A haunted house, spook house or ghost house in ghostlore is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were otherwise connected with the property. Parapsychologists often attribute haunting to the spirits of the dead who have suffered from violent or tragic events in the building's past such as murder, accidental death, or suicide.
The house featured in the 1979 film The Amityville Horror and made famous by demonologists Ed and Loraine Warren, built c. 1924. By the time this photograph was taken, the address had been changed to discourage ghost hunters.
Casa Loma, Toronto.
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose.
The Wukang Mansion, Shanghai.
Ghost hunting is the process of investigating locations that are purportedly haunted by ghosts. Typically, a ghost-hunting team will attempt to collect evidence supporting the existence of paranormal activity. Ghost hunters also refer to themselves as paranormal investigators.
Price's "ghost hunting kit" included reflex and cinematograph cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape, drawing instruments, a bottle of mercury and powdered graphite for developing fingerprints
The colored LEDs of a Safe Range EMF meter
An Ovilus device, which plays recorded words from a pre-programmed dictionary in response to electromagnetic field variations. It is branded as "For Entertainment Purposes Only".