GhostLand Society

Despite the lack of scientific evidence that proves the existence of paranormal phenomena beyond a shadow of a doubt, more than half of all Americans believe in the existence of spirits or paranormal activity. For many people, it’s important to consider the possibility of life after death and to remain open to alternate realities. As [...]

There are a lot of opinions across many teams about the paranormal in general. For the most part the paranormal community seems to be  moving forward as a whole. Just like anything that opinions play a part in, the paranormal community has its extremists on all sides thus making it debatable on how fast we [...]

We hear this a lot as paranormal investigators and maybe we have even said it ourselves, “Based on the paranormal activity, this place is haunted”. It seems that in the paranormal world, these two terms are almost interchangeable but the reality is they are not. You could have paranormal activity but not have a haunting. [...]

The paranormal world is filled with good, trusting people who are looking for answers. Unfortunately, a few con artists are happy to provide those answers… for a price. Let’s talk about con artists in general, and what to look for in the paranormal field. Paranormal Con Artists Con artists are inventive. They see an opportunity, [...]

Due to childish actions of other tour providers in the Chicagoland area, GhostLand Society will not be running any tours for the St Valentines Day Massacre.  Although we will miss doing our 4 hour tour it is giving us time to come up with a different tour which we will be offering in the near future. [...]

In today’s economy businesses are struggling to keep their doors open and a ploy that is being used is haunted sightings, a good example of that is a hotel here in Illinois not far from the Illinois / Wisconsin border.  This hotel has had its fair share of problems over the last 20 years with [...]

I have the great privilege of instructing a class at Harper College in Palatine, IL in the Spring. It will be a classroom and hands on training with equipment with opportunities of investigating haunted sites. The school itself recently introduced a Paranormal class and it’s been a success. They are offering this class again in [...]

Things Ghost Hunter Should Know The two most frequently asked questions I get about equipment at GhostLand Society are as follows: Can my digital camera use infrared lighting to see in the dark or why doesn’t the IR illuminator I bought let me see in the dark with my camera? I have an Infrared or [...]

The trip out to our favorite battle grounds was historic. I truly mean it. . . It was the towns first snow fall prior to Halloween. 6 inches of heavy snow that broke tree limbs and had parts of the battlefield shut down from driving. It wasn’t until a day and a half later was [...]

Another worn camera system on the market. Sunglasses with interchangable lens kit with DVR system. Below is directly from the companies webpage: Complete covert surveillance kit includes: *Color hi-resolution (380 LOR) cmos sunglasses camera *Button camera *Pocket video/audio digital recorder (DVR). *RCA cables for replay on monitor or TV *Heavy duty custom carrying/storage case *Sunglasses [...]