Right after Jason and Grant unclog a drain, they get a call from case manager Brian Harnois: He's fielded a report of an apparent poltergeist playing with and throwing a little girl's toys.
The job is many miles away, in Altoona, Pa., and Jason and Grant have to clear the trip with their wives and get time off from Roto-Rooter. Grant's wife Reanna is upset but understands. Jason's wife Kris is getting fed up with this whole ghost-hunting thing.
In Altoona, the team sets up in the girl's room and in the attic. Donna interviews Brenda, the girl's mother, who asks the team to bless the house whether it's haunted or not; Carl obliges.
The team analyzes its data. While the camera found nothing, the digital recorders picked up electronic voice phenomena — which, after being electronically processed, appears to be the voices of deceased children. One says, "They don't want us." Another says, "Can I come in?"
Brenda's home seems to have strong paranormal activity. She's thankful for the validation. For the team, the hard work and the long drive have paid off.
Mishler Theatre and Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum:
Location: Altoona, Pa
First Aired:
13 October 2004
Guest Starring: Brian Bell (TAPS Web Administrator)
In Altoona, Pa., the TAPS team investigates the historic Mishler Theatre. There, according to the owner and employees, the ghost of the late owner, Mr. Mishler, has been heard walking on the catwalk above the stage, seen walking into a wall where his office used to be, and apparently puffing up a cloud of cigar smoke around one of the theater seats, which then folded up as though someone just got up from it.
For Jason, the big mystery is not about these strange occurrences but rather about what happened to an expensive boom mike — part of the equipment Brian Harnois is in charge of. Jason tells Grant he's tired of losing equipment and that Brian is skating on thin ice. Brian is also overreacting to every little noise and trick-of-the-light at case sites.
The team also investigates the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum, where the spirit of a railroad worker has reportedly been seen walking the halls.
Neither the theater nor the museum prove to be haunted. The theater did have some plumbing problems, though.
The Lighthouse Inn and Stone's Public House:
Location: The Lighthouse Inn: New London, Conn. Stone's Public House:Ashland, Mass.
First Aired:
20 October 2004
The Lighthouse Inn in New London, Conn., may be haunted by the ghost of a bride who, in 1930, fell down the main staircase and broke her neck. Tension escalates between Brian Harnois and Brian Bell over responsibility for the equipment.
In the tunnels below the Inn, Steve is "touched" by an unseen force putting about 15 pounds of pressure on his back, while Kristin — Brian Bell's girlfriend and fellow TAPS member — monitors a sudden 20- to 30-degree drop in temperature.
The findings prove inconclusive. But Steve's experience and credibility — he's a police officer — carry a lot of weight with Jason.
Next stop is Ashland, Mass., and Stone's Public House, a tavern built in the 1800s. There a little girl died after having been hit by a train, and she supposedly now haunts the establishment. In one room, the team records a weird light with no apparent source. In the same room, an EVP reveals the spoken words "We're not…."
A trip back to the tavern reveals the light was from one of the team's infrared illuminators. The EVP remains unexplained. Jason feels an ongoing investigation is warranted here.
Race Rock Lighthouse:
Location: Long Island Sound, off the coast of New London, Connecticut.
First Aired:
27 October 2004
The Lighthouse Inn in New London, Conn., may be haunted by the ghost of a bride who, in 1930, fell down the main staircase and broke her neck. Tension escalates between Brian Harnois and Brian Bell over responsibility for the equipment.
In the tunnels below the Inn, Steve is "touched" by an unseen force putting about 15 pounds of pressure on his back, while Kristin — Brian Bell's girlfriend and fellow TAPS member — monitors a sudden 20- to 30-degree drop in temperature.
The findings prove inconclusive. But Steve's experience and credibility — he's a police officer — carry a lot of weight with Jason.
Next stop is Ashland, Mass., and Stone's Public House, a tavern built in the 1800s. There a little girl died after having been hit by a train, and she supposedly now haunts the establishment. In one room, the team records a weird light with no apparent source. In the same room, an EVP reveals the spoken words "We're not…."
