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each episode is produced with the utmost

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and loved ones

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a group of paranormal investigators

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drove through the countryside

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up to the abandoned Bangor fort in the

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aowa district of Rajasthan

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the ruins of this historic town have

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been rumored to be one of the most

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haunted places in India

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on this day in 2012 India's most

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prolific ghost hunter Gaurav Tawari and

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his team were about to do the

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unthinkable spend a night within the

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walls of the abandoned fort

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two legends speculating about why the

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town was abandoned have been passed down

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through the generations

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the first story is that of the arrogant

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neighboring king Guru balinath who is
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believed to have cursed the city of

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Bangor he proclaimed the moment the

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shadows of your palaces touch me the

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city shall be no more

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many years passed and a young prince

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came to power

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he was not informed about the threat and

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raised one of the towers of his palace

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casting a shadow over guru Balingnoth's

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property he did not forget the agreement

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and devastated the city and all its

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people

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the second legend is about the princess

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Ratnavadi with her spellbinding beauty

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a tantric sorcerer who practiced

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black magic fell in love with her but

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knew she would never choose him over her

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endless parade of young and handsome

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suitors

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he concocted a potion that would make

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her love him and sent it to her

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disguised as perfume

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somehow Ratnavadi discovered his plan

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and smashed the bottle of perfume which

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turned into a boulder that rolled onto

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the sorcerer

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the scorn sorcerer used his dying breath

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to curse the princess her family and the

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entire city

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the next year a battle was fought and

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everyone within the fort's walls died

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including the princess

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because of the curse no one in Bangor

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could be reborn

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which is why it has been forsaken

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forever

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doomed to be haunted by its former

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residents who will never find peace

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throughout the years

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countless people have reported strange

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occurrences at the fort strange noises

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at night an inexplicable feeling of

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anxiety

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at the entrance to the fort is a sign

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that was erected by the archaeological

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survey of India

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entering the borders of Bangor before

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sunrise and after sunset is strictly

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prohibited

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legend has it that if someone were to

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stay at the fort after the sunset they

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would not live to see the sun rise

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gaurav Tawari was a paranormal

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investigator who believed in science not

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legends

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by staying the night and finding no

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evidence of paranormal activity he

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debunked the myth of Bangor

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he felt that people made too much of the

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warning sign at the gate

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the ruins back onto the Sariska tiger

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reserve their sign was most likely

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placed at the entrance to protect

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visitors from wildlife predators who

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hunt at night not ghosts

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but when 32 year old Gaurav died in

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mysterious circumstances five years

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some people believed that his death was

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a direct consequence of him taunting the

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curse of Bangor

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police have ruled his death a suicide

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but was there something much darker

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gaurav Tawari was born on the 2nd of

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September 1984 in Lucknow India

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he was close to his family and was well

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from an early age it was evident that

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Gaurav was a talented young man

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he loved acting writing singing and

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learning new things

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he also had a black belt in Taekwondo

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despite his many talents Gaurav's plan a

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was to become an actor

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at the age of 16 his acting career

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kicked off and he had a couple of gigs

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like minor roles in Indian produced

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films like tango Charlie and 16th

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december

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Gaurav soon realized that he probably

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wouldn't achieve great success as a

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serious movie actor and his parents

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supported him to change direction

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fortunately Gaurav had many interests

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and he decided to go down another path

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to explore another one of his passions

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in 2006 the 18 year old went to America

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where he studied to become a commercial

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he trained at MVP Aero Academy in Texas

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and also at Orlando flight training in

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the time Gaurav spent in Florida turned

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out to be life-altering

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during his pilot training he was lodged

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in a shared apartment with fellow

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students

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this is where Gaurav and a couple of

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other students experienced strange

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Gaurav would later refer to it as

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poltergeist activity whispers footsteps

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and so on

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he even heard someone speaking and there

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was no one but him in the room

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raised to follow hinduism Gaurav wasn't

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someone who ever believed in ghosts or

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paranormal activity

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hinduism believes in reincarnation the

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belief that after death one soul takes

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on another physical form in a new body

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a spirit has many incarnations learning

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new lessons as it matures

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the Tawari family did not believe in the

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supernatural or paranormal so Gaurav's

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experience with the poltergeist

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challenged his entire belief system

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at first he tried to shake it all off

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ghosts don't exist right

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but the strange incidents at the

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apartment in Florida did not stop

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Gaurav realized that whatever it was it

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wasn't going away

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being someone who enjoyed research and

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understanding the world he became

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determined to make sense of it all

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so while he was still completing his

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commercial pilot's qualification he

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enrolled to study metaphysics at the

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IMHS Metaphysics Institute in Florida

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Gaurav also went on to receive his

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certification as a lead anomalous

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investigator from the Paranexus

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Anomalous Research Association in

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Florida from the start he was a very

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dedicated investigator

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he visited more than 80 said to be

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haunted locations to gain a better

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understanding of the various phenomena

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his tenacity garnered a lot of respect

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from others working in the field of

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episode Gaurav with his love for

