Paranormal Investigations

Riamfada

Is anyone out there doing this anymore? A few years ago there were a few active teams but it would seem that everyone I know who was involved has given up. This forum is quiet, no one is trying to get on TV or radio and all the excitement is gone. What going on? Is there paranormal scene finished?

Has the recession killed off people paying 70 quid to go ghost hunting?

jonbravo

Riamfada wrote: »

Is anyone out there doing this anymore? A few years ago there were a few active teams but it would seem that everyone I know who was involved has given up. This forum is quiet, no one is trying to get on TV or radio and all the excitement is gone. What going on? Is there paranormal scene finished?

Has the recession killed off people paying 70 quid to go ghost hunting?

i hope not all have given up

i don't think its the recession but it might be the sun:) as to why its quiet.

maccored

We're still doing paranormal investigations - but i hope the whole 'pay money to see a ghosty' ghosthunting ripoffs have stopped.

There is also so many places to go in Ireland and not see a ghost :-)

There are so many teams out there now also, and unfortunately there is alot of shananagans going on in these teams. The new wave of teams seem to find a ghost on every investigation !! And i mean every investigation!! Not only that but they are spending a fortune on equipment that they see being used on TV which is only on TV because it looks cool.

With regards the Pigs, we have not given up and we meet and talk to each other on a regular basis. We have also been doing our individual things in the background . But your right about the promotion that has essentially toned down. Good thing too.

Garseys

Before Urizen gets his word in!

Again we're still about doing our thing. Things did quiet down though due to everyone being so busy!

and if theres anyone who wants to work with us, just drop myself or Urizen a PM here.

Garseys aka Gary DCU Paranormal Society.

Ruth KPS

Killarney Paranormal Society are still going and working quite a bit, but we just have no great interest in broadcasting it to the world, nothing we do is by any means kept private ( apart from private homes ) but we are just working away doing what we're doing.

There are still alot of teams going in Ireland, their just keeping themselves to themselves.

Urizen

Shocked and appalled Gary. Don't make me haunt you :P

I'd still love to hold an investigation in a (presumably) UNhaunted house, tell the people coming along it's haunted, and see what they come up with. I've heard of it being done, but I'd still love to see it first hand.

Slightly off topic, but it'd still be awesome.

Riamfada

Urizen wrote: »

Shocked and appalled Gary. Don't make me haunt you :P

I'd still love to hold an investigation in a (presumably) UNhaunted house, tell the people coming along it's haunted, and see what they come up with. I've heard of it being done, but I'd still love to see it first hand.

Slightly off topic, but it'd still be awesome.

On a simular note,I took a load of people to a "haunted" house which has been investigated loads of times but didnt tell the group anything about the background. Got some interesting stories back. Never told them it was supposed to be haunted even after the weekend.

Riamfada

Deleted User wrote: »

With regards the Pigs, we have not given up and we meet and talk to each other on a regular basis. We have also been doing our individual things in the background . But your right about the promotion that has essentially toned down. Good thing too.

ah thats kinda over

KeithAFC

Still a lot of stuff going on in that front tbh. Still a few paranormal TV shows on TV. I think the ending of MH is how some might come to that conclusion. Still got plenty of ghost hunting events.

Wolfe Tone

Garseys wrote: »

Before Urizen gets his word in!

Again we're still about doing our thing. Things did quiet down though due to everyone being so busy!

and if theres anyone who wants to work with us, just drop myself or Urizen a PM here.

Garseys aka Gary DCU Paranormal Society.

Didnt even know there was a paranormal society in DCU, will have to join that!

DANNY22XX

Still going strong i think the slow down of some teams is because there are tones of new teams out there break aways etc but i say now what i said 5 years ago who will be left this time next year

Garseys

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Didnt even know there was a paranormal society in DCU, will have to join that!

Well we were sort of hidden on Clubs and Socs day but I'm suprised you didn't see our posters or anything about

Urizen

Garseys wrote: »

Well we were sort of hidden on Clubs and Socs day but I'm suprised you didn't see our posters or anything about

We're not exactly subtle, to be fair. We had a ghost running around, if I recall.

It's unfortunate that the only real 'investigations' we've done on campus were 'the time we went into CG86 cos it was spooky and 6th was there' and 'the time we tested the walkie talkies'. We really have to step up our game on the home turf, there's enough lore to get it going proper.

Ziycon

Not given up, just a break but I realised that there is most likely no such thing as ghosts in the context that people believe them to exist but rather there are more explainable ways to sum up the whole ghost thing and that there may be many ways to induce a ghost 'sighting' with the right conditions of course.

