Article by Nicholas R. Grossmann
Psychic medium, Death Enthusiast and Bohemian
I have a little mad scientist in me, when it comes to weird devices like ghost gear. Dr. Frankenstien was the OG of paranormal, if you really want to go there or even Dr. Frankenferter. But if you really want to go deep into paranormal pioneers, Walt Disney froze his corpse in hopes to someday come back to life. The problem is that his tissue and blood cells are frozen and when it thaws it will bloat up.Basically when freezing a cell like anything else it will expand as the tiny and infinitesimal crystals of ice melt in each chamber of a cell or even an atom creating a cause and effect of expansion. But can you come back? What would happen if someone successfully got the brain going again. Would it have a personality again? So I’m kind of a mad man. This is the way I see things. I also like to pretend I’m a mad scientist because I tinker with making paranormal gear. Would it be you coming back or someone else in your vessel? All we are on the outside are organic robots. The human mind is a complexity of paranormal abilities on its own, besides the electronic gear. I also like to admit I like a nice zap from time to time. I can drink a monster and put my finger in an electric socket or bite a live wire. I just don’t like the smell but everything else will really get you a rush! As a matter of fact, that’s how I start my investigations.
Let’s go back to the revolutionary war. Most people don’t know that people back then were into the paranormal and contacting their lost loved ones through mediumships. That ectoplasm is gross by the way. I wouldn’t want any of that on me. Maybe that’s why they had their sessions in privacy? Behind the black curtain. Heeheehee! There’s that Crypt Keeper in me dying to come out!
Let’s take it back to the ragtime. Photos were black and white and serious. Hear that piano playing? A dirty mug with beer and some poison whiskey. Smell of cigars and the energy in the air of frustrated poker players winning and losing in games of Texas Holdem. Tuberculosis and dead soldiers from the war. The war was a bloody war and Tuberculosis filled the lungs. Many people died. It was a massacre of violence mixed with illness and plague. As well as back breaking work, sick or not. These were not easy times and people reached out to mediums to connect with their loved ones.
A Spirit lamp crafted by EsoterismoSimonMago
On Etsy.I will be buying one in the near future.
I’ve always had a great deal of respect for the OG paranormal gear like the dowsing rods and a simple pendulum! Ohh but wait! There’s one most people have forgotten in time which is the spirit lamp. An ingenious contraption made with a copper conductor rod hooked up to a battery. The other rod hooked up to a light bulb. You must have the copper rods perfect so they barely touch. This makes it easy for a spirit to touch the rods together creating a conductor and turning on the light bulb!
Another OG device is the forbidden Ouija board. They personally never worked for me. What’s dangerous is you are letting a spirit and giving it permission to partially possess your fingertips. Think about that for a moment… You are letting a spirit take possession of your hand. Big NO NO for many in the paranormal. And remember that fun 8 ball that answers questions? That too was also used along with a Tesla coil to generate electromagnetic energies. Zap break!!! One moment please. Hell, if I got the death penalty, I would pick the electric chair. Not that I like the zap feeling but more so I’m already cooked enough as to where the chair wouldn’t have much of an effect.
Executioner ” Ring Ring!” “I hate to break it to you, governor. But he’s alive!”
Me “I told you it wouldn’t work! I’m calling my lawyer! You left burn marks on my temples and hands.
Governor””Good God! Pardon that man!”
I make Ouija Board art. They really never worked for me but they work for others. But literally I do custom and my intent is for art purposes. What other people do with them is their business. But I have a custom. This one is The Salem Witches Board.
So I’ve been studying science on how spirits or theoretically how they manipulate equipment and I came to realize they have some type of electric charge called static or some unknown type of electrical energy. One person I’ve seen and was fascinated by was the ability of Sean Austin from Netflix 28 Days Most haunted. He’s also a friend of mine and a friend to many others. He’s an easy going dude. I’ve never seen someone use a spirit box the way he does. I don’t get it? I never was good with the spirit box. I’m a video tech myself, but I had a bunch of opportunities to investigate with Sean and see what he does. I honestly think it’s not just the spirit box device but his own ability combined. Something unique and rare to the extreme. I remember we were exploring Salem, Massachusetts at a place called Gallow Hill and Sean said he heard the name Penelope in his mind and 30 seconds later the spirit box said Penelope. Gallow Hill is not the place of the witch trials but it was thought to be for a long long time and people practiced all sorts of occult stuff up there making it haunted.
