Ok. With last week's episode out of the way, time for this weeks. Vera is in charge of the team this week, and they are at the Mansfield Reformatory, where Shawshank Redemption was filmed.

Dude giving the tour looks like Jason.

Everyone asked good questions during the walk through, and the set up seemed to go smooth except for one thing. Vera had no idea where to put the command center. Fortunately Adam knew a place that would work well.

That seemed to be the trend during the entire investigation. She had no strategy going in and Adam did. She struggled in a leadership role while he excelled, even though he wasn't team leader. The same happened during the analysis, where he asked for peoples opinion on evidence he found and they asked his.

Speaking of evidence, Adam and Michelle caught what looked like a human moving peaking out and then moving into one of the cells on the thermal!

In the end, the decided that Adam was safe from elimination, but everyone felt Vera should be eliminated. Since Steve, Tango, and Jason agreed, she was gone.

Not sure where they are going to be next week for the season finale, but I'm thinking the same thing I was thinking since the second week. That Adam will be the winner.

I was gone last week so I didn't get a chance to watch last weeks episode until no. So, with this week's recording on the DVR, I am watching last weeks.

Eric is the team leader this week, and they are all one big team to investigate Fort Delaware. TAPS has had some great investigations there and hopefully this one will be just as good.

Right off the bat, there was a problem with Eric. He seemed too bossy during the walk though, and wasn't a very good leader. He seemed like he was doing Steve and Tango's job during the investigation, and not leading the team. Adam and Vera asked some good questions during the walk through.

During set up, Vera and Michelle continue to improve, while Rosalyn still struggles. Over all the cadets seem to be doing good during the set up though.

Not sure if it means anything, but would anyone else be worried if they heard the team leader say something like "Glad you noticed the exit signs, because I didn't."

Adam and Vera both did great jobs and had some really good ideas during the investigation. Didn't hear much from Michelle, and I wasn't impressed with Rosalyn's skills.

They didn't find much during the review but Rosalyn did a bad job taking notes. It took them a while to find some stuff she found, which turned out to be nothing. Michelle meanwhile seemed to be too skeptical

During the reveal, Steve and Tango presented some evidence that Rosalyn had missed. It was kind of funny to hear them talking to Jason about her missing evidence and not paying good enough attention again. Didn't he and Grant chew them out early on for that same thing?

Rosalyn was sent packing, and Vera was named group leader for next week (AKA, the one I am going to watch in a few minutes.) should be interesting to see what they find at the Mansfield Reformatory, where Shawshank Redemption was filmed.

It's Wednesday night, and that means it's time for Ghost Hunters Academy

This week the team are at the Mark twain House, and Adam and Michelle are the team leaders. They were given the option of picking their own teams, and the chose boys VS girls. Thought it was funny that Rosalyn got all defensive when she was chosen last.

On an unrelated note, I like the shirt Rosalyn and Eric were wearing. It was a GHA shirt, but it looked more in the style of a Tap Out shirt.

On a some what related note, it looks like next years winner (Karl and Susan) as well as some other guy (some investigation revealed his name is Scott) will be joining the GHI team when they come back from mid-season break

Aside from a bad choice of location for command central, I thought Adam and Michelle did ok as team leaders. Steve, Tango and Jayson didn't agree, but I thought they did good.

Vera once again had lots of personal experiences, and the investigation was good. Brett seemed reluctant to get a piece of equipment, and after the investigation, I thought it was cool that Michelle said she wasn't pleased her performance. I thought she did good, but I thought it was cool that she said that.

In the end, Brett was eliminated due to lack of tech knowledge and the fact that he didn't seem like he improved any this week. Eric was chosen as team leader next week, and both teams will be combined as they investigate Fort Delaware next week.

YAY!!!! Time for a new episode of Ghost Hunters Academy!

I'm guessing Eric will be eliminated. Guess I will find out if I am right in an hour.

They are at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum this week. Taps was there back in early 2008. I vaguely remember it, but that is more because I slightly recognize the buildings. Don't remember any of the evidence or experiences they had.

LOL. Adam said he was excited because the place held alot of lunatics in the past and that was really great.

Thought it was good that, on the drive there, the cadets started writing stuff down when Steve and Tango started telling them where they were going.

During the walk through, neither of the team leaders asked what rooms had power or anything, which lead to them looking all over the place looking for power during set up.

The investigation was pretty good, with some decent evidence. At one point, Vera said she heard a voice whisper her name and felt a breeze, but they didn't investigate it (At least they didn't show that on the show) This was backed up in the analysis when they caught her voice on the audio recorders at that same time.