A trip back to the tavern reveals the light was from one of the team's infrared illuminators. The EVP remains unexplained. Jason feels an ongoing investigation is warranted here.
Eastern State Penitentiary:
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
First Aired:
3 November 2004
The team investigates Eastern State Penitentiary, an historic landmark where ghostly apparitions have been reported.
While in cellblock 4, Ghost Hunters cameraman Dave Hobbes gets spooked by a "black shadow" and runs out with Brian Harnois, whom Jason and Grant later accuse of being "non-professional."
Back at TAPS headquarters, footage from cellblock 12 shows a moving shape that corresponds to stories of a ghost-prisoner in the corridor. This convinces Jason and Grant to return for two nights, to see whether they can disprove the evidence before putting TAPS' reputation on the line.
During the return investigation, Brian Bell is caught leaving his post at the monitor. Jason tells Grant to deal with him. Tensions run high.
Using a thermal-imaging camera, Jason and Grant disprove the cameraman's "shadow" as a reflection. But in cellblock 12, for the first time in a long time, the two comrades experience the same sensations and see the same moving shapes while together.
Their inability to replicate the walking shape through physical means convinces Jason that the prison is haunted. He believes skeptics will find a way to disprove this, so he and Grant will put the footage on the TAPS Web site so the world can decide.
The Converted Church:
Location: New York
First Aired:
10 November 2004
Steve presents TAPS with a case concerning some friends of his — a goth couple in upstate New York, living in a converted church. They say they've seen the specter of an elderly man and have heard loud banging sounds in the night. Also, an entryway door seems to open by itself.
The house is decorated with horror-movie posters and a variety of rubber heads and limbs, making for an eerie atmosphere. The plumbing is new, at least. Jason and Grant have the team do EMF and EVP sweeps and set up cameras. Andy later disproves the door opening by itself, showing Jason that when the outside door is shut, this causes the entryway door to click and swing open. Jason explains the noises as wood expanding and contracting in the 19th-century building in response to the vibrations of the church bell ringing.
Back at TAPS headquarters, Steve, Andy and Brian Harnois look over the video footage and discover an orb that is perfectly round and moves with seeming intelligence. But Jason shoots it down as either a bug or just a common electrical orb. The Findings: Although the house is spooky, it isn't haunted.
The Armory:
Location: New Bedford, Mass.
First Aired:
17 November 2004
Guest Starring: Mike Dion (Investigator)
The team investigates a New Bedford, Mass., armory, built in 1903, where people are actually afraid to come to work because of mysterious disturbances there.
In a room where a sergeant had hanged himself, Jason and Grant, using a thermal-imaging camera, see a strange mist pass in front of them. Because it registers on the thermal, it's obviously warm, which is highly unusual.
In an extraordinary turn, Ghost Hunters soundman Frank DeAngelis, up on the armory catwalk, falls backward onto it. "Something just went right through me! I swear to God!" he says, unable to move. His back hurts from the fall. His chest feels like a heavy weight is on it from whatever hit him.
"I got cold," he tells the team as he lays on the floor. "It was somethin' right through … right through the floor it seems … came up and just took me up and snapped my head back." Medical Section Chief Sgt. Joe Rebello of the U.S. National Guard examines him. Medically, Frank is fine. But he is traumatized and crying.
An examination of the video footage shows Frank falling backwards. Amazingly, his sound gear flies up by itself as though something is pushing it up. But Frank's hands are both holding the boom mike.
Jason and Grant agree that this is most probably the most violent paranormal account ever caught on camera.
Fortuna And Topton:
Location: Philadelphia, Pa
First Aired:
24 November 2004
At the Fortuna apartment building in Philadelphia, Pa., a residence for college students, occupants have seen a blonde woman at the window of the attic-floor apartment, knocking on the glass and saying, "Help me." Residents have also heard singing and mysterious voices.
