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Here is yet another recap show featuring Asylums, Hospitals and Institutions. The locations include Pennhurst State School, Yorktown Hospital, Ashmore Estates, Northern New Jersey Asylum, Waverly Hill Sanatorium, Linda Vista Hospital, Letchworth Village, Rolling Hills Asylum and the Old Tooele Hospital.

These recap shows don’t do much for me, but I will say this collection is uniquely disturbing and shows the sad state of treatment for mental disease that has existed in this country. The stories are shocking and the buildings themselves now come across as horrifying. I’m sure the people who put these buildings together had the best of intentions, but as well as know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. It’s a very sad look back at some very disturbing places. Out of all of them, it’s hard to imagine which would have been the worst fate to end up at.

Other Articles of Interest:

• Ghost Asylum – Peoria State Hospital – S03E03
• Ghost Adventures – Dead Men Walking – S07E08
• Ghost Adventures – Pennhurst State School and Hospital
• Ghost Adventures – Lechtworth Village – S05E06
• Haunted History – Pennhurst Asylum – S01E04
• Ghost Stalkers – Springfield State Hospital – S01E02
• Ghost Adventures – Death by Wild West – S07E12
• Ghost Adventures – Passport to Hell – S07E20
• Ghost Asylum S01E02 – Kuhn State Hospital
• Paranormal Challenge – Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum – S01E07

For this episode the guys head off to Mineral Wells, Texas for an investigation at the Baker Hotel, which has it’s claim to fame because of the mineral springs that were discovered in the area. During that time, the water claimed to have healing properties and would promote good health.

As with so many places like this, there is far more legend than fact. It’s believed there were murders and suicides. "Everyone knows the story of…" and proceed to tell of a woman trying to jump from the hotel balcony into the pool. Clearly, she misjudged the distance. And there is the story of the hotel mistress who was either pushed or jumped from the top story window.

The claims also see standard fair with phantom smells and the feeling of being touched. Yet again, there is the "woman in white" who runs down the halls. Interestingly, no physical evidence is associated with any of these claims.

So what evidence our intrepid trio come up with? As they scout the area and talk with Mark, a contractor who is working to restore the place, a door mysteriously opens behind them. No slamming, just a slight swing of the door. Mark and Nick claim they feel chills and cold spots right after the event starts happening.Certainly interesting, but is this anything more than just an old door slowly creaking open? Or do they really have a spirit trying to open the door? Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen again, so who knows. However, they do get an EVP which they believe is saying, "drink the water".

Once the lockdown has started, the three of them are standing on the upper floor when Zak starts to feel odd. He seems to have a cloud over him and they claim to see a shadow moving behind him. Is Zak feeling the effects of something sinister or is he having a reaction to all the debris that is flying around in the air? He has the mask on, but is there something more natural having an effect on him?

They split up and Aaron heads to the basement. He gets the word, "story" and "mommy" come through on the Ovilus. Next, there is the rather distinct sound of a girl saying, "mommy". Was there really just a spirit girl asking for her mom? Or is there some sound filtering from outside? It would be unusual, but not impossible. He is in an old building and who knows where the piping and venting go. If not, that is a most bizarre coincidence.

Aaron gets lots of noises and laughter of a little girl in the area he’s in. It does seem like there is a little girl playing down there. Oddly, they don’t really have a story of a little girl at the hotel. She seems playing, perhaps even a little mischievous. I wonder what Aaron has found.

When all is said and done, the evidence, what little they get, is inconclusive. There is the sound of the girl, but again, it might actually be a real girl who’s voice is carrying. They don’t capture any figures or forms, despite Zak’s insistence that all these orbs are balls of energy manifesting themselves. And the claims of witnesses are actually pretty tame. There really doesn’t seem to be any solid evidence, either through actual recorded events or personal experiences that makes this place seem all that active.

And by the way, the scrolling Twitter feed at the bottom of the screen was annoying as hell!

Other Articles of Interest:

• Ghost Adventures – Idaho State Reform School – S17E01
• Ghost Adventures – Hotel Leger – S16E05
• Ghost Adventures – The National Hotel – S06E04
• Ghost Adventures – Return to the Riviera – S12E04
• Ghost Adventures – Mackay Mansion – S13E02
• Ghost Adventures – Route 666 – S13E06 – Part 1
• Ghost Lab – Catfish Plantation and Hotel Lawrence
• Ghost Adventures – Bonnie Springs Ranch – S04E17
• Ghost Adventures – Commanders House – S16E12
• Ghost Adventures – Texas Horror Hotel – S10E11

Here we have another compilation or recap show centered around the theme of the Old West. The guys feature clips from their Wild West adventures such as the Chollar Mine, Vulture Mine, Bird Cage Theater and others.

