New and Events at Claranormal.com

7-22-2010
I'm a bit slow posting this, but better late...

In addition to our regular stuff, living, working, doing investigations, parsing evidence and creating videos, we've also created a radio show! We've been hosting Claranormal Talk Radio since July 2nd, and though there's a learning curve, and it's not as easy to babble for an hour straight as one might think, at least for us, we're going to keep doing it for the time being. In fact we've expanded the show to two night a week, both at 9:00 PM pacific time on Tuesday and Fridays. You can find our show at http://blogtalkradio.com/claranormal.

6-11-2010
Ok, I've been keeping quiet on this for a long while, but I think the time has come to do some "debunking." We don't like to trash talk people or groups, and we don't like to bring negative discourse into play, but sometimes one must stand up and bring attention to that which is not right. Debunking is a term that we seldom use, because of the negative connotations that accompany that word. Reference.com's definition of "debunk" is: "to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans." Synonyms include: "disparage, ridicule, lampoon."
Well, I'm not going to disparage anyone, nor lampoon anyone, but some ridicule is definitely called for and appropriate.
Straight to the heart of the matter: There is no such thing as actual, real paranormal certification, nor are there any degrees or certifications at accredited colleges or universities in this field. They simply don't exist, except as attachments to other courses, such as psychology degrees.
I cite this article from Yahoo answers,
and this from the same source,
and lastly, and I think the most important one from oddempire.org.
I'm not saying in any way that instruction, or learning from established people in the paranormal field is wrong, bad, or fraudulent, but if somebody asks you for money for a "certification," run. Run fast, run far. Don't look back. The same applies to "investigators" and ghost hunters who want payment for their investigative and ghost hunting services. In fact, many are likely the same exact people!
On that note, if a group, say, the hypothetical "Paranormal Reasearch and Investgations of Central Kentucky," or P.R.I.C.K. (what's with all the acronyms in this field anyway? Just because T.A.P.S. is an acronym doesn't mean you have to be too! Think for yourselves!!!) wants to offer a course which would then lead to a certification marking you as a holder and follower in their beliefs, in THEIR practices, (wouldn't that make you a P.R.I.C.K. Holder?) fine. Let it be marked as such. But realistically, you would then have to identify yourself as such, a P.R.I.C.K. certified group or investigator, or a P.R.I.C.K. Ghost Hunter, not simply a CERTIFIED investigator, lest you mislead the general public into believing you are something you're not.
Now for those of you who insist on being certified, we have just the ticket for you! For the low, low price of just $10, we'll be happy to send you this!

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Receiver of Certificate
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6-07-2010
 Well, we got a little more time at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, found Valentino's crypt, said hi, and walked the mausoleum he's interred in. We also found Peter Finch, which was a surprise. Still, we had just under an hour there, really not even close to enough time to do even the most basic set up, but one does what one can.
 We also spent some time in the "gone too soon" section, the children's section, which just makes me sad. At least it's a little lifting to see the care people put into these plots, but not lifting enough to get over the sadness.
 After HFC, we ambled over for a day trip to Suicide Bridge in Pasadena, and by the time we got done we discovered a few things. One is that there are homeless people living in the bushes there, though they don't seem to bother the park users. Another is that the area under the 110 freeway bridge is awesome, like a huge, gray, concrete cathedral. I don't mean it's ornate, but just awe inspiring. There's about 3 acres of dirt beneath this overpass, which is a good 150 feet above your head, and that which is above you is graceful curving concrete arches. It was worth the trip just to experience that. The last thing learned was a lesson I have already learned, but didn't follow, and that is to dress appropriately. By the time we got done climbing around the underside of the bridge, we were soaked through with sweat, and I, the idiot I am, am in semi-dress clothes, and didn't bring a change.
Suicide Bridge is the only place where we've ever been blanked. Ok, not entirely blanked, in that we did get the picture of the thing we call "Satchel" last time, but that picture is so open to interpretation. So going there was part investigation, part mission. I dislike it when we spend time and get nothing, so hopefully we caught something this time. We won't review the evidence from this day trip for a couple of days, but when we do we will be thorough.
 After that we cruised up to Lucky Baldwin's Pub in old town Pasadena to meet up with the Yussi Paranormal group. Justin and Steve got there early and had a bite to eat (and coffee), and by the time they were done Yussi had shown up, and his group began to arrive. If you're in the SoCal area and want to go on a ghost hunt, or are just curious, we're always open to visitors, and I also recommend you check out Yussi's group. We enjoyed meeting everybody in Yussi's group, each being really great people, and are thankful for the opportunity to hang with them.
 From the pub we went, of all places, back to Suicide Bridge with Yussi Paranormal, this time focusing on the upper deck, something we've never done. There are a couple of particular places on this bridge where I was literally overcome with emotion, from desperation to extreme sadness. This should come as no surprise, as there have to be scores of imprinted emotions on this aptly named bridge, there having been well over a hundred people ending their lives there.
 We'll review our evidence over the next couple of days and see if we caught anything, and if so, it'll be posted on the appropriate pages. Hopefully the ladies and gents with Yussi's group caught stuff as well, especially this being their gig.

