Is there an easier job on the planet than TV ghost hunter?

[Destino]

Does anyone know how much these loons make? I'm pretty sure that I can handle walking around a dark room calling out random questions. "Can you tell me your name?" "Are you here with us?" "Is coke better than pepsi?" "mixed shot or straight up?"

How does one land this gig?

Job requirements:
- Sales professional (read: liar)
- Not afraid of the dark (or humorously fearful)
- Able to walk around and talk at the same time.

I don't get the sense that finding anything is the point of these investigations. I think every thinking person reading this would conclude that if you really wanted to investigate a place and found "something" on the first night the reaction would not be to pack up your **** and leave. What kind of investigating is that?

[SnyderShrugged]

Did you see that recent south park where they spoofed Ghost Hunters?

LOL, funny stuff.

"What was that? what was that?"

[Destino]

Did you see that recent south park where they spoofed Ghost Hunters?

LOL, funny stuff.

"What was that? what was that?"

yeah lol. They wet their pants and then described it as evidence of a haunting. haha

[skinfan13]

I think Destino is unhappy with his line of work all of a sudden lol

[SnyderShrugged]

yeah lol. They wet their pants and then described it as evidence of a haunting. haha


There seems to be a wet fluid pooling below my leg! lmao

[Destino]

I think Destino is unhappy with his line of work all of a sudden lol

the consulting work I am doing is boring as hell... make no mistake about it. But I was watching "ghost hunter academy" and thinking they have a show about learning to be on another show... that is clearly BS to begin with. And the rant was born!

[Special K]

Yes, being a "Hills" reality 'star.'

Those ****heads get paid a crapload of money for being complete morons.

Ghost Hunter comes in a close second though, lol

[Destino]

Yes, being a "Hills" reality 'star.'

Those ****heads get paid a crapload of money for being complete morons.

Ghost Hunter comes in a close second though, lol
I never thought of them as having jobs because they don't really do anything but I guess they do get paid right? terrible. lol

[Baculus]

Does anyone know how much these loons make? I'm pretty sure that I can handle walking around a dark room calling out random questions. "Can you tell me your name?" "Are you here with us?" "Is coke better than pepsi?" "mixed shot or straight up?"

How does one land this gig?

Job requirements:
- Sales professional (read: liar)
- Not afraid of the dark (or humorously fearful)
- Able to walk around and talk at the same time.

I don't get the sense that finding anything is the point of these investigations. I think every thinking person reading this would conclude that if you really wanted to investigate a place and found "something" on the first night the reaction would not be to pack up your **** and leave. What kind of investigating is that?

It is harder than you think, having to haul and move equipment, and it's reminiscent of being a roadie in a band. It can also be VERY boring since you have to sit around for hours at a house with typically little happening.

99% of the ghost hunting groups do not get any money from it, other than the satisfaction of their hobby and walking around some interesting places.

BTW, I am not in a group, per se, but I have gone ghost hunting with friends, and I have assisted my sister with some production work with some local groups.

[Thiebear]

i liked the original TAPS when they went to prove it DIDNT exist..

then a few years later, that skepticism is gone and now its a freakin spec of dust.

[Baculus]

Did you see that recent south park where they spoofed Ghost Hunters?

LOL, funny stuff.

"What was that? what was that?"

Ugh.

I thought it was a poor attempt at satire, because Grant and Jason from Ghost Hunters rarely act frightened. It would have been much better if they had Brian freaking out, or Steve peeing his pants over a spider or something.

It would have been funny if I have never watched the show, but since I do it every week, I thought it was one of the weaker South Parks. IMO, of course. :)

[Baculus]

i liked the original TAPS when they went to prove it DIDNT exist..

then a few years later, that skepticism is gone and now its a freakin spec of dust.

They still reject orbs and dust, and I believe they are skeptical most of the time. But I think they also have a problem of producing evidence for a TV show, which can produce some questionable results.

[Chachie]

the consulting work I am doing is boring as hell... make no mistake about it. But I was watching "ghost hunter academy" and thinking they have a show about learning to be on another show... that is clearly BS to begin with. And the rant was born!



