Join A.P.R.A. as they conduct a Paranormal Investigation of the Haunted McConaghy Estate located in Hayward, CA. This Estate has seen much death in it’s 124 year history. Starting with young Archie McConaghy losing his life to a freak farm accident, almost all of the McConaghy Family died in this once lively farmhouse.
A.P.R.A. will be holding a Q&A chat at 6:30pm PST, 8:30pm CST, 9:30pm EST, today, January 24, 2011. Click here to chat.
In June of 2010 members of the American Paranormal Research Association (APRA) traveled to Philadelphia PA to host a booth at the Darkness Radio Event. A Paranormal Investigation of Eastern State Penitentiary was conducted, you will now see video footage from that Investigation as well as the data collected.
A View From The Other Side is a documentary series created by the American Paranormal Research Association in order to document their investigations as well as to highlight the colorful history of historical locations throughout the united states and the paranormal activity that may take place.
We hope as we progress in our knowledge of the field and gain expertiese with various instruments and methods these documentaries will be a learning tool for other investigators and people interested in the field.
Brandon Alvis of APRA with GhostTVblogs’ Karen Lambert
at the GAC/Darkness Radio Eastern State Event (6/2010)
In the winter of 2008 the American Paranormal Research Association APRA conducted an Investigation of the RMS Queen Mary’s First Class Pool.
The footage you are about to see was collected during a EMF sweep of the changing stalls, the only people present where two APRA Members and a Security Guard.
You will now see the raw footage of a unaccounted for “figure” sitting in one of the right hand side changing stalls.
Lightspirit13 (Kneeling in center, wearing scarf) poses with Mark and Debby Constantino, groups: 3AM Paranormal, APRA Paranormal, LA Paranormal; and Stacey Jones, Moebanshee, Gian Temperilli and the Dragon Man among others.
On September 11, 2009, I had the honor and the privelege to be included in a private ghost hunt led by Mark and Debby Constantino on Alcatraz Island. Because all of my previous experiences with the Constantinos were so profound, I cut short a European vacation to be present and flew directly to San Francisco from JFK Airport in New York to join the group. I could not carry much equipment with me to collect evidence. Therefore, what I will share with you is not evidence but a description of just a few of my experiences.
The Constantinos, as well as the groups and other individuals, collected some solid evidence. We have included one video here by 3AM Paranormal, which could also be found on YouTube. This video is extremely good and truly captures the flavor of my experiences as well.
We took a private ferry to the island and began by seeing a video on the history of Alcatraz and the life of the men. What struck me while viewing that video was a quote by a former inmate who said that on the day of his release, he was scared as he stood in San Francsisco. Everyone had somewhere to go in that busy metropolis but him. I wondered as I watched the video if the same feeling of being disoriented overcame some at the time of death, because their lives had been structured for so long.
The life of the inmate was highly regulated and quite monotonous. There was no incentive for good behavior only punishment for bad. Everything seemed designed to break the spirit of the individual, most likely for safety, as well as control. Even Al Capone was known to have said that Alcatraz had gotten to him. Inmates who created problems for themselves in the general population were moved to the Treatment Unit Cell Blocks, where freedom became even more restricted. (This is also where our group slept; each individual was given a cell.)
We were also given a behind-the-scenes tour by Federal Rangers and given additional insight into the lives of both the men and the staff who lived on the island. I was surprised to find that family members, including children also lived there. The children took the ferry to San Francisco to go to school. I later found out that on a previous investigation of Alcatraz, Mark and Debby encountered both female and child ghosts as well as male ghosts.
