A Review Of Haunted Collector's Premiere Show

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 on SyFy


The show started out with John Zaffis's opening dialogue equalling a shortened, and very condensed version of his history in the paranormal community.  After a brief team introduction, they proceeded to the first case at the Wilder House, in Lake Charles Louisiana where there were reports of typical haunting symptoms.  John focused on a doll and a painting as possibly haunted objects while conducting the day time walk through.  During that time baseline EMF's (Electromagnetic Field) and EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) sessions were done in which one voice was captured in response to a question. 


One thing I found refreshing was the statement that spirits are around 24/7, including during the day.  The team's Brian Cano did unearth a box with containing a pistol from underneath the home while investigating a cold spot on the kitchen floor.  It lead John to ask if it was the possible cause of the disturbances in the home, so he took it to the Lake Charles Gun Club to see if they could help him find out the type of pistol. It was determined to be an English manufactured pistol dating back to the 1950's. 


John has over 1000 items in his haunted museum, and the pistol found during the investigation has now taken up residence among his other haunted objects.


The second case was at the Deep River Public Library in Connecticut. The children that frequent the library are fearful, and the team is eager to help out. Experiences range from reports of a female figure on the stairs, to something rushing past people that use the library. The focus begins on artifacts on the main library floor.  The first object is an old stove, then in the attic there is an old typewriter (Dating back to 1914) that is heard clicking away from downstairs. In the basement there were reports of talking coming from 2 stone blocks on the floor. 

The initial sweep starts with EMF readings to find spikes, of which there weren't until the attic was investigated, and the non electrical typewriter was found to be giving off EMF, which shouldn't be possible. It was interesting to see their approach to the situation. The old school methods of hanging ropes from the ceiling to show paranormal movement on video are refreshing, especially if there is no breeze.  


It was deducted that the typewriter may be the property of the original owner of the building, and may be the subject of the attachment. It now resides in John's haunted object museum. The activity reportedly calmed down two months after the typewriter's removal.  


I am hoping that this show remains "real", and that it is an asset to the Paranormal Community as a whole.


In my opinion, the Haunted Collector is the equivalent of American Pickers meets the Paranormal, and I look forward to future episodes.