Steve X2

We're still doing our thing in Supernatural Ireland.

We never really talk/talked about a lot of the stuff we do here on the forums or anywhere else. We've also turned down offers of interest from production companies recently (some of these companies don't stand up to a background check, so something to look out for) as we didn't like the sound of what they had in mind. TV/Radio does not always equal fame and fortune and can create a negative image of your team or team members if presented in the wrong way.

I don't have a problem with other teams going on TV or Radio but it just isn't our cup of tea, until the right thing comes along that is

I'm not sure about the other teams here but I have noticed a huge increase in the amount of people contacting us looking for us to go to their home or looking to come along on investigations in the past 5 to 6 months.

Unfortunately most of the people who want to come along are expecting something exciting and adventurous like "Most Haunted" instead of 12/24 hours sitting in the cold and dark recording data.



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HappyTuesday

Riamfada wrote: »

Is anyone out there doing this anymore? A few years ago there were a few active teams but it would seem that everyone I know who was involved has given up. This forum is quiet, no one is trying to get on TV or radio and all the excitement is gone. What going on? Is there paranormal scene finished?

Has the recession killed off people paying 70 quid to go ghost hunting?

Hopefully it's a sign of people realizing that it's a load of shyte, and a waste of time. I'd say the ghost hunts would be good craic, but come on, it's a bit ridiculous once you get past the age of 16.

Oryx

PedoPriest please read the charter and understand the rules here before posting again.

meryem

There are still many such investigations going on around the corner, but considering the economic situation currently there is less participation in such things than the past trend. But I feel people will again start enjoying their weekends in such activities with more fervor.

deelite

I'd love to go out on an investigation if anybody wants me..... (not interested in film crews/radio crews etc.,) mainly interested in the "anticipation" feelings if you catch my drift.

Urizen

meryem wrote: »

There are still many such investigations going on around the corner, but considering the economic situation currently there is less participation in such things than the past trend. But I feel people will again start enjoying their weekends in such activities with more fervor.

It can't be fully a recession thing. There are loads of places that don't cost anything more than travel and snacks. Hellfire Club, for instance. While I think it's been done to death (boom boom), it's grand for beginners if they don't mind a bit of a hike.

But I know what you mean. All the good places cost moolah. Probably doesn't affect DCUPS as much because we're all penniless students anyway :P

tomhalloween

Has anyone here actually done the Hellfire Club on an all nighter i mean literally camped inside the building itself? I would love to do this as i live quite near.

Tom Sull

Riamfada wrote: »

Is anyone out there doing this anymore? A few years ago there were a few active teams but it would seem that everyone I know who was involved has given up. This forum is quiet, no one is trying to get on TV or radio and all the excitement is gone. What going on? Is there paranormal scene finished?

Has the recession killed off people paying 70 quid to go ghost hunting?

Ghost hunting is still happening all over the country im with a paranormal group myself based in cork, theres 3 that i know of in cork and i'm pretty sure theres atleast one group in every town in ireland

Tom Sull

Tom Sull wrote: »

Ghost hunting is still happening all over the country im with a paranormal group myself based in cork, theres 3 that i know of in cork and i'm pretty sure theres atleast one group in every town in ireland

can i post a link to our website on here or is that spamming??

Steve X2

Tom Sull wrote: »

Ghost hunting is still happening all over the country im with a paranormal group myself based in cork, theres 3 that i know of in cork and i'm pretty sure theres atleast one group in every town in ireland

We certainly don't have a shortage of groups in Ireland alright


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Oryx

Tom Sull wrote: »

can i post a link to our website on here or is that spamming??

I dont mind one link. But if you only post here to promote your site, that would be spamming.

Tom Sull

Oryx wrote: »

I dont mind one link. But if you only post here to promote your site, that would be spamming.

I have been on tons of investigations in ireland and to be honest i never believed in any of that c**P but there was one place i went to and thats when my views changed
I saw a shadow figure appear in front of me at first i taught it was my eyes playing tricks on me , so after i blinked a billion times and still this black thing was there and it started to get bigger and bigger untill it was the size of a person, i jumped back on the stairs and as i did, this black mass seemed as tho it moved back aswell anyway long story short that freaked me out, i had my kII meter with me it was going crazy, my sister was with me at the time she went into another room where a mass grave was discovered and as she tried to leave something grabbed her and tried to pull her back into the room, she was visabley shaken after and kept asking am i bleeding are my clothes torn, of course her clothes were fine ,, then we lifted her jacket up at the back and you could see the bruises and scratches starting to swell and bleed

Tom Sull

Ruth KPS wrote: »

Killarney Paranormal Society are still going and working quite a bit, but we just have no great interest in broadcasting it to the world, nothing we do is by any means kept private ( apart from private homes ) but we are just working away doing what we're doing.

