POCATELLO — It’s been nearly five years since Pocatello High School received national attention for what local paranormal experts called one of the most authentic ghost videos they’ve ever seen.
But it appears as if the historic and supposedly haunted high school will once again be in the national spotlight because of its paranormal activity with an appearance on the upcoming season of A&E’s “Ghost Hunters.”
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