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47-569: The Jonathan Corwin House , known locally as The Witch House , is a historic house museum in Salem, Massachusetts . It was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin (1640–1718) and is one of the few structures still standing in Salem with direct ties to the Salem witch trials of 1692. Corwin bought the house in 1675 when he was 35 and when the house was still unfinished, and lived there for more than 40 years;

94-547: A documentary style. It was filmed in 2004 and produced by 4Reel Productions in 2006. The SciFi Channel premiered 4Reel's Ghost Adventures on July 25, 2007. The film centered on the trio's investigation of alleged paranormal activity in and around Virginia City, Nevada , including the Goldfield Hotel in Goldfield, Nevada . The crew returned there during the series' fourth, fifth, and seventh seasons. The series

141-454: A "memory museum", which is a term used to suggest that the museum contains a collection of the traces of memory of the people who once lived there. It is often made up of the inhabitants' belongings and objects – this approach is mostly concerned with authenticity . Some museums are organised around the person who lived there or the social role the house had. Other historic house museums may be partially or completely reconstructed in order to tell

188-669: A collection consistent with the historical structure. Some museums choose to collect pieces original to the period, while not original to the house. Others, fill the home with replicas of the original pieces, reconstructed with the help of historic records. Still other museums adopt a more aesthetic approach and use the homes to display the architecture and artistic objects. Because historic homes have often existed through different generations and have been passed on from one family to another, volunteers and professionals also must decide which historical narrative to tell their visitors. Some museums grapple with this issue by displaying different eras in

235-449: A fun yet terrifying walk down memory lane as Zak revisits the scariest, funniest and most insane clips from episodes past and presents some of the crew's best paranormal evidence. Ghost Adventures: House Calls premiered on Thursday May 19, 2022, on Discovery+. Zak Bagans investigates the haunted homes of everyday people who are living in terror with nowhere else to turn; Zak and his crew enter each residence armed with equipment to document

282-486: A professor of history and political science, further adds to social history and its relationship to locations by saying – Following this historical movement, the concept of " open-air museums " became prominent. These particular types of museums had interpreters in costume re-enact the lives of communities in earlier eras, which would then be performed to modern audiences. They often occupied large wooden architecture buildings or outdoor sites and landscapes, that were true to

329-400: A year, more than fifty percent of historic house museums received fewer than 5,000 visitors per year. These museums are also unique in that the actual structure belongs to the museum collection as a historical object. While some historic home museums are fortunate to possess a collection containing many of the original furnishings once present in the home, many face the challenge of displaying

376-604: Is an American paranormal and reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel before moving to Discovery+ in 2021. An independent film of the same name originally aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on July 25, 2007. The program follows ghost hunters Zak Bagans , Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted . Ghost Adventures began as an independent film , produced in

423-700: Is analyzed after the investigation, and the whole thing is cut down to fit one hour. The most prominent pieces of evidence found are then presented at the appropriate times they happened during the investigation and each one is explained. During the series, the crew claims to have captured and experienced various Fortean phenomena , which they say include simultaneous equipment malfunctions such as battery drain, voltage spikes, fluctuations in electromagnetic fields, sudden changes in temperature (such as cold spots ), unexplained noises, electronic voice phenomena (EVP), and apparitions . The crew also claims to have recorded spirit possessions on video. Bagans believes that he

470-551: Is not only associated with the individual but is a shared experience. It also focused on the way individual memory is influenced by social structures, as a way of continuing socialisation by producing memory as collective experience. An example of a site that utilizes collective memory is the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan. It was restored and is based on the dialectics of memory, however it also has

517-465: Is produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions). Zak Bagans , Nick Groff (seasons 1–10), Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley investigate reportedly haunted locations , hoping to collect visual or auditory evidence of paranormal activity . Each episode begins with the crew touring the investigation site with its owners or caretakers. These introductions typically include Bagans's voice-overs of

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564-625: The Halloween special titled Ghost Adventures Live , which was broadcast from the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum on October 30, 2009, controversy arose when Robert Bess, inventor of the Parabot Containment Chamber (said to attract and empower spirits using energy, giving them form), claims to have had an EMF meter knocked violently out of his hands. However, upon investigation of the video, it

