Reality check: Cranberry sisters give 'Dead Files' a hand
December 6, 2014 12:00 AM-
Julia Rendleman/Post-Gazette
Ross native Chris Jamison, a semifinalist on NBC's "The Voice," performs Wednesday night for a hometown crowd at Stage AE on the North Shore.
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"There were these cold spots in the house, and you used to see a shady figure when you'd go into the basement," said Suzanne Vincent. "Even the dog would be afraid."
The sisters, raised Catholic, watched a friend of their mother Margaret Mary, perform a "spiritual cleansing": prayers to St. Michael, holy water, bowls of sea salt to absorb the negative energy. The goal is to help ease spirits into the next phase of existence.
It's a Chris Jamison night at Stage AE
Pittsburgh's Chris Jamison is given a warm welcome at Stage AE December 3.
Years later, the Vincents are psychic consultants. Tonight, they'll appear on Travel Channel's "Dead Files Revisited." The second of two segments visits the Riverside Inn in Cambridge Springs, Crawford County.
The history of the inn involved sickly guests who expected the natural mineral waters to help them. Instead, according to the show, it made them worse. Three groups of spirits roam the halls and an attached theater.
Hosts Amy Allan, a medium, and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi eventually bring in the Vincent sisters to literally clear the air of malevolent spirits.
Filming the episode in less than a week, they said there were numerous unexplained events: "This one ghost took my shoes," Suzanne Vincent said.
"I had laid my keys down in this beautiful dining room, and they disappeared," Jean Vincent added. The sisters, who live in Cranberry, said they would hear faint piano music, poorly played. Someone's eyeglasses vanished.
Yet there were more dangerous spirits on the grounds, they say. The program, which airs at 10 p.m., shows records of two young men who drowned more than 30 years ago. These spirits, as well as at least one female ghost, have tried to get others to jump into nearby French Creek.
This isn't the first time the Vincents have appeared on television, and Suzanne Vincent said they are currently at work on a book.
"We would like to turn this into something bigger; our mother was very passionate about the spirit world," Jean Vincent said.
'The Profit'
Marcus Lemonis puts up his cash to small or struggling companies in exchange for a piece of ownership. His show, "The Profit," runs at 10 Tuesday nights on CNBC.
The Dec. 9 episode is Greek to him.
Kathleen Kamouyerou-Ference and Michael Ference own five "My Big Fat Greek Gyro" restaurants in the Pittsburgh area. Fans of "The Profit," they applied last spring and an episode was shot here in July.
The Peters couple said they needed "more structure" and wanted to take the franchise to the next level. In an interview with Post-Gazette restaurant critic Melissa McCart, they said they "hope the show gives people the opportunity to learn from our growing pains and our bumps and bruises."
'The Voice'
The girls screamed with happy abandon.
More than 2,000 fans of singer Chris Jamison whooped and took cell phone photos when the Ross native returned Wednesday for a "hometown visit" that was filmed for NBC's "The Voice."
Enduring the reality of filming for television — long breaks for reshoots (known as pickups), a filmed autograph meet-n-greet in the middle of the program at Stage AE — made many in the crowd antsy, but it appeared all was forgiven once he took the stage with his band and the Pittsburgh Poison dance group.
"This is insane," Mr. Jamison said, adding that even recently, "I would be the guy in the audience" for an event such as this. Thanks to a Twitter save on the Dec. 2 program, he's on through to the top five.
"The Voice" airs at 8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays.
Maria Sciullo: msciullo@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1478 or @MariaSciulloPG.
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