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 episode report card.

“Fort Mifflin”

The team investigates Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia; TAPS conducts the first investigation into a newly discovered underground holding cell.

It’s great to have the Ghost Hunters series back for season four. The first episode of the season lead off with a bang.

Case: Fort Mifflin

Client Credibility

Since this episode is about an historic site rather than a haunting a person or family is experiencing, the credibility of the client is not as critical. The person who does show Jason, Grant and Steve around is a man by the name of Wayne Irby who is the caretaker of the fort.

He brings them to the dungeon area. He tells us a story of a Revolutionary soldier being seen standing by a fireplace. He then brings them to the officers quarters. He tells the story of the “screaming lady” Elizabeth Pratt. She committed suicide after the death of her daughter.

The executive director of the fort Lee Patrick Anderson tells a story of giving a tour of the building to some young school children. Their faces turned ashen as many of them saw an apparition of Elizabeth. It was a really creepy story to say the least.

Next they are shown the Casemate 11 which has recently been discovered. We are told of the story of William Howe who was hung for murder and desertion.

Investigation

The team is a little light for this episode. Just five people including Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Dave Tango, Steve Gonsalves and Kris Williams.

Jason and Grant try to capture EVPs in the officers quarters to try to get something from Elizabeth. Jason believes he hears “Mommy” at one point. They hope they get something on the equipment.

Next Steve and Tango go to the Blacksmith shop. They try to get EVPs. Steve jumps because of his fear of spiders.

Grant and Jason go to Casemate 5. They have the thermal camera and notice a warm spot on one of the cots. Grant and Jason head to Casemate 11. The Casemates are underground and are narrow. Jason thinks he sees something scurry. He did not like being in a tight space underground. It’s odd because we have never heard that from him before. So they get Kris to try to go down in Casemate 11. She doesn’t last too long but did try.

Jason and Grant head back to Casemate 11. Grant sees a face which naturally startles him. He drops his flashlight and unfortunately nothing is caught on camera as it’s pointed at Grant, not at the window. A really nice personal experience.

It seems that they wanted to highlight that the investigators do have fears while searching these places. It was interesting because they haven’t done that in the past. Tango also couldn’t last in the Casemate 11. Looks like Brian might be wishing he stayed on this series!!

Evidence

Some nice evidence collected. Some very clear EVPs. The “Mommy” EVP did happen as Jason heard. Actually it was said twice and it was very clear. Another EVP was “the boss wants it deeper”. A little less clear but it sounded like that to us.

The next EVP was “can I get some water sir?” Not real clear but they realize that about at that time a cameraman was taking a swig of water from a bottle.

The thermal revealed the most interesting evidence. And it tied in one of Wayne Irby’s stories. The story was that an apparition has been seen standing by a fireplace. They caught a heat signature that looked like a human figure. Very amazing.

The last thermal evidence showed something that looked like footsteps walking away from the wall and then back before disappearing.

Conclusion

Wow, a terrific start to season four! The thermal of the soldier by the fireplace is right up there with anything they have gotten on that camera. We are wondering about the thermal footsteps though. We wish they showed us trying to debunk it. Some real terrific EVPs collected.

They showed that even these veteran investigators can get scared and startled going into these creepy places. If I were to go into some of those places I would probably be the one saying “Mommy”.

Looks like season four is going to be hot.

Next Episode “Two to Tango”