of who has lived previously at the residence. You may want to look for key pieces of information such as names, the time period in which they lived at the location, or if it was a major traumatic event, finding out what exactly happened, where, and to whom. This information will all be helpful in determining what to investigate and which tools to use.

Walk the Location

Prior to conducting your real hunt, you should walk through the location to become familiar with the surroundings. Most ghost hunters choose to hunt in the dark, so it helps to get familiar with the area while it is still light out so you'll have a better idea of where you're going while trying to navigate in the dark. While walking the location you should gather preliminary measurements on such instruments as your infrared thermometers, geiger counters, and all other equipment. When not actively hunting or seeking evidence of the paranormal, you can help to eliminate natural or environmental causes that may cloud real, noteworthy events later on during your actual hunt. This is especially helpful with the infrared thermometers as there may be walls or objects by heating or cooling ducts that are routinely different in temperature when the air kicks on, as a result. Geiger counters may also record radioactive material if radon or other elements might be active below the foundation. Also important to take preliminary measurements of are any and all electromagnetic fields with your EMF equipment. Remember that unless you are using an EMF detector that blocks out AC currents, you are likely to get readings from the electromagnetic fields of electronics or other equipment that might already exist at the location or which may be wired into the framework of the structure. Conducting this preliminary walk-through and gathering measurements should be an essential part of all thorough and objective ghost hunting investigations.

Plan The Hunt

Now that you have everything you need, gathered all possible information from others, and are familiar with the environment and all potential natural causes for interesting measurements, it comes time to plan the actual hunt. Most ghost hunters prefer to conduct their hunting expeditions late in the night. A widely held belief is that spirit activity is most heightened around 3AM. If you've ever seen an episode of Paranormal State, you'll note that they call this period "dead time". It is also when they routinely conduct their own hunts. Regardless of when you decide to do your hunt though, be sure to plan who from your team will do what and where they will be. Your walkie talkies will come in handy for keeping tabs on what's going on from everyone's point of view. You'll want to set up all your equipment in the appropriate rooms. This includes fixed monitoring devices like motion sensors, infrared cameras, as well as all the gear that will need to be hooked up to record the information. Any handheld devices such as Geiger counters, EMF detectors, handheld cameras and, digital voice recorders will all be part of the equipment you will actively be using to hunt with first-hand. You should plan what questions you want to ask aloud if trying to actively engage in getting EVP responses, as well as any other activities which might bring about a response during the hunt.


Spiritual Caution for Ghost Hunters


A this article came from ghosthunting.com

Searching for ghosts can be a very thrilling experience both physically and intellectually from the standpoint of being able to provide actual evidence of ghosts and other intelligent energy forms. For most researchers, capturing a photograph of a formed apparition in a haunted location, and having those afflicted by the spirit successfully pick it out in a line-up of other ghost photos is solid proof that life exists beyond this physical realm. This can lead to the building of faith in other areas of life, especially religiously and spiritually. However, there are some major concerns you should be aware of before you make the decision to actively hunt ghosts yourself, join a ghost hunting organization, or go to one of the many now commercial ghost tours.

First, as we covered in our Ghost Hunting Tutorial, most ghosts are believed to be still attached to a physical life either because of strong addictions, strong attachments to material possessions and experiences, or as the result of a sudden trauma that took their life, or because of unfinished business that they can't seem to let go of. It is important to note that it is very likely that these souls are the ones most in need of prayer and love. If they knew that love the most either as a concept, or formally as God as we taught religiously, and those souls desired it more than anything else, they would likely have already left the material life they knew and find themselves in the appropriate, related experience which they have built up in their belief system and expected. In other words, most of the souls that are still "trapped" or "drawn" to the Earth and to their physical lives after they have passed, most likely are not yet completely aware of or desire God, love, and all related concepts and truths that apply. Even if they were aware of these things, they are still being held back by something. What this means is that these souls either need help through encouraging prayer, thoughts, and feelings to move forward and let go of the physical life they once knew, or it means they are still sticking around by choice because they refuse to let go of things held in their heart such as anger, terrible sins, addictions, etc.. Oftentimes these souls will haunt and attempt to bring others down. Possession and oppression are real concepts if you believe in them and if you are not spiritually strong and secure you may put yourself in a position in which intentionally negative or evil souls may try and bring you down with them.

It is likely that souls which have chosen a path of destruction, negativity, harm, or evil as we might call it will be drawn to those who are vulnerable in similar ways that they were. These could be people with similar tendencies towards addiction, anger, hatefulness, and much worse. If you are spiritually strong and secure, those who are negative will naturally be repelled by your presence. This is why it is important to bring a priest and other spiritually significant and symbolic items that are believed to repel evil spirits along with you. The items themselves can do nothing, but it is the belief in them that makes them effective. For example, a cross is nothing more than two sticks crossed one over the other, but it is the belief and the meaning that society and our consciousness as a whole as attributed to them which makes them effective. If you doubt your spiritual strength, or the idea of these things causes you to be fearful, then you probably shouldn't engage in it. Ghost hunting is a very mental and spiritually intense activity, which can open doors to your own sinful tendencies unless you are already spiritually strong enough to repel all negativity and evil you might face. Most haunting souls are just lost, others can be extremely dangerous, so you need to use caution each time you place yourself in the middle of a hunt.

