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Suzanne

Interview with Adam Berry and Amy Bruni of "Ghost Hunters" on
Syfy 8/15/11
This was an interesting one for me because I've never
seen the show, I don't really like reality shows, and I don't believe in
ghosts! So I struggled to come up with some good questions, but I
think I did have success, in the end...see if you agree! :)
Syfy Conference Call
Ghost Hunters
Adam Berry and Amy Bruni
August 15, 2011 1:00 pm CT
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. Welcome to
the Syfy Ghost Hunters conference call. During the presentation all
participants will be in a listen only mode. Afterwards we will conduct a
question and answer session.
At that time if you have a question please press the 1 followed by the 4
on your telephone. If at any time during the conference you need to
reach an operator please press star 0. As a reminder this conference is
being recorded Monday, August 15, 2011. I would now like to turn the
conference over to Thomas Dima. Please go ahead.
Thomas Dima: Hi guys. Thank you for joining us today for the Ghost
Hunters call. We have investigator Amy Bruni on the line along with
investigator Adam Berry. And we want to thank you for joining us for the
mid-season return of Ghost Hunters, which is Wednesday, August 24th at
9:00 pm Eastern Time. So if we’re ready to begin with questions let’s go
right ahead.
Operator: And ladies and gentlemen, as a reminder if you would like to
register for a question please press the 1 followed by the 4 on your
telephone. Our first question comes from the line of Jim Iacino from
Media Boulevard Magazine. Please go ahead.
Jim Iaccino: Hey guys. How’s it going?
Amy Bruni: Good.
Adam Berry: Good.
Jim Iaccino: Cool. First of all Adam, congratulations on making the
Ghost Hunters team. I watched your performance in Ghost Hunters Academy
and can you just tell me what your experience has been like now on the
team and working with Amy primarily?
Adam Berry: Yes. It’s a lot more low key, that’s for sure. I don’t have
to worry about anybody trying to stomp all over me or stab me in the
back or anything like that - no sabotage.
It’s actually a really nice breath of fresh air and Bruni keeps me right
on track to where I need to be.
Jim Iaccino: Cool. Amy, would you want to add anything to that?
Amy Bruni: I actually couldn’t think of a better person to work with
than Adam. It was great. As soon as he showed up it was like instantly
we got along. And I kind of knew we would because he started emailing
before he ever came out because we knew that he had won Ghost Hunters
Academy and would be joining us. And so we started emailing and the
first thing he told me was that I was fierce. And so I knew we’d get
along after that.
Adam Berry: Yes. I was like you’re fierce and insane and that’s all that
needed to be.
Jim Iaccino: You did mention it was more low key now and I’m sure that
with all these intense investigations that you occasionally have some
humorous moments. Would you mind sharing one that you and Amy, Adam or
Amy too, that you had together?
Adam Berry: I mean she’s always teasing me and playing tricks on me
without me knowing it because I’m very gullible at times. And so she’ll
say things to me and I’ll believe her immediately. And then she’s like
no, I’m not being for real of course.
Amy Bruni: We just did an investigation recently where I stuck all this
gaff tape on Adam’s back and he investigated all night with this gaff
tape on his back.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: And when he finally found it he was like how long has that
been there and I said it’s been at least four hours and it’s totally
going to be on television.
Adam Berry: Yes. Gaff tape.
Jim Iaccino: That’s great. Thanks guys.
Amy Bruni: Of course.
Adam Berry: Thank you.
Operator: And our next question comes from the line of Diane Morasco
from Blogcritics.org. Please go ahead.
Diane Morasco: Hi Amy, hi Adam. I just wanted to thank you so much and
congratulations to Adam. My questions are has the belief in the
paranormal been with you since you were children? And if not, when did
it begin for the both of you?
Amy Bruni: Well, for me it was since I was a child. My dad and I used to
investigate together when I was like 10-years-old. So it’s been a long
time. I grew up in a house that had seemingly paranormal activity and
that’s when I got interested in it.
So my dad and I went to the library and we checked out all these books
on spiritualism and paranormal investigations and we had this really
crappy tape recorder and we’d try to get EVPs and then we’d start going
to cemeteries and local historical sites. And it was really kind of a
bonding experience.
And then I just kept on doing it and it was one of those things when I
was in junior high and high school people made fun of me for it and now
it’s a lot more out in the open so it’s very different. But yes, it’s
been a lifelong thing for me effectively.
Adam Berry: Yes. I would have to agree. When I was a kid I loved things
that go bump in the night, anything scary, anything scary movies,
Halloween and all that.
And so I knew something was out there but I didn’t have my first ghostly
encounter until I was after college. So I had a later start but I always
had a drive for it, a passion for it to find out what exactly it is. And
it’s progressed from there and I can’t wait to find out what really lies
behind that closet door. What is it?
Amy Bruni: (That’s true).
Diane Morasco: I have to ask what do you expect and where do you expect
your passion in the paranormal to go in say the next I don’t know 10-15
years?
Amy Bruni: That’s a good one.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: I know that I never expected it to become something that I
could almost make a career of because that’s really not why anybody does
it. It’s not normally a field that you can expect to make a living from.
So I’m really enjoying being able to travel the country and do what I
love right now. And I know it’s not forever obviously but I know that
afterwards I’ll still be investigating because I did for so many years
beforehand. I’m hoping eventually to get into maybe like writing a book
or just something getting into the more educational side of it. And it
will always be something that I do in sort of capacity but it’s very
unpredictable.
Adam Berry: Yes. I would have to agree. The thing is it’s always
changing. It’s an ever changing field because there are new researchers
and new techniques and new things happening.
So oddly we’ll never really know until we’re actually 15 years from now
saying wow, I can’t believe it’s gone this far or progressed in this
way. And I’m excited just for the future.
Diane Morasco: Thank you. And my last question - what has been your
scariest bump in the night moment?
Amy Bruni: Well, I know for me it wasn’t a ghost, we were investigating
and it was this old jail in New Jersey and I basically was in the
tunnels and I found this kind of manhole cover.
And I lifted up the cover and I stood up into this room that we didn’t
really know existed. It was this old boiler room. And I had stood up in
a homeless man’s house. He was there, I was there, we looked at each
other and I was like I should not be here. And I just went right back
down and turned to the camera operator and was like let’s not go that
way.
Adam Berry: (That’s odd).
Amy Bruni: That doesn’t happen very often because these locations are
usually very, very secure but when you’re in a massive complex like that
the buildings we’re investigating have actually been secured and there
is nobody in there.
But this was just some area that was way off the beaten path and they
never went in that building. So yes, that was a little scary. I’m more
afraid of people than animals.
