Ghosthunters Academy - S01E08 - Crazy for Power

Coming from Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, West Virginia.

This weeks cadets are as follows:-
Eric Baldino from Wilmington, OH.
Michelle Tate from Midland,TX.
Rosalyn Brown from Woodbury, NJ.
Adam Berry from Provincetown, MA.
Dan Hwang from Newport, RI.
Brett McGinnis from Boyers,PA.
Vera Martinez from San Antonio, TX.

Due to being picked as Steve & Tangos favourites on the last show Adam & Rosalyn are the 2 team leaders this week.
Natalie Poole from Dana Point, CA was eliminated last week.

Hotspot Walkthrough locations visited were as follows - 3rd Floor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Hallway, Stretcher Room & the Forensics Unit. Steve takes his 1st chance to berate both team leaders for not asking about power outlets. Real cheap shot Steve, super weak.

Stretcher Room, Michelle, Eric, Rosalyn & Dan - Nothing was shown how the teams were picked or allocated to the team leaders, we just went from the doing set-up to talking about camera location choices then right into the investigation. Rosalyn noted EMF changes that Michelle stamped on right away as "not significant enough", they then heard a noise that they started to move towards when Michelle thought she saw a man.

Main Building Hallway, Rosalyns Team - This was the location where Michelle thought she saw a male figure go into a room that turns out to be empty, Eric & Dan move back to try and debunk it visually and wind up getting a gobfull from Rosalyn for what she perceived as "leaving the group" which Eric got VERY antsy about. Rosalyns point was valid as was Erics idea but the way they both bumped heads over it will earn them both black marks I think.

Forensics Unit, Adam, Vera, Brett & Steve (acting as their 4th team member so teams were equal I assume?) - Adam was a bit TOO keen with his statements & questions, obviously he wanted to please Steve but I think he was trying too hard & not leaving enough gaps for EVPs. Twice there were claims of hearing things (I heard nothing either time), Steve asks why they dont change their approach as the current one wasnt working then Vera asks out of the blue if anyone said her name (which no-one else heard) & this was her 2nd claim to a personal experience of hearing whispers.

1st Floor Bathroom, Rosalyns Team - This location wasn't on the Hotspot Walkthrough so I'm not sure what they were doing here. Michelle gets into the bath to try & provoke a response or interaction. Nothing happened.

3rd Floor Auditorium, Adams Team (no Steve) - Vera was getting EMF spikes from an apparent empty room until they checked the space behind it & found pipes causing the readings (probably containing electrical wiring).

3rd Floor Auditorium, Rosalyns Team (with Tango) - After Eric knocked the group claimed to hear something they moved towards (I heard nothing), after Rosalyn knocked Tango asked if the group heard a sound (when in the 3rd Floor Hallway) literally seconds before it happened. Dan shoots himself in the foot by admitting he'd turned his digital recorder off when they started moving into the Hallway towards the sound, it gave Tango seriously bad vibes from that. That seemed to be the 1st sign of who was going to be eliminated right there.

Steve & Tango blow cigar smoke into a room in the East Wing (from outside on ladders) as a test to see if the Cadets can debunk it as a real smell or think its paranormal. Adams Team discover it & trace it to the window where Steve stupidly does a fake scare on them. So even a test was used as a chance to goof off by him. Rosalyns Team smell it but she totally dismisses it as coming from outside & doesnt even bother checking where it was coming from earning her a MASSIVE black mark from Steve. Michelle found the open window & Eric saw the ladder which worked in their favour.

Evidence Analysis & Presentation - Tango plays an EVP caught by Eric & some video found by Adam of a door opening with no-one touching it.

The Findings & Judging Panel - Jason is here for this, Steve bigs up Adams Team for investigating the smell however Tango totally fails to mention that Michelle & Eric DID investigate it on Rosalyns Team. Steve plays audio found by Brett which they claim says "Hear Me" or "Hinkley" but its WAY too muffled to make out. They play Adams door clip which Adam & Michelle both think is paranormal but Eric says he's not sure due to the amount of unknowns involved which gets him mega Brownie points from Jason. They also play Erics audio clip (a voice saying "Yes" that you can barely hear).

Dan struggles to define an Intelligent Haunting (where the entities interact with the investigators questions) but I dont get why they get on his case for doing exactly what Eric got praised for mere seconds earlier, asking questions & having his own ideas. Vera's personal experience of hearing her name whispered is then backed up by audio off the mini DV camera. Steve says Adam did a good job, Tango says Rosalyn was pretty bad (several times as well, not good for her future then).

Steve votes Michelle as his favourite this week, Tango votes for Adam as his favourite so they both get a free pass into next weeks show. In the RV Jason says he feels the elimination spot is between Rosalyn & Dan, they use the 5 TAPS qualities (Honesty, Composure, Technical Knowledge, Scepticism & Patience) (again I am surprised to find patience is least important this week, is this to allow Jason to angrily jump to conclusions about Cadets and make it seem acceptable?) saying both are honest, both have good composure, Dans technical knowledge is dumped on due to his DVR goof earlier, Rosalyns scepticism was dumped on due to her flunking the smell test earlier, this flub also earned Rosalyn a black mark for patience too.

Rosalyn admits she made a mistake over the smell in hindsight, Dan was eventually dismissed.

Extras:- I also watched the various clips from the SyFy page, Vera Under Attack (slightly over dramatically named, she just reports a headache & feeling dizzy which soon passes), First Client Reveal (Adam & Rosalyn doing the client evidence review after last weeks show), Tech Tip From Steve & Tango (using an EMF gauge) and also another (using a Thermal Camera), Father Knows Best (Tango talks to his dad Bruce about the show). All these scenes plus the archive of this weeks webchat are available here:- http://www.syfy.com/connect/ghosthuntersacademy.php