At one point, Steve and Tango climbed a ladder and started blowing cigar smoke into a room (Tough job, standing around smoking cigars.) Adams team (Adam, Vera, Brett) Searched out the smell and found it (and Steve scared them) Rosalyn's team (Rosalyn, Dan, Eric, Michelle) smelt it, but Rosalyn dismissed it. Eric and Michelle investigated anyways and found the open window and ladder. Michelle also said she smelt coconut, but that might have been Vera or Rosalyn's perfume or something.

At one point, Adam's team were stopped by some bats and Steve and Tango were laughing their butts off watching it. I wonder if they were having flash backs to a time Jay and Grant sent them into an area with lots of bats while on an investigation.

In the end, Michelle was chosen as a team leader next week, and Adam was asked to be team leader again. Dan and Rosalyn were on the chopping block. Rosalyn seemed to be too skeptical, dismissing stuff like the cigar smoke with out investigating. She also seemed to be bossy and controlling, while also too eager to follow Steve and Tango's orders. Dan didn't do much (that was shown) the entire investigation. I think I heard him speak 3 times the entire investigation. He also urned off his audio recorder when they went to investigate a sound.

In the end, Dan was eliminated. I'm guessing it was close.

Yes I know I said Eric at the top. I was typing this during the show and that was typed before it started. I figured it should be kept there, although by the first commercial break of the actual investigation, I knew it would be Dan.

My thought on the rest of the team.

Adam--Good leader, thinks alot like Jay and Grant during investigation. Good leadership and debunking skills
Michelle--Good questions and creativity during the investigations
Brett--Film student, which could be good for tech. good investigator and analysis skills.
Vera--Did a good job investigating and seems to have good hearing. Worked well as a team and good debunking skills
Eric--Debunking and analysis. Skeptical, calling stuff as he sees it until the evidence proves him wrong.

Next week should be interesting. They are going to the Mark Twain house, which had some good evidence if I remember right, and it will be boys VS girls.

Season 2 of Ghost Hunters Academy started a couple minutes ago. I hit pause quick so I could read my posts about the first season and start typing this one.

Ben and Chris Smith (who can now be refereed to as Chris since he is the first Chris this time) are supposed to be back from season one, but they weren't mentioned during the intro. Maybe they will be brought in near the end as replacements. And I'm guessing that Carl and Susan will be back at some point as well.

YAY!!!! They are at Waverly Hills!!!! What a way to start the new class off on the right track.

Setup didn't seem to take long, but that was probably partially because they split the team into two and Steve and Tango showed them how to set everything up and gave them advice on where to put cameras. That means that it probably took a while, it just wasn't shown. This week.

On a related note, it was kind of funny that a camera Tango had just set up tilted down just as he was saying "Good Job" to his team and they were about to walk away.

I liked the fact that Steve and Tango worked with there teams during the investigation. Not only will it help them get to know who to keep and who to eliminate, but it also helps them learn how to investigate.

Over all, it was a decent investigation. Not the best one of Waverly, but not bad. the cadets did a good job taking notes and asking questions during the walk through. They all seemed to do good during the investigation as well. There wasn't a lot of debunking going on, but there wasn't much to debunk. They asked a lot of questions too during EVP which was good.

The evidence they found wasn't too impressive but again, it wasn't bad.

Steve and Tango felt that Rosalyn and Adam were the best of their teams this week, so they will be the team leaders next week. Natalie was eliminated due to her inability to stick with and work as part of the team. After wards she didn't seem to care because she has her own group back home and she will just keep doing things her own way.

Michelle and Vera seemed to do ok, Eric has potential but there is lots of room for improvement. Dan and Brett seem to be followers, which could be bad for them (See Ben from last semester.)

Over all, a good start to this semester. We will have to see how they remaining cadets do next week.

the season finale of ghost Hunters academy is on tonight, and they are at the Essex county asylum. I remember T.A.P.S. being there, although I didn't remember the actual investigation, until they got to the morgue. That is when Steve and tango climbed into the body cooler thing.

one thing I thought was funny was that every episode so far has been during warm weather. If I remember right, the original Chris and Steve were wearing shorts most of the time, but now it's clearly fall and they are wearing heavy coats and gloves.

Steve and Tango investigated with each of the cadets, which was cool, although it might have been good to do that on their first investigation to see how they improved.

Jane was once again stupid when confronted with a mistake she made, starting to cry. Ben once again did good with set up, but not the best when investigating.

after talking with jay and grant, Ben was offered a spot with the next group of cadets due to his tech skills. Chris smith was also invited back

Jane got the boot. then she started crying and said that she wasn't expecting to go home and they didn't see how good she was. I want to shoot her.