611-551: The 1970s and 1980s, as the Revolutionary War's bicentennial set off a wave of patriotism and alerted Americans to the destruction of their physical heritage. The tradition of restoring homes of the past and designating them as museums draws on the English custom of preserving ancient buildings and monuments. Initially homes were considered worthy of saving because of their associations with important individuals, usually of

658-632: The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic . The first episode of this miniseries started filming during the start of Nevada state lockdown on March 30. It was titled "Perimeter of Fear" where GAC investigated the Jack Kevorkian van room where women have fainted, the Natalie Wood room and a display of haunted dolls. Ghost Adventures: Top 10 premiered on Saturday January 2, 2021, on Discovery+. The series aired as an 8 episode miniseries. Zak Bagans counts down fans' favorite moments from Ghost Adventures. It's

705-506: The Travel Channel. There were 13 episodes announced for the first season and second season with Zak, Aaron, Jay and Billy opening up to viewers in their screening room (a.k.a. "screaming room") to watch their favorite episodes. Ghost Adventures: Quarantine premiered on June 11, 2020, on the Travel Channel. The series aired as a 4 part miniseries featuring Zak and the crew locked inside his Haunted Museum for 10 days during

752-559: The United States. Deadly Possessions (also known as Ghost Adventures: Artifacts ) is a series that premiered on April 2, 2016, on the Travel Channel. The series aired one season and features Zak Bagans as he gathers artifacts for his new museum in Las Vegas, Nevada . The show reveals the dark history of the items, as well as associated paranormal claims. Demon House premiered on Friday March 16, 2018, with Lost Footage from

799-553: The center of the facade". During the Salem witch trials of 1692, Corwin was called upon to investigate the claims of diabolical activity when a surge of witchcraft accusations arose in Salem Village (now Danvers ) and neighboring communities. He took the place of Judge Nathaniel Saltonstall , who resigned after the execution of Bridget Bishop . Corwin served on the Court of Oyer and Terminer , which ultimately sent 19 people to

846-403: The elite classes, like former presidents, authors, or businessmen. Increasingly, Americans have fought to preserve structures characteristic of a more typical American past that represents the lives of everyday people. Historic house museums usually operate with small staffs and on limited budgets. Many are run entirely by volunteers and often do not meet the professional standards established by

893-420: The era, adding to authenticity. Collective memory is sometimes used in the resurrection of historic house museums; however, not all historic house museums use this approach. The notion of collective memory originated from philosopher and sociologist Maurice Halbwachs , in "La Memoire Collective" ("On Collective Memory", 1950). This extended thesis examines the role of people and place, and how collective memory

940-519: The film being released on January 1, 2019 and an Uncut version airing shortly after on February 16, 2019, on the Travel Channel. After buying a haunted home in Indiana over the phone, sight unseen, paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew are unprepared for the demonic forces that await them at the location referred to as a "Portal to Hell." The Haunted Museum premiered on Saturday October 2, 2021, on Discovery+. There were 9 episodes announced for

987-454: The first season. Paranormal investigator and host of Ghost Adventures Zak Bagans joins forces with filmmaker Eli Roth, the modern master of horror, to present a terrifying film anthology inspired by pieces found in Zak’s personal collection of haunted artifacts. Ghost Adventures is currently on air or streaming in the following countries and channels: The documentary which the series was based on

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1034-400: The gallows. Those accused during this period were brought to Corwin's home for "pretrial examinations". After the trials, the house eventually passed to Corwin's grandson George who owned it until his death in 1746. Sarah Corwin (now widowed) altered and enlarged the residence sometime between 1746 and 1747. According to architectural historian Abbott Lowell Cummings , rooms were added above

1081-431: The home's history within different rooms or sections of the structure. Others choose one particular narrative, usually the one deemed most historically significant, and restore the home to that particular period. There are a number of organizations around the world that dedicate themselves to the preservation, restoration, or promotion of historic house museums. They include: Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures

1128-617: The house remained in the Corwin family until the mid-19th century. Captain Nathaniel Davenport originally owned the land where the Witch House at 310 Essex Street now resides. While Davenport started construction of the house, it was left unfinished when Jonathan Corwin bought it in 1675. Corwin quickly completed the house which at the time had "steep gables a large central chimney, and a projecting two-story entry porch at

