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We all watch it. EVERY ghost hunting show sets up and records at night. Does that mean that ghost only come out at night? Hardly, in fact ghosts are far more active in the day time. Life and death aren’t all that different. If your a night person in life then your a night person in death. That being said 80% of the earths population are daytime people so most ghosts are more active in the daytime as well. The best time to capture paranormal activity is 6-8 am and 4-7pm.

So if ghost are far more active in the daytime then why are the shows shot at night. It’s because we associate darkness with being spooky and our brain is more likely to accept anything as “paranormal”. These people aren’t silly they need ratings so some of the “evidence” is actually just “made for tv” aka faked to get you to watch. I’ll let you decide what’s real and fake because I’m not getting into that today but I will say all the shows do capture some real evidence so faking it for ratings is a necessary evil to keep the show on the air.

Ghosts don’t sleep. They have no need. They do however need to regenerate energy and that takes about 6-8 hours a day so I guess you can say it’s a ghost sleep. Anyway they tend to do this in the time periods that they normally slept in life however there are exceptions to this. You see the older the ghost the less of a recharge is needed. So if your say a 500 year old ghost you need maybe an hour a day. So for the most part on these shows shot at night they mostly capture older ghosts or ghosts who were “party people” or “tweakers”.

So on your next hunt try adding a few daylight hours and you might be surprised by the results.

I want to add a small disclaimer to this blog post because it’s more of a rant than anything else. Also I wanted to say sorry for not updating in awhile but I just renewed the domain for 2 more years so I’ll try to post a lot more

And now the rant…

Over the many years I’ve been around people who seek out ghosts and other paranormal beings and I’ve notice a trend of issues I tend to have with most of the “professional” groups. The main problems listed below certainly do not apply to everyone however I would say it would be really rare that any group didn’t have at least one of these.

1. Paranormal Investigators who don’t know how to read their equipment, or set their sensitivities so high they set it off at just about anything to include a car driving a freaking mile away. A good idea would be to read the instruction manuals and practice before you go out into the feild.

2. People who think everything’s an orb. Actually, most of the time it’s dust or you have dirt on your cheapy digital camera. Clean the lens and move on and nobody really cares about an orb because they do not prove ANYTHING.

3. Everyone say’s they are a psychic. They maybe but I’ve rarely seen anyone who could give me any useful info.

4. Overactive imaginations. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for a vivid imagination but come on people just because your heart is racing when your in a graveyard at night dosn’t mean your near a ghost.

5. Chatty Kathy’s. Maybe it’s a nervous thing, but more often than not many people seem to have this uncontrollable urge to talk and talk instead of just experiance the hunt.

So if this is you fix it now or nobody will ever want to go hunting with you. Sorry again about the rant but it needed to be said. Keep it spooky guys and happy hunting

I actually have a few things that bug me when it comes to modern day ghost hunter TV shows. First off why do we call them ghost hunters? They’ll never capture a ghost so wouldn’t ghost observers be more fitting or paranormal evidence hunters? Also most of the  emf stuff in most cases is your mind taking a random regular everyday noise and convincing you it’s a ghost because thats what you want it to be.

Please stop showing me pictures of dust, firefly’s and lights reflecting off of shinny objects and trying to convince me they are ghosts. Also viewers are smart and thanks to HD we can tell when your using wires and other objects to fake shots *cough Grant Wilson*. However my biggest pet peeve of all is why do they only look at night? Do they think a ghost will not be out in the day time? They shoot at night because darkness is  spooky and it aids in playing tricks in the viewers minds. Please guys of all the ghost shows on TV start realizing we’re not idiots and treat us right or we’re going to start changing the channel.

The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield will offer fifteen overnight Ghost Hunts in the old prison. The hunts, by the nonprofit Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, will take place on March 13 and 27; April 10 and 24; May 7; June 4, 12 and 25; July 31; Aug. 14 and 28; Sept. 3; Nov. 12 and 20; and Dec. 11.

Each self-guided hunt will be limited to a hundred participants. The hunts will run from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. Tickets are $65.

Additionally, the society is offering 8 Ghost Walks through dark halls and corridors in the prison house.

The dates for the guided tours are May 23, June 6 and 18, July 9 and 25, Aug. 20 and 29 and Sept. 5. These tours run from 8 to 10 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for children 12-17.

The society also offers Sunday afternoon tours from May through early September. There are three different tours and they start from 1 to 4 p.m. on a rotating basis every 15 minutes.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children 7 to 17. Discounts are available for multiple tours.

The prison was built in 1886 and housed an estimated 154,000 prisoners in its 94 years.

It’s appeared in such films as The Shawshank Redemption and Air Force One.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the reformatory boasts the world’s largest free-standing steel cell block.

For those of you who keep asking me if there is going to be a Ghost Hunters Live episode this year on SciFy please watch the video below. If your wondering if you should believe this show or not this should answer your questions.

A 29-year-old Canadian woman died in an accident the police are calling “misadventure.” The unidentified woman and her male friend were exploring a building near Bloor and Spadina streets in downtown Toronto, in search of ghosts.

The unidentified building had been rumoured to be haunted, and the pair had been exploring the building in the early morning hours of September 10th. The police report stated that the couple had attempted to jleap across a portion of the building either three or four stories above the ground. The woman unfortunately fell to her death.

Her male partner made it across safely. Police believe the pair are not students at the University of Toronto.

An unconfirmed press release from two Toronto-based paranormal researchers, published on their blog, cites the building location as One Spadina Crescent. Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier issued the release in response to what they say was an overwhelming number of media queries following the news of the ghost hunter’s accidental death. The release states that Darroch and Didier are not aware of any paranormal activity at One Spadina, but state

” … the only thing that could be possibly “paranormal”(?) in nature is a rumoured curse with the building… that university departments and other elements housed there have seemingly “bad luck” in the building.”

The building is located on the University of Toronto’s downtown campus. Spadina Avenue is one of Toronto’s oldest streets, often referred to as the “heart” of Toronto. The building itself was constructed in 1875. The building has been used as a theological college, World War I military hospital, a Veteran’s hospital and a pharmaceutical laboratory. It was purchased by the University of Toronto in 1972.

In 2001, professor David Buller was found murdered in his art studio, located in One Spadina Crescent. Buller died of stab wounds, and his murder remains unsolved to this day.

It’s things like these that make me want to point out please be safe when your searching for ghosts. Also be sure to get the land owners permission and exercise common sense.

I bet you didn’t know this but US Airways Center the home of the Phoenix Suns is haunted by the ghost of former Suns head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons. He looks out for the hometown team and is actually really upset with current ownership because in his opinion they are not men of their word.

Why hasn’t Cotton past on? He’s actually waiting for the Suns to win a ring because after his 2nd stint as a Suns coach he promised he’d be with the Suns until they win a ring….

So here’s to you Cotton and maybe you can trip Kobe or maybe poke LeBron in the eye or something…

So you’ve been watching some of the popular ghost hunting shows on TV and wanted to give it a try. Below I’ve listed some great places for a novice to start with.

1. Abandoned Hospitals
2. Old Asylums
3. Battlefields
4. Haunted Woods
5. Old buildings (Warehouses, Mills, Factories)
6. Bodies of Water (Lakes, ponds)
7. Schools
8. Cemeteries
9. Jails
10. Haunted tours or walks

Make sure to have a plan before you go and try to stay safe