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engineering and flying had a logical

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scientific mind that needed to

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understand things

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he was spooked when he couldn't explain

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what was going on in their apartment

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this is when he set out to learn about

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paranormal activity as he could not find

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a logical explanation

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there had to be something else behind it

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a magnetic field perhaps something

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Gaurav referred to himself as a technical

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guy and was not sure if he even believed

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in the paranormal when he started his

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studies

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with his commercial pilot's license in

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hand Gaurav Tawari went back home to

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India but he would not be a pilot for

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long instead he decided to take another

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in 2009 he founded the Indian paranormal

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society the first of its kind in India

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with 1.3 billion people India is the

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second most populous country in the

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world after china

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it has a rich history and the people are

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deeply spiritual

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almost 80 percent of the country follow

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hinduism worshiping millions of gods

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besides religion folklore and

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superstition also play a significant

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role in the collective consciousness of

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countless legends have been passed down

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through generations and some stand by it

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is factual history

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people take a keen interest in haunted

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places and ghost tours are widely

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popular throughout the country

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Gaurav Tawari saw an opportunity to learn

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more about these countless stories in

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his country

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the Indian paranormal society aimed to

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provide knowledge to people about

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paranormal activities so they could get

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rid of their fears fueled by information

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the Indian paranormal society attracted

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Gaurav was inundated with people wanting

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him to come to their homes

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his office in Delhi reportedly received

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as many as 10 phone calls a day and

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emails also came flying in

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people reported that their homes were

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haunted and wanted Gaurav to investigate

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he soon became a household name as

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India's best ghost hunter and some

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people even called him India's ed warren

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if you don't know who ed warren is he

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was an American paranormal investigator

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whose incredible work inspired the 2013

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blockbuster film the conjuring

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before long Gaurav found himself drowning

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in work so much so that he had to employ

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a team of people to help him

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he called the team grip an acronym that

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stands for ghost research and

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investigators of paranormal because of

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their work people in India began to

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question the paranormal

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being a paranormal investigator is not

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your average 9 to 5 job

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Gaurav's work took him to some of the

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scariest places in the country

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abandoned houses morgues graveyards and

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even vacant churches

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paranormal sightings typically come

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about as a mixture of urban legend added

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with the conviction of witnesses saying

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that they experienced something

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supernatural

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if someone informed Gaurav about a

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haunting he would go to a place with his

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team and spend hours and hours gathering

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information

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Gaurav always a man of science and reason

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believed that some of the strange

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occurrences could be explained logically

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sometimes it was an optical illusion or

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light phenomena

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Gaurav always tried to reason his way

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through it and relied on audio and video

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recordings to gather evidence

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interestingly he also theorized that in

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many cases a paranormal sighting had a

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lot to do with the person who saw it

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sometimes a person who had been

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tormented by grief or sadness wanted to

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see something from the other side

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sometimes people's own energy fields

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were so vibrant that it caused objects

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to move or doors to slam

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Gaurav explored the psychology behind

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people who see ghosts and witnessed

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strange occurrences

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in his constant quest for knowledge

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Gaurav also became a qualified

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hypnotherapist as well as an ordained

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minister in the metaphysical church of

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humanistic science

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he spoke to people who reported

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sightings to learn more about the whole

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situation

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not only what they saw but what their

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personal circumstances were

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in the end he concluded that 98 of the

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cases were due to psychological issues

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or hallucinations

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Gaurav approached each case as a skeptic

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hoping to find a scientific or

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psychological reason for an apparition

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in one interview gaurav said

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our primary objective is to rid people

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of the superstitions surrounding ghosts

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we have a neutral approach to all of our

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cases we investigate several scientific

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possibilities and only after ruling

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those out do we come to our conclusion

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we do not just detect paranormal

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activities but also give counselling and

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help people learn to communicate with

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spirits so far we have helped over 200

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people

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in his blog Gaurav recounts a case of a

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young girl who is possessed her parents

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called Gaurav to intervene and perform an

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exorcism but Gaurav always knew to look

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at the whole picture

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instead of just accepting the fact that

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the girl was possessed he tried to

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understand the demon within her

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at first he struggled to converse with

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the girl because she refused to speak

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unless she was given a glass of blood

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she hurt insults and threats in a

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growling voice calling herself Ajit

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saying that he was going to take the

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girl with him

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Gaurav took the girl's father aside and

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asked him if the girl knew anyone by the

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name of Ajit

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as it turned out she did

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in fact it was quite a traumatic story

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the boy had asked her to marry him and

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she had said no

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unable to cope with the rejection Ajit

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ended his own life

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the girl was consumed with guilt and

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over time her mental state had become

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very fragile

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this made her susceptible to being

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possessed

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Gaurav felt that the girl was afraid that

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Ajit's spirit would possess her as he

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couldn't keep her in life

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using hypnotherapy he gently talked to

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the girl coaxing the dark energy to

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leave which it did

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according to Gaurav possession is

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self-made

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in this story he exercised the girl's

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deep-rooted feeling of guilt not a demon

