“I’m not scared of a whole lot, other than normal life stuff—relationships and what not. Those are scarier than ghosts. I’m more afraid of people than anything.
Once we were investigating an old prison. It was a huge complex of empty buildings and we had a cleared a few, but someplace that big always has a few squatters and people hanging around. I was in a tunnel by myself and I kind of got lost in there. I found a manhole cover and lifted it up so I could get out. When I got through the opening, I ended up in basically a boiler room that was a squatter’s house. There was a man there and I looked at him and he looked at me and we had this mutual understanding I was going to leave. It was so terrifying. People are so much more terrifying than ghosts. Things like that are why we tell people not to go investigating by themselves or without permission.”
— Amy Bruni is the star of Syfy’s Ghost Hunters, a series of paranormal investigations around the world. This season’s Halloween special will air Monday, October 31 at 7PM-1AM/ET.