# Is Ghost Adventures on the travel channel real or fake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587 "2013-02-17T10:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NIGGARDLYeconomy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@NIGGARDLYeconomy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NIGGARDLYeconomy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/61 "2013-06-08T02:13:12Z")
To all the doubters / non believers on this board; i suggest you try doing your your own EVP’s. I haven’t seen any ghosts, but i have had my own supernatural experience. I love watching the paranormal shows & ‘Celebrity Ghost Story’. The 1st thing most celebrity’s say is at the beginning of the show is something like “i never believed in ghosts…” or “i was never a believer…” BTW, during the holidays of 2004, i was listening to Glyniss McCants on the radio, telling the audience about the power of the ‘8’. She told everyone to write ‘8’ on a piece of paper, or just carry a card with ‘8’ in their purse or their pocket. Being skeptical, & not having anything to lo$e, i tried it. (The Chinese believe ‘8’ brings PROSPERITY; that’s why they had the OLYMPICS open on 8/8/2008; add all the digits up & u get '26; 2+6=8; they had FOUR '8’s working in their favor) A few months later, i received my inheritance. I gave that same piece of paper to my friend/roommate & he also received a large chuck of money. I’m a believer now. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/62 "2013-06-08T02:34:22Z")
> [@NIGGARDLYeconomy](#): > > during the holidays of 2004, i was listening to Glyniss McCants on the radio, telling the audience about the power of the ‘8’. She told everyone to write ‘8’ on a piece of paper, or just carry a card with ‘8’ in their purse or their pocket. Being skeptical, & not having anything to lo$e, i tried it. (The Chinese believe ‘8’ brings PROSPERITY; that’s why they had the OLYMPICS open on 8/8/2008; add all the digits up & u get '26; 2+6=8; they had FOUR '8’s working in their favor) A few months later, i received my inheritance. I gave that same piece of paper to my friend/roommate & he also received a large chuck of money. I’m a believer now. Wow based on two data points, you’re a believer? If carrying a card with 8 on it bought prosperity, then it would show in a double blind study. I am aware of no study showing prosperous results. If the card with 8 on it is so effective, why did you have to wait months? ---
**Author:** ![Ghost\_Adventures\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@Ghost\_Adventures\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghost_Adventures_Fan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/63 "2013-06-12T05:45:45Z")
Ghost Adventures is real. One of the locations that they investigated in 2009 is truly haunted. The Ohio State Reformatory is haunted. I know from experience. I was in 8th grade on a field trip to the prison and saw a few figures and was pushed along with several other classmates. And all this that happened to me and my former classmates was the year before Ghost Adventures was there. Ghosts are real. I’ve had several occasions where I’ve had an experience with a ghost. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/64 "2013-06-12T06:26:36Z")
> [@](#): > > I was in\*\* 8th grade\*\* on a field trip to the prison and saw a few figures and was pushed along with several other classmates. Another 8! What are the odds? I’m sold. Plus, ghosts totally explain why sometimes I lose stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/65 "2013-06-12T15:22:05Z")
> [@NIGGARDLYeconomy](#): > > To all the doubters / non believers on this board; i suggest you try doing your your own EVP’s. I haven’t seen any ghosts, but i have had my own supernatural experience. I love watching the paranormal shows & ‘Celebrity Ghost Story’. The 1st thing most celebrity’s say is at the beginning of the show is something like “i never believed in ghosts…” or “i was never a believer…” BTW, during the holidays of 2004, i was listening to Glyniss McCants on the radio, telling the audience about the power of the ‘8’. She told everyone to write ‘8’ on a piece of paper, or just carry a card with ‘8’ in their purse or their pocket. Being skeptical, & not having anything to lo$e, i tried it. (The Chinese believe ‘8’ brings PROSPERITY; that’s why they had the OLYMPICS open on 8/8/2008; add all the digits up & u get '26; 2+6=8; they had FOUR '8’s working in their favor) A few months later, i received my inheritance. I gave that same piece of paper to my friend/roommate & he also received a large chuck of money. I’m a believer now. So was this an inheritance you were expecting anyway or are you saying that you carring around an ‘8’ caused the death of someone close enough to you to leave you money, who was otherwise healthy up until then? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/66 "2013-06-12T15:51:36Z")
Once again I ask: What’s with all the kooky ghost believers joining lately. Can’t wait until school starts again. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/67 "2013-06-12T18:47:45Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > The house has been remodeled (got rid of the “eye” windows, for one) and the address changed to make it more difficult for tourists to find. Serious question: the kid who murdered his entire family (in the Amityville house)-did he ever explain why he did it? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/68 "2013-06-12T18:54:51Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Serious question: the kid who murdered his entire family (in the Amityville house)-did he ever explain why he did it? His name is Ronald DeFeo Jr. and he wasn’t really a kid then, but, to answer your question, it depends on which interview with him you watch. It’s been everything from voices in his head to it was his sisters idea to drugs. Take your pick Wiki has some interesting reading on [it](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo,_Jr.). ---
**Author:** ![Eli\_the\_awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@Eli\_the\_awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eli_the_awesome)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/69 "2013-06-23T03:54:53Z")
Sprites are real because I lived in a hose in Washington that had a little girl that cried every night.( no it was not my bro) Also my mom when she was 7-10 she lived in a hose that had a ghost that she named jimy I think? that opens the frig every night at 11:00 PM or 1:00AM., ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/70 "2013-06-23T06:11:43Z")
