The second half of last night’s Ghost Hunters International was at the Manor House in Rathlin Island, N. Ireland.  One word.  Debunked.

The Manor House is an Inn on Ireland’s Rathlin Island.  There are claims of full apparitions of a child, dark figures in the doorways, sounds of footsteps, yadda yadda yadda.   For the most part, they were all debunked by the GHI crew.  They had a few personal experiences that they kindly say can “add to the stories.”

In Room 6, there supposedly was an exorcism some years ago and there are claims of paranormal/poltergeist activity in that room (i.e. objects moving around on their own).  When Dustin and Barry investigate, Barry throws some coins on the floor to try and entice a greedy landlord spirit out.  He  thought he heard the coins move and thought he saw a figure moving in the room.  Dustin reported a musty smell in the area where Barry thought he saw the movement, but did not see the same figure.  Nothing was captured by their cameras or audio.

Dustin & Robb successfully debunked the shadowy figure seen from behind the dinning room doors.  They decided that a person could have time to appear in the doorway, then take off out of site before a person would have time to open the door and look around.

While  GHI newcomer Ashley Godwin and Robb investigated one of the bedrooms,  Ashley faintly heard a woman’s voice.   Ashley used amplifying headphones to try and dial inon the voice.  They asked any ghosts in the room to approach her and talk into her device…at this point Robb tried to video record Ashley and found his camera wouldn’t focus on her.  He jumps to the conclusion that it was a mist forming in response to their queries.  Barry debunked this nugget when he noticed a lens flare from another camera that was messing with the focus of Robb’s hand held device.

Is it me, or does it seem like the show’s production almost needs to insert a few token “debunked” episodes every now and then?  I wish I would see this type of discernment and rationale (for those members who actually used it) more often.