Ghost Hunters Thread & Personal Ghost Experiences & other Paranormal Talk.

[PrincessKsMom]

Danalee:

That does sound vaguely familiar, but I can't remember what it was from. I only know about the new show from an email I received from Travel Channel and it said it was a new show -- I didn't even see the preview Pikester mentioned. I'm all for new, scary, nighttime programs, especially on the weekends, so hopefully this new show will pan out. I love the GH guys, but I need more! I'm a girl with needs!

 

[zackiedawg]

Here's the link:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1977009
for the ghost story. It was a little verbose for my taste. But the OP claims to write as a hobby so that explains that part. The players in the story seem over the top, but in California who's to say?

Thanks Herd for the read on my ouija story. I do tend towards verbosity...I enjoy writing, so it just tends to flow that way. And given that it's Halloween month, I thought it deserved to be a little more descriptive. But everyone likes different writing styles, which is OK by me!

You're right - California is a bit wacky when it comes to characters...though I can promise you the descriptions of each are quite true. My father being part of the Hollywood wackiness (producer/director) would explain why he has such strange bedfellows. I've always been a bit more of a straight-laced outsider in that world...though I love him, my father and I are very different men...and I'm the responsible one.

I can't say what happened that night was spirit-related, evil-related, manmade, magic, etc. - I'm skeptical by nature and don't like to influence other people's beliefs. But I can say that it all happened - I didn't make up the events in the story or the players...just tried to make it read a little more dramatically.

This thread, by the way, has gotten me interested. I actually have not heard of this show, but it sounds like something I might enjoy. At first, by the descriptions, I thought it sounded like a show which uses special effects to pretend ghosts exist, or was strictly for believers. But as I read through the thread, then Googled the show, it looks like it is presented more in a documentary fashion..where you can watch them in their hunt for proof of ghosts, and form your own opinion about what they capture on video or audio. If that's the case, I think I'll have to tune in and catch this show!

 

[Nancy]

I fell asleep around 8-8:30 last night. My daughter woke me up with a "Mom Ghosthunters" I kinda half woke up and heard an voice with an accent and thought "oh GHI rerun" and went back to sleep. I did cathc part of the 2nd showing and realized it wasn't GHI. I was semi interested last night. The flashlight was kinda cool and Steve ringing the bell was funny..but the rest was just so so. I'm going with 5 ghosts.

I also didn't hear the sliding sound or the footsteps, but I did hear the little ding sound. And the door moving? I notice myself that if you move a light the shadows move and sometimes that makes it look like something moved when it didn't.

 

[TSMAMI]

It was on Sci-fi once before its the one where the brick comes flying up and they run out of the building. Most haunted starts at 8 and goes until 3am I believe. Another one to check out is the Booth Brothers, Children of the Grave and they are supposed to show Spooked.

 

[danalee]

Thank You, princessKsmom & tsmami I didnt think I was crazy, well a little crazy maybe!
Gotta love October at least we get a little spooky overload for awhile!

 

[Syrreal]

Most Haunted is on now.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

FYI First gave this weeks show a 5. It was boring! I know soon it will be time for GHI again. OR do you think they are going to dump that one and start a new one with Barry, Joe and Christin Gartland? Even though last night was boring I dread the time when they go back to GHI.

I do not know if it was on here or on another thread but someone mentioned Lisa Williams. I checked out her show on LIFETIME. You can get the full episodes on their website. She was really pretty good.

 

[Nancy]

My youngest is at a haunted house tonight (set up for halloween, not a real one) It better be good because it has a 20.00 admission!

Go check out the scary story thread mentioned here earlier, I posted a neat picture there.

 

[wardfamily1]

zackiedawg, love love loved your ouiji story! I give it 10 ghosts.

I have an odd story that I'll tell in a little while. It just happened to me yesterday. I want to get caught up on a couple of other threads before I post here.