Adam Berry: That’s true and I have to say that the moment that Amy and I
had was at Benhurst Asylum upstairs. And we thought that crazy animals
at the end of the hallway.
That was frightening because we didn’t know what it was. Absolutely. And
we couldn’t even find the animals. Didn’t find the animal, didn’t find
what it was. So who knows? That was a freaky moment and also when we
were in Hawaii the whole tsunami thing was absolutely the most
terrifying experience.
Amy Bruni: Of course.
Adam Berry: And sometimes it’s not ghostly that’s freaking us out.
Amy Bruni: Yes. I’ll take ghosts over any of that stuff any day.
Adam Berry: Yes. I will too, absolutely.
Diane Morasco: Thank you guys so much and I wish you the best of luck.
Amy Bruni: Thank you.
Adam Berry: Thanks.
Diane Morasco: You’re welcome.
Operator: And our next question comes from the line of Beth Beacham from
the Hollywoodjunket.com. Please go ahead.
Beth Beacham: Hi Amy. Hi Adam. Thank you so much for talking to us this
morning.
Amy Bruni: Of course.
Adam Berry: You’re welcome.
Beth Beacham: I have a couple questions. First of all, I was curious how
you guys are ghost hunters so you guys have seen a lot. But when
Halloween comes around what do you guys do to celebrate Halloween?
Amy Bruni: Well, we do the live show.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: We’re very into the month of October. That’s kind of like for
us the Christmas season for retailer. We are so busy. Every weekend we
have something to do and then we have to prepare for the live show.
And it gets so exciting. There is always this buzz about that month for
us. And every Halloween we are ghost hunting so it’s like we are doing
what we love on Halloween night, which is great. So that’s how we
celebrate.
Adam Berry: Yes. It’s a month-long celebration. I absolutely love
Halloween, I love everything about it. I love the fall, I love the
sweatshirts and apple cider - like come on, everything about it.
And I can’t think of a better way than being in a dark crazy place with
Amy Bruni for six hours on television. Can’t think of a better thing to
be doing.
Beth Beacham: Is there anything in your real lives that you find scarier
than your investigations?
Adam Berry: That’s a good question.
Amy Bruni: What was the question? I’m sorry I missed it.
Beth Beacham: Is there anything in your real lives that you find scarier
than the stuff that you encounter on your investigations?
Amy Bruni: Geez. Some of our travel was pretty scary. We have had some
when we were out at Mackinac Island taking the icebreaker ferry across
the lake and then realizing we were stranded there and couldn’t take the
ferry back.
And had to fly out on this little four-seat plane and it took like 16
trips to take all of our equipment back and forth. And that kind of
stuff is scary. We were driving across the country at that time in the
middle of these crazy snow storms and we almost went off the road and
had to pull over and stay at a hotel. And that stuff terrifies me.
That’s the one thing that scares me.
Adam Berry: Yes. Actually and to add to that a couple of months later we
thought the worst of the winter was over and we were driving up to Maine
to do Fort Knox and literally the drive should have taken us two hours
and it took us 4-1/2 hours because of the snow storm that happened.
But we had to get there because we had nowhere to stop. We couldn’t see
anything. Blinding snow - it’s terrifying.
Amy Bruni: It was. We were trying to calm each other down. We’ll be
fine. We’ll be fine.
Adam Berry: Totally fine. And then we get there and we’re like yes, now
we’re fine.
Beth Beacham: So I think those are great answers because I kind of did a
little bit of ghost hunting myself last year and the location, the city
was actually scarier than the actual location. So I kind of thought that
was interesting.
Amy Bruni: Yes.
((Crosstalk))
Adam Berry: Yes. Some hotels we stay at I’m like should we be
investigating here? Like something’s crazy.
Beth Beacham: Yes.
Amy Bruni: Some of the buildings we investigate, they’re in parts of
town that aren’t always desirable because they’re run down and old and
there are a few instances where we have had criminal activity happening
very close to us, gunshots, things like that.
Adam Berry: Gunshots. Gunfire.
Amy Bruni: I won’t name any place in particular but yes, that has
happened.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Beth Beacham: And then I had another curiousity because I know you guys
are never going to run out of places to investigate. But have you guys
heard of the story of Robert the haunted doll and have you guys done any
investigations on that?
Amy Bruni: I have met Robert the haunted doll. He’s in Key West, right,
or Florida somewhere? Yes. This is interesting because I know he’s on
some island and they took him off the island to come to a convention
that I went to a few years ago, this is before I was even on the show.
And this doll was creepy. They brought him in and everybody was wearing
gloves carrying him in and he was a celebrity. Jay and Grant were there,
they were invisible. Everybody wanted to see this doll. And they brought
him in and they sat him down onto the display and there were some people
trying to broadcast like their radio broadcast next to him.
And all their equipment just kept malfunctioning and nothing would work.
So they finally moved to the other side of the room and everything
worked just fine. And the people kept saying that they were taking
pictures of this doll and they weren’t turning out. So I would like to
have investigated him a little bit more but he was in a big convention
setting. But it was really interesting to see him. It’s a strange story
for sure.
Adam Berry: Yes. Definitely a creepy little doll, sailor outfit and all.
Amy Bruni: He’s not little. He’s like as big as a kid. It’s weird.
Adam Berry: It’s so weird. I’m looking at pictures right now online.
It’s really awful.
Beth Beacham: And then my last question - what’s your favorite scary
movie and why, both you and Adam?
Amy Bruni: Mine is The Shining for sure and I think it’s just the creepy
factor and the fact that Stephen King’s book was inspired by real
experiences he had when he stayed at The Stanley.
And so it led to this great movie and Stanley Kubrick directed it and I
just love that movie. I can watch it over and over and over again. That
would have to be my favorite.
Adam Berry: Yes. I would have to say I’m not a fan at all of any kind of
slasher films. Sometimes it’s too gross for me and I can’t deal with it.
So anything psychologically thrilling, anything that’s messing with your
brain that’s crazy.
And I also enjoy old Hollywood B movies, scary movies like House on
Haunted Hill even though it’s kind of creepy and you see the string and
you see the ghost. But it’s hilarious and it’s the start of all horror
films. I absolutely love that.
Beth Beacham: Okay. Well, thank you guys and congratulations on another
season.
Amy Bruni: Thank you.
Adam Berry: Thank you.
Operator: And our next question comes from the line of Catherine Burke
with Popculturemadness.com. Please go ahead.
Catherine Burke: Hi Amy and Adam. How are you guys doing today?
Amy Bruni: Good.
Adam Berry: Good.
Catherine Burke: Excellent, excellent. Just a few questions real quick -
when you’re in the haunted house and you’re in the middle of an
investigation with the things that do go bump in the night, are there
any like little rituals or personal routines you kind of do to handle
your nerves?
