Maine Ghost Hunters

Category: Maine Ghost Hunters

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    Privacy Policy

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  • Contact Us

    Contact Us

    Maine Ghost Hunters
    (207) 504-6224
    maineghosthunters@maineghosthunters.org

    Please do not use this form to request an investigation. If you’re looking to request an investigation please use the “Investigation Request Form” page. 

  • Investigation Request Form

    Investigation Request Form

  • Requesting an Investigation

    Requesting an Investigation

    The Maine Ghost Hunters organization is fully equipped to investigate spiritually active historic public access locations in Maine, and in some cases, the greater New England region. 

    Among our primary team goals is to share our passion for local history with MGH followers, supporters, and viewers. If we’re hyper-focused on anything it’s our desire to excite the masses to take a look at the history that sits locally ‘in their own backyard’.  We strive to be a force of encouragement, sparking ‘the curious’ to visit the places we showcase. 

    Maine Ghost Hunters leads with the allure of the paranormal, and curious visitors leave your spiritually active historic location with a deeper appreciation for local history.  It really is a win-win scenario.

    Making the contents of our investigations public is the best way to meet that team goal, and this is why focusing on historic public access locations for our investigations resonates with us as strongly as it does.

    Maine Ghost Hunters has a fairly large following and we’d love the opportunity to advertise your business on your behalf.  If you’re the owner or legal steward of an historically significant location with paranormal activity and you’d like to get the word out to attract more patrons, visitors, customers, and the like, we’d enjoy the opportunity to team up with you to help spread the news. 

    Maine Ghost Hunters does not charge for investigations nor the videos we produce on behalf of the locations we investigate. We invite you to visit the Maine Ghost Hunters YouTube channel as well as our ZeroLux Paranormal YouTube channel which hosts our online ‘paranormal reality’ series.

    Locations MGH typically investigates

    • Historically relevant public access locations in Maine and New England
    • Businesses in historic buildings such as, but not limited to;
      • Inns, Bed and Breakfasts, Hotels
      • Restaurants, Dining Facilities, Taverns, Bars, etc..
      • Closed healthcare facilities, schools
      • Museums, Historical Societies
      • Jails, Prisons, Asylums, Sanitariums
      • Abandoned locations
      • Historic Mills, Industrial Complexes
      • Old Churches, convents, rectories
      • Ex-funeral homes, morgues, body storage sites
      • Forts, Lighthouse keeper quarters, lighthouses

    Location types we do not typically investigate

    • hazardous locations
    • locations we don’t have permission to investigate
    • Apartments
      • Apartments are not usually owned by the requesting client. And since all private/non-public-access investigation requests must come from the owner of the location we’re being requested to investigate, this would preclude an apartment renter from asking us to get involved with their case.
      • Another reason, and probably the most significant in terms of data collection, is because apartments are almost always in immediate proximity to other dwellings.  A major part of our investigations involve sensitive sound recording equipment, and a lot of video recording.  Being aware of the limitations investigation environments can afford us in terms of controlling sound, motion, and outside stimuli is how we’re able to provide as successful a data collection experience as we possibly can.  Having no control over nearby environments, nor any certain awareness of what’s going on in other dwellings close enough to us to contaminate our evidence, is likely to result in evidentiary uncertainties.  If we can’t stand by the evidence we collect in any certain environment, then why would we waste our time, or our client’s time, obtaining it? What would be the point?
    • Locations that are; loud; close to neighboring buildings; a forum for transient populations; and unpredictable in terms of environmental stimuli.
    • Locations that have been the site of ‘recent history’. Legends and lore aside, deaths and murders, or crimes of these types that happened recently enough in the past that the event is still fresh in our state’s local collective consciousness is a moral issue we struggle to challenge.

    What to do if you think you have a haunting

    • Communicate with the spirit presence vocally, out loud, in the place you think you’re noticing paranormal activity.
      • Be friendly. Treat the spirit like you would a new friend. Be kind and accommodating.
      • Tell the spirit what you’re uncomfortable with, and lay out clear boundaries of when and where he/she/it can make its presence known. There is no need to be rough with your approach. Speak casually and in a friendly tone. This environment is yours but you’re allowing the spirit presence to know you’re aware he/she/it is among you so long as he/she/it stays within whatever boundaries you lay out. Use this approach repeatedly over the course of time.  Communication is a big player in a lot of spiritually active cases.
        •  When describing your boundaries be specific. Ex: “I don’t mind you being here. I actually enjoy knowing you love this place as much as I do so I’d like to make my boundaries known to you, directly. You can express yourself in the communal areas when I’m away from the building. You’re never allowed in the bathroom when anyone is in there, ever.  To be clear, the bathroom is completely off limits. If a door is closed to living people it’s also closed to spirits, such as yourself.  Sometimes, we all need privacy.  When I communicate with you I will be nice and use proper manners and I would ask you do the same for me.  And please, don’t scare me on purpose. I promise I’ll do my best to respect your need to feel acknowledged and validated so long as you do your best to respect these boundaries that help me feel safe while we share this space together.”
      • If negatively disruptive behaviors continue try designating an area, preferably in the vicinity the paranormal activity is taking place, to leave gifts, toys, trinkets, etc… for the spirit(s).
        • Suggestions we’ve made in the past: cigars, tobacco, coins, paper dollar bills – for men; flowers, perfume, thimbles, jewelry – for women; marbles, farm animal figurines, toy cars, balls, stuffed animals – for kids. Be sure to communicate, aloud, these items are gifts for the spirits you think are making their presence known in your environment.
      • If you’d appreciate a more spiritual approach to the paranormal activity there is always the ‘sage’ route. You can perform a spiritual cleansing inside your home by lighting the tip of a hand-held sage bundle on fire, blowing it out, and releasing the smoke into all corners of every room in your house.  It’s believed that leaving windows, and even doors (if weather permits), open while doing this will help the spirits understand, further, that it’s time for them to move on, and away from the location being saged.  Be sure to make your intentions known while performing this ritual, by stating aloud your expectations that the spirit move on to another location outside of your house and away from your property, and that they aren’t allowed back unless specifically invited by you, personally. Set the smoking sage bundle in a safe place where it can extinguish itself naturally.  This could take some time so take this into consideration when allowing the sage to burn out on its own. If you still notice disruptive occurrences at your historic public-access location which you think may be from a paranormal source, you might want to drop us an investigation request.

