Ghost Hunters and Romantics Explore Cranbury Inn

Two dozen guests, a mixture of the eager and the skeptical, entered the Saturday night seeking evidence of paranormal activity for a "romantic ghost hunt." Under the tutelage of Philadelphia-based ghost hunting team the Ferrymen, the guests started off with a tour of the inn before exploring it and across the street.

Allison and Stefano Grasso, of East Windsor, said the TV show "Ghost Hunters" piqued their interest in the subject. But asked if they expected any exciting encounters that night, Ms. Grasso said, "Not really. I don't think we'll get that lucky."

Dave Jack and Arturo Lara came all the way from King of Prussia, Pa. to take part in the event. They too watched "Ghost Hunters," and when Lara mentioned it Jack quickly cut in, "I'm a skeptic."

Some others came from just blocks away. "I'm pretty excited about this," said Dave Maher, of Cranbury. "I've always wanted to do it."

Inn owners Tom and Gay Ingegneri regaled the guests, mostly couples, with the history of the inn and the various people who've mentioned feeling a presence. Tom Ingegneri said unequivocally that he is a skeptic... but, he added, "things happen."

Gay Ingegneri was more straightforward. "Yes, we have a lot of spirit entities here," she said, going on to ask who in the group was psychic. One person volunteered that she considered herself "sensitive."

"All the psychics that have come through tell us that of all the ghosts in here, there's not a bad one in the bunch," Gay Ingegneri added. "They love being in the Inn and that's why they're attached to the Inn.

"When people come in and say... 'Oh, isn't it warm and friendly in here,' they don't realize they're experiencing the spirit entities here," she added.

The Ferrymen, consisting of Robert Esposito, Justin Dabrow, and Michele and Dan Jackson, all of Pennsylvania, initiated the guests to ghost hunting by showing them the equipment they had brought for them to use. The attendees got to take electromagnetic field (EMF) meters and thermometers to check for strange flucuations in EMFs and temperature, and they were encouraged to take photos to see if they could capture any "orbs," or unexplained visual phenomena. The Ferrymen also used voice recorders to try and pick up what are known in the business as electronic voice phenomena (EVPs).

The group followed Tom Ingegneri on a tour of the inn before the group split up to explore the grounds there and at the cemetery. Afterward, the Ferrymen provided Patch with several pictures of scenes showing "orbs" and audio files with voices they said weren't there when they were recorded. Take a look through the attached gallery and let us know what you think in the comments.