Ghosts, my personal experiences

I've had a few experiences during my life, 1st and most vivid was as a child and the house we lived in had 2 distinct ghosts. 1 was male for sure though he was never seen, he was just a dark figure and an evil presence. He loved to scare people and frequently turned the upstairs lights off, I am pretty certain it was him that pushed me down our stairs. The other ghost was very nice, very kind.

A lovely older women who I saw several times as a figure, she was always a white figure and you could make out her face and torso but she sometimes sat on my bed, it was almost as thought she guarded my room and kept the darker male entity out. Many times I woke up feeling a weight on the end of the bed and she would be sitting there just watching me and smiling. I must admit I never felt scared when I saw her.

Ghosthunters Academy - S01E05 - The Blame Game

St Augustine Lighthouse, St Augustine Florida.

5 weeks into the show & they decide to bring in yet ANOTHER new person, Chris Smith who has absolutely NO training at all. Great so he's getting in on the 5th show, knows nothing. Why not just give the other students a loaded gun & ask them to play Russian Roulette? Chris also informs us this week is the penultimate show.

Hotspot walkthrough, everyone appears to be taking notes. Chris Smith gets brownie points for asking a good question. Steve tells them someone is going home this week. Quite frankly if its not Chris Smith the show is a complete sham, if not him then Jane for the exact same reason. Bringing new people onto the show during the run is totally unfair to those who were there since day 1.

Jane & Ben in the Lighthouse Tower - they try to debunk how the door gets unlocked but can't. They do an EVP, neither of them leave very long gaps for answers. We hear movement which they can't locate the source of, Steve gets on Janes case about going to check out the noise & what made it.

Karl & Chris Smith in the Keepers Quarters Basement - Tango gives Karl brownie points for his instruction method & his EVP approach.

Ben & Susan in the Grounds outside - Susan hears what sounds like an owl a very long way away & thinks its a woman screaming (talk about an overactive imagination!) but Ben debunks it as a bird. They hear a branch break but are unable to find the source of that noise.

Ben & Susan in the Lighthouse Tower - Susan is convinced she saw a shadow. Trying a recreation they easily debunk it as a light passing by outside.

Chris McCune & Jane in the Grounds - Steve rags on them for not knowing what they are looking for outside. Fair rant though. Steve also seems to be on Chris's case for other stuff too. Odd that, why didn't you attack him last week when he wandered off from his group TWICE?

Steve & Chris McCune in the Lighthouse Tower - Steve comes down from his Ivory Tower to give an Investigation Master Class. They also have a heart to heart & it turns out Chris misses home. If he misses home after only 5 weeks why did he bother applying to the show at all? Its not like its not a well documented fact that they travel all over investigating and are rarely near where they live so why is it a sudden surprise to Chris?

Chris Smith & Jane in the Keepers Quarters Basement - Jane thinks she smells something then hears a noise. Chris hears something which he thinks are some musket balls moving so they leave an audio recorder there & Jane gets scared by a cardboard cut-out.

Susan & Chris McCune in the Keepers Quarters Basement - Susan used a cigar, whiskey & a candle as trigger objects which scores her brownie points from Tango. Chris thinks he saw a shoulder which turns out to be a case of retina burn off the mini DV screen.

Karl & Chris Smith in the Lighthouse Tower - Chris says he heard something (super hearing then) which Karl says sounds like someone dropped something, I heard nothing.

Evidence Evalution - Ben presents audio of him & Jane that might be knocking (or running down stairs). During critiqueing all students Jane drops a massive clanger & rats out Chris McCune for being late coming to the evidence review & leaving early. Major mistake & a bad way to show shes not a team player (yet again!). She further compounds her screw-up by saying Chris McCune had told her he didn't want to be there.

As the other students are sent outside Jane & Chris McCune are kept back. Jane interupts Steve in seconds of his speech & is overly emotional. Chris McCune is sent home but it was so nearly Jane going home this week. If it'd been me in Steves shoes I would have sent them both home.

Next week is the final show and if I am honest it has to be Ben or Karl who wins. Quite frankly Jane dodged a major bullet this week and Chris Smith also does NOT deserve to be going into the final week as a competitor either.

Ghost Lab s01e10

Alcatraz, San Francisco California.

They are forced to unpack all their gear so they can ship it across to the island, it makes me wonder why they didn't ask one of the car ferries (and there are several) to take them AND the Lab over to the island. During the set-up & hotspot walkthrough they encounter audible noises in 2 different spots and a camera is knocked.

Day 2, Evidence Review - They get an EVP saying "I can't forget what I have done" from The Dungeon.

Katie is left to investigate The Dungeon on her own in the dark & hears several noises.
At the same time Brad & Barry were in Cell Block D, Barry was sure he heard a growl in Solitary Cell 14.

Day 3, Evidence Review - Barry plays some god awful quality recording that he claims is a growl, all I heard was noise.
Katie catches an EVP which you can bearly hear which they claim was saying "I want you" as well as one you can just about hear saying "I got you" which they claimed is saying "I got you now" but I can't hear the now part of it.

