My Haunted House

At first glance, this program appears to be similar to My Ghost Story and Paranormal Witness (two programs I quite enjoy). However, after watching a few episodes of My Haunted House, it dawned on me that the "eyewitnesses" are paid actors (and not very good ones, at that) telling a story which is 100% scripted.

Obviously, the re-enactments would use actors, just like other shows in this genre. However, I strongly suspect that the "eyewitness accounts" have all been dreamed up by scriptwriters. The "eyewitnesses" telling the stories are mostly very unconvincing. The acting is so wooden, I'm surprised I didn't realise it was fake much sooner than I did.

Realising that the program is fake simply sucked all of the enjoyment out of it for me.

A clue to the show being completely fake is given during the credit sequences. At the start of the program it states "The following two stories are inspired by documented paranormal encounters". Reading between the lines, "inspired by" translates to "completely made up".

I believe it should be openly disclosed that this program features works of fiction rather than "eyewitness accounts" of paranormal encounters.

Now I know it. They just did a story on my hometown that involved a serial killer. No such serial killer existed anywhere in the U.S. let alone in my hometown. The serial killer was made up, his nickname was made up, his method of killing and m.o. were made up - I searched on everything they said on My Haunted House - and the entire story seems to be made up. Not even one iota of the story was true. Done watching this stuff. Like someone else commented, I like other ghost/paranormal stories that use real people instead of paid actors - and true stories. It's not like there aren't enough of them to go around. I studied acting, and did my fair share back in the day, and I can tell when someone is acting...especially if they aren't that good.

I don't care if the shows are real or fake. They are great stories and grip you from the beginning. My complaint is that you constantly advertise "All New Shows" and they are reruns. Week after week of disappointments. Since you have had such incredible success with the acting and directing, what is the problem? Have you run out of stories? I'd send you mine, but it only lasted for less than 5 seconds and never replayed. If it is creative writing, you should be good to go. There are thousands of writers who would love to see their work on the screen. And new writers who would contribute for no more than screen credits.

"Eyewitness accounts" are actors reading a completely fabricated script. This is being touted as true events when only a few minutes of research proves none of these things happened. Completely disrespectful to people who have had real experiences and also disrespectful to viewers who are being outright lied to.

I just finished watching a show I recorded earlier this evening. The title was "Dead Ringer." I have DIRECTV so when I hit the info button, one of the bits of information I get is the original airing date of thst particular show. As I said, it was recorded earlier tonight, July 25, 2015. After watching the main part of the show a message came on the screen saying "Seven Years Later." Well the events of the show were from late September, 2008 making seven years later...September, 2015. Hmmmm.... but the show was originally broadcast for the first time in July, 2015...a full two months before the show had its ending. Take it for what it is worth.