    When should you request an investigation?

    • If you’re wondering ‘at what point’ you should request an investigation we suggest a few considerations;
      • whether or not there is physical contact taking place
      • are people being physically hurt by an unseen entity?
      • Is the activity disrupting daily life in ways you consider negative?
        • If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’ then this may be a good time to reach out to us to request an investigation. If you’ve tried communicating directly with the paranormal presence as explained in the above section and you’re still having negatively disruptive issues, this might also be a good time to drop us a line.
    • Maine Ghost Hunters rarely investigates locations with negative or dangerous spirit presences, so if you’re just curious about the paranormal activity you’ve been experiencing at the historic public access location you represent, drop us a line.
      • The overwhelming majority of spiritually active locations Maine Ghost Hunters has investigated have been benign presences meaning no harm to those they share their day-to-day. 
    • If you run a business in an building steeped in history which you think may benefit from having Maine Ghost Hunters investigate and possibly advertise via our online streaming media programming, we’d enjoy speaking with you.

    Some of what you should expect from an MGH investigation

    • Before we start our investigation we have our clients sign legal liability forms and media release waivers so we may share our findings in video form.
    • The investigation environment will need to be cleared of all people and animals for a period of time that spans as little as 6 hours and as long as 14 hours
      • Oftentimes, we request a single supervisor/docent of the location to be present while we’re investigating
      • In certain situations, due to the late hours we conduct our business, we are often left with the responsibility of being in charge of the investigation environment, without a supervisor/docent overseeing our investigation.
    • Heavy camera presence, both still-photo and video.
    • That Maine Ghost Hunters will respect the investigation environment to the best of our collective ability.  We strive to conduct ourselves in a “no trace left behind” manner.  We’re acutely aware we’re in historically important locations during some of our investigations and we never take this for granted. We treat every invitation to investigate as the gift that it is. And we appreciate it, equally as much. We realize your residence/work environment is as sacred to you as ours is to us and we treat it that way.  Should we be invited to investigate your place of business you can be ‘rest assured’ we understand what a privilege this is.
    • Multiple Investigation Dates
      • One of the stronger aspects of our organization’s evidence review protocol exists as a means to ensure we’ve done our due diligence in terms of ‘debunking’ potential investigation contaminants.   Often times (not every time) this requires our investigators to revisit the location to collect evidence in some of the same general places as the previous visit; places that are thought to have previously yielded evidence and/or curious data patterns.

    Why night time investigation hours?

    • Investigating at night allows MGH to be more aware of the contaminants in our investigation environment.  There are less sights and sounds to contend with at night than there are in the day time.
    • Investigator availability due to work schedules generally relegate our investigations to night time weekend dates.
    • Night time investigations also allow us to utilize video equipment that can see different ranges within the light spectrum. Ranges we can’t easily access in bright daylight.

     Some of what Maine Ghost Hunters expects from our clients

    •  We’re a 100% volunteer organization with each member not only providing this investigation service for our clients ‘for free’, but also paying money out of our own pockets to do so.  We just ask that you keep this in mind when communicating with us, or about us.  When we dedicate ourselves to a case we give it every bit of attention we can afford. This is our commitment, not only to you, but to the legacy of our organization.  We put much of our own time, effort, and money into providing this service because we believe in what we do.
    •  We expect our investigation locations to be clean and non-toxic.  We’ve heard countless stories from some of our peer investigation teams who drove hours to arrive at client locations that had piles of putrid odor filled garbage stored in open rooms within the residence, feces filled diapers they had to dodge in their direct investigation path, hoarding scenes that were clearly unsafe and which made investigators sick from unidentified toxins hidden within heaps of unknowns, and highly toxic black mold infestations.
      • Please take the time to clean the investigation environments you would like us to spend time in.

     What should I expect after the investigation has been completed?

    • We ask that clients give our team 6+/- weeks from the last investigation we did for you, to complete our evidence review of your location.
    • You can expect to receive digital communication regarding your case and/or downloadable documented evidence provided by MGH within 8 weeks post ‘final investigation’ date.
      • There may be exceptions to this timeline, particularly if our case load is stressed, and also – if we attempted to coordinate a follow-up investigation with you and it didn’t quite work out.  In the latter case, our initial evidence review may be put on hold at a certain point while we await the go-ahead to compare environmental factors during a return investigation visit.
     