The ultimate intention and goal of ghost hunting should not be to communicate with lost souls for guidance. Remember, these are souls that are still drawn here and not into an experience of spiritual love for a reason. Oftentimes they are not individuals that you would want to be seeking your own guidance from. That is best done in solitude through meditation and prayer, between yourself and God (assuming you believe in God in one form or another). Your goal in ghost hunting should be to provide proof to those who are afflicted just as any critically-thinking investigator would, to help any lost souls let go of physicality and move forward, to cast out any negative or evil forces that may be haunting people with harmful intentions, and to bring love, hope, and resolution to all those involved, whether living or passed on. Ghost hunting is not for the spiritually weak, and not for people seeking spiritual guidance. If that is your intention, it would be best to look elsewhere for it as it will likely bring about things that are more destructive rather than constructive in your own spiritual walk.


Ghost Hunting Tutorial: During The Hunt


A this article came from ghosthunting.com

Now comes the time you've been waiting for with lights out, equipment running, and everyone on high alert! It is now time to carry out the hunt you have prepared for and put your gear to work. Most investigators might find it helpful to begin an investigation in prayer for protection against any souls which may be encountered which may have harmful intentions. This is an especially important part of conducting your investigation. Unless you are simply in it for a thrill, how can you ever expect to be of service in helping those who are haunted or in encouraging the souls who are doing the haunting to ever move on past their physical attachments if you yourself do not protect yourself to some degree so that you might be able to be of help and guidance to someone stuck behind. This is vital, be sure to read the Spiritual Caution page for more information about this.

During the hunt you may experience a number of phenomena. Your Geiger counters may measure bursts of radioactivity as may your EMF and infrared equipment. Keep in mind that when ghosts and other paranormal activity does occur, it is usually brief. If it is fixed, it likely has an environmental explanation.

If from your information gathering phase and interviews you have found consistencies, place more of your efforts on detecting that type of phenomena. For instance, if almost every eyewitness says they hear thumping or footsteps, then be sure to place more emphasis on your EVP audio gear. Always be sure to seek any natural explanations as soon as possible. For example, if a loud bang is heard, then immediately use your walkie talkies to ask around and be clear that none of the crew may have been responsible for the sound, or that none of the crew had seen something in the local environment that may have caused it at the time. It is important to clearly record these things as closely to their occurrences as possible. Otherwise if you wait until after the investigation, people's memories may not be as reliable as to the exact order of how things happened. The same goes for all other gear such as infrared cameras. If you see a warm spot or an outline of a person or a body part on an object, make sure no one from the crew recently leaned on the object or could be responsible for the occurrence.

Once you have concluded your investigation, it would be advisable to again end with a prayer and attempt to cleanse the location of any harmful intentions. If someone is being haunted, tell the haunting souls that they need to stop. Use a priest and bring love and kindness into the environment if anything negative or evil has been haunting the location. Although it may seem like a bit of an abstract idea, darkness cannot exist where there is light. If you fill an environment with loving thoughts and feelings, anything destructive, hateful, and dark will naturally want to leave as the light will expose and illuminate everything it is trying to hide. Light and darkness is not intended literally here, but abstractly in an attempt to demonstrate this point. Any evil and negativity is naturally repelled by love and positivity, as it is the opposing force and also the dominant one. Darkness cannot make a light dark, but a single light can illuminate all that is dark. So which of the two do you think is greater? Be sure to bring light to the environment, otherwise you have helped no one and only encouraged that which is evil and destructive in nature. You don't want to be on that side of the coin, as once it has isolated and destroyed others, there is no one left to destroy but itself. Be a light on your investigation.


Ghost Hunting Tutorial: Motives of a Ghost Hunter


A this article came from ghosthunting.com

Ghost hunters are either individuals or groups of people who have come together in an attempt to study and find evidence that ghosts exist. Ghost hunting is mostly a hobby for those who do it, though the motivations are usually a combination of three kinds:

Ghost Hunting for The Sport - involves hunting for ghosts simply to satisfy your own curiosity or for the thrill of it.

Ghost Hunting for Research - involves hunting for ghosts to provide physical proof of ghosts and hauntings.

Ghost Hunting to Help - involves hunting for ghosts in an attempt to help counsel the souls who are still lost and the people being afflicted by those souls so that each can move forward into a more loving experience.

Most ghost hunters do this for all three reasons, and I believe the most important part of ghost hunting should be the third one, to help any lost souls move forward, and also the families that may be negatively affected by those souls. Many ghost hunters organize themselves into local groups of paranormal investigation teams. A local group has most likely already formed in your area. If not, maybe you could be the one to start one! Although the gear and equipment for professional ghost hunting can get a little pricey, most ghost hunting groups provide their services to people and families free of charge.

If you don't already belong to a ghost hunting group, do some searching in your area to see what's around. Some groups are very large and well funded already, while others may just be a few friends who get together with their digital camera on weekends to see what they can find. Ghost hunters come from the occasional hobbyist to the full-time professional paranormal investigator and everything in-between.


