Deadman's Hole - Marble Falls, TX. Short video introducting myself, and giving layout of land along with brief background.



For details about this location, visit the website: http://www.ghosthuntersoftexas.com/dmh.htm

Help Wanted

Looking for a couple of investigators in Austin, Tx - Do you think you have what it takes to be an investigator? If you do, we'd love to meet you.

We are in the process of finding dedicated individuals who share the same passion for this topic as we do. If you are interested in joining our team send an email to: bd@ghosthuntersoftexas.com. Tell me about your experiences, beliefs, what you could bring to the team and why you would like to join.

We have two spots open, and are looking for both skeptics and believers. Experience and equipment preferred, but not required, as long as you have a willingness to learn. Skills or any background in web 2.0 is definitely a plus.

Most Haunted? Really, are they sure?

I've been watching this series for a couple of years now. I was channel surfing late one night when I landed on the travel channel and what I saw threw me into a tizzy of excitment. Yvette, Stuart and some other members were standing in some small underground space and Stuart fell backwards over something claiming he was "pushed." I was sold, and tunned in every chance I could. Now after watching several episodes, including the "Live" series, I've really started questioning the validity of their work. The fact that they have a bonified "skeptic, their parapsychologist Ciaran O'Keeffe, keeps me open to thinking maybe some things are staged and maybe some things are real??? I dunno, I'm just so confused. As a devout believer having had personal experience of my own, I do want to believe what they are reporting to be true.

I want to believe people who are in this business are passionate about the field, and stand by their work. If I can take anything from this show (and it's not sound evidence!) it would be a lesson in how to be more skeptical. In fact, calling the show "Most Skeptical" is more fitting.

Now when I watch the episodes, I'm more tuned in to the camera work, placement of hands, feet, people, and how they interact with each other. I've caught people snickering, rolling eyes and even mouthing a cue to begin a fake "attack." It's quite disappointing really. But like I said, it forces me to question things rather then believing what I am seeing. Unfortunately, in this field, seeing is not necessarily believing (especially to a skeptic.)

If any of you tuned in to the 7 hour Most Haunted Live a couple of weeks ago, did you happen to see the part where Karl was supposedly "possessed" and "threw" Stuart over the railing?? The first thing to note is it was not caught while they were "live." After or a before a commercial break, I can't recall which, Yvette reported the event to the host of Most Haunted Live (Mr. Icantrememberhisname.) In my mind, if someone is possessed and throwing someone over a railing, I expected to see something really shocking and unbelievable, and especially more of a fight from the person being tossed. When they finally had the footage, they showed without sound Karl sort of pushing Stuart to the rail and struggling to lift him up and over. Stuart didn't put up much of a fight and just feel over and laid there on the bars linking the catwalks. I rewound the clip several times searching for some clue of certainty, but found none. Logically, it doesn't add up. If I put myself in that place at that time my fist would be swinging, my fingers would be clenched to the railing and my legs would be kicking. But hey, that's just me :-)

Just some foddor for thought.

Without further ado I leave you with some videos I've found on youtube. Judge for yourself:

This one just speaks for itself...


Is Yvette moving the table? Notice how there are lots of "did you hear that" & "look over there, I just saw something." Tricks to redirect ones attention whilst they rig something else?



Listen to Yvette come clean with calling Derek a faker

Close up: Myrtles video tour...

I put together a short movie (under 5 mins) with some of the video footage I captured while visiting the Myrtles in April.

Over the weekend we plan on updating the web site with what we found after finally getting through all the evidence.

That's all. It's a short blog day...

http://ghosthuntersoftexas.com/

(i think this picture of the house was taken around 1840 or so)

A weekend at Myrtles Plantation

The mention of the word "Myrtles" used to send chills down my spine based on the countless articles, books and documentaries I've read regarding how "Haunted" it is. I've always wanted to visit and investigate the plantation and we finally had an opportunity to do so.

The property itself is absolutely breath taking. It really is the epitome of southern romance & charm.

They absolutely market the place as a "spooksville" though. They have a mystery tour only given on weekends and at night where a tour guide goes from room to room delivering ghost stories. Whatever you do, don't ask about the history of the house, you'll have to wait until the next day to take that tour. The ghost stories are suppose to scare the kids and the guest into buying the Voodoo necklace to ward off evil spirits (the same one hanging around the tour guide's neck) located conveniently in the gift shop, which is the original house built in 1794. There was a ghost story to be told for every room in the house, so that all guest staying the night, would likely experience "something." We stayed in the Winters room and both slept fine there. Neither of us had any personal experiences in that room.

The ghost stories didn't scare me, I knew it was all hype.

I DID have a personal experience though. I was touched and it was a strange sensation. Non threatening though. I was standing up, in a group, with lights on and felt the jeans around my knee start depressing as if something was leaning on or touching my knee. I looked down and saw my jeans actually moving, by itself. It continued to depress below my knee too. It lasted all of about 30 seconds, but wow - what a feeling.

Another strange thing happened when we were leaving, I was out snapping pictures. I was taking the picture of the statue in the photo above and my camera started flipping out. I have a sony cybershot and in order to change the settings you have to manually turn the wheel on top of the camera. When you are turning the wheel, you can also a see a digital display of the wheel turning. I was holding the cameral, and the display kept toggling through all the settings on its own. That has never happened before nor since. I'm thinking energy field or just camera malfunction. Either is equally plausible, I think.

GHOT - Blog Grand Opening.

In the instant age, where information is not only abundant but in real time, it is inevitable that we carve out our own spot in blogger land for the Ghost Hunters of Texas to keep up with the speed of data delivery.

You can read a little about us on the right side navigation bar. Where you will also find links to our home page as well as other community pages such as "Iamhaunted","myspace", and our "forums" for discussion.

The idea is to use this blog as a vehicle for highlighting events or investigations we've been to where others may be interested in learning from our experiences. We can also learn from our fellow bloggers as they give us feedback.

No - we haven't been around since Jesus - but collectively as a team we have about 15 years of experiences with the paranormal on some level. We decided to start marrying those experiences with technology in hopes to validate the existence of ghosts/spirits/celestial beings/poltergeist.....you select whatever word works for you.

We have a nice mixture of believers and skeptics. It is not a simple task to convince a believer there's nothing there or prove to a skeptic that something is. We debate just about every piece of evidence we capture, and yes, most of it can be dismissed using simple logic. Or can it?