Amy Bruni: I don’t personally. I know some people they like to say a
prayer before they go in or they bring something with them that they
think is protection to them. And I don’t do that. I don’t know about
Adam but Grant has always said this to me for years.
And it’s basically that if you have something that can be taken away so
you’ll feel weak. If for some reason you forget your religious medal or
you forget to say your prayers, are you superstitious about it and
suddenly you feel vulnerable? So I just go in and I’m strong and I just
assume that nothing is going to be able to hurt me and nothing has.
And I just continue that way. And when things are happening I don’t
really have any ritual because at that point I’m just probably laughing
and swearing like a sailor.
Adam Berry: Yes. I think we load up on caffeine, that’s for sure. We
load up on coffee, five-hour energy drink, candy and then we go. And one
of the first things Grant ever told me was exactly what Amy said.
So ever since that day we just go in with our heads held high and our
eyes open and ready for anything.
Catherine Burke: That’s great. That is awesome. All right, so the next
question - I know you guys have a season that is coming up right now and
we’re very excited about it. In your opinion, what makes this upcoming
season stand above like the past seasons that you’ve done?
Amy Bruni: The evidence. I know that we have been using some new
especially full spectrum cameras and we have just gotten some crazy
evidence this season. And I know that even Steve has said that this as
far as evidence goes is the best evidence he’s seen since he started
with Pat.
So I think as the equipment progresses our ability to collect evidence
progresses and it has been pretty crazy. And also as we go further
people start bringing more locations to us that have consistent and
constant paranormal activity. So we’re basically really lucky in that
way that we get to go to these amazing locations. And I just feel like
the activity is really perking up this season.
Catherine Burke: That’s exciting.
Adam Berry: Hands down, absolutely.
Catherine Burke: Wow. Okay. Great. And just one final question - I know
you just mentioned TAPS and since ’04 it’s just really progressed and
just come a long way. And kind of in reference to like where you guys
are going to be 15 years like before but where do you see like that
organization in the next few years because it’s grown so fast already?
Amy Bruni: I don’t know. I think TAPS will always be around in some form
or another. And I think what Jay and Grant have been able to do with,
especially the TAPS family groups, is really important to the field and
that’s because there are so many groups out there.
And they have been able to select groups with a similar mentality as
ours. We’re able to refer people to them and we’re confident in their
ability to handle cases because obviously we can’t do them all. And so I
think that that’s just going to grow and grow over the next few years.
And so I think that’s one of the great byproducts of the show. And
hopefully that kind of trend continues.
Adam Berry: Yes. Unless people stop ghost hunting I feel like it’ll just
get bigger and bigger.
Amy Bruni: Yes. They haven’t stopped since 1848.
Adam Berry: Yes. Exactly. There are always ghosts.
Catherine Burke: All right. Excellent. Well, thank you so much for your
time.
Amy Bruni: You’re welcome.
Adam Berry: Thank you.
Operator: And our next question comes from the line of Ryan Hydett from
Realitytvmagazine.com. Please go ahead.
Ryan Hydett: Hi guys. Thanks for talking with us today. First of all I
just want to say I’m a big fan of the show. And I got to interview
Griffith a couple of weeks ago so he was pretty cool.
What is it like or we get to see a short amount of what you guys are
doing when you go to a location. How long does it actually take let’s
say when you go to Mayfield Reformatory or Eastern State? What is an
investigation actually like as far as length is concerned?
Amy Bruni: It’s long. Depending on the time of year, especially the
winter months when it gets darker sooner, we get there pretty early.
We’re usually rolling up anywhere from 1:00-3:00 in the afternoon and
we’re there until 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning.
And some nights we do two nights or some investigations are so large
we’ll do two nights but you really can’t tell on the show. They usually
play it as though we were there for only one night. But it’s a very long
process because we go in, Jay, Grant and Steve go on the tour, and we
unpack the van at that time.
And they come back out and Steve tells us where to put the cameras. We
go in, put the cameras and that’s the longest part is the cameras and
the cabling. So you’re looking at least an hour or two of set up. And
then as soon as it gets dark we go in there and we start investigating
and it just goes on and on and on. And especially larger locations where
we can all investigate at once, it’s a process but it’s a lot of fun.
Adam Berry: Yes, absolutely. And of course it continues after that. It’s
all about going over the evidence and you have days of review to do and
it’s very, very exciting because every case is like a little Christmas
present that you get to open and unwrap very slowly and then you find
out.
Amy Bruni: Very slowly.
Adam Berry: Yes. It’s like take the ribbon off and then you’re like tada,
evidence. And it’s really just a lot of fun.
Amy Bruni: Yes and each case usually takes a week or two so we’re in
that area for a week or two between the investigation, the analysis, the
researching, all that.
Ryan Hydett: Now, you guys talk about reviewing the evidence and you get
hundreds of hours of footage. How do you keep yourselves entertained
when you’re staring at the same wall for hours at a time hoping to see
one instance of something paranormal?
Amy Bruni: It’s all about breaks. So we try to spread it out. We try to
only do three or four hours of review at a time and take a break, get
out, breathe some fresh air, see the sun every once in a while and go
back at it.
Adam Berry: Right.
Amy Bruni: So yes, it’s definitely a tedious process and I will admit it
is the worst part of the process for me. I hate reviewing except when I
find something. And when you find something you’re like okay, this was
worth it. Thank god.
Adam Berry: Right. It also goes for the investigation itself because
first off, you’re in a place where you can’t believe you’re actually
here. Some places we get access that no one gets access to.
You’re overwhelmed by that so when going through the evidence you kind
of imagine what was happening and you put yourself in that position
again when you’re listening to the audio or watching the video. And you
try to relive it. So you’re basically in the investigation, in this
world for a week at a time and I think that’s what keeps me going.
Ryan Hydett: Okay. And you guys must be getting recognized by fans on
the street. What is that like?
Amy Bruni: It’s actually not so bad because it wouldn’t be bad in the
first place but we’re seen in night vision so much that half the world
or half of our viewers don’t realize that I’m a redhead. They think I
have blonde hair.
They’ll meet me in person and go when did you dye your hair and I’m like
I’ve always had red hair. And so it does happen especially as they see
us more and more in color. And all of our fans are really great. They
always want to share their stories and their experiences and they feel
safe telling us these things.
And so it’s always very nice and I have yet to have a fan encounter that
was uncomfortable or strange. It usually happens a couple times a day.
It’s not anything crazy.
Adam Berry: Yes. I only get recognized when I’m with Amy. So I don’t
know what that’s like.
Ryan Hydett: All right. Last question on the opposite end of the
spectrum of fame, how do you deal with skeptics?