Ghost Hunting Tutorial: Types of Ghosts


A this article came from ghosthunting.com

There are a wide variety of anomalies captured on camera that are believed to be representative of a ghost or spirit. The most significant of these findings are apparitions since they are the clearest pieces of evidence, and the most difficult to dispute. The descriptions below should help to get you familiar with some of the photographic anomalies you might experience while ghost hunting:

Apparitions - These are perhaps the most rare and solid pieces of evidence when it comes to ghost hunting. Apparitions are either whole or partial figures that take on the form of a human being, but are transparent in nature. Apparitions are like souls still attached to their physical experience, though they may also be aware that they have passed on. If they are aware of being dead, they may appear with a sign of whatever it was that killed them. For instance, if they were shot in the abdomen, they may appear with a wound on their stomach. Apparitions can sometimes be extremely vivid and rich in detail. Sometimes specific facial features even appear, and they may appear wearing the clothing that they knew in the time in which they had lived. Apparitions are an extremely rare find but are one of the most solid pieces of evidence a ghost hunter can capture. If historical photographs of people who once lived in a now haunted house are available, then the apparition can be compared with those real photos in an attempt to identify who it is that might be haunting the location. Alternatively, apparition photos can be extremely useful in coo-berating witness testimony. For example, if witnesses claim to see the image of these ghosts from time to time, it might help to take the photographed apparition and place it in a line up with a series of other apparitions and see if they can point out which apparition looks like the one they've been seeing. If they can clearly identify the photograph of the apparition as being the one they see on a regular basis, then you have a very hard piece of evidence to back up the claims of a haunting.

Ectoplasm Mists - Ectoplasm is a cloud that appears like an electric vapor. It is often white, gray, or transparent in color and appears in photographs that are believed to be by ghost hunters, spiritual energy. Ectoplasm may look like a web of electricity and can have some natural explanations as well as paranormal. For instance, if the photograph is taken outdoors during cold weather vapor from the photographers breath as well as fog, smoke, or any other naturally occurring vapor can all be misinterpreted as ectoplasm. Thought not as clear of a piece of evidence as a photographed apparition, these still hold a lot of significance when all explainable causes have been removed from the equation.

Orbs and Lights - Orbs are circular, semi-transparent discs that appear in photographs from time to time and are believed by some ghost hunters to be indicative of a ghost's spirit or energy. From personal experience, I have found orbs appearing in my own digital photos as a result of dust, pollen, or other debris in the air. Orbs are much more common in digital cameras today and can easily result when tiny particles in front of the lens reflect the light of the camera's flash. Although there may be paranormal significance to many orbs, and many ghost hunters believe them to be noteworthy, I have come to find that they usually have an explainable cause that is usually physical.

Shadows and More - Other photographs of ghost can include a whole plethora of other anomalies from shadows to lights to funnels and rods. All of these anomalies could have natural explanations as well as paranormal, so it helps to do you research and apply critical thinking before making a claim that the photograph might contain evidence of an actual ghost.


Investigation 1. Fond du Lac Conservation Center A.K.A School Farm


This article is from myspace.com/wisconsinhunters blog
Date: Spring 2008
Team Members:
  • Branden Kennedy
  • Corbet Franzen
  • Mike Toshner
  • Dani Marquard
  • Mike Grahl
Location: Highway 23 near Rosendale, WI
Equipment used:
  • Digital Camera
  • Video Camera
  • Digital Voice Recorder

Results: This is actually our second investigation of this location, the audio of the first was interrupted constantly by wind, as a thunderstorm whipped up in the middle of our investigation. So we went back the following week to conduct another investigation.
The personal experiences throughout the night were astounding. Nearly everyone experienced something. Mike Grahl experienced a pain in his chest that he could not explain. Mike Toshner and Dani both heard stone being moved around as if being piled on top of each other. And Corbet took a picture of what could possibly have been "ecto-mist." Also, while near the grave of a young girl, Dani heard the laugh of a girl in her ear.
Photos taken here had some orbs in them, and possibly ecto-mist, nothing turned up on video, but the voice recorder was the most surprising. Two crystal clear voices unlike any of the team members appeared on the recordings. One while Mike Toshner was doing an EVP session, a voice responded to him asking "is anyone here?" The voice replied "thanks for coming over here." The second voice was recorded by Branden on accident.
The recorder was on while the team was discussing what they would do next and a loud female voice was recorded saying "Don't toy with me!" or "Don't go away!" the voice sounded distraught and was much louder than any of the recorded voices of the team members.
Verdict: Judging by both personal experiences and evidence taken, we believe the School Farm Cemetery to be Haunted.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Ghost Hunting Tutorial: Preparing For A Hunt


A this article came from ghosthunting.com

Before going on a ghost hunt you will want to go through a lot of planning. Although ghost hunts can follow any kind of structure, the most basic and preliminary steps have been outlined for you below.

  1. Find a location
  2. Do Preliminary Research
  3. Gather the Equipment & Plan

Finding A Location

Finding a location for a ghost hunting expedition usually comes about in one of two ways. First, you may actively choose to investigate a location that you yourself have selected. Or second, this could be the result of someone else contacting you to help investigate unexplained phenomena. More than likely, for beginners you will be finding your own locations to investigate. Although ghosts may be able to reveal themselves anywhere, they typically seem to be identified with locations of either great trauma or significance to the discarnate soul. Anywhere there was a major trauma such as hospitals, torture chambers, and abandoned prisons, are likely places to discover souls that might still be attached to whatever major trauma they experienced while living. It is theorized that major and especially unexpected and hate-oriented events that may have resulted in the death of an individual can be extremely hard for some souls to let go of. They may still be drawn to the area where they passed on from, or any other area that is significant to them as it relates to their physical life. This could also include places like a person's home, their favorite retreat, or possibly in the cemetery where they were buried.

