Contact Priority Levels
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Priority 1 - Need an investigation of an active
haunting in the Dallas Ft. Worth, Washington D.C.,
Seattle, or New Orleans area, or are
willing to pay travel expenses for us to investigate a site outside of this
region or other consultant services for law enforcement, etc.
INVESTIGATION REQUEST FORM
Response typically less than 24 hours
for prepaid requests. Others may take a
few days to a week or more depending on
current workload.
Priority 2
-
Professional Journalism & Media, (not
students writing a paper) networks and
producers looking for a story and/or
paranormal consulting, suggestions for an
active haunting, a professional hunter
group that wishes to collaborate on
equipment or an investigation, book
reviews, (as long as you can send us a
review copy and it is on a relevant topic) etc.
MEDIA REQUEST FORM
NEW SPI FAQ FOR INTERVIEWS
Here is our
Media Coverage Page
for past venues we have been featured on.
If you need a conference speaker then please request our
Speaker Conference Form
Response within 24 - 48 hours for media requests.
(typically by Email)
If you wish apply for a position in our group, then please go
to:
WANT TO JOIN
Otherwise,
please do NOT ask us to find a
group for you. We are simply too busy to
operate as a no-cost paranormal
employment agency for those who won't do
the legwork on their own.
Priority 3
- Photo analysis,
link exchange, request for a book
review, (see
Paranormal Book
Reviews for guidelines) request for us to join a forum /
board / alliance, general comments &
feedback, praise, errors on the website,
complaints or specific questions.
Book reviews require that you send the book and that the
subject material is within the scope of our normal work. Contact for details.
We do NOT post book reviews written by
3rd parties for obvious reasons. Also, we
do not review fiction pieces from
non-established writers. (you need to be
a household name like Tanith Lee or
Harlan Ellison)
You are free to ask us
about joining a board or other alliance
as we are always honored by such
requests. Just be forewarned that we already
belong to many discussion groups and may
only be able to participate on a limited
basis depending on the relevance.
PHOTO / VIDEO ANALYSIS
We do not
analyze ORB SHOTS or ANY OTHER
PHOTOS for free anymore as detailed on our
Ghost Orb page dealing with this
controversy. If the photos are in relation to an investigation that we could
conceivably undertake, then the cost of photo analysis may be lumped in with
the donation. For other circumstances, please contact to explain.
NOTE - Certain conditions apply to photos or negatives sent by
mail. We must ask that shipping, insurance
and all applicable analysis fees be
prepaid plus all sent items should have
a tracking number. We cannot be held responsible for loss or damage, and
STRONGLY suggest that you make and
send only duplicates. If you want them
back, then it is at your own risk and
shipping back must be paid as well.
For any and all photos
sent in, you must explain copyright and
confidentiality requirements, though we
insist that anything sent in for analysis
can and shall be shared among any and all
SPI officers plus outside colleagues and
experts that we judge to be trustworthy.
We have now enacted
new standards for cross linking as
detailed below.
LINK EXCHANGES
Response within 1 - 2 weeks
Priority 4
- You wish to inform us in detail of your
magical powers ( "I see/hear/spank dead people" ) and guardian spirits, or have some
very broad essay style question such as: "Tell me all about ghosts", "How do I
investigate a haunting?" or "What are some haunted locations around
here?". Response time -
You would probably be better off browsing
through the information already present
on this website, (helpful links below)
the New Age section of your local Barnes & Nobles and
/ or doing research at your local library.
Specific questions that
we can give a brief answer to are the
most likely to be answered. The reason that the
magical powers angle tends to get a "no
response" is because we generally don't
know what kind of a reply you are looking
for. It's like writing in to
report that you are a brunette. Ummm... great!
For those who need general guidance in becoming a ghost
hunter, have some new sections to answer this need at
Ghost Hunter 101
&
Ghost FAQ
It details the suggested steps and should answer most of your
questions. :) You can also purchase our
publications online at
Ghost Books.
MINORS
Regrettably, I must also put requests
from minors on this priority level as well,
especially ones looking to get a school
report / project completed or wishing to find a career as a paranormal
investigator. I have recently started a new
section below which you can use as source
information - in addition read the books
that I suggest in the Book Review section
and be sure to check out the Ghost Hunter 101
& Ghost FAQ
links above. One in particular that is geared towards children is
Ghost Hunting Handbook by Marc Tyler Nobleman
on this
page.
NEW SECTION FOR
SCHOOL REPORTS & INTERVIEWS
I recently came
across a website by Allen Varney who does
game design, and he has a FAQ section
that very well sums up how professionals
feel about constantly being approached
for interviews to complete a school
assignment.
http://www.allenvarney.com/FAQ.html
But are some ghost
hunter websites that are just for kids:
The South Jersey Ghost Research Kids
Club
http://www.sjgrkidsclub.org/
http://nationalghosthunters.com/kids.html
If you have a haunting to be
investigated, then I need permission from the parents or property owner.
I have an ENORMOUS amount
of sympathy for those who wish to
investigate hauntings, but are too young
for the responsibility or legality.
Frankly, I don't think every adult is up
to the task, but regardless of my
feelings, our Society has limited
resources and we can't take the risk of
encouraging minors to embark on something
which may run counter to their parent or
guardian's judgment.
We try to have a high response rate, but we cannot guarantee a reply unless we are
prepaid for our consultation services. This
is not greed, but the
reality of having limited time and
resources vs. a potentially overwhelming
number of requests. Also, if you ask us
for something that we have already
outlined here as being a non-response
issue (such as asking us to analyze an
orb shot for free) or already have
answered on the FAQ page, then an answer
is less likely.
If you wish to exchange links, you can use these
banners and set the website URL to
www.paranormalghost.com
