Episode 30: "Summer Mailbag"

We are back.  After a prolonged absence, we discuss where we have been, and how being a paranormal investigator can have an unintended impact on dealing with personal loss and tragedy.

Investigating the paranormal can be an emotional experience.  However, it all gets amplified when you become invested in the location, people, and spirits you are investigating.  How does this happen?  Is this good or bad?  We also take a deep dive into our latest investigation video (28:50), which premiered only a few days before this episode was released.  Join us as we discuss how a music box, a polaroid camera, and a very loud air conditioner all came together for a very memorable evening. Seneca Falls Historical Society Investigation Video Link: https://youtu.be/TpE-5SBSnbo?si=HZgQJ6thf3N532Ex

Now that we are officially into summer, it is time to go through some of the many questions we receive and provide our insight.  How should you go about investigating your own home / business?  What are the biggest obstacles in reviewing investigation footage?  Join us as we answer those questions, and more...

It's inevitable.  At some point, as an investigator, you will go to a location that is reported to be haunted by the spirits of children.  How does the approach differ with these younger spirits?  In this episode, we dive into the many ways these young spirits are different, and how we have gone about approaching them in our investigations.

They come and they go.  Over the years we have seen many groups pop up, investigate some locations, and then seemingly vanish.  Why does this happen, and how can future groups avoid the issues that can lead a lot of groups to fold before they really get going?  We have some ideas.

The paranormal field is a passion for many people.  However, there is a business side to it that it not only ever present, but also may be the beating heart of it.  Join us as we dive into why some business owners are wary of disclosing their location is haunted, how being haunted has saved many of these locations, and what wary owners of haunted locations can do to help make themselves more comfortable in finding the right investigators.

With solar eclipses and earthquakes in the news, we have noticed that a lot of people have been trying to connect these events together, or so some larger meaning.  In the paranormal world, we see this all time.  Why do we feel the need to attach some kind of meaning or message to everything that happens around us?  We also talk about what we have learned and how we have evolved as we celebrate a major milestone for our organization. 

As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the podcast, we take a deeper look into why we are drawn to the paranormal and ponder if the the true thing we are searching for is ourselves.

Understanding what is history and what is legend is crucial when investigating the paranormal.  However, these are often intertwined, and can be difficult to separate.  How do each guide us in our quest to understand the spirits we investigate?  How often do we get the luxury of the full story?  Why is our generation of investigators one of the last that will have to deal with this difficult, yet charming, challenge?  We will address these questions as well as do a deep dive into our most recent investigation video as we peel back the curtain and talk more in depth about the location, the spirits, and our takeaways.   Farmhouse Floral Design video link: https://youtu.be/L4HHFdRa6fA?si=yHqBe3mEhSeG7lWs

In this episode, Dan addresses some videos he saw online about paranormal investigating that got under his skin, and how there's room enough for anyone and everyone to grow within the field. We then examine the pressure that investigators and locations alike feel to capture paranormal evidence, and why some types of evidence seem to carry more weight with folks than others.