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[Combat]

"Ghost" tours have become big business in GB. Mostly harmless stuff even though a few of these people may be unhinged - there are no ghosts here or anywhere - but what the hell its nearly Halloween:

Travel Channel to broadcast 7-hour Gettysburg special on Friday

The Travel Channel has arrived in Gettysburg to air a live seven-hour ghost program, dubbed Most Haunted Live, beginning Friday at 8 p.m.

“Seven hours is longer than the Super Bowl,” laughs Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau spokesperson Carl Whitehill. “It’s going to be a phenomenal broadcast. We literally have not seen anything this big around here since the movie ‘Gettysburg’ was shot in the mid-1990s.”

During the broadcast, host and lead investigator Yvette Fielding will be joined by her team to explore Gettysburg’s rich history and hauntings. Armed with scientific tools and night-vision cameras, the team will conduct an in-depth investigation in the hopes of connecting and communicating with the paranormal.

“Every year they pick a site to go live, and they chose Gettysburg this year,” says Whitehill. “This is only their third U.S. location where they’ve ever shot a live broadcast. It’s incredible.”

Footage is being shot at the Farnsworth House, Dobbin House, Jennie Wade House and Shriver House, as well as an undisclosed location.

“Gettysburg is a bulls-eye as far as a location for this sort of event,” says Sue Norton, executive producer for the Most Haunted Live program. “Travel Channel is thrilled to hold this investigation at Gettysburg because of its historical significance and the numerous accounts of paranormal activity reported.”

A crew of more than 100 people began arriving in town earlier this week, and staffers have been busy prepping the scenes, installing cameras, and setting up ghost detection equipment.

“They’re spending a lot of money in town,” says Whitehill. “They’ve called upon local merchants for props, and they’re eating at our restaurants and shopping in our stores.”

The event, Travel Channel officials say, will be an unprecedented paranormal investigation. Webcams and viewer input will make the Gettysburg edition of Most Haunted Live completely interactive.

Log on to www.travelchannel.com /TV_Shows/Most_Haunted to participate.

The series traditionally airs on Fridays at 10 p.m. on the Travel Channel, although this week’s edition runs from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m.

 

[Warrior]

"Ghost" tours have become big business in GB. Mostly harmless stuff even though a few of these people may be unhinged - there are no ghosts here or anywhere..........."

Not sure about that one Combat.

My cousins brother in law, who knows nothing about the ACW, was traveling through PA several years ago coming home from a business trip and saw a sign for Gettysburg and as he put it "a light went off beckoning me to go there", which he did and as he explains it, he was "drawn" to Little Round Top. He got out of the car and walked up the hill and as he got to the top of Little Round Top, the battle literally unfolded around him; cannons going off, rifles firing, men dropping and dying all around him, etc, etc. And in a flash, it was all gone.

Have heard other stories about a couple searching for a particular monument near Devils Den when a raggy fellow with no shoes on appeared out of nowhere and said "The monument you folks are looking for is over yonder" and when they turned to thank him, he was gone.

Also heard of a group of European diplomats who toured the battlefield in the early 1900's and at the base of Little Round Top, a Confederate battle line emerged from the woods, then dissapeared back into the woods and when they returned to where the tour started, they thanked the park service personnel for the reenactment that took place, to which the park personnel responded "What reenactment?"

There are many other such stories, but perhaps you are right about there being no ghosts there; all I know is 1/3rd of the participants in that battle were casualties, ie, A LOT of suffering took place there and for there not to be any ghosts, I'm just not sure.

Just a sad chapter in the American Civil War; oh wait, sorry "The war of Northern Aggression" as it is more commonly referred to by our southern friends........................

 

[Combat]

Interestingly enough there is supposedly a ghost or two in the ballroom at the Gettysburg Hotel where they held the toy soldier show last year. Something about the ghost of a young lady who danced there on her wedding day. I don't remember all the details. I told my five year old that story once when we were having lunch in that room and she kept an eye out for her - even on the ceiling which would be kind of creepy to see, but alas no confirmation.

I've driven across the battlefield on many a fog shrouded night when not a soul (literally in my case) was in sight. Try it sometime in February. I can see how some folks might be spooked by the association with all those deaths. Like I said mostly good fun for visitors in the summer. I do get a little concerned that some people take it too seriously or substitute the ghost experience for actual history (aka the History Channel).

