Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Haunted Home

A while back I wrote a post about how the television set where Ghost Whisperer was filmed was haunted. Ghosts were spotted standing behind actors in scenes that were reviewed afterward. More about this is here.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt was the star of this show and she was not a novice when it comes to ghosts.

Hewitt lived in a house that she felt was haunted. She called in a paranormal investigator, Mary Ann Winkowski to help. Winkowski states she can communicate with the deceased.

What Winkowski found was an earthbound spirit--a young man--had taken up residence in Hewitt’s home.

This man had been killed in a car crash, and he told Winkowski that he had been a big fan of Hewitt’s while alive. He had even attended high school with her--but Hewitt did not know him.

Winkowski discovered this man’s name and address.

Winkowski checked out his story and discovered he had attended school with Hewitt and had been killed in a car accident. The family told her he was a fan and that his bedroom was covered in posters of Hewitt.

Mary Ann Winkowski with Hewitt

Hewitt afterward stated she was actually comfortable with his presence for she felt his ghost “was looking out for her.”

This haunting is a classic example of why ghosts often remain behind. In this case because of a strong attachment to a person--even though the affection wasn’t mutual.

It was actually this haunting that inspired the creation of the TV show Ghost Whisperer, which aired from 2005 to 2010 on CBS.

Winkowski was a consultant on the show and Hewitt was an associate producer.

Mary Ann Winkowski since has written a book entitled When Ghosts Speak.

Haunted Ghost Whisperer Set

Jennifer Love Hewitt the star of the popular American television show entitled Ghost Whisperer claims to this day that this show--2005 to 2010-- was haunted by real ghosts.

Hewitt’s character in this show-- Melinda Gordon had the ability to see and communicate with ghosts. Hewitt feels that the shows' subject matter attracted real ghosts to the sets where the show was filmed.

During filming the 28-year old Hewitt and various other members of the cast and crew all reported noticing unusual occurrences.

Lights on the set would move several inches as actors watched and overhead lights would burst over actors’ heads into a million pieces. This would occur especially if they were playing a role where they expressed verbally they did not believe in ghosts.

Other lights would whirl around out of control without cause and set props were found moved or missing.

Rumors started to spread about these odd incidents and several actors announced they would not accept “guest appearances” on this show.

On one particular set Hewitt and seven crewmembers one day all reported being touched by a ghost.

As Hewitt was walking onto the set to start a scene she felt something tug the bottom of her dress. A female crewmember had her sweater tugged and a male crewmember had the bottom of his jeans tugged.

Many members of the crew became firmly convinced there were paranormal presences following them around as they filmed.

Their belief was confirmed later when they were filming Hewitt in a scene when she noticed something strange going on behind her. It seemed like something just over her shoulder was moving around. She turned and glimpsed a shadow.

She and the crew checked out this film footage and to their shock, they saw what appeared to be a ghostly figure turn around right behind where Hewitt was standing.

Hewitt during a guest spot on the talk show Ellen in 2007 talked about this haunting and showed the film clip with the ghost behind her on set.

Ghost Whisperer won several teen and young people awards while it originally aired. All five seasons can be watched on Netflix.

In another post here I discuss Hewitt’s haunted home, which inspired this show.

Here is a recent interview with Hewitt where she mentions again the set being haunted on Ghost Whisperer. She states several ghostly actors were captured in scenes--they were not seen on set during filming.