Ghost Hunters International

By Administrator I also find it very interesting that this search for a new member of the TAPS family is essentially about finding a new sixth member of GHI. (Fans of “Ghost Hunters International” know that the sixth member of the team changes more frequently than the drummer for Spinal Tap.) Was that made cle...

By Administrator With this year’s run for “Ghost Hunters” nearly complete, giving way to “Ghost Hunters Academy” for the rest of the year and “Ghost Hunters International” in January 2010, I was expecting them to have an episode with a bit more activity. The network usually has them hold back episodes with...

By Administrator I found the personal experiences to be a bit overdone, and both EVPs were buried within the background noise so deeply that I couldn’t make them out at all. That screams “pattern recognition” to me. So in this instance, I don’t agree that there is definite paranormal activity. Robb never said...

By Administrator I’ve said before that I tend to enjoy the cases with plenty of debunking more than the cases with vague activity, and this is another such example. I was very worried that the team would mistake the bird calls for paranormal moaning, but they got it right. (An awareness of animal sounds is ofte...

By Administrator But I do think there’s a valid criticism to be made. The team hasn’t quite recovered from losing Andy during the first season. Andy had a good reason to stay behind, but Joe is a far cry from Andy. Joe is a lot more sedate and, frankly, doesn’t add much to the team. Note how Barry and Dustin have becom...

By Administrator After the last review, I caught a bit of criticism for focusing so much on the age of the investigators. A number of people felt that age, and the subsequent lack of experience in the field, was beside the point. In a way, this episode helps to prove my point. Ashley’s terror was palpable through...

By Administrator In contrast, a lot of the teams with shows these days seem to trend younger, and GHI seems to be following suit. This doesn’t have to be a problem, since a lack of critical thinking is hardly a trait reserved for the young. All too many paranormal investigators suffer from that malady. At the sam...

By Administrator This episode continues to remind me why I consider GHI to be superior, at this point, to TAPS. Both have their strengths and weaknesses, to be sure, but there is a vitality and touch of innovation to GHI that is largely missing from recent episodes of “Ghost Hunters”. And that has been retaine...

By Administrator Between the strong group dynamic and the experimentation, GHI is doing exactly what TAPS originally set out to do. They also seem to be more engaged in debunking “evidence”, which has been one of the main criticisms against TAPS in recent years. It’s also interesting to note that GHI is most...

By Administrator The bitter irony of this episode is that the case with the more rigorous approach and thoughtful debunking (and more interesting location) was sidelined for an investigation with more exciting “evidence”, but far less convincing.

By Administrator Case #1: Castillo de la Coracera, Spain Case #2: Castel D’Escales, Spain This was probably one of my favorite episodes of “Ghost Hunters International” since the show began. In fact, it’s quite possible one of my favorite episodes in the franchise in years. This is the kind of episode that s...

By Administrator Barry, on the other hand, seems to have been the victim of “character creation”. As early as his first appearances on “Ghost Hunters”, he was portrayed as the skittish buffoon, more cowardly than his American colleagues, and befuddled by a stereotypical belief in fairies and folklore. Th...

By Administrator This is another episode that should quiet some of those who claim, quite incorrectly, that GHI has never visited a site they didn’t conclude was haunted. Here, we have two locations that fail to meet that standard, and with good reason. In fact, despite some serious shortcomings, this epis...

By Administrator The only notable item for this episode is the inclusion of Joe Chin on both investigations. Whether or not this is a temporary situation or a permanent one remains to be seen, but Joe’s participation left me with the same underwhelmed feeling that it always did on “Ghost Hunters”.

By Administrator This case also sheds light on a true challenge for so many investigators. When investigators encounter something familiar, something they can easily explain based on their well-tested knowledge or common sense, they are confident and sometimes arrogant debunkers. But when presented...

By Administrator That said, the team didn’t declare the location haunted, and even seemed a bit cagey on the notion that there’s something unusual happening at the site. I felt that their comments about paranormal activity were more for the client than a reflection of their actual opinion.

By Administrator I consider Robb and Dustin to be reasonably good at what they do. They do tend to believe and accept a little too much on occasion, but what paranormal investigator doesn’t? Barry continues to be over-reactive at times. Surprisingly, this episode didn’t do much for Brandy, who came across a...

By Administrator That’s something I don’t want to see, even though the writing has probably been on the wall for a while. The pigeonholing that took place with the original cast of “Ghost Hunters International” was fairly blatant, and made some people look a lot more hysterical and negative than they were. W...

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By Administrator Jason and Grant are firmly aware of that, and for the most part, the team tries to do the best they can with the situation. Jason and Grant were solid when working with Steve Valentine, a guest who knew he could have cracked jokes the entire time, but refrained. Robb and Dustin (from “Ghost Hunt...

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By Administrator So what does this have to do with the current episode? Admittedly, not much, except that the cases depicted were, in my opinion, more interesting and less sensationalized. At least one of the cases centered on debunking a client’s claims, and in neither case was a technological Ouija boar...

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By Administrator As much as I criticize GHI for their methods on a regular basis, I must admit that they get some rather impressive locations. It’sa blessing and a curse, of course. It’sa blessing in that any number of paranormal research organizations ...

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By Administrator As most fans of the franchise now know, Brian and Donna have left GHI. Donna’s reasons were covered on the show: her struggle with Crohn’s Disease forced her stateside, and she has elected not to tempt fate by returning (at least, ...

By Administrator Now would appear to be a good time to discuss the cast changes, since the cases in this episode are fairly standard and don’t require a great deal of in-depth discussion. As most fans of the franchise now know, Brian and Donna have left ...

By Administrator I think this episode highlights two aspects of TAPS and GHI, as depicted on their respective shows, that I find the most troublesome, both as a viewer and a fellow investigator. Neither complaint is particular new, and I doubt that ...

By Administrator Since the beginning of this spinoff series, I have tried to keep the any criticism of GHI objective and constructive. I disagree with the notion that GHI is automatically inferior because they are not TAPS, largely because I do not ...

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By Administrator Case #1: Charleville Castle, Ireland Case #2: Samlesbury Hall, England This episode should do its part to appease those who claim that GHI declare every location “haunted”. Neither location in this episode met that standard according to the team (whichever version you happen to choose...

By Administrator The previous episode brought back GHI with a bang and not a little fan controversy, and that did nothing but whet my appetite for the next installment. I’m endlessly entertained by the “Ghost Hunter” franchise, because I like most of ...

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By Administrator I was quickly reminded of one essential truth regarding GHI: it is a very, very new team with none of the long-term partnerships evident in TAPS. Some of them have worked together, sure, but the dynamic is different when the team ...

By Administrator This being the continuance of the first season, long after the original batch was filmed, the first part of the episode is a combination of reintroduction and setup. I was quickly reminded of one essential truth regarding GHI: it is a ...

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By Administrator They’ve strayed from that premise more often in the recent seasons, so much so that ‘Ghost Hunters International” tends to debunk more these days. Whatever the case, the usual psychological intention applies: the debunking episodes are ...

This is the latest attempt on the part of Pilgrim Films to expand on the popular “Ghost Hunters” model.  “Ghost Hunters International” was the first spin-off, and for the most part, it was a logical extension of the franchise.  Most of the members of GHI are related, in some way, ...

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By Administrator This is actually no different than what has been seen on the recent episodes of “Ghost Hunters International”; it should be educational to see if detractors of GHI are equally critical of the same behavior from TAPS. ...