On a seemingly normal Tuesday afternoon I took a break from sorting through press releases and screening upcoming episodes of cable comedies to dial into a conference call style interview with the writers, directors, and stars of the upcoming
Ghostfacers web series,
AJ Buckley and
Travis Wester. All was going well as we introduced ourselves to each other, but all of a sudden and out of the blue, our voices began to echo in an eerie and screechy sound.
I logged myself out of the call and dialed back in, and the guys were laughing and chatting jovially but neither of them had any idea what had occurred. I offered a theory, though: one of the ghosts or other worldly spirits (maybe even that of their deceased intern,
Corbett!) must have tried to infiltrate the call, considering
itself the true star and creator of the show and wanting its fair fifteen minutes.
It was an interesting thing to occur to a reporter, considering their characters have a tendency to see a ghost but fumble around and somehow miss capturing the moment, in all of its glory, on camera. But as Buckley laughed and pointed out, they're doing something right these days because now I've "bared witness."
Once the spirits settled down, though, the guys and I had some fun joking about tantrums and diva behavior on set, what to expect from their new spin-off web series, and what they really think of the fan conventions they have attended.