    Click Here For The ‘Investigation Request Form’
  • Fraud in Paranormal

    Fraud in Paranormal

    Team Leadership and Fraud in Paranormal

    Not all paranormal investigation team leaders are in leadership positions for noble reasons.  Some are leaders of their own organizations because they have a felony criminal history that precludes them from being able to join reputable teams who do background checks.

    The more you know the safer you can keep yourself.

    How to Avoid Fraud in Paranormal

    Dear ‘future potential clients’ of paranormal investigation teams, please be  aware there are felons conducting themselves as members of paranormal investigation teams.

    • The nature of paranormal investigations involves having strangers and/or people you don’t likely know very well, roaming around your residence, place of business, or historically significant location without your supervision, and oftentimes with the added risk of doing so in the dark. Accepting the reality that some of these people will prioritize their personal interests over yours – the client’s – will be of great benefit to you, on a number of fronts.
      • There are people conducting ‘business’ as paranormal investigators who have committed crimes on client property while providing this ‘free service’ including, but not limited to; causing property damage; stealing from investigation locations; making public privately held knowledge about private residential homes, businesses and historic locations; and sexual assault among/between members of the investigating team while on client property. 
      • There are also teams and team members who find unsavory acts such as screaming obscenities at spirits and exposing themselves during investigations as a way to trigger spirits to communicate, to be completely acceptable ways of conducting themselves while in someone else’s home or business.  There are also those whose lack of professionalism allows them to believe it’s OK to engage in sexual activity during investigation times while on client property.
        • A grand majority of our clientele would rather not have their residence, business, or historic location associated with the types of behaviors listed above, and certainly not in video (or photographic) form for mass public consumption.
      • These are all generalized concerns to take into consideration before granting access to a paranormal investigation team to a location for which you may be responsible.

    Are They Really Insured and Bonded?

    • Understand that there are ‘teams’ out there making statements on their websites that they’re insured, bonded, non-profit, licensed, incorporated, 501(c)(3), an LLC, etc… to give the appearance of being more organized, professional – and therefore, more trustworthy – than they actually are.
      • This is fraud.
      • This is one very influential manner of scamming potential clients into booking investigations with their team, instead of another team.
    • If a team describes itself as insured, bonded, etc… request up-to-date proof of these claims in the form of a physical photocopy you keep for your files.
      • Make sure to obtain the team leader’s printed name and signature on this proof, along with the date it was provided to you, and the direct contact information for the professional/legal agency their insurance/bond, etc..,  was issued.
      • Do your due diligence and contact the issuing agency before allowing any paranormal investigation team claiming to have this coverage onto property you’re responsible for.
    • If you are on a team that claims to be insured, bonded, incorporated, etc… be sure to make it a priority for team leadership to provide you with your own – current & up to date – physical copy of these claims in a document you can, and should, put in your files.
      • If something tragic should occur while you’re a part of an investigating team that claimed to have insurance when it did not, and you are named as a responsible party to the destruction that took place, you will still be held liable, legally and financially.  Having a physical copy of the insurance, or bond, etc… that was provided to you by team leadership will very likely work positively in your favor.
      • Request a new copy of this documentation once per year.
        • Also make it a request, in writing if possible, that your team leadership make you aware as soon as the team is no longer insured, bonded, an LLC, etc… should that time come.
        • Require that your team leadership make the entire team aware when it is no longer covered by insurance, bonding, LLC, incorporation, etc… before becoming physically involved with team business, and most especially before engaging in client investigations.

    Every single paranormal investigation team out there is looking for a way to separate itself from the rest of their paranormal peers.  There’s nothing wrong with this. Actually, it’s refreshing to have a diverse field of paranormal investigation teams to choose from when weighing your options as a client in need of these services.

    Our strongest advice is to tread with suspicion when a team claims they have any of the above mentioned ‘extras’, and to request proof of these claims because the cost behind getting insured, or bonded – or to become an LLC, non-profit, or incorporated – can be prohibitively expensive for an organization that doesn’t make money for the services it provides.

    Be suspicious of any person who has a reason they can’t provide the documentation that proves they have the coverage they claim to have, before the investigation begins.

    Fraudulent “Non-Profit” Claims

    • Non-profit and Not-for-profit are not the same.
    • Non-profit and 501(c)(3) are not the same.
    • There are many teams operating publicly while highlighting this claim of being a “non-profit” or 501(c)(3) and it’s just not true.  If a team describes itself as a 501(c)(3) or a “non-profit” organization, these are legal tax standings. Request up-to-date proof of this claim in the form of a physical photocopy you keep for your files.
      • Make sure to obtain the team leader’s printed name and signature on this proof, along with the date it was provided to you.
        • Ask where their non-profit or 501(c)(3) paperwork is legally filed & what agency you can contact to confirm this tax standing is still current and legitimate.
        • Do your due diligence and know there are teams who would forge this information hoping you won’t check up on it because even if they get caught lying to you, there is no one to hold them accountable.
          • Paranormal Investigation Teams have no oversight except the police.
          • There are no agencies holding paranormal investigation teams accountable for unsavory acts which they may perpetrate onto you or the location you’re responsible for.  Know this before taking anyone by their word.
    • It may not matter to you that a team is, or is not, ‘non-profit’ or 501(c)(3) but it matters if a team is advertising itself as such, and isn’t. This is a tactic disreputable teams have used in the past to help make their organizations seem more professional and legitimate in the field of paranormal investigations.
      • Clients don’t know they should challenge the claim by requesting documented proof of these insured/bonded/non-profit credentials, and crooked paranormal team leaders depend on this in order to continue scamming potential clients, and the paranormal community as a whole.
    • The overwhelming majority of all paranormal investigation teams operating in the public sphere are not conducting their business under a tax-exempt status, nor do they have any type of insurance dedicated to their team’s operations.
      • This is completely normal practice in the field of paranormal because paranormal investigation teams don’t charge for their services; meaning they also don’t get paid to perform these services – and obtaining insurance can be expensive.
        • This is why it’s imperative you be more curious than impressed when a team tells you they’ve paid for these types of insurance coverages and tax exemptions. Some teams have insurance, very near all do not. If you’re told the team you’re dealing with has any type of insurance or non-profit type standing do your due diligence and make sure the assertion is legitimate and not a ruse to gain your trust by appearing more professional than fellow paranormal groups at your disposal.

