Archive for the ‘Ghost Hunters’ Category

Sorry for the delay but we think it’s worth it. The holiday and just an inability to knock this thing out Tuesday really delayed us a bit. Even with the wait, this episode came out awesome!

First off, we talk about some of the paranormal news for the week. Here’s the summaries and the links.

NBC has canceled the psychic drama Medium. Fear not though, CBS in what could be an awesome stratgic move has picked it up and added it to the Friday night lineup. It will air between “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” for a Psychic Friday of sorts. The only thing that could have made it better is including Harper’s Island. http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/articles/2009/05/24/entertainment/doc4a19a0b18c984111500068.txt

Our favorite two plumbers are heading back to Buffalo, New York for a fan ghost hunt of the Central Terminal. One fan reported paying 250.00 in order to ghost hunt with the professionals. And to think, she could have ghost hunted with Laura and Frank for a lot less. http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/45883312.html

Even with a rerun, CBS nails Friday night. “Ghost Whisperer” grabbed nearly 6 million viewers. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/23/friday-ratings-cbs-wins-how-might-dollhouse-have-done/19355 However, CBS didn’t fair as well Saturday night. ABC picked up the win with a game. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/05/24/saturday-ratings-lakers-vs-nuggets-wins-easily/19363

“Ghost Whisperer” season one cast member Aisha Tyler is about to take on a new talk show role. She’ll be hosting the ABC show “The Aisha Tyler Show” where viewers can interact with her by Twitter and Facebook. Shoot, the podcast community has been doing that from the beginning. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/ghost-whisperer/former-ghost-whisper-star-aish-28899.aspx

Fort Mifflin appears to be back on sound financial footing. The fort was the scene of a horrible bombardment in 1777 during the Revolutionary War but the true battle lately had been paying the bills. Several in the paranormal community had taken up the cause and as of this article, they are in good shape. The director credits the paranormal investigations and Boy Scout overnights with the successful refilling of the coffers. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20090522_Fort_Mifflin_s_victory_over_money_troubles.html

Then we head into a great discussion from Laura on “Medium” and from there, a hillarious discussion of the season finale of “Paranormal State”. We finally get the missing “MonsterQuest” episode about the “Mysterious Ape Island”. Next, we head into “UFO Hunters” and wrap the show up with a really in-depth discussion of the latest “Harper’s Island”. It’s worth mentioning that we found a cool website for Harper’s Island. Be sure to check out www.harpersisland.tv for details.

Be sure to let us know your categories and nominees for the Spooktalkular listener choice awards.

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I have to admit, this is probably one of the best shows that we’ve done so far.  After we give away an Hitchcock DVD, we start out with a great interview with Troy and Jim from over at backtofrankblack.com.  We had a blast and the audio quality is incredible.

After the interview, we hop on into television.  We check in with “Paranormal State”, “Ghost Hunters”, “Ghost Wisperer” and finish up with a good discussion of “Harper’s Island” including what we’re going to send CBS to get “Harper’s Island” back if they cancel it.  Laura promises to get the latest double episode of “Medium” watched so we can talk about it next week.  Sadly, we lost the latest “Monster Quest” before we got a chance to watch it.  If anyone has the Mysterious Ape Island episode of “Monster Quest”, let us know.  We’d love to see it.

Be sure to check out the Death Chart that we mention in the show for Harper’s Island.  It helps you keep track of the main players.

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Well, after a small delay, we have episode 16b wrapped.  16a just didn’t come out like we wanted so we just blew it away and we both agree that 16b is much much better.

This week, we discuss the movie “A Haunting in Connecticut”.  We finally got out to check it out.  As for TV, we hit on “Paranormal State”, “UFO Hunters”, “Ghost Hunters”, “Monster Quest”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Medium” and finally, we end up with a fairly in depth discussion of the first three episodes of “Harper’s Island”.

We hope you enjoy and below are some of the links from our news section.

Special Thanks to the crew over at Ghostly Talk and, Dave and Tommy from KAPS!

