An eye on the paranormal world in today’s popular culture.  Articles refer to news about paranormal groups, TV shows and appearances by the leading ghost hunters in the field.
January 31st, 2008 by djb

We here at Spectral Review are not paranormal investigators, demonologists, or drama critics. We don’t even play any of those on TV! But we do watch most paranormal shows and can tell the good ones from the bad.
Ghost Hunters International episode report card.

“Haunted Village”
The team investigates the sites of brutal murders in and [...]

January 30th, 2008 by djb

The Sci-Fi Channel announced today that Ghost Hunters International debuted as the #1 reality series telecast in Sci-Fi history. Almost 3 million viewers watched the premiere episode on January 9th.
The Channel has generated year-to-year gains in key demographics with a 17% increase among Adults 1834, a 10% increase among Adults 18-49, and a 2% [...]

January 29th, 2008 by djb

Spots are still open for investigators that want to be a part of a ghost hunt at the Nene Valley Railway Headquarters in Peterborough, UK. This article by the Evening Telegraph gives some details:

Instead of waiting for a steam engine to pull up at the headquarters of the Nene Valley Railway, the ghost hunters [...]

January 29th, 2008 by djb

We here at Spectral Review are not paranormal investigators, demonologists, or drama critics. We don’t even play any of those on TV! But we do watch most paranormal shows and can tell the good ones from the bad.
Paranormal State episode report card.

“School House Haunting”
PRS travels to Massachusetts to investigate an old schoolhouse believed [...]

January 27th, 2008 by djb

Tonight at 8 EST Crossroads Paranormal Radio welcomes Marla Brooks, an Author and Paranormal Investigator.
Marla has has lived in Hollywood all her life and has never lived in a house that wasn’t haunted and after having had several paranormal experiences of her own, it was great to finally have been given the opportunity [...]

January 27th, 2008 by djb

It appears some people made some assumptions about where one can setup and try to catch paranormal evidence without checking first. Organizers of the “G-4 Summit” planned to investigate the Gettysburg Battlefield “hot spots” without checking with the park service that operates the Gettysburg National Military Park.
As this article states at EveningSun.com, the organizers [...]

January 27th, 2008 by djb

The Elvey Farm dates back to the early 15th Century. Located in Pluckley in the UK. According to the Guiness Book of Records, Pluckley is the most haunted village in England. They claim there are forty-two Ghosts in the village alone.
Here is 1 recent public photo from Flickr.com mark emerson posted a photo:

Info from [...]

January 26th, 2008 by djb

First of all, what is a “citadel”?
It’s a fortress or castle in or near a city. It’s intended to give the inhabitants a refuge in case of a siege from some enemy.
Rasnov Citadel is the largest peasant citadel ever built in Southern Europe, its ruins standing on top of a hill near [...]

January 26th, 2008 by djb

Everyday Paranormal recently investigated The Boerne Library. The library is located in Boerne, Texas which is about 30 miles northwest of San Antonio.
WOAI.com has an article about the investigation.

The story in Boerne, is that the couple who built the building in the 1800’s, still roams the halls today. That’s what the group of ghost [...]

January 26th, 2008 by djb

We here at Spectral Review as you might imagine enjoy the “reality” based ghost and paranormal shows. These shows include Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State and Ghost Hunters International. These shows in their own way each try to find answers to questions about the paranormal. One could argue about their methods or motivations but [...]