Auditions? Scripted?

Not fake. I actually work with one of the girls that was on the show tonight. All legit.

The word experiment in the shows description lets me know its a setup type thing from the beginning. The participants may think it's real but when they used the word experiment it told on themselves. Shame on you Josh Gates!

I suspect fake also. Or fake from a production standpoint, but real for the participants who never see the guy banging on the wall. They arent in on the gag.

It seems like they pre-scared the team by telling them ghost stories off camera. If they would've just thrown people in an empty building, they might go and investigate what made that sound and end up finding a crew member.
Id check it out. For all I know the place is about to explode.
But if I was told it was haunted, I might not want to check it out so quickly. Or at least start drawing conclusions. And then end up freaked out...just like the people on this show.

So I agree with the other poster that said "its an experiment", and therefore its a setup.

It does have a fake feeling. I mean, they always have one who believes, one who does not and one in between. Plus, they walk in and say here is our equipment and know how to use all the stuff. I can't be 100%, but I think some of that stuff may take time to learn. When they see a figure and you see red and yellow, I get a feeling that it is someone standing there. Notice you ever see a figure of an actual ghost nor do you see anything when they are walking around or showing the outside of the location. The fact that they read stuff about the location BEFORE they even start looking makes me think it is meant to psych them out. Make them believe they are seeing things.

Lets rethink things for a moment. Think of people who search for ghosts and what have you for a living. I think they would say that a normal day is seeing nothing and that when they DO see something it is a very rare and special thing. If normal people were sat in front of a camera for some time and people listened to them, they would be so bad at talking and probably repeat themselves again and again. Maybe it seems scripted because the dialog is so average. How would 3 normal people act if sent to a place that was said to be haunted? I think that is part of the show. On the last episode, you can hear that lady say "I am and then her name." THAT was amazing. I can see a network risking getting into trouble for saying something is real and having it all be fake. Plus the fact that the people there did not even hear that being said. It was the producers and other members of the network who caught that. More than likely they are given simple equipment and told how to use it. Maybe they send them information about it, you know? Some people said it is always easy to find the kitchen. Think about that. Do you think they would have them go into a part of the location that was around nothing? There entrance is more than likely at the main point of their location. I really believe that this seems so fake for the simple fact that it is so real. Humans say they are all different, but in reality, many would react the exact same way. Hell, let them send in 3 Navy Seals. See how they react.

Someone killed me in 03. I do not think they meant it. But they did. I was in a coma for 6 weeks and woke up blind. I got about 8% of my vision back. I went and talked to my dad and God. Since then, I can see and feel things. One example is the day before Whitney Huston died, the night before, I started singing one of her songs. I never listen to her. But I started. The next day I was in the hospital for like 5 hours. I just did not feel good. One of the nurses asked me if I liked her. I replied "no, I think she is going to die today." Later that night, my mom and I stopped a show on DVR and the news came on and said, find out how Whitney Houston died today. I mom screamed and it made me jump. I did not know how or when. But I just get these feelings. It happened other times as well. I have a connection to another level of life. That being said, if those who make this show would put something out telling people who to try out or what ever, I believe I would connect with the history and those left behind much differently than most would.