Does anybody out there remember the movie Ghostbusters? Ghosts were funny and ghost hunters were crazy! Times have changed. Ghosts no longer look like the Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man and ghost hunting equipment is high tech now and not straight from a comic book!
A few nights ago, I found myself watching late night tv - the Science Fiction channel to be exact. The show, called Ghost Hunters, is about a group of people who go to places that are thought to be haunted and try to prove or disprove the haunting. This show caught my attention because the building under investigation was the Palace Theater in Manchester NH. If you like this sort of thing, they have a very interesting website called Ghost Hunters. You do need to have the ability to view video clips and you must have speakers so you can hear the sound portion. There are segments on different programs and on the type of technological equipment needed for a ghost hunt. Incidentally, their verdict on the Palace Theater - not haunted.
Ghost hunting seems to be an "in" activity. I went looking for paranormal organizations around here and found a couple. Ghost Quest is New Hampshire's paranormal research society. They also investigated the Palace Theater in Manchester. Their verdict - haunted. You can read all about their cases on their website. The Cape Ann Paranormal Society is another ghost hunting group. They take requests and come free of charge to investigate your haunting. You can also view "considered real" ghost photos here and buy a ghost hunter teeshirt for your dog. If you really want the whole ghost experience, try Ghostvillage.com, they advertise themselves as " the Web's largest and most comprehensive supernatural community".
I don't know why I'm writing this. I don't believe in ghosts, but I wouldn't walk through a cemetery at night and if I lived next to a cemetery, I'd never leave my house. My husband is one of those people who would go into a cemetery on Halloween night and sit there with a tape recorder just to see what he could hear. It is a fascinating topic. If you have any interest at all in the subject, there are some books here at the library that you might want to take a look at.