Are Ghosts Real? TAPS tries to find out…
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Are ghosts real?
UNH audience hears stars of hit TV show “Ghost Hunters”
By REBECCA HAMM
Democrat Staff Writer
rhamm@fosters.com
DURHAM — Two plumbers from Rhode Island spoke Wednesday to a packed house at the University of New Hampshire about some creepy stuff — and it had nothing to do with pumping septic tanks.
Fans of the Sci-Fi Channel show “Ghost Hunters” waited two hours in line outside the Granite State Room to hear Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, co-hosts of the show, discuss the facts and fiction of the paranormal world.
More than 200 people viewed footage of a shadowy figure emerging and recoiling in the former solitary unit of Eastern State Penitentiary and heard audio clips of a disembodied child’s voice requesting, “Can I come in?”
Hawes and Wilson showed a slide presentation and cracked jokes, claiming they were plumbers not public speakers.
With more than 17 years of experience with ghost hauntings, the plumbers — formerly employees of Roto-Rooter — investigate paranormal activity all over the country in places like lighthouses, old mental hospitals, and residences. The show has been on the air for about three years.
“We’re not the best out there. We’re just crazy enough to be on TV,” Wilson said.




