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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Ghost Hunters S06E17 Grammer School Ghosts reviewed

Milton School - Alton, Illinois.

This week KJ is home doing personal stuff so Joe Chinn is filling in for him. As per usual Jason started with his customary completely useless "lets get digital recorders to all cameras" statement which by now even he must realise makes him sound like a complete tosser. What you're asking to be done would be done during camera setup so stop saying it. You're an IDIOT.

Jason & Grant in the Girls Shower Room - Everythings back to normal then, J&G back as 1st team into the site. The "voices" they were hearing sounded mostly like water dripping to be honest.

Jason & Grant in the Boys Shower Room - The bang you heard after Jason turned the light off sounded like a bulb popping or a breaker switch flipping if I am honest, nothing paranormal. The fact it came so closely after he turned those lights off is too coincidental, their attempt to replicate & debunk it was laughable. Those lights had clearly been on for a while (why weren't they killed during the lights out sequence, more proof if you need it that TAPS is getting lax & sloppy) so were probably hot which contributed to the noise they made when turned off. I have no clue what sound they were hearing which made them radio the other 2 teams even though Britt said he heard it (It also proved all 3 teams were in the location giving MAJOR possible causes of cross contamination to each others investigations).

Joe & Britt in the Boiler Room Hall - After Joe says "Just listen" (@ 13:49) can anyone else hear childrens voices singing WAY off in the distance, it happens & neither guy reacts to it or appears to hear it. It happens JUST before they hear the clumpy footsteps above them. I didnt see any of the light movement they were reporting, it didnt help that the Pilgrim camera guy shooting it had the world shakiest hands so was shifting around a lot. Britt reported that it had been "leaning up against" then took off down the corridor, was it a coincidence he lost it JUST as he walked past a wooden ladder leaning up against the same wall where he'd seen it. Well done Britt, you just mistook a fricking LADDER for a ghost you bone head! And you are supposed to be the top guy in line to head Ghost Hunters International?

Jason & Grant in the Boys Shower Room - Again. I didn't hear either of the sounds when they were doing the EVP, I did hear the bang (more exploding bulbs?). Please note when they went to check there was an old electric lamp (#1 suspect right there) and their IR illuminator (#2 possible suspect imho) as well as a light fixture above the doorway (another possible culprit).

Kris & Amy in the Girls Shower Room - Amy stayed in the Girls Showers while Kris went off to the Boys (I assume J&G had either left or were investigating elsewhere by this point, either way its a messy way to edit the show making it look like an Investigator is going off to join 2 more Investigators who are already in the location shes going to). Amy reckoned she heard 2 knocks, I didnt hear anything.

Joe & Britt in the Girls Bathroom Hallway - I didnt hear any of the noises these guys reported. Also Britt demonstrated his complete ignorance of tagging by slamming open a toilet door then not telling Joe it was him making a noise. I assume the "moan" they heard was what i thought sounded like someone inhaling heavily. I would like to point out that yet again Britt wasn't carrying a camera, just a digital voice recorder - not really a whole lot of good for any visual sightings. If TAPS can afford a new van then they can certainly afford cameras for all the investigators.

Jason & Grant in the Gymnasium - nothing really happened, they did a bit of debunking on the catwalk & by the window.

Kris & Amy in the Boiler Room - I heard a few noises but nothing that you wouldnt expect from an old building at night when its settling. I felt when Kris shut the Boiler Room door that there might be something about to happen as it felt like a rather contrived (and incredibly stupid) thing to be doing. Amys personal experience was exactly that but at least she proved even she thinks the Pilgrim camera crews are utterly ineffectual.

Analysis - Britt plays the footsteps he & Joe caught, Amy plays Britt & Joe getting "shush"'ed but its thrown out as a possible clothing noise.

The Reveal - Footage of the light bulb pop that spooked J&G, audio only of the other light bulb pop that spooked J&G - Grant tries to point out sparking which is masked by IR lens flare. Unsurprisingly the Pilgrim camera guy was filming J&G and NOT what they were looking at. Score another point for helmet cams. Footage of the heavy footsteps Britt & Joe caught in the Boiler Room Hall, they just sound like another investigator - they are WAY too heavy to be anything but human. Audio of the something loud J&G caught that Britt also heard, I assume this noise was masked by the Pilgrim sound effects as I never heard it when they were doing the actual investigation.

As far as missing stuff my "voice singing" after Joe says "Just listen" and before Britt asks "Did you hear that" is DEFINATELY there, i copied off the audio and hiked up the volume and discounting the incidental music you can hear a voice very definately singing just off into the middle distance, its obviously not THAT far away as the cameras picked it up yet no-one caught it at all?

Please note, after analysing the bang J&G heard in the Boys Shower Room it was clearly made by Jason who dropped something on the floor. If you watch his shadow you can clearly see an object (shape looks like a walkie talkie) leaving his hand & hitting the floor. It happens JUST after time index 17:53 moments after Britt radios them. Also please note how the camera crew cut Jason out of the shot allowing him to drop the object.

Really annoying that a possible great piece of evidence was overlooked and that they had to pull this stupd fake to make the episode seem better than it was. Attached is my recorded audio of the ghostly singing, see what you think?

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Attached File ghost singing.mp3 (147.78K)

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