Day 4, Evidence Review - A recorder left in Robert Strouds cell catches an EVP saying "Tony Eniche" but they can't find a name matching on the list of inmates.

Katie & Steve Hock in the Hospital Wing, just after Steve says "I've got a pretty little girl here" you can hear what sounds like a long exhale.
Hector in Solitary Cell 14, we hear something metallic moving which Hector thought was a cell door closing. It turns out Brad & Barry who were close by heard the same thing.

Evidence Review - They caught the cell door closing sound on audio along with an EMF spike of 5.5 at the same time. We get yet another bad quality barely audible EVP that Katie caught that they claim says "I want her".

How to empty the Avast virus chest or vault

Somehow recently a few trojans managed to work their way onto my system (although exactly how I am not sure as Avast is alledgedly supposed to scan everything coming onto the PC) but were soon flagged and placed into the Avast virus chest to keep the rest of the system safe.

It was then I realised I had ZERO CLUE how to check the contents of the chest, how to remove them or even where the damn chest was.

For those who are stuggling here is some useful info.

Go to this folder:- C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4
and locate a program called ashChest. Start it and the procedure should be fairly obvious from there.

In Avast 5 simply go into Maintenance, the chest can be accessed from there

My Weekly TNA Catch-up, Impact 3rd Dec 09 reviewed

Show opens with Desmond Wolfe waffling on the mic inside a steel cage that he'd locked himself inside only to be interupted by Kurt Angle in his wrestling gear who comes down, climbs in then gets a facefull of brass knucks from Wolfe as well as a beatdown.

Doug Williams (with Brutus Magnus & Big Rob) vs Alex Shelley (with Chris Sabin) - Williams was on top for all of the opening second before Shelley got going, Williams had a pretty good comeback that was very stiff and I must say that this was one of Williams' best matches I have seen him in for a very long time but Shelly made his own major comeback & got the eventual win off Sliced Bread.

Homicide vs Suicide - An interesting opener in that Homicide didn't seem overly willing to sell the Side Headlock Takedown, both guys had a decent run on top and both had nearfalls too but Suicide took the win off a Back Slide. Homicide tried to unmask Suicide but D'Angelo Dinero made the save.

Trash Talk with ODB, Tara as guest. A lot of fuss was made about this in a couple of newsgroups but they failed to see it for the complete work it was.

Jesse Neal vs D'Angelo Dinero - This is the 1st proper Impact appearance for Neal the heel under his repackaged look, not very impressive from either guy with Dinero selling for Neal big time but Dinero took the win off the DDE. Neal jumped Dinero post match but the lights went out then came back up to reveal Suicide making the save on Dinero with a Missile Dropkick off the top turnbuckle.

Tag Match, Eric Young & Kevin Nash vs Beer Money - Extremely dull & exceptionally poor quality match, Young took the win off a Piledriver on James Storm.

Bobby Lashley comes out with Kristal to not say anything on the mic.

Daniels vs Abyss - AJ Styles had come out to join the colour desk but left to scout Daniels during the match, quite frankly this was going nowhere fast & Abyss had Daniels goozled but Daniels made a hand signal and the big screen showed Lauren being beaten up by The Beautiful People so Daniels took advantage of Abyss with his back turned and rhoshambo'd him. Daniels made some weird Side Roll to take the win.

Post match Daniels invited Styles into the ring but Styles was jumped from behind yet again by the mystery man in black.

Mike Tenays sit down interview with Dixie Carter:- Jeff Jarrett is on "leave", Stings future is open, Hogan will be "helping in every aspect of the company". Backstage segment with Mick Foley on the phone to what turns out to be Jeff Jarrett who said "I was done 4 months ago and I'm twice as done now" and "screw you and TNA", a shoot or does Jeff mean it? Personally I think they are building a distraction so when Jarrett comes back it'll be when we least expect it.

Hamada vs Sarita - This was an outstanding match, Sarita hit a wicked Hurricanrana before Hamada nailed her in the head with a Super Kick then Hamada made a nice Missile Dropkick that Sarita bearly kicked out of. Sarita managed to wriggle out of the Hamada Driver turning it into a Roll up which was also a near fall before hitting a great looking Floatover DDT, both women went for technical submission pins that looked great but Hamada hit Sarita twice with the Spinkick (that 2nd one looked a bit TOO convincing judging by Saritas reaction) but Hamada took the eventual win off the Hamada Driver.

Kurt Angle vs Desmond Wolfe - Or so we thought, before Wolfe came out Mick Foley came down and bitched that Angle hadn't told him all he knew about Hogan coming to TNA so Foley tweaked the match so Angle vs Wolfe never happened.

Handicap Match, Kurt Angle vs Raven & Dr. Stevie (with Daffney) - Initially this looked it was going be Angle getting the s**t kicked out of him and for the 1st 2 minutes it was until he got a 2nd wind, Stevie bailed up the ramp only to get a Black Hole Slam from Abyss which distracted Raven long enough for Angle to hit the Ankle Lock & Raven tapped out in seconds so Angle got the win. Only to take some sort of modified DDT from behind off Desmond Wolfe post match.

