April 3, 2002: Ghost Investigators Society: Brendan Cook & Barbara McBeath
The EVP samples range from a child's voice saying "good idea" during a homeowner's account of ghostly activity to a deeply distressing recording of what sounds like a young girl pleading for help finding her father. Two separate spirit voices captured on a single recording appear to interact with each other, one saying "come here" and the other responding "what," suggesting active consciousness and communication among entities on the other side. A non-English EVP recorded in a cemetery adds another layer of mystery.
The episode also marks a milestone as Art Bell's website reaches 100 million visitors. Mark Zeewee of Madera, California, captures the winning screen and becomes the verified 100 millionth visitor, receiving prizes including an autographed KNYE t-shirt and a CC radio.
Key Moments
Cemetery EVP: 'Help me... find my dad': Barbara McBeath introduces a despondent young girl's voice captured on tape after a GIS member mentioned where 'Roger got grabbed' - the EVP pleads, 'Help me,' then 'find my dad.'
Two ghosts on one tape - old barn 'George': At a 1920s barn-turned-business haunted by a ghost staff nicknamed 'George,' the GIS plays a recording with two distinct EVP voices on the same tape - one says 'come here,' the second answers 'what?'
'I'm completely dead' - a ghost realizing it: Asked whether any spirit ever seems aware it's trapped or out of place, McBeath recounts an EVP of a woman saying, 'I'm completely dead' - which the team interprets as the moment of self-realization. Bell relates it to dying in a head-on collision.
Cemetery EVP repeats the living, word for word: In a convertible parked in a cemetery, Roger tells his wife to 'sit and wait there.' The EVP played back parrots him, 'sit and wait there,' in a creepy voice followed by what sounds like a heavy breath.
'Make the pipes do it now' - and they rattle: At an old Union Pacific station-turned-museum, GIS captured an EVP saying, 'make the pipes do it now,' immediately followed by audible pipe rattling that the maintenance man, present at the time, never heard.