This week's episode of Ghosthunters revolved around a traveling Titanic exhibit, currently located at an Atlanta aquarium, the exhibit contained items pulled from the wreckage and stories of paranormal activities followed it from city to city. The question for today is, can personal belongings be the source of a haunting?
Dave: As part of our pre-investigative interview, we will ask if the client can remember bringing either an antique or yard sale item into the home around the same time activity was first noted. If the client can remember bringing such an object into their homes, we ask them to remove the object for a period of time to see if the activity ceases.
Why would an entity follow an object from place to place? I'm not a big fan of believing that an object traps a spirit within it, I would lean towards the object having played a very significant role in the entities life. I fully believe that when I transition my TV remote will be haunted like a big dog. This may explain the many reported cases of haunted dolls and musical instruments. If this premise is true, it would explain why the entity is mobile. It is a "Hey, where are you taking my _______?"
In the case of Wednesday night's "Ghost Hunters" episode, I did not finish watching the episode, but saw enough to know that the objects on display where mostly money and articles of clothing. These are hardly items that would fall under the "beloved objects" aspect of this theory. I will have to defer my opinion of whether there were Titanic victim entities present until after I watch again.
Rex: There are lots of documented cases where objects have paranormal activity surrounding them. I am another one who doesn't think that a spirit is trapped by or within an object but follows it as it holds some significance with a spirit. Who's to say what can be a significant item that would be worth following around. As for Wednesday's Ghosthunters, they could not determine that the activity was linked in any way to the Titanic based on the evidence captured. The items in the exhibit may have only been trivial things but for a tragedy like the Titanic, they may have been the last personal possessions that they had when the ship went down. I think it would be interesting to see if any other exhibits around the country, that contain items from a specific event, have paranormal activity.
Dave: As part of our pre-investigative interview, we will ask if the client can remember bringing either an antique or yard sale item into the home around the same time activity was first noted. If the client can remember bringing such an object into their homes, we ask them to remove the object for a period of time to see if the activity ceases.
Why would an entity follow an object from place to place? I'm not a big fan of believing that an object traps a spirit within it, I would lean towards the object having played a very significant role in the entities life. I fully believe that when I transition my TV remote will be haunted like a big dog. This may explain the many reported cases of haunted dolls and musical instruments. If this premise is true, it would explain why the entity is mobile. It is a "Hey, where are you taking my _______?"
In the case of Wednesday night's "Ghost Hunters" episode, I did not finish watching the episode, but saw enough to know that the objects on display where mostly money and articles of clothing. These are hardly items that would fall under the "beloved objects" aspect of this theory. I will have to defer my opinion of whether there were Titanic victim entities present until after I watch again.
Rex: There are lots of documented cases where objects have paranormal activity surrounding them. I am another one who doesn't think that a spirit is trapped by or within an object but follows it as it holds some significance with a spirit. Who's to say what can be a significant item that would be worth following around. As for Wednesday's Ghosthunters, they could not determine that the activity was linked in any way to the Titanic based on the evidence captured. The items in the exhibit may have only been trivial things but for a tragedy like the Titanic, they may have been the last personal possessions that they had when the ship went down. I think it would be interesting to see if any other exhibits around the country, that contain items from a specific event, have paranormal activity.
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