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Ghost Hunters episode report card.

“Two to Tango”

The team investigates the Burlington County Prison. The jail is now a museum.

The Ghost Hunters head to Tango’s home town on the suggestion of Tango’s Father. So it’s two to tango…

Case: Burlington County Prison Museum

Client Credibility

The case was brought to TAPS by Dave Tango’s Father. He is a ex-cop and amateur ghost hunter. We are told that Mr Tango was just “creeped out” by the Burlington County Jail. So it’s unusual that they investigate a place because of just feelings of an investigator. Hopefully when they get there they will learn more claims of hauntings.

They are shown the prison by Marisa Bozarth who is a museum attendant. She had some experiences and she wants TAPS to find evidence so she can have something to back up her story. She told us of a shadow person that crossed her path. She felt as it went by her that it’s head turned and looked at her. She shows them another room where voices have been heard.

Then they go to the dungeon which was a solitary confinement cell. A prisoner who was executed at the jail is supposed to haunt the cell. People have smelled cigarette smoke even though no one is allowed to smoke in the jail.

Next they go to the basement and she tells a story of her and another worker experiencing another shadow with a nasty smell.

Investigation

Jason and Grant smell cigarette smoke. They don’t seem to be able to debunk it.

Kris and Tango try to get EVP in the “women’s wing”. They do an experiment where Kris whispers in one cell and Tango can hear it several walls away.

Steve and Tango get an odd EMF reading by the gallows. And Steve thought he saw a shadow. Nothing on camera though. Tango feels he smells blood and gets the chills.

Jason and Grant see a light and are able to debunk that it is a reflection, probably from a car driving by outside.

The team has a lot of personal experiences. They seemed to put more weight on these personal experiences than they have in the past. To the point that Kris and Tango are asked to go to the third floor to see if they feel anything. It’s weird because just the suggestion of it kind of ruins the experiment. And they don’t usually put much weight on these kind of things. Weird.

Evidence

They find one piece of interesting evidence. It’s on the thermal camera. Something appeared to move across the camera. What we have always questioned is when they thought they have caught something on the thermal, it’s had a heat signature. And it’s been warmer. When we usually hear that spirits create cold spots, we have wondered why the thermal would then show them with a heat signature that was warmer. This particular thermal movement doesn’t appear at a different temperature. We usually see this temperature difference via color, it being a yellow or white. So it’s possible this is different than anything else they have ever gotten.

We wonder if they turned off the “color” on that camera. Can the camera be setup to display a particular color range? Could it just be set to a gray scale? It did look just black and white to us. That is a question I would like to ask Jason and Grant.

Case: McArthur’s House

Client Credibility

We meet the person who looks to be doing Donna’s old job of briefing Jason and Grant on the next investigation. Her name is Heather Drolet. She is an investigator and does accompany them on this case.

The case is about a four year old daughter who is having trouble sleeping in her room. Claiming spirits are bothering her.

The mother of the child is Teresa and she tells us some of their experiences. The grandmother tells of hearing a voice and having creepy feelings. Teresa tells us that the child has been checked out by her doctor and she seems OK.

Investigation

They debunk a plumbing problem. A faucet seems to turn on by itself. It’s old and they sell her a new one. Just kidding.

They debunk a door that can be easily moved with a good gust of wind. One of the claims was the door slamming shut. There are two large windows in the room which they determine could easily cause the door to slam.

They find high EMF readings in the basement due to electrical wiring. Probably the cause of creepy feelings by the adults in the home.

Evidence

No evidence was captured. But thats because the home is not haunted. The debunking they did seemed to solve the clients problem.

Conclusion

Not a lot going on in this episode. The team did their usual good investigation but not much turned up. The team did have some personal experiences which is fine but they did seem to weigh them much more then they have in the past.

We have questions on the thermal evidence they captured. And questions on the camera itself on how it works.

Not one of their stronger episodes.

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