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CAPS Has Been Busy (And, will continue to be for the month of October)

tina — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:31:44 +0000

10/1/2011 – CAPS Core Team Private Investigation in Lincoln County for a Major Media Publication

10/5/2011 – CAPS Spirit Rescue/Cleansing in Concord, NC

10/6/2011 – CAPS Core Team Private Investigation in Charlotte for FOX Charlotte. Watch Fox News Edge on Saturday – October 29th, and Fox News Rising on Halloween Day!

10/8/2011 – CAPS Founder & Director Will be Speaking to the Mind, Body Spirit Group at Carolina Lakes Sun City

10/13/2011 – CAPS Honored at the Second Harvest Food Bank's Partner Appreciation Luncheon as Volunteer Group of the Year!

10/14/2011 – CAPS Core Team Private Investigation in Concord, NC for WCNC News Channel 36's Charlotte Today Show. Watch The Charlotte Today Show at 11am on Halloween Day!!

10/16/2011 – CAPS Founder & Director, Tina R. McSwain, to appear on ParaX Radio Network Show – The Hive at 7pm

10/21/2011 – CAPS Core Team Will Help to Premiere Paranormal Activity 3 at Carolina Cinemas Crownpoint Stadium 12 Theatres beginning at 6PM

10/29/2011 – CAPS Core Team Will be Presenting a Program at the Historic Rosedale Plantation Ghost Walk at 6pm, 8pm, and a special presentation at 10:30pm prior to the Midnight House Tour.

10/29/2011 – CAPS Sponsored Meetup at The Historic Rosedale Plantation Ghost Walk 6pm and 8pm

10/31/2011 – Halloween

10/31/2011 – Watch WCNC News Channel 36 for a story on a haunted Charlotte Restaurant Investigated by CAPS Core Team

Charlotte Today with Dayvee Sutton

admin — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:51:53 +0000

CAPS investigates Historic Rosedale with Dayvee Sutton and Charlotte Today of WCNC News Channel 36.

Ghostbusting vs. ghosthunting: the science behind the fiction

admin — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:15:23 +0000

An interview between Cheralyn Lambeth and Tina McSwain

Click here for original article

With October upon us and Halloween fast approaching, many people's thoughts turn to "ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night." Hunting for ghosts has recently become a popular pastime, with numerous televison shows such as Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, and Paranormal State showcasing various teams as they prowl haunted locations in search of otherwordly activity.

In the 1984 hit sci-fi film Ghostbusters, a team of paranormal scientists designed and created their own equipment to not only detect ghosts, but to capture and hold them safely in a containment unit. The reality of ghosthunting science, though, is at the moment not quite as flashy.

Tina McSwain, founder and director of CAPS, the Charlotte Area Paranormal Society, points out that–unlike the custom proton packs and PKE meters the Ghostbusting team created to capture unruly spirits–most equipment used by ghosthunters today is gleaned from other industries. "You've got your EMF (electro-magnetic field) detectors that electricians use to find electrical faults in buildings; infrared and thermal cameras that firefighters, for instance, use to detect "hot-spots" in post-fire situations; and of course cameras, flashlights, and audio/video recorders are in common everyday use." She also adds that much of the equipment used by game hunters, such as motion-activated cameras, works equally well in hunting ghosts.