The other way of finding locations, people coming to you for assistance, will likely only happen after you or your paranormal investigative team have established some level of expertise and credibility. Keep in mind that when dealing with these kinds of locations, your primary intention should be that of assisting the person or persons who may be afflicted by these hauntings. This often involves cleansing the location and using a priest or some other object or method that has been identified by society as something believed to be of love, healing, and purification, basically things associated with God. More information is available about this in the follow-up section of this tutorial.

Doing Your Preliminary Research

Once you've identified a location, the first part of your investigation will be to gather preliminary research. This includes things like online articles, newspaper clippings, and especially important are gathering witness testimonies from either the people who live at the location or have claimed to experience ghostly encounters there. These don't have to be thorough or in-depth yet, especially if you need to travel a great distance to the location. This should be just enough to get a basic idea on what kinds of phenomena are routinely being experienced at the location. It will also help you with the next stage of preparation phase in your hunt.

Gather The Equipment and Come Up with A Plan

After identifying a location, and collecting preliminary information, you can start the actual planning process of what equipment and supplies you will need to bring. Ghost hunting equipment could consist of nothing more than the basic supplies such as flashlights, walkie talkies, and a digital camera or audio recording device. For many novice hunters, you may only wish to begin hunting with what you already have. However there are plenty of higher tech gadgets that can allow you to view much more of the environment than just your naked eye can see on its own. Devices such as infrared cameras have been especially helpful in documenting and gathering evidence of alleged hauntings. If you don't already have all the gear you need, TheGhostHunterStore.com has a great selection of ghost hunting equipment. Lastly, in addition to your equipment, you will want to bring whatever other tools might be helpful from the previous research phase such as notes, articles, and maps.


Ghost Hunting Tutorial: What Are Ghosts?


A this article came from ghosthunting.com

Ghosts are believed to be the spirits or souls of the discarnate. These are people that have lived before and have refused either knowingly or unknowingly, to leave the physical Earth and move on to a non-physical life. What causes this? Why would some people have trouble leaving behind the physical things they once knew so well throughout their life for a supposed "better place"?

Well the question almost answers itself. While much controversy and criticism has surrounded the idea of what ghosts actually are, let alone if they even exist at all, it is helpful to begin by looking at this from a more religious perspective. Most of the major religions that have taken root over the centuries have all described a life after the physical life. In most cases, this could be said to be our natural state. It is a fairly widely held belief that the "soul" itself is eternal, whereas the physical body, like all things physical, is something with a clearly defined beginning and ending. The soul, spirit, or energy if you'd like to call it that, is something that always was and always will be. Now, this may seem like a hard concept to wrap our physical minds around since everything we know in this physical world is temporary, having a beginning and an ending. However, as the laws of physics states: "Energy cannot be created or destroyed". In other words, this "energy" as we have come to call it is eternal.. it always was and always will be. Energy is what causes all objects to do what they do; it’s what sets and keeps the planets in motion, it’s what makes the sun shine, and it’s also what enables you to get out of bed in the morning and allows you the ability to do whatever it is you choose to do throughout the day. This energy that makes it all happen is eternal. The physical result of that energy, for example the sun itself, or your own physical body, are still all temporary, but the underlying energy that causes it all to work, always exists. Even when the physical object itself dies, the energy changes form or may find itself in a new experience. As physics itself tells us, it can neither be created, or destroyed. If something dies, the energy that made it work does not die with it, it simply changes form as energy cannot be destroyed.

So in applying this to ghosts, it can be theorized that ghosts are nothing more than the energy or soul of someone or something that is still attached to a physical life in one way or another, even though the physical body that was a part of their experience no longer exists. Oftentimes, it is believed that ghosts still have "unfinished business" that they must emotionally let go of or resolve within themselves before they can let go of their physical experience. It is believed that addictions, attachment to material objects, or even just a close attachment to someone who is still living, can all be reasons why a discarnate soul would feel drawn to stick around after they have passed.

This ties in beautifully with what religion teaches us about the soul and the decisions that we make during our physical lives. You see, when we wrong someone, we create a debt where the natural reaction from the person that was wronged is to want to wrong you in return. This could be the act of stealing from someone, intentionally manipulating or hurting someone either physically or emotionally, showing disrespect, anger, or any other thought or intention that is negative and destructive in nature. These things will all create more bad, and keep you and your neighbor from moving on towards building up a more love-filled experience whether that be in the physical or after. You see, how can you ever feel worthy of being a part of something like the concept of "heaven" which is considered all love, when you yourself haven't given love to others? This may not make perfect sense right now, but the point here is that we can't give something if we don't already posses it, and in turn we can't receive it if we don't fully give it away. Ultimately the heaven or hell that results may come from how well we ourselves measure up against perfection and complete love. If we fall short, we will not feel worthy of moving forward and being in that place that is considered perfect. If this is the case, we may feel ashamed or scared to be a part of complete and total love as it will expose all of the bad that we have created or chose to engage in during our physical life.

