Haunted Courtney

Evidence contamination is one of the most frustrating things you can discover after an investigation. It renders any evidence you may have collected completely useless. Once you realize one piece of evidence is contaminated, you start questioning everything else. As painful as it is, sometimes the only option is to throw it all out and start over. I know exactly how that feels. I once drove more than ten hours to investigate a location, only to discover later that noise interference had ruined every second of audio I recorded. It almost hurts to delete something you know you may never be able to replace. Learn from my mistake. Here are a few ways to avoid contaminating your hard-earned evidence. Tip #1: Keep your group small. I know it's tempting to bring everyone along for the adventure, but resist the urge. The more people you have with you, the less control you have over the investigation. More people means more talking, more footsteps, and more opportunities to mistake ...

It's a dark and stormy night, and you've been invited to tag along with a local ghost hunting team. Every crack of thunder makes you jump, and every flash of lightning casts strange shadows along the walls. Each one seems to be reaching for you. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. You slowly make your way down one of the maze-like hallways of an abandoned asylum, gripping the flashlight someone handed you earlier. As you pass a doorway, you catch movement out of the corner of your eye. You freeze. You take a slow breath and notice something else. When did it get so cold? You exhale, and your eyes widen as you watch your breath drift through the beam of your flashlight. This is it. Your first ghost. You take one more deep breath, summon every ounce of courage you have, and swing your flashlight toward the doorway. Something launches straight at your face. You scream. Your flashlight goes flying. The beam bounces wildly off the walls while you desperately try t...

                           It took us 7 hours to drive from Rockwall to San Antonio but the windshield time was well worth it. As we drove up to the historic hotel, you could feel the incredible weight of the paranormal wrap itself around you like a hungry snake; willing you inside to take a tour of the 138 year old hotel. The energy seeped from the building and seemed to encase the surrounding streets like a fog. With with the Alamo across the street, the energy was overwhelming.           We drove into the valet which appeared like any other and hauled our baggage to the front desk while looking around in awed fascination. Haunting aside, this place was gorgeous. There's no other way to put that. Antiques and elegant furniture were scattered around like a perfectly choreographed dance. It absolutely transports you to another time. It took us a moment to reenter 2017 and realize tha...

I've never really liked the title ghost hunter . I don't feel like I'm hunting ghosts. I'm trying to understand them. I'm trying to communicate with them. Everyone gets into afterlife research for different reasons, but I think, more often than not, it starts with a personal experience. Once something happens that you can't explain, you naturally start asking questions. Who? Why? How is any of this even possible? That's exactly what happened to me. I started asking those questions at a young age after a pretty significant experience, and I haven't really looked back since. The older I've gotten, the more I've realized that it isn't just about ghosts. It's about perspective. I look at life differently now. I don't spend much time worrying about reality television, celebrity gossip, or who's dating who. That's all just noise to me. Life is about so much more than that. The mystery of what happens after we die has...