There are still alot of teams going in Ireland, their just keeping themselves to themselves.

i've seen some of your videos, in my opinion and this is only my personal opinion i don't beleve that table tipping, if you group arent touching the table and it moves thats evidence but if theres twenty people with there hands on the table and it starts shaking thats not paranormal and to suggest it to be paranormal is crazy, if i keep my hand raised above a table with the tips of my fingers touching it for more then 10mins my nerve endings are gonna start twitching then multiply that by twenty more people and youre gonna get a 5.0 on the richter scale, kII meters, photo evidence, voice recorders and videos are the only legitimate source of evidence,table tipping is not proof,its nothing more then than too many cooks
i am not suggesting your trying to trick people or anything silly like that just interested on your views on the subject

maccored

i would make the point that 'paranormal investigating' and 'ghost hunting' are two completely different things. Plus, KIIs may as well sense farts they go off so much.

Tom Sull

maccored wrote: »

i would make the point that 'paranormal investigating' and 'ghost hunting' are two completely different things. Plus, KIIs may as well sense farts they go off so much.

they may be different but a paranormal investigator and a real ghost hunter will both take a view of investigating scientifically and try to debunk the claims with logic and reason and both will try and help the person in any way they can although most ghost hunters are in it for the adventure where as the P.I is in it for the research and to help, as for the kII they are not a magic wand but they can be used along with the other equipment in your arsenal to detect power lines and dodgey wiring so they are usefull in finding things that may be affecting a certain area and help in debunking claims

Riamfada

Tom Sull wrote: »

they may be different but a paranormal investigator and a real ghost hunter will both take a view of investigating scientifically and try to debunk the claims with logic and reason and both will try and help the person in any way they can although most ghost hunters are in it for the adventure where as the P.I is in it for the research and to help, as for the kII they are not a magic wand but they can be used along with the other equipment in your arsenal to detect power lines and dodgey wiring so they are usefull in finding things that may be affecting a certain area and help in debunking claims

You would not believe the ammount of mental cases I have met that say exactly that then claim to be touched by, seen or spoken to ghosts and are found out to be big crazy fakes.

It used to be that other groups would keep eachother in check. If I was going around telling people that I have caught the devil and that I have recorded 50 hours of EVP people like maccored, dannyXXL ect would know who I was and what I was claiming and visa versa. Now there are so many mental cases in "paranormal investigation" doing their own thing without any sort of regulation the entire thing has fallen apart.

G

DANNY22XX

Sadly there are some people who are not a wet day in the field and posing as a pro ..PRO there is no such thing in the field just let it ride out and you will see these Spanners fade out i hope :rolleyes:

They couldnt catch a cold never mind the devil :mad:

Tom Sull

Riamfada wrote: »

You would not believe the ammount of mental cases I have met that say exactly that then claim to be touched by, seen or spoken to ghosts and are found out to be big crazy fakes.

It used to be that other groups would keep eachother in check. If I was going around telling people that I have caught the devil and that I have recorded 50 hours of EVP people like maccored, dannyXXL ect would know who I was and what I was claiming and visa versa. Now there are so many mental cases in "paranormal investigation" doing their own thing without any sort of regulation the entire thing has fallen apart.

G

I agree to some extent with what your saying im with a paranormal group myself i'd like to point out that i myself am a warehouse manager another one of the group is a prison officer and another works as a nurse judging by the careers these people hold does much to validate that we are of sound mind, we don't use physics and even more absurd is this table tipping nonsense , we don't count personal experiences as proof we rely on solid evidence, photos (oh ya ORBS ARE DUST get over it people), video and audio are what we use and are the only method u can trust. our group was founded in 2009 and to be honest with you i never once saw a ghost/shadow figure/spirit what ever you want to call it or had any experiences what so ever for the first 6months , however there is one location out of all the locations i have been to that i can say honestly and truthfully is active its the only place out of all the investigations i have been on that actually proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is something to paranormal investigating and that is Leap castle Co Offaly. thats the only place in ireland i have been to so far that has legitimate activity

Riamfada

Hi Tom, sound reply. My point is that you have been going since 2009 but I probably don't know your group or your name. Yu seem responsible but how many groups are out there who are not on boards who will claim to capture EVP all of the time or have mediums swear contact with the dead.

