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 films as The Ghosts of Motley Hall, Ghostbusters, Scooby-Doo and Rentaghost.

History

Accounts of supernatural occurrences have always been common in the print media. The 1705 pamphlet "A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs Veal" by Daniel Defoe is a well-known example. Local TV news programs in the UK and USA have featured ghost stories since the 1960s. Paranormal television arose from this tradition.

The earliest TV show devoted exclusively to the paranormal was One Step Beyond which broadcast 96 episodes on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The stories were promoted as being based on actual real-life experiences, including historically well-known events such as sinking of RMS Titanic, the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

It was followed 15 years later by In Search of..., hosted by Leonard Nimoy which ran for six years from 1976. Rod Serling was originally slated to host the series, but he died in 1975. In Search of... explored many paranormal topics, including UFOs, cryptozoological creatures (cryptids), lost civilizations, and other mysteries. Though the subject matter gradually lost popularity, the show gave way to future TV series following the same genre.

Ghostwatch, a fictional news broadcast about a haunted house in the UK that aired in 1992, created controversy when a majority of viewers believed the televised show was real.

Discovery Channel started to explore the genre with some success from 1996. The Fox Broadcasting Company had a news-style oriented show, Sightings, that was hosted by Tim White and this show lasted for six years. MTV's Fear premiered in 2000, establishing the visual look and editing style followed by most paranormal reality television show. In 2002, the British satellite channel Living TV launched the ghost-hunting series Most Haunted. Its success helped spawn other shows on the channel, including Dead Famous and Jane Goldman Investigates, and the channel developed a distinctive identity based on paranormal programming. The production company responsible for these programs, Antix, also produced two series of Spook School which followed the investigators of Para-Projects as they teach members of the public how to become paranormal investigators themselves.

Reactions/critics

Noting the recent trend in reality shows that take the paranormal at face value, The New York Times Culture editor Mike Hale[1] characterized ghost hunting shows as "pure theater" and compared the genre to professional wrestling or soft core pornography for its formulaic, teasing approach.[2]

Los Angeles Times staff writer Ed Stockly wrote that "the paranormal/supernatural-investigation subgenre that has cropped up on cable television over the last few years, which includes Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth, Ghost Adventures, Ghost Hunters International and a few others" promises to "take a skeptical approach in its investigations and to rely on science to confirm or disprove paranormal claims. So far not one has been able to consistently keep that promise."[3]

Writer Diane Dorby proposes that paranormal reality TV shows provide "plausibility structures" that people use for "interpreting the meaning and experience of death".[4]

According to science writer Sharon A. Hill, "Paranormal reality TV shows are designed as entertainment for the curious, not science documentaries to discover truths. If the tempo is too slow it will be sped up by giving "reality" a boost".[5] Sharon A. Hill also maintained a list of paranormal television. [6]

