Saturday December 17, 2011
Jeff Dwyer
Our guest was Jeff Dwyer, author of Ghost Hunter's Guide to The San Francisco Bay Area and numerous other such Ghost Guide Books, the San Francisco book was the the main focus of the evening.
Henry started out by soliciting Dear Santa letters for our subsequent week's Christmas Eve show.
Henry threw me a curve ball to introduce him, but I'd slightly laid out his book titles as a list to provide as an intro. Jeff began his interest in the paranormal due to see ghosts literally as pedestrians on the street. He has investigated every place in his books on which he's reported; if he can't officially investigate due to circumstances, he does interview people and research areas' histories.
Jeff spoke of the Golden Gate Bridge being haunted, mostly environmental residual imprints. He also noted most people jumping face the city, not outwards towards the ocean.
CC in the chat room asked whether he'd been to Sam's Castle in Half Moon Bay but as yet, he hasn't.
We spoke of the Brookdale Lodge and its underground tunnels near Santa Cruz, which I've visisted, we discussed little girl ghost Sarah Logan, and how Doug from GhostSoldiers and Craig were chatting in the chat room, so Craig indicated a road trip out to California to do some west coast ghost hunting (with me as well...).
Jeff spoke about Alcatraz, and how despite being part of a tour one could "lag behind" for mini-investigation/s...
Jeff spoke about San Remo Hotel; at which the San Francisco Ghost Society held an event at the location, and various sightings there, and some of the peoples' of death. Queen Anne in which all but every room has its own ghost...
After the first break Jeff discussed John Muir. Craig asked after Rose Hill Cemetery: a "freaky place," as Jeff put it.
Ask to stay in the Old Part of the Monterey Hotel when staying there; Jeff experienced various strange activity there. The manager introduced him to staff members who relayed various experiences. Many apparitions appear in mirrors.
He also indicated many wineries refute Sonoma Bartholemew Park which is open to paranormal investigations and events.
To the places that refuse to acknowledge, Jeff doesn't indicate his interest; he just wanders about and conceals his background, and point out a "weird vibe" at a certain area, and see if they open up. At San Simeon Jeff would manage to "lag behind" and "get lost" during tours, at least when they weren't foresightful enough to have a second tour guide set to shepherd such "stragglers"...
Henry brought up a Bay area legend White Witch of Niles Canyon Road, the story of which originated in Nortonville, regarding a woman who died a buggy accident in 1878.
Henry asked about the haunted Heinold's First And Last Chance Saloon at Jack London Square.
While Craig was notifying the chat room about his relatively new twitter profile, I went to take us into break, and while I'd written out, I misread it, and thought I was grammatically off (I'd simply misread the grammer), making it a WTF really could-have-been-better outro. At least there was a comical aspect where Jeff thought Henry was asking him to take us to break...
Henry listed listeners tonight from US and UK, canada, Ireland and... Other...
Henry asked after the Union Hotel in Benicia, NE of the bay area, information of which Jeff conveyed.
Jeff indicated he'd like to investigate the Pardee House. He also discussed the prevalence of pedestrian ghosts, even during the daytime. He recounted in Nevada on horseback he encountered daytime ghosts, seeming very lifelike until they faded out, faded back in and then out again. Jeff and Craig concurred how many experiences can be had at Gettysburg on August afternoons. Jeff stressed that children graves in cemeteries often has activity.
In the large Cordelia Antique Mart in Cordelia Junction there are numerous railroad cars, and Jeff was able to find several ghosts there.
Jeff spoke about the Greenwood Mansion, in which the Greenwoods were attacked by robbers one evening in 1892, the wife died and he survived; the place is for sale for "only" $1.6 million...
China Camp Regional Park, an old fishing village in the 19th century the Chinese were persecuted, and they created their own community. Some of the buildings remained, and one can visit; Jeff saw one the apparition of an old Chinese boat gliding past.
Next up was Angel Island which had duels, was a military outpost a few times, an immigration center, et al, and numerous ghost activity.
From around the Autumnal Equinox towards the Winter Solstice, Jeff's psychism seems to increase and he senses ghosts far more stronger.
Henry spoke after haunted theatres, which Jeff reminded how passions are so strong within such structures, creating a lot of Imprints as well as Attached Spirits staying after death.
Jeff listed as his Favourite Place, which Jeff indicated as Most Fun would be the famous USS Hornet in Alameda, which also has the dubious distinction of having the Most Suicides on a battleship, as well as numerous accidental deaths. It's been suspected the museum ship may also be a vortex/portal, and they do have night time ghost investigations.



Jeffrey Dwyer as author Henry closed out the show letting Jeff give out his website info; Henry had me convey the Paranormal View Facebook page and my Paranormal View aspect on my website. Henry repeated that the next week's guest would be the show's Christmas Eve edition.