during the Stanley event Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson mentioned the need for a sensor that could pick up traces of phantom smells well thanks to Make Magazine someone has built a 'cheap' version of just that. while he wasn't thinking of ghost hunting the sensors you can pick up for it can detect a wide range of smells.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To- ... ollutants/
I'll probably build this at some point