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it was psychology not hocus pocus

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after the session Gaurav insisted the

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parents have a medical doctor tend to

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the girl and suggested psychotherapy

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going forward in conclusion he said

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possession is not only done by spirits

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it can be done by a living person too

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we can only stop possession if we are

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possessed by ourselves and strongly

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believe in what we are

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however in a handful of cases possession

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and haunting defy all rational reasoning

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those cases were the ones that made

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Gaurav and his team believe in the

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paranormal

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he also investigated ufo sightings and

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abductions strange creatures and

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anything that warranted questioning

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he went out of his way to provide

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answers to clients based on research

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in some instances homes or buildings

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were plagued by unexplained events

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the grip team would then spend a

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significant period inside the place

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using audio and video recorders and

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magnetic plates to identify and

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communicate with spirits they would then

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purge the souls from their dwellings and

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help the living residents to live in

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peace again

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Gaurav often referred to his work at

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Bangor fort as the best example of a

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hoax that has cemented itself into a

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popularly believed notion

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his equipment showed no signs of

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activity and ultimately his whole team

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was still alive so the curse was not

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real

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in Gaurav's opinion the paranormal world

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is mostly docile and fun to explore

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in his ted talk titled do ghosts exist

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Gaurav claimed that ghosts are nothing to

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be scared of he believed that spirits

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move objects or communicate using ESP to

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let people know that they are there not

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to spook them

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he felt that souls who are left to

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linger are confused and need help to

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take care of unfinished desires

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Gaurav set out to communicate with

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spirits and explain how he understood

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the notion of ghosts

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the ghost is nothing but the residual

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consciousness of a deceased physical

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body it's the anticipation of what a

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ghost can do that can actually do

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serious damage the fear of the unknown

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before long the eloquent and

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well-informed Gaurav Tawari caught the

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attention of television producers

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because he had had some experience in

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front of the camera they saw potential

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in using him for reality shows

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it was tremendously exciting for him

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that production companies came calling

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he could carry on doing something that

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genuinely interested him all the while

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getting back to his dream of being a tv

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personality

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Gaurav's career as a television

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paranormal investigator took off in the

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fast lane

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he appeared in television shows such as

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MTV's girls night out fear files haunted

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weekends with sunny Leone and boot aya

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his gig on MTV's series girls night out

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brought Gaurav international fame

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it was the first show of its kind in

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India and won the best reality show at

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the asian television awards in 2011.

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the series was well produced and

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researched each episode following a

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serious investigation into reports of

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haunted places throughout India

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in 2015 Gaurav Tawari starred as one of a

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team of five paranormal experts in the

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Australian ghost hunting series haunted

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australia

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throughout the series it was evident

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that Gaurav was more than just a slick

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well-spoken presenter he was

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knowledgeable and applied logic thinking

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to his investigations

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as a paranormal investigator he did not

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rely on spooky sensation but instead

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focused on things he could prove or

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disprove

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Gaurav and the haunted Australia team

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went into some of Australia's most

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haunted places

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he was not afraid of getting his hands

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dirty either when everyone else freaked

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out or wanted to pull the plug on an

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investigation Gaurav was the one who kept

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his cool

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Gaurav was the fearless guy who got

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things done

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in one scene the presenter refers to him

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as gutsy Gaurav

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haunted Australia took gore off to some

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dark places

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later on when asked to name the most

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haunted place he'd ever visited without

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missing a beat he always said it was the

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Aradelle asylum

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located on a hill outside of Arrarat

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Victoria where astray is criminally

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insane were housed for more than a

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hundred years countless tortured souls

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lost their lives

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on a separate occasion the group of

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haunted Australia decided to spend one

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night filming inside the chiller of an

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abandoned morgue

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no one else was up for the task but

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Gaurav on crutches with an injured leg

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volunteered he went to lay down on the

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slab of a chiller where countless dead

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bodies had lain before

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Gaurav stayed in there overnight with

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nothing but a video camera and a torch

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to him it was another investigation into

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the unknown an opportunity to gain

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knowledge in his own words

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to me knowledge cancels fear

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in the series Gaurav showed his methods

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of detecting paranormal activity

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he used rempods which emitted

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electromagnetic fields

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when a field was broken the device

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beeped and a light flashed

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Gaurav explained it like this

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spirits are also made of energy

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so if there is a disruption in the

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electromagnetic field it is a sign of

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paranormal activity

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in one incident using the rem pod to

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communicate with the spirit Gaurav asked

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questions and instructed the spirit of

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an unknown woman how to answer him

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he said to trigger the light on the left

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for yes or right for no

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after a conversation during which the

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spirit communicated that she wanted to

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be left alone Gaurav walked around the

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room with a device testing for

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electromagnetic fields or EMF but

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nothing showed up

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he explained to the audience that a

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flashing light didn't always mean you

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were dealing with a spirit

569
00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:45,360
high EMF could also have triggered the

570
00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:48,640
devices but in this case there was no

571
00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:50,880
electronic magnetic field in the room

