From: To: Subject: [IGHS] Newsletter, March 14, 2004 from Deming, New Mexico Date: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:08 AM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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 14, 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 Texas, Arizona, and northern New Mexico, but will be returning back to Deming from time to time. Sharon and I have a combined twenty-eight years experience in ghost research and field investigations. We have conducted over 1,000 field investigations. Our investigations have ranged from the Pacific Northwest, across the United States and from Florida to Pennsylvania. We discovered the monster mosquitoes in Minnesota that many people think are angels because they see wings, especially when captured with a digital camera. We have seen the low rolling fog that pours into Gettysburg on a cold night or how the crickets will suddenly stop chirping near the valley of death. We get to travel to distant haunts across the United States. We are not confined to one area or region for our investigations. Our twenty-eight years of combined experience encompasses investigations in the haunts found in 40 states. Our EVP recordings span the United States. We have investigated haunts with members of the American Paranormal Society in Johnstown, PA under the able leadership of Nancy Coplin where we record the voices of the flood victims of the great flood of 1889 that killed over 2,000 people. One night while Sharon was sitting on Nancy Coplin’s porch with Debbie Harris, an amazing ghost voice was recorded. They were talking about going to Grandview Cemetery the following day and a ghost voice said he wanted to go too. We worked with members of the Crawford County Ghost Hunters Society in America ’s heartland. Jason Snider, who is based Oblong, Illinois leads his dedicated group of ghost hunters. We enjoy conducting investigations at his favorite sites and perhaps found the grave of Mary whose voice Jason Snider has recorded that is calling for help. Mary’s grave had been knocked over and perhaps she was asking for help in being acknowledged. We reflect on the investigation at Andersonville in southwest Georgia where Sharon actually saw an apparition of a POW soldier at the springs. The EVP recordings were indicatives of comments one would expect to find at this Confederate run POW camp for Union prisoners. We recorded moving ghost lights at Iverson’s Pits on the Gettysburg Battlefield that has become legendary. The ghost lights moved across the stationary camcorder shooting with Sony NightShot. The ghost lights passed in front of trees and behind trees, therefore giving us distance from the camcorder. The ghost lights merged together as one large orb and separated back into three individual orbs, all recorded by the camcorder. Amazing stuff. Near Rainier, Oregon, Sharon snapped two 35 mm photos that contained the full body apparition of the Blue Lady of Woodbine Cemetery. She has also recorded several ectoplasmic mists at this same cemetery during various previous investigations. In Congress, Arizona, we recorded the voices of children at an old pioneer cemetery and over 40 ghost voices at an old stone cabin at an abandoned ghost town that has been reclaimed by the desert. Ghost voices of miners who worked deep inside the earth with pick axes as they searched for gold. We investigated this old ghost town almost daily for two months as we continued to discover more foundations and broken chard's of old china plates. We share in our Home Study Courses what we have learned in life. Our Certified Ghost Hunter program will teach its students all about the spirit realm. We share personal insights and knowledge that we have gained over the combined 28 years of specializing in this field. We share our understanding regarding the psychology of earth bound spirits; why the common myth of exorcism is not valid. We teach what is not common knowledge about ghosts and what knowledge has been lost over time. We explain why the traditional approach to ghost hunting fails to succeed. When we listen to other ghost hunters being interviewed on talk radio programs and they cannot answer any of the questions asked by the host, we know that they are not graduates of our Courses. The serious ghost hunter will want to know more and that is where our courses come into play. We can teach the student everything that we have learned and are learning. We continually update our material and we seek to share everything we are learning. The Home Study Course for Paranormal Investigator focuses on Sharon’s doctoral thesis and all that she learned after losing her husband. She had no idea what grief was all about and discovered that most people don't. Our society just does not discuss death so the process of grieving is very misunderstood as is death. Part of the work that we do is to help folks understand what transpires after losing a loved one so they understand that all the emotions they are experiencing are normal, though they feel like they are losing their minds. In writing the second part of the Home Study Course, we have been able to help many people come to a deeper understanding of spirits and death when they experience losing someone dear to them. In that way, they can help others as well. Many times a ghost researcher will go to investigate someone's home, and find that they have recently lost someone to death. There are a lot of questions about the new activity, about the way they are feeling, and having knowledge, they are able to help the people understand both sides of the problem. We can anchor those we love here on this plane, by loving them so much we refuse to let go. When a Mother loses a child, she does not want to let go and in her misery can anchor the child's spirit here. It is as important to understand the necessity of grieving and letting go as it is to understand activity taking place. It is part of what we are all about and I've walked that road myself. We feel like there is a need to talk about death and afterlife and all areas of losing someone because it all goes hand-in-hand for healing. Our Home Study Program is unlike any other study program offered on the Internet today. We have personal experiences relating to life and death that others have not experienced. We are engaged in this work full time, we have no other day job. We travel, we write and we share what we learn with our members and our visitors to Ghostweb.com. We have over 4 million visitors since we started our web site, and we grow daily as more people discover our site and our mission, which is there is life after death and the ghosts are that evidence of life after death. IGHS San Antonio Ghost Conference on June 19th: Dave & Sharon are preparing their 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. New Jersey Ghost Hunters Society Ghost Conference 2004 This statewide conference will be held on Saturday, May 15, 2004 in Florham Park, NJ. It will be an all day event (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) packed with multimedia presentations, author presentations, and great key learnings. All conference attendees are invited to ghost hunt at various haunted locations that evening. For more information or to register, please visit www.njghs.net or email the co-founder directly at laura@njghs.net. 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. Fulfill your dreams: Magic Dimensions We all have dreams that we wished that could be our reality, but we do not know how to make that wish come true for us. In our book, we teach about the magic of having your dreams fulfilled. We show the reader how to open a doorway for a new reality where your dream will come true. Many claim this process is a miracle, but Quantum Mechanics teaches us that our miracles are simply an application of this weird science. Out book can show you how to create that miracle! We share with the reader the magical techniques that create the miracle we seek after in life. Magic Dimensions may be one of the most important books that will change people’s lives. Visit our web site at http://www.ghostweb.com/magic1.html for more info on ordering the book. The ISBN number is 0-595-22032-0 and can be ordered from any bookstore or online at major dot.com bookstores. The online e-book can be downloaded immediately. IGHS T-shirts Available: We are pleased to announce that we have our new IGHS light blue 50/50 screen printed T-shirts available. The two sided printing has a large full size on the back and a smaller size image on the front, over the left pocket area. Limited sizes are available ranging from XL to 2XL. Check them out at http://www.ghostweb.com/tshirt1.html. Life Time IGHS Member Certificate: Instead of renewing every year, IGHS members can now purchase a Life Time Membership for $60 or a Life Time Membership and Life Time Clip ID Badge for $75. This is available through PayPal and through our online Secure Order Form. IGHS ID Badges for Investigations: We have received many requests for some kind of Identification Badge to wear while conducting field investigations. We have created a laminated ID Badge with a metal clip that snaps onto your shirt or other piece of clothing. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~