'Ghost Adventures' Recap: 'Fox Hollow Farm'

BY NOWAL MASSARI

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Buckle in Ghost Adventures fans, because it’s time for another lockdown. This time around, the crew head to the Fox Hollow Farm in Carmel, IN. The mansion sits on 18 acres and was the home of alleged serial killer, Herb Baumeister. In the early 90s, local police began to investigate the disappearances of gay men in the area. One man came forward and claimed that a “Brian Smart” had murdered his friend and had attempted to kill him, as well. Indianapolis police told the man to contact them if he saw Smart again. In 1995, he encountered Smart and passed along the license plate number, and when they ran the information, they found that it belonged to Herb Baumeister.

Investigators went to his home, called Fox Hollow Farm, and requested to search the home because of his suspected involvement in the disappearances, however he and his wife denied their requests. By the following year, however, Julie Baumeister was so terrified of her husbands erratic behavior and violent outbursts, that she filed for divorce and allowed the police to investigate the property while Herb was out of town. Upon searching the 18 acre property, the remains of 11 men were found.

Baumeister fled to Ontario, where he committed suicide by a shooting himself in the head. He left a note, citing the stress of his failed marriage and business as the reason behind his suicide. He made no confession, nor any acknowledgement, of the bodies found on the property. In addition to the 11 men found at Fox Hollow Farm, Baumeister is suspected of murdering another 9 men, who’s bodies were discovered in rural areas between Colombus, OH and Indianapolis, IN along Interstate 70.

'NetherWorld' Recap: Exploring The Catacombs with Zak Bagans

BY NOWAL MASSARI

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Zak Bagans, lead investigator of the Ghost Adventures crew, strikes out on his own and takes viewers on a journey into the dark underbelly of Paris, France, in his documentary "NetherWorld." Sixty-five feet below the streets of Paris, there are around 180 miles worth of labyrinthian tunnels and caves, which also happen to hold the remains of nearly six million people. To uncover the mysteries of the tunnels, also called "The Catacombs," Bagans meets with various people to talk of the legends that lay below the City of Lights.

'Ghost Adventures' Recap: 'Fear Factory'

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BY NOWAL MASSARI

This week's "Ghost Adventures" brings the crew to Salt Lake City, UT to investigate an abandoned cement factory that was turned into a Halloween attraction dubbed the “Fear Factory.” The 100 year old building sat abandoned for years before becoming a haunted house, and is allegedly the home of dark, possibly demonic, paranormal activity.

According to employee Jessica, she was with a group of fellow performers in the “Hell Silo” and they used a spirit box to communicate with one of many rumored spirits. The group saw shadows flitting back and forth on the ceiling and a voice came through the spirit box, that repeatedly claimed to be a demon. Another employee, Chris, found a book of Satanic rituals inside the attraction, but no one could explain where it came from. While playing Satan inside the Hell Silo, he decided to start reading things from the book that “sounded cool” and soon after began experiencing terrible headaches. Allegedly, a few Satanists work in the show and warned Chris to be careful because while performing rituals in the Hell Silo, they were scratched.

'Ghost Adventures' Recap: 'Bannack Ghost Town'

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BY NOWAL MASSARI

This week, the "Ghost Adventures" Crew head to the ghost town of Bannack, Montana. In 1862, a group of prospectors discovered an enormous amount of gold (around $200 million worth), bringing in a large number of people, and with them came crime. With the gallows right next to the schoolhouse, Bannack's gruesome history includes seven executions in a matter of 14 months. One building in the small town is known as "the Crying Baby house," as it is said to have been used to quarantine sick children to stop the spread of scarlet fever. You can allegedly still hear children in there to this day.

'Ghost Adventures' Recap: 'George Washington Ghost'

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BY NOWAL MASSARI

This week takes the Ghost Adventures Crew to their first investigation in the major New York borough of Manhattan. Here they will be hitting up the oldest home in the area, the Morris-Jumel Mansion. Built in 1765, the home served as headquarters to George Washington in 1766 during the Revolutionary War. Eventually, Washington and his men fled farther north and the home was occupied by the British Army and the Hessian mercenaries they had hired.

