YOU KNOW THE FEELING, YOU ARE IN A POSSIBLY HAUNTED LOCATION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU GET THIS FEELING AND ALL THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK STANDS UP! WELL, THAT IS A SURE SIGN THAT SOMEONE IS CLOSE BY.  THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE WERE INVESTIGATING OUR FAVORITE PLACE, THE HALEDMAN MANSION. 

WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE BACK UPSTAIRS ROOM, THE TEMP IN THIS ROOM WAS SO FAR ABOVE THE REST OF THE HOUSE, THAT I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING UNUSUAL HAPPEN.  WHILE THE GROUP IS IN THE ROOM, I HAD MY BACK TO THE DOORWAY AND AS I STOOD THERE, I SUDDENLY FELT SOMEONE BREATH ON THE BACK OF MY NECK!  I AM NOT ONE TO MAKE THINGS UP.  THIS WAS REAL.  YOU KNOW THE FEELING WHEN A LOVED ONE GETS BEHIND YOU AND BREATHES NEAR YOU, WELL THIS WAS NOT A LOVED ONE, BUT IT FELT LIKE THAT.

OUR EFFORT TO CONTACT WHOEVER WAS IN THIS ROOM FINALLY PAID OFF AND WE GOT SOME GREAT EVPS SAYING "HELP, HELP ME."  EVERYONE HEARD IT CLEARLY, BUT WE ALSO HEARD "GET OUT OF HERE!" SO WE HONORED THE REQUEST AS IT WAS SO HOT IN THERE THAT I FELT WE ALL NEEDED TO GO TO THE BASEMENT...AND THAT IS ANOTHER PLACE WHERE THINGS WILL MAKE YOU FEEL...THE HAIR ON THE BACK OF YOUR NECK!

THERE ARE TYPES OF EVIDENCE THAT ARE MORE CREDIBLE THAN OTHERS AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AS A PARANORMAL TEAM.  SOME EVIDENCE HOLDS MORE WATER THAN OTHERS, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE EVIDENCE IS NOT REAL, JUST THAT DEPENDING ON THE SOURCE, IT MIGHT NOT BE AS CONVINCING.

SOUT JERSEY GHOST RESEARCH FOUNDER DAVE JULIANO STATES THAT EVPS'S ARE OUR BEST EVIDENCE, AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIM.  PICTURES OF ORBS OR WHITE STREAKS CAN BE EXPLAINED AWAY AS DUST OR OTHER ANOMALIES, BUT A GOOD EVP IS HARD TO BEAT!  WE MAKE SURE THAT WE VIDEO OUR EVP SESSIONS, SO THAT NO ONE CAN ACCUSE US OF FAKING ANYTHING.  IT IS ALSO A GOOD BACK UP IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE RECORDER(WHICH HAS FROM TIME TO TIME).  WHEN THE RECORDER IS PLAYED BACK AND NO ONE HAS TALKED EXCEPT THE PERSON ASKING THE QUESTION, AND YOU HEAR A RESPONSE WHERE THERE WAS NONE, THAT IS  SOLID EVIDENCE.

I KNOW SOME FOLKS USE WHAT IS CALLED A "SPIRIT-BOX" OR "GHOST-BOX", WHICH IS SIMPLY A RADIO TUNER THAT SCANS THRU THE AVAILABLE FREQUENCIES AND STOPS WHEN IT FINDS A WORD.  THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU A RESPONSE FROM AN UNKNOWN ENTITY.  I AM NOT SAYING THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GET A RESPONSE THAT WAY, ONLY THAT IT IS HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE AND NOT SOLID EVIDENCE TO ME.  IT CAN EASLIY BE ARGUED THAT THESE WORDS ARE JUST "COINCIDENCE" AND THAT ANYONE TRYING TO GET A WORD OUT OF THE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF WORDS THAT ARE FLYING THRU SPACE IS NOT THE "BEST" CHOICE OF EVIDENCE.  i CAN SEE HOW SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GETTING GOOD EVPS, WOULD TRY TO UP THEIR GAME BY USING ONE OF THESE, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE LEAST CREDIBLE TYPES OF EVIDENCE.

IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE AXIOM, IF YOU PUT A BUNCH OF MONKEYS IN A ROOM WITH A HUNDRED TYPE WRITERS, EVENTUALLY THEY BY SHEAR ACCIDENT WILL TYPE SHAKESPEARE!  WELL IF YOU LISTEN TO ALL THE WORDS ON ALL THE RADIO STATIONS, EVENTUALLY YOU WILL FIND A FEW THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU.  BUT THAT IS SO FAR FROM SCIENTIFIC, THAT TO BASE YOUR FINDINGS ON THIS BIT WOULD BE FAR FROM SCIENTIFIC OR CREDIBLE. 

NOW, I AM ALWAY UP FOR TRYING NEW TACTICS, EQUIPMENT, AND TECHNIQUES, AND I EVEN HAVE BOUGHT AND AM TRYING THE RT-EVP, WHICH HAS A "SPIRIT-BOX" BUILT IN.  I AM OPEN TO NEW IDEAS, BUT I AM ALSO SKEPTICAL ABOUT ANYONE WHO CLAIMS THAT HE IS THE ONLY ONE TO BE ABLE TO "INTERPRET" THESE BOXES.  THAT IS WHAT THE "INVENTOR" OF THE SPIRIT BOX CLAIMS.  hMMM....NOT VERY SCIENTIFIC. 

A GOOD EVP, AND WE HAVE PLENTY, ALWAYS TRUMPS JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER EVIDENCE.  WHILE I AM OPEN TO NEW EQUIPMENT, I AM ALSO A BELIEVER IN PRESENTING YOUR BEST EVIDENCE FIRST.  TO DATE I HAVE NOT BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THE SPIRIT BOX AND FELL THAT A DISEMBODIED VOICE IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN HEARING AN FM RADIO NEWS REPORT.  TO ME, A GOOD EVP WITH A NAME OR DATE THAT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO SOMEONE IN THE HOUSE IS ALWAYS THE BEST EVIDENCE!

If you like "THE OFFICE", NBC's tv show that highlights Scranton's Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, you should visit this great town in northeast PA.  Scranton is an old city, dating back to the mid 1700's when the valley was first settled and was called "skunk hollow" among other names.  At the turn of the 20th century, it was the first city to use electric trolley cars in america and thus the name "the electric city!"  But there are plenty of ghosts that haunt this electric city.

One of the big places said to be haunted is the West Mt. Sanitarium.  The stories I dug up, indicated that there had been a terrible fire and that hundreds of patients died, being unable to get out.  This simply is not true.  I have been there and investigated this site and yes there was a fire, however it was an arson fire that was set after the place had closed down and been abandonned.  Only one small portion of the several buildings left standing was burnt, the others had no sign of smoke or fire damage, however they were caving in. 

While I got little evidence of spirits while I was there, I assume there would be a few still hanging around, but it is not as active as some other places in that area.  Few EMF's and no EVPS would indicate that the place is fairly clean.  This is not the case however for the Laurel Hill Nursing Home in Dunmore, nearby.

The Laurel Hill Nursing Home is in a building that was built for the PA Coal Company in the early 1900's.  Over the years it was used as a hospital, nursing home and possibly other uses.  Most of the beds and equipment are stil inside, but kids and homeless people have vandalized what is there.  If you can get in, there are 3 floors and aa basement that will take your breath away.  Upstairs on the third floor, I believe they used to have children who had TB or other diseases.  We had all kinds of activity, got EVP's and even heard a noise or two in the same room as I was in!  This place is haunted!  But Scranton has many establishments that date way back.

The Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple is another.  We were fortunate enough to get into this great architectural wonder and do an investigation.  WOW.  4 floors above ground and 2 below!  The building was opened in 1930 and celebrates its 80th anniversary this year!  There are several stages and a concert hall, rooms, hallways, and even a bar!  Having a mason on our team helped get us access to the masonic halls for some ghost hunting!  We got EVP's saying "leave" and one who said his name was "Bob".  We were only there for a few hours and got quite a bit of evidence and we will go back there in the near future!  But wait, there's more.

