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==Series overview==
==Series overview==

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Ghost Adventures
Ghost Adventures Title Card
GenreParanormal
Documentaryawesome
Created byZak Bagans
Nick Groff
Developed byZak Bagans
Written byZak Bagans
Nick Groff
Directed byZak Bagans
Nick Groff
Presented byZak Bagans
StarringZak Bagans
Nick Groff
Aaron Goodwin
No. of episodes(list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersZak Bagans
Nick Groff
Producerzak bagans
Production locationsUnited States
United Kingdom (6 episodes)
Italy (1 episode)
Canada (1 episode)
Jamaica (1 episode) ireland
CinematographyZak Bagans
Nick Groff
Aaron Goodwin
EditorsZak Bagans
Nick Groff
Camera setupMultiple
Running time1 hour
Production companies4Reel Productions (documentary film)
MY Entertainment (season 1)
MY-Tupelo Entertainment (after season 1)
Original release
NetworkTravel Channel
ReleaseOctober 30, 2006 (2006-10-30) –
present
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Ghost Adventures is a weekly American paranormal television series that first premiered on October 17, 2008 on the Travel Channel. Currently produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions),[1] the program follows and stars ghost hunters, Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin, as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. The show is hosted and narrated by Bagans and, as of June, 2012, new episodes for the seventh season are being filmed, for a Fall 2012 release. There will be two specials airing in July in England prior to Season 7.[2]

Origin

Ghost Adventures originally began as an independent film, filmed in documentary style and made for television. It featured the same title, was filmed by the crew in 2004 and produced by 4Reel Productions in 2006. The Sci-Fi Channel first presented 4Reel's Ghost Adventures on July 25, 2007. The documentary centred on the trio's investigation of alleged paranormal activity in and around Virginia City, Nevada. The crew subsequently returned here during the fifth season of the series,[3] They also featured the Goldfield, Nevada, where the crew returned to in order to finish their lockdown at the Goldfield Hotel.

Summary

Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin investigate reportedly haunted locations, hoping to collect visual or auditory evidence of paranormal activity. Each episode begins with the trio touring the investigation site with its owners or caretakers. These introductions typically include Bagans's voice-overs of the dark histories of the places as well as interviews with people who claim to have witnessed paranormal phenomena at said location. On the basis of these interviews, the crew place X's with black or gray tape at the sites of alleged activity. They later return to these hotspots in order set static night-vision cameras.

After completing the walk-through, they plan their strategy for the lockdown. They are locked down into the location by themselves (to prevent any kind of audio contamination for an overnight investigation). During this time, they use a variety of equipment, including digital thermometers, Electromagnetic Field (EMF) meters, handheld digital video cameras, audio recorders, the Ovilus device, and infrared night-vision cameras in an effort to document evidence to support paranormal events. During some investigations, the members follow provocative techniques such as trigger objects. Zak will also use aggressive language in an attempt to increase their chances of capturing such phenomena. At the end of the episodes, the investigators analyze their audio, spirit photography photos, and video footage (often with the assistance of paranormal experts). Once they have done this, they present any unexplained phenomena that was captured.

Throughout the series, the crew claims to have captured and experienced various anomalous forteana phenomena, some of which occurred almost simultaneously. For example: equipment malfunctions, like battery drainage; voltage spikes, EMF spikes, or fluctuations in electromagnetic fields; sudden changes in temperature (increase, cold spot decrease, or both); unexplained noises; electronic voice phenomena(EVPs); and seeing apparitions.

So far, the investigators believe to have experienced and filmed three apparent possessions. Bagans believes that he was possessed twice: first at the Preston School of Industry and second at Poveglia Island in Italy. Nick Groff, who admitted that he had never believed in possessions, now claims that he was overtaken by a Dark Energy once at the Moon River Brewing Company. Aaron Godwin has also had partial possession happen on two occasions once at the return to Bobby Mackey's Music World and re-occurred at the Winchester Mystery House, both times by the same Dark Spirit/Energy.

Cast and crew

Main

The permanent[4] members of the cast and crew are Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin.

