Turning Technology Loose on the Phantoms of the Inn Inside Bay Area

The Banta Inn in Banta, CA, has hosted quite a few ghost hunting forays over the past several years, but the latest group to make the effort to pinpoint the specters haunting the former stagecoach stop and bawdyhouse, the Pacific Ghost Hunters (PGH), came equipped with the latest high-tech ghost hunting gadgetry. Did the PGH technology reveal the ghosts of the Banta Inn? With photo slide show. Meanwhile, in Australia, Bravehearts, a child protection group, is using the public's tales of the paranormal to raise funds to help abused and neglected children. You'll find the first grouping of their "Ghost Files," with photos, in Seeking Out Spooky Tales. Elsewhere, in his "Tales of the Weird," Mike Conley spins the story of the Mystery House Built Just for Spirits, while a Danville, IL, youth, thanks to the A&E Television network, is profiled for his paranormal abilities in Teen Now Embraces His Psychic Gift.