Programs

ProgramOriginal Run Years (Premiere–Finale)CategoryFormatOriginal Channel/Network
6ixth Sense with Colin Fry2002–2003PsychicsLiving TV (UK)
10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty2014CryptozoologyRealitySpike
13: Fear is Real2009ParanormalRealityCW
5th Dimension – Secrets Of The Supernatural2006ParanormalDocumentaryDiscovery Channel
A Haunting2005–currentGhostsAnthologyDiscovery Channel
A Séance With...2014PsychicsReality TVLifetime (TV network)[7]
Alaska Haunting2015ParanormalAnimal Planet/Discovery Channel
Alaska Monsters2014CryptozoologyDestination America
Alien Encounters2013UFOs–aliensScience Channel
Alien Mysteries2013UFOs–aliensDocumentaryDiscovery Channel (Canada)
America: Facts vs. Fictions2013Conspiracy/ParanormalAmerican Heroes Channel
America's Book of Secrets2013ConspiracyH2
America's Haunted Castles2005GhostsTravel Channel
America's Psychic Challenge2007PsychicsCompetitive realityLifetime
America Unearthed2012–presentConspiracyHistory
American Paranormal2010ParanormalNational Geographic Channel
American SuperNatural2014ParanormalThe Weather Channel
Amish Haunting2014ParanormalDestination America
Ancient Aliens2009–presentUFOs–aliensDocumentaryHistory
Ancient Mysteries1994–1998ParanormalA&E
Ancient SecretsNational Geographic Channel
Ancient X-Files2010ParanormalNational Geographic Channel
Åndenes Makt (Power of the Spirits)
(Official site)		2005–presentTVN (Norway)
Angels Among Us1997–2002MiraclesTLC
Animal X2014CryptozoologyDocumentaryDiscovery Channel
The Antiques Ghost Show2003GhostsRealityLiving TV (UK)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe1995ParanormalITV (UK)
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World1980ParanormalITV (UK)
Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers1985ParanormalITV (UK)
Beast Hunter2011CryptozoologyNational Geographic Channel
Beyond2005-2007ParanormalDocumentaryCanada
Beyond Belief2012MiraclesOWN
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction1997–2002ParanormalAnthologyFox
Beyond Bizarre1997–1998Paranormal? in US and UK
Beyond Chance1999–2002ParanormalLifetime (TV network)
Beyond Reason1977–1980ParanormalQuiz showCBC Television (CAN)
Beyond with James Van Praagh2002–2003PsychicsTalk showU.S. syndicated
Big Urban Myth Show2002–2004ParanormalMTV
Body and Soul with Gail Harris1998–2000PsychicPBS
Boogeymen2014CryptozoologyT&E (Canada)
Brad Meltzer's Decoded2010–currentConspiracyInvestigationHistory
Casefiles: Unknown2015ParanormalDestination America
Celebrity Ghost Hunt (w/Chip Coffey2011GhostsPilotBiography Channel
Celebrity Ghost Stories2009–2014GhostsRealityBiography Channel
Celebrity Paranormal Project2006–2007GhostsRealityVH1
Cell Block Psychic2014PsychicsInvestigation Discovery
Chasing Conspiracies2016ConspiracyAmerican Heroes Channel
Chasing UFOs2012UFOs–aliensNational Geographic Channel
ChillsInvestigation(UK)
Close Encounters2014–2016UFOs–aliensDiscovery Channel
Conspiracy Road Trip2012ConspiracyBBC3 (UK)
The Conspiracy Show with Richard Syrett2011–2016ConspiracyVision TV (CAN)
Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura2009–2011ConspiracyTruTV
Countdown to the Apocalypse2012ParanormalH2
Creepy Canada2002–2006ParanormalOLN (CAN)
Critical Eye2002ParanormalScience Channel
Crossing Over with John Edward1999–2004PsychicSyFy
Cryptid: The Swamp Beast2014CryptozoologyHistory
Curse of the Frozen Gold2015ParanormalHistory Channel (CAN)/Animal Planet
Cursed2012ParanormalBiography Channel
Cuarto Milenio2005Cuatro (TV channel) (SPA)
The Curse of Oak Island2014 – presentPseudo–archaeologyRealityHistory (Canadian TV network)
Dark Matters: Twisted But True2011–2012ParanormalScience
Dead Famous2004–2006GhostsRealityLiving TV (UK)
The Dead Files2011–presentPsychicsTravel Channel
Dead Tenants2011–presentGhostsThe Learning Channel
Deadly Possessions2016–presentParanormalTravel Channel