Amy Bruni: Well, honestly sometimes I feel that being a skeptic is
healthy, being a healthy skeptic. But then there are some that I think
are almost taking it too far.
And it’s hard to pinpoint what I’m trying to say but I just think some
of them take it too far and they’re very extreme in their skepticism and
they’re not open to anything. A ghost could walk up to them and tap them
on the shoulder and they’d still try to think of some sort of
alternative explanation for it.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: So that’s a little tough but at the same time, we are not out
to prove ourselves. What we do is we collect our evidence, we
investigate, we try to help our clients and we show what we find. And
then we just kind of leave it up to everybody else to make their call on
it.
We say hey, we’ve got this, we were able to explain this but this we’re
not quite sure on. So that’s what we have and you make your own call on
it. So we’re not out to prove ourselves or turn skeptics. We just like
to keep an open mind about it and entertain the notion that there might
be something beyond what we think is there.
Adam Berry: Yes. You’ll believe it when you see it.
Amy Bruni: Exactly.
Ryan Hydett: Thanks guys.
Operator: And our next question comes from the line of Lynn Packet with
Scifivision. Please go ahead.
Lynn Packet: Thank you. Thanks for talking to us today. I really
appreciate it.
Amy Bruni: Of course. Thank you.
Lynn Packet: My first question is do you ever fear bringing something
home when you go on these locations?
Amy Bruni: It hasn’t happened to me yet and I don’t know. I can’t speak
for Adam but I know I’m not really afraid of it and it hasn’t happened.
And I know some people say that it can.
Any time something weird happens around me though everybody wants to
blame it on me. But I know Jay actually at one point there was
reportedly this ghost of a little boy at a mill they investigated and he
said hey, I have kids at home so if you want to come visit and play with
my son, feel free. So he actually invited this thing home.
And nothing happened, nothing followed him home or anything but it was
funny because his wife didn’t realize that he had done that. And she saw
the episode and was so furious.
Adam Berry: Yes. I don’t think anything has followed me home yet, knock
on wood. And I think if they did it’d just be like investigating. You’d
tell them to leave, tell them to get out. They’re not welcome or leave
me alone. So I think it’d be easy to get rid of.
Lynn Packet: Do you guys ever get like from a site - any particular
location ever freak you out that when you get home that you might call
another team member outside of the location for support?
Amy Bruni: I know we get really excited and we call each other about
investigations.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: There have been some where just afterwards we’re just
buzzing. You’re on at 6:00 in the morning and you’re still wide awake
because you’re so excited about everything that happened.
And we have had a few of those in the last few weeks where just the
whole way home we’re like oh my gosh, I can’t believe this happened and
this happened. So yes, that’s probably the closest thing to it I can
think of.
Adam Berry: Yes, absolutely.
Lynn Packet: Now that you guys are so popular, you’ve got all your - are
you often approached with people to try out some new equipment? Or do
you have one person or team that develops your equipment for you?
Amy Bruni: People do send us things and we do keep an eye on the field
because we do investigate a lot outside of the show and talk to and
network with a lot of other investigators that are doing some very
amazing things.
One of the great things about the show is it has brought in some people
who are very qualified and very scientific and able to design these
devices beyond what we have ever been able to do. And so we definitely
experiment with things like that. We wait to bring them on the show
usually until they have produced some kind of evidence for us.
So we don’t want to experiment with things on the show necessarily just
because we’re aware of the fact that when people see us use something
they’re going to run out and buy it. And so we know paranormal
investigation is probably one of the most expensive hobbies you can
have. So before we use something on the show we want to make sure that
there is a chance for it to actually produce some sort of tangible
result.
So we do get sent things on a regular basis. And we’re always very
thankful for that.
Adam Berry: Yes. I’d say at events and things where people come to ghost
hunt and be with us, they bring the most creative and almost
weird-looking, unique things. And if it works it’s good for the entire
field. It’s good for us, it’s good for everyone.
Lynn Packet: I can’t wait for the new season to start. My aunt’s your
biggest fan too. She’s like counting the minutes.
Amy Bruni: Awesome. We can’t wait either.
Lynn Packet: She’s like if she’s not there it’s recorded. I can
guarantee it. Are there any sites in the new season coming out that
stick out more than any - more fun, more evidence gathered than any of
the others?
Amy Bruni: Hillview Manor - that was a great investigation. And I think
that’s the second episode when we come back and it was great. And Pearl
Harbor obviously, tying that up.
Lynn Packet: That was a great show.
Amy Bruni: Yes. So there have been quite a few standout investigations.
We can’t talk about all of them yet but Hillview definitely.
Lynn Packet: So I know she won’t be coming over here for dinner.
((Crosstalk))
Lynn Packet: My last question is we had one of our Twitter fans ask do
you know if they’ll be airing and I know you probably don’t have all the
airing things but in Newfoundland? Do you know if they’ll be airing any
episodes in that area soon?
Amy Bruni: I don’t know. That would be a question for you guys.
Lynn Packet: That would be great. Thank you very much and thank you so
much for talking to us.
Amy Bruni: Of course.
Adam Berry: You’re welcome.
Lynn Packet: We look forward to the new season and congratulations Adam.
Adam Berry: Thank you very much.
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, as a reminder to register for a question
please press the 1 followed by the 4 on your telephone. Our next
question comes from the line of Katia Bakko with Scholastic Scope Please
go ahead.
Katia Bakko: Hi. Thanks everybody for chatting with us. It’s really
great. So what I wanted to ask about actually is the episode on Pearl
Harbor that ended before the break and then picks up again.
That one scene where you guys do that flashlight technique I’m just
wondering if you can talk a little bit about what you thought was
happening that night and how to make sense of it because I notice that
it didn’t get resolved in that episode where you guys did a review and
stuff. So can you just talk a little bit about that since Amy, you were
there?
Amy Bruni: Yes. Here’s the deal with the flashlight technique. It’s
something we’ve been experimenting with for quite a long time. And what
we have discovered is the deal with the flashlights is when you use a
mag light and you basically turn it to where it’s almost to a point
where it would turn on. So it’s very easy to turn on.
And we set that down and what we’ve noticed is that there is a natural
way for them to turn on and off using that technique. And it’s that the
element inside expands as it cools down, touches, turns the flashlight
on as it warms up, it turns back off. Once we discovered that we
realized we couldn’t use one flashlight any more.
So we started experimenting using multiple flashlights and you’ll see in
upcoming episodes we’ll have four or five going at once as opposed to
one. And in that way we can turn, if the answer is yes, turn on the
purple flashlight or turn on the black flashlight. And when it starts
turning on exactly the flashlight we’re asking for then we speculate
that we’re getting some sort of response from something.
