Scarefest

This weekend a few member of our team attended Scarefest in Lexington Ky. Presented by Ghost Chasers International (aka. Patti Starr), its targeted to those folks who love paranormal stuff and horror movies. Interesting combination wouldn't you say? Of course, we went down to mainly partake in the paranormal side of things but were quite surprised at the other vendor booths and seminars dedicated to the best the horror movie industry had to offer.

I am not a horror fan myself. I love a good suspense/thriller but just can't handle the blood and gore movies. For those who do really dig that type of thing, there were a few celebrities who were more than willing to sign pictures and paraphernalia for you. Some of them included Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest), Sid Haig (House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects) and Kane Hodder (portrayed Jason in Friday The 13th) just to name a few.

I was there to learn more from some resident paranormal experts. There were many seminars available over the three day event and all offered something unique to everyone. The biggest thrill for me was listening to Chip Coffey (Paranormal State and Psychic Kids) talk about his psychic abilities and field questions from the audience.

He drew a large crowd in his seminar and the Q & A session was lively.

The event overall was well organized and the seminars ran like clockwork. I was also thrilled (completely an understatement!) to see an ad for our investigative team in the program! What a fabulous way to get the word out! Thanks much to Pattie Starr for awarding us that opportunity!

As far as future investigations, we have two possible cases coming in the future - one is an abandoned house here on the east side of Cincinnati (if the owners are willing!) and one occupied home in Louisville Ky. I have stories on both of these houses and we are more than ready to tackle both!


Stay Tuned!

Alcatraz orb

In our excursion to Alcatraz I managed to snap a picture that contained an "orb". I am skeptical of orbs since they can manifest from dust particles, light, etc. What leaves me questioning this one is the fact that I did not see any other orbs in any of the other photographs while I was at the old prison. The place is not a dusty old cavern of a prison, but I guess dust particles could appear just about anywhere. This shot is taken in the old Dining Hall.

Close up shot.

PIC - our new name!

A little change of pace for this old blog. As you know we have been doing a little ghosthunting since October 2007 and we are now ready to move forward with the name of our team so we can put our best foot forward!

Anyone who is interested in having us investigate locally in the Cincinnati area can reach us at ghosthunters@paranormalcincy.com. Our investigation of your unexplained phenomena is free of charge.

More to come!

Investigation update!

As some of you recall, my very first ghost blog was about our visit to a co-workers house. It appears that the female spirit is no longer occupying the house since our visit. I have learned recently that spirits should never be asked to leave a home or they will do so and that will be the end of that.

Well, that is what happened the day of our investigation. My co-workers husband told the spirit to run when we arrived. Methinks that this urging to run - from someone who the spirit respected greatly - and our little visit could have contributed to the spirit vacating the premises. I was also told today that all of the pictures that were taken of this spirit have mysteriously disappeared from the house. Neither my co-worker nor her husband can find them. This is very odd indeed. I have asked her to let me know when she locates the pictures again.

Something just didn't feel right when we were in the house that night. I am not claiming to be sensitive to a ghostly presence but I just had a feeling in my stomach that she was simply not in this home.

If I hear more about this case, you will hear it first here.

Ghosthunting and beyond!

Ok....with one seminar under our belt (this past weekend) we are now looking forward to more advanced seminars and ghost hunting with a local group. We have both managed to compile a nice set of tools that will really get us started in the right direction.

We successfully completed round one of training with Patti Starr - Ghost Chaser International founder. I think we both found her experiences to be quite enlightening and she had our complete attention. We ended our day with another walk through a nearby graveyard (which supposedly was rich in EVP activity) but it was so windy again I just ended up picking up a lot of my voice and sounds of the wind. So if I did manage to get a mumbled EVP I wouldn't be able to rule it as something viable with the surrounding noise. I am wondering if we should just choose a calmer day for these outdoor type of investigations or if there is a better way to record during such a windy day?

I think one of the biggest things that I have learned from our seminar is that self-promotion is the key. If we want to investigate more often, then we have to make sure that people know that we perform ghost hunt investigations.

The next thing that has amazed me is just how many ghost hunting groups there are in this area. We were brainstorming a bit on a "name" for our humble little ghost hunting group and as I Googled all of our choices..........even the ones we didn't like were already claimed by other area groups. This is a bit of a bummer and a bit of a set back because in order to promote what we do, we should have a name to promote. However, since we are in the early stages, we do have lots of time to ponder something more unique.

Future activities for us include - a trip to Alcatraz during our vacation in May and a ghost walk through Sonoma. While tours through Alcatraz may not reveal much, I have heard that there has been ghostly activity in the historic prison - especially in solitary confinement cells, etc. So one never knows if we will actually see anything or not.

I will also have another shot at the nursing home again - this time at night and with more time to wander around. I intend to arm myself with simple tools and do a few walks around the facility to see if I can nab another EVP. Methinks that the old spirits that inhabit this place are likely not to have seen the likes of a ghost hunter before so I am hoping for some interesting EVP activity.

So as we move along with our ghost hunts, I will post more in the near future! There is definitely more to come!

Things are happening!

Slowly but things are happening on the ghost front! We will be attending a few seminars on ghost hunting in the next few weeks which should sharpen our paranormal skills just a bit. It doesn't hurt to learn from other folks who have been doing this for awhile.

Stay tuned for more updates!