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.

“The Fear Cage”

TAPS investigates a bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pa. that served as quarters for Confederate officers and their staff during the Civil War.

The Ghost Hunters finally get to Gettysburg. Will the Cashtown Inn deliver the goods?

Case: The Cashtown Inn

Client Credibility

The couple that owns the Cashtown Inn seemed very credible. The husband is a man by the name of Jack Paladino and describes himself as a skeptic. Many claims of the paranormal have occurred at the Inn for all the years they have owned the property, however Mr. Paladino tells us he always just shook off these claims. He wants the Ghost Hunters to find some hard evidence and then he would change his tune.

Investigation

They have a TV mysteriously turn off and on several times. After the third time Tango noticed it always happened when he was using the walkie-talkie. Do you think he thought of it because we were yelling at the TV “it’s the walkie-talkie!” OK, just kidding on the yelling at the TV part but we did notice it on the second TV power-on event.

Jason and Grant head to the third floor to the Robert E. Lee room. They hear footsteps pretty loudly. Jason then says he feels a cold spot next to him on the couch. Unfortunately the camera Grant has is not a thermal camera. It was probably just a mini DV camera. The thermal could have confirmed Jason’s observation.

Tango and Kris go to the basement. Kris gets nauseous and luckily makes it to the bathroom before upchucking. Perhaps the gurgling stomach from the Clapp library returns? OK, thats not why. We could see tons of electrical wire dangling from the ceiling of the basement and high EMF readings were confirmed by Jason and Grant.

Kris wants to go back to the basement and they try to get EVPs. She feels sick again.

Jason tells us the basement is a “fear cage”. Because of the high EMF it can cause people to have all sorts of adverse effects. Hence the title of the episode.

Since the team is staying at the Inn they are able to setup cameras in their room while they are sleeping. Very similar to their experiences they have had at the Stanley in Colorado, they can setup these cameras in their rooms.

Evidence

The first piece of evidence was the footsteps in the third floor. It’s hard to imagine for the sound to be created by having someone walking on the second or first floor.

An EVP from the basement with Tango and Kris didn’t really sound convincing to us. It sounded just like a “tick”, nothing like a “yes” to Tango’s question.

Probably the most interesting evidence from the series ever was the 5×7 photograph being rotated on the table in Grant’s room. Just incredible footage. This was from setting up the camera before they went to sleep. Grant said it was just two minutes after he turned on the camera. It was a lucky and great catch.

Conclusion

The series hit’s a home run here. Just a terrific show with some awesome evidence. This puts season four back on track as the best season yet.

Just a small note. It’s nice when they have one investigation per episode. Then there is time to show them interact. They included a scene with Steve and Tango when they were analyzing the evidence. The scene was entertaining as Steve was giving Tango a hard time with his funny colored head phones.

Apparently at least, Steve wasn’t afraid of them.

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