Jennifer Love Hewlett slips a nipple on Ghost Whisperer.  The Backseat Cuddler recently posted a couple of pics showing the slippage but don’t expect much.  You really need a lot of imagination to see it.  http://backseatcuddler.com/2009/04/25/jennifer-love-hewitt-slips-a-nipple-on-%E2%80%9Cghost-whisperer%E2%80%9D/

Showing that they are still on top, our two favorite plumbers since Mario and Luigi nail a season high 2.9 million viewers for their Titanic episode that was filmed at the Georgia Aquarium.  In their fifth season so far, Ghost Hunters have been on top five out of six weeks for Wednesday night.  The show is number one for the 18 to 49 and 25-54 adults in the 8-11 Primetime spot for Wednesday.  This puts Sci-Fi as the #1 cable network on Wednesday nights.  http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/04/17/ghost-hunters-scares-up-season-high-29-million/16924

Yvette Fielding is campaigning to have the speed limit enforced on the road by her home in Cheshire.  The posted speed limit is 60mph but motorists are known to drive as fast as 90 on the stretch.  Fielding says she is sometime afraid to turn out of her home onto the road for fear of being hit.  According to her, she was hit once which left her with some whiplash injuries.  http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Road-scares-Haunted-presenter/article-899173-detail/article.html

In a Twofer for Most Haunted, I ran across an article from the Manchester Confidential about an evening with Derek Acorah.  He’s now touring John Edwards style allowing all the departed a voice to speak with the living…  For a fee of course.  The article wasn’t too kind.  http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/index.asp?sessionx=IpqiNwY6JDXoIpqiNwF6IHqi

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Spooktalkular episode 14 is history.  Pretty cool episode.  It was a blast to do.  We introduce the first annual Spooktalkular Celebrity Ghost Hunt.  Highly recommended to listen, it’s a blast.  We discuss the usual television.  “Ghost Hunters”, “Paranormal State”, “UFO Hunters”, “Most Haunted” and “Ghost Whisperer”.  We share the news that “Ghost Whisperer” has been renewed for a fifth season.  “Ghost Hunters” is doing another spin-off that’s touted as a “College Edition”.  Sounds like it’s an attempted at doing a Sci-Fi rip-off of “Paranormal State”.

Then, we move on to a serious note.  Jake Wheat from Street Blast Media contact us last week about being involved in a charity that he’s close to.  He has made the “Waverly Hills: The Audio Experience” CD available with 100% of the proceeds going to Stomp Out Cancer, a charity that helps battle Ewing’s Sarcoma.  Incredible CD and an increible cause.  We urge every listener to head over to iTunes and grab a copy today.  If you do, let us know what you think about the CD.  We loved it.

Before we head out, we quickly check in on our friends over at backtofrankblack.com.

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We just finished episode 13.  Pretty good episode considering that we hadn’t done one in a while.  We start off talking about the new Friday the 13th movie.  I gave it about a 3 ghosts and Laura gave it 2.  While on the topic of movies, we did another giveaway.  You’ll have to listen for details.

Pretty packed show for TV.  We discuss two episodes of “UFO Hunters” and have a discussion on the Pre-Columbian Airplane artifacts that were discussed on the show.  You’ll find more info about the artifacts at http://s8int.com/phile/page54.html and http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_aviones_precolom02.htm with the last one being my favorite.

We had a quick discussion of the most recent “Paranormal State” episode “The Repossession: Return of 6″.  Probably one of the best “Paranormal State” episodes we’ve seen so far.  We follow that up with quick discussions on “Monster Quest: Monster Close Encounters” and “Most Haunted”.

We round out the hour (and even run over a bit) with “Ghost Hunters” and the Edith Warton Estate episode.  From there, we discuss the recent video brought to our attention by MovieDan.  Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaptYGlMdZc&feature=email for details.  SciFake has a response to the drama in the video at http://scifake.com/?p=613 and http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=158243618&blogId=478297190 for details.

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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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Welcome back for another Spooktalkular.  We took a week off because of the holiday reruns but we’re back with new episodes.  First off, we start the show with a couple of movie reviews of the awesome movie “4th Dimension” and an old school sequal “Return to Sleepaway Camp“.  Then we move on to our normal TV shows.  This week, we’ve got “Estate of Panic”, “Ghost Hunters”, “UFO Hunters”, “Ghost Adventures” and “Ghost Whisperer”.  We share a quick update from the folks over at backtofrankblack.com and talk about an upcoming movie review of Methodic and interview with Methodic director Chris Notarile.  Check out the trailers this one looks like one that you shouldn’t miss.

