East Coast Transcommunication Organization

Paranormal occurences in movies have been around for as long as there's been a horror genre. More recently though Hollywood has taken a turn to making more traditional paranormal movies. White Noise, Paranormal Activity and A Haunting in Connecticut are just a few of the blockbusters that have really sparked an interest in the paranormal field. My question is do these movies help or harm the world of paranormal investigators? On the one hand they do bring the world of "ghost hunting" to the masses. This could be a good thing by maybe getting more people interested in what it is we do. But are these movie a good representation of the actuality of investigating? Personally, I think these movies do both good and bad for us. It's always great to have more people want to learn about what we're doing but these movies are also obviously falsifying and exaggerating the paranormal world for the entertainment value. What does everyone else think about this subject?

As if we don't already have enough problems to begin with being paranormal enthusiats. We face ridicule from people everyday for doing what we do and even for what we believe in. The problem I've been seeing lately and what I want to talk about is ghost hunters attacking fellow believers of the paranormal world. Isn't it bad enough that most people think we're crazy for chasing spirits? Now, groups are attacking each other when we should be helping each other out. Maybe we've all become too focused on becoming famous or picking up a tv deal that we've lost sight of what we're trying to do in this field. It's true that maybe some groups out there are less credible than others but let people figure that out on their own. The Paranormal world has no place for trash talk about what group is fake and who doesn't deserve to get credit. We should all be working towards showing people and skeptics that what we're doing is real and already hard enough to prove. It reflects bad on everyone when people who are supposedly investigators are calling out other groups and saying they fabricate evidence or things along those lines. It gives skeptics the idea that "well if they can't even believe each other then why should we?" All I'm saying is that we already face enough hurdles trying to prove what we believe.Maybe if more of us could work together we could get that much closer to showing people that ghosts do exist.

Hi, Came across this movie when i signed up for netflix. This movie is called "death of a ghost hunter". Made in 2007. The movie is about a paranormal investigator Carter Simms who is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror. I know what your thinking was this based on a true story. As far as i can tell it's not a true story but this is a good film for teaching about paranormal research and how to use the equipment. If you come across it check it out.

I don't know how many times I've run into this situation but it has happened again.  You know the situation I'm talking about...the one where just because someone is on a show or has been somewhere in particular it makes them more valid than you.  It doesn't, believe me.  I personally have known some of these "media personalities" and they aren't always what they seem to be.  We pride ourselves on our skill and professionalism.  We could throw around the names of those "famous ones" we know too, but choose to let our reputation and references speak for themselves.  I guess I'm just tired of all the great groups out there not getting their chance to do some great investigations because they aren't "somebody".  So here's a cheer to all you groups out there who don't get the recognition you deserve.

Hey everyone! I hope you all had a great holiday season because it's time to get back to business. I thought it would be cool to do something a little different and more personal with the site, if we all took turns writing blogs of our experiences and things like that people might enjoy it a little more than just the investigation write ups. So I've added this new blog section where the team members of ECTO can write about odds and ends for you guys to read and comment on. If you really like what we have to say there's an RSS feed button at the bottom and you can click it and add it to your Internet toolbar and it will update you when we've written new blogs. I'm just here to kick this thing off! So, as you can see on the right hand side of the screen there's a list of catagories, when an ECTO member writes a blog they will decide what catagory it will fit into and we'll be creating more as we go along but that's where you'll be able to find all of them and a list of recent ones as well.

ECTO is planning a lot for this new year. We're hoping to get that elusive web show off the ground still and we are itching to get back to investigating. Sure, we love teaching and lecturing too but ghost hunts are what we live for.  Anyway, keep checking this section and click the RSS feed to be the first to know when we've created any new blogs. Happy Hunting!

-Team ECTO member Alissa