Paranormal

Local ghosthunters on the Bio channel's My Ghost Story Saturday

By Robin Edwards Fri., Mar. 29 2013 at 8:59 AM
Categories: Paranormal

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Spirit Realm Investigative Project, an all-female ghost-hunting crew, spends much of their time in the dark, seeking out spirits. But at 8 p.m. tomorrow, March 30, they'll be in the spotlight on episode sixty of the Bio Channel's My Ghost Story , sharing spooky experiences at Colorado's Gilpin County Jail. We caught up with SRIP's leader, LeeAnna Jonas, and talked with her about ghosts in the jail and telling her story on national television.

See also:
- Paranormal investigator LeeAnna Jonas on her first apparition and evil spirits at the Gilpin County Jail
- Ten spooky stories from Denver's own Croke-Patterson mansion
- Over the weekend: Ghost hunting at the Spirits of Victor Paranormal Convention


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Comedy

Demetri Martin on Woody Guthrie, prop-comedy and not being a hipster

By Josiah M. Hesse Fri., Mar. 22 2013 at 7:59 AM
Categories: Arts and Culture, Comedy, Concerts, Events, Hipsters, Paranormal, Popular Culture

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Demetri Martin is headed for Denver
Demetri Martin's polished micro-jokes, nervous stare and intense appreciation of aesthetics have made him a welcome antidote to the wave of loud and sloppy comedians who have dominated the scene over the last decade. In advance of Martin's visit to Comedy Works South this Sunday for two shows (one is sold-out), we caught up with the floppy-haired emodian (emo + comedian = emodian) to get his thoughts on music in standup, whether hipsters will die out, and what it was like being a 34-year-old "Senior Youth Correspondent" for The Daily Show.

See also:
- When Obama appears as Satan, where's Stephen Colbert?
- Comedian Adam Cayton-Holland debuts new podcast with Ben Roy interview
- Kickstarter campaign for Denver comedy documentary Joke Life now live

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Film and TV

My Amityville Horror filmmakers on getting personal with America's most famous haunting

By Cory Casciato Thu., Mar. 21 2013 at 8:00 AM
Categories: Film and TV, Paranormal

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Daniel Lutz lived the real Amityville Horror.
The Amityville Horror is the best-known haunting in American history, spawning multiple films, countless books and speculation to this day about what really happened more than thirty years ago. At this point, it seems like there couldn't be any angle on the story that hasn't been beaten to death -- until you hear the story in the words of Daniel Lutz, the oldest son of the family that lived in the house. For the first time, he's offering his version of events in My Amityville Horror. Whether you're a true believer or a hardcore skeptic convinced it was all a hoax, your opinion is likely to change after getting Lutz's side of the story.

Before the film shows this weekend at the Sie FilmCenter (it's also available on demand), we caught up with director Eric Walter and producer Andrea Adams to find out how they got Lutz to go on the record at last, how his story changed their perception of the infamous case, and why the fascination with Amityville persists to this day.

See also:
- Local filmmakers tackle zombie culture with Doc of the Dead
- Eight things every horror movie needs, according to Bruce Kawin
- Former detective Pat Kennedy on The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

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Daniel Lutz, haunted house, My Amityville Horror, paranormal, possession
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Halloween

Paranormal investigator LeeAnna Jonas on her first apparition and evil spirits at the Gilpin County Jail

By Robin Edwards Tue., Oct. 30 2012 at 8:06 AM
Categories: Halloween, Paranormal

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Tawni Herren, Allyson McNiel and LeeAnna Jonas are the Spirit Realm Investigative Project.
When LeeAnna Jonas saw her first apparition during a fifth-grade basement seance, she was immediately hooked on the paranormal. Jonas has come a long way since then: She founded her own all-female ghost-hunting team, the Spirit Realm Investigative Project, which has been featured on the Travel Channel's Paranormal Challenge and will be on an upcoming episode of the Bio Channel's My Ghost Story.

We caught up with Jonas to talk about Colorado's haunted mining towns, hunting for ghosts, and the evil spirit she encountered at the Gilpin County Jail.

See also:
- Over the weekend: Ghost hunting at the Spirits of Victor Paranormal Convention
- 20 best family-friendly Halloween events
- Riverside Cemetery is offering moonlight history and mystery tours


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ghost hunting, Halloween, paranormal investigations, Spirit Realm Investigative Project
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