Decoding the Past2005–2008ParanormalHistory
Deep South Paranormal2010–2013ParanormalSyfy
The Demon Files2015DemonsDestination America
Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns2005–2006GhostsRealityLiving TV (UK)
Derren Brown Investigates2010ParanormalCh. 4 (U.K.)
Destination Fear2012ParanormalTravel Channel
Destination Truth2007–2012ParanormalRealitySyfy
Encounters with the Unexplained' 2000–2002ParanormalPAX
Encounters: The Hidden Truth1994–1996Paranormalnews/documentaryFox
Enigma2005ParanormaldocumentaryVision TV (Canada)
E.S.P. with Allen Spraggett Psychic
Evil Things2017ParanormalTLC
The Exorcist Files2012–cancelledDemonsDiscovery Channel
Expedition Unknown2015ParanormalTravel Channel
Exploring the Unknown1999ParanormalSaban Entertainment, Fox Kids
Extinct or Alive [8]2018CryptozoologyDocumentaryAnimal Planet
Exploring Psychic Powers... Live1989SkepticalLexington Broadcast Services Company
The Extraordinary1993–1996ParanormalDocumentarySeven Network (AUS)
Extreme Ghost Stories2006–2007GhostsDocumentaryITV1 (UK)
Extreme Paranormal2009GhostsDocumentaryA&E
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files2010–2012ParanormalInvestigationSyfy
Finding Bigfoot2011–presentCryptozoologyDocumentaryAnimal Planet
Forbidden History2013ConspiracyHistory
Fortean TV1997–1998ParanormalDocumentaryChannel 4 (UK)
Freak Encounters2010ParanormalAnimal Planet
From Beyond2011ParanormalMun2
Galileo Mystery2006–2009ParanormalMagazineProSieben
Ghost Adventures2008–presentGhostsTravel Channel
Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks2014GhostsDocumentaryTravel Channel
Ghost Asylum2014–presentParanormalRealityDestination America
Ghost Bait2013ParanormalBiography Channel
Ghost Brothers2016ParanormalRealityDestination America
Ghost Cases2009Ghosts(Canada)
Ghost Encounters2018- PresentParanormalReality(Pakistan)
Ghost Dimension 2016 - Present Paranormal Reality Amazon Prime
Ghost Hunt2005–2006GhostRealityTV2 (New Zealand) (NZ)
Ghost Hunters2004–presentGhostsRealitySyfy
Ghost Hunters Academy2009–2010GhostRealitySyfy
Ghost Hunters International2008–2012GhostRealitySyfy
Ghost Lab2009–2011GhostsDiscovery Channel
Ghost Mine2013GhostRealitySyfy
Ghost Stalkers2014ParanormalRealityDestination America
Ghost Stories2009–2010GhostsTravel Channel
The Ghost Talk1991–2003Taiwan TV(TTV)(1991–1998)→
Eastern TV(EBC) (1999–2003)(TW)
The Ghost Talk2016Amarin TV (THA)
Ghost Trackers2005–2008GhostsRealityYTV (CAN)
Ghosthunters1996–1997GhostsDocumentaryDiscovery Channel Europe (UK)
Ghosthunting With...2006–2011GhostsITV2 (UK)
Ghostland Tennessee2013ParanormalDocumentaryAnimal Planet
Ghostly Encounters2005–2011GhostsDocumentaryViva/W Network (Canada)
Ghosts in the Hood2017ParanormalWe TV
Ghosts of Shepardstown2016ParanormalDestination America
Ghostwatch Live2001GhostsU.K.
The Girly Ghosthunters2005GhostsSpace (CAN)
Great British Ghosts2011–2012GhostsYesterday (UK)
Hangar 1: The UFO Files2014–2015UFOs–aliensDocumentaryH2
The Haunted2009–2011GhostsAnthologyAnimal Planet
Haunted Case Files2016ParanormalDestination America
Haunted Collector2011–2013GhostsDocumentarySyfy
Haunted Encounters2012ParanormalRealityBiography Channel
Haunted Highway2012–2013ParanormalInvestigationSyfy
Haunted History1998–2001GhostsDocumentaryHistory Channel
Biography Channel
Haunted History2013ParanormalDocumentaryH2
Haunted Homes2004–2010GhostsRealityITV (UK)
(America's) Haunted Hotels2001–2005GhostsRealityTravel Channel
Haunted Houses: Tortured Souls & Restless Spirits2005GhostsBiography Channel
Haunted Lighthouses of America2006GhostsTravel Channel
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories1991–1995GhostsAnthologyCBS, UPN
(Most) Haunted Towns2017-presentParanormalRealityDestination America
Haunted USA2017–presentParanormalRealityTravel Channel
The Haunting of...2012–2016GhostsDocumentaryBiography Channel
LMN
Haunting: Australia2014ParanormalRealitySyfy