1175-581: The house sometime in 1675, this particular date is now used as circa. In 2011, the Ghost Adventures crew featured the Witch House during season 4. The Witch House also appears in the opening scenes of the movie Hocus Pocus 2 , which takes place in 1653. It's unknown if historical emphasis was placed on Salem village while creating a backstory for the Sanderson sisters. Historic house museum Historic house museums are sometimes known as

1222-446: The inclusion of joyous festivals to mask the turmoil. The Hiroshima Traces (1999) text takes a look at the importance of collective memory and how it is embedded in culture and place. Thus, collective memory does not only reside in a house or building, but it also resonates in outdoor space – particularly when a monumental event has occurred, such as war. Problematic creation of collective memory occurs within historic house museums when

1269-700: The location overnight, which they believe will prevent "audio contamination" and extraneous shadows. They use a variety of equipment, including digital thermometers, electromagnetic field (EMF) meters , handheld digital video cameras, audio recorders, the Ovilus device, point of view cameras, and infrared night-vision cameras in an effort to capture evidence of ghosts. The members sometimes place what they call 'trigger' objects and shout verbal taunts they believe ghosts might move or respond to, with Bagans occasionally daring infamous and notorious spirits to physical combat. The video and audio collected during each investigation

1316-553: The museum industry. An independent survey conducted by Peggy Coats in 1990 revealed that sixty-five percent of historic house museums did not have a full-time staff, and 19 to 27 percent of historic homes employed only one full-time employee. Furthermore, the majority of these museums operated on less than $ 50,000 annually. The survey also revealed a significant disparity in the number of visitors between local house museums and national sites. While museums like Mount Vernon and Colonial Williamsburg were visited by over one million tourists

1363-403: The narrative of all people who lived there is dangerous. While some plantation museum narratives have changed following an outcry from the public and the academy, "plantation museums reflect, create, and contribute to racialized ways of understanding and organizing the world" by limiting or eliminating the narrative of the enslaved inhabitants. A degree of authenticity is also to be considered in

1410-491: The narrative of non-family members is dismissed, ignored, or completely rejected. Within the Southern United States, plantation museums (the former homes of enslavers) constitute a significant portion of the museum community and contribute to the racialized collective memory of the United States. Because museums are responsible for "the building of identity, cultural memory and community", neglecting to include

1457-513: The partly completed house in 1675. The first to offer a proposed build date were Corwin’s descendants who claimed (without evidence) that the house was built in 1642. Victorian-era scholars such as William Phineas Upham argued that the house had been built even earlier. This (now unlikely) proposal suggests that the Witch House was built in the 1620s or 1630s and that Roger Williams lived in it before he founded Providence Plantations . As it's known for certain that Jonathan Corwin purchased/completed

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1504-412: The past. Any new audio and/or video evidence that was not shown before, in previous Ghost Adventures episodes, are also revealed. Ghost Adventures: Where Are They Now? premiered on Friday August 30, 2019, on the Travel Channel. The series aired as a 5 episode miniseries all under 10 minutes each featuring Zak revisiting some of Ghost Adventures' most chilling paranormal investigations. He follows up with

1551-472: The previous inhabitants through an explanation and exploration of social history . The idea of a historic house museum derives from a branch of history called social history that is solely based on people and their way of living. It became very popular in the mid-twentieth century among scholars who were interested in the history of people, as opposed to political and economical issues. Social history remains an influential branch of history. Philip J. Ethington,

1598-468: The public good and the preservation of American history, especially centered on the first U.S. president, General George Washington. Since the establishment of the country's first historic site in 1850, Washington's Revolutionary headquarters in New York, Americans have found a penchant for preserving similar historical structures. The establishment of historic house museums increased in popularity through

1645-434: The real people featured on fan-favorite episodes to find out what happened after the crew left. Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits premiered on Saturday October 5, 2019, on the Travel Channel. The series aired as a 4 part miniseries featuring Zak and the crew visiting locations across the United States teeming with the dark energies of serial killers. Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room! premiered on January 2, 2020, on

1692-430: The rear and lean-to , the entire facade gables were removed, and a gambrel roof was built over the entire frame. The residence fell out of the Corwin family by 1836, and was subsequently owned by a resident named Sarah Cushing until 1851. George Farrington, a pharmacist bought the house in 1856, and later built an annex towards Essex Street for his medical business. Farrington was the first resident to refer to his home as

