From: To: Subject: [IGHS] Newsletter, March 7, 2004 Deming, New Mexico Date: Sunday, March 07, 2004 12:46 PM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Remove Link To Unsubscribe from Newsletter: Click on Reply To or send email to ighs-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com for an automatic removal from this newsletter. Mission Statement: The Ghostweb is the official Web Site of the International Ghost Hunters Society. Membership in the IGHS is always FREE. The IGHS is dedicated and committed to the research, documentation, education, and investigation of ghostly phenomena recorded through EVP, digital, film and video photography. The IGHS is a society of ghost believers, ghost hunters, and ghost researchers with over 14,000 members in 87 countries worldwide. Travel Along with Dave & Sharon: Join us as we start our fourth year of RV traveling as we explore America's Most Haunted Sites. We had a dream and now we are living that dream of traveling across this great land in our little house on wheels with our Welsh Pembroke Corgi dog named BooBoo. We are currently investigating haunted sites in New Mexico. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ International Ghost Hunters Society Newsletter March 7, from Deming, New Mexico Dr. Dave’s Notes: We have a Mail Forwarding Address for our mail. We changed from the Pensacola, Florida address and now have a Deming, New Mexico address. Please update your records and if you have a home study course exam to send to us, please use the New Mexico address. The address is as follows: Dr. Dave Oester Dr. Sharon Gill 713 W. Spruce PMB 715 Deming, NM 88030 Since we will be researching and investigating places here in the Southwest, we wanted to get our mail sent directly to the Southwest. Deming will become our home base for this year. We will branch out to Arizona and northern New Mexico, but will be returning back to Deming from time to time. This week will be in the mid seventies with a beautiful blue sky during the day and the brightest stars at night. The full moon phase is excellent for conducting investigations due to the peak geomagnetic fields caused by the lunar cycle. We had a wonderful two and half hour program with the guru of talk radio, Jeff Rense this past Friday evening. We talked about our experiences at the haunted Fort Craig and about some of the stories about the Apaches who were sent from Ojo Caliente reservation in New Mexico to the San Carlos Reservation of Arizona. The reason we were so interested is that we will be returning to the San Carlos Indian Reservation in a few weeks to continue our research and investigations. It seems that Office of Indian Affairs deem it necessary to concentrate the Apaches into one reservation. The Warm Springs Apaches were forced from New Mexico to Camp Goodwin at San Carlos. The US Army was glad to leave Camp Goodwin since at any given time half the troops were down with malaria. The Warm Spring Indians soon dying off from the malaria, so 310 of them escaped led by Victorio and headed back to New Mexico. The reason given by Victorio for their escape was the water, meaning the malaria from the mosquitoes. Victorio agreed to surrender at Fort Wingate (near Gallup) on condition that they be allowed to return to Ojo Caliente reservation near Fort Craig where they were happy and content. However, the Office of Indian Affairs was indifferent to their request and ordered the Warm Springs Indians back to the malaria infested Camp Goodwin. We will have more stories about Fort Craig in our next book due out in 2005. We love traveling this great land of ours. We are learning about history never taught in the schools. In the past, history sounded so sterile and straightforward. Since traveling, we have discovered that history has failed to teach us that major turning points in battles were most often the result of inaction or a delay in implementing an action. We learned that history presents everything in black and white, not in the 256 shades of gray that exist between black and white. The victors’ eulogizing their virtues while the conquered lose their culture as history whitewashes the truth and buries the conquered in unmarked graves. Many people view ghost hunters as a bunch of fanatics running around seeing demons or evil red eyes. They equate serious ghost hunters with psychics claiming to see ghosts coming out of the woodwork everywhere they look. Case in point, a recent A&E segment had one psychic ghost hunter claiming to see a pig with red eyes while other psychics claimed to see demons. The local people who lived in the area thought these ghost hunters were nuts and suggested they stay away from their town. The religious nuts come out of the woodwork to see demons and red eyes of demonic creatures and these are the ghost hunters that we see on television. The International Ghost Hunters Society is a scientific based organization specializing in teaching people how to documents the existence of ghosts and life after death. We do not endorse psychics who ignore scientific protocols because there is no way to separate the real ones from the wannabes seeking fame and fortune. So many psychics are simply selling snake oil to other psychic wannabes. True psychics tend to avoid the press and limelight. Their gifts and skills are not for public exposure, but is considered sacred and special. Some psychics are healers, seeking to benefit others, while others are simply learning how to deal with their gifts. We do believe these gifts are from God, but we don't believe that every John and Kelly, who claims to be a psychic, are true psychics. 