While ghost hunting is now mainly used as fodder for reality tv shows and horror movies, it was once a prestigious profession that garnered more than enough business to financially support the brave few who dared to attempt it. The science of ghost hunting- called techno mysticism- relies heavily on a belief in spirits and the individuals who appear to have the natural ability to communicate with them, but is also dependent on scientific methods and tools; a combination of early suspicion, phenomena, and spiritualism and more modern evidence found on film, in photographs, and through other scientific monitoring devices. Ghost Hunting began in the 1850’s with the Spiritualism movement which was especially popular in Great Britain As scientific
