Tonight marks the 100th episode of Ghost Adventures and their special episode is taking place in the house that inspired The Exorcist. I took part in a recent press conference with the Ghost Adventures Crew (Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, Aaron Goodwin) and we learned about the 100th episode, their recent trip to Transylvania, and much more:
Zak Bagans on reaching the 100th episode mark: “We’re really excited. It’s been a long journey and, in that whole process of investigation, we have really matured as paranormal investigators because we have seen and felt and heard just how real and dangerous this field can be.”
Zak Bagans teases what we can expect from the 100th episode: “The 100th episode at the Exorcist house deals with something that we’ve all been through before: possessions. And so this was about learning more about the experiences we went through.
We went there to investigate a man who claims that he was recently attacked in the home in 2009. A man who’s credibility was really, really strong through the words of the great niece of Father William Bowdern. She validated his credibility and ultimately this is what attracted us to the house and to investigate with the questions of did the demon reemerge itself from the exorcism in the 1940s, was him simply experiencing this psychic scars re-manifesting from the residual energy…?”
“We brought in one of the most educated demonologists in the world, Dr. Bradshaw. He and others like him are the people that we ultimately gain our knowledge from in this field."
Nick Groff talks using a Ouija board in the 100th episode: "We were in there for a couple of hours. We went to the basement, we went up and down that house and nothing happened. We’re trying everything, but nothing’s going on. So we go back to our base camp and Zak says, “hey let’s bring in Greg’s Ouija board that Greg gave to us that we can use in the house.”"
Nick Groff teases their upcoming Transylvania episode: “It was an amazing experience to step foot on the ground and be some of the first investigators ever to investigate where Dracula and his father ruled. We actually captured some amazing evidence in the process of being able to investigate his former castle that he ruled. Zak was in this forbidden forest that was absolutely insane too. Some of the greatest footage that I’ve seen was captured by Zak when he was alone with Billy Tolley in the woods of this very scary forest.”
Aaron Goodwin talks about upcoming investigations: “They’re crazy. We finally got to go Alcatraz and that was an experience. We’ve been trying to do that for a while. These Halloween specials, the Exorcist and going to Transylvania are just off the hook. And then we just did a cool reenactment scene in Prairieville.”
Zak Bagans talks attachments: “It’s something that is personnel, but we’ll tell you guys. We are dealing with attachments and I’m dealing with them right now. I don’t know what they’re doing. I am seeking various people to help me with it. They’re very real, the things that they do in my home. The things that they do to people that I get close to.
Every girl that I ever tried to have a relationship will have an experience. I have a possessive female spirit. You know I was also told I have a demonic attachment and they make me sick. They make me agitated and it’s a side that nobody sees…
…These 100 episodes have brought us closer together because they’ve been through it and they understand it. And going to the Exorcist house and seeing what can happen to a little boy in a worst case scenario… a diabolical possession, that’s when it gets bad. That’s when it goes from just having an attachment to having a full on diabolical possession where you’re not even in control of your own body anymore.”
Zak Bagans talks new technology and better data/proof: "One thing that the digital age is doing to the paranormal world and especially for us exclusively, is it’s enabling us to work with inventors and electrical engineers like Bill Chapel and Gary Galka, who are so enthused about the world of the paranormal.
They’re putting their knowledge to building and designing this new equipment and modifications to existing equipment. That is really enabling us to take a personal experience and validate scientific data to suggest that there are fluctuations within the environment that are in unison to these experiences.
It is really, really getting to the level now to where… we’re showing this on television, but we should really be having some more organizations come and witness this stuff. Can we call NASA, can we call the biggest of biggest scientific organizations and just have them sit with us? It’s getting to that level.
The Travel Channel even knows. I send them emails and I’m like, “guys, this just happened what should we do? Should we call NASA? Should we call..?.” I mean this is getting really, really crazy and you can hear I’m rambling because I’m that excited."
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I've included more information on their 100th episode and Halloween special below. To read my exclusive interview with Zak Bagans from earlier this year, visit:
http://dailydead.com/exclusive-interview-with-ghost-adventures-zak-bagans/
“GHOST ADVENTURES” – 100th Episode, Friday, 10/4 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
"Bagans, Groff and Goodwin travel to St. Louis for an unprecedented investigation – the Exorcist House, site of the actual petrifying events depicted in the popular novel and Hollywood film, The Exorcist. Timed to the 40th anniversary of the film’s release, “Ghost Adventures” is the very first paranormal television show to ever investigate the home, which is the only building left in St. Louis in its original form that is tied to the Exorcist case. The team seeks answers to the mysteries behind what happened here in the past, and in the home’s recent history. To further aid in the investigation, they interview the great niece of Father William Bowdern, who performed the exorcism in 1949."
“GHOST ADVENTURES” – Two-Hour Special Halloween Episode, Thursday, 10/31 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT
"In a special two-hour Halloween episode, Bagans, Groff and Goodwin take viewers to Transylvania, where the team explores the truth behind the legend of Vlad The Impaler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Bagans and the group explore the most terrifying haunted castles and locations in this intriguing and historical Romanian province, including Targoviste, where Vlad ruled from and ordered the impaling of thousands of people; Hunedoara, where Vlad was imprisoned for seven years; and the mysterious Hoia-Baciu Forest – locally referred to as the “Bermuda Triangle of Romania.”"
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