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We are an Internet based organization and will continue to be so because the Internet is the link that connects us to our 14,000 members in 87 countries worldwide. We were the first to offer a booklet on helping people with a step by step guide to recording and analyzing ghost voices. Our thermal bound booklet is the most comprehensive and detailed step by step on recording and using the Acoustica 2.25 software evaluation program that can be downloaded for $15. We have had great praise for our booklet. This booklet has helped new people to experience success the first time out. We share our secret techniques on recording, sharing all the techniques that we employ for our successful capture of ghostly voices from beyond the grave. Jeff Rense has praised our booklet on his syndicated radio program. Check out our two booklet special featuring our EVP booklet and our Digital Ghost Photography Handbook booklet, both are also available as PDF downloads. No other booklet on Digital Ghost Photography is as comprehensive and detailed as the one we have written. We started the ghost photography movement on the Internet when we posted our first six photos on our web site. Our long time members will remember those first six photos when we first experienced ghost photography. Since that time, we have taught tens of thousands of people how to do ghost photography. Our web site has the largest collection of ghost photographs in the world. We are also the largest web site for ghost voice recordings. We collect and play new voices every month for the Jeff Rense program and post these ghost recordings on our web site at http://www.ghostweb.com/rense.html so our visitors can listen to the new recordings. Dr. Sharon’s Notes: I am an avid listener to nighttime talk radio programs. We do not always have access to television as we travel, so I try to stay on top of daily events and weather reports on AM radio. I am also a night person and radio can be excellent company during the wee hours. As we travel, the area in which we are staying dictates the radio stations available to me. Normally, somewhere on the dial, I can find a high-powered station in a major city. On occasion, I even find a radio talk host discussing paranormal phenomena. These days there are many talk shows discussing the subject with a variety of ‘experts’ from all across the country. Although many talk show hosts are open to this type of discussion, many pooh-pooh the whole idea of paranormal phenomena. Calls come in from all over the country from people experiencing this type of phenomena. I can understand the skepticism, even the laughter at people interested in the subject who are trying to learn more. Obviously, this is not a subject of interest to everyone, but radio is a good outlet for people to call in and share their experiences. Until someone has, an experience of their own that cannot be rationally explained away, belief in anything outside of the five senses eludes them. Some people are so insensitive and unaware of what takes place around them, they would not notice a paranormal event unless it was a major occurrence to capture their full attention. Regardless of the denial that more exists in this world than meets the eye, events are happening everywhere, all of the time. Ghosts and haunting’s are recorded throughout history, as are UFO’s, big hairy creatures and other anomalous phenomenon. These things are not new to us; the public at large has not accepted them. Some famous people throughout history have reported having experiences with some spirits of the dead and I will share just a few. In 1777, in his cabin in Valley Forge, General George Washington watched as a wispy, curling vapor took human form before his eyes. An entity in a long white robe with long dark hair manifested before General Washington, as he heard three loud trumpet blasts and a deep voice that spoke to him. As he watched the glowing vapor around the spirit, Washington was shown a globe of the world and many future events unfolded. General Washington listened in awe as the spirit informed him of things to come. When the message was fully related, the spirit disappeared. General Washington later shared the event with another commanding officer, saying he had felt what he had seen and what he was told was the birth, progression, and destiny of the Union. At the time, General Washington was filled with despair over the horrid conditions the soldiers were experiencing and the revolution taking place. After the spirit appeared to him, he was once again hopeful. In 1862, the Union troops had taken a real beating as they faced the Confederate sharpshooters in battle after battle. The Union was in trouble so President Lincoln sent General George McClellan to whip the soldiers back into shape. General McClellan was weary as he gazed over his map-laden desk, marked with Confederate positions. His eyes slowly closed as he slipped into slumber. It was not very long before the General was startled awake by the by the sound of a loud voice in his tent. Somewhat confused, he realized the voice was warning him to awaken and take action as the enemy was drawing closer to Washington. Before him stood the luminous spirit of General George Washington, delivering his urgent message of the need to take action immediately. McClellan watched as General Washington showed him a large map with the positions of the Confederate troops, clearly marked. He quickly tried to jot down all he was