Scranton is in the Coal Region and this is where the industrial revolution started in this country.  You can still go down in an old coal mine and see what it was like for those men who struggled to build our country.  We were also the first paranormal team to go down into the mine there and do a hunt.  What we found may surprise you!  Crossing over a trapped miner who died in a collapse around 1916, was very cool.  We also had an EVP from a small boy and got two orbs moving slowly when we crossed a 17 year old boy who was in a shaft off the main gangway.  When we crossed him over, the psychic who was with us said "oh, he has a dog..." then on my recorder I can hear a dog bark "Ruff Ruff".  There were no dogs 250 feet below ground with us that day!  It is clear on my audio recorder that this was indeed a dog!  But if you are looking for more haunted sites, just go to Lazy Scranton.

THE SITE OF THE SAMUEL HALDEMAN MANSION WAS ONCE AN INDIAN OR NATIVE AMERICAN VILLAGE FOR A TRIBE CALLED THE CANOI.  BEFORE THAT, THE SUSQUEHANNOK INDIANS LIVED THERE ALONG THE RIVER.  AFTER THE WHITE MAN CAME AND INFECTED THEM, KILLING MOST OF THEM OFF, THE REMAINDER MOVED NORTH AND THEN THE IRAQUOI INDAINS TOOK OVER AND MOVED THE CANOI ONTO THE LAND.  THEY LIVED THERE UP UNITL AROUND 1740.  THEN TWO OF THE STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY WERE PART OF A FRENCH TRADING POST BEFORE BEING SOLD TO THE GALBRAITH FAMILY.

THIS IS WHERE WE FOUND OURSELVES ONCE AGAIN THIS PAST SATURDAY NIGHT.  FRIENDS AND PARANORMAL INVESTIGATORS CRAIG AND DON CAME DOWN TO INVESTIGATE AND WERE PROMPTLY IMPRESSED WITH LAND AND BUILDING.  THEY WENT THRU THE BUILDING WHILE DOUG AND I WERE SEEING TO OUR TENT OUTSIDE.  AS I EXITED THE TENT, I FELT A DIZZY FEELING AND STOPPPED.  i SAID TO DOUG, HOLD UP WE GOT SOMEBODY....  I GOT OUT MY EVP RECORDER AND STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS.  ONE OF THE FIRST WAS "ARE YOU PART OF A TRIBE, LIKE SUSQUEHANNOK?"  THE ANSWER WAS "YES....SUSQUEHANNA......." DID NOT HEAR THE "K" AT THE END, BUT MAYBE THAT WAS SILENT?  AND THAT IS WHERE WE GOT THE NAME FOR THE RIVER THAT RUNS PAST THE LAND, SUSQUEHANNA.  ANYWAY, THE NATIVE AMERICAN GUY BACKED OFF AFTER WE SAID WE WERE JUST STAYING THERE OVERNIGHT AND WOULD NOT DESECRATE THE LAND.  I THINK HE KNEW WE WERE OK.

SO WHILE THE OTHERS ARE INSIDE THE HOUSE, WE ARE GETTING LOUD EVP'S FROM THE YARD OUTSIDE!  THE FACT THAT A THUNDERSTORM HAD JUST COME THRU WAS PROBABLY THE REASON WE HAD SO MUCH ACTIVITY.  LATER IN THE MASNION, WE HEARD DOORS SLAM, PEOPLE TALKNIG AND ALL KINDS OF ANOMALIES.  AT ONE POINT UPSTAIRS, WE HAD NOT SEEN ANY ORBS ALL NIGHT, BUT WHEN WE WERE IN THE MASTER BEDROOM, THAT CHANGED.  DON SAID, "I HEAR A TRAIN COMING" AND THE THREE OF US IN THE ROOM ALL LOOKED OUT VARIOUIS WINDOWS.  I HAD PUT MY CAMERA DOWN FACING INWARD SO I COULD TAKE SOME UV/IR PICS AND WHEN I DID, IT PICKED UP A DOZEN OR SO ORBS FLYING AROUND BEHIND US!!!!  WHEN I SPIN AROUND, THEY ARE GONE!  THESE WERE NO DUST PARTICLES EITHER,  3 FLY STRAIGHT UP TOGETHER AND ONE CHANGES BRIGHTNESS.  SO WHEN YOU CAMP ON LAND THAT ONCE WAS HOME TO NATIVE AMERICANS, BE RESPECTFUL AND IT JUST MIGHT PAY OFF!

