Ghost Adventures uses the authority in Hollywood while on investigation

Scott and Zak at the Hollywood Sign

The Ghost Adventures Crew took a trip to Hollywood, to investigate the historical landmarks that litter the landscape of the city.

The first stop was the Hollywood sign, where it is reported that an aspiring actress threw herself from the iconic landmark. They brought along the Dearly Departed Tour Company as their guides on this incredible quest. Dearly Departed Tour Founder Scott Michaels was on hand to give Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures Crew the play by play in history.

One of the many artifacts in the Dearly Departed Collection

For people who aren't from Hollywood or visited there, the DDTC does just that. What sets this company apart from other tour companies and tours is Scott and Brian Donnelly. Scott has built a name for himself as "the authority on the dark side of Hollywood." Scott is the man when it comes to knowledge on Charles Manson, even producing a few documentaries on the subject. Scott has even gone as far as to import and collect artifacts from famous Hollywood murders, and serial killers and display them for all to see in his shop. The DDTC storefront is more like a museum then it is a shop, with visitors able to spend hours wandering the store. I was there for a tour mid-2015 and witnessed fans of his stopping by to give him a gift, something, of course, to display in his museum.

In speaking with Scott, once he found out I was a paranormal investigator, he did go into stories about how his store is possibly inhabited by spirits from all the items he's collected. Maybe this is the place Ghost Adventures should have investigated.

Brian Donnelly may be the best tour guide in Hollywood with his extensive knowledge and love of everything Hollywood. Brian takes the out of the way approach to Hollywood, not just visiting the hot-spots and his love for his profession shine through in his presentation. If you're not already following Brian on Facebook, you should start. Brian's page may be your end-all-be-all for history and celebrities in Hollywood.

For those of all who are into the dark side of history in Hollywood, stop by the DDTC and have a chat with Scott and Brian, and I would highly recommend taking one or more of their tours, as you will not be disappointed. If you are into paranormal investigating, the DDTC store front/museum is a great place to visit. 

Equipment Review : EM Vortex

Generated electricity is said to increase paranormal activity. By giving the spirits more energy to feed from, spirits should in theory have more energy to interact with the living.

Enter the EM Vortex. Unlike the standard generators the EM Vortex has three hand wound coils that generates the vortex, instead of just a little pump inside that has to vibrate. Each mode has a variable pulse and rotation rate, which is great if you're trying to do some research into this theory.

While these devices can be great for some cases, be aware the range for such battery powered devices are only a few feet. These are still ideal as powered devices can cause false results, and possibly some medical side effects. Being one of the more powerful portable devices around, you really can't go wrong.

Running in eight AA batteries gives it a longer running time which is essential for those longer cases, and still lightweight enough to carry around if so desired.

The author is not a paid endorser of paranormalinvestigationsequipment.com. Visit their website to purchase this and other paranormal investigation tools.

Our minds:Paranormal projectors

Anyone who has been on paranormal investigations or has had paranormal experiences in their lifetime and have seen shadows or ghosts or heard voices probably believes in the paranormal. It is believed those who are not skeptical and are more open to the possibility of life after death has more experiences. It seems like those that are skeptical or don't believe don't experience the same activity as our believing brethren.

As Parapsychologists have been researching poltergeist activity for a long time coming up with two classifications. One is R.S.P.K, which is Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis. R.S.P.K. involves someone who can inadvertently make things move, or project ghosts or shadows. The second is an actual ghost.

What if all 'ghosts' are nothing but projections? Most hauntings in homes that have paranormal activity that wasn't there before seem to be the projection of the people living in the home. Investigators seemingly agree that most hauntings appear to be the product of couples fighting, or an angry individual. Couples have stated that they have had no paranormal activity in their home until they started arguing and fighting. All of a sudden doors started banging, sounds were heard, and footsteps can be heard throughout the home. As soon as the fighting and arguing ceased, the paranormal activity also ceased.

There are also cases in poltergeist activity that are tied to angry or extremely emotional people. It is theorized that these people also project outward unknowingly when their frustrations reach a boiling point. It seems that when the person or people can fix themselves and project a positive attitude only then does the paranormal activity stop. This is why psychologists can play a major role in stopping the paranormal in people's lives.

Fear can also be a factor. If you are so afraid of the idea of ghosts or demons and you think about it all the times, can you in fact project them? If people are afraid of a plastic and cardboard Ouji board, then they are in fact giving the Ouji board power of their consciousness. When people fear things they leave themselves open to being controlled by them whether they are real or not.

Ghost hunting at celebrity places like Gettysburg with people that are open minded or believe in the paranormal can also create ghosts. People want to see something so bad that they can again project sounds or something to move that can be caught on camera.

The power of the brain continues to surprise us every day. People find that the mind is capable of things we never thought possible especially with regular mind exercise. So with this thought, can the mind be a paranormal projector?



Roy Weedmark is the owner of Paranormal Discord. Paranormal Discord is an attempt to poke fun of the dysfunctional world we call ghost hunting.

Paranormal frauds

In the paranormal field, much as with any field people cross your path that present themselves fraudulently. This ranges from evidence to stories, years of experience and many other fabrications.The issue is its here and not going away anytime soon. 

As you meet new people you'll always have people that will prop up their resume to seem like they've been doing it longer or done different events, etc. The problem with the paranormal field is that there really is not a way to verify what someone is actually claiming. Its not like you can call to check references really, even if you get a number to call the reason for that person leaving may illicit a bad response from the previous organizations. The result of this is people who have been claiming to be in the field for 10, 20, 30 years, when it may actually be 5. Now is that a continuous time, or did you do an investigation 10 years ago and now you're claiming 10 years? Now there are those that say these amounts of time and are completely honest about that, the.unfortunate thing is some people ruin it for everyone else. 

Then we come to those like Aron Houdini, or Brian Harnois and a host of others (some will not be named) who choose to rip off supporters and fans. People who are frauds and steal from others is what gives the paranormal field often a bad reputation.  I am not going to go into details about these two as everything I have read about them may or may not be true, they are just the ones in the headlines. The key to anything is just to be honest about your experience and your intentions. If someone is expecting you to do something or be somewhere especially if you have been payed for it, be there! This is also why there are places that won't let teams book, or wont unless they jump through hoops just because these places have been burned by these frauds. Even events like the one that happened in Tombstone not too long ago, where a big group of people were supposedly duped for a lot of money when the event planner failed to show for the event.

We can also talk about those who are on TV, or write books and articles. Those on TV that fake evidence or spice it up just for entertainment purposes are just as bad. They fool everyone into thinking that what they do is real, which in turn makes everyone think that's what investigating the paranormal is really like. They then become celebrities and can sell their crappy merchandise, and get payed to attend conventions, and other appearances. Not saying they are fake, but it calls into question shows like Ghost Hunters, Mountain Monsters, Haunted Collector, Ghost Adventures, Deep South Paranormal, Ghost Hunters International and many other shows of the same nature. Even if they are real everyone automatically assumes its fake, including myself.

Next would be those who sensationalize what happens on their own cases just to sell their stories. This tends to happen a lot, due to people wanting to "cash in" on the paranormal hype in society at the moment. As stated earlier, it makes it hard to know who is telling the truth, and people who are telling the truth are often looked at as liars.

What is the public to do? For one, don't tolerate it, let the person or people know that we will not stand for fraud to be perpetrated on unsuspecting people anymore!