Although I do not wish to turn this page into a spiritual lecture where I am preaching, I do feel led to share my own understandings in this area. Quite simply none of us are perfect, and none of us have lived a perfect life filled with "all love". Because of this we already know that we will fall short of this perfection ourselves. As a result, it helps to adopt the concept of "forgiveness" so that you can move past these mistakes. By choosing to believe in and follow the idea of forgiveness as was introduced, and shown by example to us in Jesus Christ, we can transcend all of the mistakes and bad that we have created in our physical lives and again be worthy of a heaven that is all love. You see, no one can tell you what to believe, only you can choose that, but I can share from my own experience that I have studied many religious ideas and I personally know that I will never be able to perfect myself on my own because I have already fallen short of complete love. As a result, I accept what our fellow man, Jesus chose to do for us, which was give up his own self for everyone else so that we can bridge the gap between any sin in our lives and the perfect love of all that is. Just try to keep in mind that as was mentioned before, you cannot give something if you first don't posses it, and you can't posses something unless you first give it away. Whichever experience you find yourself in or building towards, know that whether you do good or bad, it will create a debt and a cycle that will breed more of itself. If you're doing good, then this is a good thing, but the bad things are selfish, isolating, destructive and can never sustain themselves eternally. As a result, these things should never be engaged in. But if and when they are, you can choose to follow the example of grace and forgiveness as shown to us by the way that Jesus lived, and in doing so you can move past your own sin and again feel worthy of perfect, everlasting love. Just realize that you must first give away forgiveness to everyone else who has wronged you before you yourself can also receive that same forgiveness.

How does this relate to ghosts you might ask? Well since ghosts have not moved on and seem to be attached to their temporary, physical existence, they likely need help letting go of some things or adopting the idea of forgiveness into their being. Without this, it is hard to let go of the immediate physical things and any unresolved business that may be left behind. Think about it, how would a criminal who just robbed a bank feel about going to the police station just to talk and hang out? They would probably be extremely uncomfortable since they know they've done bad things which will be discovered if they go there. The same applies to the spiritual world and the concepts of heaven and hell. In my opinion, most of the ghosts that still linger are not of the highest levels of spiritual awareness. Oftentimes, these are souls who have done very bad things, or hold a lot of negativity within their experience and refuse to let go of it. This can be extremely dangerous for anyone choosing to ghost hunt who is not very spiritually mature themselves. Ghost hunting can be a fun and rewarding experience that lends itself to providing the physical "proof" you may need to see that there is more to life than mere physicality. But on the other hand, the place from which the proof is coming from, will not likely be of the most "loving" kind. You must be spiritual secure yourself to face these situations healthfully and help the souls move on themselves without them being able to bring YOU down in the process! More information about spiritual caution in ghost hunting is available in the Spiritual Caution section of this website.


No Trespassing


Article from CPS Paranormal

Every paranormal investigator finds that perfect location, but is restricted from entering the property to do an investigation because they have not gotten permission from the property owners to perform an investigation.

Some inexperienced Ghost hunters will ignore that law, and enter the property to perform the investigation. The unlawful way has given these law breakers a sudden extra boost of Adrenalin.

Warning, this is not the appropriate way to perform a ghost investigation, and could land you with a hefty fine, and even behind bars. Not only will there be legal consequences, there will be a fall out. If you are serious about ghost hunting, then entering property illegally will only lesson your and your groups creditability.

Nothing will damage you attempt of establishing a respect paranormal investigation team, then having your names in the local court releases. Stay away from entering properties illegally.

I am aware of how hard it can be to get permission to perform investigations in private properties, including Cemeteries. This is especially true during your early stages of Ghost Hunting.

Just like in the business world, you must prove yourself in order to get the respect and the investigation of private property, but that is not to say that it is impossible.

If you have located a rumored haunting, then the best way to do the investigation appropriately is to contact the owners of the property. Don't do this until you have done a little pre-research of the rumored haunting. You can perform research of the any property through county records or a library, through old newspaper clippings.

Once you have established a history file, and have the listed rumors of a haunting on paper, you are then prepared to confront the owners of the property to ask for permission to conduct an investigation.

Being prepared and equipped with earlier research may impress the property owner, and maybe, the owners absumption will be removed from a skeptic point of view, just enough to allow you to perform the investigation.

Granted, you will run into owners that want nothing to do with it, and for liability reasons will not allow you to enter the property. In this case, you should have a release of liability contract ready to show the owner, that you will release all liability of you and your group when performing an investigation. Meaning, if you get hurt, the property owner will not and cannot be held responsible for the accident. (This type of contract should always be included in your paperwork.)

Some owners do not want any type of publicity, and will express so. Which is why you should have a confidential contract. This will give your permission to publish any results publicly, or keep all evidence, the location, and the owners information private from public view. Meaning, you may do the investigation, but the results, the location, and the personal information gathered, will only be viewable by you and your group and not released to the public. You should always have this contract in your paperwork. This will keep you away from any legal allegations.