Jason and Grant quickly disprove the phenomena: The acoustics of the house are such that anyone talking or singing on the roof, where many parties take place, can be heard downstairs. The mysterious woman turns out to be just a blonde girlfriend of someone next door who could have gone out on the roof for a smoke and been locked out — a routine occurrence, according to the neighbors. The finding: no ghosts here.
The team's next stop is the Topton House pub, established in 1859, where the spirit of a little girl trips people in the restaurant and has allegedly moved a glass of soda. In addition, owner Francine's oldest daughter claims to have smelled roses in the cellar and heard murmuring.
A hole in the basement, which leads out to the pub's garden, explains the rose fragrance. Ultimately, after all the footage and EVPs are reviewed, no sign of paranormal activity is uncovered.
Back at TAPS headquarters, Jason shows soundman Frank DeAngelis the footage of himself being pulled to the floor by an unseen force in the New Bedford (Mass.) Armory (from the previous episode). Though freaked out by the recording, DeAngelis does say that he now has some sense of closure about the incident.
New Boston Inn and Gloria's House
Location: New Boston Inn: Berkshires, Gloria's House: Pittsburgh, Pa
First Aired:
1 December 2004
Guest Starring: Mike Sinclair
Investigator Mike Sinclair, the founder of O.R.I.O.N. Paranormal and a TAPS family member, has called in TAPS to co-investigate the New Boston Inn, built in 1737, in the Berkshires.
The tour includes the ballroom where, in 1805, a woman named Harriett was shot and killed on her wedding day by a former boyfriend. Mike took a picture depicting a shape on the wall that he believes may be Harriet's head. He also got extreme EMF readings at he same time he took the picture and recorded heavy orb activity, as well.
Andy Andrews and Grant disprove the orbs as bits of blown insulation from the attic. Exposed electrical wiring near the ceiling explains the high EMF readings. TAPS investigator Amy Andrews, a photography expert, discounts Mike's "head of Harriet" as most probably dust or a reflection.
But Grant can't explain how, after noting the position of a pen on a desk in a room and locking it up, returned to find the pen had mysteriously moved a couple of inches.
Next stop is the home of Gloria Fritz-Ulbrich and her daughter Genny in Pittsburgh, Pa., where strange things have been occurring for years. Most recently, Gloria saw a ball of light move slowly across a room, hit a metal cabinet lock and burst into sparks. During her pregnancy, Genny felt a burning sensation while sitting on the couch and, when she lifted her shirt, saw scratches on her belly. Gloria is terrified to sleep in her bedroom, where she claims she once saw a green mist.
The Findings: Both Grant's experience at the Inn and Genny and Gloria's stories are striking, but the team finds no hard evidence that either location is haunted.
The Negative Entity and Adam's House :
Location: Albany, N.Y
First Aired:
7 December 2004
The TAPS team goes to Albany, N.Y., to investigate a possible demonic or inhuman entity, a.k.a. a "Negative Entity," at the Johnson residence. Linda Johnson, a "sensitive," claims to have been grabbed by the throat by an unseen force and says she has been hearing voices and seeing ghostly shadows ever since she was a child — more so since her son left for college.
In one of the rooms, Grant hears strange "gasps" behind him. Then he realizes they're coming from the elderly cat lying on the bed; the animal's nose "whistles" while she sleeps.
Brian Harnois records a dramatic temperature drop in the son's old bedroom. But he realizes later that his digital thermometer was being affected by electrical interference.
The findings: Nothing conclusive, but Jason doesn't disbelieve Linda. He suggests that TAPS member Keith Johnson contact her to explore her situation further.
The next subject is Adam Zubrowski, who lives in the house his grandparents built. He alleges to have been hearing a disembodied voice. Also, a box of shot glasses that were on a dresser in his bedroom mysteriously ended up on his bed in the morning. A heavy oak basement door slammed shut and locked itself, and Adam refuses to go down into the basement alone. Adam fears he's crazy.
The findings: Two unexplainable EVPs are detected; one has a loud hum with what sounds like whispering under it. The other definitely sounds like an eerie voice saying, "I miss Adam." Adam isn't crazy, but his house seems haunted — fortunately, by friendly spirits.
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