Equipment We Use

First of all, EVP stands for Electronic Voice Phenomenon. Ghost hunters or paranormal investigators will take a digital voice recorder out into the field and they will ask questions of a spirit or of an area hoping that a spirit will answer. We would not be able to hear the answer with our human ears, but the digital voice recorders are able to pick up different frequencies than we are. I don't know exactly how that works, but it does.

If you want to capture an EVP, there are some things that you want to do to enhance the likelihood that a spirit will be able to get through on one. Here's what you need to do. First, whenever you're trying to capture EVP, get everybody in your group to be quiet and still – as still as possible. Ask the question out into the air, preferably in an area you have identified as a hotspot, which would be a place where a spirit has been seen before or activity has occurred or where your EMF detector has detected energy. Get your digital voice recorder out. Make sure everybody in your group is very, very still and quiet and ask a question, "So-and-so, are you there? Is there a spirit present?" And then wait five or ten seconds with nobody talking, shifting or making any kind of noises. If anybody in your party makes a known noise, they should immediately identify it. "That was my stomach rumbling." "That was my shoe squeaking." So that later when you're analyzing the data you don't mistake that for spirit communication. So, be as quiet as possible.

Made popular by its appearance on the television show "Ghost Hunters," the device sold under the brand name "K-II Meter" is part of a class of instruments known as "electromagnetic field (EMF) detectors." When the K-II meter is exposed to a magnetic field, an electrical current is induced within the device's circuitry. The relative strength of the field (and the induced current) is expressed visually on 5-LED light-up scale.

According to a theory espoused by many in the paranormal research community, spirits of the deceased produce a magnetic field which they can manipulate at will. Based on this assumption, researchers will ask questions aloud and try to use fluctuations in the magnetic field as a medium of communication for the spirits' answers. For example, a researcher might ask a question and then read a list of possible answers. If the K-II meter's LED readout "spiked" while he was reading one of the answers, he would interpret it as though the spirit has "chosen" that particular answer as its own.

The Ovilus has an embedded database of words. It contains an EMF meter. These readings are combined to create a number and this number is used to reference a database of words. The Ovilus then "speaks" that word. An Ovilus can also operate in a phonetic mode that reacts to EMF variations to create words that are not in the database.

It is believed that spirits can use the Ovilus to try and communicate.

One of the most essential tools for any ghost hunter is an EMF meter, and this Ghost Meter is designed exclusively for use in paranormal investigations!

There are many theories as to the connection between electromagnetic fields and the paranormal but the most widely accepted theory is that the presence of ghosts causes an unexpected and often sudden change or fluctuation of EMF.

EMF meters with an analogue needle display are known as the most responsive meters for conducting paranormal investigations. The EMF Ghost Meter has a needle display featuring a 0 to 5 milliGauss scale as well as an audible tone and LED lights to indicate the presence of EMF's.

Ghosts may have either a positive or negative effect on EMF levels causing the needle on the EMF meter to either jump upwards on the scale or drop down. When we detect a fluctuation in EMF it is a good idea to take a photograph or video the location to hopefully capture activity which our eyes are unable to detect.

These devices allow you to communicate with your ghost hunting party. If you are investigating a big area and you have people scattered all over, walkie-talkies allow you to keep in touch and also dismiss any noises that may be caused by other members of your other groups.