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that the house was haunted was genuine.
I was sympathetic to her pain, but as we left, I got in the car smiling. We had our first case.
S TANDARD E QUIPMENT
Our producers use their own cameras and microphones, but PRS has always tried to document cases ourselves. Over time, the equipment available to us has become more sophisticated, but it generally consists of the following:
Camcorders : Team documentarian Heather Taddy always uses one for interviews and general coverage, but other team members sometimes use them during investigations, particularly in large sites where our stand-alone cameras can’t cover everything.
Audio Recorders : Aside from interviews, phone conversations, and director’s logs, audio records are used during EVP sessions, where we attempt to contact spirits. Sometimes what seem to be responses are only heard on playback, while other times, sounds we hear at the time don’t appear to record at all.
Monitor System : To cover as much of a site as possible, PRS uses several stationary video cameras that are wired to a central set of monitors in whatever location has been established as our technical headquarters. The camera feeds are recorded via computer hard drive. Serg keeps track of these during Dead Time, but they generally run for the length of our investigation.
Walkie-talkies : During Dead Time, everyone is in communication using walkie-talkies.
Motion Detectors : These devices, often used in security systems, flash a light when something in range moves. We’ll typically set these up in areas where there’s been a lot of reported activity. In several episodes, during Dead Time, they’ve gone off when nothing visible (as documented by our cameras) was present.
Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Detectors : This handheld device measures levels of electromagnetic radiation. Common household items from radios to refrigerators always generate an EMF. Normally, these aren’t dangerous, but high levels have been shown to influence the electrochemistry of the brain, causing disorientation and other feelings that can be mistaken for paranormal activity. If electrical causes are eliminated, it’s a possible indication of a supernatural presence.
Thermal Cam : Rather than light waves, this visually records temperature differences. In an episode from a later season, “The Glove,” the thermal cam revealed a handprint on the wall, even though we’d documented through surveillance that no one had placed their hand on that spot.
Chapter 5
Finding My Footing in a Rocking Boat
So you’re asking a pagan to cover for a Catholic?
In the days leading up to the first shoot, more and more people trickled in to State College. Aside from the crew, producers from NYC and LA arrived to oversee the production. With twenty or thirty extra people running around, it was overwhelming, not to mention crowded.
The first day of filming went by in a daze. The first official “scene” involved Sergey, my dog, Xander, and myself. Neighbors near the townhouse I rented on Marjorie Mae Street gathered to wonder why twenty filmmakers had descended to film us playing catch with the dog. Everyone was very good about the commotion, aside from an aspiring filmmaker neighbor, who suddenly stopped talking to me the moment the show was announced.
As they filmed, the producers asked about the upcoming investigation, and my thoughts on our trainees, Heather and Katrina. The footage didn’t make it into the episode, but I did get to see it. It’s interesting to see now how we looked back then.
Later that day, we filmed the briefing at the Penn State HUB building. Production wasn’t the only group with a lot of people. Usually, PRS had five investigators for a case, but here we had eight. Several members of the “old” PRS crew were there, including Ryan Heiser and Lance Cooksing.
Lance was a well-liked, very social guy with a great sense of humor, who’d joined along with his best friend. He was going
I was sympathetic to her pain, but as we left, I got in the car smiling. We had our first case.
S TANDARD E QUIPMENT
Our producers use their own cameras and microphones, but PRS has always tried to document cases ourselves. Over time, the equipment available to us has become more sophisticated, but it generally consists of the following:
Camcorders : Team documentarian Heather Taddy always uses one for interviews and general coverage, but other team members sometimes use them during investigations, particularly in large sites where our stand-alone cameras can’t cover everything.
Audio Recorders : Aside from interviews, phone conversations, and director’s logs, audio records are used during EVP sessions, where we attempt to contact spirits. Sometimes what seem to be responses are only heard on playback, while other times, sounds we hear at the time don’t appear to record at all.
Monitor System : To cover as much of a site as possible, PRS uses several stationary video cameras that are wired to a central set of monitors in whatever location has been established as our technical headquarters. The camera feeds are recorded via computer hard drive. Serg keeps track of these during Dead Time, but they generally run for the length of our investigation.
Walkie-talkies : During Dead Time, everyone is in communication using walkie-talkies.
Motion Detectors : These devices, often used in security systems, flash a light when something in range moves. We’ll typically set these up in areas where there’s been a lot of reported activity. In several episodes, during Dead Time, they’ve gone off when nothing visible (as documented by our cameras) was present.
Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Detectors : This handheld device measures levels of electromagnetic radiation. Common household items from radios to refrigerators always generate an EMF. Normally, these aren’t dangerous, but high levels have been shown to influence the electrochemistry of the brain, causing disorientation and other feelings that can be mistaken for paranormal activity. If electrical causes are eliminated, it’s a possible indication of a supernatural presence.
Thermal Cam : Rather than light waves, this visually records temperature differences. In an episode from a later season, “The Glove,” the thermal cam revealed a handprint on the wall, even though we’d documented through surveillance that no one had placed their hand on that spot.
Chapter 5
Finding My Footing in a Rocking Boat
So you’re asking a pagan to cover for a Catholic?
In the days leading up to the first shoot, more and more people trickled in to State College. Aside from the crew, producers from NYC and LA arrived to oversee the production. With twenty or thirty extra people running around, it was overwhelming, not to mention crowded.
The first day of filming went by in a daze. The first official “scene” involved Sergey, my dog, Xander, and myself. Neighbors near the townhouse I rented on Marjorie Mae Street gathered to wonder why twenty filmmakers had descended to film us playing catch with the dog. Everyone was very good about the commotion, aside from an aspiring filmmaker neighbor, who suddenly stopped talking to me the moment the show was announced.
As they filmed, the producers asked about the upcoming investigation, and my thoughts on our trainees, Heather and Katrina. The footage didn’t make it into the episode, but I did get to see it. It’s interesting to see now how we looked back then.
Later that day, we filmed the briefing at the Penn State HUB building. Production wasn’t the only group with a lot of people. Usually, PRS had five investigators for a case, but here we had eight. Several members of the “old” PRS crew were there, including Ryan Heiser and Lance Cooksing.
Lance was a well-liked, very social guy with a great sense of humor, who’d joined along with his best friend. He was going
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