Sci Fi Channel’s Ghost Hunters
Aug 2, 2007 by Bruce Simmons
Sci Fi channel messes with my head!
Let’s start with the fact that I like Sci Fi channel. But right now I am watching Ghost Hunters, and it confuses me. Do I believe in ghosts? Sure, to some degree. Do I believe there are enough ghosts out there for the Sci Fi channels’ Ghost Hunters to chase ghosts every week? No.
In the pic, Grant thinks he hears something in the wall!! Jason’s like, “I think it’s a wall!!
Ghost Hunters are a staff of people called TAPS, The Atlantic Paranormal Society. Plumbers by day, ghost hunters by night, they travel the country investigating ghost sightings. TAPS has been around for about 10 years, and has become one of the most respected paranormal-investigation groups in America. (Probably the only one that admits to it!)
They go investigate places where ghost activity has been reported. In every episode I’ve seen, the team always encounters ghostly activity. (I’m not saying I watch the show. I just tend to turn on Sci Fi channel for background noise when there’s nothing else on that interests me… REALLY!)
In the first half of the particular episode I’m watching right now, they are investigating a ghost that turns on toys! A toy goes off and it scares the investigator out of his wits. He then sits down on the couch and asks out loud: “Is there anyone here?” (Duh. The toy just spoke to you!)
I equate this to an advanced form of entertainment a notch above ECW Wrestling (Writers Rant: Sci Fi upset me that they injected ECW Wrestling into their Tuesday programming. NBC is saying they don’t think much of this Sci Fi channel viewer, unless wrestling is kind of sci fi-ish!)
What confuses me is that part of the show is taped in a gritty black and white during their on-site investigations. It makes me want to believe, but the left half of my brain is screaming at me “Why am I even watching!?”
As I look at the website, http://www.scifi.com/ghosthunters/about/, Sci Fi calls it a one hour docu-soap.
According to Encarta.msn, a docusoap is a television program that combines documentary style with aspects of soap opera. Hmm.
(In the episode I’m watching: The faucet just turned itself on in the bathroom!! They whisper that they need to get a camera in there. Why are they whispering?)
So though I watch in disbelief, I can still find the show interesting while I do things like write articles, scour the web, and look for other sci fi to tell you about. If you like ghost things, you’ll probably like this show. If you are on the fence, growing grass or WE channel could be more interesting. (Yes, I’m bi-polar. What of it?)
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I have become a fan of this show I must admit.
I respect the fact that they are actually trying to DISPROVE a haunting. To show that the problems are man made.
BUT, occasionally they do get some scary and interesting things on tape.
In one episode they were at the hotel that inspired Stephen King’s The Shining, and they caught on camera a closet door, not only opening and then shutting back again, but locking itself shut. You can clearly hear the lock move.
And in the same episode they caught on camera a glass shattering by itself, very creepy.
Admittedly it doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it makes for great TV.
I can’t believe you’re semi-dissing on Ghost Hunters. That’s one of the best shows EVER. Even the episodes where they don’t find anything or just get spooked by their own shadows are freakin’ hilarious! I make sure to never miss a new episode.
It’s not all about catching the ghosts. It’s fun because of the hunters themselves. You gotta see the one where Steve breaks down and starts crying his eyes out because he’s afraid of flying when they’re planning a trip to England. This is a great show and I recommend you keep watching it. It’s got drama, humor and sometimes ghosts. And some of the ghosts they find can be REALLY creepy.
Well,
TAPS tries to solve theoretical hauntings but always comes back to thier experiences working with Roto-Rooter this is a real pain how every thing relates to un-clogging toilets. Allot of crap.
The crews personal problems with each other is an obvious attempt to kill time I rather hear more about the locations then the crew.
Larry Eugene OR
I would like to go on your show because I had experiences more than once of things I can not explain and I am a white witch looking for my direction. It tells me at this time to have you apart of my life to help people. So if you need some one who could help besides debunk everything let me know. Willing to learn anything you can teach and willing to devote my time to this team.
Thank you
Sincerely
Maggie Tyszka
Call me on my cell at 1203-895-5771
Look forward from hereing from you!!!!!!
you need to come to michigan city, indiana
It amazes me that you observed all of this as “background noise”…You’re pretty observant with your back turned, to “hear” people the way you do???
This phenomenon is way older than you or I…A notch above ECW wrestling? I’ve never seen a ghost hunter on this show display the kind of fictional and sometimes deadly behavior of a wrestler
and just because they’ve allowed celebrities from other network shows to appear, does that discount their work?
These guys have always tried to disprove situations first, and what they were left with was unexplainable….Have any good answers, Einstein? If so, solve the rest of our country’s problems…But, turn Sci Fi and the Ghost Hunters off first…don’t want to cloud your judgement with “background noise”…
Hey Claudia,
Tell us how you REALLY feel.
Vic