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Lately, life has intruded on my paranormal hobbies. The major time crunch has been the fact that I have finally sat down to begin working on a murder mystery novel about a pair of paranormal investigators who get involved in the cover up of a murder while investigating an abandoned house that is supposedly haunted.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSo, my apologies and to let all my friends and readers know that I haven't abandoned you, I present this week's installment of the Ghostly Roundup.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Roundup starts in 3, 2, 1....\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eGHI is Hot!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhost Hunters International outperformed the 8pm series premiere of the horror-themed reality series 13 - Fear is Real on The CW by +12% in Adults 18-49, +36% in Adults 25-54 and +12% in total viewers. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA spin-off of SCI FI's popular Ghost Hunters series, Ghost Hunters International features a squad of real-life \"ghost-busters\" - ordinary people who investigate and attempt to debunk claims of otherworldly activity. The team travels to different European cities each week in pursuit of the truth behind bizarre supernatural claims. Its success so far has cemented Ghost Hunters' place as the #1 paranormal franchise in cable! Joining regular cast members Robb Demarest and \u003ca href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Fitzgerald\" title\u003d\"Barry Fitzgerald\" rel\u003d\"wikipedia\" class\u003d\"zem_slink\"\u003eBarry Fitzgerald\u003c/a\u003e this winter are Ghost Hunters investigators Dustin Pari and Joe Chin as well as new team members Brandy Green and Angela Alderman.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003eDo you care? Nope. Neither did I. The only reason I mention it is because my dear friend and colleague, Paul Bradford, had one of his gadgets featured on the show recently. Paul's IR/UV strobe made it's national TV debut. You can see the clip here:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"480\" height\u003d\"295\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/8KsBS_wNqew\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/8KsBS_wNqew\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"480\" height\u003d\"295\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhy Did the Ghost Cross the Road?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe numerous ghoulish encounters with a mysterious 'white lady' has prompted many to believe they had met a supernatural being.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor bemused locals, the only question on their minds, was: 'Who You Gonna Call?'\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, Ghostbusters, of course.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past six weeks there have been dozens of sightings of the apparition near the ruins of a remote farmhouse in near Coalisland in Co Tyrone.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"clear\"\u003e \u003c/div\u003e  \u003cp class\u003d\"imageCaption\"\u003eGhoulish encounters: Cars have been queuing at a road near Coalisland in Co Tyrone after dozens of sightings of a mysterious 'white lady' near the ruins of a remote farmhouse (file picture)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvinced that the sightings are true - rather than the result of one too many pints of Guinness - convoys of ghost hunters have flocked to the dip in the road where she was seen.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUp to 60 cars have been spotted parked on the side of the road at midnight, causing traffic jams in the usually desolate area.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVillagers who have spotted the ghost say it looks like an old woman with a sad expression.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, none have so far been able to describe the features of her face in any detail.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spot where the ghost was spotted could perhaps best be described as a 'ghost's paradise'. \u003c/p\u003e \u003cdiv class\u003d\"clear\"\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe damp crumbling walls on the ruined house where the ghost was spotted still bear the scorch marks from a fire.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroken doors now creak in the wind and tree branches scratch against the collapsed roof. The birds in the trees are strangely silent.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan Bell, the son of the local landlord Raymond, claims he has seen the ghost more than 20 times.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I was freaked out the first time I saw her, but now I'm getting used to it,' he said. 'It looks like an old small woman with a shining white cape.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'When you drive by the run-down house, the figure emerges from the trees and crosses the road in front of you before coming to a halt in the same place each time.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It's definitely a creepy experience. You can only see the profile of her face but she appears sad.'\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParanormal experts are now heading to the area with thermal imaging cameras and high frequency voice recorders in the hope of verifying the sightings.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarren Coates, of the Northern Ireland Paranormal Research Association, said he was aware of previous paranormal activity in the area. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It related to a phantom female hitchhiker, who caused a stir five years ago,' he said. 'Drivers would see her on the side of the road with her thumb out. When they pulled up to offer her a lift, she would vanish.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sometimes she would walk across the road in front of cars. But when drivers swerved to avoid her, she disappeared. These sightings were about a mile away from the latest sightings.'\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr Coates, who set up his paranormal organisation in 1991, believes the ghost might be a woman who has died in a car crash in the area. (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109642/Ghost-hunters-flock-tiny-village-dozens-locals-spooked-mysterious-white-lady.html\"\u003eSource\u003c/a\u003e)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003eYes, jump to the conclusion that it isn't a hoax, isn't just mass hysteria or the Irish version of Zombie Road. Let's go right for it's a ghost and not only a ghost but let's give her some back story before any research is even begun. God preserve us from the pop ghost investigator.