No regulation is dangerous but now because any idiot can set up a Facebook account all you need is 5 minutes and a catchy name to be a professional paranormal investigator medium or have used a Sony Walkman with. Rcord button to be an EVP spectroanalyist or have a flashy DSLR to be a professional paranormal photographers.

IMO paranormal investigation is dead, the paranormal community is all but over.Especially since we all know, but won't talk about, the sex scandals. Ghostgate.

Also having done Leap a few times I wouldn't go back. In my opinion it is the epitome of Money grabbing, famous because it's on TV, least haunted fad I have ever had the misfortune of being parted from my hard earned cash to investigate.

Riamfada

Sorry about the terrible English, stupid iPad.

maccored

Tom Sull wrote: »

they may be different but a paranormal investigator and a real ghost hunter will both take a view of investigating scientifically and try to debunk the claims with logic and reason and both will try and help the person in any way they can although most ghost hunters are in it for the adventure where as the P.I is in it for the research and to help, as for the kII they are not a magic wand but they can be used along with the other equipment in your arsenal to detect power lines and dodgey wiring so they are usefull in finding things that may be affecting a certain area and help in debunking claims

I disagree - a ghost hunter is interested in the ****s and giggles of being scared in a 'haunted' place (the older the better and if someone died within half a mile of it all the better!). If they have any interest in research then I'd class them as a paranormal researcher.

Theres a time and place for both but in Ireland Im finding many ghost hunters class themselves as investigators - which I dont mind as long as they stay out of my way.

The KII is a bit of a commercial sales tool. Its not really great for investigations as seriously, if you look at it the wrong way it goes off.

by the by - Im not saying your group are ghost hunters pretending to be researchers etc etc - Im just talking in general about paranormal groups in ireland

colcar

hi, i am just wondering if there are any paranormal groups going on an investigation in mid to late november?? if so do ye allow people to join up with ye or come along to the hunt. i dont really know much about this as its my girlfriend who is more interested in it. i know she would love to participate in one of these hunts/investigations. its her birthday at end of november so i was planning to go away for the wknd but i know how much she would love to do this so i figure a weekend away and a ghost together would be a good idea. anyone who knows of anything going on around then i would greatly appreciate any information.. thanks

HellFireClub

Riamfada wrote: »

Is anyone out there doing this anymore? A few years ago there were a few active teams but it would seem that everyone I know who was involved has given up. This forum is quiet, no one is trying to get on TV or radio and all the excitement is gone. What going on? Is there paranormal scene finished?

Has the recession killed off people paying 70 quid to go ghost hunting?

As a skeptic, I'd gladly go ghost hunting!

friendlylady

tomhalloween wrote: »

Has anyone here actually done the Hellfire Club on an all nighter i mean literally camped inside the building itself? I would love to do this as i live quite near.

My Da used to live at the bottom of the Hell Fire hill and they used to run up it all the time (he had 6 brothers) , even during the night, they'd hide in the chimney and frighten the sh88te out of people who came up to have a look. They thought it was great craic, though that was many decades ago. I asked him was he every frightened and he said n'er a bit.

HellFireClub

friendlylady wrote: »

tomhalloween wrote: »

Has anyone here actually done the Hellfire Club on an all nighter i mean literally camped inside the building itself? I would love to do this as i live quite near.

My Da used to live at the bottom of the Hell Fire hill and they used to run up it all the time (he had 6 brothers) , even during the night, they'd hide in the chimney and frighten the sh88te out of people who came up to have a look. They thought it was great craic, though that was many decades ago. I asked him was he every frightened and he said n'er a bit.

There's been more talk lately on this forum for a night time ghost walk up
The Hell Fire Club but it just doesn't seem to be happening at all!

edenderry voice of paranormal

we are still going and have a great investigation this month coming. its one of the most haunted locations if not the biggest one anyone can do. dont think i have ever been more excited about a location. again we have to rent it out but to be honest, we couldn't turn a chance down like this. if you are ever interested in coming just let me know.

Riamfada

edenderry voice of paranormal wrote: »

we are still going and have a great investigation this month coming. its one of the most haunted locations if not the biggest one anyone can do. dont think i have ever been more excited about a location. again we have to rent it out but to be honest, we couldn't turn a chance down like this. if you are ever interested in coming just let me know.

You are renting the hell fire club?