No matter how hard you try, you may not get permission from some property owners. Give them a business card of your group, just in case the owner changes his or her mind, and move on. The investigation will not begin until, you have gained full permission to do so.

You may also find that you may run into owners, who would be extremely excited to have you perform the investigation on their property. Thanks to the new breed of paranormal investigation shows on television, more and more owners are finding out the benefits for having their property declared, well, haunted.....

You may find that some property owners are aware of their properties hauntings, but will refrain from allowing you to investigate the property because they may be scared of what the entities will do if they allow you to intrude on their territory. Some people may feel that leaving things be, well is the best coarse of action.

Two ways to go with this, either respect their wishes and move on. Or educate them on your investigation tactics, and how you can help them rid of these entities, or live at peace, knowing they are their. (Only perform this if you know specialists, or know what you are doing.)

Always remember, you are working hard to gain credentials, and blowing them with one trespassing offense can ruin any one's Ghost hunting profession...

Always ask for permission


Spiritual Caution for Ghost Hunters


A this article came from ghosthunting.com

Searching for ghosts can be a very thrilling experience both physically and intellectually from the standpoint of being able to provide actual evidence of ghosts and other intelligent energy forms. For most researchers, capturing a photograph of a formed apparition in a haunted location, and having those afflicted by the spirit successfully pick it out in a line-up of other ghost photos is solid proof that life exists beyond this physical realm. This can lead to the building of faith in other areas of life, especially religiously and spiritually. However, there are some major concerns you should be aware of before you make the decision to actively hunt ghosts yourself, join a ghost hunting organization, or go to one of the many now commercial ghost tours.

First, as we covered in our Ghost Hunting Tutorial, most ghosts are believed to be still attached to a physical life either because of strong addictions, strong attachments to material possessions and experiences, or as the result of a sudden trauma that took their life, or because of unfinished business that they can't seem to let go of. It is important to note that it is very likely that these souls are the ones most in need of prayer and love. If they knew that love the most either as a concept, or formally as God as we taught religiously, and those souls desired it more than anything else, they would likely have already left the material life they knew and find themselves in the appropriate, related experience which they have built up in their belief system and expected. In other words, most of the souls that are still "trapped" or "drawn" to the Earth and to their physical lives after they have passed, most likely are not yet completely aware of or desire God, love, and all related concepts and truths that apply. Even if they were aware of these things, they are still being held back by something. What this means is that these souls either need help through encouraging prayer, thoughts, and feelings to move forward and let go of the physical life they once knew, or it means they are still sticking around by choice because they refuse to let go of things held in their heart such as anger, terrible sins, addictions, etc.. Oftentimes these souls will haunt and attempt to bring others down. Possession and oppression are real concepts if you believe in them and if you are not spiritually strong and secure you may put yourself in a position in which intentionally negative or evil souls may try and bring you down with them.

It is likely that souls which have chosen a path of destruction, negativity, harm, or evil as we might call it will be drawn to those who are vulnerable in similar ways that they were. These could be people with similar tendencies towards addiction, anger, hatefulness, and much worse. If you are spiritually strong and secure, those who are negative will naturally be repelled by your presence. This is why it is important to bring a priest and other spiritually significant and symbolic items that are believed to repel evil spirits along with you. The items themselves can do nothing, but it is the belief in them that makes them effective. For example, a cross is nothing more than two sticks crossed one over the other, but it is the belief and the meaning that society and our consciousness as a whole as attributed to them which makes them effective. If you doubt your spiritual strength, or the idea of these things causes you to be fearful, then you probably shouldn't engage in it. Ghost hunting is a very mental and spiritually intense activity, which can open doors to your own sinful tendencies unless you are already spiritually strong enough to repel all negativity and evil you might face. Most haunting souls are just lost, others can be extremely dangerous, so you need to use caution each time you place yourself in the middle of a hunt.

The ultimate intention and goal of ghost hunting should not be to communicate with lost souls for guidance. Remember, these are souls that are still drawn here and not into an experience of spiritual love for a reason. Oftentimes they are not individuals that you would want to be seeking your own guidance from. That is best done in solitude through meditation and prayer, between yourself and God (assuming you believe in God in one form or another). Your goal in ghost hunting should be to provide proof to those who are afflicted just as any critically-thinking investigator would, to help any lost souls let go of physicality and move forward, to cast out any negative or evil forces that may be haunting people with harmful intentions, and to bring love, hope, and resolution to all those involved, whether living or passed on. Ghost hunting is not for the spiritually weak, and not for people seeking spiritual guidance. If that is your intention, it would be best to look elsewhere for it as it will likely bring about things that are more destructive rather than constructive in your own spiritual walk.


Characteristics of EVP


Article from CPS Paranormal

The following list of characteristics will provide a sense of how EVP sounds and the nature of the phenomenal voices.