572
00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:53,120
and that was how Gaurav worked he always

573
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:55,120
tried to debunk his own methods and when

574
00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:56,720
there was no scientific explanation the

575
00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:59,039
only conclusion was that there had to be

576
00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:01,039
another reason something unseen

577
00:19:59,039 --> 00:20:03,039
something paranormal

578
00:20:01,039 --> 00:20:04,720
after haunted Australia wrapped Gaurav

579
00:20:03,039 --> 00:20:07,120
returned to India and carried on with

580
00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,559
his work through the paranormal society

581
00:20:07,120 --> 00:20:11,360
this was a job that he took very

582
00:20:08,559 --> 00:20:13,440
seriously he wanted to help people

583
00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:14,720
in a video posted on his facebook page

584
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,799
he makes it clear that he was not a

585
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:19,120
ghost hunter but a researcher

586
00:20:16,799 --> 00:20:20,720
he didn't hunt ghosts he wanted to learn

587
00:20:19,120 --> 00:20:22,159
from them so we could explain the

588
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:24,480
concept to people

589
00:20:22,159 --> 00:20:26,240
his aim was to reduce fear and anxiety

590
00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,520
especially in cases where families had

591
00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,880
been driven from their homes due to

592
00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,880
hauntings

593
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:33,039
Gaurav was not a thrill-seeker but a

594
00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:35,600
seeker of answers

595
00:20:33,039 --> 00:20:37,760
and the quest was relentless

596
00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:39,120
Gaurav was a total workaholic the nature

597
00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,840
of his job meant that he worked at very

598
00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:44,320
odd hours through the night weekends

599
00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:46,559
ghosts don't keep office hours

600
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:48,240
whenever there was a call Gaurav and grip

601
00:20:46,559 --> 00:20:50,559
his team from the paranormal society

602
00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:52,080
went to have a closer look

603
00:20:50,559 --> 00:20:53,919
it was also clear that the nature of his

604
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:55,919
job became more physically challenging

605
00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:57,919
as he said in one interview

606
00:20:55,919 --> 00:21:00,640
the nature of spirits can vary i have

607
00:20:57,919 --> 00:21:02,880
faced docile benevolent spirits and also

608
00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:05,600
malevolent i've been pushed tugged

609
00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:08,240
scratched by things that i couldn't see

610
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:10,000
despite his unabating routine Gaurav did

611
00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,840
have time to fall in love

612
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,280
he met the beautiful arya kashyap and

613
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,520
the couple got married at the end of

614
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:17,600
January 2016.

615
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,760
after their nuptials the newlyweds lived

616
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,200
with Gaurav's family and Dwarka

617
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:22,799
arya understood that this would be a

618
00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,000
temporary arrangement

619
00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:25,760
she had hoped that once they were

620
00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:29,280
married Gaurav would settle down and

621
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:31,840
perhaps get a quote unquote real job

622
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:33,760
but Gaurav was busier than ever

623
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,760
the calls and emails kept coming and he

624
00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:38,159
could not show people away

625
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:40,640
by this time he had visited no less than

626
00:21:38,159 --> 00:21:41,760
6 000 haunted sites or believed to be

627
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,280
haunted

628
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,640
he would determine if it was actually

629
00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:46,080
haunted or not

630
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,320
if anyone in India was going to help

631
00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:50,080
with a paranormal situation it would be

632
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:51,440
gaurav

633
00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:53,280
because he was genuinely passionate

634
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:55,760
about his work the paranormal society

635
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,360
took on most cases pro bono

636
00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,799
Gaurav made most of his income from

637
00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:00,400
courses he ran

638
00:21:58,799 --> 00:22:02,400
the goal was to educate people about

639
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:05,360
scientific explanations for paranormal

640
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:07,280
activity his tv appearances also brought

641
00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:09,600
in some money but only as long as he was

642
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:12,640
working on a series

643
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:14,880
on Wednesday night the 6th of July 2016

644
00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:16,720
Gaurav worked late until the night again

645
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,720
he went to a suspected haunted house in

646
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:21,120
west Delhi's Janakpuri neighbourhood and

647
00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:23,280
returned around 1 30 am

648
00:22:21,120 --> 00:22:25,600
when he came home arya was waiting up

649
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:27,280
and she was not impressed

650
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,880
they argued about the fact that Gaurav

651
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,720
was still out seeking ghosts while his

652
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:32,640
new wife spent her nights home alone

653
00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:34,240
with his parents

654
00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:36,400
arya was eager to move out of her

655
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,919
in-laws house and start a family but

656
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:41,919
Gaurav always had something else going on

657
00:22:39,919 --> 00:22:43,200
Gaurav was tired and upset and things

658
00:22:41,919 --> 00:22:45,679
were said that could have remained

659
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,520
unsaid the fight was not resolved and

660
00:22:45,679 --> 00:22:49,280
guava and arya went to sleep in separate

661
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,880
rooms

662
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,480
the next morning when they woke up the

663
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:55,039
newlyweds made up and cleared the air

