We did a case a while back where too much activity was going on. More than most haunted situations.
First was a painting that fell off the wall. Examining the painting, wall, and nail, I discovered the nail was much to long for any painting. I went to the room and examined the back side off the wall where the painting was hanging and found a hole where the long nail came through. I also noticed the window was opened which I knew was closed earlier that night. Someone entered that window and shoved the nail thro ugh the wall making the painting fall and either forgot or didn’t have time to close the window.
Later that night, The sterio system in the living room started calling my team member’s names in a evil tone. Examining the sterio, it was powered off. We unplugged the sterio. Just a little later, Names and other phrases continued to bleed through the speakers. This was weird. Thinking hard about what was going on, I came up with one conclussion before calling it a ghost. I went out to my car and pulled out my RF/camera bug detector and tested the sterio. Sure enough, There was two small FM bugs in the speakers. The reciever parts. There were many more activity was going on. Come to find out, two teenaged boys of the family was pulling hoaxes on the family and then with us.
If I didn’t think of getting the detector I would have called it a possible spirit activity.

I normally don’t have the dectector in my car, and probably would never thought as it as a paranormal investigating tool. I was just something I played with when I was younger. Now it is part of my kit. You never know. It should be part of any serious investigators kit.

I thought I’d share this piece of equipment with you and your other readers.

Rich

I think that a pendulum is a very personal tool. (I also think that some pendulums work better for some people than others do… rather like Harry Potter choosing his wand.)

Seeing your pendulum’s “mood” before each session is smart. It gets you in communication with it, and I think it acknowledges its power, in a way.

In most cases, people don’t hear anything — even through headphones connected to a recording device — when they record EVP. It’s only heard on playback, later.

I think that’s a lot like orbs and other anomalies in photos. We don’t usually see the anomalies that show up in the pictures, later. There may be some indications that it’s a good photo, but — until we look at the picture — we can’t be sure that anything odd is in it.

You’re right that it seems futile to record EVP when you can’t respond to what the ghosts say. If the EVP recording is clear, you might be able to ask a question, wait, play back the recording for the answer, and then ask the next question, etc.

Because I’m a psychic, I can often ask questions and get internal answers. I like to work with other psychic ghost hunters, such as Gavin Cromwell, to confirm or clarify the responses that I perceive. It really helps to have a second opinion, to reduce the influence of our internal filters.

So, I can usually get a good idea of whether anomalies are likely in EVP or photos. But, that’s still no guarantee.

Generally, computers are useful for filtering out external noises such as cars passing or planes overhead. But, in theory, you should be able to listen to the recording “as is” and hear the ghostly voice/s.

Another question: Once we do get an EVP, does it HAVE to be heard on a computer? My computer is having a problem with the audio program. I cannot hear any music, podcasts, or movieclips. I now, it’s sad.
That would also leave out the “Audacity Audio Editor”.

Thanks.