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Welcome to Our New Members
Thank you all for signing up with our organization!
The project of exploring the paranormal field began as a hobby and a
personal passion for Joe Giaquinto. We look forward to 2009 and plan
on bringing you more events, workshops and research projects to help
you understand and explore this field of study.
Teaser for Ghosts of Long Island TV Show
Produced & Directed
by Terrence Smith
Pilot Episode - The Country House, Stony Brook, NY
A Lot is Happening in the Fall!
As we roll into September and October and the hint of
Fall and Halloween make their appearance, the Ghost Hunters of Long
Island team plans on adding a very full schedule of events for
everyone.
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will offer historic & ghost tours, classic ghost investigations,
séances and workshops all over Long Island. It will
also be a very exciting time because Kerriann Flanagan Brosky's
second Ghosts of Long Island book is due for release before
Halloween. I was very happy Kerriann asked me once again to help her
in my role as chief paranormal investigator. There will be fifteen
to twenty booksignings, free lectures and several media appearances.
On our events calendar for the Fall we have
added several book signings and other media events where Joe
Giaquinto will appear with Kerriann. Kerriann also has several other
events and Fall festival activities. For a complete list of her
events where Joe will not be in attendance, please visit her web
site at
www.ghostsoflongisland.com. Also read our August 26th
announcement.
There will be both free and paid events so everyone
will have something they can attend that is within their budget. The
daylight tours and outdoor investigations will be priced as before.
We will also be offering limited seat special invitation events
priced higher which are planned for after-dark, including
investigations and séances.
We look forward to seeing many of you at these
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Our End-of-Summer Party
at Larry & Maggie's
Lots of Food, Spirits, Pool
Splashing—and a Few Ghost Stories
Bring your appetites and your swim trunks. Larry and
Maggie are hosting an informal party at their home in Huntington this coming
Labor Day weekend on Saturday, August 30th, from 2:30 PM to 5:30 pm. They have a wonderful swimming pool in the back yard
which we're sure will be in full swing!
RSVP by email and we'll send you directions, or call us at (631)
834-7819.
This is a free event. See you there!
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Investigation Planned
for Haunted Orient Church
Event Date: Sept. 20th, 2008
This is our official evening investigation to the
haunted church of Orient. It is a lovely and historic building which
includes a grandly restored Hook & Hastings pipe organ with 500
pipes. You will be in a structure that is 173 years old.
It is through the graciousness of a fellow director on the historic
society which I serve that we have permission to visit this local
community church in the evening hour when ghostly activity is at its
highest.
In our last visit, we experienced several events and heard EVPs from
resident spirits who visit the church from the great beyond.
Our investigation will begin with a tour and short talk about the
history of the building and the pipe organ. We will then review the
list of past ghostly phenomena.
Next our group will be seated as we begin our channeling session
which will be conducted by Clairaudient Medium and EVP Specialist,
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Members will be given the opportunity to help with
research and ask questions of any spirits who wish to
talk to us. The research will also include the use of
several measuring instruments to help identify areas of
spiritual energy.
Requirements for this ghost investigation include: Prior
ghost hunting experience with our team (or past
experience with other teams), an agreement to abide by
the rules and respect private property and a
professional, positive attitude.
This event runs into darkness and we are limited to a
small group. Note the price increased for this event.
For sign-up info, Link
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Sagamore Hill Woman Spirit Prevalent During Our
Visit
Return Visit Date: Sept. 14th, 2008
After working further on the EVPs, I now feel that we had a
particular spirit who came through during our channeling session
at Sagamore Hill. Her penetrating voice carried over the background
noise and wind and is uniform during much of our Q&A.
What I'm feeling here is that we should return to the same location
and continue our conversation with her as she may
be related to the owners of the Sagamore
Hill estate—perhaps
Edith Roosevelt herself, or one of her staff.
We have planned a followup visit to Sagamore Hill
for Sunday, September 14th, 2008 at 10:00am.
Here's the signup info:
Link
At first I thought the voice may have been one of the children, but
her dialogue sounds more like an adult who was giving us her opinion
or some helpful piece of information.
Ghostly Man in a Tree!
In the photo below, an apparition of a black man
appears in the tree wearing a white robe.
This was sent in by Diane
whose daughter was taking photos of the garden and discovered the
image.
To Jeanne & Corey, the Dan Smith EVP is
uploaded; now everyone can hear his voice for themselves!
Kerriann &
staff at the Gourmet Goddess
(Who says paranormal investigations are work?)
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Read our member's account of their trip to
Gettysburg this past weekend where they experienced several amazing
events including a Class A EVP! Update... Mary and her
family just returned from Gettysburg from their trip this past week.
Check out her story, events and photos as well.
New Web Page Unveiled
For members interested in video and audio, including links to web
sites like You Tube) we have added a new
multimedia page.
Tappan Tunes
We have a new EVP from Tappan recorded
in the tavern.
Mission Info
Our mission statement
was updated with some text changes for clarity. Two additional goals
were added. We also changed the background scenes to make the text
easier to read.
Counting Up
We are getting unusually large hit counts from certain IP addresses
which are way over our normal traffic. We are investigating them and
have temporarily removed these numbers from our visitor counter
until we decide whether to use them or not. This is why you see a
change in our visitor tally today.
Sagamore Hill
We have some great new EVPs, photos and story info uploaded on the
Sagamore Hill page tonight. Get the full story here.
Sweet Hollow Road has a new photo from
our member, Peggy; she also added two photos to our
Gettysburg page—a
picture of a Civil War sharpshooter on the side of a building
and in the window. The Gettysburg page also includes Christina's
night ectoplasm images.
Our new announcements page is here.
Our monthly email newsletter page is here.
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The Purpose of Things
First, I would like to congratulate all our members
on the wonderful job you are doing this year. Your involvement in
our activities, the personal stories you have shared, the photos and
EVPs you have posted as evidence, and your professional manner in
the field, have been truly great.
I also want to welcome our new members and thank you all for
joining! As an organization it's important for all of us to remember
that new members bring a wealth of knowledge and skills and new
ideas to share. As time moves forward, the goals of our group will
evolve based on what our members see is important.
Over the next few weeks I will be posting more
information about our mission, goals and research projects on this
page. A good portion of our members are from other states and
countries so as our organization grows and we invite more people to
join us and collaborate on research projects, I want to be sure
everyone can get involved in some way.
One
of our challenges will be to keep a diversity of activities to
choose from but to link them together and stay focused. Perhaps we
will pick the top 3–4 tasks so the group doesn't go in a hundred
different directions and waste its energy.
An analogy would be having a word spelled out in blocks in front of
you. The word isn't complete and readable until all blocks are fit
together. Each block here is a research project or a workshop or a
new feature on the web site.
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I will also be explaining the rollout of our new
premium/paid subscription services slated for late August. There
will be several ways in the future to join our organization and web
site.
For our organization to maintain our expenses, bring
our members all of the scientific evidence, workshops, tours,
lectures, photographic and EVP ITC, and so many other features and
technologies, it is vital we have a continuous flow of money.
For the last two and a half years I have been running
the organization out of pocket as a personal hobby and a passion of
interest. But I would love to devote more time to the group and
bring you the tools and scientific data to help you in your quest of
discovery.
With the addition of our premium monthly subscription
service you will be able to select exactly how much of the web
site's features and activities you want to access. We will always
have the free membership as well and encourage everyone to join us
and have a look at the progress we are making.
Stay tuned for more info and thank you all again for being part of
our journey.
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