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Child Haunting / Sutcliffe House

Season 2, Episode 7, Aired Sep 07, 2005

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The TAPS team visits two homes to investigate their claims of a long history of paranormal activity.

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John Zaffis

Guest Investigator

Jason Hawes

Lead Investigator
Grant Wilson (II)

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Steve Gonsalves

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Kristyn Gartland

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Donna LaCroix

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Dustin Pari

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Still not quite what I've been looking for, but one of the better episodes of the season

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By entil2001, Sep 09, 2005

After half a season of episodes devoted to silly personal drama and precious few interesting cases, we finally have an episode with a clear study in contrasts. I've said before that the previous episodes seemed to be structured to present the case for Jason and Grant's professional manner. Basically, if the audience needed convincing as far as their methods and integrity were concerned, the non-active cases were meant to provide that.

Leaving aside the fact that there will always be detractors (of varying competence and sanity), I found that this episode was more impressive for coming after so many episodes of "negative space". It's the contrast that makes it work. On a show like "Most Haunted", where every speck of dust is an "orb" and every noise is spirit communication, it's easy to dismiss something that might be genuine. Because so little has happened over the past several weeks, when small moments of oddness shine through, it's far more substantial.

First case:

This is the set-up, in my book. A case where Jason and Grant demonstrate without a doubt that they don't look for paranormals explanations for normal behavioral and environmental issues. I was very happy to see them point out the environmental issues in the basement, for instance. The commentary on the effects of before-bed gaming was also admirable. As a relatively low-key gamer myself, I know that I can't use my PS2 or PC for gaming right before bed, because I'll be too energized to rest. It has to be even worse for children!

Did I think that Jason and Grant went a little off topic with the EM hypersensitivity? A little bit. After all, there were far more obvious explanations. But again, I think they were trying to split hairs and give the homeowners something more vague than chemical fumes to hang their hats on. By making it something a little more intangible, it covered more than a few isolated effects, making the observation a bit more psychologically helpful.

Second case:

After the episode with the lighthouse, I would have thought that a location like this would be of little interest to Jason and Grant. Chasing after locations with a "history" seems to go badly for them lately. And Jason is far more restrained in his comments about the Warrens than I would have expected. For all that, they had quite a few moments of possible activity in the house, which is more than they've had for a long time.

The major item is the door, which still doesn't quite do it for me. However, it was satisfying to watch Jason go from skeptical but intrigued to clearly baffled. This is one of those situations were the editing probably doesn't do the case justice, because you have to know that Jason tested that door in every which way. Of course, I also try to keep in mind that a lot of what happened last season was on par with this, so I shouldn't have been expecting much more.

Dustin's experience and the vibrating furniture are the kinds of things that I think would be dismissed quickly on "Most Haunted", but the relative lack of such occurrences on this series makes it easier to believe. Usually, personal experiences aren't enough on their own, but the door adds something to the mix that Jason and Grant cannot ignore.

Hopefully this won't be the most active moment of the season. I would hate to think that a longer second season would be less impressive than the shorter first season was.
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- The investigation of the Tanguay residence took place on April 8-9, 2005, according to the date embedded in the camera footage. The investigation of the Sutcliffe house was several months later, on June 1-2, 2005.
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- Also Appearing: Investigation 1: Tanguay House - Springfield, Massachusetts Denise Tanguay - Homeowner Joseph Tanguay - Homeowner Zachary Tanguay - Joseph and Denise's Son Investigation 2: Sutcliffe House - Harrisville, Rhode Island Norma Sutcliffe - Homeowner
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- Jason: The cases that we don't find anything truly can be tough, because the people who contacted us really believe they have a paranormal problem.
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- Steve: (as they're laying power cords) I really think these cords should be gaff taped, so if you... Dustin: That's a great idea, you're brilliant! (he grabs Steve's face and gives him a smacking kiss on the cheek. Then he starts taping) Only in ghost hunting is taping such an exciting experience.
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- This episode is listed under the title "Two Houses" at the official Ghost Hunters website.
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- No paranormal experiences are recorded at the Tanguay home. At the Sutcliffe house a bedroom closet door repeatedly opening and closing on it's own is recorded. Various personal experiences include a paranormal researcher noticing a vibration in a chair he was sitting in, Dustin felt he was grabbed by something while taping and Jason first hand experienced the bedroom door trying to open on it's own. This led to the conclusion by Grant and Jason to label this house as haunted.
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