Debbie receives a phone call from the Myrtles Plantation, and the team heads to New Orleans to investigate its various claims of paranormal activity.
Jason and Grant meet Hester, a plantation employee. She relates to them the haunting tales that guests have reported, including: a wandering slave; seeing children's reflections in a mirror; a Confederate soldier by the pond; and the ghost of a murdered man who died on a staircase trying to reach his wife before he died. During the night, the team puts cameras in the most haunted areas of the plantation
Jason and Grant pick up a temperature change on the stairs with the thermal imaging camera, which shows something in front of them that they can't explain. On a slave path, the camera catches what appears to be a human torso passing in front of them.
A volunteer named Chris and TAPS member Brian Harnois detect Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) in the dining room/ballroom area and think that they see something move. Suspecting a spirit, they ask for a sign of its presence — and right away hear a noise. When Chris is alone measuring electromagnetic fields, he feels something watching him and senses something darting from tree to tree.
As the team reviews footage they see a lamp slide on its own across a table in a slave cabin but are unsure of what caused it to move. When Jason and Grant return to the plantation, they investigate the lamp but can't explain why it moved across the table.
Jason and Grant meet with Hester. They explain that the children who guests saw in the mirror are probably the result of matrixing, and that smudging on the inside and outside of the glass can combine with tarnishing metal to form the image of a face or hand. They conclude that despite the mundane explanation of the images in the mirror, there is enough paranormal activity to call the Myrtles Plantation "one of the most haunted places in America."
Cranston and Grafton
Location: Cranston, R.I. and Grafton, Mass
First Aired:
3 August 2005
Cranston, R.I. — Debbie presents a case involving children Cody and Desiree, who allegedly woke up to something tugging their bed sheets and hurling toys around their room. Patricia, who lives with the children, shows Jason and Grant where a man hanged himself and reports hearing her door rattle in the night and seeing a man at the top of the stairs and at a window. Desiree tells Jason and Grant that a girl ghost wants to play with her.
Jason and Grant help dig up bones in the barn and send them to the police to be analyzed. Dustin and Brian Harnois follow a cat to Patricia's door and conclude that it is causing the door to rattle.
When Heather uses dowsing rods on the stairs, Andy's chest tightens and he leaves to get fresh air. Jason and Grant investigate but don't have a similar experience. In the basement Brian and Steve feel cold spots, hear a noise and have high EMF readings.
Jason and Grant show the family Cody getting up, waking Desiree and returning to bed. Jason and Grant think Desiree might imagine the spirits when she wakes up alone. They suggest setting up a mini-TAPS team to investigate what happens other nights. After a phone call they learn the body in the barn was a cow.
Grafton, Mass. — The second case involves a woman's experiences at her parents' house. Hayley, the witness, talks about cabinets opening, an apparition appearing in a doorframe, a Shakespeare bust moving on its own, and a female apparition shaking her mirror.
When Jason and Grant are in the basement, Jason gets unexplained burn marks on his back but doesn't share the information then. Later, as Hayley asks for a sign of the spirit's presence, she has chills up her arm and spine. Brian Harnois confirms cold spots on those body parts with a digital thermometer.
When Jason and Grant meet with Hayley, they play for her recordings that say, "Have them go," and show her a photo of Jason's burns. They think the spirits resent Hayley's presence in the house. They admit their proof may not convince skeptics, but the family can use it to analyze future paranormal occurrences.
The Red Room
Location: Louisiana
First Aired:
10 August 2005
Grant gets a call from Pam at Southern Louisiana Ghost Hunters (SLGH), a part of the TAPS family. She tells him about Bruce, who can't bring dates home because a ghost acts up when he's with a woman. She asks the TAPS team to come to Louisiana to investigate.
When the team arrives, they meet with Pam and Michelle, another investigator from SLGH. They explain that a jealous spirit, which has slammed doors and knocked things off the wall, got into bed with Bruce and pushed Pam, as well.
At the house, located on a sugarcane plantation, Bruce shows everyone his sister's bedroom, where he's seen shadows coming in from the hallway and heard male and female voices. Pam shows them a room where she has talked in Cajun with a girl's spirit.
TAPS volunteer Kristyn volunteers to stay with Bruce to provoke the spirit, but when she's in the house she feels something staring at her and decides she doesn't want to be there without another TAPS member. Bruce calls another woman to help as TAPS sets up.
Brian Harnois, Steve Gonsalves and Michelle look for the girl's spirit, calling her name and speaking Cajun. Steve and Brian get tingly feelings and feel like they're going to drop through the floor. Steve sees a shadow and Michelle gets a strong EMF reading in the room.
There is no activity surrounding Bruce and his friend Ashley, so Jason and Grant switch her with Pam … but nothing happens.
Jen and Brian review footage and see something without a shadow open and shut a door. When Jason and Grant return to Bruce's house, they investigate; Jason thinks that there are too many factors, including the humidity, to say what caused the door to move.
After looking at the footage with Grant and Bruce, Jason concludes that the wind wasn't moving the door. Jason and Grant recommend that Bruce ask the spirit to hang back when he has women over.
On a different case, the TAPS team eats dinner at Brennan's restaurant, in the Red Room, aka "the haunted dining room."
David Sledd tells them about the father who killed his wife and son and hanged himself by the chandelier; a 27-year-old man who died in his sleep after wearing a sheet at a party as a joke; and a construction worker who saw a woman at the window in the Chantelclair room.
Jason and Grant decide to let the other TAPS members investigate Brennan's on their own. Brian, Steve, Paula and Kristyn investigate the Chantelclair Room but don't find anything. Brian and Steve go to the Red Room; unfortunately, there's a party that hampers TAPS's investigation and limits access to the house, so they leave.
The team finds no spiritual activity, but Jason and Grant express to Blake Brennan their enjoyment of Brennan's "awesome" service and food and decide they'll return.
Mordecai House
Location: Raleigh, N.C.,
First Aired:
17 August 2005
Donna reminds Jason and Grant that Dustin and Jen need training. Jason suggests using the Mordecai House, the birthplace of Andrew Johnson, for a hands-on investigation experience.
The team travels to the Mordecai House in Raleigh, N.C., where Jason and Grant meet Jim Hall and Dave Gurrey of Haunted North Carolina, part of the TAPS family. Chandra Millikin, museum educator, shows Jason and Grant the parlor, where a piano plays by itself, and the bathroom, where her hair was lifted off her head. They go to Andrew Johnson's birthplace, where Chandra says she has experienced "just get out of here" feelings and has felt hairs on her neck and arms standing up.
As the training starts, Jen begins to feels sick and decides to leave before the investigation concludes. When Dave also feels sick, the team scraps the investigation.
Jim and Dave tell Jason and Grant about the Battleship North Carolina. They decide to investigate it, so that Dustin and Jen will have another chance to train.
Danny Bradshaw, the night watchman of the Battleship North Carolina, shows Jason and Grant around the ship and talks about his paranormal experiences. He says that his friend saw a face in his bedroom window and the curtain being moved back when Danny wasn't there. When his TV was cut off one night, he saw a ghost with white-flamed hair, and in the Mess Hall he felt the same ghost put a hand on his shoulder.