The "Academy" show is absolute fluff. The students are clearly young "actors" (reality show rejects) who found a show to take them in. I love how halfway thru the season some of the students start claiming they are "sensitives." Apparently they discover that they can feel and communicate with ghosts during their experience. :)


(btw- I am somewhat of a believer, but that show is totally bogus.)

[SnyderShrugged]

Ugh.

I thought it was a poor attempt at satire, because Grant and Jason from Ghost Hunters rarely act frightened. It would have been much better if they had Brian freaking out, or Steve peeing his pants over a spider or something.

It would have been funny if I have never watched the show, but since I do it every week, I thought it was one of the weaker South Parks. IMO, of course. :)


I've rarely watched the ghost hunter show so the individual attributes escaped me. (I think it was my immature sense of humor mainly enjoying the urination):)

[Destino]

It is harder than you think, having to haul and move equipment, and it's reminiscent of being a roadie in a band. It can also be VERY boring since you have to sit around for hours at a house with typically little happening.

99% of the ghost hunting groups do not get any money from it, other than the satisfaction of their hobby and walking around some interesting places.

BTW, I am not in a group, per se, but I have gone ghost hunting with friends, and I have assisted my sister with some production work with some local groups.I have no problem with ghost hunting bac. I have a problem with the method of research I see employed. If they find something in say, an abandoned prison. Why would you leave? It's like looking for a lost civilization, finding a clue, and immediately going back to suburban american patting yourself on the back for a job well done.

Why not find some research money to video tape every square inch of the place for a month and conduct experiments. It just seems like the goal is to find anything out of the ordinary and purposefully NOT following up on it.

[Spartacus87]

I'm not sure what this guy's job is on this music video set, but whatever he's doing to Katy Perry, it looks pretty easy:

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/5153/picture31.png

[Special K]

I never thought of them as having jobs because they don't really do anything but I guess they do get paid right? terrible. lol The "stars" of the show get paid tens of thousands of dollars PER episode. UNBELIEVABLE

[Bang]

I watched one where they sat in this civil war era jailhouse,, and throughout the episode the played up this one scene of one of the guys screaming and running terrified.. "It's right there! It's right there!"

every commercial break, same thing,, scream, run, camera jostling "It's right there! It's right there!!"

At the end of the show, the moment of horror we've been waiting for.. what's right there? what scared him so much?


















A bee.

I **** you not, a ****ing BEE. He was running away because as they later explained, one bee might mean thousands.. logical.. and when he was screaming "it's right there!",,, he was pointing at the BEE.


As Count Floyd would say
http://www.secondcity.com/scimg/count.gif
WOOOOO SCARY, eh keeds? The Super Scary Ghost Bees of West Mifflin Pennsylvania! OWOOOOOO!

~Bang

[Dan T.]

Help me out. Is what they do spelled a "scam" or a "sham"? I can't figure out which is correct.

[gca61087]

I have no problem with ghost hunting bac. I have a problem with the method of research I see employed. If they find something in say, an abandoned prison. Why would you leave? It's like looking for a lost civilization, finding a clue, and immediately going back to suburban american patting yourself on the back for a job well done.

Why not find some research money to video tape every square inch of the place for a month and conduct experiments. It just seems like the goal is to find anything out of the ordinary and purposefully NOT following up on it.

The answer seems to be obvious. It's hard to research things that don't exist.

I used to be somewhat of a believer, but after watching some ghost debunking shows I'm done with the nonsense. And these "Ghost Hunters" are just exploiting people's interest without actually providing any hard evidence or doing extended research.

I've watched parts of a few episodes, and have not seen one convincing piece of evidence. Not one.

The one thing that used to creep me out was EVP, but the sounds are usually so unclear that you hear what you want to hear out of it.

[squatch66]

i have watched ghost hunters and it is lame. very funny bit when they made fun of them on south park. i did like ghost adventures on the travel channel though.

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

The answer seems to be obvious. It's hard to research things that don't exist.

I used to be somewhat of a believer, but after watching some ghost debunking shows I'm done with the nonsense.


Thank you. For years, I've told people on Tailgate that, afterlife aside, there are no such things as ghosts. Keep in mind, I have now had at least two girlfriends tell me there was some experience with ghosts in their own lives.

