I always find myself amused and frustrated with shows that claim to demonstrate "physical proof" of things paranormal. This show is no exception.
The reason this show (and others like it) were discontinued rather quickly is simple: Eventually, they all end up following the same pattern. ...a pattern more based on group hysteria and myth than scientific fact.
First, a completely untrained group of people (usually a family - which has its own set of predetermined emotional interrelationships) is given equipment that has never been scientifically proved to detect ghosts/spirits/etc. ...and they are sent through an empty building for an evening, looking for "proof" of what the show's producers have already promised them they would find.
Add a few mice, a bat, the wind, and the extremely powerful sociological tendency towards group hysteria in situations like that and you have a show that could never hope to be viewed as credible by the scientific community.
This show, and others like it, are the ultimate flee circus. They promise to show the audience proof that the world's scariest places are actually haunted. What they end up "proving" is how easily we can succumb to a scary story and a dark room. The camera is never pointed at the ghost. We never SEE anything abnormal. ...and we find ourselves confused at the end of each episode as to WHAT REALLY happened.
...all we're left with is a broken promise and an hour of scared people jumping at every sound in the night. Over and over and over and over again...
I don't see how any thinking people could call this show, or others like it, scientific by any stretch of their overactive imaginations.
The reason this show (and others like it) were discontinued rather quickly is simple: Eventually, they all end up following the same pattern. ...a pattern more based on group hysteria and myth than scientific fact.
First, a completely untrained group of people (usually a family - which has its own set of predetermined emotional interrelationships) is given equipment that has never been scientifically proved to detect ghosts/spirits/etc. ...and they are sent through an empty building for an evening, looking for "proof" of what the show's producers have already promised them they would find.
Add a few mice, a bat, the wind, and the extremely powerful sociological tendency towards group hysteria in situations like that and you have a show that could never hope to be viewed as credible by the scientific community.
This show, and others like it, are the ultimate flee circus. They promise to show the audience proof that the world's scariest places are actually haunted. What they end up "proving" is how easily we can succumb to a scary story and a dark room. The camera is never pointed at the ghost. We never SEE anything abnormal. ...and we find ourselves confused at the end of each episode as to WHAT REALLY happened.
...all we're left with is a broken promise and an hour of scared people jumping at every sound in the night. Over and over and over and over again...
I don't see how any thinking people could call this show, or others like it, scientific by any stretch of their overactive imaginations.