Haunting Evidence2005–2008ParanormalDocumentaryCourt tv
The Haunting of...2012–2016ParanormalDocumentaryBiography Channel
History's Mysteries1998–2006ParanormalDocumentaryHistory
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry1998–2006RealityE!
Hunting Hitler2015 – PresentConspiracyInvestigationHistory
Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna1993–1997Paranormal
I Survived…Beyond and Back2011MiraclesBiography Channel
I Was Possessed2015ParanormalRealityLMN
I'll Haunt You When I'm Dead2013ParanormalBiography Channel
I'm Famous and Frightened!2004–2005GhostsRealityLiving TV (UK)
In Search of...1976–1982, 2002, 2018ParanormalDocumentarySyndication
Sci Fi Channel
History
In Search of Aliens2014UFOs–aliensH2
Investigations of the Unexplained2007ParanormalTravel Channel
Is It Real?2005–2007ParanormalNational Geographic Channel
I Wouldn't Go in There2013National Geographic Channel
It's a Miracle1998–2004MiraclesIon Television
James Randi: Psychic Investigator1991PsychicsITV Granada
Jane Goldman Investigates2003ParanormalLiving TV (UK)
Joe Rogan Questions Everything2013ParanormalSyfy
John Edward Cross Country 2006–2008PsychicWE tv
Khon Uad Phee2010–presentGhostsVariety talk showChannel 7
Channel 5 (THA)
Killer Contact2013ParanormalSyFy
Killing Bigfoot2017CryptozoologyDestination America/OLN
Kindred Spirits2016–presentParanormalRealityTLC
Knock Knock Ghost2016–presentParanormalRealityOutTV (Canada)
The Last Goodbye2015PsychicLMN
Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable2011ParanormalComedyABC1 (AUS)
Legend Has ItIn developmentParanormal
Legend of the Superstition Mountains2015ParanormalHistory
Legend Quest2011ParanormalLive actionSyFy
Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead2007–2008PsychicInvestigationLifetime (TV network)
Leap in the Dark1973, 1975, 1977, 1980ParanormalAnthology / DocumentaryBBC Two (UK)
Living with the Dead2008–2009GhostsLiving (UK)
Long Island Medium2011–currentPsychicRealityLifetime (TV network)
Lost UFO Files2017UFOs–aliensDestination America
The Lowe Files2017A&E
Mary Knows Best2010PsychicsSyFy
Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives2013pseudo–documentaryAnimal Planet
Mermaids: The Body Found2011pseudo–documentaryAnimal Planet
Mermaids: The New Evidence2013pseudo–documentaryAnimal Planet
Miracle Detectives2011MiraclesOWN
Miracles Decoded2014MiraclesHistory
Missing in Alaska2015ParanormalHistory
Mom's a Medium2014PsychicsCMT (Canada)
Monica the Medium2015PsychicRealityABC Family
The Monster Project2013CryptozoologyNatGeo Wild
MonsterQuest2007–2010CryptozoologyDocumentaryHistory
Monsters and Mysteries in America2013–2015CryptozoologyDocumentaryDestination America
Monsters & Mysteries Unsolved2016CryptozoologyDestination America
Monsters Underground2014CryptozoologyDestination America
Most Haunted2002–2010, 2013–presentGhostsRealityLiving (UK)
Paranormal Channel (UK)
Travel Channel (USA)
Really (TV channel) (UK)
Most Haunted Live!2002–2010GhostsRealityLiving TV (UK)
Paranormal Channel (UK)
Travel Channel (USA)
Most Haunted: Midsummer Murders2007GhostsRealityLiving TV (UK)
Most Terrifying Places in America2009–2010ParanormalDocumentaryTravel Channel
Mountain Monsters2013CryptozoologyDocumentaryDestination America
Mostly True Stories?: Urban Legends Revealed2002-2004Urban legendsDocumentaryTLC
MTV's Fear2000–2002GhostsRealityMTV
My Ghost Story2010–2013
2013–present		GhostsBiography Channel
LMN
My Ghost Story Asia2012–GhostsBiography Channel (Asia)
My Haunted House2012–presentParanormalBiography Channel
Mysteries and Myths with Megan FoxPlanned 2018 releasePseudo–archaeologyTravel Channel [9][10]
Mysteries at the Museum2010–currentParanormalTravel Channel
Mysteries at the National Parks2015ParanormalRealityTravel Channel
Mysteries from Beyond the Other Dominion1992–1993ParanormalSyFy
Mysteries, Magic and Miracles1994–1995ParanormalSci–fi Channel
