Ghost Hunters Thread & Personal Ghost Experiences & other Paranormal Talk.

[Nik's Mom]

I'm still watching the show too, but I am more skeptical.

 

[bjgrazi]

I really enjoyed the show until tonight.

I started watching the youtube videos. I'm amazed at how may there are and how many people actually caught all the deception.

 

[Planogirl]

I really enjoyed the show until tonight.

I started watching the youtube videos. I'm amazed at how may there are and how many people actually caught all the deception.

The fact that they're so bad at deception might actually prove that everything else was for real.

 

[Syrreal]

I'm still watching. It's all in fun anyway so...

I have started watching Ghost Adventures too and it's just too funny how the guys freak out. Last night's were kind of freaky though. Neat way to pass the time.

 

[lttlmc3]

I'm still watching. It's all in fun anyway so...

I have started watching Ghost Adventures too and it's just too funny how the guys freak out. Last night's were kind of freaky though. Neat way to pass the time.

I agree. The one thing I mainly love about all of these shows are the stories and the history. It's all very interesting. I'm going to give Jason and Grant a second chance and keep watching them too.

 

[Nancy]

There has been controversy over this show almost since it started, lots of video's showing things supposedly faked. I have always watched it with a little bit of "not sure this is true" in me. But there have been some shows where I have been .

The whole K-meter thing, too much that they don't show while using it, like they never show both the questions and the lights in the same shot, make me question it. Some of the footage where they show a figure..whose to say if it is someone that just wandered in or is it supernatural. I mean we saw that guy walk into the area on Halloween and they weren't too happy with that.

So, I'll keep watching and enjoying it because I do think it is a good show, so muh better than Most Haunted although not as funny as Ghost Adventurers..."dude did you see that?"

 

[Syrreal]

Dude! Look at my arm! I am so freaked out!

LOL

 

[TSMAMI]

Dude! Look at my arm! I am so freaked out!

LOL

haha

 

[Planogirl]

I found some responses to the faking accusations. Jason's comments on his Myspace:

My statements on things caught on live show!
Current mood: blah

OK, so here it is.
I have been hearing from people claiming there are youtube videos and so forth claiming we faked it.
Well what ever, to each their own but this is my statements and thoughts!

1 The voice:
Now that voice was so loud I heard it come through my earpiece.
I have never heard a voice that loud on a case.
At the time we heard it I asked if it had come from inside the building or outside.
I asked that directly on live TV!!
If we were faking it then would I have asked?
At the reveal I even asked Lee if a boat could have said it over a megaphone.
The reason I was asking this was because there were Coast Guard and other private boats on the water trying to keep boats from coming ashore.
Common thing someone would say if certain people happen to be in a place they should not be in would be, " Your not supposed to be here!"

Production never used my question to Lee, but it was asked.

Lee stated he did not believe so.
So, before some of you out there accuse me of faking something at least know the facts and listen to what I said on the live show, and now you know I was and still am looking for an explanation for it.

Also, I have been doing this for almost 20 years, why would I destroy that now!
If we ever faked anything and got caught SCIFI would cancel the show instantly, why chance that, especially on a LIVE SHOW?
Scifi and GH are not that important to me to destroy myself in a field that I love to be in, and Scifi would never pressure us into anything like that, nor would we ever anyhow. So those who blame Scifi, do not. They have always been 100% honest and true.

2 Grant's jacket tug!
People come up with the weirdest claims about this, I have heard all these.
1 There was a fishing line running down his jacket
2 There was a remote control that I was using to pull down his jacket
3 Grant was fidgeting with his right hand and was pulling a string
4 Grant's hand was in his pocket working some mechanism.
5 Grant's jacket tugged one last time after I checked it and patted him on the back.

Here is my responses:
1 Fishing line running down his jacket?
I checked his jacket, I even opened it up to try in show everyone at home.
There were two wires Grant had on him, one was his audio cable so everyone could hear him. That ran down his t-shirt in the front of his cloths.
He also had an IFB cable that fed up to his ear. This cable allows Grant to hear our Executive Producer in case there is an issue. This cable ran inside his sweater and up to his left ear I believe. This cable did run down his back, but inside of his cloths, it would have effected his sweater and everything else.
Also the jacket pulled in at outward motion, not a downward motion.
Also a heat signature came off the jacket when it was pulled. I have seen the footage zoomed in and it is strange.

