Ghost Hunting and EVPs
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So you wanna try ghost hunting?
Many people will give you advice on Ghost Hunting, some good and some bad, but take it from me, a skeptic that is slowly changing his mind, try whatever works for you. Being an audio production professional for just over a quarter of a century, I know sound, so I jumped in with the collecting of EVPs (electronic voice phenomena). These evps are said to be able to be recorded because the voice of those in the spirit world cannot always speak within the same frequency as when they were living, but many recording devices can do this on playback. This lens will focus on what I have heard through my experiences. I will have some actual audio files for you to hear, so you can make your own decisions.
Undisputed
Keep in mind an EVP is a VOICE phenomena, however some cool things can also happen that cannot be explained yet can be recorded. While some EVPs are direct responses, the first 2 EVPs I have for you were collected with no one in the building. I have recently heard the term ENP (Electronic Noise Phenomena) coined for the non-voice stuff...because they are noises that are extraordinary, such as footsteps or banging of furniture when there is no physical source. A couple of evps when no one is in the building.
- 081911 0200am by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to 081911 0200am by Gil T. Wilson: ghost hunting in an abandoned church many strange sounds including footsteps and someone/something touching the recorder.
- 082511b by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to 082511b by Gil T. Wilson: abandoned church this time with some voice? anomalies, and thumps...but w/ no one in the building.
Ghost hunting apparel and accessories
Sometimes the ghosts are the least scary thing:
- Owl by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- We were searching for a ghost town in the middle of nowhere, 3am, pitch dark and this is the scariest thing we heard.
This is what I use
well worth the expense...and hey, it can double as an mp3 player or audiobook player.
Investigating a graveyard
- Reed 091611 1am by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to Reed 091611 1am by Gil T. Wilson: Baker Cemetery where the First woman in Illinois to be hanged is buried. There are lots of reports of evps at Elizabeth "Betsy" Reed's grave
3 different hours in the same place.
- 091211 12am by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to 091211 12am by Gil T. Wilson: different night at same abandoned church...sounds like it was going to be a good night..but not much this time.
- 091211 1am by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to 091211 1am by Gil T. Wilson: the next hour just a couple more noises
- 091211 2am by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to 091211 2am by Gil T. Wilson: another ghost hunt where there didn't seem to be much going on. However, I was monitoring in my headphones on this one and heard this
Once again the same recorder I use...this time w/ some accessories.
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I debunk most of what I hear but I've tried everything on this one...we were in another room while the recorder was in the room of a house of a woman that wants the spirits gone. In fact after the sound you hear one of our team try to imitate the sound...we heard it real time and on recorder. The extra weird part is the drop out of the background noises before the moan happens.
- Hr091511moan by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to Hr091511moan by Gil T. Wilson: investigating a house that a woman is having spirits that won't leave her alone.
this is a weird tidbit...in which something causes the background sound to drop out.
- 091511around 9;30 pm after resident went to sleep. by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud
- Listen to 091511around 9;30 pm after resident went to sleep. by Gil T. Wilson: captured this weird voice...you tell me what you hear around 8 seconds in.
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how about some TVPs (Twitter Voice Phenomena)
- I ain't afraid of no ghosts.
- good bye all.. i'm just signing off.. may all the ghosts and ghouls haunt you guys!! have a nice hauntings!!!
- Ghosts of the past are springing up everywhere. Honestly, it's confusing and frustrating. #makeupyourmind
- #50thingsihate that people don't believe in evolution or big foot or ghosts or not flushing pee
- RT @IndianPains: Goes to the haunted house at a carnival. Sneaks up on the ghosts.
- @TreySaari I still have ghosts. I'm waiting for you to start filming paranormal activity 4 with me.
- What if farts are the ghosts of dead poops
- @hayeslady I hate to be a spoiler, but at the end of your movie you've been dead the whole time. That's why you can explore the ghosts!!!
- @BrandNu_ ghosts always seem to be like that don't they? Damn troublemakers hahaha
- World's Scariest Ghosts Caught on Tape (1 of 3): http://t.co/PK5D77z3 via @youtube
The same womans house but this time walking through with a medium.
- Hr082911b by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to Hr082911b by Gil T. Wilson: investigating a haunting w/ a medium part 2 ....are they talking to us?