664
00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:57,360
between them Gaurav checked his emails at

665
00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:59,760
the dining room table until 11am then

666
00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:01,840
went upstairs to take a shower

667
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:03,120
arya and Gaurav's father Yudei heard a

668
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,880
thump

669
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:06,559
then there a jiggling sound like someone

670
00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,000
turning a doorknob

671
00:23:06,559 --> 00:23:09,679
they didn't think it was strange seeing

672
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,880
as the bathroom door did sometimes get

673
00:23:09,679 --> 00:23:12,320
stuck

674
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,480
they carried on drinking coffee and

675
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:16,880
watching tv and when Gaurav didn't

676
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:19,200
reappear after his shower after an hour

677
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,720
arya grew concerned

678
00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:23,600
she decided to go and see if everything

679
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:25,679
was okay the bathroom door was locked

680
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,640
which was not unusual she knocked and

681
00:23:25,679 --> 00:23:30,000
called for him but he didn't answer

682
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:32,880
she listened to hear if the water was

683
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:35,360
running but it was not in fact it was

684
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:37,600
eerily quiet and arya knew something was

685
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:39,600
terribly wrong

686
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,360
arya called gaurav's dad and when there

687
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,360
was still no response from Gaurav they

688
00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:45,679
broke down the door

689
00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:48,159
they found Gaurav on the ground sweating

690
00:23:45,679 --> 00:23:50,720
profusely gasping for air with his hands

691
00:23:48,159 --> 00:23:52,480
around his throat they picked him up and

692
00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:55,039
rushed him to the hospital but

693
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,480
unfortunately it was too late

694
00:23:55,039 --> 00:23:58,400
hospital staff were unable to

695
00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:01,200
resuscitate him and he was pronounced

696
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:03,279
dead shortly after arrival

697
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:05,360
news of Gaurav's death caused an outpour

698
00:24:03,279 --> 00:24:06,880
of speculation and sensation

699
00:24:05,360 --> 00:24:08,480
newspapers and magazines could not get

700
00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:11,360
enough of the story of the ghost hunter

701
00:24:08,480 --> 00:24:12,640
who died in mysterious circumstances

702
00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:14,320
his friends and colleagues took to

703
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,000
social media spreading the news of his

704
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,600
death

705
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,559
everyone assumed he had died of a heart

706
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,240
attack

707
00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:22,000
he never slept too much and kept

708
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,440
irregular hours

709
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,440
when he investigated reports of

710
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:27,520
paranormal activity he got straight in

711
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:29,279
there rolled up his sleeves and actively

712
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,799
climbed and crawled wherever he had to

713
00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:32,880
go

714
00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:34,159
his job caused him a lot of stress as he

715
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,039
was always dealing with people in

716
00:24:34,159 --> 00:24:38,559
nerve-wracking situations

717
00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:40,159
everyone looked at Gaurav to provide

718
00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:42,880
answers and to comfort them with this

719
00:24:40,159 --> 00:24:45,679
calm and confident manner

720
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:48,159
but Gaurav did not die of a heart attack

721
00:24:45,679 --> 00:24:50,320
during the post-mortem examination

722
00:24:48,159 --> 00:24:51,600
they found a thin dark line around his

723
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,520
neck

724
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,799
when the family was asked about the mark

725
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:57,200
none of them could remember seeing it

726
00:24:54,799 --> 00:24:58,799
when they found Gaurav in the bathroom

727
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,880
the cause of death was said to be

728
00:24:58,799 --> 00:25:02,480
asphyxia

729
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:05,279
the next step in the investigation was

730
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:07,440
to determine how the asphyxia occurred

731
00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:09,120
Gaurav was alone in the bathroom so was

732
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,039
it self-inflicted

733
00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:13,440
or had someone let themselves into the

734
00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:15,120
bathroom and killed him

735
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:18,880
or perhaps

736
00:25:15,120 --> 00:25:21,039
was there even a darker explanation

737
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,960
a month before Gaurav's death he told his

738
00:25:21,039 --> 00:25:25,200
wife arya that a negative force was

739
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,799
pulling him towards itself

740
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,960
even though he tried his best to control

741
00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:31,120
it he was not able to

742
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,200
he didn't say much more and arya didn't

743
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,720
make too much of it at the time

744
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,960
she knew he had been working day and

745
00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:39,039
night for months he was exhausted and

746
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,440
stressed and she thought that perhaps

747
00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:43,440
his work was getting to him

748
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:45,120
in the week before he died Gaurav also

749
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,320
confided in his father that something

750
00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:48,400
was wrong

751
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,919
he wasn't himself at all

752
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:52,480
for the first time in years his father

753
00:25:49,919 --> 00:25:54,799
could see that his son was scared

754
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:57,360
in a police statement jude Tawari

755
00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:59,200
recalled his conversation with his son

756
00:25:57,360 --> 00:26:00,400
gaurav said

757
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,559
i've been feeling extremely

758
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,400
uncomfortable for quite some time i am

759
00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:07,840
being followed i'm being watched by