The team sets up to investigate for two nights. Dustin, Dave and Steve detect weird EMF fluctuations in the library, but Steve doesn't think it proves paranormal activity. Dustin notices temperature fluctuations and has cold sensations even though the doors are shut.
On the second night, Andy and Steve go to the shower room, where people died when a torpedo hit the ship. Andy notes a high EMF spike that Steve thinks indicates paranormal activity because the electricity was shut off in that compartment. While doing EMF and temperature readings in the Mess Hall, Dustin, Dave and Jim hear crashing noises, but they can't figure out what caused them.
Jason and Grant go to the bowels of the ship, an area that hasn't been touched since the 1950s. They hear banging noises and objects being thrown and think someone's playing a joke on them. They hear footsteps and voices, and as a door shuts behind them, they see a shadow moving. They follow it to a room but find nothing there even though there's only one way out.
During the analysis, Andy notices unusual camera movements and Jim comes by with some EVP to play. Jim shares a recording that sounds like someone saying "ship" but the voice is neither his nor Dustin's.
Jason and Grant meet with Danny Bradshaw and David Scheu, director of the Battleship North Carolina Museum. They talk about the high EMF spikes in the shower, the objects thrown at them and the shadow they followed to the room. They show the camera movement and play the EVP recording for them. Jason can't say there is a ghost on the ship but admits there is greater-than-average paranormal activity there. Jason and Grant both agree that being on the ship was the chance of a lifetime.
The Playhouse And The Firehouse
Location: Connecticut and Rhode Island
First Aired:
24 August 2005
Jason and Grant head to Connecticut to investigate the Bradley Playhouse. Pat Green, the theater manager, tells them that actors see a woman in the balcony, something reflected in glass flashing behind them onstage, and an entity appearing in a mirror when they check their costumes.
TAPS investigator Paula runs across the stage and behind the glass to debunk the story of the images in the glass. Grant and Jason realize that audience members would have reacted to seeing something onstage and conclude that something behind the glass is causing reflections or that lights are distorting what the actors see.
In the balcony Donna senses the presence of a heavy heart, but Jill doesn't share her feeling. Steve detects a high EMF spike there, but it disappears quickly.
Jason and Grant tell Pat about Donna's feeling in the balcony and that they can't prove that there is an image appearing in the glass. Jason explains the evidence doesn't point to an entity, and Pat agrees — she was skeptical about a spiritual presence in the theater.
Brian Harnois tells Jason and Grant that he needs to take a personal break from TAPS. Jason and Grant agree and tell him to call them when he gets things straightened out.
Jason and Grant tell the team about the Harris Firehouse, in Rhode Island. The firefighters have heard footsteps upstairs and seen apparitions at the ends of their beds. Jason and Grant are concerned because the firehouse might lose volunteers due to fear of the spirits.
Fire Chief William Fontaine and firefighter Ted Dion show Jason and Grant the original firehouse and tell them that the firefighters have seen silhouettes descending the stairs and lurking in the kitchen, which was once a funeral parlor.
In the kitchen, Dustin and Steve get high EMF spikes with no source that disappear quickly. Later, they hear noises in the bedroom when they ask for signs of a spirit's presence.
Ted shows Donna and Andy the lockers, where he says that he saw a flat figure in his peripheral vision. He tells them that the night firefighters woke up to their pass units (tracking devices attached to the fire truck used to monitor a firefighter's safety at a fire) going off by themselves. Andy, Jason and Grant examine the pass units; Grant checks a Web site to determine what frequency the pass units run on, because something running on the same frequency might have set them off.
In the kitchen, where a surround sound stereo system has been reportedly turning itself on and off by itself, Jason and Grant note high EMF readings that move around instead of staying in one place. Andy tells them the remote for the stereo has been missing for three years.
During the analysis Jason and Grant conclude that a cell phone running on the same frequency might have turned the Surround Sound system on and off. Grant and Paula think another fire station's devices caused the pass units to go off, because they are all on the same frequency. Jason reveals that there is another firehouse nearby.
Jason and Grant tell William and Ted their theories about what has affected the pass units and the stereo. Jason and Grant conclude that something odd is going on at the firehouse but that there's no reason for the firefighters to be afraid. They offer to come and talk with anyone who feels uncomfortable.
The Ledge Lighthouse
Location: New York
First Aired:
31 August 2005
Andy tells Jason and Grant that he wants to investigate the Ledge Lighthouse, after seeing a show in which Japanese paranormal investigators left crying by the end of their search. Jason talks about Ernie, the lighthouse keeper who started haunting the lighthouse after he threw himself to his death when his wife left him for the ferry captain.
Jerry Olson, vice president of the Ledge Lighthouse Foundation, shows the team water tanks where a female ghost cleared her throat behind him, a room where orbs appeared, the room that the Japanese investigators visited (aka "Ernie's room") and the place where Ernie jumped off the lighthouse.
In the gallery, Steve feels cold spots and static charges on the back of his neck while Andy does temperature readings. When Jason and Grant are in Ernie's room, they wonder if the stories are exaggerated or an outright hoax.
During the analysis, Andy and Steve show lights on a screen to Jason and Grant, who conclude that the lights came from one of their own cameras. The footage also shows a face in a window, but Jason and Grant conclude it was Andy himself. Jason thinks there's more lore than fact at work in the lighthouse.
Jason and Grant tell Jerry Olson and Thaxter Tewkesbury, from Project Oceanography, that there were a few unexplained phenomena, such as cold spots, but not enough for TAPS to say there's paranormal activity at The Ledges Lighthouse.
The team heads to New York to investigate the Merchant's House Museum, one of the oldest brownstones in the city.
Pi Gardiner, executive director of the museum, shows Jason and Grant a piano that people have heard playing from the street. Kerianne Biele, a museum volunteer, reveals that the piano can't be played because it needs to be restored. Pi then shows them a gasalier that shook back and forth during a tour, and the hallway where a woman in 19th-century clothing has been seen.
Next, Pi takes them to the room where Gertrude Tredwell died. Pi explains that Gertrude decided she would never marry after her parents forbade her to wed the doctor she loved. She also tells them that there are cold spots and wind in the room, and that a visiting magazine editor claims to have been pushed from behind when no one else was there.
While the team mills around on the street, a man steals a case of equipment. Steve chases the thief, retrieves the case, and returns unharmed.
Andy and Steve experience tension while setting up, which concerns the other TAPS members. Jason decides to put them together during the investigation to give them a chance to talk. Later, when Andy walks on the floor above the gasalier, Steve sees it move where Andy walks. During the analysis, Steve and Andy note a temperature change, but when they show it to Jason he deduces that it was caused by his hand.
Jason and Grant tell Pi that the gasalier moved when Andy walked above it but admit that something else might have caused it to move on earlier occasions. Pi thinks it was a fluke that nothing happened that night during the TAPS investigation.
Jason and Grant meet with Brian Harnois, who tells them that he needs to leave TAPS so that he doesn't ruin his relationship with his girlfriend. Jason and Grant wish him luck and bid him farewell.