Man With No Name

Are you actually going to have an investigation this month. If you are I would be very interested in that

Logan

My team are keeping themselves to themselves, I'm seeing alot of new teams popping up and old saying their getting tv deals and producers from the states popping over and all that ****, like why would an American producer come over looking for teams here, lol.

But I've also seen teams fade into the background and a few given up because it seems that all teams want is attention, alot of times people believe their gone, when they've reached a point and understand they don't have to post everything. My team does alot in the background, and I myself, work on cases, but we just don't post it anymore.

With so much drama going on in the paranormal world, it's easy to understand why people just don't post anything anymore.

O and the whole thing of charging to get in everywhere is just so wrong, but you know new teams will pay, my team have, because your new you want to get out investigating cool places. But that soon dies down and you find yourself working on real cases without having to pay out the ear to get into. And we have dealt with our fair share of the crazies, lol.

Riamfada

Logan wrote: »

But I've also seen teams fade into the background and a few given up because it seems that all teams want is attention

in all fairness teams popping up everywhere and claiming they were established paranormal investigators ruined it for us who had been involved in the community for years. Then what we had happening were some members of teams badmouthing and in some cases pretending to be members of other teams in order to con their way into locations (this happened to us)

All this and widespread fakery killed any fun and community in the paranormal.

Steve X2

There was a lot of drama going on there for a while in the paranormal scene.
I think a lot of people and teams just got sick of it and dropped off the radar a bit, or at least dropped off the boards.ie radar if you know what I mean.

We're still doing our thing in Supernatural Ireland, but we are losing 2 members of the team soon as they've found a better life for themselves in New Zealand(best of luck to them, I'm jealous ).

Not sure if we'll replace them or not as most people who contact us(and I'm sure every other team with a website out there) looking to join or go on an investigation seem to be looking for an adventure etc.
Which just isn't the case at all.

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Ruth KPS

Riamfada wrote: »

Then what we had happening were some members of teams badmouthing and in some cases pretending to be members of other teams in order to con their way into locations (this happened to us)

Completely agree with this statement..

We had a member of another paranormal team claim to be us, book a location in June, which we obviously knew nothing about, in what I can only see was an attempt to ruin our name as we wouldn't have shown up.. didn't work.

In April, the day I was in hospital having my gall bladder removed, I was accused of hacking another teams website and removing information. ( The morphine I was on must have been good for me not to remember that :rolleyes: ) if your going to lie, at least make it a day I wasn't having an organ removed.

There is so much drama lately, we have no interest in it, we do investigations maybe 2 a month, be it a public location, or a private home. We post up on facebook or www.killarneyparanormalsociety.com ( currently down for maintenance ) but other then that we don't have any interest in shouting about it on TV, or trying to get a TV Deal, or needing to be in papers every other week. This whole egotistical thing to 'be the best' is getting tiring now.

Yes, we are in a newspaper ( a very odd time ) but that's when we get approached, we don't go looking for it.

Anyway, rant over. KPS keep ourselves to ourselves and that won't be changing.

maccored

i have said, and have always said that the drama was bull**** anyway. plus i've never been a big fan of going on investigations for the sake of going on investigations. We spend quite a bit of time doing research into natural reasons which cause people to believe they are having paranormal experiences. researching is just as important (i think anyway) as 'investigating'. I just wish I had the money to invest in some infrasonic mics.

Paramad

Riamfada wrote: »

Is anyone out there doing this anymore? A few years ago there were a few active teams but it would seem that everyone I know who was involved has given up. This forum is quiet, no one is trying to get on TV or radio and all the excitement is gone. What going on? Is there paranormal scene finished?

Has the recession killed off people paying 70 quid to go ghost hunting?

Well from what I heard from other people who used to be quite active in the paranormal world . The so called peers as they called them were too interested in throwing their weight around , putting people down , and making fun of people, almost to the point of bullying . So because of that these people no longer frequent this forum and prefer to remain as you say anonymous .

maccored

Paramad wrote: »

Well from what I heard from other people who used to be quite active in the paranormal world . The so called peers as they called them were too interested in throwing their weight around , putting people down , and making fun of people, almost to the point of bullying . So because of that these people no longer frequent this forum and prefer to remain as you say anonymous .

who were these 'peers'?

Oryx

Paramad wrote: »

Well from what I heard from other people who used to be quite active in the paranormal world . The so called peers as they called them were too interested in throwing their weight around , putting people down , and making fun of people, almost to the point of bullying . So because of that these people no longer frequent this forum and prefer to remain as you say anonymous .

What has any of that peer pressure got to do with this forum, that said people need to avoid it?