Originally aired: June 5th, 2009
Cast: Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, Aaron Goodwin
Setting: Preston Castle, Ione, CA USA
Episode Summary: The team heads to Ione, CA to investigate reports of paranormal activity at Preston Castle. Opened in 1894, Preston Castle was the home of Preston School of Industry - a reform school for troubled boys. The Ghost Adventures Team interviews witnesses from a paranormal group that has had many troubling experiences in the abandoned castle. Several unsolved murders are believed to be the source of the paranormal activity.
Evidence Review:
Preston Castle daytime walkthrough with paranormal investigator Gloria Young...
0:04:49 - Evidence: Roses on the ground in the infirmary.
+ Gloria states that no one has been in the castle since her team last investigated.
- How would Gloria know this? Is she the caretaker?
- No confirmation of this by castle staff.
Evidentiary Value: Very Low
0:06:25 - Evidence: Gloria hears something while walking with Zak, Nick and Aaron.
- Unheard on DVD audio.
- Unheard by Zak, Nick or Aaron.
- Sound is not described by Gloria
- No further investigation is shown.
- Site is unsecured.
- Could have been non-paranormal sounds.
Evidentiary Value: Very Low
0:11:49 - Evidence: Feeling hits Zak in the hallway next to the kitchen. Aaron also feels something.
+ The feeling comes over two investigators.
- Neither Zak or Aaron describe the feeling.
- No further investigation is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:12:34 - Evidence: Gloria & Nick hear a little girl crying.
+ Heard by two people near each other.
+ Not heard by Zak in the stairwell which makes sense.
- Not heard on the DVD audio.
- Site is unsecure.
- No further investigation is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:13:25 - Evidence: Zak and Nick smell Sulphur.
+ Smelled by two investigators near each other.
- May have a natural explanation.
- Site in unsecure.
- No further investigation is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:13:38 - Evidence: High pitched sound on Aaron's camera audio.
+ Heard on DVD.
- Sound is consistent with an equipment anomaly.
- No further investigation shown.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:13:49 - Evidence: Gloria's audio battery is dead.
+ Happens right around the time of Aaron's audio glitch. (0:13:38)
- Could be equipment failure.
- No other batteries are reported to be failing.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:15:07 - Evidence: Scratches on the back of Joshua Ford's leg.
+ Gloria is scratched also (0:17:16).
- Joshua didn't mention being scratched during the tour.
- Joshua came back after going home.
- Could have been happened somewhere else.
Evidentiary Value: Low
+ Gloria states that no one has been in the castle since her team last investigated.
- How would Gloria know this? Is she the caretaker?
- No confirmation of this by castle staff.
Evidentiary Value: Very Low
0:06:25 - Evidence: Gloria hears something while walking with Zak, Nick and Aaron.
- Unheard on DVD audio.
- Unheard by Zak, Nick or Aaron.
- Sound is not described by Gloria
- No further investigation is shown.
- Site is unsecured.
- Could have been non-paranormal sounds.
Evidentiary Value: Very Low
0:11:49 - Evidence: Feeling hits Zak in the hallway next to the kitchen. Aaron also feels something.
+ The feeling comes over two investigators.
- Neither Zak or Aaron describe the feeling.
- No further investigation is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:12:34 - Evidence: Gloria & Nick hear a little girl crying.
+ Heard by two people near each other.
+ Not heard by Zak in the stairwell which makes sense.
- Not heard on the DVD audio.
- Site is unsecure.
- No further investigation is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:13:25 - Evidence: Zak and Nick smell Sulphur.
+ Smelled by two investigators near each other.
- May have a natural explanation.
- Site in unsecure.
- No further investigation is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:13:38 - Evidence: High pitched sound on Aaron's camera audio.
+ Heard on DVD.
- Sound is consistent with an equipment anomaly.
- No further investigation shown.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:13:49 - Evidence: Gloria's audio battery is dead.
+ Happens right around the time of Aaron's audio glitch. (0:13:38)
- Could be equipment failure.
- No other batteries are reported to be failing.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:15:07 - Evidence: Scratches on the back of Joshua Ford's leg.
+ Gloria is scratched also (0:17:16).
- Joshua didn't mention being scratched during the tour.
- Joshua came back after going home.
- Could have been happened somewhere else.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:17:06 - Evidence: Gloria reports scratches on right arm after walkthrough.
+Joshua is scratched also (0:17:06).
- Gloria didn't mention being scratched during the tour.
- Could have been caused by something else...not paranormal.
Evidentiary Value: Low
Lockdown starts...
0:18:55 - Evidence: Sounds heard by Zak, Nick and Aaron.
+ Heard by multiple investigators.
- Not heard on DVD audio.
- Cast does not describe what they heard.
Evidentiary Value: Low
+ Heard by multiple investigators.
- Not heard on DVD audio.
- Cast does not describe what they heard.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:20:31 - Evidence: Voice heard by Zak, Nick and Aaron.
+ Site is secure.
+ Heard by multiple investigators.
+ Sound is consistent with a voice or a screechy sound of something being moved across a floor.
+ Heard on DVD without enhancement.
+ Sounds like it is not close to the investigators which is consistent with what they reported hearing.
- Not completely identifiable as speech or a vocalization.
- No further interaction with or investigation of the sound is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Medium
In the Infirmary...
0:23:03 - Evidence: EVP - Playback of Nick's digital recorder... "I don't know" & "Talk".
- Sounds are ambiguous and not clearly consistent with speech.
- Sounds are consistent with ambient noise or interference from the cast.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:24:29 - Evidence: EVP - Playback of Nick's digital recorder "Get outta here".
- Sounds are ambiguous and not clearly consistent with speech.
