Jason Hawes and JV Johnson Go Live: Your Questions, Real Answers, and the Truth About Paranormal Investigation
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April 22, 2026
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The Oller House Investigation: When the Evidence Forces You to Slow Down
I've walked into hundreds of locations expecting one thing and getting another, but the Oller House caught me off guard in a way I didn't anticipate. We went in with a straightforward plan — baseline the location, document the environment, and start ruling things out. What we got instead was a case that demanded we slow down, think critically, and work through every detail before drawing any conclusions.
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April 21, 2026
Ghost Hunters at the Oller House: Investigating 100 Years of Paranormal Reports in Waynesboro, PA
Some locations stop you before you even walk through the door. The Oller House in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania is one of those places — a stunning Queen Anne mansion with more than a century of history soaked into every beam, every staircase, and every shadowed corner of its 17 rooms. Before we ever set up a single piece of equipment, the stories coming out of this house were already demanding our attention.
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April 16, 2026
Inside the Oller House: A Paranormal Investigation in Waynesboro, PA
Some locations earn their reputation through decades of stories passed down by the people who lived there — and the Oller House in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania is exactly that kind of place. When I walk into a property like this, I'm not looking for a haunting. I'm looking for answers. That's always been the TAPS approach, and it's the only honest way to do this work.
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April 14, 2026
Knoxlyn Ridge Investigation: What We Found at One of Gettysburg's Most Unsettling Locations
Gettysburg doesn't need any help earning its reputation. The history alone — the weight of what happened on that ground — is enough to make even the most seasoned investigator pause. But Knoxlyn Ridge isn't just riding Gettysburg's coattails. This place has its own story, and the moment we stepped through the door, I knew we were going to have to work to figure it out.
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April 7, 2026
The Conjuring House: What Really Happens When You Investigate One of America's Most Infamous Haunted Locations
Few locations in the paranormal world carry as much weight — or as much mythology — as the Conjuring House in Burrillville, Rhode Island. Over the years, Hollywood has turned this 18th-century farmhouse into a cultural phenomenon, and with that fame comes a mountain of expectation, embellishment, and outright fiction. I wanted to sit down and talk openly about what I know, what I've seen, and what I think is really going on inside those walls.
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March 31, 2026
The Hoover House Investigation: When the Building Itself Seems to Answer Back
In over two decades of investigating haunted locations, I've learned to keep my expectations in check and my skepticism sharp. The Hoover House was no different — we walked in ready to find explanations, not excuses. What we didn't expect was for the location to seemingly respond to us directly, in real time, in ways that stopped the entire team cold.
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March 24, 2026
Inside the Haunted Hoover House: Investigating One of Pennsylvania's Most Mysterious Locations
Some locations have a way of getting under your skin before you even walk through the door — and the Historic 1912 Hoover House in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania is exactly that kind of place. Built over a century ago and shaped by decades of human lives, losses, and stories, this beautifully preserved bed-and-breakfast sits quietly in a historic district just miles from two of the bloodiest battlefields in American history. Before JV and I ever set up a single piece of equipment, we sat down with owners Pam and Steve Barry to understand what we were actually walking into.
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March 17, 2026
First Look Inside the Hoover House: What We Found Before the Investigation Even Started
Before you can investigate a location, you have to understand it. That's always been my approach, and the Hoover House was no different. Walking through a place before the equipment comes out, before the lights go down, tells you more than most people realize.
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March 10, 2026
After the Investigation: Your Questions Answered Live with Jason Hawes
One of my favorite things to do after wrapping up a long night of investigating is sitting down with you — the community that makes all of this worthwhile. The investigation may be over, but the conversation is just getting started. These live Q&A sessions are where the real talk happens: no edits, no cuts, just honest answers about what we do and why we do it.