Two Houses
Location: Springfield, Mass
Guest Star: John Zaffis
First Aired:
7 September 2005
Jason and Grant tell the team about a case in Springfield, Mass., involving Denise and Joe Tanguay's son, Zachary, who has been yanked by his legs, poked in his feet and head and shaken in his bed while asleep. Denise gets nauseous when she goes to the basement. Jason thinks Denise's problem could be caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, so Steve suggests bringing a carbon monoxide-detection kit along.
Before leaving, Jason and Grant promote Steve to the head of the Tech Department, because Brian Harnois is no longer with TAPS.
Denise Tanguay shows Jason and Grant Zachary's room, where he says that something has kicked and pulled at his feet. Then she shows them her bedroom, where she has seen a face on the ceiling, and the basement/laundry area, where she has often felt sick.
As the investigation starts, Jason and Grant get some high EMF readings in the basement and agree that those alone could be causing Denise's nausea. During the analysis Andy and Steve see something onscreen, but Jason thinks it's a reflection of infrared light.
Jason and Grant tell Denise and Joe that there was no carbon monoxide in the basement but that sensitivity to the high EMF readings could cause her nausea. Jason and Grant think that Zachary's experiences might be caused by his restless sleeping, which is brought on by playing video games before he goes to bed. Jason and Grant think the creaking could be the heater kicking on and off, but they admit there could be paranormal activity in the house.
Donna calls Jason and Grant while they're on a plumbing job and tells them about the Sutcliffe house, which the Warren Group had ranked off the charts in paranormal activity.
Jason and Grant present the case to the team and introduce John Zaffis, whose aunt investigated the house years ago. Jason, Grant and Jon tell the team about hearing footsteps and voices, and seeing entities, gray mists, black forms and doors opening there.
Norma Sutcliffe takes Jason, Jon and Grant to an area where she and her husband allege they have seen a door rattle and shake, and that it stopped when they opened it; the library, where her husband felt a chair vibrate; and the bedroom, where she and her husband have both felt the bed vibrate. When Jon is in the library, he feels the chair vibrate, and when Dustin and Steve are there Dustin feels someone grab and squeeze his hand.
Jason and Donna hear a door unlatch in the bedroom, but when Jason goes into the closet there is no open door there. When Dustin and Steve go there, Dustin feels a coldness that might be from when his hand was squeezed. Steve hears the closet door opening; when he goes inside, the outside door is open, even though he and Dustin didn't hear anyone nearby.
After seeing footage of the closet door opening and closing by itself, Jason and Grant decide to check it out. Jason tries to open the door from inside the closet but when he has trouble opening it they conclude there is paranormal activity surrounding the door.
When Jason and Grant meet with Norma, they show her the footage of the door, tell her about their experiences, and agree that, based on her history and their stories, that the house is haunted.
Beechwood Mansion And Garden State
Location: Newport, R.I.
First Aired:
14 September 2005
Andy tells Jason and Grant about the Astors' Beechwood Mansion in Newport, R.I., where a telephone repairman who was electrocuted haunts the basement and a woman with a yellow dress walks a spiral staircase. One employee, C.C. Ice, wants to quit because she's upset about the paranormal disturbances there.
C.C. Ice and Patrick Grimes, the mansion's executive director, take the team to the basement, where people have heard voices and noises; the ballroom, where it's chilly on warm nights; and the spiral staircase, where people hear footsteps and see the woman in the yellow dress. In C.C.'s room, she tells about the doors opening by themselves and hearing people's footsteps and voices when no one else was there.
Morgen Balletto, the mansion coordinator, talks about a tour during which something unseen said her name while breathing in her ear.
Jason and Grant try to recreate the experience of the doors opening and closing by themselves in the bedroom. Jason explains that the high humidity and the mansion's proximity to the water are factors that could pull the doors open.
Andy and Carl Johnson go to the ballroom to debunk the cold spots there. They think the ductwork might be a factor, so they go downstairs to investigate. They find a vent that's stuffed with rags and not connected to the heating system, so it's sending cold air to the ballroom.
Jason and Grant meet with C.C. and Patrick and explain that the vent stuffed with rags is causing the chills in the ballroom. They couldn't figure out why the doors were opening; the stairs probably creak and pop because of temperature changes. Jason and Grant tell C.C. she has nothing to worry about, and she agrees that she's more comfortable now, after their visit.
At a TAPS staff meeting, Jason and Grant tell the team that Brian Harnois has left, and they want the others to keep an eye out for a replacement.
Dave Tango and Ray Mennicucci of the Central New Jersey Paranormal Society ask Jason and Grant to help with one of their cases, in which a homeowner has experienced voices, bangings and objects being knocked over and moved.
They head to the home of "Mrs. X" (the homeowner keeps her identity a secret so that her neighbors won't think she's crazy). Ray shows the team a mirror, in which a face has been seen; a room in which a chair has moved across the floor; and the basement, where Ray and Dave experienced traveling cold spots and smelled perfume.
As the team sets up, Andy puts cooking spray on the mirror, to try and capture a face outline if one appears.
Jason and Grant both hear footsteps upstairs, but when they go up to investigate no one is there. Immediately, they try listening to the audio recording, but Grant's laptop crashes so they can't analyze the noises at that time.
When Andy and Steve Gonsalves meet with Jason and Grant, Andy says that his cooking spray didn't show any faces; Steve plays the audio recording of Jason and Grant's experience. Jason and Grant agree that whatever is there is making noises only to annoy her.
Dave, Ray, Jason and Grant meet with Mrs. X and tell her about hearing people upstairs (moving back and forth and moving furniture). They play the clip of their experience. Jason admits there is a haunting, but he says it's a residual haunting and not an intelligent haunting. Jason explains that there's a type of residual haunting, like hers, based on sounds happening at the same time and place once a week or year, but he adds that it's nothing to worry about.
Dave Tango And Rolling Hills
Location: Bethany, N.Y.
First Aired:
21 September 2005
Jason and Grant introduce their team to Dave Tango, an investigator from New Jersey TAPS who wants to learn more about paranormal investigations. Together, they tell the team about the Worthington family, which has experienced paranormal events in their home.
The Worthingtons' oldest son, Josh, was slapped in the face when listening to CDs; 14-year-old Nathan is afraid to sleep in his own bed, and the family has heard such disturbing phrases as "get out" being spoken. Mike Dion, a member of the TAPS family, joins the team because he has investigated the Worthingtons' case before.
Cheryl Worthington shows them the kitchen, where dishes have fallen from the counter; the bathroom, where the baby saw a man after taking a bath; the bedroom, where Cheryl's hair stood on end when she felt someone watching her; her son Josh's room, where he was slapped; and her son Nathan's room, where he felt something standing next to his drum set.
TAPS members Andy and Dave investigate the dishes and conclude that a loose countertop in the kitchen might be causing them to fall to the floor.
In Nathan's bedroom, as Grant gets up he is hit by the drum set on the back of his leg. He doesn't notice any noises or temperature changes. After Jason and Grant leave Nathan's room, Mike Dion and Steve Gonsalves notice their batteries are draining unusually quickly, a possible sign of a nearby paranormal entity.
Andy and Dave check out the drum set in Nathan's room but can't find anything to debunk Grant's experience. In Cheryl's bedroom, Dustin and Mike think they hear a feminine coughing. When they ask the spirit questions, they get no response.
