'Ghostbusters' Creator Reveals Great-Grandfather Was a Real-Life Paranormal Investigator
Dan Aykroyd says 1921 journals from his great-grandfather document séances and helped inspire Ghostbusters, according to family records and interviews.
- Dan Aykroyd recently shared on Instagram images of 1921 journals written by his great-grandfather, Dr. Samuel Augustus Aykroyd, documenting paranormal investigations at the family's Old Farmhouse near Kingston, Ontario.
- As a dentist and spiritualist researcher, Samuel Aykroyd hosted Seances at the ancestral home, inviting a medium named Walter Ashurst to reside at the Old Farmhouse for 12 years.
- The Journals and Volume, covering Sitting and Materialization, chronicle Sam Aykroyd's experiences hosting Seances and feature pages purportedly containing quotes from spirits.
- This family legacy served as primary inspiration for creating Ghostbusters; "It was the spirit of his work passed down through the generations that inspired my interests," Aykroyd said.
- In an appearance on The Tom Green Farmcast in June, Aykroyd credited the family history with playing a big role in the creation of Ghostbusters, noting how these early encounters shaped his work.
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'Ghostbusters' creator reveals great-grandfather was a real-life paranormal investigator
"It was the spirit of his work passed down through the generations that inspired my interests." | Dan Aykroyd gives fans a look at his great-grandfather's life as a paranormal investigator.
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Dan Aykroyd shared his great-grandfather’s séance transcripts on Twitter, giving a look at the family records that helped inspire Ghostbusters. “It was the spirit of his work passed down through the generations that inspired my interests,” he wrote. “He’s the original Ghostbuster.” His great-grandfather, Samuel Augustus Aykroyd (1855-1933), was a teacher who became a Kingston […]
Dan Aykroyd brought to light a surprising part of the origins of Ghostbusters, showing on social media some photographs and family documents related to great-grandfather... The article Dan Aykroyd and the true origin of Ghostbusters unveiled after more than 40 years comes from Bigodino.
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