- Hr082911 by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to Hr082911 by Gil T. Wilson: investigating a haunting w/ a medium interesting results
Other digital recorders
other recorders I've used
these are some reviews of some recorders I've worked with
- Field Report: Olympus LS-11
- All in all the Olympus LS-11 is perfect for anyone seeking a solid recording device for any professional use.
- Field Report: Sanyo Xacti ICR-XPS01M
- Gil Wilson finds the Sanyo Xacti ICR-XPS01M is a must-have in the arsenal of any audio production professional where field recordings are standard.
and a few more.
Lots of ENPs in this collection.
- Rest100211b superbowl by Gil T. Wilson
- Listen to Rest100211b superbowl by Gil T. Wilson: for fun someone asked who's gonna win superbowl...well we got an answer. at the end of the recording i boosted the volume on the answer
- 090611 3am by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to 090611 3am by Gil T. Wilson: investigating an abandoned church @ 3am. It was a fairly active night. lots of thumps and sounds.
- Hr082911 by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to Hr082911 by Gil T. Wilson: investigating a haunting w/ a medium interesting results
- 082511b by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free
- Listen to 082511b by Gil T. Wilson: abandoned church this time with some voice? anomalies, and thumps...but w/ no one in the building.
- Rest100211 name by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud
- Listen to Rest100211 name by Gil T. Wilson: we asked for a name..i think we got one.
- 100911 waterfountain area. by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud
- Listen to 100911 waterfountain area. by Gil T. Wilson: investigating a local school
You gotta have the right accessories, right?
Some books to help you out.
Margie Kay is a Paranormal Investigator based around Kansas City
Her books are good ideas on where to look in not only the Kansas City area but she also lists National and International haunted places.
"The Ghost Hunter's Field Guide" by Margie Kay
Book Review
"The Ghost Hunter's Field Guide"by Margie Kay
Published 2010 by 7th Planet
204 pages
With the emerging world of digital technology, especially audio and video, it seems that ghost hunting is the thing to do. You see it all over cable television and for years many communities have some sort of paranormal society or ghost hunters. If you think you may want to take up the night vision goggles and camera and find your own phantasm, this may be the book for you.
Margie Kay has put together a handbook for the professional or amateur ghost hunter with a personal touch. Through her years of ghost hunting (33 or so to give you an idea) Margie has had her share of experiences in the paranormal. She is a trained psychic and paranormal investigator and has been instrumental in solving over 30 missing persons cases, numerous homicides and thefts using her unique clairvoyant, clairaudient, clairsentient, and remote viewing abilities, which she has honed over the years with amazing results. She has amazed investigators and law enforcement with her abilities and accuracy, in some cases getting names, addresses, streets, and license plates as well as descriptions of victims and perpetrators. And she still finds time to hunt ghosts.
In this book she not only gives a great checklist of the items to take on your next paranormal adventure, but she even provides hints on how to acquire some items, even when budgets are tight. Such as some children's toys that could be helpful, or even checking out eBay for some good deals.
Margie uses her experiences to tell the reader how to handle different situations and what to expect in many situations. Through the book are stories of how many of her haunted experiences have gone, from her team being called in to investigate dark shadowy figures haunting a house to what could be recorded impressions from past events while setting up shop in historical downtown Independence, Missouri.
Not only did this book provide nice how to information but also what to do to invite the spirits to "show" themselves. Many of the television shows about ghost hunters approach with a view to try to debunk the hauntings first, kind of like a scientific approach. Margie uses that but also throws in the mix a spiritual/psychic level to the experience so that maybe all that cannot be explained can be observed in a reasonable light. While the information was very nice, I have to admit reading the various experiences she talks about was some fun reading that sometimes, I had to make sure the room from where I was reading was well lit.
Margie closes out the book with an extensive list of haunted sites you can visit and do your own phantasmagorical research. In this list she provides contact info as well as whether or not the sites are open to public or if you have to call in advance to arrange private sessions.
There are also listings of Radio/TV ghost hunting broadcasts that you can tune in and get hints.
So, whether you are a professional Ghost Hunter, hobbyist, or simply curious this book would be the perfect handbook, to keep in your bag of tricks.
"Haunted Independence" by Paranormal Researcher Margie Kay
Book Review
It's time now to sit back with a cup of warm milk and tell some ghost stories. Normally I would pair a book up with some coffee or something but I think warm milk or if you need a comfort drink make it hot chocolate with marshmallows, because I think the high caffeine may make you a little more jittery than what you need reading this book.