You think that moves me? Not a bit. My favorite is that the recent story is that she and her uncle were in their old house in some town in Iowa. Then the cabinets started opening and closing and he took her and ran out. They sold the house and never came back and no one has rented it since. Now, maybe the town is dying and there's no reason but come on---what's with this junk at night?

If there are ghosts, they're there in the day and they have no investment in "scaring" people. They'd have just as much reason to sit down and talk with people as anything else. Explain their lifestory, know that they will be remembered (being a ghost is memorable, right) see that amends are made in their name, that their loved ones know they are OK and that life will go on---no, instead people who drank beer, read the Bible and watched football (or raised barns, whatever) are now taking delight in scaring the crap out of the living.

BS.

I take note that Des and I have gotten into it over this issue a number of times. We both agreed that these aren't spirits--but I actually don't even think it's "electroshemgmatic imprints" or any nonsense like that.

THink about it. There are BILLIONS of human beings on the planet. There are LOTS of traumatic deaths. There should be, by now, thousands of years of human civilization later---MILLIONS of ghosts, even if you think only a percentage should go on to become ghosts. Where are they? No one really sees them. It's not like you walk into your apartment and you see ol' Jasper Simms taking an ectoplasmic leak into his old toilet (located in your living room) or the ghosts of ANY serial killers' victims, haunting highways, forests, houses---haunting the killers or the killers families---or anyone, really. No ghosts replaying scenes that would help investigators determine cause of death, perpetrator, etc

Nope. A bunch of nonsense backed up by people's fear of the dark and noises they can't explain at that moment!

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

As Count Floyd would say
http://www.secondcity.com/scimg/count.gif
WOOOOO SCARY, eh keeds? The Super Scary Ghost Bees of West Mifflin Pennsylvania! OWOOOOOO!

~Bang

SCTV is still the greatest sketch comedy show that was ever on television. Of particular Count Floyd significance was the time they accidentally put an Ingmar Bergman film, "Hour of the WOlf"(?) on the show and his looks progressing from confused to outraged to resigned to fake it.

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

BTW, I am not in a group, per se, but I have gone ghost hunting with friends, and I have assisted my sister with some production work with some local groups.

Excellent. I'd like to hire you for two different jobs:

Capturing the elusive snipe.

And finding Shangri-La.

[maxiumone]

Thank you. For years, I've told people on Tailgate that, afterlife aside, there are no such things as ghosts.

So does this mean you do not exist? :whoknows:

[DieselPwr44]

I have now had at least two girlfriends tell me there was some experience with ghosts in their own lives

Quit braggin' ......


:silly:

[jnhay]

What about that other show where the guy seems to be talking through a megaphone when narrating about his experiences? I can't remember the name, but the show deals with demons and the first solution the guy has in every situation is "The demon did it." A gust of wind slammed the door? Well, the demon must have used his powers to blow the door shut.

[USS Redskins]

Great post. Running around in the dark and not having to produce anything.
Sounds like these guys should run for congress.

[SpringfieldSkins]

I don't believe in ghosts, spirits, demons, macabre, etc.



I totally dig "Ghost Hunters", "Ghost Adventures" and "Destination Truth" though. I don't know why, because they never find anything, but I watch these shows regularly. I guess it's kind of like watching an intersection waiting for an accident to happen.

Love the ghost hunter shows though. I can't get enough of them.

[Destino]

I take note that Des and I have gotten into it over this issue a number of times. We both agreed that these aren't spirits--but I actually don't even think it's "electroshemgmatic imprints" or any nonsense like that.That's just because you're hard headed and enjoy being wrong. There is evidence pointing to specific places in which more than a few odd occurrences happen with some regularity. What it is no one knows, though it could be as simple as an environmental factor that causes hallucinations or as strange as something we simply can't understand at the moment.



