I’ve been thinking a little bit about “ghost hunter” reality TV shows, and I’m simply amazed. I’m not talking about just one show, because there are tons of them – there was the show about staying in haunted prisons, the one about horrific historical sites, and a slew of plain old “a house where somebody died”. I even saw one on Discovery Kids where they make kids stay in scary houses, which seems mean. I certainly wouldn’t want to be the parent of one of those kids who the Discovery Chanel gave nightmares to for the rest of their life.
The premise of the show seems to go a little something like this:
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Tell a gruesome and/or sad story.
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Have 3 – 4 people sleep over in the haunted space.
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Have some interns close doors and place baby dolls in the house to make the people mentioned in step 2 shit themselves.
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Film all of it.
It’s brilliant!
If you’re looking for a distraction this holiday weekend, check out the gear guide video for Ghost Hunters, then, spend $6 ,000 – 50,000 and go hunt some ghosts!
