The Ghostwatch System

Put simply, Turbidite Manor’s Ghostwatch System is a technological network that enables the containment and monitoring of supernatural energies. A complex electromagnetic (EM) Grid concealed within the attraction creates a field around each room. The magnetic fields interfere with the ectoplasmic dynamics and magnetic dipoles at work within the reassembled rooms of the Manor, thus stimulating paranormal activity which may include climate variations, sounds, odors, apparitions, and poltergeist episodes. While enabling guests to explore the supernatural, Ghostwatch also keeps track of all events and entities which may appear, confining their energies within the Containment Grid. Knowledge of this system allows guests to experience the chills and tension of a haunting, without the unnerving anxiety that they may not make it out alive.

Paranormal Containment Doors (PCDs)

As you tour the museum, you’ll note that Turley Manor is not presented as a whole – rather, individual rooms of the house are linked by hallways separated by Paranormal Containment Doors. Currently, finite resources prevent the assembly of the Manor in its entirety, (and we dare not, as the forces at work are too great.) PCDs act as portals through which ectoplasmic energies cannot pass when the containment fields are in flux. Once an area has been stabilized, the PCD can be activated, allowing guests to continue forward on their tour. For ease of use, the PCDs have been color-coded with light: red for stop, green for go. Of course it is imperative that guests adhere to these guidelines (unless otherwise directed by Turbidite Manor personnel) or the Containment Grid may be compromised, resulting in a shutdown of the system.

Presenting the Past

Turbidite Manor is the culmination of detailed research and development work done over the last 20 years. The goal was daunting in task, yet simple in concept – an automated tour of a ‘real’ haunted house  presented in a museum format. Turley Manor proved to be an ideal candidate for this first attempt, so the house was dismantled and put into storage. As discoveries were made, certain rooms of the house were chosen to be reassembled and energized, the first of which was the Parlor... a happy accident, as the Parlor proved to be the most unpredictable area, thus providing fertile proving ground for the system. Once successful in stimulating and maintaining supernatural phenomenon, more rooms were added to the setup, until finally the tour could be opened to a wide audience. The facility itself is really one big robot, comprised of several microprocessors, systems, and mechanisms that ‘talk’ to each other constantly, powered by proprietary software. One key goal of the tour is to keep the technologies as concealed as possible, so as not to detract from the charm of the Manor.