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Published in the Times-Beacon

By JEREMY D. PUGLISI
Staff Writer

Did you know that your local oldies station is haunted by ghosts who love the Beatles and the Stones?

According to Susan Bove, President of the South Jersey Paranormal Research Group, "ghosts (and) spirits are attracted to music."

Times-Beacon photo by Ann Marie Coen Oldies 100 morning personalities Spider Maguire and Diane DeOlivera, center, revealed the results of its ghost sweep with the South Jersey Paranormal team, Debra Thornton, left, and Susan Bove Tuesday morning.

Monday night Bove's group was invited to investigate paranormal activity at the Oldies 100 radio station (WJRZ) on Beach Avenue in Manahawkin. The site is rumored to be situated on an old Indian burial ground and employees have long believed their building to be haunted.

Chief Engineer Bill Clanton Sr., who has worked in the building for the past 12 years, said "there were nights when I just had to stop working and leave the building."

"Wake Up" show co-host Dianne DeOliveira believes that there is "apparently a little Indian boy who likes to play with the knobs and cause computer glitches."

Bove and her co-paranormalist Deborah Thornton claim to have found ample evidence that ghosts do haunt the offices of the radio station.

Thornton said "the spirits were on the move last night" during their investigation.

However, Bove claims they find evidence of paranormal activity at 99.9 percent of the sites that they research -- so the ghosts at Oldies 100 did not surprise her.

Bove and Thornton use audio recorders, infrared cameras and hi-resolution digital photography to find their spooky evidence.

Radio host Spyder Mcguire was not surprised by the group's findings either saying that he "believe(s) in all this stuff anyway."

However, the host admitted there may be sceptics out there.

A creative and funny video of the late night investigation of the radio station is available on the Oldies 100 Web site www.oldies100fm.com.

McGuire and DeOliveira invited the ghostbusters back to their morning radio show on Tuesday where they had the chance to listen to ghost stories and answer questions posed by the Oldie's audience.Jim Duncan from Ocean Township called in and told the paranormal investigators that he and his wife were "out one night and we came home and the washer and the dryer were in the middle of the floor and my wife's knick-knacks were all turned around."

Duncan later found out that a little girl had died in his home many years ago.

Another caller told the radio hosts and the investigators that they, "better keep them ghosts happy," because they might cause trouble at the station. But Bove stressed that ghosts and spirits were usually harmless.

Bove formed the South Jersey Paranormal Research Group in November of 2001. Since then her group has investigated mostly private homes. She says that her group is "the largest of its kind in this area."

Her group is registered as a non-profit that is funded by member dues and donations and does not charge for their paranormal investigations. They present each client with a CD of evidence and a formal summary report of their findings. She can be reached through her Web site at www.sjpr.org.

Apparently the ghosts at Oldies 100 only come out at night, as there were no disturbances during the "Wake Up" show on Tuesday morning, but as Bove said, "Unfortunately, spirits don't perform on command."

As the Doors and Roy Orbison played in the background Bove walked out of the building and lit a cigarette. It was time to head to the diner for breakfast.