TAPS Investigating the Sterling Opera House in Connecticut

Despite the TAPS team's usual blanket of secrecy, multiple news agencies are reporting that the TAPS team has arrived to investigate the Sterling Opera House in New Haven, Connecticut. The New Haven Indepent says that the team plans to start investigating tonight and continue to do so for four to five days. The news segment below from News8 features a quick interview with Amy Bruni and an overview of some claims reported at the location by a local paranormal team.

Ghost Hunters TV show in Derby: wtnh.com

"Pennsylvania Asylum" Sneak Peek

This week the TAPS team investigates Pennhurst Asylum in Pennsylvania. You can watch a sneak peek of Wednesday's episode below.

Tweets of the Week #8

This week the TAPS team was (for a change) at home and celebrating the season premiere of some show about ghosts. ;) The GHI team was investigating in Trinidad and seemed to be up to some intense investigating...

From the TAPS team

Hiatus… @JchawesTaking a hiatus with the family for the kids February school vacation. When we asked the boys what they wanted to do for vacation they said "We want to go snowmobiling", Not Disney, Amusement parks, etc etc. Thats my boys!! (…) @AdamJBerry Just arrived in Hartford and getting settled in. Tonight: Fun, tomorrow: more fun!!! Excitement!!!

Home... @amybruni Woke up to warm kitties and a winter wonderland! #sogoodtobehome (…)@amybruni Sitting in bed, drinking coffee and signing a huge pile of TAPS Paramags :) (…)@amybruni In Petaluma, ah hometown. :) Catching The Frustrators at the @phoenixtheater (…)Frustrators @phoenixtheater http://plixi.com/p/78678358  (...)@amybruni Ate dinner at Trattoria La Siciliana in Berkeley last night. *Amazing* Italian food and great hospitality

Paramags signing! @amybruni Signed TAPS Paramags heading out today! http://plixi.com/p/79232250

SyFy Announces "America's Hometown Ghost Hunt" Contest

In conjunction with tonight's Season 7 premiere of Ghost Hunters, SyFy announced the America's Hometown Ghost Hunt contest which challenges you to "submit a description of your town’s scariest, most haunted places" for the team to investigate. Three finalists will be announced during the fall premiere of the show and the first place winner will be voted upon during Ghost Hunters Live! this Halloween. Up for grabs is an investigation with the TAPS team in your hometown. Entries must be submitted by March 30, 2011 at 11:59 PM (EST) via this page.

Submit a description of your town’s scariest, most haunted places and up to five supporting photos no later than Wednesday March 30, 2011 @ 11:59 PM EST! Three finalists will be announced on-air during the fall premiere of Ghost Hunters.


All of America will vote on one grand-prize winner who will be announced Halloween night during Ghost Hunters Live. The winner gets official prizes including VIP access to go along for the ride as T.A.P.S. investigates their town in the next season of Ghost Hunters!

Image above property of SyFy.

Reminder: Ghost Hunters Season Premiere & Marathon Today

As it is now Wednesday on the east coast US, it seems like the perfect time to remind everyone one last time that the Ghost Hunters Season 7 premiere is later tonight (Wednesday) at 9/8c on SyFy! For the first episode of the new season, the team investigates in Louisiana (episode "Haunted Town"). You can watch a sneak peek here!

Although the new episode won't premiere until evening, SyFy is rerunning old episodes of Ghost Hunters from 8 AM to 6 PM and then again at 8 PM. The season premiere will air at 9 PM and once more at 11 PM for those who miss it (or just want to see it again).

Adam Berry Answers Fan Questions on Facebook

Adam Berry stopped by the SyFy offices today and recorded a few videos to answer questions posted by fans on Facebook. Nine fan questions were selected, although Adam only answered three today and will return tomorrow to answer the other six. The videos can be viewed on Facebook via the links below.

• What location have you visited that you feel had the most spirit activity?
• Has a spirit ever followed any of the cast including yourself back to your home?
• When you investigate a place and don't get a lot of evidence do you get disappointed?

Make sure you visit the Ghost Hunters Facebook page tomorrow to hear the answers to the other fan questions.

Update: More answers were posted today on the GH Facebook page. Adam talked about his first paranormal experience, peanut butter, a prank pulled on him by Jason & Grant, and answered a question about ghosts.

Update 2: In this final video, Adam talks about some of the future investigations we'll see coming up later in the season!

Barry & Kris to Join the Destination Truth Team for Live Event

Barry FitzGerald and Kris Williams will be joining Josh Gates and his Destination Truth team for a live investigation of Ireland in search of the banshee ghost. Barry & Kris, along with Jael dePardo of Fact or Faked, are the confirmed guests investigators on the first ever Destination Truth Live which will air on March 17th starting at 7/6c. In a similar fashion to Ghost Hunters Live, Syfy will be offering fans access to "an arsenal of online exclusives to help you get in on the action from home! Watch exclusive live video streams from Duckett's Grove, track the investigators via our interactive map, and share the hunt for the banshee with your friends!" For more details, visit www.syfy.com/destinationtruthlive.