And so that was what we were doing there. I believe we had two or three
different flashlights.
Katia Bakko: (Yes, I think there were three of them).
Amy Bruni: Yes. The flashlights went on and off a couple times but
beyond that they just kept moving no matter what we did. And then we
would set it down and hit the bench and they wouldn’t move.
And so I don’t know if something was trying to move the flashlight or
trying to turn it on and it moved instead. But it did happen a couple
times and we couldn’t recreate it without touching the flashlight and
making it move ourselves. So there is that. But we’re really trying to
narrow down the results with that.
It for some reason seems to work and really resonate and I don’t know
why. But we try to make it as controlled as possible. We ask control
questions. We try to trick it, try to verify if something is actually
interacting with us. And we love doing that and then having an EMF meter
there.
We have had sessions where the K2s next to a flashlight going off at the
same time or we’ll capture EVPs while we’re doing the flashlight
technique. So it’s really interesting stuff for sure.
Katia Bakko: And then I think when you get that kind of response I’m
just wondering what kind of response that you can get is the one that
makes you the most excited? Are the flashlights a particularly exciting
response to get or is there another kind of thing?
Amy Bruni: With the flashlights I get chilled when they are dead on. You
have to really see it in person. It’s hard sometimes on the show to
really see what it’s like because the flashlights, we can tell when
they’re not working, when nothing is using them.
But sometimes we’ll have these half an hour, 45-minute interactions with
this thing where they are just dead on. I’m saying, we’ll pick a
specific color will come on.
We’ll assign a yes and a no flashlight and a maybe flashlight and we
just start having these conversations back and forth. And it’s crazy.
For it to just turn on every time you ask for it as opposed to just kind
of randomly turning on. And when you ask it to turn off it turns right
off and turns on and off twice, blink, blink. It’s crazy to me.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: So I don’t know why it works so well and I know it’s one of
our most controversial ghost hunting techniques. But it works for some
reason and I stand by it.
Katia Bakko: Why do you think it’s the most controversial?
Amy Bruni: People watch it and they just don’t believe it. And I realize
it seems unbelievable, that lights are going on and off on their own.
And I’ve read so many different blogs and people write me, you have a
remote control, you have this. And I’m like no we do not. And I wish I
could tell you why it works so well but I can’t.
And I really just think it’s this universal - it’s a light. It’s so easy
and I think that’s why it works well because it’s simple, it’s easy to
understand and I think that’s part of it.
Katia Bakko: Cool. And then the other thing I wanted to ask and this is
like I know a really simpleton question but how come just can you
explain like why the investigations are better done in the dark and at
night rather than during the day?
Amy Bruni: Adam Berry, bring out that GHA expertise.
Adam Berry: There are a lot of things. Obviously ghosts are around at
all times. You can investigate during the day. Like I was in
Provincetown with a group of my friends and we were investigating during
the day last week.
So you can ghost hunt any time but at night there are a lot of different
things that will help you. It’s quiet, the noise outside, traffic,
anything construction - it’s quieter, everyone is asleep. Also when
you’re in the dark your senses are a little more heightened, you’re more
aware with your ears and your smell and your body.
And it seems like you know, you’re just a little more attentive to
what’s going on around you. Also, it’s really spooky and it’s a lot of
fun in the dark. And it’s a lot of fun in the dark. It’s more fun to
ghost hunt in the dark than it is during the day time. But that’s pretty
much why we do it, because it’s quieter and we’re more aware of what’s
going on.
Amy Bruni: Plus there are a lot of light anomalies that are more easily
seen in the dark including shadow figures strangely enough. So that is a
big part of it as well.
Katia Bakko: And then the last thing I just wanted to ask is whether or
not each of you has ever done an investigation in a place that you have
lived or like places where your friends live, where you have actually
done personal work in that way?
Amy Bruni: Yes. I investigated my parents’ house for them and I took my
sister with me and we actually caught some pretty crazy EVP and it was
really interesting. So yes, definitely and actually what I would love to
do one day is the house I grew up in that really started this all for
me. I would love to go back there with the TAPS team and investigate it
for real because back then I was just a kid and I had no idea what I was
doing. So now I think it’d be so fun to go back with the team and
investigate it.
Katia Bakko: Cool.
Adam Berry: Yes. I tend to have the belief of don’t investigate your own
house or your own where you live just because you’re interacting with
something that you think might stir up more activity.
And if you want that, that’s cool. But I tend to try to keep my work at
work. So if something is going on at my house I’ll acknowledge it but I
will try to not communicate with it. And the only thing I’d have to say
like I just found out that there is a mental hospital in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama because I’m from Alabama originally.
And they’re going to tear it down. But I just found out that my
great-great-grandmother went there for two months and died and they
don’t know why she died. She’s buried on the property. They say it’s
completely haunted, it’s crazy. There was a big article on it and I
would love to get there before they tear it down just because I didn’t
know she was there, I had no idea.
And now all these things are happening and I’m just researching this new
property. So you never know. That would be the only thing that I would
investigate that I would have a family connection to.
Katia Bakko: Cool. Actually can I sneak in one more question if that’s
okay? I just want to know how much historical research you guys actually
do before you leave for a property and like how much you rely on stuff
like that?
Adam Berry: Amy Bruni.
Amy Bruni: Yes well, I am the team’s researcher and what we do is we
usually have a general overview of the location before we go. We compile
a very high level amount of the history and the activity that’s taking
place there.
And we go in with that information. Then after we do the investigation I
go do more hard core research and go to the local historical society, go
to the library, try to verify many of the stories we’ve been told. And
this is the way Jay and Grant like to do things is we do that because we
don’t want what historical information we already know going in to sway
our investigation.
Because many times we’ll get evidence that doesn’t necessarily correlate
with what a client has told us. But then when we go back and do the
research we find out something new that they didn’t know. So it is very
intensive. It’s usually a day or two and I use a lot of web sites like
Ancestry.com, things like that.
And then I actually go in and interview people and try to get more
information on the place.
Katia Bakko: Cool. Thank you guys so much. Congratulations.
Amy Bruni: No problem. Thank you.
Operator: And our next question comes from the line of Troy Rogers with
the Deadbolt.com. Please go ahead.
Troy Rogers: Hi Amy, hi Adam.
Amy Bruni: Hi.
Adam Berry: Hi.
Troy Rogers: Now out of the first three episodes back Hillview Manor
sounds the scariest. What was the vibe like in the nursing home?
Adam Berry: Oh god.
Amy Bruni: It is creepy. I mean it really is and the history there is
kind of crazy and it was surprisingly complete. Many times when we go
into a location like that there is no power, there are walls gone and
leaks and I mean there were some leaks and things.
