HBM073: A Trial Ghost Hunt

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🗓️ 15 February 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Ken Arnold and his wife Donna have opposite work schedules, but they are lucky to share a hobby. For the last nine years they have operated an all-volunteer group called the Puget Sound Ghost Hunters. They spend nearly every weekend together, along with a handful of other volunteers investigating paranormal activity in residential homes and notoriously haunted buildings all across western Washington. They don’t get paid for the work they do and over the years they have invested their own money into building a robust toolbox of paranormal detectors.

Puget Sound Ghost Hunters have seen some turnover recently, and Ken and Donna are in need of new team members. They put an ad up on their website and on their Facebook group inviting would-be ghost hunters to join their team of volunteers.

After a series of interviews, they narrowed it down to two candidates: Scott Harris and Tanya Routt, two people who seem to have what it takes to investigate reported paranormal activity with rigor and compassion.

But before Ken and Donna offer membership to Scott and Tanya, they arranged a trial ghost hunt to see how they behave in the field. The four of them meet at the Walker Ames House in Port Gamble, Washington. HBM producer Bethany Denton was invited to come along and record the night’s activity.

Producer: Bethany Denton
Editor: Jeff Emtman
Music: Phantom Fauna, The Black Spot

Transcript

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0:00.0	From KCRW, this is Here Be Monsters.
0:02.8	Okay, there's an interview number two with Scott, Donna, and the noise in the background
0:11.9	is two grandkids and they're playing with an iPad.
0:15.4	So anyway, we'll start an interview.
0:20.0	Ken Arnold and his wife Donna were babysitting their grandkids when they made this recording.
0:28.0	They've been married for 29 years and both work at the nearby aerospace company.
0:33.0	Donna does analytics during the day.
0:35.0	Ken drives a forklift at night.
0:37.0	Their schedules are completely opposite,
0:40.0	but they're lucky to share the same hobby.
0:42.0	Together, they run the Puget Sound Ghost Hunters.
0:46.2	For the last nine years they've been conducting paranormal investigations all over Western
0:51.2	Washington. And the reason though, it's not just for us, it's for you guys too.
0:55.0	Because you may find out that this is not a good fit for you.
0:58.0	You don't, because it isn't for everybody.
1:00.0	But since you have a lot of background and diverse people, I think that really gives you an edge because, like I started to say, we...
1:10.0	The Puget Sound Ghost Hunters have seen some recent turnover, and Ken and Donna are interviewing new ghost hunters to join their team.
1:17.5	They've narrowed it down to two applicants, two people who they think can investigate haunted houses with both rigor and compassion.
1:25.0	What other questions you have for us?
1:29.0	I know you have to leave.
1:30.0	Yeah.
1:31.0	So. I guess I mean what I'm looking for in terms of my own first involvement is I want some consistency.
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