5-29-2010
Did a quick (10 minute) run through of Hollywood Forever Cemetery, stopped by Linda Vista Hospital, and did a quick revisit of  Oak Park Cemetery today. I'm tired!

5-24-10
Yes folks, two of our members, Scott and Steve, were on Tori and Dean May 24th, so you can stop asking! A great place, Linda Vista Hospital, and it was a lot of fun. We would do it again in a minute.

5-15-2010
Some huge news coming, most of which we're not permitted to talk about yet, and some of which we can never talk about, but we'll give that which we can, but only if it does not violate contract terms as well as our own code of ethics.

I'll start with the most benign stuff first.

We have submitted the story treatment and partial script I mentioned in an earlier post to a production company, but since they haven't  gotten back in touch or sent a release to be signed, I'm assuming that either they didn't get it (unlikely), didn't like it (likely), or deleted it after having been driven stark raving mad by the story (yeah, that's the ticket).
To be fair, we didn't send it in the exact format they called for, so they likely just deleted it, which is fine. I'll continue working on it in my spare time. So look for it in about 120 years.

Justin recently did an investigation with his girlfriend Sam at his girlfriends house, which apparently has a ton of activity.  Toilets flushing on their own, strange noises, doors slamming and ice cold rooms. The data hasn't made it in yet, but I'm told there's at least one great EVP, and a really creepy picture. Can't wait to see / post these!

We just received a brand new K2 meter, as well as a new "Ghost Meter" EMF detector this week, and in initial testing we have found that on some objects and areas each mirrors the other's resulting readings, but at times either is more sensitive and responsive to Electo-Magnetic energy than the other.  We're still working on a reason for this. We're also looking for a new Tri-Field meter at a good price, so if know of one, please drop us a line!

Those of you who have been constantly watching us, you'll note that you rarely see us using EMF meters, because basically, we really don't need to depend on them. Most if not all of our members are weirdly gifted to sensing the paranormal, so these meters are redundant, but you will see us filming our use of them more and more. As a documenting tool they are unparalleled, leaving that which we find a little less subjective.

Speaking of subjective, we also have a brand new Paranormal PX coming (it was shipped today, as a matter of fact) which will  probably arrive Wednesday. The PPX (Paranormal PX) is built by the same people who built the discontinued (and highly prized) Ovilus and the Paranormal Puck, and coincidently is like a melding of the two. Unlike the original Ovilus, it has a built in speaker, and like the puck it can be hooked up to a computer. It also doubles the original Ovilus's 1024 word vocabulary to 2048 words. This being a feature rich item, we can hardly wait to put it to good use.

Ok, on the thing I can't talk about, just be sure to check in here often so we can give you more information on the mysterious thing of which I write. That is once we're given the green light to do so. On this mystery item, we were told we could bring a couple people at most, which is ok because we only had a couple people available. I was one of them, and despite my discomfort when on the wrong end of cameras (that being the lens side...I've been working on overcoming this) there was no way I was going to miss this. I would have rather had Justin and / or Amber do this, either together or with Scott (who was spectacular, by the way), but that isn't the way the universe wanted it.
That's all for now.

Steve

4-18-10

Robb of GHI a broken man? 

 I heard a rumor today that Robb Demerest of GHI was living out his car, a broken man. 

Um, I don't know where people come up with things sometimes, but as far as I can tell, it is not true.
 
First, let me qualify this: We at Claranormal don't trash talk other groups, nor their members. Period. It's just not allowed. However, if a piece of interesting news in our industry comes our way, we will investigate it. After all, we are investigators.
 
If you check Robb's Twitter, you'll see he was just twitting about finishing another investigation on April 12th, and I have yet to find any bad news about him on any of the message boards.

Rumor: Debunked
 
One thing I did find was an amazing amount of people blasting Robb, and I fail to understand why. I like him on GHI, and I hear that he's a great guy, so for the life of me I don't know why he has so many detractors. He also has supporters, but they seem to be outnumbered and outgunned. For you detractors, I'll say it out loud: If not for Robb and Barry, I would never have watched that show, and if (and when) Jason and Grant retire from Taps to run their B&B full time (my feeling on this is that it won't be very long from now...) Robb and Barry would be great guys to hand the ball to.
Now, on the GHI cast members who are no longer on the show, Donna, Brian and Andy, I have to say that of the three, I will miss Donna, I'll sort of miss Brian, and I won't miss Andy.

Donna was the case manager for the original TAPS, and as such, you know she has good organizational skills, and is good with people. Those two things are a prerequisite. And she's been there since early on. 

