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.
February 29th, 2008 by djb

Preston Castle located in Ione California recently was investigated by the Ghost Trackers Paranormal Research Group.
The Preston School of Industry was established by the California State Legislature as a progressive action toward rehabilitating, rather than simply imprisoning, juvenile offenders. The building was built in 1890. First residents were housed in 1894. The [...]

February 28th, 2008 by djb

Everyday Paranormal is planning an overnight investigation and stay at the Myrtles Plantation and inviting you along!! The event is to take place on Sunday, May 18th, 2008.

The Myrtles Plantation is well-known for being one of the most haunted locations in the world. Everyday Paranormal recently conducted an investigation here, and we were [...]

February 28th, 2008 by djb

Derek Acorah of TV shows Most Haunted and Derek Acorah’s Ghost Towns is going to participate in two fundraisers in April organized by The Anthony Nolan Trust.
The Southern Reporter has the details:

On Thursday, April 24, Derek will be holding an audience with Border fans which, say organisers, promises to be a hugely entertaining display of [...]

February 27th, 2008 by djb

The game of Baseball has a long and storied past. It’s a sport that lends itself to comparisons between modern day players and players from long ago. These statistical comparisons keep “alive” these players of the past more than any other sport.
These players are often referred to as “legends of the game”. [...]

February 26th, 2008 by djb

As most of you know the Ghost Hunters investigated in Wright-Patterson Air Force base for an episode of season four which starts on March 5th.
Stars and Stripes has another article that gives some of the claims of paranormal activity that prompted the Air Force to contact TAPS.

The problem was, the woman wasn’t supposed to be [...]

February 26th, 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.

“Asylum”
The PRS explores a New York state prison that was once [...]

February 25th, 2008 by djb

People will probably think we here at Spectral Review just have too much time on our hands but we decided to make our own video spoof of the Ghost Hunters show that is on The Sci-Fi Channel.
Introducing the Kitty Ghost Hunters. You will be able to tell we are not professional movie makers but [...]

February 25th, 2008 by djb

The Mahoning Valley Paranormal Society recently investigated the Opera House in Cortland, Ohio.
The Tribune-Chronicle has the article:

Alone, inside the old Opera House, a group of people dressed in black lock themselves in for the night. They creep through it, stepping on creaking floorboards, walking past yellowed photographs. They hold blinking electronics, flashlights, camcorders and microphones.
And [...]

February 24th, 2008 by djb

Tonight at 8 EST Crossroads Paranormal Radio welcomes Rhetta Akamatsu, author of Ghost to Coast.
Ghost to Coast : A Paranormal Handbook of Ghost Tours, Paranormal Investigation Groups, and Haunted Hotels.

Stroll through shadowy streets and peer into eerie alleyways as you listen to the tales of ghostly inhabitants on the ghost tours listed in this book. [...]

February 23rd, 2008 by djb

Monsters & Critics has a new interview with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson two of our favorite Ghost Hunters.

Why are we fascinated with the paranormal and ghosts? And why is it popular?
Jason Hawes: Well see I, you know, I’ve seen a bunch – some people, of course, get – have their own experience and they [...]