But it was pretty put together still and so we were able to get all our
equipment up with no problems. But just the stories there were so awful.
Sometimes you go into these places and you know what has happened there
already and it’s hard not to be sad because you know this is how many
people have died there and what they went through.
Yes, it was one of the first investigations where I went off by myself.
I went down to the boiler room for like an hour and just sat there by
myself and talked to whatever was there. And it was pretty scary.
Adam Berry: Yes. It definitely was cold, dark and I think it was the
first investigation in a long time that Amy and I put on masks because
some hallways were so damp, there was mold and crazy things that we
always put ourselves in crazy situations but this was heightened a
little bit just because of our surroundings.
Amy Bruni: Yes, for sure.
Troy Rogers: Okay. And can you talk about the loudest evidence you guys
ever recorded at the (Teaview Terrace) site?
Amy Bruni: I’m trying to remember - that was so long ago but I do know
there was some really crazy sound we captured there. And I don’t think
anybody heard it. And so we don’t know what it was or where it came
from.
And yes, it was pretty crazy and you’ll have to hear it to believe it.
It sounded like a dump truck or something. But yes, that location was
just really cool just because it was the dark shadows house. And I would
like to live there.
Adam Berry: Yes. I couldn’t honestly believe that one family owned it.
It’s massive. The scale of it, you can get lost in it if you didn’t know
which way you were going. And the history behind it was all very
exciting.
Troy Rogers: Okay. Well, speaking of one family home, what was the most
interesting thing that happened when you guys investigated that elderly
man in the urgent episode?
Adam Berry: Well, they got called away, Jay and Grant got called away
for the case. So Amy and I - we weren’t even involved just because we
were still on the island. We were still in Hawaii.
Troy Rogers: So you guys didn’t - you weren’t part of that
investigation, right?
Amy Bruni: No. We were roughing it in Hawaii while they ran back to
Rhode Island for an urgent case.
Adam Berry: Yeah right.
Amy Bruni: Because we had to close things up on our end like Tango and I
had to go do the review and it was just definitely an experience we had
never had before. Suddenly by the end of the case we were by ourselves.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: And so I’m not sure how that plays out but yes, it was
interesting.
Adam Berry: Yes but when there is a kid involved, when there is a family
or a child involved it is priority. So they had to go and we were okay
to tie up the loose ends in Hawaii.
Amy Bruni: Yes, for sure.
Troy Rogers: Okay. Excellent. Thanks again you guys.
Amy Bruni: No problem.
Adam Berry: Thank you.
Operator: And our next question comes from the line of Suzanne Lanoue
from the TV MegaSite. Please go ahead.
Suzanne Lanoue: Hi. I was wondering, you’re coming up on the eighth
season of the show. You’re the longest running reality show on SyFy and
the show has been parodied by a number of TV shows. How does it feel to
be a part of what is basically an institution now on television?
Amy Bruni: It’s surreal in that any of us fully realize it because we’re
just all doing our normal thing. And then every once in a while
something comes along like South Park and you’re reminded that we are
televised every week.
Adam Berry: Yes. Amy definitely runs out of the building just like that
with arms up.
Amy Bruni: I’m just like that - very two dimensional, screaming.
Adam Berry: Very two dimensional - exactly.
Amy Bruni: So it’s flattering, it’s surreal, it’s crazy. I’m going on my
fourth year now with the team and it doesn’t feel like you think it
would because I think all of us are just so normal.
And I think we all try to remain very down to earth and just kind of do
our thing. But every once in a while we’ll meet a fan or something who
is so excited and passionate about the show and it really just kind of
drives it home. So I think it makes us all very happy and I think we’re
a very good representation of what we do.
Suzanne Lanoue: That actually follows into my next question, which is
have you had any unusual fan encounters?
Adam Berry: No. I mean not for me personally. I think everyone is very,
very nice and especially at events and things where they’re
investigating and we’re all investigating together.
We’re working together as a team and I think the coolest thing is you
can take eight people that do not know each other at all and you can
investigate a haunted location without any prep. I mean you are all
passionate about it and you have a drive to do it. And I think for the
most part everyone is very, very nice. I haven’t had that stalker moment
yet, though.
Amy Bruni: I know I just did Wizard World in Chicago this weekend and
met so many great fans. And one of them really stands out. It was this
girl and she came up and she just could not speak.
She was so painfully shy and she just kept saying you don’t understand
how much I admire you and I love that especially women are kind of
inspired by Kris and me just because we’re out there doing what we love.
And it’s caused them to go out and start teams and I love that. And she
came up and she was just so shy and couldn’t get a word out.
And almost in tears and I gave her a big hug and she was so nice and
then she gave me this letter and I opened it when she left and it
started out with Amy, I’m giving you this letter because I know I just
met you and I was too shy to say anything. And she just went on and on
about how much the show has helped her come to terms with activity that
happened in her house and how it’s really inspired her.
And I literally almost started crying reading this thing because she was
just so sweet. And so those are the ones that really stick out to me.
I’ve had creepy stalker people send me crazy emails and stuff and I’ve
met a few and that’s whatever. But I like those kinds of fans. People
that I know we’ve helped in some way.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Suzanne Lanoue: Okay. And you mentioned that ghost hunting has been
around since the 1800s and it’s the 21st Century and we know so much
more about the world frankly than we used to. Why do you think there is
still so much interest in the supernatural?
Amy Bruni: Because things keep happening that no one can explain.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: It’s like regardless of all of the scientific advances we’ve
made, people are still seeing full bodied apparitions walk by them.
People are still having things strangely thrown across the room for no
reason.
This stuff is still happening and the amount of reports of this, there
is no way that it’s not happening. And just because science can’t
explain it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. And people once they have
these experiences, they want to know what the heck is going on. And
science isn’t answering it for them in all cases. And I think it will
eventually. I think we’re not there yet.
Adam Berry: Yes. I also feel that there is always an uncertainty about
the life hereafter and people always want to know what’s happening to
their loved ones, what they are going to go through when they pass away.
And people are always looking for hope that there is something beyond
what this is. So I think people will always look for answers and
solutions.
Suzanne Lanoue: And do either of you have any interest in other
paranormal or supernatural things besides ghosts?
Amy Bruni: I’m into all of it. I used to produce a paranormal radio show
with Jay and Grant actually. And I have a lot of interest in
cryptozoology. I love hearing about UFOs.
All that stuff - so I definitely have an interest in a lot of it. And
like Tango especially - Tango is obsessed with Coast to Coast AM. He
loves UFO stuff. So there is a lot more to us than just ghosts. But I
think all of us are into the strange and unusual.
Adam Berry: Right. And like Tango I think - he had us convinced for like
a week that he had a chip implanted in his shoulder.
Amy Bruni: He really did.