 

[Nancy]

Watched Most Haunted on and off last night before I fell asleep with maybe an hour left to it. I don't know but I just can't get into that show as must as GH. For people that have been doing this for a while they sure do get freaked out fast. And if I heard her say "did you hear that?" one more time I would have screamed. "No, no one hears it but you guys"

Then the whole seance/ouiji board thing...I didn't know that professional people use them , plus the whole time I'm thinking "wth is wrong with you people? Don't you know never to use one of those?"

Who watched it and what did you think? I didn't watch the webcam stuff on-line but maybe I should have, some of those comments seemed like they were seeing more then the team was that we were seeing on TV.

 

[wardfamily1]

Ok, here's what happened yesterday.

DD8 was goofing off at the top of the basement stairs, dancing silly and stuff. I was on my way to the basement when I saw what she was doing. I immediatly yelled at her to stop it because not only was she acting like a fool, her shoe was untied. I start walking down stairs and she's following me, but slowly because she's acting goofy again. I get to the bottom and look up, she's only about 1/3 of the way down the stairs because she's doing some kind of funky walk as he comes down the stairs sad2: 8 year olds). I immediately yelled at her again because she was being dangerous and her shoe was STILL untied even after I told her to tie it. Once she got to the bottom of the stairs I really gave her an ear full. At this point I'm at the bottom of the stairs and she has her back to the basement, like she is facing up the stairs. This is because I'm pointing up the stairs and yelling at her. I said 'DD, I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MY GRANDPA DIED FROM FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS. HE FELL AND CRACKED HIS HEAD OPEN AND WE FOUND HIM RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM' (POINTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS) Then at this point I grabbed her shoulders so I could really drive my point home to her. I said "I ALREADY FOUND ONE PERSON I LOVE DEAD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS BECAUSE THEY ACCIDENTLY FELL, I DON'T WANT TO FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! Just as I said that the light behind DD went dim. We have dimmer switches on our basement lights, the knob kind not the slider kind. Strangly enough, I was startled by it but not really scared. In my mind I immediately thought that may it was my Grandpa saying "Yeah, what she said." DD didn't notice because the light was behind her. I didn't want to say anything because she'd be afraid of our house for the rest of her life.

I went up stairs and brought DH in the bedroom and told him so the kids couldn't hear. He immediately said, "I'd just chaulk it up to coincidence." He said this because he thought it was something like when the refrigerator kicks on the lights dims for a second in the kitchen. He said "but it got bright again right?" I explained to him that the light actually got dim, that the actual dimmer switch was turned. So he insisted I bring him down and show him with the light. I was in tears at this point, it freaked me out more than I originally thought it did. I brought him down and showed him, he said 'that is weird!' The knob was turned about 1/4 turn and there is some tension on the knobs, they couldn't just 'slip'.

He said maybe it was a sign from Grandma Clara (because she died in our home back in December). I told him that I thought it might have been my grandpa (like I said above). Who knows. I was shook up about it after everything sunk in. I'm not afraid though, I'm not getting any scary vibes or anything in the house. I think whatever (or whoever) it was, it was friendly.

 

[sha_lyn]

Wow wardfamily
It certainly sounds like a loved one was backing you up there

I'm so sorry to hear about how your grandpa died. Have you mentioned it before, it sounds familiar

 

[wardfamily1]

Wow wardfamily
It certainly sounds like a loved one was backing you up there

I'm so sorry to hear about how your grandpa died. Have you mentioned it before, it sounds familiar

Nope I never mentioned it before. I never 'heard' anything from him since he died 16 years ago. I've often wondered if the people that bought his house ever heard from him. I'd love to ask them, especially since my grandma died in that house too. I think if I went knocking on their door asking them if they've seen dead people, they might call the police.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

Ok, here's what happened yesterday.