We also explored Stepney cemetery, one of the top ten most haunted cemeteries in America. As a matter of fact, that’s the first place I’ve investigated with Sean. I’m no stranger to the cemetery itself. Ed and Lorraine are buried there. I often get evidence with my flashlight at their grave turning on and off by itself. Ed has a sense of humor. It seems as for Lorraine, I met a bunch of times and she was a sweet lady. There is a church that is said by Lorraine to have the most exorcisms out of any church in the U.S. My theory is they removed the spirit from the person and the spirit goes next door to the cemetery. As a matter of fact, Ed had a great theory of why demons smell so bad. He said, “They like going to cemeteries and nesting up in a decomposing body. They do this because they hate humans so much that a dead body from a human’s remains smells like home to them.”
Sean Austin as himself.
I’ve seen Sean get what looked to be an angel on FB live. Some people just attract this activity and those are the ones you want to explore with. Sean is one of them. Of course we got some grub since he’s a food lover at Country Pizza! We also did an investigation at Captain Grant’s Inn in Preston, Connecticut where Sean stayed for 28 days investigating. After hosting the event with him and my former partner I was like damn! So much stuff went on that weekend. We had Deedee Benrey from the movie “The Warriors” as a guest. She was one of the Lizzies. One of my favorite parts and characters! Sean was on fire with the EVPS like it was cake. I don’t get it. I don’t believe in talent or not. I just am not good at EVPS or Spirit Box. I’m a video guy. We also went to Seans apartment in Stratford which was loaded with spirits and I mean LOADED! The stuff I was seeing in there! By the way he’s also a talented musician and also an EVP wizard. A prime example on how these technologies work.
Here are a few theories to note. A breakdown of the basic to complex paranormal equipment. I will try to dissect this stuff. (Here I go again with the Mad Scientist). I’m also a Saggiterrius so I have an obsession with philosophy. I’m inspired by Aristotle after reading “The Metapsychics” which drove me up the wall but I forced myself to read it. I had a quench, so I guess I have a bit of that way of thinking uploaded into my microchip. As a matter of fact when I first started reading The Metapsychics I got so frustrated I threw the book across the room. I also love Makiville. I love how he breaks down his political movement on how to bring order back to a country in times of Chaos and Anarchy. I have been writing a philosophy book for over a decade. It’s just never done! I keep thinking of more weird stuff and I believe I have proven or figured out a way for a human being to perceive the concept of infinity.I also forced myself to somewhat understand Calculus and trigonometry but that’s another nightmare and another story and a headache. Here’s some wisdom and knowledge on the gear you love to see and use. Consider this a deeper understanding of how things work and why .
My studies on each type of equipment and my theories on why they work.
On The Ethics of Paranormal Technology
SLS Camera
Silly photo with the SLS.
The SLS camera is an XBOX video game camera that’s originally not even meant for paranormal but games. The way this works is the camera has an IR light that shoots laser spores out in the environment you are investigating. It then gets plugged into a handheld tablet which is basically a computer that mathematically computes the dotted IR laser lights. It does this by measuring the depth of the many many laser lights. It then shows up on the screen in a stick figure form. Originally this is meant for people but it has a glitch and that is it detects ghosts because often when in a paranormal situation stick figures show up and start dancing around and there’s no one there. My neighbor’s dog passed away so I brought the SLS over and hooked it up to a TV screen with my computer. We saw a dog stick figure walk up to my neighbor and it looked as if it put his paws on the couch so my neighbor would pet him. The SLS is probably my favorite in general. And No No NO I’ve never done that on the SLS camera and probably never will! Get your mind out of the gutter! Geez, always a wise guy here.
Spirit Box
Photo of CTPAST Jeff Gerry at work.
