Taps and Ghost Hunters is still good to watch for everyone but myself.  The more I watch these shows and have investigated myself I have built such a huge archive easily explained evidence.    One of the major benefits of also running Paranormal Puzzles is that I’m also very familiar with  how to build hoaxes.     This most recent episode has put a splinter in my mind that I can’t shake.

For a while I have been staring at the “Fiction” portion of the Sci Fi Channel and the Ghost Hunters Television Program.   The season premeir aired with footage of a undeniable thermal evidence of a civil war apparition right where everyone in the invesigation said there would be one.    Tonight we see what looks like a photo frame get turned and pulled back.   Not to mention tons of EVPs and other evidence.  A virtual cornicopia of evidence.

SciFi Channel has been struggling for a while as a cable access channel and has ratings to make.  I’m sure that there is a strong contract agreement between Taps and SciFi.  There is serious potentional for “Fiction” to rear it’s ugly little head when ratings are down.

As for this episode of the fear cage I felt it was seemed lacking content.  I think the cast is either tired or we have become accustom to them and want something better.   The Ghost Hunters International crew isn’t it either.   There is certainly still room in this industry for a group to come in and improve it, I just don’t know if it will be through another television series or something new unexplored medium.   As for me I will be here, writing your reviews.  Hawk out-

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Paranormal state really needs to figure out what it’s going to be. The most recent episode is evident that there is a conflict between religious faith in the belief of the paranormal and science and research.
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Caught the second half of Destination Truth tonight, was enough to be interesting between 10:30 pm and 11pm. I like Josh’s approach the show overall is good. I’m just not interested in the content. I think if they took the crew from DT and perhaps Robb D and Brian from GHI we might have a good GHI season two.

So here is The Hawk’s pick for fixing the paranormal second rate shows. The team of Destination Truth and Robb Demarest and Brian, and perhaps Kris from the current run of Ghost Hunters. Jason and Kris should be split up.

The Hawk Ghost Hunter’s Season 2 Cast List

• Robb Demarest (Original GHI cast)
• Kris Williams (Female replacement original Ghost Hunter)
• Brian Harnois (Original Ghost Hunters, Original GHI Cast)
• Joshua Gates (Destination Truth)
• Ted Acworth (UFO Hunters)

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After the Ghost Hunters season premier I had a big question come in my mind about the “fiction” in the name of SciFi Channel. This is actually a wonderful thing because that means I have no explanation or recourse. However it came to mine that perhaps SciFi Channel could go on record before Ghost Hunters says that something to the effect of “All materials presented during TAPS investigation is presented unaltered, modify, cut, or filtered form.” I think this would go a long way to preserve in people’s mind their credibility. I know for me it would.
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I’m lost when it has come to the past two episodes of Paranormal State.   The last one with the candle ceremony was although fun to do with your friends really was kinda strange if your a skeptic.

The skeptic troll that is on my shoulder was screaming at me.  I just was expecting something interesting from Ryan Buell about his haunting. His great Reveal….    I guess I have funny rules about what to believe and what not to but grinning trolls aren’t on my menu.   Great Delivery though, good acting Ryan.

Besides that this show was getting a little stale, I think A&E either sensed that and have gone to a switch in format the past few times in hopes of grabbing another audience.   Ah well I have feeling this will run a Most Haunted death.  Play probably a season, maybe two more and then fizzle out.

The youth of the group sorta had a built in audience with Penn State, and the group as well has a solid base.  I wouldn’t be surprised to see the group possibly continue but the show might go away.

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Just was looking around today and found that the divasofdarkness.com/net looks available or soon will be for sale. I would wonder what this means. Is Sci-Fi Channel going to back Ghost Hunter’s International again? If I know greedy corporations that don’t care about second rate ratings, they will milk it for at least four seasons, I mean come on how long did Farscape run? (click here to continue)

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Ghost hunters, Paranormal State, Most Haunted, Destination Truth, and the rest. What we need is creative writers that are looking to make a splash in front of large audience. Portland Paranormal Needs you. Here’s what to do:

Watch the Season Premier of Ghost Hunters on TV or on the scfi site.

Send 800 - 1500 words on your thoughts of the show to gerrad@portlandparanormal.com
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