seeing because he knew if the Confederates took Washington DC, the Union spirit would be shattered. As General McClellan watched, General Washington displayed future movements of the Confederate troops. The spirit of General Washington told General McClellan he had been warned in time to take action and with that, the entity disappeared. With the information McClellan was given, the Union troops stopped Robert E. Lee and the Confederates from invading Washington, DC, at Antietam. President Abraham Lincoln fully believed in spirits and often consulted mediums and spiritualists to contact the other side. President Lincoln was raised in a family that held firm beliefs in the spirit realm, his Mother's side of the family indoctrinated him into the belief throughout his childhood. In times of crisis, Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of the President, arranged séances in an effort to calm her husband. President Lincoln openly admitted that information gleaned from the spirits aided him through many times of crises. Since the time of President Lincoln's assassination, his spirit has been seen and felt in the White House. His spirit seems to have been most active when Franklin Roosevelt was President, as his term of office was filled with strife over World War II. Many guests staying in the White House over the years, as well as many Presidents have claimed to have seen or heard the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. During the presidency of Ronal Reagan, his daughter Maureen stayed in the Lincoln bedroom during her visits. She claimed to have seen Lincoln's ghost on several occasions. Even Reagan's dog, Rex, seemed to sense the presence of ghosts in the White House, barking at the unseen intruders. It has been reported that Abe Lincoln is not the only spirit to roam the White House halls. We can read the documented evidence of Presidents and Generals, credible people known throughout American history. We hear of the haunting of castles in Europe and cemeteries famous for the active spirits. There are also many stories from actors and actresses in Hollywood who live in mansions haunted by the ghosts of famous folks long dead. The stories are common and regardless of where they take place across the world, they are similar in nature, like a fine thread of commonality. The stories I have related in part all have the thread of emotional distress during and the spirits who have visited have come to guide and help through the most stressful of times. The messages delivered have changed history in many cases and though important in nature, most of the paranormal aspects have not been revealed to the public until recently. In days of yore, people were put into padded rooms and locked away for talking such nonsense. Imagine the reaction of a nation in turmoil if the President spoke openly of his encounter with information-bearing, glowing specters. Ghosts are generally unaccepted and laughable to those who refuse to accept the reality of things unseen. Though there has been a wide spread interest restored in paranormal phenomena, there will always be those who refuse to acknowledge these things are happening. They will laugh at those who personally experience the unknown and want to know more. The evidence is clear that regardless of a person's belief, strange things are happening in the world that cannot be explained by natural means. We live in an age where logic and reason does not explain the realm of the paranormal. San Antonio Ghost Conference on June 19th: We are preparing for our 2004 Annual Ghost Conference that will be held in San Antonio, Texas on June 19 at the Menger Hotel. The Conference for the third Saturday in June will focus on the ghosts of the Alamo, the Menger Hotel, and San Antonio, ghost photography, EVP recordings, and EVP evaluations. No psychics or mediums will be speaking, as we are a scientific based organization focusing on using scientific tools for recording and documenting the existence of ghosts. There will be a special investigation on Friday night for Inner Circle members. All events are within walking distance of your haunted hotel and meeting place. Special room rates of $95 at the Menger, just ask for the International Ghost Hunters Special, as long as rooms are available. We will have limited seating due to the meeting room limitations, so do not delay registering with Dave & Sharon. Check out http://www.ghostweb.com/alamo1.html. Digital Ghost Photography Handbook: Confused about orbs? What are dust orbs and how do they relate to real ghost orbs? Read our 20 page thermal bound book or download the PDF book and discover how digital photography is the wave of the future. We have been using digital since 1994 and we share with the reader, which are the best digital cameras on the market today. We also share what to look for when purchasing a digital camera and provide some protocols to avoid falling into the dust orb trap. Check it out at http://www.ghostweb.com/booklet2.html. How to Record and Analyze Ghost Voices: Susan Olson of Riverside, California writes, "I LOVE your new EVP booklet! For a long time now, I have experimented with digital recording to no avail. The information in your booklet helped me to get better recordings without background static! Thanks so much and keep up the good work!" Our book, How to Record and Analyze Ghost Voices is the best definitive publication on this subject and we have shipped this book around the world. This twenty-one page book will provide step by step detailed instructions on how to use our secret