Spirit Box: Ghost Box Audio

Ghost Box Audio - Our Experiments with the Spirit Box

The goal in creating our Spirit Box was to create a ghost box with just enough bells and whistles to make it functional, but not too many settings as to make it difficult for the novice to operate. Secondly, we hoped to be able to build-in a speaker, so it could be heard live and easily be recorded by placing an audio recorder beside it. Many of the set-ups we experimented with utilized amplified speakers which seemed to give the audio from some of the ghost boxes a "hiss." We wanted our ghost box to be able to work in many regions throughout the country that had FM signal, so we made sure the band width could be adjusted, so the communicator would constantly produce raw audio fragments with no breaks. Also, we desired to be able to adjust the speed of the scan, so that we received more bits and pieces of audio, rather than full words of disc jockeys or from song. Feeling we met the challenge, our Spirit Box is easy to operate and record.

Next, we wanted to compare audio recorded within a "non-haunted" environment with haunted environments, so we tested the Spirit Box within locations and homes that were deemed by others as "non-active." We had no problem picking up relevant messages which we perceive were from spirit beings, though the frequency of the messages were not as prominent as we would soon find out they could be! Our next experiments utilized our ghost box prototype within actively haunted locations, such as an apartment where apparitions were seen by children; a haunted pub where a high level of activity was reported; and a haunted lighthouse with a ghostly history.

What we observed was that the ghost box can become highly active, with messages coming through at a rapid pace if the location it is utilized at has a high rate of ghostly activity. Short ghost box recording sessions at several of the locations produced over 20 messages in such a quick time. Sometimes, the communication through the Spirit Box with the other side could be heard "live," with an estimated 30-40% of the messages audible to our experimenters. Yet, sometimes we felt we were getting nothing through the device,but later found our recording to have a gem of a message or two!

It is important to note that all ghost box sessions should be recorded, and the operators of these devices should be patient. The more we worked with our Spirit Box, the more reliable it became (and the better we became at hearing the messages within the recorded audio).

The following is a radio interview LC Duplatt did on "Let's Talk Ghosts" where he shares some of the audio recordings from our spirit box experiments, answers questions, and tells the stories:

Note: We thought it easier to post the radio interview where the recordings can be heard and explained. It is better to know the background of the location and what occurred while the recording was made, as well as learn about the Spirit Box further:

5-1-08 Let's Talk Ghosts Radio Interview with the Spirit Box Prototype