2 A remote control?
Huh? Are you serious?

3 Grant fidgeting.
We were on an Island that was 10 to 15* colder then on the main land.
People put their hands in their pockets or near their side when their hands are cold.
If someone wants to assume he did it for a certain reason then no amount of explanation is going to change their thoughts.

4 Grant working some mechanism.
Same answer as 3

5 Grant's jacket tugged another time after I patted him on back.
No argument there, I saw it happen in the video when looking at the evidence.
I have no explanation, could have been the same thing he was experiencing happening again, or maybe something catching.
Either way he did not fake anything.
I can honestly say I have known Grant for a LONG time, spent 16 hours a day with him in the plumbing field and the paranormal field.
He has never and would never fake any evidence.
Like I said, there will be those out there who will believe what they want to believe, so be it.
All I can do it state my thoughts and feelings.
What the people who claim Grant faked stuff decide to believe is up to them.

 

[Planogirl]

Also, Grant made this statement:

People are now making videos calling TAPS fakers. It is to be expected, I guess. I just wish that people would give us constructive criticism and help us figure out what happened rather than just take the easy way out by saying we fake stuff.

All I can say is that whoever is making these videos is running on a LOT of assumptions.

I wasn't scrolling through random audio files. I had just heard a voice and was trying to find it on a digital recorder in the cold, then the batteries died. It is a common paranormal event. I showed several people that the batteries died.

The voice was heard through the earpieces because everyone can hear what the filmed team is doing through them. Not to mention that they replayed it through the ear pieces for everyone to hear. Now, how could we and our cameraman have heard it through our ears if it came from the equipment? Also, if it came through the earpieces then, how come we don't hear EVERYTHING that is said through those things? We only hear one voice?

We all do NOT enjoy filming the live show because there are people constantly telling you what to do and where to go etc. That is what Steve and Kristyn fell pray to on TV. If they cut back to a team that was walking in a place with no signal, then you wouldn't be able to see or hear them. Therefore, whenever they come to a team after a break, they want to check and make sure that the team is in a spot with signal. Also, if there is something they want you to address then they tell you during a break.

As far as the sound guy, we all knew he was coming. People aren't just wandering around. He just didn't get there fast enough to deal with the audio issue before we were back from the break.

As for my collar, I really don't know what that is about. There was an earpiece cable running down my sweater that I talked about in the reveal. That is the only thing that could have caused any type of tugging movement. But it was attached to my sweater NOT my jacket and the cable ran to the opposite side of my jacket from the "alleged" hand in an awkward spot. And even then, I had tried pulling on it and it didn't affect my jacket at all. Why did it move when Jay slapped my back? We recreated this event and it did it that way every time. Not sure why. I just don't see how I could have faked it. I understand it looks awkward to people. It doesn't to me because I was just being me.

This stuff just drives me crazy, I really wish people wouldn't assume we are faking stuff. We are instantly accused before we even are given a chance to really dissect it and try to figure it out. Honestly, no offense, but if the show was canceled tomorrow I would be sad yes, but mostly I would just breathe a huge sigh of relief because I would be able to go back to my quiet life with my family.

I guess it is just TAPS's word against the word of people who hate our show and the field of paranormal investigation.

Personally, I totally believe Jason. I don't know why but I do. I'm not as sure about Grant but I suppose I can give him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[Nik's Mom]

Thanks for sharing those, Planogirl. Maybe I'm being stupid, but I want to belive they are being truthfull. I love the show! I'm not a firm believer in ghosts, and that is what I enjoy so much about the show. They always seem to work at pointing out evidence that does not support a haunting, instead of always jumping to conclusions that the place is haunted.

