Comments on: Tonight on Ghost Hunters Academy

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:20:14 +0000

Penny and Mark, I love the idea what a physic or a medium can bring to an investigation. Maybe they can shed some light on who or what is there. For me it has always been what is causing the disturbance. Maybe it is something someone can help with. I love seeing talented people with a gift that might be able to help someone. When TAPS first aired they debunked everything. I kept turning it back on hoping that just one time they would catch something they couldn’t debunk. It was getting so boring. I kept watching because there was no other show like it. Now Steve Gonsalves just gets on your nerves on Ghost Hunters Academy.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:02:39 +0000

Never worry about writing too much! We love to have everyone’s opinion on everything we talk about here.
As for GH Academy, watching more episodes I’m left wishing the show didn’t have to be as commercial as it must be – I for one would be fascinated to watch more of the actual “training” and less of the “oooh, something might happen” moments that I’m sure are necessary from a dramatic TV standpoint.

I like the idea though and I’m glad they didn’t go totally Survivor game show with it.

By: Todd Davis

Todd Davis — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:14:21 +0000

I like the show, but the show should be about showing them how to hunt. Not to set them up for feluer. You should have classes to get the young jenaration
to want to hunt. You should have taps schools. Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving! Nice talking to you. Your number 1 fan. Todd.

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Tonight on Ghost Hunters Academy « Portland Paranormal — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:06:32 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:39:06 +0000

Ok, sorry for this long post.

GH Academy is like an episode of Survivor, but for Ghost Hunters. Who will get kicked off the island…um, team?

Well, I was actually disappointed about the decision to give Heather the axe. She would have been a great asset to any paranormal team. I thought that a medium would have given GH a new tool in their arsenal, someone who can give them a different perspective. Why did they allow someone with that ability on the show when they clearly have a bias against them? One reason could be for the drama it brings when they kick them off the show. As I said, think Survivor. To be fair, we don’t get to see what happens off camera, and thus are not armed with all the facts.

Here’s some of my observations and ramblings…
I am just starting to study the paranormal field and I have shows like Ghost Hunters to thank for that. One of the areas that I find increasingly fascinating is employing the skills of mediums in conjunction with a “scientific” approach to ghost hunting. The case studies I have been reading about actually don’t want the mediums to accompany the investigators when approaching a new client, this might bias her/him, and so they ask them to hang back. Then, after hearing the history and reports of activity they bring in the medium to try and validate what they were told or to sense the presence (or not) of any entities. I have heard the term trance medium mentioned in some case studies, but I am not sure all of them have this ability. Trance mediums channel an entities personality through themselves.

Imagine if you could actually communicate with an entity that you are investigating? Instead of asking endless questions with no reply and staring at a meter waiting for the lights to go *blink*, you could ask pointed questions and, hopefully, get answers.

Heather mentions on one episode where she saw a figure in a room they were in and stated that, “…he is in the doorway, he is having fun with us” (I’m paraphrasing). You wouldn’t find this useful information instead of just standing there not knowing you’re being watched?

So after telling the newbies that honesty above all things is important in a team member, what happens when they have to choose between someone whom they busted for bulls*ting them and getting emotional and leaving a debrief and a medium that Steve was complimenting that she is extremely intelligent? Oh, get rid of the medium of course. Yeah, ok guys. I think Ghost Hunters blew it.

By: Penny Banks

Penny Banks — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:27:19 +0000

First, let me congratulate you all on GHA. Tonight, when Heather left, it was the correct decision. Being a psychic myself, I would give my right arm to have had her opportunity. She totally blew it. I wish I was her age and had been selected. You were absolutely right in dismissing her. I understand her position on not wanting to know the history, yet, she can do that when she works alone, NOt as a member of a team. Again, as a psychic since I was 5, what I want most is the scientific validation. Heather missed on that. If I had been in her shoes, I would have wanted to learn all I could about the scientific aspect and then, add to it any psychic impression. As any fan of the show knows, personal experiences are exciting but NOT proof of paranormal activity. Again, kudos to all specially Dave and Tango.

Penny Banks

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:06:20 +0000

WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS/SITE TO APPLY FOR GHOST HUNTERS?

By: james f peters

james f peters — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:34:02 +0000

ok when are you fellers getting rid of Susan, i would make the write we are a team 1000 times. i do like the show,those high door of the ship are keen knockers.

james