Paranormal television

Paranormal television is a genre of reality television. Its scope comprises purportedly factual investigations of paranormal phenomena, rather than fictional representations found in such shows and movies as Scooby-Doo, Ghostbusters, and Rentaghost. In the print media reports of supernatural occurrences have always been common. When TV became more and more popular stations needed to find way of differentiating themselves. Starting in the 1960’s TV stations began to feature ghost stories. This would eventually transform and develop into the programing that we have today. In 1976 the first truly popular show revolving around the paranormal came onto air; In Search of… hosted by Leonard Nimoy ultimately ran for six years. In Search Of... explored…

In this maze of vaults, lies old history that still roams the undergrounds of Edinburgh. After people decided that the vaults were full of way to much murder, trafficking, and illness. The town’s people filled up the entrance and every other way to enter the vaults, with rubbish or whatever substance they could find to fill the open motel. In the 1980s the vaults were rediscovered by a homeless man who happened to fall into this used to be buried opening. Construction people have been rebuilding…

For many years scholars were convinced that the leaps and bounds being made in the fields of science and technology would slowly cause belief in the supernatural to decrease, but it has persisted despite scientific and technological advancements. In fact, according to a study conducted in 2005 “[a]bout three in four Americans profess at least one paranormal belief” between the years 2001 and 2005 the percentage of those that hold various paranormal beliefs has remained the same or slightly…

on behavior, communication and social interaction (Wikipedia, para 1). I will be describing how the long/wide, medium, close-up and extreme close-up shots are used during the Supernatural episode. Critique The genre of this television show is fictional drama. This show is not based off true events, it is made up discussion and thoughts of the paranormal and afterlife. This also displays fantasy and science fiction. The makers use character generated sounds and images to convey ghosts and their…

Geiger Counters and Ghost Hunters: Is it Cutting Edge or Just Pseudoscience? There is a need for real scientific methodology in paranormal research if it is to be taken seriously by the scientific community in general. There are two main competing arguments going on in the realm of paranormal research and investigation. One side says there is break throughs happening in the field and they are using high tech equipment and scientific figures to conduct their investigations and they are very…

doesn 't send chills up your spine, you have come to the right place. The Whispers Estate offers passionately curious people and ghost hunters personal paranormal encounters that are reserved for those kindred spirits that find intense hauntings a truly amazing experience. Built in 1899 as a family home for Dr. John and his wife, Jessie Gibbons. The doctor used the house as his office, working and operating his practice on the first floor, offering inquiring minds a unique and colorful history…

Boo! Get your attention? Although, a ghost is not likely to use this form of language (if they exist) but, most paranormal investigators would love to hear some form of communication from a ghost. The topics about ghosts are still as popular today as they were several years ago. People often sit around and tell stories about the unexplained bumps, footsteps, dark lurking figures experienced in many of their homes or hotels. Never mind that the house is probably settling, or an appliance is…

Our world is filled with so many unexplained phenomena, ones we don’t even question as they happen. Déjà vu, dreaming, and even any paranormal activity, we dismiss as either impossible or so much part of our daily lives that they don’t even matter. But how do we know for sure that none of these occurrences actually affect our daily lives? Some of the paranormal phenomenon that we usually brush off may actually play a huge part in our lives, without us knowing. Doppelgangers, a concept that…

Every child grew up hearing cliche ghost stories, but there’s more to the tales. Ghosts aren’t necessarily silly, fearful beings said to be conjured up. Spiritual energy is very much a real thing and exists in the world today. Incorporeal figures, commonly known as ghosts, consist of residual energy from life that has passed away. The belief of ghosts is almost always seen as an opinion depending on the person. The debate on whether they are real or unreal is extremely common; however, without…

photographs full of orbs, and lots of arsons. The rest are all hoaxes, these “hauntings” are credible, yet not proven enough to be characterized as real, due to acts of human errors, technology difficulties, and accidental mishaps. Sloss Furnaces is a very old factory dating back to the 1800’s, which had one of the highest injuries of all the state once in a period of time, even with the hauntings that is in effect; tourists still visit the facility and it has a very high volume for paranormal…