WELL, CROSSING OVER SPIRITS IS INDEED AN INTERESTING PROPOSITION AT BEST.  SOMETIMES IT IS EASY AND SOMETIMES IT IS NOT.  ON A RECENT RESCUE MISSION OUTSIDE OF BALTIMORE MD, WE HAD PROMISSED TO HELP A YOUNG MOTHER WHO'S 4 YEAR OLD SON WAS TROUBLED BY THINGS HE WAS SEEING.  AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF GATHERING INFO, SHE EVEN GOT AN EVP OF A GHOST CAT AND A SMALL CHILD SAYING "MOMMY".  NOW IF THAT DOESN'T TUG AT YOUR HEART STRINGS, YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD. 

NOW WE KNEW THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER, WHO HAD PHYSICALLY BUILT THE HOUSE, WAS STILL THERE BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO HIS DUAGHTER WHEN HE DIED.  IT DID NOT FOR WHATEVER REASON AND HE WAS PISSED.  OK, ONE GHOST SHOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH TROUBLE.  THEN I GOT THE CALL ABOUT THE CAT(GHOST CAT) AND THE EVP OF A CHILD, SHE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WAS A BOY OR GIRL.  OK NOW WE HAVE 3 GHOSTS, LITTLE TOUGHER TO GET RID OF 3, BUT WE WERE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE.

WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOUSE AND WENT INTO THE LITTLE BOYS ROOM, WE SAT DOWN AND INVITED THE CHILD TO COME IN AND PLAY WITH US.  MY EMF METER, WHICH I PLACED ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO ME(WE SAT IN A CIRCLE ON THE FLOOR LIKE KIDS WOULD), KEPT RISING UNTIL IT STAYED STEADY AT 0.4.  i TRIED DOING AN EVP BUT COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING SAID, SO I PULLED OUT MY TRUST PENDULUM AND SAID "HERE, YOU MIGHT LIKE TO PLAY WITH THIS!".  IT IMMEDIATLEY STARTED MOVING AND I LAUGHED AT HOW MUCH FUN IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO THAT CHILD.  WHEN I ASKED FOR A NAME, I HEARD IN MY HEAD THE NAME CHARLIE, BUT DID NOT SAY ANYTHING.  SO I ASKED HIM TO SPELL HIS NAME OUT ON THE PAD I HAD DESIGNED AND HE DID, STARTING WITH "C" AND THEN GOING TO "H", SO I SAID "IS YOUR NAME CHARLIE?" AND THE PENDULUM SWITCHED TO "YES".   THANK YOU CHARLIE.  "HOW MANY GHOSTS ARE IN THE HOUSE INCLUDING YOU?"  CHARLIE ANSWERED 5.  SHIT, 5 GHOSTS, I HAVE TO GET RID OF 5 GHOSTS AT ONCE????  I DID NOT THINK TO LONG.  OK EVERYBODY HERE WE GO.  "CHARLIE CAN YOU GET THE OTHERS AND TELL THEM TO COME IN HERE SO WE CAN HELP GET THEM HOME?"   "YES" WAS THE REPLY.