After reviewing footage, Steve and Dave show Jason and Grant something moving in the kitchen, but they decide it's probably just dust. They study an EVP they picked up during the analysis, but Jason and Grant dismiss it as Cheryl's voice.
Jason and Grant call Cheryl and tell her about the drum "attack" on Grant and the woman who Dustin and Mike heard coughing, but confess that the recording was lost. Jason and Grant acknowledge that the family feels uncomfortable in the house and suggest that's just another reason not to stay there. Jason and Grant decide the situation will not resolve itself easily.
The team heads to Rolling Hills, a former insane asylum in Bethany, N.Y., where there have been noises, phantom smells, people getting their hair tugged and a lot of EVP readings.
At Rolling Hills, owner Lori Carlson and manager Jim Swatt take Jason and Grant to the morgue; a tunnel where people feel someone escorting them by the elbow; and a room where Lori has seen children (the building was once an orphanage.) In the kitchen, Jim tells them that the meat locker was once used to store bodies when the morgue was full. Jim takes them to the electric-shock therapy room and the administration office, where there has been paranormal activity, including EVP, involving an organ.
When Paula is in the basement with Steve, she feels cobwebs on her arms. In the shock therapy room, Dustin feels something grab his ear and pull it.
As Jason and Grant do thermal readings in the basement, a heavy metal door closes on Jason and traps him there. When Jason returns to investigate the door, it shuts on him again — but he can't figure out what has caused it to move.
Jason and Grant meet with Lori and Jim and Grant and tell them about Jason's experience with the door and Dustin getting his ear pulled. They both agree that there is something going on at Rolling Hills and that they will come back and continue to investigate
Return To Eastern State
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Guest Star: Ron Milione
First Aired:
28 September 2005
Jason gets an e-mail from a seventh-grade class that wants to know if TAPS will return to the Eastern State Penitentiary. He and Grant agree to return for another investigation. Ron Milione joins the team to use the case as a testing ground for new equipment he has developed for TAPS.
After the team arrives, they set up the new equipment and recall the experiences they had here before. Jason remembers seeing black masks running from one hallway to another and in front of a camera. The team also experienced feelings of dread and heaviness, had trouble breathing, felt hair standing on the back of their necks and sensed they were being watched.
When Paula and Steve are in the infirmary, Steve gets a high EMF reading, but it's because he was actually hitting the beam of an infrared camera. In Cell Block 12, Grant twice hears whispering sounds from one of the cells, and Dave Tango thinks he hears something walking in one of the rooms.
In the solitary confinement chamber, Jason and Grant use one of their Roto-Rooter cameras to see what's down the hole there but realize that it's simply a concrete room.
After reviewing the footage of this latest visit to Eastern State, Steve tells Jason and Grant that he didn't find anything. They agree that during this investigation the penitentiary was peaceful; they didn't feel spooked or like they had to look over their shoulders all the time, as they did before.
Donna talks with Paula Ogden, a walk-in customer, about problems she and her boyfriend, Colin, have with the new house they bought. They noticed the radio turning on and off when it wasn't plugged in, and when Colin spent the night he woke up with cuts bleeding on his arm.
Jason and Grant decide to bring Carl Johnson, a demonologist, with them in case an inhuman (demonic) entity is haunting the house.
When the team arrives, Paula shows Jason and Grant a room where a sheet flapped after nails holding it down popped out on their own; a room once used to hide from Indians, from which she and Colin have heard voices and babies crying; and a guest room in which people have heard footsteps walking past. She also notes that Colin's brother saw a woman at a window.
In the room where people hid from Indians, Dustin notices that his batteries are dying. Steve explains that spirits drain energy from any source, including batteries, as a way to reveal their presence. As they sit there, Steve feels cold sensations, and both sense a cobweblike brushing on the backs of their necks.
While Jason and Grant talk in the living room, they hear a noise — then Jason's flashlight is smacked from his hand and lands several feet away. Grant gets a high EMF reading.
Carl says that, initially, he thought this was an inhuman (demonic) haunting, but after the investigation he realized that it was more of a human type of haunting associated with ghosts. After reviewing footage, Steve and Andy play an EVP for Jason and Grant, and Steve talks about the cobwebs he felt on his neck. Jason and Grant tell them about Jason's experience with the flashlight. They conclude that there's paranormal activity in the house.
Jason decides to call his friend, John Zaffis, and tell him about the case. John recommends getting a holy person or clergy member to help Paula clear the house.
Jason and Grant invite Keith Johnson, a holy man, to meet with Paula. They tell her about their experiences, including the flashlight and the cobweb sensations. They play the EVP for Paula and reveal that it sounds like something is saying her name. Paula agrees to let Keith bless the house. Keith reads Psalm 23, takes a blessed cross to different rooms, and makes the sign of the cross on walls and with holy water on Paula's forehead.
Jason and Grant decide that they will continue investigating Paula's case, to see what additional help they can offer her in the future.
R.M.S. Queen Mary
Location: California
First Aired:
5 October 2005
The TAPS team takes a road trip to California to investigate the Winchester Mystery House and the R.M.S. Queen Mary, a haunted cruise ship.
At the Winchester Mansion, Jason and Grant meet Cheryl Hamilton, the mansion's marketing coordinator, who shows them around the house. She tells them that Mrs. Winchester continued building the house 24 hours a day for 38 years because a psychic told her that if construction stopped, the spirits of people killed by the Winchester rifles would kill her.
Cheryl explains that guests have felt temperature changes in the Daisy Bedroom and reported hearing an organ playing in the Grand Ballroom. In the basement, Cheryl says people cleaning there saw a man in coveralls standing next to the boiler.
In the ballroom, Dave Tango and Steve Gonsalves hear banging noises and encounter a "phantom smell". When Jason and Grant investigate the basement, they hear odd banging sounds.
Donna LaCroix helps Steve and Dave with the analysis, but they report to Jason and Grant that they didn't find anything.
Jason and Grant meet with Cheryl and report that they didn't find anything conclusive — but the house certainly is mysterious, and they can see why people think it's haunted.
The team gets a tour of the R.M.S. Queen Mary from Will Kayne, the Queen Mary's tour director, and tour guides Valerie Seale and Erika Frost.
Erika mentions that she has seen a little girl in the ship's Royal Theater. Will says people in the swimming pool have reported seeing a little girl giggling and peeking around the pillars. They show the team a vortex in an aisle of the swimming pool dressing rooms. In Room B340, Erika reveals that a passenger was found dead in the bed and that housekeeping has reported that when they make up the bed it inexplicably gets pulled apart. The team makes up the bed and leaves a camera running to catch a spirit unsheeting it. In the engine room, Erika explains that the sump pump and water heater aren't operational and that a spirit causes them to move.
Jason and Grant use their plumbing skills to debunk the water heater and sump pump stories. They examine the equipment, notice that it's warm, and conclude that both units are functioning and operational, despite Erika's claims to the contrary.
In the backstage area of the Royal Theater, Grant feels something touch his back, but he doesn't know who or what it was.
When Steve and Donna are in the hallway near the changing rooms, Steve feels light-headed and dizzy; when he tries to repeat the experience with Donna, nothing happens.