1739-405: The restoration and creation of a historic house museum. The space must be authentic in terms of truly replicating and representing the way it once stood in its original form and appear to be untouched and left in time. There are three steps when declaring if a space is authentic: The earliest projects for preserving historic homes began in the 1850s under the direction of individuals concerned with

1786-493: The result was an older appearance, the house today consists of "much twentieth-century material". The residence now operates as a museum by the City of Salem and is open seasonally. While there are no known dendrochronology studies to confirm an exact build date, various theories have been proposed over time by historians since the 1830s. The main problem with providing a date is explaining what happened before Jonathan Corwin bought

1833-658: The show as part of the GAC: Ghost Adventures has involved celebrities who have participated in the investigations or appeared as eyewitnesses: Ghost Adventures became one of the most popular shows on Travel Channel. Since its debut it has found an audience for its mix of paranormal investigation, history, and interpersonal drama, and fan reception has been generally positive. Ghost Adventures also helped popularize paranormal television and ghost hunting during its original run on Travel Channel. The show now airs on Discovery+ as well as Amazon Prime . In

1880-440: The site's history as well as interviews with people who claim to have witnessed paranormal phenomena there. On the basis of these interviews, the crew place X's with black or gray tape at the sites of some serious alleged paranormal activity. They later return to these spots in order to set up static night-vision cameras to try and film it happening. After completing the walk-through, they discuss their strategy, then are locked in

1927-512: The story of a particular area, social-class or historical period. The " narrative " of the people who lived there guides this approach, and dictates the manner in which it is completed. Another alternative approach, deployed by nonprofit organization House Museum , includes contemporary art integration, where artists are invited to respond to the physical and conceptual history of a site, thus injecting contemporary perspectives and value into historic places. In each kind of museum, visitors learn about

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1974-462: The structure was threatened with demolition to accommodate the widening of North Street. In order to save the house, it was moved back from the street to its current location. The building was then restored to its presumed 17th century appearance in 1945 by architects Frank Chouteau Brown and Gordon Robb. According to MACRIS , the reconstruction of numerous missing elements was based upon documentary research, building archaeology, and presumption. While

2021-399: The unexplained activity. Paranormal Challenge is a competitive paranormal reality show that premiered on June 17, 2011, on the Travel Channel, with one season aired to date. The show is hosted by Zak Bagans, who challenges ghost hunters from around the United States to go head-to-head in a weekly competition to gather paranormal evidence by spending a night in reportedly haunted locations in

2068-532: The “Witch House”, this in turn attracted tourists who heard Farrington claim that the Witch Trials had occurred in the parlor. An additional rear- ell was added to the house in 1874, and by 1897 "succeeding additions were made to the rear". Around the turn of the twentieth century, the house was divided into apartments and businesses which included the drug store (by this time owned by Upton and Frisbee), and an antiques parlor. This lasted until around 1940 when

2115-598: Was found that he had actually thrown it. In the November 6, 2009, follow-up Ghost Adventures Live: Post Mortem , hosts Bagans and Groff reviewed the video and concluded that they could not claim any paranormal explanation for the incident. Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks is a series that premiered on Saturday April 26, 2014, on the Travel Channel. The three season miniseries features Zak Bagans interviewing former Ghost Adventures interviewees to find out how their lives have changed since those GAC "lockdowns"/investigations from

2162-688: Was possessed at the Preston School of Industry and at Poveglia Island in Italy. Groff claims that he was overtaken by a "dark energy" at the Moon River Brewing Company . Goodwin claims he was " under the influence of a dark spirit " at Bobby Mackey's Music World and Winchester Mystery House . Goodwin is often left alone in the alleged "hotspots" during lockdowns to see how the spirits will react to Goodwin being alone. The following people have appeared as recurring guests in

2209-672: Was released on DVD by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment on October 5, 2010. Season 1 was released on DVD on August 18, 2009, the Season 2 DVD was released on September 14, 2010, Season 3 was released on September 6, 2011, Season 4 on September 4, 2012, and Season 5 on February 24, 2014. Many episodes are available to stream on Discovery+. However, it is missing key episodes that primarily feature Mark and Debby Constantino as guest investigators out of respect to them and their families, such episodes include "Washoe Club and Chollar Mine", "Goldfield", "Mustang Ranch", "Winchester Mystery House" to name but

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