Having watched Dixie Carters whole interview she states the announcement of Hogans Impact debut is "days away", there is a high chance of a World X Cup match in 2010 and that Hogan coming won't mean newer wrestlers get pushed less because of it.

Ghosthunters Academy - S01E04 - Drama Queen

Buffalo Central Terminal, Buffalo New York.

Steve whines about everyone being quiet on the journey, before the tour even starts they get noises in the Main Concourse.
It seems Jane learnt from her mistake last week and was taking notes on the hotspot walkthrough.
Set up went pretty quickly & easily and Ben seemed to be helping everyone.

Jane says Karl told her they couldn't put a mini DV on the mezzanine & Tango is very shocked that she ratted him out like that.

Ben, Chris & Susan in the Main Concourse - Chris goes off on his own to do an EVP when Ben catches something on the thermal which turns out to be Chris.

Jane & Karl in Fedele's Apartment - Karl starts out badly by calling them "Jane & Heathyr"? Karl tells Jane not to move the EMF meter do fast as it gives bad readings & despite the fact Jane keeps saying "I know" numerous times she STILL ignores him, Steve & Tango pull her up on that in the control centre. I think they will mark her down for spending more time arguing with Karl than actually investigating.

Chris in the Main Concourse - If Chris doesn't SERIOUSLY get marked down for leaving his group I won't be impressed. He hears various noises (none of which I heard) until he hears the HUGE bang which turns out to have been a piece of marble falling off the wall. Chris meets back up with Ben & Susan who then decides to go investigate the noises Chris heard & do an EVP on her own. Come on people, 1st rule of investigation you don't go off on your own! Its only when they see Susan on her own do Steve & Tango get annoyed about that very same fact. Its annoying that they didn't go out when Chris went off on his own much earlier in the same location.

Jane & Karl in the Trolley Lobby - Jane goes all Jay & Grant by suggesting they set up a flashlight for spirits to turn on, they also both think they saw something.

Ben, Susan & Chris on the 3rd Floor - Susan instantly suggests going off to do an EVP on her own (after being warned about it as well, idiot!), Chris gives her his walkie talkie & Ben says to stay in visual contact so they both covered their backs there. Susan thinks she heard water, I heard nothing at all. They were unable to recreate the noise & Susan leaves an audio recorder there.

Ben & Chris manage to lose Susan again as when you next see them she isn't there, Ben debunks a thermal hit.


Jane & Karl in Fedele's Apartment - Karl & Jane hear a noise & are distracted by a light outside a window which turns out to be Steve & Tango "testing them", funny how Steve goes on about honesty yet he lies to them about where he & Tango are. They even do it again then hide AND mug up to the camera like a couple of naughty kids, they know they are being idiots yet they call this training? Who picked these 2 fools over people like Dustin Pari, Barry Fitzgerald & Joe Chin? Karl goes out & is able to reproduce the light with his flashlight, Jane concludes it was someone with a brighter light. BUSTED!

Chris & Karl on the 4th Floor - I guess they finally changed partners then? Karl suggests provoking to get a reaction, to no effect.

After the breakdown Steve admits to having "tested" Karl & Jane with the lights. As the students are doing evidence analysis Steve is caught screwing around inside the station YET AGAIN!

Evidence Evalution - nothing was found, a true rarity for an episode of a Ghost Hunters related show.

Steve decides no-one is going home this week. Personally I think it would have been hard to single out just 1 person, Jane wasn't a team player this week & both Susan & Chris went off on their own but only Susan got moaned at for it.

Ghost Lab s01e09

Hotel Galvez, Galvestone Texas.
1st Floor Music Room, Brad is convinced he sees a shadow walk past the window.

5th Floor Room 503, they get a weird low thermal hit off a chair after Brad says to sit down.
Later they discover they got an EVP when Brad asks if anything is in the chair it says "Yeah".

Room 500, the K2 goes off when they ask it to. Twice.

Presidio La Bahia, Goliad Texas.
Church Courtyard, after staging an era cues re-enactment the K2 meter goes crazy
Later checking discovers an EVP that said "Esta mero" which means this is the one.

Officers Quarters, 1 brother hears something move & the other catches some sort of movement on the camera.

Night 2, Goliad Massacre Site - Investigator Hector calls out for the spirits to come out of the trees in Spanish, at the same time a thermal camera freezes & a large branch breaks.

Day 3, They investigate during a storm to see if its energy increases Paranormal activity.
Baseline EMF readings are shown to be much higher, also you hear a rocking chair creak & the guy with the thermal camera thinks it moved too.

A couple of EVP's are captured, someone saying "Please Help" (I really couldn't hear it) and what Barry describes as a "scream" but it just sounds like noise. Barry discovers a correlation between capturing EVP's & weather/lightning strikes.