techniques for successful recording and analyzing of ghostly voices. This new thermal bound book is an easy to read size of 8.5x11 inch bound with a clear plastic cover and a white plastic back cover. The book is USD$10 plus Priority Mail shipping of $4 for a total of USD$14. We will ship this book to Canada by International Air Mail and to Europe by International Ground Mail for the same price. The book can also be downloaded as a PDF file for $10. Upon payment of the $10, we will send an email with the address and password to download the file. The download saves time and saves the postage for shipping the book. Traditional techniques for recording ghost voices are outdated and far less successful. Sharon and I have an accumulated 28 years of experience in ghost research and in evaluating ghost tools for field investigations. Along the way, we have discovered many hidden techniques that enable us to be tremendously successful in recording the voices of the dead. No special equipment is required as all equipment that we recommend is off-of-the-shelf products purchased at any Radio Shack store. Our new book will disclose our time tested techniques in a step by step procedure that is easy to understand and to apply. The book, available via PayPal or through our Online Secure Order Form, will become a resourceful guide to understanding how to perform the investigation and how to operate the software for evaluating the ghostly voices. Check out the book at http://www.ghostweb.com/booklet.html. We ship via Priority Mail through the Post Office, not the slow boat to China known as Media Mail that takes several weeks to arrive at an address. CD Version Home Study Courses: We offer two CD versions, one with the Home Study Course in PDF format that can be read by any hardware or software with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 4 or higher. This option is for those using the Mac Operating system or PC computer with an operating system that is not Windows based. We also offer the second version on the CD as the HTM version for PC computers using Wins95, Wins98, WindowsMe, and WindowsXP. The added features of this CD version, includes color photographs of spiritual orbs, spirit energy ectoplasm, a full body apparition and samples of ordinary airborne dust particles we call dust orbs that fool so many people. The separate Photo Analysis CD is now a part of the CD version. In addition, a printed copy can be made from CD, as in the printed version. We have also added ghostly EVP voices captured by us during our travels, such as the Confederate rebel commenting about the 20th Maine boys at Little Round Top or the Peyton Place Gossip found in a 1753 Cemetery about Mary is a Peach. Listen to an old miner recorded at a mining camp in Nevada or the ghostly morbid whine of a ghost dog, perhaps standing over the body of his murdered master captured in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon where a 1900s rancher and his family was murdered. The CD version is “HTM” based, this is not a “PDF” version, but a true “HTM” version that opens and functions as a web page. We have updated the material and even included a message from Dr. Dave Oester. Buyers from around the world have purchased the new CD version. We pay the shipping charges for Priority Mail in the USA, International Air Mail to Canada and for ten dollars more, we ship it by Global Priority Mail to Europe and Asia. More information is available at http://www.ghostweb.com/cgh.html. IGHS Printed Home Study Courses Since 1998: We offer the premier Home Study Course program on the Internet. We offer the best and most comprehensive ghost hunting and paranormal curriculum available. We have trained more students in this field than any other paranormal organization. We set the standards and the protocols for field investigations that followed by the ghost hunting community. We offer the premier Home Study Course, sharing all of our experiences and knowledge gained over the last dozen years. Read more about our premier Home Study Course Program at http://www.ghostweb.com/mainhsc.html. 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It says that you are a Registered Ghost Hunter/Paranormal Investigator in good standing with the International Ghost Hunters Society and it has our signatures and web address. Order the ID Badge at http://www.ghostweb.com/id_badge.html. Password Memberships: We offer a special membership in our Ghostweb Ghost Galleries. Due to the size of these ghost galleries, we have to limit the number of people because of the bandwidth consumed by downloading the photos, spirit voices, and ghost videos in this area. If you want to view over 9,000 ghost photos, EVPs, and videos, check out our membership program at http://www.ghostweb.com/pass.html. IGHS Membership Certificates: The IGHS offers a beautiful Membership Certificate. The membership certificate is valid for one year Check it out at http://www.ghostweb.com/memcert.html for more information. Kind regards, Dave, Sharon & BooBoo International Ghost Hunters Society Copyrighted 2004 by Dr. Dave Oester All Rights Reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our next book is spooky! American Hauntings Investigated, due out in June 2004 San Antonio Ghost Conference -- June 19, 2004 -- San Antonio, Texas http://www.ghostweb.com/alamo1.html Dave Oester, Ph.D., DD. Sharon Gill, Ph.D., International Ghost Hunters Society 713 W Spruce, PMB 715 Deming, NM 88030 Web URL: http://www.ghostweb.com Email: MagicDimensions@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~