Evidential medium Cindy Kaza and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi continue to investigate allegedly haunted locations at the request of their clients to provide proof of parano... Read allEvidential medium Cindy Kaza and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi continue to investigate allegedly haunted locations at the request of their clients to provide proof of paranormal activity.Evidential medium Cindy Kaza and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi continue to investigate allegedly haunted locations at the request of their clients to provide proof of paranormal activity.
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The discussion about this show seems to turn on whether it's "real" or not. I propose that it doesn't really matter. If you think it's fake, pretend that the legal disclaimer at the beginning says that the show is fictional, and enjoy a reality-TV-style drama about a medium and a cop who work together. Personally I think it's (mostly) real, but that's unimportant.
I find this show absolutely titillating because of the excellent storytelling. Most reality TV is carefully edited to make conversations flow just a little better (without necessarily changing their meanings), and they do it quite deftly here, interweaving the two story lines (that is, Steve and Amy) in a way that delights my brain when I want instant gratification. The (writers? producers?) throw down all the pieces of the puzzle in perfect order without quite connecting them; they let your imagination fill in the final, tiny gaps with the kind of lurid details that everyone's thinking but no one can say for sure. Steve gets what essentially amounts to the town gossip on the subject, and Amy embroiders them with colourful, often illuminating, and just a little bit graphic details.
Don't worry about reality. Take the homeowner's story at face value and enjoy the mystery's shocking solution!
I find this show absolutely titillating because of the excellent storytelling. Most reality TV is carefully edited to make conversations flow just a little better (without necessarily changing their meanings), and they do it quite deftly here, interweaving the two story lines (that is, Steve and Amy) in a way that delights my brain when I want instant gratification. The (writers? producers?) throw down all the pieces of the puzzle in perfect order without quite connecting them; they let your imagination fill in the final, tiny gaps with the kind of lurid details that everyone's thinking but no one can say for sure. Steve gets what essentially amounts to the town gossip on the subject, and Amy embroiders them with colourful, often illuminating, and just a little bit graphic details.
Don't worry about reality. Take the homeowner's story at face value and enjoy the mystery's shocking solution!
Started watching this series and wonder, as I do about all these types shows, why do they only investigate at night? I know from experience that spirits come out in the daytime as well. And why in almost every episode is there a spirit who wants to kill people or make people kill people? And why are there Never any nice spirits? Not everyone who passed is evil.
...on TV. Whether you believe in the paranormal, or you believe that Amy is a physical medium, it's entertaining. There is no middle ground. No gray area since there are no stories like this on other shows. They've even been to places that other paranormal shows have explored and Amy comes up with a different take on the nature of the haunting. Like the episode where she investigated the Lizzy Borden home. I like the cast for this show and I believe them. I might be gullible and proven wrong, but I believe in the afterlife as well. And that's what this show is all about. I've always been a skeptic regarding the paranormal, but they make the subject interesting and thought provoking. I respect people of faith, agnostics and atheists.
If i could vote 100 stars I totally would! :) This is my favorite Ghost show on TV! It might even be my favorite show on TV now in general. I always watch it with my family every Friday night! :) I really hope to see it back for season two and many more! Everyone involved with this show does an excellent job (What is a better word for excellent?) Amy and Steve find such amazing results in their investigation! So happy to see a show with real paranormal evidence, And proof! I Just cant wait to see the next season of this wonderful show! I'm entertained with the reruns of the show too, and I typically hate watching something twice, but The Dead Files is the only exception! :D
I tend to believe what psychics say in shows about spirits haunting places more than what so-called scientific evidence investigation shows come up with. The Dead Files has given me a real sense what a creepy haunting is like. Better than trying to make us believe in the equipment used on ghost investigation shows... the ultimate bogus device being The Ovilus. A prime example of a show with purely manipulated "evidence" and video edit faking is what you see on Ghost Adventures. It's in the same class as Most Haunted out of the UK.
As far as shows featuring psychic work, The Dead Files is better than average and has a more authentic feel than the above-mentioned physical evidence shows.
As far as shows featuring psychic work, The Dead Files is better than average and has a more authentic feel than the above-mentioned physical evidence shows.
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- TriviaSeveral viewers have reported incongruencies in The Dead Files: in one episode Amy stated that she was obsessed with Lizzie Borden at one time, and then a few episodes later, they went to the Lizzie Borden house, and Amy claimed that she had no idea where she was, or knew anything about the house.
- GoofsIn over a dozen seasons, not a single homeowner has ever produced any video footage of the violent paranormal activity they claim takes place in their house night and day, non-stop in many cases; they are homeowners who live in expensive houses and could easily afford video recording equipment yet none of them has been able to set up a tripod or even record anything paranormal whatsoever with their cell phone.
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