  1. Transform EVP: The first group of characteristics are specifically for transform EVP, which are thought to be formed by the transformation of audio frequency energy into a simulated voice.
  2. EVP are Distinctive: EVP have a distinctive character of cadence, pitch, frequency, volume and use of background sound. The voices have a distinctive sound to them that is difficult to describe. For instance, EVP messages often have an unusual speed of enunciation; the words seem to be spoken more quickly than normal human speech. Regarding this peculiarity, Konstantinos2 wrote, “The best way I can describe it is that it’s almost as if each word is spoken quickly, yet the pauses between the words are of a natural length. The combination of these two speed factors makes for the peculiar rhythm and perceived speed.” You may also notice that the paranormal voices often have a hollow and/or monotone quality.
  3. Frequency Range: EVP are sometimes received at higher or lower time base than normal speech. The enunciation of words is not just faster, but the frequency range of the phrases is sometimes higher than normal human speech.
  4. Missing Frequencies: Italian researcher, Paolo Presi,4 has reported that spectral analysis of EVP samples has shown that the fundamental frequencies of voice associated with the human voice box are sometimes missing in EVP. He describes the typical EVP as a “thickening” of the background noise to form the voice.
  5. Precursor Sounds: Sounds are often heard prior to an occurrence of EVP. Although these vary in nature, they tend to be within tenths of a second of a phrase and are a “popping” or “clicking” noise reminiscent of the “squelch” sound caused when the automatic gain control engages as the “push to talk” button is depressed on a Citizens Band radio.
  6. EVP Show Evidence of Being Limited by Available Energy: Alexander MacRae5 has noted that the utterances tend to have about the same amount of audio power in their associated sound wave from one EVP sample to another. That is, a short EVP will tend to be louder than a long EVP. A very long phrase might be composed of two or more average-length phrases separated by minor pauses. Also, an utterance may trail off at the end, as if the energy is being depleted before the message is delivered. Again, this is as if the communicator is attempting to manage available power as “packets” of energy. The evidence is very strong that EVP are energy-limited phenomena.
  7. EVP are Complete Words or Phrases: Researcher Alexander MacRae has also conducted considerable analysis of EVP messages, determining that a message is typically one to two seconds in duration and is not truncated at the beginning or end. If EVP were crosstalk, they would often begin in the middle of a word. EVP messages are usually complete thoughts, as well.
  8. EVP are Found by Playing the Soundtrack Backwards: One of the more bizarre characteristics of EVP is that CPS does not recognize is an EVP that seems to be garbled, but that makes perfect sense when the soundtrack is played in reverse. By this, we mean to say that the sound track is played so that the voice of the experimenter can be heard speaking backwards, but the EVP can be heard speaking forwards. As with the ability of communicating entities to anticipate questions by placing answers into recording media before the question is asked, the phenomenon of reverse track EVP provides important hints as to the nature of time.
  9. The Voices in EVP are often Recognizable: It is common for an EVP to contain the recognizable voice of the discarnate person thought to be speaking. It is also common for that entity to say something that was typical of what he or she would have said while in the physical. Their personality clearly remains intact even though the person no longer has a physical body.
  10. Mundane Voices are Sometimes Transfigured: A communicating entity will sometimes re-modulate or transfigure the experimenter’s words into EVP. In one striking example, the words of a French-speaking radio announcer were changed, mid sentence, into an English spoken EVP. The EVP was clearly inappropriate for what the announcer had been saying.
  11. Party Line: Some EVP sound as if they are comments intended for someone other than the experimenter. This is much like momentarily listening in on a party line telephone call. It is not uncommon in both field and controlled recording situations to record comments that seem as if unseen people are discussing the experimenter’s actions in much the same way that you might discuss the activity of someone that you were watching.
  12. A Need for Background Sound Sources: Research has shown that the voice in EVP is formed as “a thickening” of ambient sound energy. This is an opportunistic use of sound energy that often results in no or largely missing voice box frequencies and an unnatural arrangement of other frequencies usually formed by the passage of the fundamental frequencies through the mouth.13 Also, EVP has been recorded by audio-recording devices or processes which have been isolated from ambient sound by such techniques as removing the microphone, and in some instances, acoustically isolating the recording device.” Because of these characteristics, it is standard practice to assure in some way the availability of ambient sound for voice formation, even while isolating the recording device or process from uncontrolled ambient sounds, such as crowd noise.
  13. Layered EVP: Experimenters often complain about having several layers of EVP in the same location of the recording media. This is especially common when more than one background sound source is used during the experiment. For instance, if a fan and radio static is used for background sound, a message might be found in the fan noise and a second message might be found in the radio static—both in the same segment of sound track.
  14. EVP is Found Wherever the Experimenter Listens: This suggests that the source of audio noise is not a factor for EVP, so long as the audio energy is suitable for voice formation. In practice, the majority of techniques for recording EVP involve sound conditioning, rather than unique forms of psi detection. For instance, up scaling infra-sound so that it can be heard by human ears or down scaling ultrasound, really constitute techniques of sound conditioning, and the resulting EVP is not evidence that the utterance was formed beyond human hearing, but that it was formed when the audio energy was made available to the recording process.

Portals and Doorways


Article from CPS Paranormal

This type of haunting, or paranormal phenomena, is the most controversial type of haunting that has been documented to date by paranormal researchers. The idea that this type of activity may actually exist is still mostly theory and conjecture... although evidence is starting to be collected which may actually prove these "portals" exist. The problem is that this type of haunting is the least understood and least traditional of all types of spirit activity.

