Ghost Chasers

I searched for a point of contact in some form for this show. I could not find one, not even a Twitter account. So, I created this account just so I could voice my opinion on this, because it is bothering me immensely for some reason. Most shows I care very little who's a good actor, who's more annoying, etc. I really wish I had somewhere to give my feedback on a couple of the show's people directly to the show's staff or something.

This show is entertaining enough. My issue is the host Kay and partially Ian Lawman. Between Ian's condescending, stuttering, and redundant "lessons" to everyone there constantly, to Kay's negative attitude and tendency to be extremely whiny, always wanting to have "nothing to do with" anything and then giving up early on, I'm wondering why at least Kay even chose to host a show such as this. I can get past Ian's talking down to people and having to know everything, but the further into the season I get, the more difficult it becomes to stomach Kay. Even with his pretty face (and he IS very attractive), it's not enough to come close to balancing it all out for me.

Whether real or fake, and aside from the questionable crew members, it's still entertaining to a degree and that's the only reason it got even the couple stars it did.

Most "paranormal" shows are all about horror imagery, hysteria and a lot of jumping to conclusions. I get the reasoning behind, as the producers are most likely identifying a target audience of horror fans. Which makes sense targeting-wise. But which absolutely don't make sense to me, when these shows over and over again claim the merits of their "scientific" approach. I've often been annoyed by, for instance, Ghost Adventures, where the host will jump to conclusions about demonic hauntings from a small tidbit he got before his "investigation" has begun, only to claim multiple times during an episode how "scientific" his approach is.

Ghost Chasers manage to offer a more objective counterpoint to the sensationalistic approach of most American "paranormal" shows.

The team behind adopt the role of (somewhat) skeptic. Instead of almost everything being construed as paranormal. Most of the time the team of Ghost Chasers offer up more mundane explanations for some of their experiences, where most other shows would've called it demons or sassy witchings or super haunted portals to the afterlife of hell or whatever.

I love the fact that there isn't any horror imagery, which gives more credence to the seriousness of the show.

In my opinion this show could've been even more serious and objective. Using an app on your smartphone to hear ghosts speak, doesn't strike me as super logical. What ghost sensors did Samsung put in their phones? Underlying music and sound effects could've been used more sparingly as well, because sometimes its hard to tell if it is postulated paranormal captures or post-production added effects to add tension. And a more consistent objectivity would also suit the 3 guys who aren't psychic. As sometimes there is still the unwarranted conclusion that it must've been a ghost.

But to sum up. An interesting and a bit more serious addition to the whole "paranormal" "reality"-show trend. Definitely recommendable.

Sorry could only manage about 20 minutes and had enough. Boring!

So I am a believer of paranormal activity as I had my own experiences with it. That said, a lot of their interactions and science feels broken. A phone can have interference when using a app to pick up anything yet they use it as proof.

I also have a problem with their psychic. Some of what he says are red flags to me, from him saying spirits will not do something over again to his distaste of the taxidermy in episode 5. Now his distaste was not the huge problem but the fact that his own views seemed to come out time and time again. He stated he was a vegetarian and was against any sort of taxidermy so almost everything he talked about in that location was about that. It felt more like he was pushing his views on the matter then actually being a psychic.

I wish they would try to make things more entertaining and only do one place per episode as they don't seem to be there long enough to do any form of investigating. I understand some places don't have much going on, but then don't make it sound like there is a lot after.

This show gets several black marks against it. Firstly, there's a "medium" on the team. That immediately puts me off; they're all frauds, who either know it or are so delusional they actually believe in their own "abilities". Unlike the superior Ghost Adventures, it's humourless. Lastly, the makers' grasp of science is laughable. Here's how their captions describe electromagnetism, one of the four basic forces of nature:

"Phenomenon on how atoms interact. AKA 'The Force' in Star Wars. Scientists believe it can alter space and time."

These captions had me alternately laughing with derision and frowning in incredulity.

The best thing about this show is the hot main presenter, Kay Nambiar. I'd gladly see more of him on any type of show.