760
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:09,840
someone who refuses to leave me

761
00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,279
his family also told police how gaurav

762
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,640
used to talk about his work around the

763
00:26:11,279 --> 00:26:14,880
dinner table

764
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:17,200
no one in his family believed in ghosts

765
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,679
but his stories were interesting so they

766
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:21,679
humored him he was formulating a theory

767
00:26:19,679 --> 00:26:24,000
about a recurring phenomenon

768
00:26:21,679 --> 00:26:26,240
black marks on pictures and a possible

769
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:28,400
link to spirit to distress

770
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,640
to explain his blackline theory Gaurav

771
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,000
referred to the 1976 horror film the

772
00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,320
omen

773
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:36,559
in the film the wealthy thorne family

774
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,799
loses their baby in childbirth

775
00:26:36,559 --> 00:26:40,480
unbeknownst to the mother distraught

776
00:26:38,799 --> 00:26:42,559
father robert takes a child whose mother

777
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,600
died during childbirth to raise as their

778
00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:45,120
own

779
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,200
but there is something ominous about the

780
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:49,279
child they called damian

781
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:51,360
on his fifth birthday denanny hangs

782
00:26:49,279 --> 00:26:53,600
herself in front of everyone proclaiming

783
00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:55,200
that she's doing it for the boy

784
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,880
a priest approaches robert saying that

785
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,400
his son was the devil's spawn the

786
00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,559
antichrist

787
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,559
after this revelation the priest dies in

788
00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:04,080
a freak accident and ends up impaled at

789
00:27:02,559 --> 00:27:05,520
the church

790
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,279
a journalist shows robert throwing

791
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,799
photos of the nanny and the priest taken

792
00:27:07,279 --> 00:27:11,360
before they died

793
00:27:08,799 --> 00:27:13,039
both had black marks on them

794
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:14,240
the nanny had a line around her neck

795
00:27:13,039 --> 00:27:16,400
like a noose

796
00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:18,720
and the priest's mark was in the shape

797
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,480
of a spear

798
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:22,640
gora reckoned that a black mark on a

799
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:25,840
person or a photo of a person meant that

800
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,880
a spirit had marked them for revenge

801
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,320
at the time

802
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,480
his family didn't really believe what

803
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:32,559
Gaurav was telling them they felt it was

804
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,080
a developing theory and that he was just

805
00:27:32,559 --> 00:27:36,000
speculating

806
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,520
however when they heard about the black

807
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,840
lines on his neck discovered during the

808
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:42,320
autopsy they couldn't help but wonder if

809
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,840
something else was at play

810
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,440
did the dark presence following the

811
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:48,159
ghost chaser finally catch up with him

812
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,840
to exact its revenge

813
00:27:48,159 --> 00:27:51,840
delhi police weren't interested in ghost

814
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,200
stories and supernatural theories they

815
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,640
looked at Gaurav's death from all

816
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,559
possible angles

817
00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,760
police grew suspicious of Gaurav's family

818
00:27:56,559 --> 00:28:00,000
when some of the information they

819
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,440
provided did not add up

820
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,320
they said that Gaurav had breakfast at

821
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,440
6am that morning he died about 5 hours

822
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,200
later

823
00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:10,240
however his autopsy revealed the

824
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:11,679
undigested breakfast in his stomach

825
00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,880
this could perhaps have been an honest

826
00:28:11,679 --> 00:28:17,360
mistake an error by a family in shock

827
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:19,200
Gaurav usually woke up at 4 30 am and

828
00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:21,039
started his day doing yoga and had

829
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,279
breakfast around 6.

830
00:28:21,039 --> 00:28:24,960
but remember he only got home at 1 30

831
00:28:23,279 --> 00:28:26,640
a.m the night before

832
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,880
he had an argument with his wife and

833
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,720
then went to sleep in another room

834
00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:32,480
it is fair to assume he didn't have a

835
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:34,159
great night's sleep

836
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,520
would he have woken up at his usual time

837
00:28:34,159 --> 00:28:37,440
of 4 30

838
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,960
or would he perhaps have slept in

839
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,320
maybe he didn't feel like eating until

840
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:43,039
he had talked things out with his wife

841
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:44,799
and only ate after their discussion

842
00:28:43,039 --> 00:28:46,720
using stomach contents to determine the

843
00:28:44,799 --> 00:28:48,799
time of a person's death has also proven

844
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,159
to be fickle in terms of exact forensic

845
00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:52,159
science

846
00:28:50,159 --> 00:28:53,440
there are many factors to keep in mind

847
00:28:52,159 --> 00:28:56,320
for instance if the victim was in

848
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:58,080
distress digestion would take longer

849
00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,679
likewise if he had something to drink

850
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,360
with this meal digestion would only

851
00:28:59,679 --> 00:29:03,679
start once 80 percent of the liquid had

852
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,520
been emptied out of the stomach

853
00:29:03,679 --> 00:29:07,919
the theory that Gaurav died earlier than

854
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:10,720
11 am base solely on stomach content

