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Monthly ghost tours begin in Old Town Spring

The Civil War Museum in Old Town Spring is one of the haunts on the ghost tour. Chris Pennell is holding an EMF meter in his left hand and a dowsing rod in the other while Kourtney Franks is contacting spirits.

By KEVIN KOLOIAN

Published: 10.20.09

The response to Spirit Quest’s Ghost Quest, which starts on the eve of Halloween, has been overwhelming.

Ran by the Spirit Quest Center, paranormal investigators Chris and Ginger Pennell and psychic medium Kourtney Franks will take groups of 15 on tours of the many haunts in Old Town Spring.

Wunsche Bros. Café is probably the most well known place that is haunted in Old Town Spring, said Chris Pennell, who co-owns the center along with his wife Ginger.

“The spirit of Charlie, one of the Wunsche family members who died there, is upstairs and has been known to move things around,” Pennell explained. “Wunsche Bros. rarely let people upstairs because they think something is going to happen.”

Pennell said there are quite a lot of ghosts of children in Old Town Spring.

A spirit of a young girl named Sarah has regularly been reported to be felt in a shop, which used to be a barn, located in Doring Court.

“The story goes that the young girl was playing in the barn and fell and broke her leg,” Pennell said. “With the medicine of that time, it didn’t heal very well. She got gangrene and ended up dying. After her death, she is still playing in the barn.”

Along the tour, psychic medium Franks will allow the group to talk with spirits through her.

The group is just starting to take people on ghost tours, although it has done paranormal research in the area since 2000.

The tour that takes place on the night before Halloween is already sold out and the one on Halloween is a near sell out as well.

Spirit Quest plans on hosting the tours every month. The next one will be on Friday the 13th in November, which is already filling fast.

The two hour-tour starts at 7 p.m. and costs $22 per person in advance. The minimum age to attend is 12-years-old.

Participants take part in an informational class right before the tour where they learn how to use dowsing rods and EMF meters. People will also see evidence that the group has found, and even listen to audio captured of the ghost girl Sarah.

After the tour, people can see the pictures they took on a big screen to see if they captured anything.

Pennell doesn’t think people’s interest in the tour will wane after Halloween. He said there are ghost tours all over the country that are extremely successful and have ran for years. There are two in San Antonio that are very well known, he added.

“There used to be several ghost tours around Houston and there not around anymore and I’m not sure why,” Pennell said. “But I think people are always interested in going on a ghost tour. Part of the reason why people like them is because they can go to a place that is supposed be haunted and not be scared with professionals with them.”

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