I believe the spirit box works in a way like when there’s interference with Walkie talkies and CB radios. I think spirits have a full spectrum of energy including heat, static, and radio waves. They are able to manipulate the frequency of the white noise. I remember investigating Fairfield Hills Asylum. The night before it rained very heavily. The buildings are abandoned and in rough shape so when you walked in you heard water dripping everywhere from leaks in the roof. I remember listening to the drops and eventually I started hearing children playing. I then came to some realization that there’s something about white noise in general that makes it easy for spirits to communicate. Like the TVs. Remember Poltergeist??? Why is the white noise in the old school TVs not a popular gear? Ever think that? That is old school stuff. You know the TV screen with the white snow and sometimes you will see distorted TV clips. By the way, when I was in Highschool, I figured out how to I guess hack the TV and cable on those white fuzz stations to get channels I was not supposed to watch l! Hahahaha … Don’t mind my Sagittarius sense of humor! Also the white fuzz is from The Big Bang. It’s energy from that long long time ago. Scientifically it’s the waves of the big bang still around today and if that’s the case (which is a fact) then these spirits coming through are real! If the Big Bang coming through to your TV is a fact then I would say that explains it right there.
EMF meter
One of my favorites basic equipment that does the job well is the K2 EMF sensor which has a display of led lights and when a spirit is near it lights up. You can even play games with the spirit or get simple yes and no answers asking it to light up certain ways. How theoretically would this work? There’s a magnetic sensor in the device hooked up to the led light system. It must have a relay switch hooked up to the antena and when the sensor picks up a current, it closes the switch and creates continuity making the lights go off. Brilliant if you ask me and still a favorite of mine. If you’re picking up EMF signals around me, I don’t have any spirit attachment, that’s just the metal plate in my head. No need for a cleansing. Just a metal plate. Oh yeah, a computer chip also. 🙂
Ok one of my favorites! Texas Chainsaw 2. The freak with the metal plate!
Dowsing rods
These are a favorite of people who come on my ghost tours or paranormal classes. They are as simple as it gets, with two brass rods with swivels. These are originally used to find water underground. As a matter of fact in the country, farmers called these skilled people “Water Witches”. Other than water, they can also find unmarked graves and get responses from spirits. It’s a magnetic phenomenon. It’s simple as the spirit gives a slight electric charge and is able to manipulate the two rods. They are pretty awesome! By the way, my house is haunted but brings anything but the dowsing rods. We don’t allow them on the property because they go haywire in the backyard. That’s all you need to know! Wink… Serial killer humor.
Sea Salt
Ahhhh the salt! The purification of minerals. Salt is an antiseptic and its antiseptic properties don’t just clean infected areas but also clean unclean spirits. Yes, you heard right. It’s as basic as that. Even a nice cleaning with windex washed on the windows would repel negative spirits and entities. I’ve studied Hoodoo in my past and one very popular ritual is to grab a handful of salt in your left hand, concentrate on your bad vibes absorbing in the salt and then throw it over your left shoulder. Another interesting fact is Holy Water is a saline solution. It’s blessed with salt water. I love picking that stuff apart. I hate to admit it but I knew a possessed secretary where I used to work. I don’t work there anymore but long story short, I came back when the shop was closed and unlocked the door. I put Holy Water in her ice tea in the fridge. I dabbed it on every key on her keyboard, her chair, you name it I dabbed it on. The next day, she drank her tea and vomited and was making Linda Blair-like noises. We had to call the Ambulance. She quit after that. I’m being serious with this one.
Thermal imager
This is a pretty pricey one but a goodie. I remember doing a case in Derby, Connecticut. My friend I was with had a good one she bought at Home Depot. She caught a blue human profile and it was making peace signs at us and interacting and in all these years of paranormality, that’s one of the best moments I’ve ever had. It was wild!. How this also works is it detects heat signatures. We all know in theory that when a room is cold it doesn’t have a spirit in it but instead an imprint. Most people think when a room is cold that there are spirits in there with them but it’s the reverse actually. This is a tool of my Ghost Storm Teammate, Ryan Jarrel.
Infrared and UV lighting
A full spectrum of lights. Different light frequencies will capture different entities not seen by the naked eye. For me, the Night vision camera is the most important thing. I love being able to immortalize a supernatural moment. This lighting will capture anomalies that are not seen withincandescent light. You need a camera that is IR sensitive. I just think it’s so cool that as a kid, I loved watching stuff like Rambo or American Ninja and I used to be like “Damn, I wish I could afford one of those night vision tactical binoculars.” Back in that time it was super expensive. We are talking thousands. Now you can get Night Vision gear for as little as over $160.00. I also remember as a teenager I used the UV light but not to capture spirits but instead lift my own spirits. The black lights were so cool in the 90s with the glowing posters!
