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• Tamara Rollins

  

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  June 22, 2011 8:36:20 PM EDT

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  I honestly do not think they picked from the BEST teams in the country!! I would die a slow death if anyone dropped my recorder! lol It looked to me as if they only picked people who looked good on tv and who had big personalities. It almost makes me think of Bullying the ghosts to get some evidence quickly instead of letting them come to you on their own. I just didn't like it.
• Wes Forsythe

  

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  June 22, 2011 8:58:49 PM EDT

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  I mentioned this on the front page so now I think I will post it here.

   

  The show is "interesting" but that's about it. The very premise of the show goes against what we should be striving to do as investigators. The fact that part of the equation to win is finding evidence fast puts wayyyyyyy too much pressure on the participants to produce. Even a true-believer moon bat such as myself tries to find alternate explanations for happenings and doesn't assume that every noise and dust particle constitutes evidence.

   

  Furthermore, while GA has a style of investigating that is interesting to watch and have even had a few ideas that are worth emulating...the show seems to be tilted towards teams that investigate their way (loud, in the dark, confrontational, etc). I suspect there are plenty of high quality teams out there that have styles VERY different from GA.

   

  We have already seen teams present OBVIOUS dust orbs as evidence. This reflects very poorly on them, hopefully unfairly.

   

  When I see a team come to the judging with "we found nothing but dust orbs and the audio is just too contaminated to make a qualified judgement" and then WIN based on their skill and thoroughness....I will change my tune.

• Chaz Trinder

  

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  June 22, 2011 10:49:51 PM EDT

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  I watched it and it just didn't float my boat, to much like GHA, and the feeling I got from the show was how stupid can we make you look. I know the out come is to find a 2nd GA team, really do we need 2. Take a look at GH and GHI, GHI has really had to fight and many personnel changes just to stay afloat.
• Jo-Anne Penn

  

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  June 22, 2011 10:53:29 PM EDT

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  Haven't seen it - have no more tv, but from the sounds of it- it's like a contest... any potentially legitimate findings, if any, become suspect under such circumstances - fun for certain audience members perhaps, but no advancing the field... Just my 2 cents- without actually seeing it....
• Chaz Trinder

  

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  June 22, 2011 11:00:42 PM EDT

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  Jo-Anne Penn-Kast said:
  Haven't seen it - have no more tv, but from the sounds of it- it's like a contest... any potentially legitimate findings, if any, become suspect under such circumstances - fun for certain audience members perhaps, but no advancing the field... Just my 2 cents- without actually seeing it....

  If you'd like to watch it here is the youtube you can make up your own mind then lol 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3uBKhyJreU&feature=player_embedded

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0JsCxdWJlQ&feature=player_embedded

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZpUhBJJ5nU&feature=player_embedded

• Shara Ketterer

  

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  June 24, 2011 9:34:59 PM EDT

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  Watching tonight's episode at Eastern State. It's my first time watching, period. It really is bothering me that they are being judged on "evidence quality." Did someone prep the spirits at Eastern State to be sure they give them something the night of the filming?? Because since when do ghosts Always provide us with evidence of their existence? How can a team be judged fairly when more times than not, even the most experienced team walks away from a notorious haunt with nothing of proof.
• Wes Forsythe

  

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  June 24, 2011 10:45:33 PM EDT

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  EXACTLY Shara. Plus even at an active location activity often only happens in one area for a little while. A thorough investigation of a location still relies on a lot of luck as to being in the right place at the right time.
  
  Having the groups under pressure to produce the "best" evidence while watching the clock is only going to lead them to false positives and more than likely a LOT of provoking and disrespect to the "departed".
  
  Let's face it, there are a LOT of reasons for those serious about the paranormal to dislike the show.
  
  That being said...I wonder how many of us would pass on the opportunity to be a part of it, and if we did appear would we be true to ourselves and style/integrity of investigation.
• Rob ~ DEADPsalm

  

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  June 27, 2011 8:47:01 AM EDT

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  It appeared to me that the Eastern State challenge only resulted in one guy on one team getting a serious case of the heeby jeebies...
• Tamara Rollins

  

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  June 27, 2011 1:25:13 PM EDT

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  I agree with you guys. I would like to see a team "win" who didn't find any evidence at all.
  I am going to be honest here, I would not pass on the opportunity to be on it but I know I would not make it due to the fact I am not interesting and I don't have tv quality looks and weight. I wouldn't be afraid to say if I didn't find anything or if something may not be paranormal.
  Rob-I have always wondered how people go on these shows and are scared to death. This show actually reminds me of a show I used to watch called, The Scariest Places on Earth or The Worlds Scariest Places, something like that. lol
  
• Paranormal Stalkers

  

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  July 13, 2011 12:27:39 PM EDT

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  I watched it twice to give it a chance, won't be watching it again. I really thought one of the teams faked getting pushed (think it was in the first episode) when they counted down from 10 and the "spirit" pushed him from behind exactly on command. I decided at this exact moment that this show was just a joke and was only going to hurt the credibility of true investigators.
• Chaz Trinder

  

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  July 17, 2011 1:33:54 AM EDT

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  Just finished watching Paranormal Challenge at West Virginia Penitentiary and it's still not to my liking, but this one was kind of funny as one of the female investigators seem to have a spirit with a crush, the spirit seem to get very excited when she took her jacket off. I have to agree with the spirit she was kinda 'Hot' lol
• Phil Payette

  

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  August 1, 2011 2:10:35 PM EDT

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  Yeah, that was entertaining. And that's about as far as I will go with this show without being negative. Entertainment. That says it all, I think.
• Chaz Trinder

  

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  August 2, 2011 9:58:18 PM EDT

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  Phil Payette said:
  Yeah, that was entertaining. And that's about as far as I will go with this show without being negative. Entertainment. That says it all, I think.

  I agree with you Phil about the show and I to don't like to comment on what goes on as we only see a short snip of what truly happens just like all the other shows, they just show what they feel is entertianment.