It’s an interesting look back, but you have to wonder, why the recap shows? Are we reaching the end of the line?

Other Articles of Interest:

• Ghost Hunters Season 3 Part 1
• Ghost Mine Season 2 Special – Back on the Mountain
• Ghost Adventures – Return to Tombstone – S10E09
• Ghost Adventures – Clinically Dead – S07E14
• Ghost Adventures – Vulture Mine – S04E07
• Ghost Adventures – Passport to Hell – S07E20
• Ghost Lab – Episode 2 – Tombstone
• Ghost Adventures – Dead Men Walking – S07E08
• Paranormal Challenge – Western Virginia Penitentiary – S01E05
• Haunted Highway – Beast of Bray Road and Tonopah Mine – S02E03

Zak and the team head to Kansas City to investigate Union Station, hub of activity during the 1900’s and location of a violent shootout when Frank Nash was being transported by Federal Agents. The officers and Nash were all killed in a shower of bullets while at the station. Reports claim to see figures moving, faucets turning on, and the figure of a man standing in the doorway. Ironically, there are no claims of seeing Nash, hearing gunshots or accounts of the shooting. To be perfectly honest, the claims of the paranormal seem very light.

So what does the investigation yield? The main investigation takes part in three floors above the station that are still unfinished. Regular folks aren’t allowed up there so that’s where the team sets up, while they wait for the rest of the station to close. The station is still in use and is fully functional until around midnight when they shut down for the night.

In the unused portion they get a voice stating that "spirits" are up there. They got one of the small orbs they enjoy so much. I have to say, there is very little activity up there and nothing conclusive to suggest the train station is haunted.

When everyone finally leaves, they bring in Tim, a skeptic and have him walk around with them for awhile. Zak feels cold air around and tries to get Tim involved. One thing to note here, Zak says the air is ice cold. ICE Cold. Tim says he feel a cool breeze. Zak is insistent that it’s freezing. In fact, instead of just letting the event unfold and letting Tim experience and decide for himself, I personally feel Zak was using the power of suggestion to almost push his will onto their visitor. He keep saying what is happening and what it means. Clearly, there is no interference by him doing that is there?

Zak then asks for whoever is there to touch one of them. Tim lifts his leg as though something has happened. Without waiting, Zak says it was the spirit. Again, Zak is pushing the results in a direction he wants them to go. Admittedly, Tim does react to something, perhaps a touch. But again, is he reacting to something, or to the thought of it, since Zak has been planting the seed of the idea almost relentlessly?

As the investigation continues they see figures roaming in the restaurant. Right off the bat this seems problematic and turns out it is. After being told the building was empty by one security guard, they come to find out it’s not empty at all. The manager and his assistant are doing inventory in the restaurant right in front of the cameras. That pretty much negates everything. Even Zak admits the scene is tainted, but still holds that something interacted with their skeptic and something spoke to them on the upper floors.

I have to say, this episode was a bust. Not only were there people walking around the entire time, but Zak is clearly pushing his will and beliefs on Tim during their time together. He probably wasn’t doing it deliberately, but from where I sit, he was all but rigging the results. And how ironic that Billy sits for an hour, captures nothing with the thermal, but as soon as Zak sits down, little specs begin to appear.

This episode has a whole lot of wishful thinking and very little else.

Other Articles of Interest:

• Paranormal Cops – Dead Man Walking – S01E04
• Haunted Collector – Bare Bones and Octagon Haunting – S02E08
• Paranormal Lockdown – Kreischer Mansion – S01E06
• Paranormal State – Paranormal Detour – S05E07
• Haunted Collector – Haunted Villa and Spirit Springs – S02E03
• The Most Haunted House in America? Hampton Lillibridge House
• Ghost Adventures – USS Hornet – S04E08
• Paranormal Cops- Messages from Beyond – S01E06
• Haunted Collector – The Sanitarium & Firehouse Phantom – S01E04
• Haunted Collector – Haunted Bayou/Library Ghost – S01E01