Dec 04 2008
Ghost Hunters - December 3rd Episode
I have been a fan of Ghost Hunters for a couple of years now. Watching TAPS on their investigations has been something I do weekly. I even watch repeat episodes, and I also watch Ghost Hunters International. This week, we had a new episode, and the TAPS team headed to San Diego to investigate at the San Diego Maritime Musuem. Their task was to investigate two of the historical ships housed there - The Berkeley and The Star Of India.
Paranormal experiences had been had on both ships. Everything from footsteps, odd feelings and apparitions sighted. The first night the team investigated The Berkeley. They had a few personal experiences. Mostly the hearing of footsteps. Tango also at one point became ill during the investigation. This was a calm night with not much happening though. When the footage from the night was checked, there was nothing paranormal sighted in any of the footage. This lead Jason and Grant to declare that the ship wasn’t haunted.
They couldn’t do the same with the second ship, The Star Of India. The team had many more experiences on this ship, and these experiences were partly caught on film. Both Jason and another team member saw shadowy figures on the upper decks, and there also a piece of audio from the ship of someone telling them to get off his ship. This was the best evidence of the night, and this is something they presented to the man who called them in to investigate.
Both ships are rich in history, and it is no surprise that at least one of them could be haunted. It didn’t surprise me that the Star of India had some strange behavior. I did my own research on the ship just now, and I found one Surgeon’s report talking about deaths on board during the 1870s.
I regret to state that we have had eight deaths on the voyage, all children (three of whom were prematurely born). - Also five births have taken place. The Mothers in all cases have done well.
I also found some videos taken on board the ship that show some things. You can check out the videos for yourself below.
What did you think of this week’s episode of Ghost Hunters?