SO WE DID A CROSSING OVER AND 2 OR 3 OF THE SPIRITS WENT, BUT AT LEAST 2 STAYED BEHING AND DID NOT GO.  CHARLIE, WE THINK WAS JUMPING IN AND OUT OF THE LIGHT, BECASUE WE TOLD HIM HE COULD COME BACK ANYTINE ONCE HE WENT IN.  SO I ASKED HIM IF THE "GHOST CAT"HAD GONE INTO THE LIGHT, EXCEPT I FORGOT TO SAY GHOST.  FEARING THAT THE CAT(GHOST) WOULD NOT GO, I ASKED CHARLIE TO HELP ME OUT.  "CHARLIE, CAN YOU PICK UP THE CAT AND TAKE IT INTO THE LIGHT PLEASE?"  NOW THE WHOLE TIME THE OWNER HAD 3 CATS IN THE BASEMENT AND WE HAD HEARD NOT A PEEP OUT OF THEM.  WHEN I ASKED CHARLIE TO TAKE THE CAT INTO THE LIGHT, WE HEARD A CAT IN THE BASEMENT MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND LET OUT A CRY.  IT TURNS OUT CHARLIE WAS DOING WHAT I HAD ASKED HIM TO JUST TO THE WRONG CAT!!!!  HE WAS TRYING TO LIFT A LIVE CAT INTO THE LIGHT AND THE CAT DID NOT WANT TO GO!!!!!! SO I SAID "NO CHARLIE, THE CAT THAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH, NOT THE CATS IN THE BASEMENT!!!
WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH AND WE  FINISHED CROSSING OVER THE OLD MAN(OR SO WE THOUGHT) AND WHEN WE WENT TO LEAVE, THE OWNER CAME RUNNING OUT SAYING THE BEDROOM LIGHTS WERE FLASHIN ON AND OFF.  I TOLD HER CHARLIE WAS JUMPING BACK AND FORTH AND THAT WHEN THE NOVELTY WORE OFF THINGS WOULD QUIET DOWN, WHICH THEY DID.

WHEN I GOT HOME THAT NIGHT, I HAD FORGOTTEN TO SEAL MY CAR AND MYSELF WITH SEA SALT AND  THE GHOST CAT AND ONE OF THE OTHER SPIRITS FOLLOWED ME HOME.  JUST WHAT YOU WANT, A GHOST CAT AND AN UNIVITED VISITOR.  I FELT THE CAT BRUSH BY ME ON THE COUCH AND A COUPLE TIMES  ITS CLAWS SUNK INTO ME, SO I SENT IT ON ITS WAY.  LATER THAT NIGHT, THE OTHER SPIRIT, PROBABLY THE OLD MAN, SHOWED UP IN MY BEDROOM AND INTERRUPTED MY WHITE NOISE MACHINE(TURNED IT OFF). SO I GOT UP AND WHEN I REALIZED SOMEONE WAS RIGHT THERE, I TOLD HIM "LOOK, YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE AND YOU CAN EITHER GO INTO THE LIGHT OR  I WILL SEND YOU SOMEPLACE YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE FOREVER.  HE TOOK THE HINT AND WENT INTO THE LIGHT THAT I OPENED UP FOR HIM AND THINGS HAVE BEEN PEACEFULL EVER SINCE.  WHEN I TALKED TO THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE, SHE SAID MY SON SAID "MOMMY, ALL THE GHOSTS ARE GONE..."  AND SHE SAID, YES, THE GHOST GUYS SENT THEM AWAY, BUT THEY FOUND OUT THAT THE LITTLE BOYS NAME WAS CHARLIE.  THE 4 YR OLD LIT UP AND WITHOUT THINKING SAID; "CHARLIE, CHARLIE IS MY FRIEND!"

OK, SO YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT ORBS...THIS GROUP SAYS THEY ARE JUST DUST...WELL YES THEY CAN BE.  PICTURES TAKEN WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA CAN SHOW ORBS OR ROUND CIRLCES.  DEPENDING ON REFRACTION(LENS AND ATMOSPHERIC), YOU CAN ALSO GET ORBS FROM A FLASH OR LIGHT SOURCE AND EVEN FROM INSECTS AND DUST.  HOWEVER, IN SOME CASES, ORBS CANNOT BE EXPLAINED AWAY BY ANY OF THESE CONDTIIONS AND IN THAT CASE YOU HAVE TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE AND CONSIDER WHAT IT COULD BE.  TO NOT CONSIDER A PIECE OF EVIDENCE JUST BECAUSE IT COULD BE SOMETHING IS NOT SCIENTIFIC IN THE LEAST!