Dave and Donna hear a little girl's voice and feel cold spots in the swimming pool.
In Room B340, Steve and Dave are amazed when they see something pulling the sheets off the bed on the camera. Unfortunately, when they review the footage in detail, they notice that someone tampered with their equipment to make it appear that a spirit messed up the bed. Even though they are disappointed, the team continues its investigation.
Steve tells Jason and Grant that their audio recordings are contaminated because of sounds from the ship, then he mentions the dizziness he experienced in the hallway. Grant relates a mysterious experience he had overnight, when the lights in his hotel room went on and off.
Jason and Grant meet with Valerie and Erika and tell them that the sump pump and water heater are functioning systems. Jason tells them that he and Dave noticed that a door to a theater opened after they had closed it. They show the sheets being pulled back and explain that the footage was tampered with, possibly by a group of girls who were running around ship. They warn Valerie and Erika to be careful, because people might be bringing them tampered evidence.
The Lizzie Borden House
Location: Ohio
First Aired:
12 October 2005
Jason and Grant tell the team that they're headed to Ohio to investigate the Mansfield Reformatory, the prison in which The Shawshank Redemption was filmed.
The team meets Jan Urban, site coordinator, and Frank Horvath, a Reformatory Board member, who show them around the prison. They take the team to the visitation room, where orbs were caught on video; the area near solitary confinement, where Frank saw a black mist; and the steps, where the silhouette of a man has been seen. In the Isolation Unit (a.k.a. "the hole"), footsteps have been heard, orbs have been seen and EVPs have been recorded. In the cell blocks, Frank saw shadows dart from one cell to another. In the infirmary, two of Frank's tour guides on a ghost hunt saw black shadows pass between their bodies.
When Dustin and Dave are in the East Cell Block, they hear something move in the corridor, and Dustin sees a black figure run from one end of the hall to another. When they walk by a cell, they hear a noise from inside it and mark it to make sure they can return later to investigate it further.
As Jason and Grant walk on the second floor in the West Cell Block, they hear footsteps overhead, and banging noises seem to follow them. When Jason and Grant investigate the East Cell Block, Jason thinks he sees something move; Grant hears a whispering from the same cell in which Dave and Dustin heard noises.
Dave and Dustin investigate the office area. Dustin sees something in the corner and takes a picture of it. Later, after reviewing the footage of the team's first sweep through the prison, Steve shows Jason and Grant recordings of floating orbs that can't easily be explained.
Jason and Grant meet with Frank and Jan and tell them that they didn't find anything on the audio footage, likely because the prison's vast interior had a lot of echoes from people walking around. They show them some footage of lights in the solitary confinement area; Frank agrees that he's seen orbs in the same area. Jason and Grant tell them about the footsteps and banging they heard, and about the experiences they, Dustin and Dave had in the cellblock.
Jason and Grant decide to continue this investigation at a future date and request any video and audio footage that Frank can send them.
For the second case, the team heads to the Lizzie Borden House. Jason and Grant meet with Lee Ann Wilber, the owner; Ed Thibault, a tour guide; and Eleanor Thibault, the night manager, who show them around the house. They see the room where Abby Borden, Lizzie's mom, was murdered and where a cleaning lady quit after she saw an indentation of a body in the bed. In this room, Ed also felt someone shove him from behind. When a psychic came to Lizzie Borden's room, there was a strong smell of perfume there. In the room where Andrew Borden's body was found, Eleanor felt the energy of a ghost in the house and saw a black mist.
When Donna and Andy investigate, they hear a banging noise from the floor they're on but can't figure out where it's coming from. Jason and Grant debunk the bed anecdote by noting that mattresses will sag over time, even if the bed appears to be neat.
Andy and Steve play an audio clip of a banging noise for Jason and Grant, who conclude it's probably the air conditioner, which turns on and off automatically.
Jason and Grant meet with Lee Ann and tell her that most of the phenomena that have been reported were ambiguous and not necessarily related to the murders that occurred there. Still, Jason thinks that it's an incredible place, whether or not it's haunted.
The Crescent Hotel And Dr. Ellis
Location: Eureka Springs, Ark.
First Aired:
19 October 2005
While Jason and Grant are on a plumbing job, Jason tells Grant about the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Ark. He explains that the hotel was once a fake cancer-treatment facility and because the basement was used as the morgue there's a lot of activity there, including a doctor who roams the hallways.
The team heads down to Arkansas and checks in to the Crescent to start the investigation. They meet Jack Moyer, the hotel's general manager, and Ken Fugate, a local historian.
Ken shows Jason and Grant the dining room, where a man named Jacob waits for a woman to come to breakfast; and the office of Dr. Ellis (who practiced there in the 1880s), where a man in Victorian clothing comes out of the elevator and walks straight through the door. Guests in room 419 have reported waking up in the morning and seeing their clothes packed against the door. The team also visits the morgue, where autopsies were performed when cancer patients were at the hotel; a hostile guard haunts the room where body parts were stored.
As the team sets up, Dustin goes into Grant's room (room 419) and notices his computer propped up against the door. Grant tells Dustin he left it by the TV, so Dustin moves it back and sets up a camera to see if it moves during the investigation.
Dave & Steve and Donna & Dustin get high EMF readings when investigating rooms 2500 and 419.
When Jason and Grant investigate the morgue, they see a figure on the thermal camera. At first they wonder if it's Grant's reflection, but after reviewing the footage and investigating with the team they conclude that it's not him. Jason and Grant later try to recreate their experience but can't disprove what they saw on the camera.
They meet with Jack and Ken and tell them about Dustin's experience in Grant's room. They show the footage from the morgue and decide that the figure onscreen looks like a Civil War soldier. As far as Jason is concerned there is paranormal activity there and what they saw onscreen was an apparition.
During the team's investigation of the Crescent Hotel, Ken told Jason and Grant that there's paranormal activity in Dr. Ellis' house, and he asks them to investigate it, as well.
The team meets with Carroll Heath, the homeowner, who also claims to be a medium. He tells them he feels people watching him when he plays the piano and hears people walking above him when he's sitting in the back parlor. Heath also notes that the house was exorcised because of the noises that people have heard. In the master bedroom a woman in Victorian clothing has been seen reading in the bay window, and Heath points out the woods outside, where there have been paranormal sightings.
During the investigation, Jason and Grant test Heath's psychic abilities. Jason believes mediums are charlatans but allows Heath to question him for a reading. When Grant is zooming in on Heath during Jason's reading, the thermal camera paints Heath in psychedelic colors when the conversation gets intense. Grant says that he thinks most people who claim to be sensitive aren't, but he is impressed by Heath's abilities after his own reading.
During the analysis Grant and Jason look at the psychedelic colors on Heath and realize that they've never seen anything like it before. Jason admits it's different but doesn't want to draw any conclusions. They think Heath himself might be haunted — not his house.
When they meet with Heath and show him the footage, he thinks it shows a high level of energy from paranormal energy passing between him and Jason. Grant admits that he doesn't know what it means, but Heath believes that it validates what mediums do.
Waverly Hills
Location: Louisville, Ky.