Quartz crystals
Now everyone has this backwards! Quartz will not repel spirits but instead attract them! HELLLLOOOOO! Think of it like this. Quartz has a natural electric charge. That’s why it’s used in time watches. People have this one waaay off!! It’s kind of funny. Do you want some super human powers? Get a glass of water and put a quartz crystal at the bottom. Put it outside in the light of the full moon. Drink it after. Notice how you feel.
EVP
This is one of the best used by many. An electric recorder to capture the disembodied voices in haunted locations. The way this works is there’s a microphone and the spirit is able to make a vibration on it mimicking its voice. Some of the best EVP work I have ever seen was buddy and teammate Jeff Gerry from CTPAST. I called him an EVP.
Ovilus and Poultry Script ITC Device
These are some fine pieces of gear. These are basically hand held computer systems with a 2500 word vocabulary. I think the way it works is it has a tiny subwoofer inside and the spirit is able to make it vibrate. So they manipulate the frequencies of the psychical vibration of the subwoofer and it has a microphone and their humming vibrations get picked up by the mic. Then the computer matched their hum vibration with a word in the vocabulary. I’ll tell you a funny story. We had a ghost tour at Fairfield Hills Asylum. I basically had to jump through hoops to score an event like this. Signatures after signatures after signatures. So we were all walking the premises and all the sudden a Police officer pulled up and he was nice and told us just not to go inside the buildings and my Polturescript started going off saying all sorts of derogatory slurs about the Police. Now personally I support the blue but at the same time I was hoping the officer didn’t hear what was coming out of the device. I don’t know how he didnt hear it and he was very nice. Everyone else heard it!
Your Iphone or android
It’s funny that this is one of the best things you can use. First off the lenses for some reason combined with the illumination in the phone are able to capture spirits or interdimensional beings. I believe there’s something about the lens that bends light in a sense and that’s why that bend makes it capable of capturing supernatural photos. On my ghost tour, I bring tons of gear for people to use but I always tell them to keep taking pictures with the flash on. A lot of people will say don’t use the flash. A spirit is semi transparent energy. It uses elements from the environment to manifest such as moisture, heat, humidity, and static. This concoction creates a substance the spirit can manipulate forming shapes and different faces as well as full body apparition. When you take a photo of a foggy night with the flash off you won’t see much of the fog but when you take it with the flash on the flash reflects off or the fog so then you can see it with the digital camera. The same thing with spirits. Think of them as a foggy substance also.
One of the ghost tours we did at the infamous Zacharia Curtis House owned by Paranormal researcher Bill Bachlechner.
Overall the fancy gear the best equipped is the Human mind. Everyone has the ability to channel. I say it like this… Some are born naturals at baseball, math, karate, and some are born naturals at being psychic. Anyone can play baseball, the same as anyone can be psychic. We only use about 15% of our brain. Imagine if every part of the brain was open, we would be able to do some amazing things.What is called The Pineal Gland or as we know in psychic slang (The Third Eye) is where the key to the heavens exist. It says in the Bible “ For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”
Not to sound religious but… for me I see the vision in shades of colors. All kinds of shades.
I also have a weird experience of a black like blob coming out of the wall and it changes colors and makes faces. I had a psychic tell me it’s protecting me. I had another one tell me it’s a monster and it’s protecting me. My friend, Steve Biff Saunders (The Exorcist), sees the same thing and recently I just learned about his experience with this same phenomenon. I remember him telling me he sees this and as he’s describing it he had this look on his face. When I saw the look of intensity while he was describing this I knew he sees the same thing. The thing is intense looking. Even describing this to another person you will start getting intensified alone.
I haven’t met many, who have had the same experience happen.I will admit it’s pretty intense looking and not easy to sleep with it hanging over my bed. A monster protecting me? I guess I’ll take that. It’s a Witch Doctor thing.
A.I. Image of psychedelic Wizard. Much like the black light posters we had in the 90s.
You can see anything if you just quiet your mind. It’s just a matter of completely clearing your mind. That’s all it is!
Article by Author Nicholas Robert Grossmann
02/08/2025