NOT ONLY CAN YOU GET ORBS ON A STILL PICTURE, ITS REALLY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU GET ONE ON A VIDEOCAMERA AND IT IS SHOOTING INTO A WALL OR CEILING!!!!  AND EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOUR CAMERA IS ON NIGHT SHOT AND YOU ARE SEEING HEAT SIGNATURES THAT GET BRIGHTER AND THEN DIM AND THEN GET BRIGHT AGAIN!  WE EVEN HAVE VIDEO OF AN ORB SLITHERING ON THE GROUND LIKE A SNAKE!  ONE OF THE BEST IS IN A BASEMENT AND YOU CAN SEE THE ORB, ACTUALLY IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A FLAME OF LIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IT PAUSE RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AS I WAS GOING IN AND "IT" WAS GOING OUT THRU THE SAME DOORWAY, AND IT MAKES A TURN TO THE RIGHT AND GOES AROUND ME!  LETS SEE SOME DUST DO THAT!!!!

DAVE JULIANO INVITED US TO JOIN HIM AT THE GAR MUSEUM A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHICH WE HAPPILY DID.  DOUG AND I STARTED IN THE ATTIC AND GOT A CONTACT RIGHT AWAY.  IT WAS A MAN AND HE WAS NOT VERY TALKATIVE.  AFTER AWHILE I ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH A WOMAN, WHO SAID SHE WAS ELIZABETH, (JOHN RUANS FIRST WIFE, HE HAD BUILT THE HOUSE) AND ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW THAT JOHN HAD REMARRIED AFTER SHE PASSED.  SHE SAID SHE DID AND AFTER AWHILE WE HEADED TO THE BASEMENT.

NOW DAVE WAS TEACHING A CLASS THAT NIGHT AND WE WERE JOINED BY 8 STRANGERS TESTING OUT GEAR AND TAKING PICTURES WITH CELL PHONES, SO WE WERE NOT HAVING ANY LUCK GETTING EVPS.  WELL I STARTED TALKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND TRIED TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE, SO WE COULD MAKE CONTACT.  DOUG AND I WERE OVER BY THE OLD TUNNED TO THE OTHER HOUSE THAT WAS BRICKED UP WHEN I SUDDENLY FELT MY STOMACH GET UPSET, REALLY USPET.  DOUG FELT IT TOO AND WHEN WE WENT INTO THE OUTER ROOM(WHERE THE STAIRS ACCESS IS) IT HIT ME HARD!  DOUG HAD A BATTERY GO OUT AND EXITED UP THE STAIRS.  i STAYED BEHIND AND WITH THE OTHERS STARTED A RECORDER.  IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THIS ANGRY MAN TO YELL INTO MY RECORDER AND THE FACES OF THE OTHERS WAS A REAL SHOCK WHEN THEY HEARD THE PLAYBACK.  WE GOT A LOUD "GET OUT", WHICH I LAUGHED AT.  YOU CANNOT RUN EVERYTIME YOU HEAR THAT OR YOU WOULD NEVER GET ANY EVIDENCE!  WELL THEN MY STOMACH GOT ALL TIED UP IN KNOTS, A WOMAN TELLS ME HER BATTERY JUST WENT DEAD AND SOMEONE ELSE TELLS ME THEY HAVE A 14 ON THE emf DETECTOR!  I HAVE BEEN AROUND GHOSTS GATHERING ENERGY FOR BAD PURPOSES BEFORE AND I KNEW WHAT THAT MEANT, SO I SUGGESTED THAT WE ALL GO UPSTAIRS NOW, WHICH WE DID. 