- Sounds are consistent with a breath or release of air.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:24:40 - Evidence: Sound heard by Zak and Nick.
+ I hear a footstep.
- No other sounds are heard on the DVD audio.
- Cast is talking during the sound.
- Cast does not describe what they heard.
- There is no replay or enhancement.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:24:58 - Evidence: Voice heard by Zak, Nick and Aaron.
+ Heard by all three investigators.
- Not heard on DVD audio.
- Cast does not describe the voice.
- There is no replay or enhancement.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:25:12 - Evidence: EVP - Playback of Nick's digital recorder "...come on. You can do it...".
+ Resembles whispered speech.
- Not fully recognizable as speech.
- Found upon later review.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:25:25 - Evidence: Knocking sound heard by Zak, Nick and Aaron.
+ Faintly heard on DVD audio.
+ Heard by all three investigators.
- Not necessarily paranormal, buildings make noise.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:26:28 - Evidence: Mist seen on static vision camera.
+ A very faint figure is seen upon playback.
+ Figure's movement is consistent with moving down the hallway away from the camera.
+ Replayed several times.
+ Appears around the same time as electromagnetic pump runs out of power (0:26:58)
- Could be a residual image from a previous recording or bled over from other equipment. Not sure if this is possible or not.
- The figure is so faint it is hard to investigate further.
Evidentiary Value: Good
0:26:58 - Evidence: Electromagnetic pump runs out of power.
+ Happens around the time that the faint figure is captured on the static vision camera.
+ Figure may have used the power to appear.
- Technology may be unclear to the viewer.
- Battery may have died for non-paranormal reasons.
- No testing or verifying of the functionality is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:27:23 - Evidence: Creepy female scream.
+ Sound is not consistent with normal sounds heard at night.
+ Happens in quick succession to the faint hallway figure and the electromagnetic pump failure.
+ Sound is replayed several times.
- Sound is not consistent with a female scream.
- Sound resembles a bird or other animal screeching.
Evidentiary Value: Medium
0:27:47 - Electromagnetic detection device alarms down the same hallway as the figure and the other sounds.
+ Happens in quick succession to the hallway figure, electromagnetic pump failure and other sounds.
- Earlier the cast implies that the electromagnetic pump may be drained by the spirit/activity in the area and yet does not seem to consider the possibility that the pump is setting off the sensor.
+ The Pump and the sensor are not really in close proximity to each other so why would they be interacting with each other.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
(continued in part 2)
+ Site is secure.
+ Heard by multiple investigators.
+ Sound is consistent with a voice or a screechy sound of something being moved across a floor.
+ Heard on DVD without enhancement.
+ Sounds like it is not close to the investigators which is consistent with what they reported hearing.
- Not completely identifiable as speech or a vocalization.
- No further interaction with or investigation of the sound is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Medium
In the Infirmary...
0:23:03 - Evidence: EVP - Playback of Nick's digital recorder... "I don't know" & "Talk".
- Sounds are ambiguous and not clearly consistent with speech.
- Sounds are consistent with ambient noise or interference from the cast.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:24:29 - Evidence: EVP - Playback of Nick's digital recorder "Get outta here".
- Sounds are ambiguous and not clearly consistent with speech.
- Sounds are consistent with a breath or release of air.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:24:40 - Evidence: Sound heard by Zak and Nick.
+ I hear a footstep.
- No other sounds are heard on the DVD audio.
- Cast is talking during the sound.
- Cast does not describe what they heard.
- There is no replay or enhancement.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:24:58 - Evidence: Voice heard by Zak, Nick and Aaron.
+ Heard by all three investigators.
- Not heard on DVD audio.
- Cast does not describe the voice.
- There is no replay or enhancement.
Evidentiary Value: Low
0:25:12 - Evidence: EVP - Playback of Nick's digital recorder "...come on. You can do it...".
+ Resembles whispered speech.
- Not fully recognizable as speech.
- Found upon later review.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:25:25 - Evidence: Knocking sound heard by Zak, Nick and Aaron.
+ Faintly heard on DVD audio.
+ Heard by all three investigators.
- Not necessarily paranormal, buildings make noise.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:26:28 - Evidence: Mist seen on static vision camera.
+ A very faint figure is seen upon playback.
+ Figure's movement is consistent with moving down the hallway away from the camera.
+ Replayed several times.
+ Appears around the same time as electromagnetic pump runs out of power (0:26:58)
- Could be a residual image from a previous recording or bled over from other equipment. Not sure if this is possible or not.
- The figure is so faint it is hard to investigate further.
Evidentiary Value: Good
0:26:58 - Evidence: Electromagnetic pump runs out of power.
+ Happens around the time that the faint figure is captured on the static vision camera.
+ Figure may have used the power to appear.
- Technology may be unclear to the viewer.
- Battery may have died for non-paranormal reasons.
- No testing or verifying of the functionality is shown.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
0:27:23 - Evidence: Creepy female scream.
+ Sound is not consistent with normal sounds heard at night.
+ Happens in quick succession to the faint hallway figure and the electromagnetic pump failure.
+ Sound is replayed several times.
- Sound is not consistent with a female scream.
- Sound resembles a bird or other animal screeching.
Evidentiary Value: Medium
0:27:47 - Electromagnetic detection device alarms down the same hallway as the figure and the other sounds.
+ Happens in quick succession to the hallway figure, electromagnetic pump failure and other sounds.
- Earlier the cast implies that the electromagnetic pump may be drained by the spirit/activity in the area and yet does not seem to consider the possibility that the pump is setting off the sensor.
+ The Pump and the sensor are not really in close proximity to each other so why would they be interacting with each other.
Evidentiary Value: Fair
(continued in part 2)
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