In the Halloween special titled Ghost Adventures Live, which was broadcast from the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum on October 30, 2009, controversy arose when Robert Bess, inventor of the Parabot Containment Chamber (said to attract and empower spirits using energy, giving them form), claims to have had an EMF meter knocked violently out of his hands. The show now airs on Discovery+ as well as Amazon Prime. Ghost Adventures also helped popularize paranormal television and ghost hunting during its original run on Travel Channel.
Since its debut it has found an audience for its mix of paranormal investigation, history, and interpersonal drama, and fan reception has been generally positive. Ghost Adventures became one of the most popular shows on Travel Channel. Main article: List of Ghost Adventures episodes Season Goodwin is often left alone in the alleged "hotspots" during lockdowns to see how the spirits will react to Goodwin being alone. Goodwin claims he was " under the influence of a dark spirit" at Bobby Mackey's Music World and Winchester Mystery House. Groff claims that he was overtaken by a "dark energy" at the Moon River Brewing Company. Bagans believes that he was possessed at the Preston School of Industry and at Poveglia Island in Italy. The crew also claims to have recorded spirit possessions on video. The most prominent pieces of evidence found are then presented at the appropriate times they happened during the investigation and each one is explained.ĭuring the series, the crew claims to have captured and experienced various Fortean phenomena, which they say include simultaneous equipment malfunctions such as battery drain, voltage spikes, fluctuations in electromagnetic fields, sudden changes in temperature (such as cold spots), unexplained noises, electronic voice phenomena (EVP), and apparitions. The video and audio collected during each investigation is analyzed after the investigation, and the whole thing is cut down to fit one hour. The members sometimes place what they call 'trigger' objects and shout verbal taunts they believe ghosts might move or respond to. They use a variety of equipment, including digital thermometers, electromagnetic field (EMF) meters, handheld digital video cameras, audio recorders, the Ovilus device, point of view cameras, and infrared night-vision cameras in an effort to capture evidence of ghosts. They later return to these spots in order to set up static night-vision cameras to try and film it happening.Īfter completing the walk-through, they discuss their strategy, then are locked in the location overnight, which they believe will prevent "audio contamination" and extraneous shadows. On the basis of these interviews, the crew place X's with black or gray tape at the sites of some serious alleged paranormal activity. These introductions typically include Bagans's voice-overs of the site's history as well as interviews with people who claim to have witnessed paranormal phenomena there. Each episode begins with the crew touring the investigation site with its owners or caretakers. Zak Bagans, Nick Groff (seasons 1–10), Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley investigate reportedly haunted locations, hoping to collect visual or auditory evidence of paranormal activity.
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The series is produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions). The crew returned there during the series' fourth, fifth, and seventh seasons. The film centered on the trio's investigation of alleged paranormal activity in and around Virginia City, Nevada, including the Goldfield Hotel in Goldfield, Nevada. The SciFi Channel premiered 4Reel's Ghost Adventures on July 25, 2007. It was filmed in 2004 and produced by 4Reel Productions in 2006. Ghost Adventures began as an independent film, produced in a documentary style.
5.1.3 Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits.5.1.2 Ghost Adventures: Where Are They Now?.