I watched this 8th grade student film when it first came out and I was horrified. I recently went on a "ghost tour" given by one of the locals featured, had plenty of questions & was basically told that I don't know anything. I was born and raised in Butte, know just as much about Butte history and believe in paranormal. This abomination makes me embarassed to say I'm from the community. Total pile of horsesh!#. Complete misrepresentation, some outright lies and all of these people were on board to sling this nonsense. I especially enjoyed when they claim to have released a spirit at the Clark Chateau....while standing in a bathroom. Any ghost would be proud. There was an actual confirmed death in the house that was not ever "felt" or mentioned by this elite team of ghost hunters. When I asked the guide about it, he claims he knew about it but wasn't mentioned because "that's not what we were looking for". It was a 16 year old boy, John Stanwood Murray and it begs the question, how did you know what you were looking for? Apparently it wasn't written in the script. That's not the only thing, Herb Sargent lived in the Hennessey Mansion while in college. He graduated in 1968 moved out and lived a very quiet life until 1977 and then flipped out. No correlation to the Hennessey Mansion whatsoever. Willie Corette fell into a mine shaft that was nowhere near the Hennessey Mansion. I could go on and on but you get it. My favorite part was when Fisk says every year 100 students sleep at the Cabbage Patch to see what is was like to live homeless back in that era. They're given a box and a tarp. My question would be, who do I need to talk to about getting sturdy box and heavyweight tarp? This is not a thing. Three of my children went to Butte High School where Mr. Fisk teaches and this overnight fairy tale has never happened. The Cabbage Patch contained very shanty living quarters, but they were living quarters. People weren't homeless. Also, I would love to know how his premise of being homeless back then would be any different than being homeless now. It's shameful. Anyway I give it two enthusiastic thumbs down and wish I had more thumbs to represent how I feel. F#@k!
Review of Ghosts of Devil's Perch