Many ghost researchers reject the theories behind "portals" because they do not fit into their accepted ideas of haunted places.... but we cannot afford to do this. We cannot afford to just reject off-hand something that we simply do not understand. Just think, if we had done this, many researchers would still be thinking that "poltergeist" activity was the work of evil spirits.... and not activity caused by the hidden depths of the human mind. So, strange and untraditional or not, the idea of the "portal" must be examined because evidence is starting to appear which just may surprise the doubters among you.

The idea of a "portal" or a "doorway" to another dimension is not a new one. Many researchers believe that there are places all over the world that serve as "doorways" from our world to another. These doorways are thought to provide access for entities to enter our world. They may be the spirits of people who have lived before, or they could be something else altogether. Some researchers even believe that they could be otherworldly beings from another dimension.

If that sounds far-fetched, believe me, it isn't as strange as it sounds. The entities sighted, reported and even photographed around what many believe to be "portals" could be the spirits of the dead.... or something much stranger.

If locations like this do exist and they are "doorways", isn't it an easy assumption to make that these spots could have been labeled as "haunted" over the years by people who have seen things near them that they couldn't explain? I believe this has probably happened quite often and these places didn't become "haunted" as other places do (through tragic events or death)..... these locations had already been that way for many, many years.

One of the most common locations for these "doorways" seem to be in cemeteries. Now, as a rule, most cemeteries are not haunted, but in the past few years, ghost hunters have collected dozens and dozens of anomalous photographs taken in cemeteries. There seems to be no explanation why many of these cemeteries would become haunted unless they provided access for spirits, or entities, to pass from one world to the next.

Of course, some of the cemeteries are haunted in the traditional manner.... it's the ones that aren't which causes the puzzle. It is possible that these sites were "haunted" long before a cemetery was located there. It is possible that the psychic draw of the area was what caused our ancestors to locate a cemetery there in the first place. They may have felt there was something "sacred" or "spiritual" about the place and without realizing why, they placed a burial ground there and made it a protected place.

The Native Americans chose their burial grounds in this manner, although they did it consciously. They found a place to bury and honor the dead which they felt was more closely connected to the next world. Many of these locations are now considered to be "haunted" or at least inhabited by spirits.

So why not our own cemeteries? Could our own ancestors have not chosen the sites for our own burial grounds in the same manner, albeit in an unconscious way? These "doorways" could be passages to the next world and the entities captured on film here could be the spirits of the dead... passing back and forth between two worlds..... or they could be something far stranger.

And, as I will show you in a few moments, graveyards are not the only places to find these doorways. I believe they exist in other places too. In fact, these doorways, and the strange entities that come through them, may just be the explanation for many of the sightings that have plagued the annals of paranormal research for years. For some time, investigators have attempted to dispel the some of the myths that "ghosts are evil" and that "they hurt people"..... but what if we are wrong, at least partially?

I don't believe that ghosts can hurt you... at least not the discarnate personalities of the dead. There are certainly cases of people being injured in hauntings, but most of these cases boil down to poltergeist phenomena, caused by a human agent and not a ghost at all. It is the other type of case that worries me.... the cases of strange beings that cannot ever be described as human, terrifying visions, and yes, instances of people actually being injured by the entities involved in the case.

What if these creatures are not ghosts at all? But strange entities that we cannot understand... who have passed into our world via these "portals"? We have to consider this... as it may provide many answers to cases where traditional methods of ghost investigation have not worked. This theory might even explain the "negative" spirits that are commonly reported!

So what does all of this mean? I will have to leave that up to you to decide....Are "portals" real and do they really connect with another world, or another dimension? I believe the possibility is very strong! For now, the theory involves a lot of speculation but I do believe it has merit and should not be dismissed without much more study and research.

If we refuse to consider the idea, then where does that get us? Even after all of these years, the paranormal sciences are still in the beginning stages. All that we can do right now is to speculate and theorize and try to gather as much evidence as possible that something is out there.....And in some cases, that something may be stranger than we think.


Toddler Declaired Dead Wakes Up At Funeral


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A 2-year-old Brazilian boy suffered cardiac arrest and was declared dead after he was unconscious and unresponsive. During the funeral arrangements the next day, the family got the surprise of their life when the little boy came back to life.

Kelvin Santos was rushed to the Aberlardo Santos Hospital in Belem, Brazil after suffering respiratory failure and cardiac arrest last Friday. After being unresponsive for hours, the boy was officially declared dead due to complications from bronchial pneumonia. The toddler’s body was then sealed into an airtight body bag before being transported to the family the next day.

As they started to make the necessary funeral arrangements, the boy’s aunt noticed some subtle movements which she ignored until the boy suddenly opened his eyes, only to return to unconsciousness.

As if that wasn’t enough of a shock, during the wake a few hours later, Santos sat up and said, “Father, give me water.” After people started screaming, the boy again became lifeless.

The family returned Santos to the hospital where he was finally declared dead. The family waited again for a miracle, but the boy never returned to consciousness again.

“Dead people don’t just wake up and talk,” said Antonio Santos, the boy’s father. “I’m determined to find out the truth.”

Santos has since been buried. The family filed a malpractice suit against the hospital.

While shocking, this is not the first time this has happened. A similar case happened in Argentina last April where a baby was found alive in the morgue 12 hours after she had been declared dead. Also, last May, a man also “resurrected” from the dead in Egypt after hospital officials had pronounced him dead.