Zak Bagans

Currently, each episode of Ghost Adventures begins with the following voice introduction as provided by Bagans:

My name is Zak Bagans. I never believed in ghosts until I came face to face with one. So I set out on a quest to capture what I once saw onto video. With no big camera crews following us around, I am joined only by my fellow investigator Nick Groff and our equipment tech Aaron Goodwin. The three of us will travel to some of the most highly active paranormal locations, where we will spend an entire night being locked down from dusk until dawn. Raw; extreme; these are our Ghost Adventures. --Bagans, as heard in each Ghost Adventures introduction

Zachary Alexander "Zak" Bagans (born April 5, 1977, aged 35) is an executive producer and editor of Ghost Adventures. Prior to Ghost Adventures, Bagans worked as a wedding disc jockey. Born in Washington, D.C., he presently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Being a former skeptic, Zak Bagans says that his passion for investigating the paranormal resulted from what he describes as "a face-to-face encounter with the spirit of a suicidal woman". The woman, Bagans says, haunted his former apartment building in Trenton, Michigan. Bagans went on to graduate from the Motion Picture Institute in Michigan and then relocate to Las Vegas in order to pursue his plans of becoming a documentarian. It was in Las Vegas that Bagans met his future Ghost Adventures co-hosts, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin.[5]

Bagans has often been criticized for the aggressive and confrontational methods used during investigations. In response, he maintains he respects the afterlife and only provokes evil entities in order to elicit responses. In a June 2009 interview with Paranormal Underground magazine, he stated, "I don't want the public perceiving us as the taunting, provocative ghost hunters. We do that only to the bad spirits who we know are attacking the living."[6] Bagans also mentions this concept in various interviews and episodes throughout the series.[citation needed]

In season 3, Bagans summarized his greatest fears while climbing an aged staircase inside a shot tower at the Remington Arms factory: "Heights, snakes, and creepy-looking dolls... those are on Zak's top three I-don't-like list." Bagans encountered situations involving these fears in the episodes at Sloss Furnaces, Idaho State Penitentiary, and the Riddle House, respectively.[citation needed]

For one season, concurrent with Ghost Adventures, Bagans hosted a spin-off program, Paranormal Challenge, also on the Travel Channel. He also narrated a 2011 Travel Channel special called Ultimate Travel: Legends of the Parks, about paranormal activities in America's National Parks.[citation needed]

Bagans wrote a book with Kelly Crigger titled Dark World: Into the Shadows with the Lead Investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew (Victory Belt, 2011). On September 23, 2011, the book debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list at number 18.[7]

Nick Groff

Nicholas "Nick" Groff (born April 19, 1980) is a 32 year-old co-investigator, co-host, executive producer, editor, and cameraman on the series. He is also the co-founder of the "Ghost Adventures Crew" (GAC). Born in San Jose, California, US, Groff grew up in New England, US. As of 2012, he and his wife reside in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, US, with their daughter, Annabelle.[8]

Groff graduated from Pelham High School. Groff then studied film at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It was here he met Aaron Goodwin. After he graduated, his fascination with the paranormal lead him to become a ghost hunter.

Groff's curiosity with the paranormal began in childhood, when he experienced phenomena that he could not explain. When he was eight, he saw a figure on an old cul-de-sac on Lancaster Road in Salem, New Hampshire. After Groff met and befriended Bagans during Groff's wedding in Las Vegas, the two partnered with mutual interests to investigate the paranormal.[9][10]

Groff has also released a music CD entitled The Other Side, on which he wrote, produced and sang all the tracks. The lyrics recall Groff's spiritual journey through life up to the point of songwriting.[8]

Groff was Executive Producer for a show on the Travel Channel called VEGAS STRIPPED. It was a behind-the-scenes look at the operations of the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas, NV.

One of Groff's most life-changing experiences was apparently being possessed by an entity at the Moon River Brewing Company in Savannah, Georgia.[11] A similarly startling experience was a face-to-face encounter with a female spirit at the Linda Vista Community Hospital in East Los Angeles, California. This was one of the scariest encounters Groff ever experienced. This encounter gave Groff insight into what he had been searching for: life after death in this world. Groff uses the term "Energy Doesn't Die," and is still searching every day for that next experience that will bring him closer to the other side.

