Ghost Hunters - The Complete First Season

 

 

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There's a british ghost hunting show that I have caught occassionally that is radically different from this program. That british show often has the investigators walking around, sometimes by themselves, waiting for something to happen, already freaked out that they scream and sometimes run after experiencing any percieved noise or anomaly. When you watch the Ghost hunting team of this program at work they aren't running and screaming like little school girls, they aren't freaked out, they have a plan, they have an objective, and the leader of the TAPS team is a calm rock, and the biggest critic of the evidence they collect.

The first objective in thier investigation is too experience, with cameras and tape recorders running, what has been reported at the location they are at. If and when a phenomena is uncovered, the second objective becomes investigating the possible cause of what has occured. I swear this is the first time I have seen ghost hunters actively looking for a 'rational' cause of what has been witnessed. (How many times are videotaped UFO's simply planes or other normal things in the sky.) They ARE trying to look for ghosts. BUT! They are trying to sift out what clearly is not ghost phenomena, to find that irrefutable evidence, or at least evidence that still requires other explanation.

ORBS. I have seen orb photographs and videoclips a lot as evidence of hauntings. And they are in great supply. "Orbs are not evidence of a haunting", says the team leader in one episode. They may or may not be associated with hauntings, as is shown when they go to a hotel a different ghost hunting team has checked outand declared haunted.

So what do I give away? There are two remarkable clips of video evidence, one from a lighthouse, and one from a former prison. And there is an incident where something happens to one of the camera men. And, like mentioned above, there are the investigations that reveal the real... the earthly... causes of phenomena people were quickly willing to blame on ghosts.

You also get bits about the personal lives of the investigators, it's not overdone, and there are a fair share of extra clips, some deleted scenes, some scenes that were shortened, that are generally worthwatching after watching the main episodes.

So do you believe? Well there's house on a hill I dare you to...

This is the best of all these shows out there. Ive ordered all the Seasons off of Amazon and am watching them now.
I have had paranormal experiences my whole life.
However, I do have a few problems with this show.

I think Jason and Grant are awesome but for someone who has had paranormal experiences their whole life some of the 'de-bunking' or 'dismissing' done by TAPS can become an irritant at times. The first being Jasons constant dismissal of Orbs and other light anomalies.
Yes, sometimes its dust - sometimes its an insect, but many of us get the same orbs in all of our pictures regardless of where we go, which camera is being used and so on and so fourth.
Orbs have detailed patterns distinct to that 'Orb'. Thats how you can see the same 'Orb' appearing over and over again in photos or video around one particular person.
Most people in this field respect 'Orbs as the first of a ghost manifestation because of these distinct detailed patterns when captured on film and blown up on a picture program to see up close.
You have scientists who cant even definitively tell what 'Orbs' are, and dont dismiss them as spirits - yet Jason is constantly dismissing them as - dust. Which then by doing this he effects the opinion of the rest of the investigators not to mention all those watching this show.

Most people are not going to be getting full body apparitions in their pics or video footage but many are starting to see 'Orbs'. When Jason dumps on 'Orbs' he's dumping on those experiences. Like I said, most people arent going to be fortunate enough to have hope of an afterlife by seeing an actual apparition.

I have seen ghosts and apparitions, most dont. Many do however get 'Orbs.
To dump on that as 'nothing but dust' is dumping on those experiences when calling 'Orbs 'dust' or 'debris' which in many cases - is not true or fair for Jason to say.

Second,
I am glad he has finally stated that 'Ghosts dont haunt on cue.' Because to deem a place 'Haunted or not' after only a few hours of investigation is nonsense. Spirits can be very active for weeks, then a few days or months will pass and you'll get nothing. When TAPS runs in for a few hours and then says a place is 'Haunted or Not' depending on whether the ghosts put on a Broadway show for them or not (since Jason ignores all Orbs and light anomalies and wont accept them from his crew because hes the boss)is also ridiculous.

In order to properly investigate a place you should give it its fair day in court. Im talking at minimal a week. Because once again, TAPS leaves, didnt find anything in the 6 hours they spent there, and the people who called now not only feel stupid but shamed like they were 'making it up' when they werent.

Third,
It gets very annoying when your straining to hear an EVP (A Ghost voice they caught on recorder) and you got the sound people adding in 'scary, loud' music blasting in the background completely disabling you from hearing the EVP. Could the sound people in future Seasons of Ghost Hunters not have this irritating music playing while were trying to hear what they caught on voice recorder??

Fourth,
Episode after episode we have Jason and Grant seeing Shadows, Ghosts, this and that. What do we see? The cameraman stuck on Jasons and Grants face...........Then we got Grant and Jason saying 'We got no way to back that up since it wasnt on camera and is just a personal experience'

Why cant they wear a miniature camera on their head instead of a TAPS baseball cap so we can see what they see to?
Episode after episode they see everything, we see almost nothing but their face and their reaction to what they just saw but we didnt get to see...All it would take is a small camera giving us their perspective..

I know it sounds like I hate the show - I dont. Otherwise I wouldnt have bought all of the Seasons on DVD off of Amazon. I appreciate that they dont try and startle and scare people but look for the truth. Jason could just do a bit more research about and be a bit more open minded when it comes to Orbs.

This is one of the top shows out there now, not to mention its been the best commercial Roter-Rooter has ever had, LOL

Im just hoping with upcoming Seasons they will make it better by letting us see what they see, giving the investigations more time then just a couple of hours, get rid of that music that disables us from hearing what audio they caught, and also stop picking on the poor Orbs Jason ;)

Sean

Worth it. It's seem real and genuine, unlike some other ghost shows that come across so fake. These guys actually look like they are after the truth.

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