Just a good old-fashioned torch. Simple, essential, and not to be underestimated.

What it’s used for:

Lighting your way through abandoned buildings, creepy stairwells, and pitch-black corridors without stacking it over loose floorboards.

Used in torch communication — loosen the battery cap slightly so spirits can switch it on or off to respond to yes/no questions.

Also good for catching other investigators off-guard with accidental lens flare. (Unintentional, but iconic.)

Cursed Tip:
Always bring a backup torch. The one in your hand will flicker the moment someone says, “Did you hear that?” You don’t want your only light source to be the green glow of your K2.

What it is:
An EMF (electromagnetic field) detector — one of the most popular and beginner-friendly tools for ghost hunting.

What it’s used for:

Measures fluctuations in electromagnetic fields, which some believe spirits can manipulate to signal their presence.

The lights range from green (normal) to red (👀 something’s here) — great for real-time responses during spirit communication.

Often used in baseline sweeps to check for naturally high EMF levels before an investigation starts.

Cursed Tip:
Take EMF spikes with a pinch of salt — wiring, routers, and even dodgy fridges can trigger readings. But when it lights up on command in a place with no power? That’s when it gets interesting.

What they are:
Small, light-up motion-sensitive balls originally made for cats — now unofficially endorsed by ghosts everywhere.

What they’re used for:

Placed on the floor or flat surfaces to detect movement or interaction.

Spirits can trigger the lights by tapping or nudging them — especially in quiet rooms or hallways.

Excellent visual validation during EVP sessions or still moments (and way less noisy than a spirit box).

Cursed Tip:
Set them in pairs to rule out false positives. If both light up back-to-back in an empty room? Yeah… you’re not alone. Bonus: if they roll toward you? Good luck sleeping.

What it is:
A digital audio recorder used to capture voices, sounds, or responses from spirits that aren't heard in real time.

What it’s used for:

Left running during vigils or sessions to catch electronic voice phenomena — unexplained noises, whispers, or responses to questions.

Best reviewed with headphones afterwards — spirits often speak in frequencies below normal hearing levels.

Also great for marking audio timestamps like a pro (or panicking when you hear your own breath and forget it’s yours).

Cursed Tip:
Always announce your name, the date, and location at the start of a session — not just for the spirits, but so Future You doesn’t scream listening back in the dark. Also: whispering while doing EVPs is illegal. Don't do it. We all hear you.

What it is:
A scanning radio device that rapidly flips through AM/FM frequencies to create white noise. The idea? Spirits can use the fragments to form words and sentences in real time.

What it’s used for:

Spirit communication — ask questions out loud and listen for responses as the box scans continuously.

Often used during Estes Method sessions, where one person wears headphones and listens blind to the SBox while another asks questions.

Works best in dark rooms, weird vibes, and high anxiety situations — which, coincidentally, is every investigation ever.

Cursed Tip:
This thing is loud. Like “who let the demon DJ out?” loud. Always bring headphones if you’re using it in a team — or expect side-eyes from every living person in the room. Bonus: if it says your name? That’s not a coincidence. That’s your cue to panic.

What it is:
A handheld laser that projects a grid of bright green dots across a room — turning empty space into a motion-detecting matrix.

What it’s used for:

Used to visually detect movement, shadows, or figure outlines that pass through the beam.

Ideal for long corridors, stairwells, or rooms where full-bodied apparitions have been reported.

Works best when paired with stillness — the less movement, the more obvious the distortion when something walks through it.

Cursed Tip:
Set it up on a stable tripod or surface and film the projection — even if your eyes miss something in real time, your camera might catch what just interrupted that perfect grid. Just… don’t look too closely if you're alone.

What it is:
A spirit communication tool featuring letters, numbers, and a “yes/no” layout, used with a planchette to spell out messages — allegedly guided by spirits.

What it’s used for:

Asking direct questions and receiving spelled-out answers from potential spirit entities.

Conducted with at least two people placing fingers lightly on the planchette.

Often used during séance-style sessions when deeper communication is the goal — or when you’re feeling a little too confident.

Cursed Tip:
Never use it solo, never forget to say goodbye, and never trust a spirit that spells too fast. Keep control of the session — set boundaries, stay grounded, and remember: just because something answers… doesn’t mean it should’ve.

What it is:
A spirit communication device that uses environmental sensors and an internal phonetic dictionary to generate words and phrases — allegedly based on changes in energy, motion, or spirit interaction.

What it’s used for:

Allows spirits to "choose" words from a bank and display them on-screen.

Commonly used during vigils or spirit box sessions as a quieter alternative (or chaotic companion) to the SBox.

Great for gathering potential clues, names, and weirdly specific phrases — sometimes funny, sometimes unnervingly accurate.

Cursed Tip:
Don’t let the sass fool you — just because it spits out “TRAPPED” or “BETH” in all caps doesn’t mean it’s lying. Always log the words and review them in context later. Bonus: It loves attention. Ignore it for too long and it will absolutely start acting up.

What it is:
A device that detects infrared radiation (aka heat signatures) and translates it into colour-coded images. Warmer = lighter colours, colder = darker. Ghosts? Sometimes show up as neither.

What it’s used for:

Spotting unexplained cold spots or figures that aren’t visible to the naked eye.

Scanning rooms for temperature anomalies — great for debunking or proving something's off.

Occasionally catching the outline of a person… when there’s no person there.

Cursed Tip:
If you see a full human heat signature where no one’s standing, put the camera down and leave the building immediately. Just kidding (sort of). Always double-check reflections, but if it moves? That’s your sign to press record.

What it is:
A dual-sensor motion and proximity detector with directional response lights. One side lights up green, the other red — depending on which direction the movement or energy shift comes from.

What it’s used for:

Real-time yes/no communication during sessions — e.g., “Light up green for yes, red for no.”

Detecting movement in front of or around the device during vigils.

Setting the vibe by glowing ominously in the dark (because why wouldn’t you want a glowing judgement bar on the floor?)

Cursed Tip:
Spirits LOVE this thing — especially when you give them rules. Set it down, explain what the colours mean, and wait. If it lights up on cue to your question? Don’t look directly at anyone. You’ll all be screaming silently inside anyway.