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March 3, 2026
When the Paranormal Gets Personal: Investigating a Location Where Staff Are Being Targeted
When we get a call saying employees are afraid to come to work, that's when I know an investigation can't wait. It's one thing to have guests report strange experiences — it's another when the people who spend the most time in a location, the ones who know every creak and quirk of the building, start saying something is specifically coming after them. That's the case that brought my team out for this investigation, and I'll be honest with you: what we documented here gave even me reason to pause.
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March 3, 2026
Going Live: Inside a Real-Time Paranormal Investigation with TAPS
There's something different about going live — no edits, no cuts, no second takes. When I take TAPS into a location in real time with you watching alongside us, every creak, every shadow, and every piece of evidence gets examined exactly as it happens. That's the kind of transparency I've always believed paranormal investigation deserves.
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February 11, 2026
Investigating the Dedham Museum: When Something Feels Wrong and You Can't Explain Why
Some locations announce themselves the moment you walk through the door. The Dedham Museum was one of those places — not with a dramatic bang or a disembodied voice, but with something quieter and harder to shake: the persistent feeling that the environment itself wasn't behaving the way it should. That feeling is exactly what we're trained to chase down and disprove, and it's exactly what kept us working through the night.
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February 10, 2026
What the Archives Reveal: Digging Into Dedham's Hidden History Before We Investigate
Before I ever set foot in a location with a single piece of equipment, I do my homework. History doesn't lie — and when you're trying to figure out whether something genuinely unexplained is happening in a place, understanding what that place has been through is the first and most important step. That's exactly why my visit to the Dedham Museum and Archives stopped me in my tracks.
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February 3, 2026
The Real Story Behind The Conjuring House, My Surgery Recovery, and Your Questions Answered
There are few cases in the paranormal world that generate more questions than the Harrisville, Rhode Island house made famous by The Conjuring — and honestly, I get why. Between the Hollywood treatment, the legends that have built up around that location, and my own history with investigations like it, people want to know what I really think. I went live recently to do something I don't do enough of: just talk openly, take your calls, and give you straight answers.
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January 27, 2026
Investigating the Dedham Museum & Archives: History, Silence, and What Hides in the Quiet
Some of the most compelling investigations I've ever done happen in places where the history is so dense you can almost feel it pressing against you before you even unpack a single piece of equipment. The Dedham Museum & Archives is exactly that kind of location — a repository of centuries of New England history housed within walls that have absorbed more human experience than most people ever stop to consider. When I walked through those doors, I wasn't walking in looking for ghosts. I was walking in looking for answers.
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January 20, 2026
Investigating the Unexplained at Oneonta's History Center: What We Found Inside
Some locations carry weight the moment you walk through the door — a heaviness you can't quite explain but can't ignore either. Oneonta's History Center was one of those places. We went in with our usual approach: find every rational explanation first, and only then consider whether something else might be at work.
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January 13, 2026
Why I Let the Evidence Speak for Itself: Transparency Without Speculation in Paranormal Investigation
After decades of investigating claims of the paranormal, the one thing I've learned above everything else is this: the moment you start filling in the blanks with what you want to find, you've stopped investigating and started storytelling. Transparency isn't just a personal value for me — it's the foundation of every single case I take on. If we can't be honest about what we don't know, we have no business calling ourselves investigators.
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January 10, 2026
Investigating the Oneonta History Center: What the Ghosts of Old Oneonta Are Trying to Tell Us
Before you ever set foot inside a location with cameras rolling and equipment armed, the most important work you can do is sit down, shut up, and listen. That's exactly what brought me to the Oneonta History Center — a building soaked in local history and, according to the people who work and live near it, something else entirely. This is the story of what I found before the investigation even began.
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January 6, 2026
When History Has a Pulse: Investigating the Secrets Hidden Inside These Walls
Some locations carry their past like a weight you can feel the moment you walk through the door. When we got the call about this building, the history alone was enough to make it worth our time — but as we quickly discovered, history wasn't the only thing waiting for us inside. What we found during this investigation challenged even my most grounded explanations.
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December 30, 2025