Q . well if ghost have to be in darkness how come some have been found in the day?
chris TX

A. Ghosts don't have to be in darkness. We do investigations in darkness because ghosts can sometimes be seen with infrared video cameras and infrared video cameras ork only in darkness!

A.  If there are spirits in your house and you feel you need to put them at rest, just try talking to them. Here are some things you can tell them :

Tell them the light is a good place of love and peace

Tell them they'll be reunited with loved ones

Tell them that they are in fact dead (maybe they don't know that)

tell them they will not be judged for any wrong doings (maybe they are afraid they will get in trouble for something they did while alive)

Tell them to look around for other spirits nearby who can help them.  There may be a friend or relative there too

Tell them they will not stop living if they go to the light, they will stay just like they are now

It may take a while to convince them, after all they have their personality and free will so they may not just run off the first time.  Be firm but friendly in your tone of voice.  You have to convince them to leave by making them understand that they are in the wrong place and should be somewhere else.. This is only for confused spirits who are stuck here. If the spirit near you is just visiting this will not work.  A visiting spirit often knows you and is checking in to see you.

Q. I talk to them but they just stand there and look at me. What if they are needing to do something or gain revenge if they were murdered? What should I say to them? There's also a ghost in our dinning room of someone being hung by their neck from the ceiling. Two of my friends are really sensitive to clarivoiant waves. I am also very sensitive. I went on to the Internet and looked at different types of ghosts. The one that I think that I see is a form of ectoplasm with eyes. I know it's not a visiting ghost because it stalks around and ignores me until I talk to it. Then it stares at me in an ominous way. Thank you for understanding and helping. Max Barber

Q. Hi Max,
Please don't be afraid, ghosts don't take revenge on people.  That's something that only happens in movies and scary books.  In fact ghosts won't hurt people at all.  I've lived in a haunted house for 25 years and no one's ever been hurt by a ghost.  Sometimes it helps if you show the ghost who's boss by ordering it out of your house.  You might say, "This is MY house and you have to leave here!".  The ghost in your dining room sounds like a residual ghost, which is a ghost that doesn't seem to know you're there.  It's like a video being shown over and over on your TV set, and it also won't hurt you, OK?  You're actually kind of lucky, because I know a LOT of people who really want to see a ghost and never have.  I hope this helps you out.  Feel free to write again.

John

A. Max, I have seen a ghost of someone hanging by their neck in my own house! I agree with John. Sometimes this is just an image, like a photograph, of something ththappened in the past and only sensitive people can see the photograph. it may be unpleasant to look at, but is not something you should worry about.

Anne

Q. Hey Anne, I've wanted to become a ghost hunter for a while, as scared as I may be. I have just one question, Can you exterminate a ghost? Or at least make one go away? I think my own bedroom has a spook or two in it, spirits of the people who lived here last. Im pretty sure my closet is cursed or something, you see when we first moved there, the closet door was wall papered over, as if to hide it or something, and the girl who used to live in my room said she was scared of that closet too. It always seems to open. That, and I once entered that closet looking for my shoes, and it felt colder. And I mean as cold as the grave. How can I get rid of this ghost? Please help me.

A.  Well. you cant really "exterminate" a ghost. To exterminate it would bean you were killing it or making it disappear forever. Ghosts are the spirits or souls of people and they cannot be destroyed. You can make them move on to another place. Most if the time just explaining things to the spirit will help him go.

Q. how do u become a ghost hunter? do u get payed or do you do it volentary?
thanx vikki

A. You can become a ghosthunter by reading a lot about it, but it would be best to learn from an experienced group. Most investigators would be happy to answer any questions you have about it. No, we do not get paid. We do it to help people who live in haunted houses and also to try to prove scientifically that ghosts really do exist.

Q.Dear Anne,
Thank you for emailing me back. But, how do you ghost hunt? How many messages have you’ve gotten? Can you give me some tips? Did you ever see a poltergeist? Were you scared? Oh yeah, avenger in a book means that they are avenging some one who killed them or was mean to them. I’m not sure if it is real or not. I leave that for you to decide. Since you’ve had a lot of ghosts sightings, has that ever happened? Well, thank you so much! We adore your link (site)!      Thanks,   Sara

A. As john said in his answer to Max, ghosts don't don't take revenge on people. There are plenty of ghosthunting tips on the Kids Club page and also on the Shadowlands. The word poltergeist in German means "noisy ghost." A Poltergeist isn't really a ghost at all. It is believed to be a form or psychokinesis. This means that a person can be causing banging sounds or causing objects to move around by using his or her mind. You may have seen psychics do this on TV. Some people can do it whenever they want to, but other people don't even know they are doing it. Some people produce lots of extra energy when they are stressed out or nervous and this energy can be used to make thinks move fly across the room. They don't do it on purpose and aren't even aware they are doing it. Parapsychologists have done studies that have shown if you remove the person who you think is causing this from the home for a while, the weird things stop happening while they are away and start again when the person comes home. You will never actually see a poltergeist..there is really no ghost to see. This is a very rare phenomenon and I have only seen it a couple of times.

Q. dear, ghosthunter my friend says her house is haunted and that late at night when she's in bed she say's her closet door opens by itself and a dark figure comes and sits by her bed. I was wondering if you could help.
                    sincerely,Bernadine

A. It doesn't matter if the color was dark or white or multicolor. Many people think a dark or black shadowy figure is always something bad. I would tell your friend not to worry. It may even be a relative coming to watch over her. If the spirit isn't bothering her she doesn't have to worry about it. if she doesn't like it being there she could just ask it to leave.