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Feb 23 2006
Kay Harrison

THE ghosts have been counted and the results are in.

An official report into a paranormal investigation at the Museum in Docklands has just been released - and it may make visitors think twice about staying there after dark.

The Wharf joined the Paranormal Search and Investigation team (PSI) in December for the ghost hunt at the West India Quay museum.

The group spent the night in the 200-year-old former warehouse carrying out seances and taking electronic and temperature readings, after reports of spooky goings-on from staff.

The report says high levels of activity were found throughout the night on the third floor of the museum. The mediums present claim they picked up the presence of a pregnant woman called Sarah Wilson and an evil spirit called Harold, who trance medium Karen Fowler was able to channel and who screamed “murder me”.

Tom Wareham, the museum’s curator, said: “They had quite a chilling experience with a hostile spirit on the third floor. It was quite close to a gibbet cage and if any object in the museum is going to have some unpleasant force associated with it, it would be that.

“They were used to exhibit the bodies of executed pirates in the 1700s. Pirates would be hung at Execution Dock in Wapping and their corpses displayed along the river, including at Millwall and Blackwall Point, as a warning to others.

“I wouldn’t be a curator if I didn’t believe some objects have the power to bring us closer to the past. So perhaps these objects can speak to people in different ways.”

The report concludes: “Light anomalies were caught on video camera. The two orbs of interest were filmed on the third floor and there was a third orb filmed during the group seance in the same area. Both mediums Raymond and Karen picked up on some men standing near the green boat on the second floor.

“Raymond had seen them as shouting and Karen had seen them as laughing. Is it a coincidence that both group members picked up on these men or were these men really present?”

ICtheWharf.co.uk

Released by Sci Fi

SCI FI’S ‘GHOST HUNTERS’ TO INVESTIGATE COLORADO HOTEL THAT INSPIRED ‘THE SHINING’

NEW YORK — February 21, 2006 — SCI FI Channel will film an episode of its hit reality series ‘Ghost Hunters’ at the notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. Stephen King took up residence at the Stanley while writing his best selling novel ‘The Shining’ and the spooky goings on at the hotel served as the inspiration for his best-selling tome. This special ‘Ghost Hunters’ episode will air in the spring.

According to local legend, King witnessed a ghostly little boy wandering the halls of the hotel during his extended stay there in the early 1970s. Hotel employees and visitors share similar tales of mysterious children in the hallways and guest rooms as well as lights flickering on and off and doors opening and closing seemingly by themselves. As in the King novel, the Stanley has been a popular vacation spot since opening its doors in 1909.

Brand new episodes of ‘Ghost Hunters’ premiere on Wednesday, March 29 at 9pm ET/PT. Catch SCI FI’s weekly ‘Ghost Hunters’ marathon featuring episodes from previous seasons, each Wednesday from 7pm-11pm ET/PT through March 22.

In October 2004, SCI FI introduced Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson–plumbers by day, ‘Ghost Hunters’ by night! Enjoying record-high ratings throughout its 24-episode run, ‘Ghost Hunters’ has featured speaking entities, mysteriously moving furniture, ghostly visages and a healthy dose of squabbling within the investigating team. These self-proclaimed skeptics have managed to expose some of the most frighteningly compelling evidence of paranormal phenomenon ever seen on television. Being scared has never been so much fun!

Jason and Grant head up TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society), a close-knit organization of volunteer paranormal researchers?ordinary people who investigate and attempt to debunk claims of otherworldly activity. ‘Ghost Hunters,’ a one-hour weekly alternative reality series, follows this group of real-life “ghostbusters” as they investigate haunted houses and establishments throughout the country. Using the finest technology available, from proprietary devices designed specifically for paranormal investigations to temperature analysis and digital audio equipment, the TAPS crew spends their own time and money bringing peace of mind to those who claim to be experiencing hauntings.

Produced in association with Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Films and Television (’American Chopper,’ ‘Dirty Jobs’), ‘Ghost Hunters’ leaves no stone unturned in its search for the truth — or the truly bizarre.

JENNIFER Love Hewitt, star of the modest hit Ghost Whisperer (think a grown-up Cole Sear from The Sixth Sense … and female), goes the extra mile for the show, appearing on CBS’ daytime programming to answer fan mail about the Friday night series.

This is part of the actress’ efforts to return the support given by the fans to the series, on which she is also a producer.

In addition to Hewitt’s efforts to boost the show, which has enjoyed some of the better ratings among debutant 2005-06 season series, Ghost Whisperer also conducts online seances.

Handling these little sessions, according to a Zap2It.com report, is none other than James Van Praagh himself, the medium whose experiences inspired the show.

On Ghost Whisperer, Hewitt plays Melinda Gordon, a woman who has used her gift for communicating with dead people all her life to help them find closure in their lives. Er, afterlives.

[Published: 13-Feb-2006]
http://www.star-ecentral.com/tvnradio/tracks/tracks.asp?file=archives/tracks/2006/2/13Hewittgoes&date=2/13/2006

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