Ghost Tour a big success

The 1st anual Downintown Ghost Tour was a big success. On Saturday night with all the rain that we had, 168 people came out and braved the weather and the haunts to take the tour. On Sunday night we had 310 brave soles who took the tour. DAPI hopes that everyone had a good time. Plans are already in the works for next October with new investigations and evidence from Haunted Downingtown. We would like you to tell us what you thought of the Downingtown Ghost Tour. Good or bad, it will make for a better tour for next year and into the future.
DAPI would also like to thank the Great folks from Parks and Historical Soceity of Downingtown. Without their help the tour would have never left paper. Also a big thanks to the Downintown Fire Departments Minquas and Alert and the Downingtown police for all their help and support.
See you all next year.

Time and tickets are running out.

Hi all, just a quick reminder, October 24th and 25th are fast approaching, there is still time to get tickets for the 1st annual Downingtown Ghost Walk. Tickets cost a mere $3.00 and can be purchased at two Downingtown area business’s.

Downingtown Country Gifts
147 E. Lancaster Ave.
610-518-1550
(across the street from Minquas Fire Hall,
just down from Georgio's Restaurant)

Bud N Bloom Boutique
52 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
610-269-3077
(right next to Roberts Chevrolet)

If your live outside the Downingtown area but would still like to buy tickets, I have a limited number of tickets. Please email me @ cmccall45@verizon.net I work in the West Chester area and could arrange meet you. .

This is the Area’s best Ghost Tour without a doubt. If you have ever been on other Ghost Tours then you know how it works. A person will walk you from place to place telling you about the ghostly happenings inside. Out tour is different. DAPI will show you real evidence captured inside each stop on the tour. And in some cases you will even be inside the actual building. So don’t miss it. You will have a hair raising good time.

DOWNINGTOWN GHOST WALK UPDATE

http://www.downingtownparanormal.com/walkinfo.html

Good news to all who are interested in attending the first annual Downingtown Ghost Walk taking place on October 24th and 25.

Tickets are available now at;

Downingtown Country Gifts, 147 East Lancaster Ave. Downingtown

They are open today Sunday at noon 10/04/2009. Other ticket locations will be announced later in the week. There is only 250 tickets available for each night so don't wait too long. We expect an early sell out.

Downingtown Ghost Walk

DAPI along with Downingtown Historical & Parks Comission are sponsering a Ghost Walk in October. The dates are the 24th & 25th. The walk will feature investigations done in Downingtown. There will be photographic evidence, and Electronic Voice evidence. There will be true stories of actual hauntings in Downingtown. You will also interact with the tools used by DAPI to conduct an investigation. Please check out our Ghost Walk blog for update and new information.
http://downingtownghoststories.blogspot.com/

West Chester PA House Investigation

DAPI was contacted to investigate a house in West Chester PA. The house is over 100 years old and at least one of the previous owners died in the house. The claims of activity were the owners would hear their toddler son talking to some one, when asked who he was talking to the toddler replied “The Man”. He has been heard on several occasions talking to “The Man”. Other reports of activity is the bathroom exhaust fan would turn off and on by itself. The attic door would open by itself. We arrived at the home Friday night the 13th. Because the house was small and we are a large group we decided to do the investigation in shifts. This would help keep the sounds from other investigators to a minimum and makes it less likely to end up with tainted EVP evidence. The house was empty so this made set up a snap. We went through the house getting base EMF (Electro Magnetic Field) readings. All rooms were between .1 and .3, nothing really high. After all readings we recorded we set up the IR (Infrared) camera in one of the bedrooms that the toddler held most of his discussions with “The Man”. We then began conducting EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) sessions. We got several good EVP’s. EVP1 , EVP2, EVP3, EVP4, EVP5 .

We also got lots of Orb pictures. Too many to post all of them. Here is a sampling. Orb1, Orb2

We also cought an orb on video. Notice the tail that trails off from the back of the orb. Video

Our Ghost hunting equipment.

We thought that it would be a good idea to post a blog showing the equipment that we use. There are many different tools available to help investigators determine if there is paranormal activity. One of the most used tools is the camera. It can be digital or film. We use digital cameras. The one’s pictured are a Nikon CoolPix S210 (1st picture) and Nikon D80 Digital SLR (2nd picture ). They both have a large view screen to study the photo immediately after taking it. With a 2 GB SD card your camera can hold over 2000 pictures. All pictures can be transferred to your computer for analysis. Staying in the camera family, we also use a Sony Hi8 video recorder (2nd picture) with night shot. Night shot gives the camera infrared capabilities meaning that you can record footage in almost total darkness. If you add an external infrared light (2nd picture center top) you will be able to add considerable distance to your night photography.We haven’t captured a full body apparition yet but we have captured orbs moving about. We also use a Infrared CCTV camera as a stationary camera set where there is reports of high activity. When using this type of camera you will need a computer with a capture card installed or a DVR (Digital Video Recorder)

Next we come to another heavily used tool which is the Digital Voice Recorder right side center. The digital voice recorder is invaluable for recording EVP. (Electronic Voice Phenomena). As with the digital camera, you can transfer your recording to you computer for analysis. When used in conjunction with a sound editing program like Audacity, a free for download cross platform sound editing software makes a very powerful tool.

EMF meters: there several different kinds to choose from. Some of the more commonly used are the KII meter top left. the one in the picture is modified with an on/off switch. The KII without the on/off switch has a pressure switch that has to be held down while using it. The KII uses a light indicator as its meter instead of a needle indicator. Much easier to see in the dark. The second EMF meter on the left in the picture is produced by Cell Sensor. This EMF detector has a needle that indicates the strength EMF fields. This model is also equipped with an external probe. The 3rd EMF detector on the left in the picture is a Lutron EMF – 822A. This is a digital meter, is very sensitive and reads in increments down to 0.0

In the center of the picture is a Laser thermometer which is use to take temperature reading any where from a few inches to over 200 feet.

Top right corner of the picture is the most indispensable tool in the whole arsenal. The flash light. Don’t leave home without it.

Make sure you get a sturdy case to carry all your equipment in. It’s a big investment and you’ll want to protect it.

This is just a sampling of the equipment we use for paranormal investigation.

Slow blogging.

I know we have been a little slow posting new blogs. But now the holidays are over and everything is starting to settle down.We have some exciting investigations coming up in the next couple of months and we will be posting the findings as soon as they are available. We are working on an equipment blog featuring the equipment we use. That should be up in a couple of days. We are also going to be introducing the members of DAPI in future blogs. So please check back regularly and please comment on what you read here. We like getting feedback.