Ghost Adventures: Halden Mansion

Walkthrough Part 1

Ghost Adventures Title sequence

My name is Zak Bagans. I've never believed in ghosts until I came face to face with one.
So I set out on a quest to capture what I once saw onto video....
With no big camera crews following us around, I am joined only by my fellow investigator Nick Groff and our equipment tech Aaron Goodwin.
The three of us will travel to some of the most highly active paranormal locations, where we will spend an entire night, being locked down from dusk until dawn....
Raw...
Extreme...
These are our Ghost Adventures.

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Halden Mansion, NY

Walkthrough Part 1

Zak was being filmed, ready to introduce their location.
"In the outskirts of Rochester, New York lays the Halden Mansion. What was a residential home has now become a small hotel for visiting tourists, and some have claimed to have paranormal experiences from unexpected guests..."

Built in the late 1800's, it was the home of Walter Halden who wanted to provide a house for his wife, Marci and their daughter, Emma in the early 1920's.
But tragic events led to trapped souls amongst the property.
Guests and staff of the Mansion claimed to see full-body apparitions, hear voices and touched by unseen forces.

Tonight, we will be locked down inside to investigate these claims, and we have invited our Contest winner, Aura Gibbons, to join in on our lockdown."
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(Aura's POV)
Finally, I saw the white minivan with GAC symbols in the gravel driveway, waiting patiently as Nick and Aaron filmed Zak. Once they finished the shot, they walked across the grassy lawn to greet me.

"Hi, there. You're our Contest winner?"

"Yep, I am."

I shook Zak's firm hand and greeted Aaron, then Nick who suspended a camera on his shoulder.
"Hi." he said softly, I gave him a small smile.

"Okay, now we're gonna interview a few witnesses and walkthrough the Mansion to prepare for our lockdown. You ready?" Zak asked me.

"Oh yeah, I'm ready." I replied excitedly.

"All right, let's go."

As we walked towards the 3-story Mansion , Zak sat next to their first witness.
Nick and Aaron stood on opposite ends of the porch to film the interview.
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"This is Ryan Wilson, a local historian.
So, Ryan, what can you tell us about this place?"

"Well, the first tragedy of this Mansion was back in the early 1920's when the Halden family was sleeping late on one night. Faulty wiring the original renovations sparked a house fire and sadly, Emma Halden was in the top floor bedroom so she couldn't escape."

"So she perished in the fire..."

"That's right."

"How old was she?"

"She was about 8 years old that night."

Zak shook his head in disbelief, Ryan continued.

"The house stood untouched for decades until the 1980's when it was being rebuilt as the hotel we see today. The second tragedy on the property was an accidental death of a worker as they fixed the building.
A worker was tending to a light fixture on third floor above the staircase, when he got shocked so strongly that he fell off his ladder over the railing and died when he landed on the stairs below."
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The next interview they did was Christine Thomas, the Property Manager. They sat beside the front desk.

"I've had guests come up to me and tell they've seen shadow people, heard crying and felt sadness in certain areas of the building. I've felt something lightly tap my shoulder and sometimes our fax machine would make a noise even when unplugged. Also, a guest staying in Emma's old room was woken up in the middle of the night.

They spoke with said guest, Addison Murray.

"As I slept in my bed around 3:00 am, I heard footsteps and giggling. Sat up and looked around, no one was there."

(Aura's POV)
As Zak spoke with Addison, I suddenly heard a voice in the other room. We were all in one room, so no one else was present. Not wanting to disrupt the interview, I kept it to myself.

Donna Boyle was the next witness that Zak spoke to, but as they got ready with the cameras. One of the camera's lights suddenly turned off.

"What happened, Aaron?" Zak asked.

"It just shut off and I put a brand new battery in it."

(Aura's POV)
As they fixed the camera, I decided to speak up.

Zak, I actually heard a voice earlier."

"Really, why didn't you tell us?"

I was apprehensive on how Zak would react to my answer, but I had to say something.

"I'm sorry, I just...didn't want to disturb the interview."

His tone was gentle, but firm.

"Oh, that's all right but next time that happens, please tell us."

"I will."

Slightly embarrassed by my own fault, I knew that I had to be part of the team.

"Sorry about that, Donna. What sort of experiences did you have?" Zak asked.

"Whenever I passed Emma's old room, I would see toys rearranged."

"Looks like this room is a hot spot." Aaron laughed behind the camera.

"You want to stay up here and find out?" Zak asked with a devious smirk.

"Dude," he replied "I've had too many freaky things happen."

I chuckled under my breath.

"Yeah, come on Zak. Why can't someone else do it?" I suggested, he gave me a look of curiosity.

"You want to be in here tonight by yourself?"

Surprised by his request, my heart slightly raced with excitement.

"Sure, if it will help you guys." I replied.

"All right, Aaron. You're off the hook this time, but we'll give you a place to be alone later." Zak laughed as Aaron cussed behind him.

I pressed my clenched fist into my face, fighting the burst of laughter.

"Aaron, we do have a guest with us..." Zak pointed out his "colorful" use of language.

"Sorry about that-"

"Oh, don't worry about it. I've heard worse things in my high school." I assured them that some minor language wouldn't bother me.

"Let's a set an X here. Aaron, I'll take your camera."

Handing over his camera to Zak, he ripped some duct tape and placed an X beside the bed shooting the whole room.

"Aaron," I asked.

"What's up?' he replied.

"Maybe we should set another X in the hallway, we might get some activity out there, too."

"That's a good idea." Aaron stripped off another piece of duct tape and formed an X shooting down the hallway.

As we left the room, Zak gently patted my shoulder. I guess he liked the idea, too.

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