A Terrifying True

Series about hauntings tend to copy each other, not least by visiting the same places. Maybe it's laziness. Perhaps the owners of the properties in question find the publicity and income useful and are good at marketing themselves.

Westerfeld House had previously been visited by Zak Bagan's crew in Ghost Adventures, season 17, episode 7. It's an interesting place and it was worth a second visit but I'm not sure if this was the right team to do it.

"Team" is an exaggeration as it really is just Kesha and a sidekick, whose purpose, apart from overreacting, isn't really clear. She's a commanding presence all right, like Zak ( but different!) and the camera likes to linger on her, when it isn't chasing around.

Overall, there is too much of the latter and not enough time to absorb the building and its atmosphere. Also missing is any sense of expertise in what they are doing. Admittedly she did well to get the current owner of the property to contribute. What could have been interesting, however, wasn't explored in enough detail, such as the links to Houdini and the Satanists among the associates of Anton Szandor LaVey. Furthermore, the supposed link to Marconi was completely unsubstantiated and I defy anyone to find corroboration anywhere.

On the evidence of this, I will not bother watching any other episodes. Disappointing.