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Have they ever found any convincing evidence of ghosts?

posted 11 years ago by rebound4july
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I was channel-hopping last night and came across this show for the first time. I 'd never heard of it before, but a station up here in Canada was playing a bunch of episodes back-to-back. I thought it was a cool premise for a show; I've always been interested in ghosts, even though I'm not sure I believe in them.

But each episode seemed to be the same pattern. They go inside a house, then it's "Oh, I think I may have seen a shadow." which is never captured on film despite all the cameras they bring. Or they hear some faint noise which could be absolutely anything, then they play back the recording of it repeatedly as if it means something.

So in all the years of this show, have they ever actually found any compelling piece of evidence that made you think there may be some paranormal activity?

Like I said, I think the show is an interesting concept. But do they ever find anything tangible, or is it all just unseen shadows or faint noises?

The other thing that seemed strange was the reaction of the owners of the supposedly haunted properties. They seem so grateful and thankful towards the team at the end, when they really didn't solve, confirm or fix anything. It's just "Well, your place may be haunted, but we don't know for sure." I hope these people aren't paying for this service.

One positive about the show: that girl with the glasses (Kris?) was really cute.

[–] MrBuzz13 11 years ago

Kris was/is an actress.

[–] temporarypeace 11 years ago

No, they've never found any convincing evidence. The few decent things they've caught on camera over the years have been debunked by people online so even those aren't impressive anymore.

Ghost Hunters is a scam. I'm surprised so many people know that deep down but keep watching anyway.

[–] cgrill8 11 years ago

I've been watching all 9 years... and have to say... after about Season 3 (when they dropped the silly pre-written 'reality' aspect and fake drama between themselves). I believe about 88% of what they find. They have found some odd stuff. They've had a few 'boring' episodes where they find... NOTHING and really debunk every customer claim (remember the guy with all the paint cans in his basement?). I remember one episode where they actually found evidence they didn't WANT to divulge to the client, because she seemed kind of scared to be in her resident already, and what they played really freaked her out. THEN there was one episode may have been a sequel... where they went BACK to a house but the clients were... new. The original owners SOLD the place! And Jason & Grant actually told the owners... 'yeah, we've been here before when the previous owners here called us!' And then there was that hotel in Louisana where the owner was just SO fake... enjoying the publicity, while the team couldn't do any investigation because of a party going on AT THE SAME TIME... and were really ticked off about. No to mention some other stuff from some other episodes. That restaurant on the west coast, I believe.. claimed to be 'hanuted' and the team found all this fake stuff to 'scare' their customers or to take advantage of any real hauntings going on. And Jason & Grant were like... "hey it's hard for us to have a serious investigation here when you have Halloween masks hidden in various areas...". So they HAVE had some unhappy client, that were just out for extra publicity to help with tourism or whatnot. And I'll tell you why I tend to believe the GH team... they seem happier helping out families. They really do. I still GH despite all the originals nearly gone and newer members, I'm not crazy about... but they all seem fairly level headed for the most part... but still nothing beats "Dude, Run!" That was HILARIOUS and classic, and still is. Believe it or not and take is how you want to. I still enjoy the team and support them for what they attempt to do.

[–] haze58 11 years ago

Here, let me top off that glass of Kool-Aid for you.

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[–] Lets_talk_about_that 11 years ago

I still feel quite angry and betrayed over the whole "Grant jacket pull" from Halloween '08 and that ridiculous disembodied voice from the grave fakery. I think Grant was a huge faker. I believe he faked the blanket pull at the Copper Queen (IIRC) and even the Queen Mary video fakery, the chair in the lighthouse moving after he'd left it, and lots of other stuff as well..
I don't even like to think about it, I really lost all respect for Grant. I'm sure there is still fakery going on, but Grant just seemed so instrumental in faking the most impressive evidence. Ugh.

Go scratch!

[–] yagazuzi 11 years ago

Remember the episode when a voice out of the blue said, 'I like the one with the hat." (Jason was wearing a baseball cap).

Jason and Grant just looked at each other and the look on their faces was priceless. I don't know if it was real or fake (hoping its real) but it just soo dam weird and funny.

I ATE THE BONES!!!! I ATE THE BONES!!!!

[–] namaGemo 11 years ago

You don't know if it was real or fake? I'll help you, it was real fake, like all ghost junk. Why? Because ghosts don't exist in this realm or any.

[–] jtyroler 11 years ago

Although I'm skeptical about the existence of ghosts, the one episode that really impressed me was when they were at the house that was next to the one where the Manson family murdered Sharon Tate and others. There was a kind of scrambled EVP of a woman screaming something like, "Why are you doing this to me?", but, apparently, none of the TAPS members were able to make it out. I don't know if those are easy to fake or not, but it was pretty scary.

[–] robbm674 11 years ago

Bottom line is if you don't want to believe, you're NOT going to, no matter what someone shows you or tells you. It's called hard-headed, stubborn, etc. If you DO believe, nothing anyone shows you or tries to "debunk" is going to change your mind.

[–] molarmaven59 11 years ago

rebound4july:

Hotel/B&B owners are as happy as pigs in mud, as their businesses boomed after TAPS was there, ghosts or not.

The presence of ghosts is a bu$ine$$ perk, or ANY paranormal activity, present.

In earlier episodes, some owners demanded that TAPS find anything.

It is so fake and disgusting!