To commemorate St. Patrick's Day and Destination Truth's season 4.5 premiere, Josh Gates and his team will brave the crumbling ruins of Duckett's Grove Castle in search of the truth behind the banshee myth. Paranormal investigators Kris Williams and Barry Fitzgerald of Ghost Hunters International and Jael De Pardo from Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files will join Josh in the field for this exciting live event.

Armed with equipment, expertise and, of course, humor, Josh and his crew will attempt to solve the mystery behind the age-old legend of the banshee. Plus, Syfy.com will feature an arsenal of online exclusives to help you get in on the action from home! Watch exclusive live video streams from Duckett's Grove, track the investigators via our interactive map, and share the hunt for the banshee with your friends!

Happy Birthday Kris Williams!

Ghost Hunters International's newest investigator Kris Williams celebrates her birthday today, February 20th! GhostHuntersFans.Net would like to wish her a very happy birthday and safe travels as the team heads out to film the next season of GHI. You can send her birthday wishes via Twitter and Facebook.

The GHI team is currently investigating in Trinidad for season 3. For a full list of TAPS/GHI birthdays, visit this page on the fan site.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Ghost Hunters Season 7 Promo

Syfy has been promoting the new season of Ghost Hunters through online advertising and full page magazine pages like the one seen above. If you capture any more adverts online or in print, feel free to send in pics to ghfwebmaster@gmail.com.

Tweets of the Week #7

With the Season 7 premiere of Ghost Hunters coming this Wednesday, this edition of Tweets of the Week is appropriately the seventh one. This past week the TAPS team had some medieval fun and spent Valentine's Day investigating. The GHI began work on Season 3 just as season 2 was wrapping up on SyFy. The team's first haunt takes them to Trinidad.

From the TAPS team

Knights… @Jchawes http://plixi.com/p/77407467  so Grant and me are loving our new armor. Though I can't reach this damn itch of mine. (…)http://plixi.com/p/77447485  new and improved version of "Rock em Sock em men"! (…)@grantswilson :@Jchawes I'm in the one with the face.... I think... (…)@amybruni Caption this picture of @AdamJBerry and me: http://plixi.com/p/77608521

Amy’s playlist… @amybruni Ummmm...Lady Gaga "Born This Way" = Madonna "Express Yourself" (…)listening to "JJ - Ecstasy" ♫ http://blip.fm/~11r2t9

Art… @amybruni Holy shit - I love you! :) RT @ewestpinto: @amybruni check this out :) http://yfrog.com/h7ehxwxj

Are You Ready for Ghost Hunters Season 7?

With the season finale of Ghost Hunters International past us, there are now only mere days separating us from the February 23rd Season 7 premiere of Ghost Hunters! SyFy has already posted a sneak peek and promo (which aired last night during GHI and is worth watching) for your viewing pleasure.




As if you needed any reminding by now, Ghost Hunters premieres this coming Wednesday, February 23, at 9/8c on SyFy!

GHI Season Finale Sneak Peek

Even though it seems like the new season of Ghost Hunters International just started, it's already time for the season finale this Wednesday! Don't miss the new episode Soliders of Misfortune, which takes the GHI team to Puerto Rico, on SyFy at 9/8c. In this interview with Barry FitzGerald, he teases about the season finale:

"There was a remarkable thing that we uncovered during our investigation in Puerto Rico that made us go back to our technology and make huge adjustments to try to ensure that we captured what we saw in Puerto Rico. There are some big things coming up in that episode and a couple of big shocks as well."

And don't forget that the new season of GHOST HUNTERS returns Wednesday, February 23rd!

Tweets of the Week #6

A review of the best tweets from the TAPS & GHI teams this past week can be found below. Be sure to check out past editions of Tweets of the Week and stay tuned for future ones!

From the TAPS team

On the road again… @amybruni Our one night visit to Philadelphia was fun, but it's time to continue north. Wish we could stay right here, never get tired of this city. (…)@AdamJBerry On the road again... One week until I see my @BenGriessmeyer and @LookDownHere the little baby chihuahua! (…) @amybruni This morning in Philly. http://plixi.com/p/75017950  (...) On the longest drive of my life...weather is so bad, driving sloooooow. (…) Made it safe and sound! Our Producer, @Paul_Maty is an amazing driver! (…)@AdamJBerry Jesus took the wheel and his name is @Paul_Maty! He got @amybruni and I safely to the next location through a blizzard!!
Motivation… @amybruni Instant gym motivator: thermals under skinny jeans.

Monkeys… @AdamJBerry New day! Cold day! The monkeys have frozen to the sidewalk... Silly monkeys... That's what they get for going after the banana.

TAPS Concludes Investigation at Fort Knox in Maine

The TAPS team has concluded their investigation of Fort Knox in Maine and presented their findings to the Executive Director of Friends of Fort Knox earlier today. As you may remember, it was reported on January 31st that the Ghost Hunters would be investigating the fort in early February. The article notes that filming began on February 6th with a tour of the location and the team's first night of investigating. They returned on the 7th and the production crew also conducted interviews and filmed exterior shots on the 8th and 9th. Although the article says Jason & Grant presented their findings today (the 11th), a photo suggests that Jason wasn't present and Amy took his place. Patrick Powell, the producer, is quoted as saying the episode will air "in late March or April".

