Thermal imaging has been a game changer in the world of paranormal investigation. Ghost hunters can use the technology to read unexplainable hot or cold spots in supposedly haunted buildings, and if they’re lucky, they can use the thermal cameras to catch apparitions doing ghostly things and give more credibility to their investigations, or in this case, provide entertaining and creepy moments for viewers.

In season ten, episode ten, “Darker Learning,” the TAPS crew catches an apparition on a thermal camera while investigating the Everett Mansion on the Southern Vermont College campus. The figure walks through two doors right in front of them, which is something living people with heat signatures do all the time, but there was a problem — besides no living people being in that area of the building, both the door the human-shaped heat signature walks out of and the one they walk into are locked.

It’s believed by some that Edward Everett’s wife and their children’s nanny took their own lives in the mansion, which is more than enough to provide fuel to any preternatural fire. And the thermal specter the crew catches on camera falls well inline with previous sightings within the home, including accounts of a lady in white and other female apparitions walking the premises. So, maybe, just maybe, this heat signature is the wandering soul of one of these tragically deceased ladies.

Objects moving on their own are some of the creepiest things to come out of any paranormal investigation. It’s definitely possible to fake, but it’s the kind of con that a magician would pull off, not a crew of paranormal investigators. Let’s face it, if they were that good, they’d be up on stage sawing assistants in half or picking pockets in downtown New York. It would certainly be more lucrative for most. That’s why when it happens on shows like Ghost Hunters, it sends chills down our spines.

As the crew investigates claims of a spectral children in an old Victorian manor in season 11’s “Manor of Mystery,” a couple of the TAPS guys ask the supposed ghost children if they want to play, which is creepy enough by itself. Then, after feeling a cold spot in a doorway, they ask the spirits if they are capable of moving objects, and the door behind them opens on its own. This is the point when viewers get off their couches to make sure all their doors were firmly latched. But, it isn’t only the moving door that makes this investigation eerie. The spirits within the manor seem to respond to the crew through several methods of communication, including responses to questions via a phone app that beeps when touched. There is also an unexplained thermal signature in a chair next to the crew, suggesting these specters aren’t afraid to get close.

If you didn’t already know, Stephen King’s The Shining is based on the real-world Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo. According to Vice, the site, for some weird reason, has a pet cemetery that served as another of King’s inspirations, Pet Cemetery. Guests of the hotel have reported seeing apparitions throughout the halls, feeling spirits sit on their beds, seeing ghost children playing on the fourth floor, and even having spectral entities walk up and steal their jewelry. King stayed at the hotel in 1974 and, drawing from a terrifying nightmare the author had during his visit, a thrilling supernatural horror tale was born.

TAPS investigates the Stanley Hotel during a special live investigation in season three of Ghost Hunters, called “Best of the Stanley Hotel,” and some of the evidence they find confirms claims echoed by former guests. In the spirit of King’s story, members of the TAPS crew hear sounds of music flowing from unoccupied rooms, bringing back visions of Jack Nicholson partying it up in the ghost bar before going insane. A fairly mild occurrence that seems to catch the crew’s attention is the clear sound of a woman saying, “Hello,” caught on their recording equipment. The team hears this in person as well, and, honestly, Jason Hawes seems pretty confused when it happens. But it was the sound of laughter they find during their evidence review that really creeps them out. To be fair, it creeps us out too.

What’s the one thing every paranormal investigation team needs to stir up a little haunted activity? Well, actor-singer-writer Meat Loaf, of course. He’s not the most obvious addition to a team of paranormal investigators, but the Loaf has an unmatched love for ghosts and spirits and a personality that could drive any entity out of hiding. He’s also one of Ghost Hunters‘ favorite celebrity guests and has appeared on the show more than once. So, TAPS invites him to tag along while they check out Alabama’s Sloss Furnace in the season six episode by the same name, and Meat Loaf does not disappoint.

Several “creepy” things happen throughout this two-night investigation. At one point when Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, and Meat Loaf are walking through the tunnels, they hear voices responding to Loaf’s inquiries. Even better — they manage to catch these voices on a recording device. Knocks are also captured in response to the musician’s prodding at another time, which corroborates claims from locals. And at other points, Wilson feels like he’s shoved by an invisible force, and an image believed to be an apparition is captured on video. The moral of the story seems to be one of two things — either Sloss Furnace isn’t the type of place you want to spend your free time or that hanging around Meat Loaf can be a creepy endeavor. You pick.

Buffalo Central Terminal in Buffalo, NY., saw thousands of travelers come through its station in the 50 years it was open. And though it closed down in 1979, not all of those travelers have vacated its premises. Some, it seems, are eternally waiting for trains that may never come. It’s why Ghost Hunters likes the location, and, let’s be honest, they really like it. They’ve filmed here three times over the seasons, and each time, they find something new that keeps them interested. But it was their first investigation in season four, episode 17, “Speaking With the Dead,” that the TAPS crew finds their most chilling evidence of Buffalo Terminal‘s paranormal residents.

After setting up a K-II EMF meter, Grant Wilson and Jason Hawes appear to be speaking with an entity that lights up the meter to voice its responses, and from those EMF’s responses, they determine they’re speaking with a woman who’s been waiting since the 1940s for a loved one’s train to come in. They also catch what they believe to be several voices on recorders. Some yelling for them to “go home,” while others say cryptic things like “bring back the girls.” The entities don’t seem to be malevolent or anything, but hearing conversations between the dead is a surefire way to creep out even the most astute skeptic.