Carl and Susan got the job with GHI. It should be interesting to see how they do in a couple of weeks when international starts again, assuming they are there right from the start of the season 9or at least this part of the season.

watching Episode 5 of Ghost Hunters Academy now. They introduced a new cadet, named Chris Smith. Which means that either Chris or Ben will be leaving (Ben's last name is Smith) They are investigating St Augustine Lighthouse, which should be interesting, and I like the fact that they mentioned the bucket being picked up, which Jay and Grant debunked the first time that T.A.P.S. was there.

Apparently the motion sensors on the lights at the top of the lighthouse were turned off before they investigated.

Chris Smith seems to be too eager to do a good job. Not that bad thing, and he is trying to make a good impression on his first day, but it could get him in trouble. He has no training, but Ben helped him during set up, which is probably the best person to show him the ropes.

Jane, while Steve and Tango were giving their opinions on the cadets, jumped right in and complained about Chris (the first one) Yet another reason to not like her. In the end it was Jane and Chris 1 who were up for elimination. Unfortunately Chris 1 got the boot, but the only reason was because he said he couldn't handle being away from home much longer, let alone how long he would be gone if he got the job. They made sure to point out that was the only reason he was voted off the island, and that it would have been Jane if it hadn't been for that.

Next week is the season finale. Should be interesting to see who will join the T.A.P.S. team

Just finished watching episode 4 pf Ghost Hunters Academy. I didn't remember when T.A.P.S. was there at first, but after the walk though I vaguely remember it.

Over all it was a good episode. No evidence or anything, but they did a good job investigating and debunking. Steve and Tango even tried testing one of the teams, which was kind of funny, but the cadets were able to debunk it and figured that it might be a test.

Over all, everyone but Jane looked good. She did ok, but she again seemed to have an attitude, even like she was trying to start a fight (Tango came to her defense sort of, pointing out that she was from Jersey. Is that the same as pointing out that someone is drinking because he is Irish?)

No one got eliminated this week, looks like someone will on tonights. I'm guessing it will be Jane or Chris, but we will see how they do at St Augustine Lighthouse.

Episode 3 of Ghost Hunters Academy is almost over, and someone is getting sent home!!!!

Also, they added a new cadet, who was horrible and before the reveal looked like the most likely to be eliminated.

Once again, Chris and Heathyr are the ones I want to see gone, although Heathyr was a lot less annoying this week. Ben got in a bit of trouble by letting the new girl, Jane, lead him around even though he was more experienced. In his defense, she was rather good looking and he seems to be a nerd. 'Nuff said.

Jane and Heathyr were up for elimination. Heathyr was eliminated which kind of surprised me since she was honest the whole time and seemed to be doing better, while Jane lied about knowing how to use the gear and did a bad job investigating. I think the rest of the cadets thought that too.

We'll see what happens and if anyone gets eliminated next week, when they investigate Buffalo Terminal Central

Episode 2 of Ghost Hunters Academy was tonight (it's actually on right now, and I'm basically typing this as I watch it.) they are on the Battleship North Carolina, which is exciting for me because I only vaguely remember the first investigation there.

Unfortunately the show wasn't even on for 5 minutes before Heathyr opened her mouth and brought up the "I'm a medium" stuff. a few minutes later she did an interview segment where she didn't mention it, which I think is a first so far.

Then they get lost and spent 5 minutes of the show lost and getting chewed out. They didn't take notes to find places, which is stupid. They said, in part, that it was to figure out where to put cameras. Shouldn't they have done that during the tour?

Overall it was a better episode. Susan looks like she is the early lead in who will be picked. Ben and Karl are working well together and reminding me of Steve and Tango. Chris isn't nearly as good as he things he is, and Heathyr is still annoying.

Looks like someone might get kicked off next week. Regardless, should be interesting to see what they find next week, at Eastern State Penitentiary.

I just finished watching the first episode of Ghost Hunters Academy, and it wasn't bad. They didn't spend much time on the investigation itself, but that made sense. this episode, and the series it'self, is about the team learning how to investigate, and they apparently felt they had to spend plenty of time introducing this team.

No one was kicked off (assuming they do some sort of voting off the island sort of thing) but I hope the first one off the show is Heathyr. She's a medium, or at least thinks she is. and she'll tell you every time she opens her mouth! I don't think she spoke once with out mentioning that she was a medium! it got annoying fast.