 

[Nancy]

Thanks for sharing Planogirl. I spent a lot of time watching those videos and never saw his hand in the jacket pocket. In his pants pocket half way of close to the pants pocket so I tended to lean towards the not faked side. The voice, not sure. It does make sense that maybe it came from a boat near by saying over a speaker "you're not supposed to be here". I do trust Jason more than Grant though.

I guess what it comes down to is who do you believe like Jason says. I enjoy watching the show and will continue to do so. This weeks show was pretty good.

 

[sha_lyn]

Thanks for sharing Planogirl. I spent a lot of time watching those videos and never saw his hand in the jacket pocket. In his pants pocket half way of close to the pants pocket so I tended to lean towards the not faked side. The voice, not sure. It does make sense that maybe it came from a boat near by saying over a speaker "you're not supposed to be here". I do trust Jason more than Grant though.

I guess what it comes down to is who do you believe like Jason says. I enjoy watching the show and will continue to do so. This weeks show was pretty good.

ITA...even thought I don't have a lot of faith/trust in Grant, it never looked like his hand was in the packet pocket IMHO. It looked like his thumb was hooked in his pants pocket 1x and that hs hand was down by his side the other time that it was clearly caught on camera.

 

[Nik's Mom]

I'm just curious why some of you say you trust Jason over Grant? Did Grant do something to make you suspicious?

 

[mskayjay]

I'm just curious why some of you say you trust Jason over Grant? Did Grant do something to make you suspicious?

I was wondering the same thing. I trust both of these guys. DH thinks ghost shows are goofy but he will watch this one with me because it is so obvious that these guys are most intent on debunking stories rather than trying to create them. How many times ahve they said a place was truly haunted versus not haunted. They may say that there is something going on that they can't definitely explain but they rarely call it a full out haunting.

I tried to watch Ghost Adventures last night and I simply cannot STAND it! The guy is so obnoxious and fake it isn't even funny. He is the type of so-called paranormal investigator that makes folks like the GH crew look bad. He is so full of it that it makes people question all investigators. Seriously....he's walking in a place that has signs up about asbestos and then claims that the dust flying around is orbs?????? Are you for real????? Give me shreiking Yvette from Most Haunted over this nutjob any day!

 

[sha_lyn]

I can't really put my finger on why I don't trust Grant as much, it is jsut the "vibe" I get from him.

 

[WDWBarb]

I have never actually doubted either Jason or Grant before but I'm one that trusts them both equally (but if I had to pick a favorite, I would have picked Grant). I've read what both of them have had to say and I've watched the videos on YouTube. I just can't buy into the fact that any of it wasn't faked. There is just too much evidence against it being real.

Heck, I'd like to think that, shoe being on the other foot, Jay and Grant would both declare the entire situation "debunked."

But I just don't know. As soon as I think I've made my decision on this whole thing, I start to waffle again.

 

[danalee]

the whole halloween thing does drive me crazy, but as I stated before I like the show and will still watch.

I did see the post the other day and wondered also about the grant/jason trust thing.....I would say if it was truly faked the BOTH knew and BOTH had a hand in it, not just one or the other, just my 2 cents~

And I am soooooooo glad someone else thinks that Ghost Adventures is immpossible to watch!
OMG that guy is like nails on a chalkboard, he threatens "everything" then screams like a girl at the slightiest thing, dude really dude, I mean come on dude, dude really!!!!!!!!

I tried again last night, loved the idea of the location, but that guy and his Dude and then he screams, and when the other guys scream or jump/run he screams or shhhh's at them to shut up and stay put ...I have a headache when it over.

those guys really need to switch to De-Caf and lay off the Mt Dew/Jolt drinks, dude I mean really dude.

 

[Nik's Mom]

Yes, Ghost Adventurers blows. I hate how they act all tough and start taunting the "ghosts" then when they hear a little noise, they get all scared. It is so funny!

 

[Pikester]

I haven't posted on this thread in awhile. I do have a question, Does anyone know when any new Ghost Hunters will be on?

I just have to say that I love Ghost Adventures and part of the reason is the tough talking then the screaming. The guys aren't bad to look at either!