THERE ARE ALOT OF GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD OF THE PARANORMAL, THERE ARE ALSO ALOT OF NEGATIVE NELLY'S.  WE CHOSE TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE GOOD ONES!  ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS DAVE JULIANO OF SOUTH JERSEY GHOST RESEARCH AND THE GHOST HUNTER STORE.COM.  DAVE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 25 YEARS AND IS A PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATOR.  WE ALWAY LEARN SOMETHING WHEN WE TALK TO DAVE, AND REALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS KEEP ON LEARNING.  NO ONE KNOWS ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ON THE PARANORMAL AND ANYONE WHO CALLS THEMSELVES AN EXPERT HAS ALREADY GIVEN UP ON LEARNING NEW THINGS OR TRYING NEW METHODS.  SOME PEOPLE GET COMFORTABLE OR ARE BUSY TRYING TO PLEASE A PRODUCER, AND THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL OR HAVE NOTHING NEW TO LEARN.  I FEEL JUST THE OPPOSITE, NO MATTER HOW MANY BOOKS OR RESEARCH I DO, I AM ALWAYS KEEPING AN OPEN MIND FOR NEW WAYS TO DO THINGS. 

ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS COMPLETELY AGAINST WHEN I FIRST STARTED INVESTIGATING WAS THE USE OF A PENDULUM.  THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS WOMAN TAKE IT OUT I THOUGHT, GREAT HOW HOKEY IS THAT.  BUT OVER MANY INVESTIGATIONS, I WOULD BE PROVED WRONG.  SO WRONG THAT EVENTUALL I WOULD HAVE TO RECONSIDER.  I NOW HAVE SEEN THIS WORK SO MANY TIMES AND SO WELL, THAT TO DISMISS IT AS CRAP WOULD BE NOT SMART.  THE EASIEST WAY FOR SPIRITS TO COMMUNICATE IS WITH A PENDULUM.  IT TAKES LESS ENERGY FOR THEM TO MOVE IT THAN IT DOES TO SPEAK INTO A DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDER.  THIS IS ABSOLUTLEY THE CASE.

THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE WERE AT THE HALDEMAN MANSION DOING SOME FOLLOW UP ON OUR HUNT. AFTERWARDS WE WENT TO A GRAD PARTY IN LANCASTER.  AFTER THE DINNER WE ALL WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR MORE FUN.  AS THE PARTY WAS IN FULL PARTY MODE AND VERY LOUD, I CALMLY PULLED OUT A PENDULUM AND A PAD THAT I HAD DESIGNED THAT HAS LETTERS ON IT AND THE WORDS YES, NO, AND HELP.  WITHING SECONDS THE PENDULUM WAS MOVING.  WHAT WAS EVEN MORE WILD WAS THAT IN JUST A FEW SECONDS, THE LOUD PARTY NOISE HAD STOPPED AND EVERYONE WAS GATHERING AROUND THE TABLE ASKING WHAT I WAS DOING.  THE REAL FUN HERE IS THAT ANYONE CAN HOLD THE PENDULUM.  NOT THAT IT WILL WORK FOR EVERYONE, BUT IT WILL FOR MOST.  WITHING MOMENTS OTHERS WERE TALKING TO DEAR DEPARTED LOVED ONES.  I MADE SURE TO GET THEM TO ASK A "TRICK" QUESTION THAT ONLY THEY WOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO.  FOR EXAMPLE, ONE WOMAN ASKED HER UNCLE IF HE WANTED A BEER, HE SAID NO. TURNS OUT HE LIKED MIXED DRINKS!  EVERY QUESTION SHE ASKED RESPONDED WITH A CORRECT ANSWER AND AFTER 23+ QUESTIONS, SHE WAS CONVINCED.   SOME PEOPLE GOT NO RESPONSE AND WHEN I ASKED IF THE PERSON THEY WERE TRYING TO TALK TO "LIKED PARTIES?" THEY SAID NO.  WELL THERE YOU GO, IF THEY DIDN'T LIKE PARTIES WHEN ALIVE, THEY WON'T WHEN THEY ARE DEAD!
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT WAS THAT A BUNCH OF GOOD PEOPLE WERE OPEN ENOUGH TO GIVE THIS PENDULUM A CHANCE AND THAT'S OFTEN ALL YOU NEED.  SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS ON TV YET, KEEP WATCHING, YOU WILL.  IT IS THE EASIEST WAY TO CONTACT A FEW GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE!

