You've watched the shows on TV. You've read books. So you want to be a Ghost Hunter?

Well, first of all, I must give you the harsh reality:  It's a lot of work!  It's not near as exciting as the television shows make you believe.  The fact is 80% - 90% of the investigations we do, we will not find any credible evidence.  There are a lot of long, meticulous hours that must be put in after an investigation to pour through the evidence, (i.e. audio and video that is captured). To do this, you must have time and good computer equipment.  You also have to fit this activity in with normal activities such as family and work (No,  you do not get paid to be a ghost hunter!)  So your husbands, wives, girfriends, boyfriends, Moms, Dads, kids, family all have to understand why you lock  yourself in a room and spend hours doing what is the equivalent of watching paint dry!

Still, if you have the time and patience and are serious about delving into the realm of paranormal investigation, FIRST you must take the time to study study and study more!  Learn and understand what you are getting yourself into. Also, it helps to be technology savvy, as you will need to know about the high tech devices you use and understand what you are trying to get from them.  You will also need to be familiar with the software used to study audio and video files.   And have the money to aquire it.

The fact is, Ghost hunting groups are crawling out of the woodwork right now, and, at the risk of sounding a little arrogant, a lot of them are more in it for the thrill of a good time instead of finding serious, hard evidence.  They will snap pictures of dust particles in the air and try to tell you it's a ghost.  These types of groups give the field of paranormal research a bad name.  So beware of the pretenders out there!

The most important piece of advice I can give you:  Keep an open mind, but always be a skeptic first.  90% of the activity that is reported to us has natural explainations. Most common are heating and cooling systems, electromagnetic fields from exposed or old wiring, and the natural expansion of wood and metal as the building heats and cools.

Happy hunting my friends and thanks so much for you time!