    Avoiding “Psychic” Victimization

    • Psychics, Sensitives, and other ‘spiritually’ involved members of the paranormal community are just as apt, and in some cases more apt, to be scammers, frauds, and con-artists.
      • MGH has first hand knowledge of a victim of spiritual-based fraud, who was conned out of tens of thousands of dollars by a highly charismatic ‘psychic’ they first encountered in connection with a paranormal investigation team. The ‘psychic’ made themselves available to the client after the investigation was over. This led to long term grooming, and a financial scam was set in motion.  The victim never recovered their money and the charismatic con-artist “psychic” continued their deception with countless others within an organization of their own, which they later led.
      • We strongly suggest that clients disengage completely from the paranormal investigation team they work with, and all of their individual members except the team-lead responsible for the entire organization, when the investigation is over.
        • We strongly caution against taking your ‘free’ paranormal investigation service to a more in-depth level, especially and most specifically regarding the ‘psychic’ who offers to charge you for future investigations or for “personal” readings outside of investigations.
          • There are psychics/sensitives who will provide a “free investigation” and who also have a habit of grooming clients into paying them for future services.
          • Paranormal Investigation teams do not charge for their services.  This is not a “Try Before You Buy” scenario. Beware of being duped into believing the only way to really resolve your paranormal issues it to pay someone to help you. 
    • Individuals who dishonestly pose themselves as ‘spiritually’ connected, or as a psychic or sensitive, are far more apt to target victims they deem as ‘desperate’.
      • Mothers and Fathers who have lost their children. 
      • Children (adult or otherwise) who have lost their mothers, fathers, or siblings.
      • Adults who have lost their spouse.
      • People who are more fearful than curious about the spirit activity they’re concerned about.
        • Clients in these types of positions are often the easiest of targets for spiritual-based scams and con-jobs.

    The “Paranormal” Field is Not Regulated

    • If you have a negative experience with a paranormal investigator or paranormal investigation team your only option for recourse is through personal legal action via filing a police report, retaining a lawyer, and going to court.  The hassle in, and of, itself is something a lot of people won’t put themselves through. Scammers, frauds, and con artists are very well aware of the odds their victims will do nothing once they’ve been victimized.  But, also, even if victims do seek legal action against the perpetrator the chances the consequences make their effort worthwhile are not all that promising.
      • Knowing and understanding the risks serve your best interests.
      • Not reporting fraud and criminal offenses perpetrated onto you is what allows these teams to continue victimizing unsuspecting future clients.
    • The Paranormal community believes it polices itself, which isn’t likely to come as a consolation to a client dealing with the fallout of being victimized by an investigation team or team member.
      • victimization can come in a multitude of forms, including; stalking, theft, property damage, defamation, slander, libel, and, of course, direct financial scams where the victim willingly gives money to the perpetrator.
    • If you are an individual entering into the application process to join a new team, never give anyone your social security number.
      • Social Security numbers are not necessary to provide background checks.
      • Be entirely suspicious of any team merely requesting, let alone requiring, you provide your SSN# to them, for any reason.
    • Paranormal Investigation teams provide a voluntary service. They are providing this service for themselves and their own agenda (learning more about paranormal, collecting evidence for their research, etc..) as much as they’re providing a service for the client. When the job is done, it is best advised to view the paranormal investigation team as you would any other service profession.  Would you send or accept a social media ‘friend request’ from the gutter cleaner or landscaper who just serviced your property? What about the guy who comes over to fix your dishwasher or washing machine?  They provide a service so you might follow their company page, but to keep yourself and your family safe you might find it wiser not to share the ins and outs of your personal life with this professional ‘stranger’.  