> [@Eli\_the\_awesome](#): > > Sprites are real because I lived in a hose in Washington that had a little girl that cried every night.( no it was not my bro) Also my mom when she was 7-10 she lived in a hose that had a ghost that she named jimy I think? that opens the frig every night at 11:00 PM or 1:00AM., Wow…such poverty, for two generations of your family to have to live in a hose… ---
**Author:** ![Agent-Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Agent-Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent-Smith)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/71 "2013-06-23T08:21:19Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Ghost Adventures is the fakest of all the fake ghost shows. Its absurdly melodramatic. Ghosts arent real people. **They would violate the laws of physics**., Well, well, well…so we, the human race, now have an absolute and firm knowledge of all the laws of physics in the universe (multiverse?). Such hubris. Tell me, Professor Madsircool, which laws are being violated if human consciousness survives past physical death? I wonder if you are familiar with the First Law of Thermodynamics? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/72 "2013-06-23T09:26:20Z")
> [@Agent-Smith](#): > > I wonder if you are familiar with the First Law of Thermodynamics? ΔE=Q+W 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/73 "2013-06-23T10:53:40Z")
> [@Eli\_the\_awesome](#): > > Sprites are real because I lived in a hose in Washington that had a little girl that cried every night.( no it was not my bro) Also my mom when she was 7-10 she lived in a hose that had a ghost that she named jimy I think? that opens the frig every night at 11:00 PM or 1:00AM., > [@jayjay](#): > > Wow…such poverty, for two generations of your family to have to live in a hose… Yes…one with “sprites” in it. Doesn’t Decon make a spray for sprites? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/74 "2013-06-23T12:18:29Z")
Many years ago, I was working alone at night - I was the engineer on call on a Navy base, and the engineering building used to be the original WWII-era chow hall. I was the only person in the building, and the only lights on were in the vicinity of my cubicle. Suddenly, I smelled cinnamon - like the scent of freshly-baked cinnamon rolls! :eek: It sent a shiver down my spine and I was freaking out… till I noticed that my top desk drawer was slightly open and my package of cinnamon-flavored chewing gum was sitting right there. Yes, it did freak me out for a minute, but not because of ghosts. I was afraid my nose was failing. I’ve slept in the bedroom where my grandfather died, and the bedroom where my grandmother and my aunt died (18 years apart) - I guess their spirits just didn’t like the place, because I’ve never experienced any kind of haunting. My dad died in the shower when he and Mom were visiting some friends out of state - no reports of his spirit playing with the soap. I won’t discount the possibility of some sort of afterlife, but if it does exist, I’m pretty sure its inhabitants will have enough to do without coming back to screw with us. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/75 "2013-06-23T12:41:55Z")
Ghosts are real. Haven’t you guys seen the documentary, “Ghostbusters” and the follow up piece “Ghostbusters II”? ---
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/76 "2013-06-23T16:42:00Z")
I watched some of the ghost hunter shows, but was more turned off by the way they were presented than any “evidence” they came up with. Like most shows on TV, they seem to think that there must constantly be music running in the background. On the ghost shows, it is often spooky, eerie sounding stuff - almost sound effects more than music. So when a ghost hunter goes into a room, then freezes, turns to the camera or his partner and exclaims “Did you hear that!” No, I sure as hell didn’t. Maybe if you turned down the spooky music soundtrack I could actually hear something if it creaked or groaned at anything below 100 decibels. I understand adding the sound in for mood, but if it drowns out the alleged ghost sounds, and makes it hard to understand the ghost hunter when they talk, then maybe it is to freakin’ loud! I also hate when they seem to capture a voice on their recorders, and later when they play it back, they pretty much have to tell you what you are going to hear for you to pick it out. Playing a faint, whispery voice that you TELL us sounds like “She killed me” is not as convincing as it seems. The sound is so faint (unlike the previously mentioned backing soundtrack), that had you told us the voice said “Catacomb marmalade” it was have been just as believable. ---
**Author:** ![Minnie\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Minnie\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minnie_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/77 "2013-06-23T21:57:57Z")
I think everyone should watch this and then decide for themselves: [http://www.hulu.com/watch/4261](http://www.hulu.com/watch/4261) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/78 "2013-06-23T23:18:42Z")
> [@Minnie\_Luna](#): > > I think everyone should watch this and then decide for themselves: > [Stream Live Sports, News, TV Shows, and Movies | Hulu + Live TV](http://www.hulu.com/watch/4261) I don’t know, I wasn’t a real believer until I saw [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXcKqTX4YD0). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/79 "2013-06-24T00:54:33Z")
A few minutes ago, I was sitting in my living room, reading, & listing to Count Basie on the stereo. My LED bicycle tail light (I remove it when I’m not using my bike,to prevent theft) turned itself on! Brilliant flashes of red light, & no hand touched it! After considering whether a LED light could be turned on by the nearby radio stations, I examined the light more carefully. I had neglected to properly replace the cover, after changing the batteries. This caused a contact, & the light turned on. Not until reading this Thread did it occur to me that somebody would blame ghosts for things like this. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587/80 "2013-06-24T01:42:16Z")
That’s nothing, my cords get tangled **all the time**. By themselves. Spooky. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ghost-adventures-on-the-travel-channel-real-or-fake/650587.md?page=5)