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Gobble gobble!!!  Happy Thanksgiving from Laura and Frank.  We thought that we would whip out another episode while we preped our turkeys for the big day tomorrow.  We start out discussing the latest ratings.  We debut the brand new Spooktalkular promo and even do movie reviews of Twilight and Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.  We even have news about the latest Sleepaway Camp sequel.

We also discuss the Millennium movie effort being mounted by the good folks over at backtofrankblack.com.  If you’re not familiar with the Millennium series of the late 90′s, you should really check it out.  The promo for the effort will be a regular on Spooktalkular since we are both big fans.

Moving on to television, we take a look at “Ghost Hunters”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Estate Of Panic”, “Ghost Adventures” and lastly “UFO Hunters”.

This episode ran a little long at about one hour thirteen minutes but it’s a fairly good one.  Be sure to check back this weekend because we should be back on schedule this week.

Special thanks to ScottL from over at Ghostly Talk for his technical assistance with some tips for phone interviews.  If you’re not listening to Ghostly Talk, you really should be.

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Busy episode.  Our longest so far.  We start off by discussing some news about Medium and a quick discussion of the movie “The Strangers”.  We then get into our discussion of Television.  We take a look at the new SciFi show “Estate of Panic” along with “Ghost Adventures”, “Ghost Whisperer”, two episodes of “UFO Hunters”, Hollywood Haunts”, “Doomed to Die”, “Monster Quest”, “Is It Real – Ghost Ships” and we finish with “Ghost Hunters” and continue our discussion on the allegations of faking evidence on “Ghost Hunters”.  Whew, that’s a lot of episode!  Here’s the videos that we discussed along with links to the Spooktalkular MySpace and Frank’s Twitter page.

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Last week, during Spooktalkular, we reviewed in detail, the recent video accusing "Ghost Hunters" of fraud by faking evidence.  In case you missed it, here’s the video “TAPS LIES – Ghost Hunters Live – 2008 – Fraud-O-Rama”;

As I mentioned during the show, I’m not passing judgement on the validity of the claims made in the video.  The producer of the video makes a fairly compelling case for his accusations of fraud.  I personally hope that the accusations are false because if they are, they call into question the validity of ALL evidence presented on "Ghost Hunters" and for that matter, all of the paranormal reality shows.

Wednesday’s "Ghost Hunters – All Access" episode is the first that I’ve watched since viewing the fraud accusations.  Going in, I wondered how I’d feel.  Since I’m a podcaster on the topic of "Paratainment", I try to keep an open mind when watching these shows because, not only are they entertainment, they are also prep work for discussion on Spooktalkular.  I found it incredibly hard to watch the show objectively.  Every time they would show an evidence clip, I found myself looking for the "man behind the curtain" and how it possibly could have been faked.  For almost every clip shown, I was able to determine a way it could have been faked.  Now this DOES NOT mean that it was faked or that I thought it was.

Why is this important?  In order to believe the validity of and evidence presented, one has to trust the source.  Simply put, if doubt is injected as to one piece of evidence, presented as factual, this calls into question all evidence.  When I was a child, I remember finding out that there was no Santa.  I was in third or forth grade so I was around 9 years old or so.  I found out because I noticed the shipping label on one of my Christmas gifts, a Weebles Treasure Island, was addressed to my Mom from JC Penney’s not Santa.  I asked my Mom about it and she came clean about the fact that Santa was indeed, not real.  From there, that called into question all of my beliefs about the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and so forth.  One by one, as I reexamined these, I realized that they also were not real.  All of this because of the doubt injected by Santa not being real.

That is why I feel it is very important for "Ghost Hunters" or Jason and Grant themselves to publish a rebuttal.  The video produced by Moviedan is very compelling so the response must be equally so.  Jason and Grant have both posted responses on their Myspace blogs but, they are not anywhere as stong of an argument as the one by Moviedan.  I really feel that "Ghost Hunters" should almost devote an episode to debunking this video.  Otherwise, a lot of people will start questioning the last several years of their work.

Now, for the other possibility, if it is fake, let us know.  I still watch magicians even though I know there isn’t anything mystical going on.  Wrestling still enjoys quite a following even after the acknowledgement that it is fake.  Based simply on the entertainment value alone, "Ghost Hunters" could enjoy the same.

Me, shoot, I’m still out on what I think.  I’m still trying to gather evidence and watch what happens.  I still enjoy "Ghost Hunters" even though I watch it even more skeptically than before.  I would, however, like to see a real response from GH or Jason and Grant one way or another.

What do you think?