The question has come up a few times in past months whether or not sellers and/or realtors are required to tell potential home buyers that a property may be haunted. Going by what I have studied (I'm a fledgling realtor), I'd say no.

Wow, it's taken me way longer than it should have to get this posted. Thanks to AGHOST member Dustin, AGHOST now has its own MySpace Page! If you have a profile on MySpace, be sure to send us a friend request :)

Be sure to also check out Dustin's band!

In recent years, many paranormal enthusiasts have adopted digital devices as their primary means to collect audio, video and still photographs. Digital cameras, in particular, have taken hold as the dominant format for the hobbyist photographer as well as the professional - despite their rocky start as pixel-mangling orb collectors. In this article I'm going to discuss a commonly used aspect of the digital photograph, specifically the metadata that is embedded in nearly all of the digital photographs we see today.

AGHOST would like to announce the call for papers for the fifth annual Ghost Hunter's Getaway Conference on November 3^rd & 4^th* in Bellingham Washington.

If you have an idea, are a published author or are just interested in presenting at the Ghost Hunter's Getaway Conference, please send a brief summary (3-5 paragraphs) about your presentation to events@aghost.us.

This March 24th volunteer members of AGHOST and South King County Genealogical Society (SKCGS) will gather at Saar Cemetery in Kent to help with the beautification and cleanup of the cemetery.

Saar Pioneer Cemetery was established October 1st 1873 when the wife of Peter Saar, Margaret, was buried on the family homestead. The cemetery expanded as other pioneers in the area buried family members there. In 1905 the cemetery was deeded to the local Methodist Church.

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed some of the difficulties AGHOST has faced with archiving its massive collection of research data (photographs, audio and video) and how we ultimately utilized an open-source software tool to provide free access to that data to all members. But what about reports? All AGHOST investigators are required to submit a report after a walkthrough or an investigation. How do we assure consistent and accurate reports, and provide immediate access to that reporting data online? How can we be sure that the investigator has turned in their reports on time? How can we immediately correlate and search data from, say, 100 reports from 15 different investigations? For this we needed to build a custom solution...

Late last year I completed a project called the Space Weather Archive. The project was somewhat of a branch of the Paranormal Weather Images project I worked on with Justin Faulk (GhostGadgets.com). The space weather archive includes two components; the archive (of course), and the software designed to provide easy access to the data.

Among the more difficult challenges facing many research groups are those related to how their data can be archived and shared by other researchers in the field.

In this two-part article, I am going to discuss some of the new services and technologies AGHOST has utilized and developed in an attempt to solve some of these problems, and ultimately take a step closer to providing all of our investigation data online for the world to access.

Well, the 4^th Annual Ghost Hunter's Getaway is now over. A BIG THANKS to all volunteers and supporters who helped make it such an amazing success!

I've been meaning to put up a recap of the GHG '06 events, so I thought this was a good opportunity to test out AGHOST's new blog. So here it goes...

In October, 2006 AGHOST was granted 501(c)(4) non-profit status. After five years of hard work, AGHOST is now a non-profit organization dedicated to paranormal research and public education about paranormal phenomenon and experiences.

If you believe you are experiencing paranormal phenomenon in your home or business, please visit our Services page to find out more about AGHOST investigations and services.

AGHOST's 5^th anniversary was on October 31^st, 2006 (Halloween). For the event, I went through as much of AGHOST's massive archive of photos as I could (about 30,000 photos) and put together a slideshow showcasing five years of AGHOST history. Enjoy!

View the video and send us your thoughts!