Margie Kay is a psychic, paranormal researcher, radio talk show host and chimney sweep. With all that wrapped into one she's got some interesting stories to tell. In this book she tells some haunting tales from her hometown of Independence, Missouri.
She has put together some stories of such hauntings as the famous 1859 Jail in Independence (now a tourist site, but once held notorious outlaw, Frank James), Mound Grove Cemetery, Old Independence Library Building (where you may see the "lady in red") and more. One thing I will warn you be prepared for a few chills up your spine. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, Margie Kay tells the facts of what her research has put together about a city just within theKansas City Metro that has lots of documented sightings.
The neat thing about this book is that it is very personal and are experiences she has witnessed herself. Some of these stories sent some chills up my spine. Also I found that reading them alone at night in a radio station that has been in the same building for 50 years I got creeped out by some of the stories. So you may want to leave some lights on and try not to be alone.
Her book also provides some helpful hints, just in case you want to see your own ghosts. Such as how to be in the right frame of mind and some tools of the trade.
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fionamckay9
Sep 25, 2011 @ 2:43 pm | delete
- Blessed - nice lens about an unusual topic, I look forward to reading more.
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gilwilson
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- thank you!
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Jason Dickerson
Sep 21, 2011 @ 4:49 am | delete
- Excellent Lens and quality EVPs......I should know I was there! Lol!
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gilwilson
Sep 28, 2011 @ 10:30 pm | delete
- we need to go get some more....or I need to analyze the stuff i have :)
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Here are some more to stoke that curious feeling.
- 082511a by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud -
- Listen to 082511a by Gil T. Wilson: back to an abandoned church...got some strange noises and knocking.
- 081911 0200am by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud
- Listen to 081911 0200am by Gil T. Wilson: ghost hunting in an abandoned church many strange sounds including footsteps and someone/something touching the recorder when recorder was left alone in building.
- 081811 1143pm by Gil T. Wilson on SoundCloud
- Listen to 081811 1143pm by Gil T. Wilson: EVP session from another abandoned church... only one thing in this file...and it's a voice. we didn't hear this while we were there
"Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife" by Mary Roach
"Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife" by Mary RoachOkay, I can say whether you are a skeptic or a or a "believer," the afterlife, or what happens after we die intrigues all. C'mon admit it you do find yourself curious. Well Mary Roach has written a book for you. For the skeptics, well Mary is one herself, as for the believers Mary Roach seeks out scientific proof of the soul, heaven and the great beyond.
This book "Spook..." is actually a sequel to Ms. Roach's book, "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers." In "Stiff..," Ms. Roach explored what happens to cadavers/bodies after death. So why not go and find out what happens to the soul?
This book tackles the many aspects of the soul. From reincarnation to near death experiences. Mary Roach approaches the subjects with a mix skepticism and open mindeness, but let me tell you she does so with such a great sense of humor that you actually don't realize you are reading scientific material. The book is anecdotal and mixed in with some of the scientific theories of quantum mechanics and the chemicals of the brain, it is a very fun read. Quantum Mechanics fun read??? Yes, and even more so when Ms. Roach shares the stories and interviews.
The author goes out and crosses the globe to find the subjects and professionals involved. From the poorest neighborhoods in India to taking a course on mediumship in England, Ms. Roach goes all out for this book. She also dedicates a lot of time on the swindlers of the Spiritualists movement which occured in the early part of the 20th century in the U.S. In this section she talks about how spiritualists claimed to talk to the dead and even produced "ectoplasm" from thin air. As the investigation continues it is found that the ectoplasm actually is a gauze like material that the female spiritualists would extract from...umm..er...ah ...their nether regions.
The book also covers such phenomenon as Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP), the weight of the soul (21 grams?), electromagnetically induced hallucinations, a legal case involving life after death, and more. In each of the sections she uncovers evidence that could go either way...but usually tended to lean more toward debunking (or maybe that's the skeptic in ME).
In the end when forced to say whether she believes in life after death, she says the believers are much more fun to visit a cemetery with than a scientific skeptic, so "What the hell, I believe."
This book is really fun and informative...but I like the fun part more. Really you'll find this book hard to put down.
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various items you may need.
Another book I found interesting
A little history of Ghost Hunting
- "Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death" by Deborah Blum
- Gil T's Pleasures
Book reviews for everyone. "Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death"
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