First Aired:
29 March 2006
The team heads to Louisville, Ky., to investigate the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Opened in 1926, it was one of the country's most advanced tuberculosis hospitals, where experimental surgeries were performed. Jason has heard rumors of full-body apparitions, sounds, voices and screams that have put the building on many paranormal investigators' to-do lists.
Jason and Grant meet with Tina Mattingly, co-owner of the sanatorium. She takes them to Room 502, where people have sighted the ghost of a nurse, who hung herself in the 1930s because of an unwanted pregnancy. There have also been instances of women walking into a nurse's station, getting sick, and having to leave the room. Both Tina and Byron George, a security guard, have seen mysterious lights travel from the room to the roof, where Tina has seen "shadow people" crossing back and forth.
Tina says that on the third floor she has seen the figure of a man with long, frizzy hair, wearing a trench coat and standing in the doorway of the elevator with a white dog lying on the floor nearby. When she walked toward the dog, it disappeared. She found out later that a homeless man and his dog had died in the elevator shaft. She takes them to the morgue, shows them body trays, and explains that 63,000 people have died in the sanatorium.
Because the building sprawls over more than 180,000 square feet, the team decides to get an overall feel for the place on the first night, so that they can figure out what specific areas to cover with their cameras on the second night.
Investigator Brian Harnois is back; Jason says that he told Brian he has to fix his relationships with the other team members on his own as a condition of returning.
On the first night Kristyn and Dave Tango go to the third floor, where they notice that it's cold after asking for a sign of a spiritual presence. … Steve and Brian take EVP readings on the fifth floor. Steve hears a moan that sounds like a human voice, but he can't figure out where it was coming from.
Near the roof, Jason and Grant record something on the thermal imaging camera, a shape moving across the hall. After examining the footage, they conclude that the figure was about three feet tall. At first they think it might have been an animal, but after talking with the owners they learn that an apparition of a boy named Tim has been spotted there before.
On the second night, as the team sets up its equipment and cameras, Brian and Kristyn see a short shadow move from the right doorway to the left but can't catch it. … Jason and Grant investigate the floor where they saw a figure on the thermal imaging camera. This time they see something white flash on the camera screen. Grant confirms that it wasn't a camera malfunction.
Steve and Brian go to the fifth floor rooftop, where Steve sees walking legs out of the corner of his eye. At first he thinks that it's his own legs reflected in a window, but he realizes that there is no glass in the windowframe. Later, the team analyzes Steve's footage. They see something bat-like that appears to move through the walls.
Jason and Grant meet with Tina and Charles Mattingly and tell them about the legs that Steve saw. When Grant talks about the full-body apparition that he witnessed, Tina agrees that the same thing has happened to her before. Then they screen the footage of something flying out of the wall, but neither Tina nor Charles can figure out what it is.
Jason and Grant decide that, with all of the interesting activity the team experienced, the Waverly Hills Sanatorium is indeed haunted.
Ghostly Grace And The Palladium
Location: Holliston, Mass.
First Aired:
5 April 2006
Brian tells the guys about a house in Holliston, Mass., owned by Laura Mades, that has a ghost called "Grace" who visits at night and calls out "Mommy." Laura wants TAPS to find out what's going on, because her daughter is scared.
The team meets with Laura. She shows them the attic stairs, where she's heard footsteps at night. In the master bedroom she thinks she's heard something, but isn't sure what it is. Her sister heard a voice repeat "Mommy" in the sitting room at night, and doors opening downstairs. Laura says that her daughter is scared to go into the basement. She adds that her husband's grandmother has spoken of a spirit named Grace and of hearing footsteps, voices, and things moving in the house.
Brian and Steve do EVP work in the basement. They hear a noise when Brian asks for signs of a presence. In the attic, Jason and Grant experience dizziness as they get high EMF readings. Grant points out that the readings follow an up-and-down pattern, like someone moving. They send Brian and Steve there, but neither of them experience high EMF readings or dizziness.
In the basement, Grant gets high EMF readings as Jason is hit on the leg by a wooden board. Later, after reviewing the tape of Jason being hit by the board, Grant concludes that many things, not necessarily a paranormal occurrence, might have caused it.
Later, Jason and Grant get a call from Lisa and Kristyn, who have found the name Grace on the deed to the house at the public library. Jason and Grant tell Laura that they don't think her house is haunted, and that Laura's daughter needs to understand that lots of people have lived here and haven't been hurt.
The next job is at the Palladium Theater, where footsteps have been heard, a soccer-ball-sized orb of light has been seen in the balcony, and corpses were found in a dressing room.
Timothy Koski tells the team that the Palladium opened as a movie theater in 1928. He takes them to the projection room, where he claims that a door shut on his hand. On the stage, he shows them the area of the balcony where the orb of light was seen. The last stop is the dressing room, where dead bodies were found 20 years ago.
During the investigation, Jason and Grant feel cold spots on the third floor and detect an EMF "bubble" in the dressing room.
Brian and Steve go to the fifth floor, where the door shut on Tim's hand. They determine that a gust of wind could easily have caused the door the close suddenly.
The orb of light makes an appearance after Jason and Grant get a high EMF reading in the balcony. Cars' headlights are causing the orb; as vehicles pass by, their headlights shine through a window and bounce off a tin can.
Jason and Grant meet with Tim again. They tell him about the cold spot on the third floor, then debunk the orb sightings by showing him their footage. It's an interesting building, they say, but they can't find any evidence of a paranormal presence.
Hartford Conservatory
Location: New Jersey
First Aired:
12 April 2006
Donna briefs Jason and Grant about a couple in New Jersey who have been uncomfortable in their home since they bought it three years ago.
Hilary shows the team the master bedroom, where her husband saw something dark pass over her as she said, "Stop touching me." Three weeks later, she felt a breeze when a "black lumpy beach ball" moved onto her bed. She plays some digital audio recordings for them, but the bangings on the tape are inconclusive as evidence.
While doing EVP work in the basement, Brian thinks he sees something next to Steve. Steve asks the spirit to touch him; nothing happens. After reviewing the footage, they play an EVP recording that sounds like someone saying, "We're coming." The team decides to play the recording for Hilary and see what she makes of it.
Grant tells Hilary that they're not sure what the beach ball shape was or if the black mass was the result of an optical illusion. They play the EVP for her; she says the "voices" sound strange and scary, but Jason and Grant tell her she shouldn't let the sounds bother her. They recommend that she assert that it is her house and be comfortable there. As Jason and Grant leave, Hilary says the EVP she heard is like things she's experienced, but she'll try to be rational and objective.
The team is excited by their next case, at the Hartford Conservatory, because they've never investigated a school before.
They meet with Jordan Bartuccia, a student at the school, who contacted them about the case. He tells them that the finance director has heard a door (usually held open by a garbage pail) being slammed, and seen a light she turns off every night come back on in the mornings. He takes them to Goodwin House, where students have heard classical music emanate from a piano in a closed room, seen lights turn on and off in a dance studio, and witness a woman in a Victorian dress walking up the stairs.
During the set-up, Donna gets excited when she hears two notes from a piano, but Jason and Grant realize that the notes are coming from a nearby computer lab.