While taking the initial tour of the home, Zak asks the manager if everything is original to the building, to which she informs him that it is. It’s commonly believed that natural materials are able to absorb and hold onto energies and vibrations of the past. There have been many reports of paranormal activity in the home, including the office manager, who claims to have seen a soldiers booted foot walking down the stairs. According to legend, a soldier died on the stairs after tripping and falling onto his own bayonet. In 2013, the Acoustic Archives went into the home to do some routine recordings and to their surprise, they captured many EVPs, one of which was a young woman singing.

'Ghost Adventures' Season Nine Premiere Recap: 'Oman House'

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BY NOWAL MASSARI

The guys of "Ghost Adventures" are back on a new night, with a new intro and ready for brand new lockdowns. The season nine premiere takes the crew to the Oman house in Los Angeles. The Benedict Canyon home is around 200ft. from where Sharon Tate was brutally murdered by the Manson family in 1969.

In August 1969, Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski ("Rosemary's Baby"), was two weeks from giving birth to her first child. She had a small group of friends join her in her home since her husband's return from London had been delayed. That night, followers of Charles Manson broke into the home and brutally murdered the entire group. Tate herself was stabbed 16 times. Charles Manson, 79, is in prison on the charge of conspiracy to commit the murders of seven people and murder through joint-responsibility. Originally sentenced to death, that sentence was changed to life in prison after the death penalty was abolished in the state of California. Manson now resides in Corcoran State Prison.

Zak Bagans of "Ghost Adventures" Purchases Possessed Home

The Indianapolis Star recently published a story about LaToya Ammons, a woman who has claimed that she and her family were possessed by demons in their Gary, Indiana home. After the story went viral, media outlets around the world (including film makers) have been clamoring to speak to Ammons, her family and anyone else involved, however she has only consented to do an interview with "Inside Edition."

Though the Ammons family currently reside in Indianapolis, their allegations of demonic activity in the Carolina Street house ranging from hundreds of black flies, levitation, wall crawling and exorcisms, it's no surprise that the interests of the masses have been piqued. Including that of paranormal investigator and TV personality, Zak Bagans.

The current owner of the home, and former landlord to the Ammons family, has decided to sell the property for $35,000, and Bagans has decided to buy it. "It's not entertainment, [...] I really do have a passion for this stuff and the research aspect of this stuff," he revealed to the Indiana Star.

"Ghost Adventures" guest and clergyman, Bishop James Long, took to his Facebook earlier to confirm the news of Bagans' new real estate venture. "There has been a lot of chatter about Zak Bagans buying this house that allegedly had Demonic activity in it. I have also been getting a lot of emails asking me if I knew anything about it. I have spoken with Zak and I CAN confirm that he HAS purchased the home and plans to do a documentary on it." 

As of now,  Bagans will be using the home for paranormal research and a new documentary. Currently, there are no plans to feature the home on "Ghost Adventures." 

-Nowal Massari

'Ghost Adventures' Recap: 'Battle of Perryville'

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BY NOWAL MASSARI

In 2011, the "Ghost Adventures" Crew investigated the Rocky Point Manor in Kentucky. In 2013, they return to investigate two homes that served as field hospitals during the Civil War's Battle of Perryville.

The H.P Bottom house is the only house still standing that was in the midst of the battle between the two sides; there are even bullet holes still marking the house. When it was a field hospital, it was overflowing with wounded soldiers, with some even spilling out onto the lawn. Amputations were the most commonly performed procedures within the walls. Kurt, a park ranger, shows the crew an original door from the home that was used as an operating table. It also has a bullet hole in it and it is thought to still have the 150-year-old bloody outline of a body.

Kurt tells the crew about a friend's experience with a sinister energy at the second location; the Dye house. Upon leaving the house, the friend inquires as to whether or not there are any green lights on inside. Kurt tells him the power is off. They return to the house on a different occasion and snap a few consecutive photos in a room upstairs, where it is said that surgeries were performed. Only one photo shows a strange, white mist like anomaly, or vortex.