The Friends of Fort Knox, working in partnership with the Maine Department of Conservation’s Bureau of Parks and Lands, has announced that the SyFy Channel’s "Ghost Hunters" TV program has concluded its paranormal investigation of the State Historic site.

The investigation and filming began late Feb. 6 when the 19-member production crew arrived at Fort Knox. Leon Seymour, Friends of Fort Knox executive director, provided the investigators a tour of the site and recounted visitor reports of paranormal experiences. After the initial tour and overview, SyFy "Ghost Hunters" stars Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson began their investigation of the fort. Their efforts extended to approximately 3:30 a.m.

The investigation continued the evening of Feb. 7 into the following morning amidst brief snow showers. On the afternoon of Feb. 8, the "Ghost Hunters" production company interviewed individuals who had reported as having a paranormal experience at the fort to the Friends. One of those interviewed by the crew was local radio personality Sky Taylor, who reported hearing various sounds and even seeing an apparition. On Feb. 9, Bureau of Parks and Lands Historic Site Specialist Tom Desjardin provided the production company with a brief history of Fort Knox. The "Ghost Hunters" film crew spent the rest of the day shooting exterior shots of the fort from various locations and some shots of the town of Prospect.

Image above is property of Friends of Fort Knox.

Steve Gonsalves Becomes Associate Producer of Short Film 'The Captured Bird'

In an interesting piece of news today, Steve Gonsalves has signed on to become an associate producer of a six minute horror/paranormal film called The Captured Bird. According to the film's website "the six-minute short [film] is loosely based on a real life spectral experience". The Captured Bird is written by Jovanka Vuckovic and Guillermo del Toro is serving as an executive producer. The text below is quoted from a press release earlier today.

The Captured Bird has a lot of elements that I really connect with,” explains Gonsalves, an educator on paranormal phenomena and co-founder of TAPS Paramagazine. “It’s a mix of my favorite film genres ­– horror and fantasy – but it also has a large paranormal aspect dealing with the shadow person phenomena, which I have been studying for over fifteen years.”

Says Vuckovic: “Steve is one of the people who has been actively trying to get our film funded since we launched our campaign. He’s also shot in some of the most haunted places in the world and we’re scouting similar locations for The Captured Bird, so when he offered to come on board formally we jumped at the chance to have him as an associate producer and paranormal advisor.”

You can read more about the film and Steve's involvement on the film's website.

Shadows In the Dark: Scotland Sneak Peek

A new episode of Ghost Hunters International arrives this Wednesday at 9/8c on SyFy. Watch a sneak peek of the team's Scotland investigation below.



And tune in February 23rd for the Season 7 premiere of Ghost Hunters!

Ghost Hunters Marathon this Sunday

If football just isn't your thing, or if you want to break the tradition, SyFy will be airing a Ghost Hunters marathon this Sunday (February 6) from 9 AM to 8 PM. Below is a list of the episodes being shown, in marathon order.

America's First Zoo - 9 AM

Spirits of the Night - 10 AM

Norwich State - 11 AM

Haunted Hotel - 12 NOON

Ghosts in the Attic - 1 PM

Inn of the Dead - 2 PM

Alcatraz - 3 PM

Touched by Evil - 4 PM

Shamrock Spirits - 5 PM

Fort Ticonderoga - 6 PM

Phantoms of Jersey - 7 PM
Haunted Reform School - 8 PM

And don't forget new episodes of Ghost Hunters will premiere on February 23rd at 9/8c on SyFy!

Tweets of the Week #5

Here's the newest edition of Tweets of the Week! The TAPS team tweeted quite a few pics of food, Jason did an interview online (see previous post), and Amy, Dave, Adam, & Steve visted a few special locations. On the GHI side of things, Paul Bradford created a photo book, the team faced their fear of needles, and Barry did a bit of singing. Enjoy!

From the TAPS team

Living dangerously… @AdamJBerry She @amybruni saving my life one day at a time with the soccer mom arm save. (…) @amybruni if you didn't wander into traffic I wouldn't have to! @Jchawes I truly thought I was going to die in this video. And I am sure you can hear me saying "OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD...lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I1ReDDN3oY

Oh, Jason… @Jchawes Getting ready for an interview at 9pm est with Host Deonna Kelli Sayed on www.liveparanormal.com tonight. What should I wear? LMAO

Roads… @amybruni Beautiful day in North Carolina! Sun is shining....gonna soak it up before we head back north later this week. (…)Last day in NC. Start a couple day drive tomorrow...heading back to Hoth. I'll miss you sunshine and warm weather! (…)On to the next! Our next destination is a bit of a haul, so we get to spend the night in one of my most favorite cities - Philly!

At work… @amybruni They're so serious! http://plixi.com/p/74274435