As Dave Tango and Donna do EVP work in the organ room, where the door closes by itself, they see orbs fly by the door and in the hallway. Later they find old wiring that may be causing the light to turn on and off in the hallway.
Brian and Steve go to the dance studio where Brian claims that a fully charged battery is prematurely being drained of power.
Brian and Steve review the footage. They realize that the orbs Donna and Dave Tango saw are only dust. Later, the team concludes that Donna was the only person with a first-hand experience, and it was rationally explained by Jason and Grant.
Jason and Grant meet with Jordan and tell him about the computer and the old wiring that could cause the lights to go on and off. They recommend Jordan contact them if people feel uncomfortable. Jordan thinks some people will be relieved that nothing was found — and that others will be disappointed.
Two Brothers And Willard Library
Location: Indiana
First Aired:
19 April 2006
Paranormal investigator Mike Dion needs TAPS' help right away. He tells Grant and Jason that his clients, two brothers, wish to remain anonymous because they don't want to be ridiculed about their experiences.
The TAPS team tours the brothers' house: the living room, where the brothers heard loud bangs and something coming downstairs; the upstairs room, where they heard breathing and footsteps; the living room, where their mom died, of natural causes; and the master bedroom, where a figure was seen late at night.
Mike plays some EVP that the brothers recorded; one EVP sounds like someone saying "Seth." When Mike and Donna do EVP work in the master bedroom, they think they hear a breathing noise.
Jason and Grant detect cold spots in the guest room. Then a burning sting in Grant's lower back brings him to his knees. Jason checks Grant's back and sees bumps, lumps and lines. Grant says he has no allergies and the scratch felt electrically charged. Though Donna is scared after seeing Grant's back, she and Mike investigate the room. They see a solid-white flash move near Mike's shoulder. When it leaves, Donna says its absence feels like "a breath of fresh air."
Brian and Steve find nothing in the video footage. Jason and Grant still worry about how the brothers will react to their report, but they feel the men need to know what happened.
Jason and Grant meet with the brothers and review their findings. The men are glad that TAPS told them about Grant's back, because at least some evidence was obtained.
The team heads west to visit the Willard Library in Indiana. They meet with library director Gregory Hager, who tells them that people have seen the "lady in grey" ghost here since 1937. He explains that Willard Carpenter founded the library with money made in shady business deals. Carpenter, known as a miser, left most of his money to the library when he died; his daughter, Louise, felt "shafted" because she didn't get more money. Legends say she is the lady in grey who haunts the building.
In the Special Collections Department, a library assistant saw a figure that fled then vanished. Gregory shows them where he heard footsteps crossing the floor. In the basement, a library assistant saw a book fly off a shelf onto the floor.
Steve and Dave Tango do EVP work on the upper level. They hear footsteps but can't find the source. Jason and Grant check where Gregory heard the footsteps; they see a misty light. Grant's camera shuts down while he takes pictures, but he and Jason can't say the cause was paranormal.
Brian and Steve show Jason and Grant video of odd lights they recorded; the team decides the lights are probably from a nearby elevated highway in some shots, and from a flashlight in others.
The team meets with Gregory and dismisses many phenomena in the library as mundane. They mention the misty light but aren't sure what it was. Jason admits they can't say whether the library is haunted. Gregory says that he hoped TAPS would prove the library was haunted. He thinks the lady in grey is there, but people will have to decide for themselves whether the library is haunted.
St. Augustine Lighthouse
Location: St. Augustine, Fla.
First Aired:
3 May 2006
Donna tells TAPS about a lighthouse in St. Augustine, Fla., that has a lot of paranormal potential. Its history includes a man who hanged himself on the front porch, and reports of people hearing footsteps running up and down stairs and the voice of a 12-year-old girl calling out. Before the team leaves, Ron Milione gives Brian and Steve portable Geiger counters that he says may be useful because it's believed that paranormal spirits emit a radioactive frequency.
When the team arrives, it meets with Paul Wenglowsky, director of education at the lighthouse. He shares the story of a family that died during the building's construction. He takes them to a landing where a bucket has been heard being picked up and dropped. As they go upstairs, a guide explains that he has heard a groaning sound while climbing this staircase. At the top of the lighthouse, a padlocked door recently was found open one morning without the alarm having been activated. Witnesses have seen a "woman in white" and a little girl here during storms.
After the tour of the building, Paul takes the TAPS team to the house where the lighthouse-keepers lived. After the last lighthouse-keeper heard footsteps and voices, and saw lights turn on and off inside the house, he refused to stay there and chose to sleep in a nearby Coast Guard bungalow instead. In the basement a number of people have seen the ghost of a man walk past.
When Brian, Dustin and Steve are in the basement, they hear male and female voices but can't figure out where they came from. Jason and Grant debunk the falling-bucket story by discovering that a nearby window, when slammed, sounds like a bucket dropping.
That night, Jason, Grant, Dustin and Brian all hear a woman's voice say "Help me." Jason and Grant hear voices in conversation, see something block a window, spy a shadow floating near the lights, and notice a figure leaning over a railing near them — but when they run up the stairs, they find nothing. Brian and Dustin see something move across a window and notice a hand grabbing the railing. Brian thinks he sees a big ball of light flash above them. Steve braves his fear of heights to investigate the lighthouse; he, too, sees a shadow on the landing.
After analyzing the evidence, Brian and Steve play audio of the voice saying "help me," as well as video — taken at the same time by Brian and Dustin — of something moving on the landing. Steve shows them a clip of something peeking over the railing. He says that, if the figure they saw was solid, a nearby motion sensor should have turned on a light … but it didn't.
Jason and Grant meet with Paul and review all the evidence. They show him the clip of something moving quickly on the stairs, which Paul says sends chills up his spine. They also show him video of Jason and Grant chasing something that climbed two flights of stairs in two seconds then looked back at them over the railing.
Jason and Grant agree that the lighthouse is haunted. Paul says that he was a skeptic but is now a believer. Grant tells him it's chilling, but that there's no need to be afraid because no one has been harmed.
Domani's And The County Jail
Location: New Jersey
First Aired:
10 May 2006
The team takes on a case referred to TAPS by Dave Tango, at Domani's, a restaurant in New Jersey.
There they meet Mary McCoy, the current owner. She recounts some of the phenomena witnessed there: a barstool fell and landed upside down; glasses above the bar rock back and forth; a banquet room door that slams on its own; a bartender and customers say they saw black shadows. Mary thinks that Etta, a former owner who died in the building, haunts the restaurant.
Mary shows them a mirror in the attic that she doesn't touch, because she's afraid it will cause bad luck. Grant tempts fate by giving the mirror a big kiss.
When Dave tries to open the door of the banquet room, something resists and stops it from opening. He finds nothing obstructing its movement.
Jason and Grant catch an image on the thermal camera in a restroom. When they review the tape, they realize it might be their own reflection. … The glasses above the bar only rattle when shaken. A quirk of the barstool's design causes it, when knocked over, to land the way Mary saw it.
Steve thinks he has captured an EVP of laughter, but analysis reveals it was Donna.