DD8 was goofing off at the top of the basement stairs, dancing silly and stuff. I was on my way to the basement when I saw what she was doing. I immediatly yelled at her to stop it because not only was she acting like a fool, her shoe was untied. I start walking down stairs and she's following me, but slowly because she's acting goofy again. I get to the bottom and look up, she's only about 1/3 of the way down the stairs because she's doing some kind of funky walk as he comes down the stairs sad2: 8 year olds). I immediately yelled at her again because she was being dangerous and her shoe was STILL untied even after I told her to tie it. Once she got to the bottom of the stairs I really gave her an ear full. At this point I'm at the bottom of the stairs and she has her back to the basement, like she is facing up the stairs. This is because I'm pointing up the stairs and yelling at her. I said 'DD, I'VE TOLD YOU BEFORE, MY GRANDPA DIED FROM FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS. HE FELL AND CRACKED HIS HEAD OPEN AND WE FOUND HIM RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM' (POINTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS) Then at this point I grabbed her shoulders so I could really drive my point home to her. I said "I ALREADY FOUND ONE PERSON I LOVE DEAD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS BECAUSE THEY ACCIDENTLY FELL, I DON'T WANT TO FIND ANOTHER ONE!!!! Just as I said that the light behind DD went dim. We have dimmer switches on our basement lights, the knob kind not the slider kind. Strangly enough, I was startled by it but not really scared. In my mind I immediately thought that may it was my Grandpa saying "Yeah, what she said." DD didn't notice because the light was behind her. I didn't want to say anything because she'd be afraid of our house for the rest of her life.

I went up stairs and brought DH in the bedroom and told him so the kids couldn't hear. He immediately said, "I'd just chaulk it up to coincidence." He said this because he thought it was something like when the refrigerator kicks on the lights dims for a second in the kitchen. He said "but it got bright again right?" I explained to him that the light actually got dim, that the actual dimmer switch was turned. So he insisted I bring him down and show him with the light. I was in tears at this point, it freaked me out more than I originally thought it did. I brought him down and showed him, he said 'that is weird!' The knob was turned about 1/4 turn and there is some tension on the knobs, they couldn't just 'slip'.

He said maybe it was a sign from Grandma Clara (because she died in our home back in December). I told him that I thought it might have been my grandpa (like I said above). Who knows. I was shook up about it after everything sunk in. I'm not afraid though, I'm not getting any scary vibes or anything in the house. I think whatever (or whoever) it was, it was friendly.

Ward, Look back on the thread I had this type of thing happen several times and NO I do not think it was the refridgerator. Most likely it was your grandfather telling you he was there.

 

[wardfamily1]

Ward, Look back on the thread I had this type of thing happen several times and NO I do not think it was the refridgerator. Most likely it was your grandfather telling you he was there.

Yeah, that was DH's first impression because he just asumed the light got bright again. He was a little freaked out when I told him it didn't and brought him downstairs for the demonstration. The light dimmed a LOT.

 

[wardfamily1]

In the GH spirit, I thought I'd post this picture

I went to Henry Ford Museum today and they have this new exhibit of famous costumes from movies. They also had the original Ghost Busters vehicle in the same exhibit.

 

[Bella the Ball 360]

In the GH spirit, I thought I'd post this picture

I went to Henry Ford Museum today and they have this new exhibit of famous costumes from movies. They also had the original Ghost Busters vehicle in the same exhibit.

Hey wouldn't it be funny if the GH guys drove up in that to a location. Then again maybe not because it would make them look less then credible.

 

[sha_lyn]

How cool. We havn't been to the HF museum in several yrs (7-8 I would guess) but we went to Greenfield Village 2 yrs ag. Will have to hi HF next trip.

 

[sunkist]

I watched a little bit of Most Haunted last night, I could not get into the host. I watched a little bit on-line, I could not tell what I was looking at, the picture was not clear, I don't know if it was my computer or thats just they it was. They are no Grant and Jason.

 

[legalsea]

I Tivo'd Most Haunted, as usual. As I said to my wife: It is fake, but pretty well done.

Why, for one instance, would a camera-man keep his camera on people's faces, rather than the Quigi board? EVERYTHING is caught 'off camera'.

Anyway, very lame episode. "I feel the knockings underneath my feet!" is about the best they had to offer. Plus, when they are in the Jenny house, you could clearly see cars passing by in the back, yet the moderator goes 'nuts' over 'flashing lights' (obviously made by the head=lights).