AGHOST is first and foremost a research and education-oriented organization. Our goal is to help those who may be experiencing a haunting and wish to learn more about this phenomenon. During our investigations we work with high-tech equipment and credible psychics to learn as much as possible about the home or business. Our research team works together to help our clients better understand their ghostly encounters.

If you are experiencing unexplainable phenomenon and believe your home or business may be haunted, then please visit our services page or contact us at INVESTIGATIONS@aghost.org to learn more about AGHOST investigations.

Join us for the AGHOST meeting on Sunday, January 20 @ 3:00 p.m. for Ghostology 101: Psychic Games. This class will introduce the participant to different psychic abilities, how each one works and its use in the ghost-hunting field. Along with learning about different psychic abilities, participants will be given opportunities to test their skills in a series of games to determine which ability is their strongest.

Well, it's that time of year again and AGHOST has had its share of media attention. In the past few weeks our members have spoken to reporters from radio, TV and print. Here is a list of the media outlets that have covered our group so far. I'll update these as I find more:

• - Q13 Fox
• - KUOW
• - The Bellingham Herald
• - King5
• - Seattle Times

Q13 Fox is featuring AGHOST's investigation at the Seattle Underground tonight. As a bonus, here are a couple EVPs and photos from our previous investigations at the Underground. Enjoy!

EVPs

• - EVP 1 (Original|Lowpass)
• - EVP 2

Photos

• - Anomalous Photo | Control Photo

A BIG THANKS to AGHOST member Dustin B. for resurrecting the Haunted Newsletter, AGHOST's monthly newsletter. The October '07 issue can be found here. Thanks Dustin!

Dustin is always interested in new stories or articles, so if have any stories or would like to advertise in the newsletter, send an email to newsletter@aghost.org.

On Saturday, September 29th, AGHOST participated in the Boeing Paranormal Expo at the Kent Commons. While in the past we have stayed away from these kinds of events, this year we decided to just go for it.

And boy did we have fun. We had a great turn out of members who wanted to help out with the booth. I'm sure I'm forgetting some but thanks again, Steve, Madeline, Rachael and Janet for staying all day. Thanks also to Dani, Merlyn and Dustin for helping out.

The last summer, TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) and the SCI-FI Channel came to Seattle to investigate the Northern State Hospital and the Seattle Underground. That episode encompassing both investigations aired early this fall, on September 26th.

AGHOST President and founder Ross Allison, who often works at the Seattle Underground, was given the opportunity to participate in the investigation with TAPS. Although most of Ross' investigative work was edited out (figures), he did manage to make an appearance as a guest witnesses and tells of his own ghostly experience while working late at the Underground.

If you missed this episode of Ghost Hunters, don't worry, the entire episode has been posted on SCI-FI's website! Be sure to check it out, and see if you can spot Ross :)

AGHOST will be hosting a booth at this year's Boeing Employees Parapsychology Club Expo. Event information is as follows:

• Saturday, September 29th
• Kent Commons
  525 4th Ave N.
  Kent, WA 98042
  
• 9:00AM - 5:00PM
• http://www.bepcweb.org/expos.htm

This event is free for the public!
Come visit and support AGHOST!

Also be sure to check out our calendar for more events.

In August, 2007 AGHOST member Claire graciously donated to us the domain name AGHOST.org. This means you can now access our website via aghost.org, just as you would with aghost.org! Email works as well, so techdirector@aghost.org works just like techdirector@aghost.us, etc. I'm excited to have this new name, as I think AGHOST as a non-profit is more suited to a .org domain name.

Since both aghost.org and aghost.us work the same way and point to the same place, there is NO need to update your links or bookmarks.

Enjoy!

AGHOST would like to know your opinion. Please take our poll!

The Harvard Exit Theater in Seattle is one of Washington’s more publicized ‘haunted’ locations. In the past it has received media attention and been investigated by several paranormal groups, including AGHOST. During AGHOST's research of the building's history it came to light that some of the stories linked to the Harvard Exit have been portrayed and retold inaccurately. I thought it would be good to tell a few of the stories, as they were retold to us by former theater employees; as well as one that had not been told publicly before.

We occasionally receive emails from folks asking for more information about AGHOST and what it is that we do. There is quite a bit information about our organization on our website, but there are many interesting aspects to AGHOST that are not mentioned on the website or blog. So I thought I would write a bit about AGHOST (from my perspective) and what it's all about.

ParaDB (formerly the AGHOST Reporting Database) is now free software licensed under the GNU GPLv2.

ParaDB is a web-based (PHP/MySQL) application designed for use by ghost-hunting and paranormal research organizations. The software consists of a web-based interface for case management, client relations and investigative reporting. As the name implies, ParaDB utilizes a back-end database to store reports and case information. This allows for easy searching, querying and correlation of investigation data.

My hope is that this software will assist other research groups with the arduous task of case management and reporting. By opening the source code for this software, it also allows others to contribute to and improve the software for all of us to enjoy.

More information can be found at the following links. Please feel free to email me with any questions. Enjoy!

   - http://www.paradb.org/
   - http://paradb.sourceforge.net/ (mirror)