Jason and Grant tell Mary about debunking the stool and the glasses, and about Dave's experience with the door. They play an EVP, which sounds like a sigh and a child's voice saying, "I'm staying here." Mary says she feels uneasy; Jason tells her that there seems to be paranormal activity but not enough to say the restaurant is haunted. They tell her that she can call them if anyone feels uncomfortable.
The team's next case is at St. John's County Jail, the site of eight hangings. Its inmates lived without running water or electricity.
At St. John's, a guide named Savannah catalogs some of the jail's paranormal events: a spirit pushed a guide down the stairs; Savannah heard a voice say, "Good afternoon, Sheriff," as she turned on the jail's robotic mascot, Sheriff JoeBot; in a cellblock, an employee saw doors bang back and forth, and visitors can still smell urine in cells empty for decades; in a children's bedroom, Savannah has smelled chocolate; a door swung shut in a death-row cell while a tour group was inside.
Brian and Steve detect high EMF spikes on the first floor when they ask for sign of a "presence" in a cell. While playing with Sheriff JoeBot, they hear a jangling noise from the cells.
On the stairs, Jason and Grant realize the urine smell might come in through the vent and that it persists because old urine deposits have calcified.
In the Death Row cell, Lisa and Donna experience a creepy, heavy feeling when they catch sight of a nearby gallows.
After reviewing the footage, Brian and Steve tell Jason and Grant about the high EMF spikes and the jangling in the cellblock. They play an audio clip for Jason and Grant that sounds like a conversation with a deep voice.
Jason and Grant share the team's findings with Savannah. They've concluded that there might be some paranormal activity in St. John's, but they can't say the building is haunted.
The Stone Lion
Location: Guthrie, Okla, New Bedford, Mass.
First Aired:
17 May 2006
The Oklahoma Paranormal Society (a member of the TAPS family) refers to Grant and Jason its case file for The Stone Lion Inn in Guthrie, Okla. The inn was previously a private residence and a funeral home. Grant and Jason talk with Kristen Perkins and Christine Selfridge of Oklahoma Paranormal. The women say they've seen shadows and experienced EVP during their investigations.
At the inn, owner Rebecca Luker shows them around: the parlor, where an employee saw, in a mirror, a man wearing Victorian-era clothing and a large black top hat; the basement, where the housekeeper saw the same man reading a newspaper; upstairs, a door that Rebecca has heard open and close; the closet where her son saw a girl who might have been Augusta, a child believed to have died of poisoning inside the house.
During the night, Grant gets high EMF readings in the Daisy Suite. Steve, Brian and Dave investigate the basement. Dave feels something weblike push on his arm. The others think it might be ectoplasm.
In the Parlor Suite, Kristen sees heat imprints on the pillow with the thermal camera. After Jason lies down on the bed, they realize that if someone had been lying on the bed, there would be heat imprints all over the mattress, not just on the pillow.
Grant and Christine both see dark shadows in the hallway. As they enter the Wedding Suite, Grant hears something whisper his name. Later, Jason and Grant get high EMF readings in the basement and feel heavy air as they open a door.
Analyzing the footage later, Brian and Steve play a recording that sounds like someone saying, "Can you find me?" Dave reports his possible ectoplasm experience.
Jason and Grant share their findings with Rebecca and play the mysterious recording; everyone agrees that it's a child's voice. Dave's research determined that Augusta didn't die in the house, but there was a baby who did. Rebecca says that the EVP gave her chills because she hadn't heard voices here. Jason and Grant agree that if the inn is haunted, a playful spirit lives there.
The team heads to the home of Dave Edgerly in New Bedford, Mass., responding to a call from Dave's friend, Kathy Elmore, who is concerned about Dave because he's "a different person" when he's outside the house.
The team meets Kathy and Dave, who show them the bathroom where Kathy saw a shadow follow her. Dave says that he has heard noises and feels dread and anxiety when he's in the house.
During the investigation, Brian and Steve discover, in a closet under the stairs, an electrical box that gives off dangerously high EMF readings. In the basement, they find mold that might be causing Dave's headaches. As the team continues to investigate, they realize that Dave uses his house to store chemicals, such as paint strippers and acetone, that can aerosolize and disperse through the vents.
Even though Jason and Grant can't guarantee that there isn't any paranormal activity in the house, they tell Kathy and Dave that the house's other safety issues need to be addressed. They explain that the chemicals, the mold and the EMF radiation can cause fatigue, headaches, depression and nausea. They show him the problems one by one and tell him to fix them.
Dave says that he can make these improvements and thinks things will get better. Jason is glad that they found explanations that weren't paranormal.
The Stanley Hotel
Location:
First Aired:
31 May 2006
The team travels to Colorado to investigate the Stanley Hotel, which inspired Stephen King's novel The Shining.
At the hotel, the team meets concierge Billy Ward, who takes them on a tour of its haunted spots. In the McGregor Room, a cook heard a party going on while the room was empty and two employees saw a figure appear between them as they talked. A maid named Mrs. Wilson died in room 217, where Stephen King and his wife found their clothes and luggage had been rearranged during their absence. On the fourth floor, children have been seen playing in the corridor. In the lobby, Billy has seen books fly off the shelves.
Billy takes them to room 1312, where a housekeeper discovered lamps and pictures on the floor of a room that had just been cleaned. He tells them of a window on the third floor opening closing by itself, and about a homeless woman who haunts the concert hall, where unexplained shrieking has been heard.
Night one: In the McGregor Room, Jason and Grant record with the thermal camera something moving near the door. In room 412, Brian and Steve see shadows as the door and bed shake. While Jason sleeps in room 401, he hears a closet door open and notices a glass has shattered.
Night two: Brian hears a man's voice as he sets up a camera in room 1312. Jason and Grant debunk the headboard rattling in room 412 by figuring out that wind from the open window shakes it.
Brian and Steve trace high EMF readings in the McGregor Room to an electrical box in the basement below. In the Billiards Room (where parties have been heard), Brian wonders what the building is made of; residual hauntings are often linked to areas that contain a lot of quartz, which absorbs the "energy" of past events to create the residual hauntings. Brian sees a shadow move in the doorway, and they hear a doorknob rattle when they ask for a sign of a presence.
As Grant changes a tape in room 1302, he and cameraman Kendall Whelpton see tables and chairs move on their own.
Dave and Steve analyze the footage. The images Jason and Grant caught in the McGregor Room were reflections of their own legs. An EVP recorded outside Brian's room is found to be the noise caused by a heater activating. Because the camera only caught the edge of the table that Grant and Kendall saw move, the team can't be sure what caused it to happen. Brian learns that there is quartz and granite under the hotel that might be contributing to the hotel's residual hauntings.
Jason and Grant convey their findings to Billy and Nancy Baker, the hotel's controller. When the door in the Manor Hall closes a certain way, it sounds like a woman screeching; wind rattles the headboard in room 412; pipes are making banging noises. Jason explains that the children in the halls and party sounds are probably residual hauntings caused by the deposits of limestone and quartz upon which the hotel is built. They tell them about the shadows Brian and Steve saw in the Billiards Room and the odd events that transpired in Jason's room.
Nancy and Billy say they've never seen this kind of evidence before and are glad to have proof that something is going on. Jason and Grant agree that the hotel is haunted and that the trip to Colorado has been worth it.
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31 October 2005
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