If like me you’re a big fan of ghost hunting TV series such as Most Haunted and Ghost Adventures you may well believe that the only time to go ghost hunting is at night. This is probably the biggest misconceptions about paranormal investigations out there. Most paranormal investigators believe that ghost activity can happen at …
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If you have a large ghost hunting team, then you should appoint one person as an equipment manager. Their sole responsibility is to check, look after and maintain all the equipment. They need to make sure that the equipment is charged up before use and is in good working order. Spare batteries also need to …
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To run smooth investigations and maintain a good group dynamic it’s important to assign team roles within your group. The main roles are team leader, timeline logger, video monitor, sound monitor, photographer and environmental monitor. If your group has less than six members then you need to double up on roles and if you have …
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Most paranormal groups use audio recorders to try and capture ghostly sounds and noises, but you can also use them to tape interviews and verbally dictate notes, experiences and instrument readings. You can get both analogue and digital recorders but most ghost hunting groups prefer to use digital recorders as they don’t suffer from the …
Last week we discussed how to record ghostly sounds and noises, the most talked about ghostly sound is the EVP but what is an EVP? EVP stands for Electronic Voice Phenomena and it’s the capture of ghostly voices by audio recorders. Friedrich Jürgenson discovered the first EVP when he was recording birdsongs. He heard a …
Most paranormal investigation groups have certain ground rules which they adhere to for their investigations. Here’re some typical ground rules which ghost hunting teams adhere to, whether you choose the same ground rules it’s up to you… Always be respectful and considerate of the investigating property and the owner. Team members should work in pairs. …
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A couple of posts ago we ran through the steps on how to set up your ghost hunting investigation. Well today, I’m going to tell you what steps need to be applied to start your investigation. With all your team at the hub, you will first need to assign two team members to go to …
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Last post I discussed how to kick off your ghost hunting investigation, today I’m going to tell you how to conduct your first session of that investigation… Your first session of your investigation needs to be a lockdown with all your team members staying at your hub. To start the lockdown session the team leader …
In my last post I discussed with you the lockdown which is the first session of a ghost hunting investigation. Today I’m going to talk about the second session… the walkabout. The walkabout is basically when the team members get a chance to walk around the areas of interest. There needs to be kept a …
Over the last couple of posts I’ve discussed with you how to conduct the first and second sessions of a ghost hunting investigation, well today I going to tell you how to wrap up your investigation. Most ghost hunting investigation groups will continue to run lockdowns and walkabout alternatively through their investigation until they feel …