George you should send your cousin down tomorrow. Those folks have 8 hours to kill on TV and could use some good stories.

 

[Warrior]

When I attend Fall In in November, I usually go get dinner in town then head back the Eisenhower for some adult beverages and to check out some of the games. By the time I wrap things up, it's around 10:00pm or so and the drive back to the hotel I stay at where I cross the battlefield always gives me the creeps.

You couldn't pay me enough to camp out on the battlefield at night as I have heard some folks have done; no thanks.

Regarding my cousins brother in law, he has only told his story to a handful of relatives, so I doubt he'd go for it. It still bothers him to this day...........

 

[Combat]

Tonight at 8PM EST on the travel channel. Hopefully the local college kids go running around in the dark screaming for blood. They do that anyway on Friday night, but this is TV time.

 

[Combat]

Almost time. Here we go: http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Most_Haunted_Live

 

[Combat]

This show was a total farce. You really had to see it to believe it. Even the ghost believers hated it. Some funny posts: http://discussions.travelchannel.com/eve/forums/a/cfrm/f/4481991988

 

[Warrior]

I dozed off about halfway through it; if that woman said "Did you hear THAT!!??" one more time, I was going to fire the tv through the window..........................

 

[Sans Culotte]

A friend of ours, who is a Marine vet, who served in the Pacific in WWII, went to Gettysburg a few years ago to tour the battlefield. He met some Confederate re-enactors and, while shooting the breeze with them, was told by one that, after hours, he (the re-enactor) decided to make the same trek that the men had made on the 3rd Day's battle. About half-way there, he felt a hand tug at his lower pants leg and, at the same time, heard a voice say, "don't go." He didn't. Our own house, a restored ante-bellum plantation house, has its own share of ghosts, including one who served with the 21st SC who was wounded in the lungs in Virginia in '64, was invalided home, and died in the house. When he appears, you see him in his captain's uniform. Most of the time, we hear the ghosts as well as smell their tobacco smoke (we are non-smokers, in a smoke-free home),their food cooking/baking, perfume, freshly-picked wildflowers, and so on. Their favorite time was Christmas, as that is when they are most active. I don't need to waste my time with the so-called ghost hunters; I just need to wait for what will transpire next at home!

 

[Capitolron]

A friend of ours, who is a Marine vet, who served in the Pacific in WWII, went to Gettysburg a few years ago to tour the battlefield. He met some Confederate re-enactors and, while shooting the breeze with them, was told by one that, after hours, he (the re-enactor) decided to make the same trek that the men had made on the 3rd Day's battle. About half-way there, he felt a hand tug at his lower pants leg and, at the same time, heard a voice say, "don't go." He didn't. Our own house, a restored ante-bellum plantation house, has its own share of ghosts, including one who served with the 21st SC who was wounded in the lungs in Virginia in '64, was invalided home, and died in the house. When he appears, you see him in his captain's uniform. Most of the time, we hear the ghosts as well as smell their tobacco smoke (we are non-smokers, in a smoke-free home),their food cooking/baking, perfume, freshly-picked wildflowers, and so on. Their favorite time was Christmas, as that is when they are most active. I don't need to waste my time with the so-called ghost hunters; I just need to wait for what will transpire next at home!

Wow - Very Spooky stuff - I love these Ghost Stories and always wanted to see something out in Gettysburg - just haven't there at the right time.

My townhouse is two blocks away from the Old Navy Hospital - this building was really busy during the Civil War - the lights are kept on in the Building all times - I am sure you spirits who died in horrible conditions still there !

 

[Sans Culotte]

My wife & I have lived in, or worked around, so many haunted places that we have just maintained open minds about the supernatural. We've never found ghosts to appear or perform on cue, which is why we scoff at TV programs that hunt them for our entertainment. If our ghosts make themselves known to guests, it's only after someone has been here more than once. Even then, I'm sure that they disappoint people, as there are no bloodcurdling screams, no rattling of chains, no blood dripping down walls, etc. Living in D.C. as you do, you probably unknowingly see many things. But hunting for the supernatural will probably be most unprofitable. Always keep an open mind about such things, though.