Mysterious Encounters2004CryptozoologyOLN
Mysterious Journeys2002–2007ParanormalTravel Channel
Mystery Hunters2002–2009Skeptical, ParanormalDocumentaryYTV
Mystery Hunters India2012–2014ParanormalDocumentaryDiscovery Kids (Asia) (India)
Mystery Map2013ParanormalITV (UK)
MysteryQuest2009ParanormalHistory
NASA's Unexplained Files2014ParanormalScience Channel
The Next Step Beyond1978–1979ParanormalSyndication
Northern Mysteries2005ParanormalDocudramaGlobal Television Network
Nostradamus Effect2009PsychicsHistory
The One2008–2011PsychicsCompetitive realitySeven Network (AU)
One Step Beyond1959–1961ParanormalAnthologyABC
The Other Side2014–presentAPTN (CAN)
The Othersiders2009GhostsRealityCartoon Network
Out There TV2009ParanormalNews magazineAmerica One
Outer Fringe 1972PhysicOpen lineCalgary Community Channel
Paranormal?2005ParanormalDocumentaryNational Geographic Channel
The Paranormal Borderline1996–1997ParanormalUPN
Paranormal Challenge2011ParanormalCompetitive realityTravel Channel
Paranormal Cops2010ParanormalRealityA&E
Paranormal Egypt2008ParanormalTravel Channel
Paranormal Home Inspectors2011–2012 (2015)ParanormalInvestigation Discovery/ Destination America
Paranormal Lockdown2016–presentParanormalRealityDestination America
Paranormal Outlaws2009Discovery Networks
Paranormal Paparazzi2012ParanormalRealityTravel Channel
Paranormal State2007–2011ParanormalRealityA&E
Paranormal State: The New Class2010ParanormalRealityA&E
Paranormal Survivor2015ParanormalDestination America
Paranormal Witness2011–presentParanormalDocumentarySyfy
The Paranormal Zone2013–currentParanormalSyFy Asia
The Past Hunters2015–presentParanormalYourTV (UK)
Patrick Macnee's Ghost Stories1997
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!2003–2010ParanormalDocumentaryShowtime
The Pet Psychic2002–2003PsychicsAnimal Planet
Pet Psychic Encounters2010PsychicsAnimal Planet
Phenomenon2007CompetitionNBC
Phenomenon: The Lost Archive1998Paranormal? worldwide
Portal to the Unknown2017ParanormalNetflix
Professor Weird2012ParanormalScience Channel
Project Afterlife2015ParanormalDestination America
Proof Positive: Evidence of the Paranormal2004ParanormalRealitySci Fi Channel
Pitch Black Investigations2018GhostsAmazon Prime (U.K.)
Psychic Detectives2004–2008PsychicsCourt tv
Psychic Detective with Tony Stockwell2004PsychicsLiving TV (U.K.)
Psychic Intervention2014PsychicsLMN
Psychic Investigators2006–2009PsychicsBiography Channel
Psychic Kids2008–2010PsychicA&E
Psychic Matchmaker2015PsychicTLC
Psychic Tia2013PsychicA & E
Psychic Witness2005Discovery Channel
Real and Chance: The Legend Hunters2010ParanormalRealityVH1
The Real Exorcist (Bob Larson)2007 2008 2012DemonsVirgin 1 UK SciFi Lifetime (TV network)
Real Scary Stories2000–2001ParanormalABC Family
Reincarnated: Past Lives2014ParanormalLMN
Rescue Mediums2006–2011PsychicRealityW Network (CAN)
The R.I.P. Files2014Paranormal[A&E CI (Australia and New Zealand) SyFy–Asia
Ripley's Believe It or Not!1949–1950ParanormalNBC
Ripley's Believe It or Not!1982–1986ParanormalABC
Ripley's Believe It or Not!1999ParanormalAnimatedFox Family
Ripley's Believe It or Not!2000–2003ParanormalTBS
Ripley's Believe It or Not!2008ParanormalGMA Network
River Monsters2009–currentSkeptical, CryptozoologyWildlife documentaryAnimal Planet
Scare Week
(Teasers/Previews at YouTube)		2013Beat 102 103
Scared on Staten Island!2002–2009GhostsStaten Island Community Television
Scariest Places on Earth2000–2006ParanormalRealityABC Family Channel
Scary...But True2001ParanormalSyfy (USA)
YTV (CAN)
Chiller (USA)
School Spirits2012GhostsDocumentarySyfy
Sci Fi Investigates2006ParanormalRealitySci Fi Channel
Scream Team2001ParanormalRealityLiving TV (UK)
Search for the Lost Giants2014ParanormalHistory
Seatbelt Psychic2018ParanormalRealityLifetime
Secrets & Mysteries1988–1989ParanormalSyndication
Sensing Murder2005–presentParanormalRealityBiography Channel
