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The Halloween Season was upon us and the new
3 Boys Production--
"Ghost Hunters of the Space Coast" was premiered Friday October 20th 2000 at 7-9 P.M. at the
Melbourne Beach Community Center This is truly a treat for locals
interested in the paranormal events surrounding the greater Melbourne
community. The 3 Boys ---Terry Cronin, Jeff Hall, and Pat (Gasman)
Martin personally visited the sites of these notorious hauntings and
were present during an unusual seance in Melbourne. Calling themselves
the Ghost Hunters of the Space Coast, they have set out to document
unusual paranormal events. The film is hosted by Papa Doc Cronin,
noted physician, world traveler and self -taught cultural anthropologist..
The trailer for "Ghosthunters..." initially showed at
the 2000 Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival.
Highlights include:
The haunted restaurants---
Miguel's Posada Del Rey, Ashley's, & Murray's Coffee to a Tea.
Interviews with local mystics--Rick Skauge & Linda Heyes
The Henegar Center
Unusual footage from a local seance
Interviews with
Christine Jones --Famous witch and trance-medium,
Billy Cox--- Journalist
Intrigued by the paranormal activitites on the east coast of Florida,
a
special band of filmmakers have set out to document the most unusual
and
unexplained incidents to occur in the greater Melbourne, Florida area.
Terry
Cronin, Jeff Hall, and Pat (Gasman) Martin call themselves the
"Ghost Hunters of the Space Coast".
They are aided in their quest to document the supernatural by physician,
world traveler, and self-taught cultural anthropologist, Papa Doc
Cronin.
---Papa Doc at Desk---
Welcome....
Some people say that the town of Melbourne, Florida is paradise on
Earth...
but beneath its beautiful exterior is a veritable tinderbox of spiritual
activity that is only now beginning to smolder.
It is truly amazing the sheer amount of unexplained activity that
has been
reported in this small east coast Floridian town. We sent our cameras
out to
document some of the more bizarre incidents, to interview some of
the
spiritually sensitive of our community as well as to meet some of
the, shall
we say, "victims" of hauntings.
---Graveyard---
Most reports of hauntings have to do with spirits that are considered
"Unsettled".
Such is the case with the haunted places in Melbourne. Interestingly,
many
restaurants seem to be the sites of our most well-known hauntings.
Is this
good for business or these spirits just crave fine food?
Nestled in the Space Coast's oldest beach community is the coffee
shop and
restaurant, Murray's Coffee to a Tea, on Ocean Avenue in beautiful
Melbourne
Beach.
Built as a home in the early 1920's, this site was recently transformed
into
a quaint and popular eating establishment. But according to members
of the
staff, there may be more to the house then just the fine food and
decor.
Built in 1926, the Sloan House on New Haven Avenue now is home to
the fine Mexican restaurant, Miguel's Posada del Rey. During the prohibition
era, "Doc" Sloan was a well-known bootlegger who ran his
business from this Mediterranean styled house which was then at the
edge of town. There have been numerous reports of a child spirit named
"Cora".
The fine restaurant, Ashley's, on US 1 in Rockledge was built in the
1920's
and has been nationally recognized as one of the nation's premier
haunted
locations. Shown on numerous television shows and profiled in Arthur
Myer's "The Ghostly Register", the restaurant was the subject
of a series of investigative articles for the Florida Today by veteran
journalist, Billy
Cox. Unexplained photographs have been taken at Ashley's and have
shown
incomparable ghostly images.Psychics have theorized that Ethyl Allen
who is buried in a lonely cemetary on Merritt Island is one of the
spirits which now haunts Ashley's.
Theaters are often reported as haunts for restless spirits. Melbourne
is no
different where its own Henegar Center for the Arts is reportedly
visited by
a spirit named Jonathan. Built initially as Melbourne High School
in the
early 1920's, the building fell into decay in the latter part of the
20th
century and almost demolished. Despite adversity a group of civic
and
artistic-minded individuals calling themselves the Brevard Regional
Arts
Group worked to renovate the building into the showcase theater it
is now.
Part of the group that worked renovate the building was the community
theater group, The Indian River Players, who brought with them an
interesting guest. Jonathan, reportedly was a traveling ghost who
moved from one haunt to another. This brings us to our next haunt
that of a Melbourne woman who purposely haunted her own house with
the spirit of her mother-in-law.
Linda Heyes
Spiritualists of all kinds are finding their way to the Space Coast.
Some
believe they know the reason why.
Christine Jones is probably the most famous living witch. She was
the last
student of the world-renowned witch, Sybil Leek, who before her passing
resided in Melbourne Beach. Christine won national notoriety when
she won an anti-discrimination case against her employer that insured
the civil rights for all witches in America.The Ghost Hunters sat
in on a particulary interesting seance performed by Christine Jones
who reportedly can connect people with their dead loved ones through
a talent she calls a trance-medium.
Truly bizarre images were captured using motion picture film at the
time of
this seance. Some have described these pictures as spiritual "auras"
that
will not show up on video. Is this more testimony to Christine Jones'
power?
Unusual theories and strange pictures....
these are not the hard objective evidence that science demands as
proof...
But they remain intriguing. The Ghost Hunters of the SpaceCost will
continue to document and research the bizarre happenings in this community
and only time will tell the outcome of their endeavors. If you have
unusual
information, please contact the Ghost Hunters at 3boysproductions.com.
Until then... Beware....
Donations were accepted at the door and
copies of the videotape were available as this will surely be a local
cult
classic for Halloween. All donations will go to the charity, Unconditional
Love, Inc.
Spread the word and Happy Halloween!
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