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| Summer & Maya |
Last Saturday night, I was joined at the Spaghetti Warehouse by five eager ghost hunters: Maya and her friend Summer; and Scott and his wife, Jenn, who was celebrating her birthday, and their friend Jennifer. They had all had dinner at the Spaghetti Warehouse before I arrived, so I passed out my Short Guide to the Paranormal so that they could catch up on ghostly terminology. We also polished the lenses on our cameras to eliminate any dust spots that might masquerade as orbs.
Jenn and Scott travel extensively to locations that have ghosts tours and told us about some of their experiences. It turns out that Jenn, Jennifer, Maya, and Summer are all teachers. I am always amazed at the amount of serendipity that happens on tours.
Once the kitchen closed at 10:30 p.m., we went upstairs. It was dark and we were the only ones there. We went to the back, near the restrooms, and I talked about the history of the Spaghetti Warehouse and told a few ghost stories. I also passed out dowsing rods and a Ouija board.
We walked around the second floor with our EMF meters and gots some signals in the Bank Room, near the top of the stairs. The outside sign for the restaurant was off, and the EMF signals were intermittent, so it is possible that a spirit was in this space. Scott had an EMF app on his smartphone.
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| Scott with His Smartphone in Front of the Funeral Cabinet |
Summer and Maya communed with the Ouija board:
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| Summer & Maya with the Ouija Board. Maya has had some bad experiences with the board and was hoping to break any evil spells. |
while Jenn tried out the dowsing rods:
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| Jenn has her own dowsing rods at home and finds them very responsive. She said sometimes they spin almost out of control. |
Jennifer read up on Ghost Hunting techniques:
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| Jennifer almost didn't show up, she's so scared of ghosts, but I think Saturday night may have helped her make her peace with them. |
Scott checked out the ghosts in the Ladies Room. He returned to the dining room unscathed.
By 12:30 a.m., all the staff had left and only Brian, the manager, remained. He took us all down the back stairs to the basement:
where I pointed out the elevator:
Jennifer wasn't sure what was going on, and when the elevator door opened, she screamed loud enough to scare us all to death! I won't tell you all any more about the basement; you'll have to experience it for yourselves.
We took the elevator up to the first floor, where everyone spent quite a bit of time exploring.
As you can see by the photos below, Jenn found a friendly orb who followed her around the second floor, down to the first floor, and even into the basement, where it was joined by several "friends."
We all returned to the second floor and gathered for a group photo before heading safely home.
I encourage you all to come in March, April, June or July and see what ghosts you can discover at the Spaghetti Warehouse.
On August 13, 2009, sisters Angela and Jessica Speece joined me for a TunnelWalk and Rail Tour. It started inside Joe Muggs Coffee Shop at Books A Million, one of the many tenants at the Houston Pavilions. We took an elevator up to Books A Million's second floor, then exited outside onto the second level of the Houston Pavilions. I took the photo on the left at the skyring over Fannin Street. We continued on to the second skyring, this one over San Jacinto (photo on right).
We exited the Houston Pavilions at the House of Blues and walked north on Caroline to the Four Seasons Hotel, where the ladies had a taste of the luxurious pool and spa.
We exited the Tunnel and took the elevator to Chase Tower's 60th-floor sky lobby, where I took a photo of the ladies in front of Wells Fargo Plaza, with the El Paso Building and CenterPoint Energy Plaza on the left and One Shell Plaza on the right.