Shadow Chasers2017ParanormalRealityMade in Bristol (UK)
Sightings1992–1997ParanormalNewsFox
syndication
Syfy
The Sleep of Reason with Steve Bell2007?Studio Universal
SpøgelsesjægerneGhostsRealityKanal 5 (Denmark)
Spook School2007–2008GhostsUnexplained Channel
Antix Productions (UK)
Stalked by a Ghost2013ParanormalBiography Channel
Stranded2013ParanormalInvestigationSyfy
Strange but True?1993–1997ParanormalDocumentaryITV (UK)
Strange Evidence2017ParanormalScience Channel
Strange Universe1996–1998ParanormalNews MagazineUPN, syndicated television
The Successor2007PsychicCompetition(Israel)
Surviving Death2010MiraclesDiscovery Channel
Survivorman Bigfoot2015CryptozoologyDiscovery Channel/Science Channel
Swamp Monsters2014CryptozoologyDestination America
Tesla's Death Ray: A Murder Declassified ConspiracyDiscovery Channel
That's Incredible!1980–1984ParanormalRealityABC
True Ghost Stories2017ParanormalUK
True Monsters2015CryptozoologyHistory
True Supernatural2014ParanormalDestination America
The Truth Behind…2011ParanormalNational Geographic Channel
Truth or Scare2001–2003ParanormalDiscovery Kids
UFO Abductions1991
UFO Conspiracies2014–2015Conspiracy, Aliens/UFOScience Channel
UFO Files2004–2007UFOs–aliensHistory
UFO Files: Revisited2017UFOs–aliensHistory
UFO Hunters2008–2009UFOs–aliensHistory
UFO Hunters2008UFOs–aliensSci Fi Channel
UFOs Declassified2015UFOs–aliensHistory (CAN)
UFOs: The Untold Stories2012UFOs–aliensNational Geographic Channel
Uncovering Aliens2013UFOs–aliensScience Channel
The Unexplained1996–2000ParanormalA&E
The UneXplained2011–2012ParanormalDocumentaryBiography Channel
The Unexplained with George Noory2011–2012ParanormalSyFy
Unexplained Canada2006ParanormalSpace (CAN)
The Unexplained Files2013–2014ParanormalDocumentaryScience
Unexplained Mysteries2003–2004ParanormalDocumentarySyndication
Unsealed Alien Files2011–presentUFOs–aliensInvestigationHistory
Unsealed: Conspiracy Files2012ConspiracyCW?
Unsolved History2002–2005Conspiracy/ParanormalDiscovery Channel
Unsolved Mysteries1987–1997
1997–1999
2001–2002
2008–2010		ParanormalDocumentaryNBC
CBS
Lifetime
Spike
What on Earth?2015ParanormalHistory
When Ghosts Attack2013ParanormalDestination America
Weird or What?2010–2012ParanormalDiscovery Channel
History Television (CAN)
Weird Travels2001–2006ParanormalDocumentaryTravel Channel
Weird U.S.2004–2005ParanormalRealityHistory
World's Scariest Ghosts Caught on Tape1990sABC
Wrestling With Ghosts2017-2018ParanormalDocumentaryASY TV
The X Creatures1999CryptozoologyDocumentaryBBC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mike Hale, Editor, The New York Times". New York Times Knowledge Network. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Hale, Mike (December 10, 2009). "Consigning Reality to Ghosts". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "TV Skeptic: 'Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files' looks at the real 'Battle of L.A.' - latimes.com". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-07-14. The show is a part of the paranormal/supernatural-investigation subgenre that has cropped up on cable television over the last few years, which includes “Ghost Hunters,” “Destination Truth,” “Ghost Adventures,” “Ghost Hunters International” and a few others. Each promises to take a skeptical approach in its investigations and to rely on science to confirm or disprove paranormal claims. So far not one has been able to consistently keep that promise.
  4. ↑ Olu Jenzen; Sally R. Munt (23 March 2016). The Ashgate Research Companion to Paranormal Cultures. Routledge. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-1-317-04218-1.
  5. ↑ Sharon A. Hill (8 December 2017). Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Amateur Paranormal Researchers. McFarland. pp. 53–. ISBN 978-1-4766-7247-2.
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