    “Psychic” Scams and Cons

    • Victims of ‘spiritual-based’ crimes, in particular, are more likely to be hustled when the client views the investigation as a sort of job-interview, in terms of the abilities of the ‘psychic’. If the ‘psychic’ impresses the client, to the point the client wants to keep in touch in order to make use of the psychic’s ‘spiritual gifts’ in the future, this is an ideal scenario for the client to risk being scammed.
      • It is strongly suggested that, as a client of a paranormal investigation team, you disengage from the team once the job is done – in the same way you would disengage from the plumbers or electricians who come into your house to do a job.
      • MGH is familiar with a psychic who would do research on clients and client locations before arriving on scene for impending investigations. This allowed them to more easily persuade the client of how spiritually-gifted they were, when in fact, the ‘psychic’ was very much a con-artist who arrived with personal & historically accurate facts they researched well in advance. They also researched the social media accounts of clients and their family members, used results from sites like Google, as well as ‘background check’ websites like BeenVerified and Spokeo.
      • It’s our strongest of recommendations to not treat the paranormal investigation you’re having done as a job-interview to determine the abilities of the psychic team member you’re dealing with. Doing so is a gamble and opens you up to unnecessary risk.
    • As a client, it’s important to know that there are people in the field of paranormal who were not allowed onto other paranormal investigation teams because they couldn’t pass a background check – so they started their own team.
      • Our experience was with a felon who posed themselves as a ‘psychic’ but who has a felony history which includes “theft by deception” in multiple states and who has continued to scam unsuspecting people over a span of the last 25+ years.  Victims of this sociopathic “natural born psychic” (as they pose themselves) are still contacting us, 13+ years after our experience with this fraud, for help and clarification about who this person ‘really is’, because they’re being victimized in current times.  Our warnings are real.  For your own safety, we sincerely hope you take them into the deepest of considerations.  It can only help keep you safer.
  • Meet The Team

    Meet The Team

    Field Investigator – Team Lead – Tony

    Hello, I’m Tony L. and I’m a co-founder of Maine Ghost Hunters.

    I’ve had paranormal experiences as far back as I can remember, and consider myself somewhat of a mild “sensitive”.  I’m a hard core “numbers” guy so I find it’s not that hard to keep my ability on the back burner, secondary to the skeptic process of our data collection.

    I believe in the ability and contributions of the psychic investigator but as a secondary approach to obtaining evidence through a more skeptic based method.  It’s my opinion that the more concrete evidence we collect (hard numbers and physical evidence) the more widely accepted and respected our evidence will be perceived by  the standards of skeptics and peer investigative groups, alike.

    As for what I do when I’m not hunting ghosts;  I’m a pre-law student in the UMaine system and a licensed FFL based in Augusta, Maine. I’m also Software Design Engineer with 20+ years experience in the technology industry.  I’ve been designing software applications and systems since 1996 and have led development teams for companies such as Microsoft, Unum-Provident, and several start-up organizations.  I have a passion for “the process” and rarely take my roles, responsibilities, or directives, lightly.  I bring this focus and structure to the heart of the Maine Ghost Hunters organization in order to best serve each of our clients to the best of our collective ability.

    MGH roles: Co-Founder, Lead Investigator, Case Management, Webmaster/Coder

    Paranormal areas of interest:  apparitions, spirit voices, spiritual energy, low level energies, etc…

    Field Investigator – Team Lead – Kat

    Hi, I’m Kat and I’m one of the Co-Founders and team leads of Maine Ghost Hunters. 

    I’m also a lead investigator, videographer, photographer, meetup organizer, public speaker, and team website designer. 

    I have a degree in Geology from the University of Maine at Farmington, and I’ve worked in the Gulf of Mexico on a couple of research vessels as a Field Geophysicist and a Geophysical Analyst.  I’ve lived in quite a few haunted environments and have read too many non-fiction paranormal titles to count.  I have a strong respect for the MGH skeptic-based protocol and the evidence recovery & review processes our team abides by.  I also have a keen interest in the spiritual side of what we’re sometimes thrown into as a result of our investigations.

    My areas of expertise for the Maine Ghost Hunters organization come in the form of EVP and Audio review, and Videography – among many others.   I’m the person who’s usually behind the camera, rather than in front of it.  I edit the video and make it available for public viewing, presenting key portions of investigations or events we’ve taken part in.   I’m also the team lead when it comes to the day to day operations regarding the Maine Ghost Hunters organization.

    You can find me on FaceBook under my personal user account, and I sometimes dabble with status updates for our Maine Ghosthunters Facebook account as well.  You can also find me tweeting occasionally with our MEghosthunters account on Twitter – although I’m not the only one who does so.  And last but not least, if you haven’t seen our YouTube Channel you might want to check it out.  I’ve edited and uploaded a lot of video footage from our investigations, so that whole channel offers a pretty extensive introspective into what it’s like to be involved with an investigation.

    MGH roles: Co-Founder, Lead Investigator, Case Manager, EVP review, Videography, Video Editing, Photography, Public Speaking, Community Outreach Organization, Meetup Team Lead, Forum Moderator, Website Design & Content Management, etc…

    Paranormal areas of interest:  capturing spirits on recording devices; audio, video, photo, etc…

