- I think there are ghosts, for sure.
So, it's just a matter of how much
we want to interact, I guess.
(eerie music)
- One tool that people use to communicate with ghosts
is a pendulum.
The movements of a pendulum are supposed to give you
the answers to yes or no questions.
But my friend Loryn is very good at using a pendulum,
so I asked her to come show us how to use it
and see if we can talk to any ghosts that are in this room.
And check to see if my haunted Ebay doll is haunted.
You can also use a pendulum to find a lost item,
so I'm gonna hide something that belongs to Loryn
and see if she can find it using only the pendulum.
- The pendulum is a symmetrical, weighted object
on a string or a chain, it can be anything.
It can be keys or a bead.
Most often, it's crystals.
Some people think that it's tapping into a higher power,
or like a spiritual guide.
For me, I think of it more as like a way to figure out
what my subconscious knows that I might not realize yet.
So the way a pendulum works is you hold it in your hand
and let it hang, and you ask it questions yes or no,
and it'll make different motions for yes
and different motions for no.
For me, for yes it makes circles, and for no it makes
straight lines, and it's different for everyone.
For other people it might go left or right for yes,
or shake for no.
I was on vacation with my husband and we went in this little
crystal shop, and I picked one up.
It worked like immediately for me and really freaked me out.
And for my husband it didn't move at all,
so I figured it was something special.
The first time you use it,
you can pick it up and say "show me yes."
(eerie orchestra music)
It's starting to make a circle.
There it goes.
And then "show me no."
It does a straight line for me,
but it might do a different movement for you.
Usually to like set it, to start, i'll ask it something like
"Do I have brown hair?" to make sure it's working.
And it takes a little bit to start, but you can see
it's starting to make a small circle.
And it gets bigger as I go.
Yes, yes you have brown hair.
Or I'll ask it a question that's definitely a no, like
"am I seven feet tall?"
See it's doing a straight line back and forth.
So that's a big no.
I try to clear my mind as much as possible
and just focus on the question.
I say thanks and I reset it like this.
- [Joanna] Wait, did you say that you thank it
after it tells you something?
- I do.
(laughs)
No one says to do that but I do.
- Do you wanna try asking it a question
that only I know the answer to?
- Yeah.
Does Joanna have a tattoo?
(eeric music)
No.
- That's correct, I don't have a tattoo.
Let's get to some ghost stuff.
- Okay.
I've never used the pendulum for ghost questions,
so this should be interesting and terrifying.
Other than Joanna and I, is there a spirit in the room?
It's saying yes.
Is the spirit friendly?
- [Joanna] Okay, that's a good question.
- It said it doesn't know.
(Joanna giggles)
If it like shakes or goes back and forth it means
it just doesn't know.
Does the spirit need our help?
Oh shit, that's a strong yes.
- [Joanna] Oh crap, I'm scared as hell.
- How do we help it?
Uh, I actually have no idea how to help spirits.
Google it, maybe we should just google it, let's just see.
(eerie sounds)
Do you want us to help you cross over?
No.
- [Joanna] No, okay.
- Is the help that you need something we can provide?
No, no.
- [Joanna] No, okay, well.
- That's too bad.
- [Joanna] So this is Mary, my haunted doll.
- Hi, Mary.
Whew.
- [Joanna] Did she give you a weird feeling?
Yes.
Is this doll Mary haunted?
Won't say.
Is the ghost of a child attached to Mary the doll?
It won't say.
- [Joanna] It won't say.
- Is there positive energy associated with Mary the doll?
Yes.
Does Mary like living in our office?
Yes.
- [Joanna] Oh, that's a relief.
- Yeah.
One of the ways to use pendulums is to find lost objects.
- [Joanna] So it's sort of like playing
hot and cold with the pendulum?
- Exactly.
- [Joanna] Can I hide something that belongs to you?
What is something important to you
that if you lost it, you'd really wanna find it?
- Um, I guess my wedding ring.
[Joanna] Can I hide your wedding ring?
- If you promise not to lose it, alright.
- [Joanna] Thank you.
I promise I'll keep it safe.
- Bye wedding ring.
- So Loryn actually gave me her wedding ring.
I'm gonna hide it in the office
and see if she can use the pendulum to find it.
(eerie string music)
I've hidden your ring.
- Alright.
[Joanna] Do you have a strategy, how do you feel?
- I'm feeling a little nervous.
Sway to where my wedding ring is.
Could be either direction.
- [Joanna] So it was swinging this way.
- It was just like this.
- [Joanna] Okay.
- That way's kind of out the window so, lets go this way.
- [Joanna] Okay.
- Is my wedding ring inside of something?
No.
Is my wedding ring with somebody?
No, Joanna you lost my wedding ring.
Point to where my wedding ring is, please.
We'll go that way.
Point to where my wedding ring is.
It's hard because it goes both ways.
- [Joanna] Yeah.
- It's definitely this way.
Is my wedding ring to the left,
of me?
No, so it has to be the right.
Is my wedding ring on somebody's desk?
Yes.
Is someone sitting at the desk where my wedding ring is?
No.
Can you point to where my wedding ring is right now?
This way.
(orchestra music)
It's pretty good, it helped.
Went to the right side of the office.
I'm impressed, and I'm glad to get this back.
I felt like it definitely helped me find it.
(crunching noise)
Ooh, why is everything so, ooh.
That's a ghost.
- [Joanna] That's a ghost for sure.
What should we ask it?
- Was that a ghost?
That's a hard yes.
- [Joanna] Okay, well.
- That's a wrap.
When I got home, I opened my bag
and it was broken into two pieces.
Even though I put it in a really safe spot.
I read online that if there's a lot of energy
going through it, a crystal can break.
So, maybe that's what happened?
I've never seen this happen before though.
[Joanna] So do you feel like we overused it?
- Yeah, I do.
I think especially talking to ghosts
was just too much for it.
(eerie sounds)