TV-Reviewed

The Cuban Club was another sizable locale for TAPS to investigate. The place was split into several different large rooms, too, which made cross-contamination all that easier. The acoustics of some of the spaces, like the ballroom and the theater, just lended themselves to creating all sorts of interesting noises and sounds. However, this time around, the footsteps and other general sounds reported weren’t really that important. Instead, we got a much better surprise.

First though, was Amy and Kris’s provoking of any entities that might’ve been present in the ballroom. Nothing much happened here other than the two of them getting spooked after Kris was trying to get Amy to provoke by saying she might burn the place down. The resulting thump-bang echoed loudly throughout the entire room. We, the audience, heard that much. But, the noise could have been caused by anything. It spooked the girls so much, though, that they called in Jason and Grant.

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of Ghost Hunters

I was surprised when Grant actually volunteered to go up on the roof and walk around. That almost reminded me of something Brian might’ve done back when he was still on the show. Yet, it was to no avail, Jason didn’t hear anything in the ballroom below. The floor in that room was extremely loud anyway. It could’ve just been the groaning of expanding or retracting floorboards. And, besides, Grant discovered the room to be filled with high EMFs. He said, “This place is buzzing.” I guess it would be with those high tension lines running by outside. The question is twofold: Did the high EMF fields cause the girls to become overexcited? Did the high EMF fields cause Jay to become sick? It could all be related…

Next was probably one of the more intriguing bits I’ve seen on GH in a while. That was the EVP session Grant and Britt had with the entity in the canteena. The old flashlight trick was back, but this time it wasn’t with the push button kind. Grant had opted for the twist-on-switch type. It was amazing seeing the flashlight turn on and off to his questions. The only way for this crazy happening to occur, besides it being for real, would be post-production editing. However, I think that would have been a lot of work. I’ll go with that it really did happen. It was clear Britt was surprised by how cold the flashlight supposedly was by the look on his face.

Steve and Tango’s earlier attempts at making contact with the entity in the canteena hadn’t yielded anything, though. But, it did provide, again, some laughs. The only other bit of evidence that was caught at the Club that I think is worth mentioning is the audio of the footsteps that were caught on the stairs where it was said the lady in a white dress and red high heels would sometimes be seen walking. It definitely did sound like heels, too, even with all the background noise. Grant was quick to point out that nobody else there that night had worn hard-soled shoes like that.

While the Cuban Club had more ethereal happenings, TAPS’s next stop involved more worldly explanations. The Trelles Clinic was the perfect example of people letting their imaginations get the best of them. The place was a bit creepy but nothing over the top. In fact, two of the stories were debunked quite easily.

The supposed meat grinder in the morgue where the guy had supposedly lost his arm ended up being nothing more than some sort of sterilizing unit. Jason and Grant easily figured it out just by giving the thing the once over. I like how it even said on it what it was. That was great. Then, there were the windows that had supposedly slammed shut by themselves. Steve proved that it didn’t take much to make them to fall, even when you thought you had had them firmly secured.

So, it seemed as if everything were normal in the place…but, they did capture one EVP that changed things up. It was captured in the pharmacy where the woman had claimed her shirt tail had been tugged on. It was a child’s voice whispering, “Juan.” The significance of this came up during the interview with the client. Juan was apparently the last kid who had died in the clinic–in the nearby operating room. Granted, the EVP was very faint and you really had to strain to hear it.

For this episode it was mainly the interaction of the entity with the flashlight that made it stand out. We’ve seen that before, of course, just not like this–the possibility of vibrations setting off that type of flashlight are very slim. I just don’t see a way of debunking it, other than it being a trick of editing.

Rating: 8.0