  • FAQ

    FAQ

    • “Maine Ghost Hunters is a client centered organization”, what does this mean?
      As a client, or potential client, you may be reading this thinking “well, of course you are, you’re providing a service for your clients, so this obviously makes you ‘client-centered’, right?” – and this assumption would make sense.  However, this is not always the case when it comes to letting a paranormal investigation team into your home or professional place of business.  There are many different philosophies out there in the paranormal investigation ‘field’ regarding the motivation behind why certain teams function in the manner they do, the least of which centers on the needs of the client – or even their ‘wants’.  Some teams will take every single investigation request that enters their email inbox, regardless if they have the ability to meet the needs of the client by conducting the requested investigation.  This is not a client-centered approach, and the client will realize this after their time has been wasted, they’ve given strangers unfettered and unsupervised access to their home or business, and their hopes for help have been replaced with confusion, frustration, and renewed uncertainty.  Maine Ghost Hunters refers cases all year long.  We refer cases for many reasons, including but not limited to;
      • Distance away from the MGH investigation core: As an example, we often receive requests for investigations from Aroostook County.  As much as we’d like to be able to help, and we know we can for a lot of these requests, what would we be able to offer a client who has an emergency situation and needs us to be at their residence the next day? We’re upwards of 4 hours away from some of these investigation requests. We feel it would be doing a client in this type of situation a complete disservice to take their case knowing there is another fully qualified paranormal investigation team within 30 minutes of the location they’re asking to have investigated.
      • We lack the personnel needed for the level of assistance requested:  If a client tells us they’re being attacked by a demon, nightly, and it’s leaving scratch marks on their body and they’re possessed by an evil spirit, we may not have the staff to properly address this situation. Taking this case would very likely wind up being at the client’s expense and may bring further detriment to their situation.  Whereas, there are far too many paranormal investigators and investigation teams in action, presently, who are actively seeking these types of cases because they want to be involved in the ‘darker side’ of paranormal experiences.  They aren’t focused on providing a level of service that matches their abilities as investigators.  They’re actively seeking out client cases which they can use as a means to gain the personal and professional experience needed to tout themselves as “demon hunters”, and similar.  They’re using clients to build their professional experience portfolio.  It goes without saying there’s an ethical component regarding investigators conducting business in this manner.  More importantly, for those clients who have legitimately concerning paranormal activity – this manner of behavior puts the client at additional risk of potential detriment.
      • The client location is not interested in having us share our collected evidence and experiences with the public.  This is not a hard and fast rule for us, by the way. We do have client cases we accept – and sometimes seek out – that forbid us from sharing our evidence publicly.  However, there are cases we refer to other teams for this reason and we’ll tell you why.  Maine Ghost Hunters takes peer review of evidence very seriously.  We’re a skeptic-based group, not a ‘science’ based group, but we strive to reach a healthy degree of ‘scientific’ based, rational, reasoning when reviewing our evidence.  That said, we adhere to a protocol, and a standard, that results in evidence that survives the test of time.  We feel it’s our duty to share these protocols, standards, and results with our peers so we can all learn from our mutual processes and the results of those processes. This is what helps the paranormal community learn and grow, and it’s also what helps us all become better at what we do.  It’s due to this philosophy that, as members of Maine Ghost Hunters, we see ourselves more as students – than teachers. We’re beyond flattered to have a seat at the table as contributing members of the conversation.
      • We’re unavailable for reasons of scheduling conflicts, low staff-number availability, and/or we’ve maxed out our investigation commitments and feel we couldn’t give the requested case the attention it would deserve should it need to be addressed on a long term basis, etc…
    • What does it mean when MGH defines itself as a group of ‘skeptic believers’?
      • Maine Ghost Hunters is comprised of members who believe in the existence of paranormal activity.  If you think about it long and hard enough you might reason it in a similar way we do; “why would we hunt for something we don’t believe exists?”.  We wouldn’t.  Would you?  That said, we also aren’t in the habit of calling something ‘paranormal’ without obtaining the evidence to back up that claim.  So it’s absolutely fair to say that MGH is a skeptic based organization which relies heavily on our audio recorders to capture spirit voices whenever possible, and our video cameras to record any physical phenomena which takes place during investigations. Physical phenomena can be anything from observing shadows that don’t belong to anyone in the room, the moving of objects, or the manipulation of our investigation tools by use of surrounding energy fields. We use all kinds of different tools to detect spirit interaction. Some are quite simple, such as hanging string from the ceiling with a single jingle bell tied to the bottom, and some are very complex such as our FLIR thermal imaging camera which is used to detect heat differentials in the environment. Any tool we can use that will allow our clients to observe the paranormal phenomena we record is a tool we consider a valuable asset in our equipment arsenal.
    •  Do most of your paranormal interactions involve a spirit who was once a person?
      • Yes,  and it’s because of this very reason we treat every spiritually active location with a level of sensitivity and respect similar to how we’d conduct ourselves if we were dealing with a living person trapped in a very personally stressful situation.  MGH team leadership often reminds fellow team members to ‘treat every spirit like your grandmother’; with sensitivity, genuine care, compassion, and empathy. 
      • The Maine Ghost Hunters investigation approach assumes that spirits are causing issues to get the attention of ‘the living’ in a manner that may seem frightening, or even destructive, because they’re unable to communicate in any other way.  Our philosophy includes the belief that a frustrated spirit is similar to a frustrated person.  If any one of us ‘living’ people were to stand in a room with other living people, day in and day out, and no one could see us, hear us, talk to us, or feel our emotional reach for ‘connection’ we would become very frustrated very quickly.  We might go to great lengths to be recognized as being present.   When spirit activity is approached in this manner it becomes a much more fluent experience in terms of communication.  Even if we can’t seem to hear or see them, they can hear and see us trying to hear and see them, and this – in our experience – has made a world of difference for a number of clients and their spiritually active locations.
    • Why does MGH investigate the paranormal?
      • To help our clients make sense of what’s going on in their spiritually active environment
      • To help facilitate communication between client and spirit presence
      • To bring relief, understanding, and a sense of ease to clients regarding the paranormal activity they fear, find disturbing, or are curious about.
      • To learn more about ‘paranormal’, in general.  To garner new experiences that will help us become better paranormal investigators.  The more we learn the better prepared we are to help future clients.  Every new case prepares us for the next.  If you’ve had an investigation done by Maine Ghost Hunters you’ve benefited from the graciousness, generosity, and trust given to us by every client we’ve served before you.  It really is a community effort, and we couldn’t be more thankful for that part of the MGH experience.
      • To collect new data for the direct purpose of researching, studying, and getting better at what we do.  It’s similar to the above written sentiment, which is client-centered, but this angle is more about our stance on peer-review, evidentiary responsibility, and furthering the limits of where paranormal investigations can ethically, and rationally, expand.
    • Will you review my evidence for me?
      • We get this question a lot. Maine Ghost Hunters has a very strict policy regarding our data collection protocol.  There are far too many unknowns for us to consider while reviewing evidence we’re uncertain of, regarding how it was collected, the circumstances it was collected, or the state of the environment in which it was collected. It is because of this that we graciously decline requests to review evidence we weren’t a party to collecting.
      • Maine Ghost Hunters simply does not have the time, nor the man power available, to review all of the evidence we’re requested to analyze in any given month.
    • Can I go on a ghost hunt with you?
      • Maine Ghost Hunters occasionally hosts public ghost hunting experiences which we invite non-team members to participate.  In the past, each event has come with a participation fee ranging from $30 to upwards of $100+, depending on the location, the price we incur renting the location, the objective of the event (fundraising for a cause, the team, or an outside organization, et al… ), and other considerations that vary according to the specific circumstances surrounding the locale of the ghost hunt.  These hunts are often advertised on our Meetup.com account, through social media (Twitter, Facebook, the MGH website, etc…), and sometimes at the location of the hunt, itself. 
    • What equipment do you use on your investigations?
      • MGH utilizes a wide range of tools to conduct our investigations, but the most dependable to us have always been our audio and video recording devices and the software to analyze the data we collect with these devices.
    • What is the most paranormally active location you’ve investigated?
      • This question comes to us so often you might think we’d have an answer already prepared for the occasion, but the truth is… we don’t.  We’ve investigated a couple of private residences, a number of times, which really impressed us with the sheer number of Class-A EVPs and real-time spiritual interaction we experienced, but there are also a few public access locations that have left us equally impressed.  Some of the public locations we can mention would be the Portland Head Light Keeper’s Quarters (it’s a museum), the Gardiner Library, Lakewood Theater, and Fort Western in Augusta.

