Die Geisterkliniken

Programs that have the actual witnesses tell their stories are my favorite. But the over-the-top dramatizations and "gotcha!" moments to make viewers jump is so unnecessary. A good ghost story doesn't need to be embellished. And what is with the **INCREDIBLY LOUD** background music/effects?!? It completely drowns out the dialogue, and is more annoying than creepy. Tone it down and get rid of the Halloween screampark getups.

The witness accounts and recreations are fine. What blows it are the so-called "experts" and their ludicrous observations. It's like they're auditioning to be the next Captain Obvious. Totally pointless and devoid of any actual insight. If you need this, you're not paying the slightest attention to the story.

What are the minimum qualifications to be a paranormal expert anyway? For this lot, the title seems self-imposed.

The experts take the viewer out of the story because they are dry & for spooky fans, we know all of the designs of ghostly presence & they keep repeating the same thing every episode. The show works hard at making the stories sound scary but the stories are often exaggerated dragged out with all the hesitation when often these events are typically quick & often dismissed. I wish it would work out the stories more with less drool. I keep watching, hoping for better & less experts. Thank goodness for Amazon Fire TV I use my 10 second pass.

So the Travel Channel recently ran marathons of Paranormal 911 and Haunted Hospitals. Well I like a good ghost story especially if it's told by the people that actually experienced it. Well both of these shows must be produced by the same people (Canadians according to their accents) and were dumb enough to have the same "actor" telling different unbelievable stories. In one he's wearing a 3-piece suit claiming to be a federal policeman for homeland security and in the other he's wearing a knit shirt claiming to work for a funeral home transporting dead bodies. Really??? This stuff is so fake it's pathetic!!

The shows are fun, believe what you will.

But, I find it interesting that tv producers think their "experts" are more believable if they are foreigners and speak with an accent.

The evil spirits always have dark eyes, too.