855
00:29:07,919 --> 00:29:12,080
evidence did not carry much weight

856
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,600
there was a rumor that arya might have

857
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:15,200
been behind his death

858
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,279
it was common knowledge that she did not

859
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,399
approve of his career choice

860
00:29:17,279 --> 00:29:20,240
because he often worked through the

861
00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:21,520
night she also suspected that he was

862
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,880
cheating on her

863
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,880
she was questioned for more than eight

864
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,640
hours by the police but could not give

865
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,399
them any answers regarding her husband's

866
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,240
death

867
00:29:28,399 --> 00:29:31,840
investigators also found a second cell

868
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,600
phone with a sim card from an Indian

869
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,360
service provider but all the data on the

870
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,120
phone had been erased

871
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:41,120
no one in his immediate circle knew

872
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:42,159
about the second phone or why he had it

873
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,159
in the end

874
00:29:42,159 --> 00:29:45,440
police concluded that it was suicide by

875
00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:47,279
hanging

876
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,200
a senior police official told the media

877
00:29:47,279 --> 00:29:51,200
shortly after his death

878
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,960
the preliminary autopsy report confirms

879
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,480
that he committed suicide

880
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,919
all his family members including his

881
00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:57,760
parents and wife were present in the

882
00:29:55,919 --> 00:30:00,000
dwarka flat when he hanged himself with

883
00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:02,240
a cloth in the bathroom from an iron rod

884
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:04,000
used for hanging clothes

885
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,520
people who knew and worked with Gaurav

886
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,200
doubted that the 32 year old would have

887
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:09,039
taken his own life

888
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,880
he was tough as nails

889
00:30:09,039 --> 00:30:12,960
a fearless man who dared put himself in

890
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,720
scary situations on his quest to find

891
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,240
out the truth

892
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,919
remember he's not in the morgue while he

893
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:20,159
was on crutches

894
00:30:17,919 --> 00:30:21,279
that was the person everyone knew

895
00:30:20,159 --> 00:30:22,880
having some late nights with a

896
00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:24,960
discontented wife at home would not have

897
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,720
been too much for him to bear he was

898
00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,399
trying to work things out as best he

899
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,080
could

900
00:30:28,399 --> 00:30:31,679
of course standing on the outside one

901
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,679
never knows what a person goes through

902
00:30:31,679 --> 00:30:35,279
before ending their own life

903
00:30:33,679 --> 00:30:36,720
but Gaurav's co-workers and friends

904
00:30:35,279 --> 00:30:38,640
attested to the fact that he was not

905
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,240
suicidal in the time leading up to his

906
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,760
untimely death

907
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,159
on the contrary

908
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:46,399
he had many television projects lined up

909
00:30:44,159 --> 00:30:48,159
he was excited to get to work he was not

910
00:30:46,399 --> 00:30:50,000
at a loss of hope or at a dead end

911
00:30:48,159 --> 00:30:52,320
whatsoever

912
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:54,159
the day before he died he posted a photo

913
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,520
of youth incorporated magazine on his

914
00:30:54,159 --> 00:30:57,519
facebook page

915
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:59,039
Gaurav was on the front cover along with

916
00:30:57,519 --> 00:31:01,279
four other successful young Indian

917
00:30:59,039 --> 00:31:03,360
professionals in a special called power

918
00:31:01,279 --> 00:31:05,039
of the five

919
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,559
it was Gaurav's wife and his father who

920
00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:08,080
told police about the dark forces

921
00:31:06,559 --> 00:31:09,360
pulling him story

922
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,679
could it be that they would rather place

923
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:13,440
the blame on an unexplained entity than

924
00:31:11,679 --> 00:31:15,440
considering the possibility that he had

925
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:18,880
ended his own life

926
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:20,960
Gaurav's family was religious in hinduism

927
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,880
suicide is seen every bit as sinful as

928
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:26,000
taking someone else's life

929
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:28,240
the sanskrit word for suicide atmahatiya

930
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,840
literally means soul murder

931
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:32,080
it is believed that ending one's life

932
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:34,159
sets off a series of karmic events which

933
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,279
prevents one soul of ever resting in

934
00:31:34,159 --> 00:31:36,559
peace

935
00:31:35,279 --> 00:31:38,720
could it be that his family tried to

936
00:31:36,559 --> 00:31:40,559
conceal his suicide in an attempt to

937
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:43,200
save his soul

938
00:31:40,559 --> 00:31:45,760
that is not very likely Gaurav spent his

939
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:47,279
life solving mysteries his family would

940
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:50,000
not have wanted to add to the mystery of

941
00:31:47,279 --> 00:31:52,000
his death by making things up

942
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,679
in his lifetime Gaurav was called a

943
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,960
paranormal activist

944
00:31:53,679 --> 00:31:57,200
he knew some people believed in the

945
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,880
supernatural and others didn't

946
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:02,000
he never believed until his experience

947
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:03,519
in florida after that he dedicated his

948
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,600
life to understanding something most