     
     
  • Mission and Goals

    Mission and Goals

    Mission Statement

    The Maine Ghost Hunters mission is to share our passion and knowledge for local history and spiritually active environments. 

    Our team assesses locations for paranormal activity with a primary approach via a skeptically based method and, when available, a secondary approach via a “sensitive” or psychic based method. If paranormal activity is found we will do our best to resolve the situation in a way that is acceptable to those involved, while prioritizing the best interests of our clients at all times.

    Extended Mission Statement

    Who are we? We’re a group of members with varying degrees of skill and knowledge in our individual areas of primary interest. Technically speaking, we have a solid knowledge-base regarding the hardware and software components used in our investigations. Each of our members have studied for years regarding matters of the paranormal, either by the written word, casual personal experience, or organized “group” investigations. Maine Ghost Hunters investigators are well versed in the attraction, dangers, and awe of the paranormal – and the unknown. We’re fully educated, equipped, and prepared to deal with those concerns on behalf of our clients.

    What separates our team from other respected paranormal investigation groups in the State of Maine? We offer support that exceeds the singularly focused task of simply giving you our opinion on whether or not your home is haunted. We aren’t solely at your service for a paranormal investigation; we’re at your service to help you come to terms with the realities of why you sought our assistance in the first place. Our goals are to collect data to the best of our ability on your behalf; to offer that data to you in a way you can understand and best handle emotionally, spiritually, and psychologically; and to help you come to a resolution that suits your needs as an individual, family, or group.

    Maine Ghost Hunters places skeptic-based methods and means ahead of psychic intervention because we know, all too well, that the logical physical-facts approach, is very likely how you live your day-to-day life. We engage our services on your behalf with the understanding that if you were open to imploring the skills of a psychic you wouldn’t be asking our skeptic-based organization to verify, with collected data and evidence, whether or not your home, or the environment in question, contains paranormal activity. Plainly spoken in MGH terms; “the ‘psychic validates the skeptic” not the other way around, which leaves little room for clients, peer groups, and the “profession” as a whole, to question the validity of our findings. The audio and visual evidence we present to you will almost certainly withstand; the tests of time, fads of future ghost hunting procedures, peer review, and paranormal skepticism, alike.

    If we can meet all of these standards for you, to the best of our collective ability, then we can consider our involvement in your paranormal experience to be “a job well done”.

  • About Maine Ghost Hunters

    About Maine Ghost Hunters

    Welcome to the online presence of the Maine Ghost Hunters organization.

    Maine Ghost Hunters is a 100% volunteer organization, meaning we aren’t paid for our paranormal investigations and there are absolutely no fees attached to any of the ghost hunting services we provide. Our team has a deep & genuine interest in the history of Maine (and New England), and we express our passion for this subject through our interactions & engagements as historic researchers and paranormal investigators. We realize the past sometimes reaches into the present.  The phenomena fascinates us, and we enjoy sharing our excitement for that fascination with you.

    What’s On Our Website?