WELL SOME PEOPLE MISS THE POINT ENTIRELY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT BURLILNGTON PRISON.  bETWEEN THE TIME THAT I WROTE THAT BLOG AND TODAY, IT SEEMS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO RUN THE PRISON HAVE DONE A 180!  THE GROUP FROM NY IS GOING BACK IN AFTER BEING TOLD TO RESUBMIT THE FORM. PROBABLY TO STOP THE LAW SUIT.  THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE AND OTHER GROUPS WERE BLOWN OFF AND THE COUNTY SCREWED SOME OF US OVER.  A NEGATIVE PERSON CHOSE TO BECOME DEFENSIVE ABOUT OUR CLAIMS THAT WE FOUND MORE EVIDENCE THAN OTHER GROUPS, BUT WE WERE TOLD BY RON REED AND MARISA BOZARTH THAT WE INDEED HAD FOUND MORE EVIDENCE THAN ANY GROUP THEY KNEW OF, INCLUDING GHOST HUNTERS. 
WHEN MARISA BOZARTH CALLED AROUND FOR HELP WITH THE 2009 HALLOWEEN SCARYARD, NO PARANORMAL GROUP AGREED TO HELP EXCEPT US, YOU CAN ASK MARISA HERSELF.  TRUE OTHER GROUPS SHOWED UP BUT NONE OF THEM WERE SCHEDULED TO BE THERE. 
I DO NOT LET NEGATIVE PEOPLE TELL ME WHAT TO DO OR INFLUENCE MY LIFE.  IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT WE ARE SAYING, THEN YOU CAN GO TO ANOTHER WEBSITE!  IF YOU ARE A POSITIVE PERSON, YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WORTH WHILE WITH YOUR TIME AND ARE NOT OUT TO TEAR DOWN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING.  THE BOTTOM LINE IS UNLIKE NEGATIVE PEOPLE AND THOSE WHO WOULD FAKE THINGS(EVEN SOME FAMOUS GROUPS), WE ARE HERE FOR REAL EVIDENCE AND WE ARE FINDING IT.  YOU CAN EITHER JOIN US AND BE PART OF A POSITIVE PROCESS OR NOT.  THE CHOICE IS YOURS.

OK, SO THE VAMPIRE THING IS BIG.  THE GHOST THING IS EVEN BIGGER.  WITH THE AMOUNT OF GHOST HUNTING GROUPS ON THE RISE, IT IS NO WONDER THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO CASH IN ON THIS WAVE. 

I STILL BELEIVE THAT WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND WE SHOULD SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARANORMAL.  GROUPS LIKE NJGR AND SJGR ARE TWO FINE ORGANIZATIONS WHO WORK WELL WITH OTHERS.  SOME GROUPS THINK THEY SHOULD KEEP TO THEMSELVES, WE DO NOT.  WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE PARANORMAL AND WE TRY TO TEACH THAT A RESPECTFUL APPROACH IS ALWAYS THE BEST WAY TO GO.  NOT ONLY WILL IT MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER, IT WILL INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS IN FINDING AND COMMUNICATING WITH A GHOST OR SPIRIT.  REMEMBER, GHOSTS WERE PEOPLE TOO!

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE ON A GHOST HUNT, PLEASE DO NOT WHISTLE, SHOUT, SCREAM, OR MAKE THREATS AGAINST THE DEAD PEOPLE(WHICH IS REALLY NOT A GOOD IDEA), INSTEAD TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS AND YOU WILL FIND THAT GHOSTS RESPOND VERY WELL TO THIS TYPE OF APPROACH.