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[–] cgrill8 10 years ago

Drinking the Kool-Aid? Please...
Anyway, there was one OLD episode (season 3?) where they go down into a room that was a morge at one time... and there's some lockers on one wall. And Grant and J are down there. One of them was using the thermal, and saw something and immediately went back and looked at it right then, and it was someone (like an old man) tipping his hat to them... and the heat signature(which was NOT bright) was in the shape of a person... and it looked like it should have been right in front of them in the middle of an open locker door. That's one moment I'll never forget...

I like the movie, I gave my OPINION. Go ahead flame and slander me. It is what you do.

[–] haze58 10 years ago

Is this what you're referring to?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF7H3B7FBWE

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[–] rdpepper210 8 years ago

I remember that episode, it looked like he had a civil war type hat on and kind of looked up and down. The other weird thing was the locker number was glowing, even after the shadow figure wasn't there, the next day nothing.

I don't know if these are faked or not but there were some good moments

The lighthouse in St. Augustine where it looked like something was looking down at them from the railing on the circular stairs.

Some hotel where they had amazing EVP's from some Princess who was even a little sarcastic.

The same episode as the first one, they went to a psychic and/or medium guy and the thermal camera went crazy, it looked like a 70's psychedelic movie.

[–] nitestar95 8 years ago

No. No solid evidence. All they have, are single viewpoint videos that show things moving that might as well be pulled by fishing line, EVP's that could just as easily be a staff member whispering into the microphone, and video footage that may or may not be artifact. They never set up multiple video feeds of the same area, to show both cameras as well as the area being recorded, in order to prove that there is no one out of the picture tampering with the scene. So all of their data is still worthless as far as being substantial evidence of ghosts, no scientist would ever accept it. All of their so called evidence can easily be recreated by any Hollywood special effects guy. I'm not saying that they definitely falsify their data; I'm saying that we have no evidence that they aren't making it up. So when making a claim that something's paranormal, we have to assume that it's fake until proven otherwise, not the other way around. For example: If someone told you that Elvis is really still alive and working the counter at the local 7-11, you wouldn't just automatically believe them because they have a video on their phone of some guy with a pompadour hairdo, sunglasses and a fancy white suit standing behind the store's counter; the automatic assumption sould be that it's just an Elvis impersonator until proven otherwise.

[–] mcdemuth 8 years ago

That is the question...

Science has not been able to prove that Ghosts Exist... So nothing that is presented on the show, has been be proven to be "Evidence" of Ghosts.

If you don't believe in the paranormal, then EVERYTHING on the show, that is presented as paranormal "Evidence", would have to be considered fake by you... wouldn't it?

There have been SOME claims that some of the "Evidence" presented on the show has been faked. That does not mean that everything that is presented on the show is faked... Some of the "Evidence" that is presented on the show, does seem to indicate that there are genuine paranormal experiences happening. (I remember on one investigation, where loud running footsteps were heard on a Catwalk, that was right over the heads of TAPS team members of the TAPS team. The Team, and even the camera, heard this and followed the noise from one end to another. I don't see how that could be faked, by an "invisible" TAPS member or "invisible" homeowner. Something unseen, made those steps that were being made right there right then.)

Just because some TAPS members "MAY" have faked evidence, that does not mean the places they are investigating does not experience paranormal activity... After all, the homeowners are making claims that they have experienced paranormal activity, BEFORE TAPS get calls to come there. I don't believe that EVERY investigation, in the entire 10 years of the show, features EVERY group of owners looking for their 15 minutes of fame. So, Since at least some of these places must be truly experiencing paranormal activity, there is a good chance that TAPS, can capture non-faked "Evidence" of paranormal activity occurring at these locations, during their investigations...

Unfortunately, every person has different beliefs about the paranormal, and has different levels of skepticism. You can see this by the numerous posts being made to IMDb everyday... Even if there are real locations with true paranormal activity happening there, some people will still say: "NOPE, It's All Fake!"

Some of these pieces of "Evidence" do seem quite spectacular... So much so, either they are genuine, or very good fakes. It seems, that it is up to the viewer to decide as to what is really going on.

It is OK to take everything that is presented with a "grain of salt" and view everything with a "HEALTHY" dose of Skepticism. But you still need to keep an open mind. After all, humans have been experiencing paranormal activity, and unexplained things for centuries. So, there must be some truth in there somewhere...

And remember, While it may be "possibly" true, according to some people, that "Ghosts don't exist", that doesn't mean that when one talks about paranormal activity, that they are specifically saying "Ghosts" are causing the activity. Paranormal activity, just means that something, UNEXPLAINED, is occurring, and that can be anything, which had yet to be identified, from... Gravitational Anomalies, to Radio Transmissions, to Hallucinations caused by "Swamp Gas"... It is just that no one has been able to figure out how all that stuff "works"...

I find it hard to believe that this show would still be on for 10 years, and still be making new shows... if everything was faked, and none of the locations had genuine paranormal activity happening. I think "the cat would have been let out of the bag" long ago, and the show would have been taken off the air for fraud, years ago.

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[–] Miracle1985 8 years ago

I was just coming on here to say that. I've been watching this show since it started, and they've never really found anything spectacular. Then they play back the recordings when they think they hear a "voice" and they say "I think it says "blah, blah, blah"" It's funny, cause I can never make out what the hell they're saying, it just sounds like whispering to me. They're on the last season, so maybe they'll find something amazing, but I doubt it. I don't know why I continued to watch it, lol

[–] paladinj 8 years ago

A friend of mine once told me "You'll know when they actually find a ghost. That will be the episode when they all run out of the house screaming like Banshees and wetting their pants."