    If you’ve come to our website, chances are you’re interested in what we’ve been up to and what sort of “evidence” we’ve uncovered during our team’s paranormal research and investigation ventures. If so, you’re in luck, because we’ve collected a wide variety of audio & video clips during our investigations we think you might find interesting. Our investigation schedule can get pretty active throughout any given year, so whenever it’s feasible to share our findings with you we jump at the chance and, whenever possible, we incorporate those findings into our evidence gallery and video showcase.

  • Membership Information

    Membership Information

    The MGH membership application process is currently closed.

    We receive “requests for membership” from interested persons on a routine basis and while we’d love to add new members regularly, this just isn’t possible. We will undoubtedly open the application process again in the future, so if you think you might be interested we offer the following considerations:

    When Maine Ghost Hunters begins the process of accepting membership requests our first concern for potential applicants is whether or not their submitted skill-set can fill a void within the MGH organization.

    Are you a great investigator? Super. But we already have a core team of highly qualified investigators. MGH has no current openings for our investigation team, nor do we ever for entry-level membership.

    Maine Ghost Hunters is a client-centered organization. This means our primary concern is not the investigation of haunted locations, but the clients that live or work within these haunted locations. It’s because of this we find solid reasoning for extensive training of new members to our non-investigative processes and protocols long before we consider bringing any particular team member into the fold of our investigation core. 

    We are very well aware that people join paranormal investigation groups to go on ghost hunts in client locations, but Maine Ghost Hunters doesn’t consider this approach to be client-centered.  We consider this approach to be ‘ghost hunter’ centered, and this is an unnecessary risk to our clients, a concern which MGH team leadership is simply not willing to compromise.  If someone joins the Maine Ghost Hunters ranks they’re doing so primarily because they have the skills to meet the needs of our clients; not primarily to go on ghost hunts.  This is often a turn-off for individuals inquiring to join our ranks, and that’s exactly why this is an MGH standard.  We establish from the start, with potential incoming members, that Maine Ghost Hunters is highly protective of our clients, their privacy, and safety,  and we will not waiver in our commitment to uphold these essential values. 

    Support staff positions MGH is routinely looking to fill when we open our ‘new member’ application process:
    1. Historical Researcher
    2. Case Management
    3. Investigation Location Scouts & Location Researchers


      Potential candidates of above positions will possess the following skill set(s):

    • A strong personal interest and experiential foundation of historical research regarding the state of Maine and the New England region.
    • Ability to propose qualified investigation locations on a regular and routine basis, while providing thoroughly researched documentation supporting each suggested location.
    • Savvy interpersonal skills and a penchant for communicating clearly, regularly, and routinely with MGH Team Leadership.
    • Self starter with initiative and goal based directives for the task(s) at hand.

       

      The above criteria is just a wordy way of saying we value applicants who thirst for experiencing Maine state history first-hand, and who are equally as excited to engage in paranormal investigation opportunities from inception (ex. research and documentation, location scouting, proposing location suggestions) to completion (evidentiary review, client presentation, closing cases) with a primary motivation to help propel Maine Ghost Hunters in a forward direction.

    Investigator-Track applicants will have the following before applying
    • Experience with evidence collection (being on a paranormal investigation team previously is not a requirement)
    • Experience with audio collection, review and picking out valid EVPs
    • Solid experience with at least 1 dependable audio software program for use with EVP review.
      • Must prove proficiency with software program and audio hardware
    • The ability and desire to dedicate a minimum of 2 weekend days each month for investigations.
    • The ability and desire to dedicate the time required to review collected audio evidence a minimum of 2x.
      • For every 2 hours of audio, 4 hours of review is necessary.
    • The ability and desire to dedicate 1 additional weekend day per month for team evidence review and/or team meeting day.
    • The ability, desire, and interest to take part in MGH outreach programs such as our podcast, and our in-person MeetUp group gatherings.
    • An area of expertise, be it personal, occupational, or otherwise, which will help bring depth to our organization.
      • (Examples: writing, photography, marketing, artistry, evp review, historical research, etc…) .
    • The solid understanding that all MGH team members are non-investigator support staff/team specialists first & foremost – and that support staff/team specialist duties and responsibilities are of primary importance to the Maine Ghost Hunters organization.
    • An ability and desire to participate in team research projects, on a regular basis.

    The Maine Ghost Hunters “team member” experience is all encompassing. It is not a hobby, nor is it a “club” anyone is able to join simply because they have interest in paranormal and a little time on their hands. MGH’s presence in our communities is focused on client needs, not investigation experiences.  It is taxing on our time, money, and resources and our clients are blessed to know that every active member of Maine Ghost Hunters is excited to be a part of it. “New member” applicants should already share this passion for our team mentality and expect a fully involved – time consuming, challenging, and task oriented – team member experience before considering whether or not they will be a good fit within our group dynamic. 

    It’s a lot to ask from members of a volunteer organization, we know this and we fully understand if you find it a bit much for the level of involvement you’re willing to dedicate.

    Much of the experience listed above can be obtained by participating in public paranormal investigation opportunities.  We suggest looking into public access locations in your area that host ‘ghost hunting’ experiences. There are many groups offering these experiences which use social media, like Facebook, to advertise their paranormal events.  Be sure to know what your investigation fee is going to fund, as ghost hunters helping to raise donations for historic locations are serving a different population – and end-goal – than those who are pocketing your fee after they pay for the venue they’re renting to host the ghost hunt. 

    The MGH membership application process is currently closed.