THink about it. There are BILLIONS of human beings on the planet. There are LOTS of traumatic deaths. There should be, by now, thousands of years of human civilization later---MILLIONS of ghosts, even if you think only a percentage should go on to become ghosts. Where are they? No one really sees them. It's not like you walk into your apartment and you see ol' Jasper Simms taking an ectoplasmic leak into his old toilet (located in your living room) or the ghosts of ANY serial killers' victims, haunting highways, forests, houses---haunting the killers or the killers families---or anyone, really. No ghosts replaying scenes that would help investigators determine cause of death, perpetrator, etcAgreed. The spirit angle doesn't work as being described currently. If the dead haunted the living there wouldn't be a square inch of the planet that went without haunting.

[Destino]

What about that other show where the guy seems to be talking through a megaphone when narrating about his experiences? I can't remember the name, but the show deals with demons and the first solution the guy has in every situation is "The demon did it." A gust of wind slammed the door? Well, the demon must have used his powers to blow the door shut.

Paranormal state?

http://atfaguss.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/paranormal_state-show.jpg

Yup, everything is a demon. Keep in mind however that the purely Catholic, and maybe Christian, view is that anything that tries to communicate with you that isn't alive is a demon.

[Kosher Ham]

A Real World "star".

Drink, go out, drink, half-ass a job, drink, go on vacation, drink, hook up with random people.

[jnhay]

Paranormal state?

Yup, everything is a demon. Keep in mind however that the purely Catholic, and maybe Christian, view is that anything that tries to communicate with you that isn't alive is a demon.
Yeah. That's it. I hate how that guy just persuades everyone into thinking that they have a demon in their house. At least ghost hunters keeps their options open.

[Botched]

The best one is "Haunted Homes" on FLN.

They have a psychic lady visit houses that are supposedly haunted, and from the second she steps into the door she's seeing and feeling ghosts everywhere. It's like a paranormal circus in every room. Then they go in the basement or attic and turn out all the lights and the ghosts just go nuts, poking and prodding them and doing all kinds of evil ****, none of which is caught on camera, naturally.

The best part is the end, where the psychic performs a ceremony with the houses owners to send the spirit(s) away. She sits at a candle-lit table and uses her super awesome telepathic powers to "send it over" to the afterlife. It's the funniest thing ever.

[Prosperity]

entertainment is no excuse for being a charlatan. If I ever met one of these frauds I wouldn't be very polite.

With that said, it's amazing how much money can be made of stupid people. From penis enlargers, to snuggies to psychics and ghost hunters.

[Destino]

entertainment is no excuse for being a charlatan. If I ever met one of these frauds I wouldn't be very polite.

With that said, it's amazing how much money can be made of stupid people. From penis enlargers, to snuggies to psychics and ghost hunters.
lol snuggies

http://s.ecrater.com/stores/124191/4a9db5269560e_124191n.jpg
redskins snuggie

[Chachie]

As Count Floyd would say
http://www.secondcity.com/scimg/count.gif

~Bang




Bang- You are the MAN. SCTV was an awesome show and I miss it so much. Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd was one of my all-time faves. :)

[Peeping Wizard]

Yes, being a "Hills" reality 'star.'

Those ****heads get paid a crapload of money for being complete morons.

Ghost Hunter comes in a close second though, lol

Why do people even watch "The Hills"? It's just a bunch of SoCal morons whining about their "problems."

Ghost Hunters is a joke. They never "find" anything. What a job.

[Ghost of Nibbs McPimpin]

Hey, wait. I have a snuggie. I didn't order it, my multiple advanced degree-having mom did. Not that it means you can't be impulsive and silly but because of the temperature often being cold in Iowa, having something that is not a piece of clothing and not quite a blanket is good to have. I've used something like it for some time.

More importantly, a product that may be of questionable value to some isn't the same as going on TV and suckering stupid people out of their money by claiming that there are supernatural or "electromagnetic imprints" going on somewhere and then basically not taking it seriously---and yet somehow getting people to watch it.

:)

[Destino]

I have a snuggie.
haha!

[EnFoRcEr_uPu]

yeah lol. They wet their pants and then described it as evidence of a haunting. haha

haha, yea. "There seems to be some sort of...liquid, running down my leg. It's now starting to form a puddle at my feet..."

[SpringfieldSkins]

I'm just chillin'.

Listening to some EVP sessions and watching my DVR's. **** y'all.