Chasing Spirits by Nick Groff

Author:Nick Groff
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9781101608807
Publisher: NAL Trade
Published: 2012-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

What is your favorite piece of ghost hunting equipment?

I like my digital audio recorder. I feel like I have a connection to speak with spirits on the other side, and this is the easiest way for us to do that.

Going out on the town on one of the nights was pretty much our only downtime on the shoots, though. On the third night, we’d go in for the lockdown, and then head home after that. Then it was right to analysis and editing, which would keep Zak and me holed up in one room together again until we were done.

That process alone was nerve-racking. What if they lost the tapes? We’d be screwed! I had to mail them everything—the hard drives, the master tapes. I was still new to Final Cut, so it was taking longer than I would have liked. Plus, the rendering time to get the footage loaded onto the computer was killing me. Even when I’d finally got the hang of the new software and the editing process in general, I still couldn’t believe how much time was being wasted waiting for the tapes to render.

We decided the simplest solution would be to compress the footage from high definition to standard definition for our edit, and then when we sent it to the production company in New York they could recapture it in HD. It was still time-consuming, but it was our best option, and also a learning experience. It was my first time working in real television, and I was figuring out how to make it all work. I was pretty damn proud of that.

All the stress and long hours started to take a toll on our lives outside the show, and with our family and friends. I tried as hard as I could to keep some semblance of a normal relationship with Veronique, but it wasn’t easy. I give her a lot of props for all her patience. I’d be on the road, then get home, and still she wouldn’t see me all day and sometimes all night. My body paid a price for it too.

In fact, I got so damn skinny filming season one that I had to do something about it. I was on the road, which is a strain in itself, but then I wasn’t working out or eating properly. Even when I wasn’t traveling or spending all night investigating, I spent every other moment chained to an editing suite. It was hell on my body. One night I came home and Veronique just stared at me. “Wow—you’re so skinny,” she said. “You’re way too skinny.” I never would have thought filming a television show would be that tough on my health.

When we wrapped up the first season, my cousin Justin came to live with me for a bit. He’s really smart about things like personal training—he’s been ripped since high school, back when he played football. He can lift twice his body weight. He’s one of those dudes that you just don’t want to fuck with.

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