Adam Berry: He was like I woke up and I just got this thing and I don’t
know what it is and I don’t know how I got it. And I was like you’re
crazy and then for a week we thought he was abducted and then he was of
course playing a joke.
Amy Bruni: Because he had this shoulder pain and so he was complaining
about it. And I asked him how is your shoulder. We came back from a week
break and I said how is your shoulder and he was like I went to the
doctor, they found a piece of metal in my shoulder. I’m like what? He’s
like they can’t explain it. They’re freaking out. I’m like are you
kidding me? You need to call UFO hunters or something.
Adam Berry: Yes. Call somebody.
Suzanne Lanoue: That’s funny. Well, thank you very much and good luck
with the next season too.
Amy Bruni: Thank you.
Adam Berry: Thank you.
Operator: And we do have a follow up question from the line of Jim
Iaccino with the Media Boulevard Magazine. Please go ahead.
Jim Iaccino: Hey guys. How’s it going?
Amy Bruni: Good.
Adam Berry: Good.
Jim Iaccino: Good. I’m not sure if any of you have seen one of the
Paranormal Activities but I really think that movies like that you guys
are responsible for I mean in terms of just taking an ordinary Joe or
Jane, taking a video camera and recording things throughout the night
and trying to see if there is anything paranormal or strange. So have
any of you seen one of those movies because they are really good?
Amy Bruni: I haven’t seen them. Adam probably has.
Adam Berry: Yes. Well, I saw the first Paranormal Activity. I haven’t
seen the second one and what I like about movies like that is it’s very
Hollywood. It is Hollywood like everything is blown up to the Nth
degree.
The stakes are always extremely, extremely high for the fear factor, for
the things. I have got to say I don’t necessarily think if you were to
just ghost hunt that would happen to you or you’d get thrown against the
wall and dragged down the stairs. I like the thrill factor. It’s almost
like a roller coaster ride that you don’t have to get in a roller
coaster to experience and you have a good time. And I think for
entertainment values it’s brilliant.
Jim Iaccino: And I really think that your show, the granddaddy of (our)
show or grandmother is responsible for things like that, which now
brings me to two related questions about ghost hunting.
I’ve noticed on a lot of these rip off shows and that may be too
negative, they provoke the ghosts or they get their anger in an uproar.
And it seems like they lose their objectivity, these hunters as they do
it. And I just watch it and I figure this isn’t the way you
scientifically investigate a phenomenon by getting yourself all worked
up and emotional about it. Do you have any take on this provocation
method that’s really being used in a lot of these shows?
Amy Bruni: Yes. It’s not our style but I think one of the things in our
field is that we really don’t’ know ¬a whole lot about it. Different
teams have different styles and we don’t fault them for that.
And for us I really go into a location and I have said this a lot where
I kind of feel like I’m a ghost counselor or ghost therapist. My goal is
to really kind of relay to them that we know they’re there, we’ve
encountered other people like them and that we are there to help them if
we can. And that the more they try to communicate with us and talk to us
the more we will learn.
So even if it’s not now or maybe it’s years down the line, we can come
back and try to help them if they need it and help them understand. And
so that’s really how I always try to approach things and I feel like it
gets results, it gets - I feel like I would want to hear that if I was
in that situation. And so provocation is not something we do.
We do every once in a while like if it’s something we know is just very
negative, we’ll try it out or it’s a very extreme method that we wait to
do. And I don’t ever do it myself but like I know Tango does every once
in a while. So we’ll do some very mild provoking sometimes. We’ll make
fun of the decor. We’re like...
Adam Berry: Sure. I mean the thing that Amy has taught me the most is
she goes in. I consider her like a ghost therapist. Whereas she opens
herself up to saying please talk to me.
There are people like you out there, like you’re not the only one. We
try to connect with them on an emotional level from their standpoint
about what they went through and what they’re doing. And occasionally
Amy will let me say one or two things that are a tiny bit on the
provoking side but nothing crazy because like she said, if you’re
talking to a child, you don’t want to yell at the kid.
The kid is going to run away from you. He’s not going to talk to you,
he’s not going to communicate with you. He’s afraid of you. There is no
reason for them and we don’t know if they’re in a position where they’re
frightened themselves. They’re freaked out that these people are talking
to them, they don’t know where they are and scared. So make it as easy
as possible.
Jim Iaccino: Right. The other related question I have is a lot of these
ghost teams use all sorts of devices from the ovulus that sort of
synthesizes voices out of frequencies. Do each of you have a really cool
piece of equipment that either you have used or want to use on a ghost
investigation?
Amy Bruni: I would say my favorite thing that it’s been out of
commission for us for a while because it’s getting fixed is our ETC
unit. And it’s just because it is a laptop computer that has three
cameras hooked up to it.
It has a thermal imaging camera, a full spectrum camera and an IR camera
plus it measures EMS fluctuations, it records audio, it records
temperature. It does everything and I love that. And so we honestly
haven’t had it for a few months, which is kind of a bummer. But that’s
probably one of my favorite things that we’ve used just because it
covers so much in one spot and it’s especially useful for like visual
anomalies and plus you have the audio and the temperature.
And I keep hoping for that moment where we have something on camera and
then we have a strange spike in the EMS field and we get an EVP at the
same time. That’s the device that’s going to do it, you know? So once we
get it back it’s going to be awesome.
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Amy Bruni: It’s a very expensive piece of equipment so that’s part of
it.
Adam Berry: Yes. We should definitely check on that piece of equipment.
We need that back ASAP.
Jim Iaccino: And what about you, Adam? Would you agree that’s the piece
to go or are you comfortable with something else?
Adam Berry: Honestly I like all kinds of methods. Amy has pretty much
hit it right on the nail on the head just because it does so many
different things. And it backs up so many if you get three or four
things at the same time it just gives you more solid evidence.
And I think that is a wonderful piece of equipment. And I am also
enjoying the full spectrum camera that we’ve been using a lot. We just
got some more of those because they’re doing so well for us. And I can’t
wait to go to the next case and keep using it and get that thing fixed
and move on.
Jim Iaccino: Cool. Well, thanks for answering all of my questions.
Amy Bruni: You’re welcome.
Adam Berry: You’re welcome.
Jim Iaccino: And I will keep watching Ghost Hunters because that’s my
favorite out of all of the shows.
Amy Bruni: Thank you so much.
Adam Berry: Thank you.
Jim Iaccino: Bye-bye.
Adam Berry: Bye.
Operator: And we do have a follow up question from the line of Diane
Morasco with Blogcritics.org. Please go ahead.
Diane Morasco: Thank you. Hi guys. I have to ask you question. What is
your best prank that you’ve played on each other? Like Adam, what have
you done, Amy, what have you done to Adam? You want to share?