949
00:32:03,519 --> 00:32:07,919
people would instead turn their backs on

950
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:09,679
or dismiss as make-believe

951
00:32:07,919 --> 00:32:11,039
he was serious about his studies and

952
00:32:09,679 --> 00:32:14,080
listened to people when they told him

953
00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:15,360
stories that sounded crazy to most

954
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,039
perhaps we should take a moment to

955
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:18,960
ponder an alternative theory and

956
00:32:17,039 --> 00:32:20,559
consider Gaurav's account of a dark force

957
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,320
that pulled him in

958
00:32:20,559 --> 00:32:24,240
in an interview two years before his

959
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,159
death he said

960
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:28,000
the more you get scared the more they

961
00:32:26,159 --> 00:32:29,360
feed on your negative energy and get

962
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,279
stronger

963
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:33,760
once you show that you can face them

964
00:32:31,279 --> 00:32:35,679
they won't trouble you

965
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:38,480
he spoke to his dad and wife of a dark

966
00:32:35,679 --> 00:32:40,320
force that he struggled to keep at bay

967
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:42,000
paranormal investigators typically take

968
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,279
measures to protect themselves from evil

969
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,200
forces

970
00:32:43,279 --> 00:32:47,279
there is no clear-cut guide as to what

971
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,120
would serve as protection so it comes

972
00:32:47,279 --> 00:32:50,480
down to personal choice

973
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,720
some were satchels around their necks

974
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,159
filled with herbs or stones others say a

975
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,600
protection prayer before entering a

976
00:32:54,159 --> 00:32:58,559
haunted house

977
00:32:55,600 --> 00:33:00,159
Gaurav didn't do any of this

978
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:02,000
if you want to stay protected you have

979
00:33:00,159 --> 00:33:03,600
to believe in yourself

980
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,880
you just have to believe that nothing

981
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,880
can harm you

982
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:09,120
let me tell you a secret i have been to

983
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:12,799
so many haunted locations in for over

984
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:15,440
years but i never use any protection

985
00:33:12,799 --> 00:33:17,760
because i want to explore it's just like

986
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:20,000
you go on hunting an animal

987
00:33:17,760 --> 00:33:21,279
and you wear all the protection to keep

988
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,960
him away

989
00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:24,799
so if you don't

990
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,320
call you animals towards yourself how

991
00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:28,000
can you hunt

992
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:30,080
we don't hunt ghosts i don't call myself

993
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:32,080
a ghost hunter though because i research

994
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,279
on them i don't go and killing down

995
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:36,240
close and

996
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:38,159
i don't flaunt like a ghost hunter it's

997
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,039
a wrong term a lot of people use but

998
00:33:38,159 --> 00:33:40,480
it's

999
00:33:39,039 --> 00:33:41,679
acceptable now

1000
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:43,200
uh

1001
00:33:41,679 --> 00:33:45,200
but yeah

1002
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:47,039
if you're in search of ghosts you should

1003
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:49,519
always

1004
00:33:47,039 --> 00:33:52,480
see to communicate with them not to

1005
00:33:49,519 --> 00:33:54,960
escape them not to keep them away this

1006
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:57,120
is how you can become a good researcher

1007
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:58,799
if forensic evidence points to suicide

1008
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:01,120
but no one has a motive why Gaurav would

1009
00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:03,039
end his life is it possible that he did

1010
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:05,440
in fact kill himself not because he

1011
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:06,799
meant to but because he was forced to do

1012
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,639
so

1013
00:34:06,799 --> 00:34:10,480
was he visited by the darkness on that

1014
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,240
morning and found himself unable to

1015
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,159
control it

1016
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:16,720
Gaurav's friend and team member of grip

1017
00:34:14,159 --> 00:34:19,119
wakaraj visited thousands of locations

1018
00:34:16,720 --> 00:34:20,960
with Gaurav it was gaurav who taught him

1019
00:34:19,119 --> 00:34:24,320
not to be scared and to stand firm

1020
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:26,000
against unseen and unexplained energies

1021
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,679
welcar quoted something Gaurav had said

1022
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,359
to him in an interview with the sunday

1023
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:32,399
guardian

1024
00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:34,879
no human can kill himself if he does he

1025
00:34:32,399 --> 00:34:36,480
must be possessed

1026
00:34:34,879 --> 00:34:38,480
some people believe it was the curse of

1027
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:40,159
Bangor that bided its time and patiently

1028
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:42,159
waited until Gaurav was settled in his

1029
00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:43,440
personal and professional life before it

1030
00:34:42,159 --> 00:34:46,159
struck

1031
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,399
others feel that a dark hostile energy

1032
00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:50,800
attached itself to Gaurav somewhere

1033
00:34:48,399 --> 00:34:52,879
during his thousands of investigations a

1034
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:56,399
maleficent force

1035
00:34:52,879 --> 00:34:56,399
that played its final hand

1036
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:03,040
if you'd like to read more about this

1037
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:05,200
case have a look at the resources used

1038
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:07,680
for this episode in the show notes

1039
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:09,680
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1040
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1042
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