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePolice Brutality\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan id\u003d\"KonaBody\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eSince the inception of reality based TV in the U.S., new trends inexplicably emerge each season in attempts to corner the market in this ever-evolving format. The trend in the 2008/09 season undoubtedly is ghost chasing.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlready successful with Paranormal State, a show involving Penn State students solving ghost mysteries, A\u0026amp;E is latching on further to the popular afterlife story line with its latest greenlit series, Paranormal Cops.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSeeking to one-up its successful Ghost Hunters rival on Sci-Fi, Cops will add a new layer to the popular reality genre with a group of real-life police officers in Chicago as the subjects. According to TV Guide, the program will follow the group as they lead normal police lives by day and moonlight as ghost chasers at night.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRobert Sharenow, the senior VP in nonfiction and alternative programming at A\u0026amp;E equivocates the show as, “the perfect marriage of A\u0026amp;E’s successful crime and justice genre with our blossoming paranormal programming that documents real-life accounts of bona fide paranormal investigators.” (\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/23262.html\"\u003esource\u003c/a\u003e)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003eOh yes, A\u0026amp;E has decided to launch yet another version of Ghost Hunters but instead of plumbers they're going for cops. Am I the only one who has become completely fatigued by the amateur reality star ghost hunter thing?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNo word on whether the Paranormal Cops for Chi town will be beating those recalcitrant ghosts into submission with billy clubs or whether the Tazer will take the place of the EMF meter. Ow, it really hurts when my eyes roll into the back of my head.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHelping Them Cross Over\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAn interesting thread on \u003ca href\u003d\"http://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/whats-your-best-108202.html\"\u003enurses' experiences with spirits and people near death appears on the Allnurses.com website\u003c/a\u003e. Some of the stories are very interesting.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePersonally, I've been present when many patients have died. After all, I worked trauma so it comes with the territory. Besides, if the Victorian idea that ghosts are created in moments of death involving panic or fear then I should have been constantly running into ghosts. Unfortunately, never once did anything unusual happen.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe closest I came was my own uncle passing away who held a long and lucid conversation with my dead father just an hour or so before he passed away. He also sat and stroked his dog that had died while he was in the hospital. Strange, yes and certainly the hair on the back of my neck stood up.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMaybe we can get some feedback from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://dethmama.blogspot.com/\"\u003eDethmama\u003c/a\u003e who deals with death as part of her job as a hospice nurse.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cfieldset class\u003d\"zemanta-related\"\u003e\u003clegend class\u003d\"zemanta-related-title\"\u003eRelated articles a\u003c/legend\u003e\u003cul class\u003d\"zemanta-article-ul\"\u003e\u003cli class\u003d\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://perezhilton.com/2009-01-08-who-you-gonna-call-ghost-busters\"\u003eWho You Gonna Call? Ghost Busters!\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli class\u003d\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4176249/Ghostly-white-lady-sparks-hunts-by-spirit-hunters.html\"\u003eGhostly 'white lady' sparks hunts by spirit hunters\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli class\u003d\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/12/18/sci-fi-channel-suffering-from-a-ghost-breeding-infestation/\"\u003eSci Fi Channel suffering from a Ghost breeding infestation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli class\u003d\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://bucksghosts.blogspot.com/2008/12/ghost-hunters-infestation.html\"\u003eGhost Hunters Infestation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli class\u003d\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://bucksghosts.blogspot.com/2008/12/ghostly-roundup.html\"\u003eGhostly Roundup\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli class\u003d\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://bucksghosts.blogspot.com/2008/12/zombie-road.html\"\u003eZombie Road\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/fieldset\u003e    \u003cdiv style\u003d\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\" class\u003d\"zemanta-pixie\"\u003e\u003ca class\u003d\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href\u003d\"http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/20f79219-80fc-4ae9-8ec0-1c35c80a37eb/\" title\u003d\"Zemified by Zemanta\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: medium none ; float: right;\" class\u003d\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src\u003d\"http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id\u003d20f79219-80fc-4ae9-8ec0-1c35c80a37eb\" alt\u003d\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2168219303449559049-7910727517335083830?l\u003dbucksghosts.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://bucksghosts.blogspot.com/feeds/7910727517335083830/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d2168219303449559049\u0026postID\u003d7910727517335083830\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168219303449559049/posts/default/7910727517335083830"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2168219303449559049/posts/default/7910727517335083830"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://bucksghosts.blogspot.com/2009/01/ghostly-roundup.html","title":"Ghostly Roundup"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Buck"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03195661861205323477"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"02653328012866227494"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});