Adam Berry: Amy shared the prank that she did.
Amy Bruni: Yes, I did do the gaff tape thing to you. I’m trying to think
what else I’ve done to you recently.
Adam Berry: Remember the time we were investigating in Derby,
Connecticut and Steve was downstairs and we knew he was there, he didn’t
know that we had entered on the top and we scared the bejesus out of
him.
Amy Bruni: Yes, that was pretty funny because we were going into another
part of this opera house we were investigating and we could hear Steve
and Tango downstairs as we were crossing through.
And we walked into them and said hey guys, we’re going to cross through
real quick. But once we heard them we kind of camped out by this old
staircase and waited for them to get near it. And then as soon as they
were at the bottom of it we just jumped out and screamed and Steve like
grabbed his heart and just started blaring.
And he always says he’s going to get us back. We are constantly trying
to scare each other. And it definitely wakes you up once you get that
little adrenaline rush. But I’m trying to think if there was a really
good one recently. And it wasn’t really a prank, we were investigating
in Maryland and was it Maryland? I feel like it was Maryland.
But anyways, wherever it was, there were huge bugs and Steve was in the
TAPS van and Jay was in the van with them. They were looking at the
cameras and this huge June bug flies into the van. And when Steve sees
something like that all rational thought leaves him. There is no like
it’s a bug, I’m going to calmly exit the van.
It is I am going to kill it, I am going to freak out. And so he just
starts grabbing at anything, the keyboard, the cameras, something to hit
this bug with. And so Jay has to grab him and literally almost put him
in a headlock until this bug went away. And we didn’t know what was
going on and we see this whole van like rocking all over the place.
Like what is going on in there and it was all from some little bug and
Steve was freaking out.
Adam Berry: Yes and I think Jay even took a bug and put it on Steve’s
shoulder without him knowing it in the van.
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Adam Berry: Yes and then he looks to his left and sees the bug and then
flailing. He turns and he’s doing karate and stuff.
Amy Bruni: Yes. That’s pretty funny.
Diane Morasco: Okay. What do you guys do in your down time?
Amy Bruni: Sleep.
Adam Berry: Sleep a lot.
Amy Bruni: I try to - I go home and I cook a lot because we travel. I
live in California so I’m on the road a little bit more than the other
guys because we’re usually pretty close to New England.
And I’m gone from home about 300 days a year and so I’m in hotel rooms
and so as soon as I get home I just want to do something like cook. I
cook, I go out and try to do normal things because you just kind of take
all that stuff for granted until you’re on the road all the time. I do a
lot of reading, I like to hike and I go wine tasting, all kinds of
stuff.
Adam Berry: Yes.
Amy Bruni: Or I try to catch up with friends and travel around on breaks
and go visit friends and stuff.
Adam Berry: Yes. Down time, especially when we’re on the road, is few
and far between. But when we get it Amy and I love to Yelp like great
restaurants nearby or ToDo and we go.
It’s funny because people make fun of Yelp but we use it and if enough
people are like you have to eat here, so we’ll go and try it and we’ll
have just a nice dinner or we’ll all go out as a group and just have a
good time and try to blow of some steam before the next intense case.
Amy Bruni: Yes. We’re definitely foodies. We lived it up in New Orleans.
We gained 5-10 pounds there and we ate so much food.
Adam Berry: Yes. I’m still gaining weight so I haven’t gotten the memo
to stop eating.
Diane Morasco: Okay. Last question - what would you say is the most
important lesson you’ve learned being part of the TAPS team or the
hardest challenge you guys have faced?
Adam Berry: That’s easy for me. Be a team player. I’ve learned it from
beginning day one GHA if there is some slack to be picked up, pick it up
because you’re all working together.
You all have something to do. You’re not working for yourselves even
though you’re there having a good time and doing what you love to do.
You have somebody who really needs answers, which is the client. So any
time you are on any team doing anything it’s pick up the slack if you
have to and do the best that you can possibly do. Bring your 150% every
single time.
Amy Bruni: Yes. And I think that mine is very similar and it’s just kind
of realizing that you’re on the road with your family and don’t be
afraid to ask questions and don’t be afraid to say if something is wrong
or communication has been a skill that I have definitely learned with
the team.
And it’s just because it is a different dynamic because you are
traveling, living with and working with these people year round. And
it’s not just the TAPS team. We have 11 crew that come with us too. So
there are 17-18 of us at a time and communication is key and I think
that has been a huge lesson for all of us. And I think it’s part of why
we all get along so well.
Adam Berry: Absolutely.
Diane Morasco: Thank you so much Adam and thank you so much Amy again.
Amy Bruni: You’re welcome.
Adam Berry: Thank you.
Diane Morasco: You’re welcome.
Operator: And we do have a follow up question from the line of Beth
Beacham with the Hollywoodjunket.com. Please go ahead.
Amy Bruni: Thank you.
Adam Berry: Okay. Thank you.
Beth Beacham: Thank you so much for answering the questions. The
question is what do you guys say to people who are hard core skeptics
who explain the paranormal like ghost activity as being just something
like a past energy or even time travelers? Have you guys at any point in
your investigation even questioned yourselves that they might be right?
If not, how do you convince them that they are ghosts?
Amy Bruni: Honestly like the more I do this the more I don’t know what
we’re encountering and I (am absolutely open) to those ideas. I mean if
someone can prove to me that it’s some sort of time travel then thank
goodness we have an explanation.
I am open to all theories because when I first started doing this I had
a very clear cut view of what I thought it was. I thought it was someone
died and they didn’t follow the light or whatever and then here they are
and they’re stuck here in limbo. And that’s what I thought it was. But
the more I do it, the evidence we collect doesn’t always point that
direction.
So I think that I’m open to all those ideas. I feel like I really do
feel like eventually quantum physics is probably going to explain many
of the phenomena that we experience. And that’s not something I can get
into because that’s way over my head. But I know people that are
theorizing on that a lot and working on it a lot.
Adam Berry: Yes. We honestly until there is absolute, absolute proof of
exactly what it is, all options are open. And you know, with skeptics
believe it when you see it. When it happens you’ll know and you can’t
always explain it.
Beth Beacham: Okay. Thank you again guys.
Amy Bruni: Of course. Thank you.
Adam Berry: Thank you. Good job Amy.
Amy Bruni: Good job Adam.
Thomas Dima: Thank you guys for joining us today. I want to thank Amy
and Adam again and I want to remind you guys that there will be a
transcript available tomorrow and that Ghost Hunters is returning on
Wednesday, August 24th at 9:00 pm Eastern Time. So thank you again.
Amy Bruni: Thank you.
Adam Berry: Thanks.
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