On Brian, I think a good part of the time he got the short end of the stick. I know as a lead investigator for our group and as the chief editor for our groups videos, it's really easy to make somebody look like a goofball if you edit video or film a certain way. If anybody knew how much video we throw out versus what we use because somebody says something stupid (and granted, it's usually me...) it'd boggle their mind. I think a little judicious editing could have made Brian look, well, not heroic, but certainly better.
 
Andy. Hmmm. Won't miss Andy. Andy makes me itch. He makes me want to reach into the TV and pull him through just so I can slap him around some. Probably a nice guy, a good human being, kind to small animals and good to his mother. Still, a slap-fest is called for. No amount of editing could fix this. Maybe it's because he reminds me a little of myself. Every time I see myself on tape, I want to do the same thing, reach through and slap myself into tomorrow. "Oh no no no, don't say it stupid. Don't you dare say the stupid thing I know you're going to say..." goes through my head a lot when I'm editing segments with me in it, and it always ends the same. "Ah, you went and said that stupid thing! You idiot!"

Steve

 

3-13-2010
Since the below entry, we've been getting ready for some hunts, and have completed the first phase of one.  See  SJV Cemetery

Another thing we have in the works is our own film, which is currently in the story treatment / scripting stage. Now don't misunderstand: all of our videos are unscripted, all of our hunts / investigations are unscripted, nothing is pre planned, and it's all real. The project I'm referencing will be a fictional account based on real footage from our real investigations. As Gump would say, that's all I have to say about that...


Well, we kept it under wraps for a long time, but since it didn't pan out there's no need. We had been lined up for a documentary film appearance, taking their characters on a ghost hunt, but when we questioned the people as to what the slant on their film was, in other words, we asked if they were bashing the paranormal (didn't want anything to do with that), were pro-paranormal, or fair and balanced (either of which we were all in), they were slow to respond. Then it turned into an interview with them instead, which we agreed to, then we got stood up! They never bothered to contact us either way.
Man up Tim. We had people put their time and lives on hold, and you wasted our time. Shame on you.
 
Steve
 
1-09-10
Happy New Year!
We're gearing up for several investigations, and have leads on a couple more. Looks like the Granada Theater might also be on the short list again, but we'll wait and see on that,. The Queen Mary definitely is on our short list, as is a private residence in South Pasadena. Stay tuned!

11-09-09
We completed our investigation of the Granada Theater in Ontario, California on 10-29-09, and the results, which are pretty staggering, and slowly making it to Claranormal.com and YouTube, as well as Facebook.
By the way, you're invited to drop by our new Facebook page and become a fan! Same with our Haunted Barstow, Twitter and YouTube.
We're also sitting down soon to schedule some more investigations. On our short list is: The Mission Inn, Riverside, CA, a revisit of the Queen Mary in Long Beach, a follow up to Oak Park Cemetery, in Claremont, Thompson Creek Trail in Claremont, and the Downtown Fullerton Ghost Walk. We'll keep you posted!
 
The first photo of the Granada Theater is posted at Granada Theater
10-25-09
We did the first phase of the Granada Theater last night into this early morning, and we have a number of personal experiences to share, and probably more once we review the tapes, discs, and various recorders.
This was the first investigation where we've used an Ovilus, brought by it's owner, Amber, and though a lot of what the Ovilus said was gibberish, when you put it all together, it begins to make sense. There were also a few occasions where it seemed to respond directly. It didn't run nearly as long as I wanted it to, but still, it was worth it.
 
10-22-09
We have an investigation this coming Saturday, 10-24-09 at the Granada Theater in Ontario, CA. We'll keep you posted on how it goes!
Steve

10-19-09
We're busy scheduling two, and possibly three investigations for the next two weeks, one of them huge, the others should be really good, though to be honest, I'm not sure we'll be able to to do the huge one. At any rate, we'll be hopping.
Steve
10-12-09
We're scheduling investigation over the next week, so if you have suggestions for an investigation, please feel free to let us know at
team@claranormal.com


We're hoping to find someone who can help get us into the Ryen house in Chino Hills, CA. This is also known as the "Cooper House," but it wasn't Cooper's house, he being the convicted murderer on death row for murdering four people, including two children, at the Ryen residence in 1983, so we're not going to call it by his name. The Ryens' and one house guest died violently and tragically at this house, but miraculously Josh Ryen survived.
Having read Josh's story several times, I can't even begin to imagine what he's gone through, and the horrors that the other members of the family went through.
I have followed this story since just after Cooper was caught, and I've always felt that there was probably at least residual energy left at this house, and considering the violence perpetrated there, I would be surprised if there wasn't some activity there. An investigation would be outstanding, but don't get me wrong: we're not ghouls looking to exploit anyone or anything. We're just looking to help anyone who, perhaps, stayed behind.
Steve
team@claranormal.com
Here's a psychic who went there without prior knowledge.

11/24/08- Update:
Please keep tuned for new updates
which will be happening all the time on here.
We are planning a visit to Queen Mary in the near future.  In the mean time feel free to get in touch with us or check out our findings from previous haunts.

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