Archive for January, 2009

A fitting line I believe, courtesy of the great William Shakesphere.  We continue to get comments about the “Ghost Hunters” fraud accusation video done by MovieDan.  Most of the comments we get are far from supportive of our favorite ghost hunting duo.

One overall theme to the comments is the great lengths that Jason and Grant, along with their team, go to in an attempt to portray that they are “debunking” the evidence they find where ever possible.  This is what seems to set most people off.  If they are claiming that they have debunked the claims, then how could they have missed these obvious flaws?

Here at Spooktalkular, we continue not to pass judgement one way or another.  We thankfully just share this information and leave it to you, our faithful listener/reader to make up your own minds.  With that said, if you are not familiar with Occam’s Razor, and you enjoy the paranormal, then take a few minutes and read up on it.  The principle behind it states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible.  In other words, all other things being equal, the simplest solution is the best.

I’m not saying that we should view everything as a fake but if we find ourselves making multiple excuses to explain how something can’t be a fake, well, maybe it is just that, a fake.  That’s not just for television but, as paranormal investigators, or at the very least, hobbyists we should take that to heart as well.

As for Spooktalkular, we’ll be doing a show tomorrow evening and try to get it uploaded before Tuesday morning.

Spooktalkular 2009 episode 11 is finished.  We took a little time off because of the holidays and sickness but we’re back.  “Ghost Hunters” and “Estate of Panic” both finished up seasons while we were off.  We discuss a recent comment on the blog about the “Ghost Hunters” fraud accusation video.  The comment was allegedly by a representative of the United States Air Force but we are unable to authenticate it so it is presented as unauthenticated.  We talk briefly about “Estate of Panic” and the last couple of challenges on it this season.

From there, we move on to “Ghost Whisperer” to discuss the whole Sim or Jam thing (Sam/Jim).  “Most Haunted” has put out some new shows.  They’ve been to the Stanley Hotel, Waverly Hills and the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia.  The last two of those are only about three hours or so from us.

We’ve checked out some movies while we’ve been off the air.  “X Files – I Want to Believe” is reviewed first by Laura (Frank didn’t watch it).  Frank and Laura discuss “Joyride 2″ and “Rest Stop 2″ and finish up with “Zombie Diaries”.  Laura watched a documentary on the Phoenix Lights and she talks a little about it.  Frank fell asleep during the documentary.

We end the show with a new giveaway for the first X Files movie.  You have to listen for the details.    Hope you enjoy.  Be sure to email show@spooktalkular.com or call 702-552-9902 and leave a comment for the show.  Let us know if you like it or if there is something we missed or shoot, could we do something better.

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