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 17th, 2008 by djb

The NewsLeader.com has a very good article about three paranormal groups who work in the Augusta and Rockingham counties of Virginia.

Puffenbarger is a member of the Supernatural Investigators of Virginia. Founded in May 2007 by Tracey and Dan Burnett, the group concentrates on cemeteries and battlefields in their search for apparitions and audio phenomena.
Maybe it [...]

February 17th, 2008 by admin

The Burlington Free Press (Vermont) has an article about the paranormal group called Paranormal Investigators of New England (PI-NE).

More than 130 years ago, miners blasted 5 miles through the Berkshires to connect Boston with western Massachusetts via rail. The tunnel became known as the “Bloody Pit,” where nearly 200 men died in nitroglycerine explosions and [...]

February 16th, 2008 by djb

OK so it’s rather obvious that Yvette Fielding from Most Haunted is easily spooked but we have to admit that Yvette, her husband Karl and the rest of the Most Haunted gang go into some pretty creepy places.
Apparently Karl is a horror movie fanatic with life size models of Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong and the [...]

February 15th, 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 [...]

February 14th, 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.

“Headless Haunting”
The team visits a German fortress whose chambers are haunted [...]

February 14th, 2008 by djb

Tonight at 8 EST Crossroads Paranormal Radio welcomes Jessna of PARAEX IPPR.
Since launching in 1997, Paraex has conducted some 60+ investigations into haunted homes and businesses, logging around 430 man-hours in the field. In the past, they have worked with some fine groups and individuals. Tonight LIVE they share some of their experiences.
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February 13th, 2008 by djb

Richard Felix who has appeared on the Living TV network Most Haunted television show has written a new book entitled The Haunted Tour of Britain West Midlands.
The book is not quite available yet from our store but will be in about a month. Right now the only way to get a copy is to [...]

February 12th, 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.

“The Woman in the Window”
Ryan and the team help a family whose [...]

February 11th, 2008 by djb

It was obvious to us but ABC has announced that Pushing Daisies will return for a second season. The show was unique and interesting, had decent ratings and definitely should have made “the cut”.
The rumors are that they will not make any new episodes for this Spring or Summer, that the writer’s strike was [...]

February 11th, 2008 by djb

Northwest.com has a nice article about a new paranormal group from Sheboygan, Wisconsin named Great Lakes Area Spirit Society (G.L.A.S.S).

“We don’t want to go into somebody’s house and say ‘OK, this place is haunted, this is what we’re looking for, let’s see something happen’,” Henrickson said. “It’s not that we don’t believe that something could [...]