Ghost hunter

The Ghost Hunter career appeared in the expansion pack for The Sims 3, Ambitions.

Sims use various machines to trap or ward off ghosts, similar to the Ghostbusters film franchise, and the Nintendo GameCube game, Luigi's Mansion.

Ghosts and lesser spirits will randomly appear in occupied houses around neighbourhoods. It is possible that these ghosts will constitute a new category of NPC or Townie.  Ghost hunters must deal with several different types of investigations and paranormal activity in order to advance.

Lesser Spirits
Lesser spirits are the least powerful of all paranormal activity. Lesser spirits resemble wispy Halloween ghosts. They come in many colors, which represent their personality. Certain personalities are more valuable then others. For example, white spirits (who have a friendly personality) aren't worth much to researchers while orange spirits (who are wrathful) are worth more.

Spirit colours and types: Lesser Spirits can also be collected and named like beetles and butterflies. They can even be transfigured, which will produce a tombstone with a normal ghost.
 * White—Friendly
 * Teal—Kind
 * Yellow—Frightened
 * Blue—Lost
 * Green—Jealous
 * Orange—Wrathful
 * Red—Evil

Poltergeists
Poltergeists possess random objects, causing them to move and fly around. Poltergeists are not very powerful, but they are stronger than lesser spirits.

Ghosts
Ghosts are the most powerful of all paranormal activity. They are very hard to capture, but ghost hunters may alternatively attempt to befriend a ghost and convince them to move on.

Occasionally, ghost hunters may encounter ghosts from past civilizations. These ghosts are worth more money when sold to the science lab.

Spirit Invasions
Spirit Invasions are the most basic of hauntings. Lesser spirits are much less powerful than full bodied ghosts, and are visible at all times. Ghost hunters need only use the banshee banisher to remove the lesser spirits. If the spirit manages to escape the ghost vacuum, they will scare any non-brave sim.

Paranormal Investigation
Occasionally, a ghost hunter will be asked to investigate a random rabbit hole. The ghost hunter need only enter the venue and stay for a few hours to complete this investigation.

Poltergeist Haunting
During a poltergeist haunting, the ghost hunter must exorcise furniture that is being possessed by poltergeists.

Ghostly Presence
During this investigation, ghost hunters must find and remove a full bodied ghost. To find the ghost, the ghost hunter must scan rooms of the house with the Spook-O-Meter (similar to the Ghostbuster's PKE Meter). After the ghost has been located, the ghost hunter can attempt to capture it. Alternatively, the ghost hunter may be friend the ghost and convince them to pass on.

Angry Ghost Invasion
The most dangerous of all Investigations. The haunted area is infested with several angry ghosts who cannot be reasoned with. The ghost hunter must capture all the ghosts.

Gallery
Chasseur de fantômes

Trivia

 * Did you know that some ghosts share the same Last Name as some Historical Figures? There are some such as Juliette Antoniette which shares the same last name as Marie Antoniette.
 * Two more examples are "Napoleon Amoit" and "Touissant Bonaparte", obvious refrences to Napoleon Bonaparte.