Aaron Goodwin

Aaron Goodwin (born April 1, 1976 aged 36) is an equipment technician, camera operator, co-host and a co-investigator on the series. In need of a cameraman for their documentary, Groff introduced him to Bagans to assist them with primary filming and B-roll taping. Originally from Portland, Oregon, he currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Before joining Bagans and Groff, Goodwin had worked as a camera operator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and several behind-the-scenes film premieres in Las Vegas.[12] Before his experiences at Virginia City, Nevada,[9] he "never really thought twice about ghosts." Goodwin looks perpetually terrified on the show and now considers himself "a hundred percent – no, a thousand percent – believer."[10] Goodwin is often left alone in the hotspots during lockdowns to act as bait for whatever may happen.[13][14]

At Preston Castle, the crew claimed that marks which appeared on Goodwin's left leg were similar to those that appeared on Bagans' back during the first Bobby Mackey nightclub investigation.

They set up an experiment at the Winchester Mystery House, where they hoped to communicate with demonic entities at Bobby Mackey's Music World and Washoe Club. In order to facilitate this, they used very low frequencies, coil antennae, as well as satellite communication. Due to his nausea and fatigue, combined with overall feelings of dread, it was evident Goodwin was the prime target of these demonic attacks. He was simultaneously mentioned in multiple EVPs at Bobby Mackey's 2400 miles away during their investigation.

Guests

Mark and Debby Constantino

Mark and Debby Constantino are EVP analysts. They occasionally are brought into the lockdowns to collect such evidence.

Dave Schrader

Dave Schrader (born November 11, 1970) appeared on the Rolling Hills Asylum episode. He was also a chief judge on Paranormal Challenge.

The Real Hollywood Ghost Hunters

Los Angeles-based paranormal investigators headed up by horror film actors Kane Hodder, R.A. Mihailoff, and Rick McCallum. They co-investigated with the GAC in the Pico House Hotel episode.

Lady Snake

Lady Snake is a pagan ritualist who appeared in the Ancient Ram Inn episode. Lady Snake will return in a special in July concerning the West Wycombe Caves in England.

Chris Fleming

Chris Flemming is an acclaimed sensitive who appeared during the live episode at the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Flemming also appeared as a judge in Paranormal Challenge.

Robert Bess

Robert Bess is a paranormal engineer that designed the spirit pod for the live episode at the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Bess was part of a controversy involving the live episode due to him claiming that a spirit knocked a piece of equipment out of his hand.

Sarah Adamescu

Sarah appeared in the Ohio State Reformatory episode, as an attempt to lure spirits out due to the reports of the spirits attacking women in the prison.

James Long

James Long is a bishop that appeared in both Bobby Mackey's episodes. Long joined the GAC during their return in an attempt to cleanse the basement of Bobby Mackey's of demonic activity.

Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell is an engineer that joined the GAC in the Stanley Hotel. Bill designs some of the equipment that the GAC uses in some of their episodes.

Kris Schave

Kris is the resident expert of the USS Hornet (CV-12). She joined the GAC to help contact the deceased WWII soldiers that are on board the carrier.

SHOCK Paranormal

Spirit Hunters of Central Kentucky joined GAC during the Rocky Point Manor/Perryville Battlefield episode in Season 6. SHOCK is the contact point for all things paranormal at Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site and Rocky Point Manor.

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired DVD and Blu-ray release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
1 8 October 17, 2008 (2008-10-17) December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05) August 18, 2009 (2009-08-18) — —
2 8 June 5, 2009 (2009-06-05) July 24, 2009 (2009-07-24) September 14, 2010 (2010-09-14) — —
3 10 November 6, 2009 (2009-11-06) January 8, 2010 (2010-01-08) September 6, 2011 (2011-09-06) — —
4 27 September 17, 2010 (2010-09-17) June 10, 2011 (2011-06-10) TBA — —
5 10 September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23) December 16, 2011 (2011-12-16) TBA — —
6 7 March 9, 2012 (March 9, 2012) April 27, 2012 (2012-04-27) TBA — —

Episodes

Main article: List of Ghost Adventures episodes

Reception

The 2004 documentary film Ghost Adventures received several awards, including the 2006 Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF).[15] Released on DVD on August 18, 2009, seasons 1 and 2, as well as the original documentary, are currently available at Amazon.com.[16]

Occasionally conducting public investigations with fans and paranormal enthusiasts, the trio has appeared on Maury, Fox 19 News, NBC's Today, and TV Guide Network's Hollywood 411.[17] In 2009, the series won three International Paranormal Acknowledgement (IPA) Awards.[18] In 2010, the program also won two Spooktalkular Parawards.[19]

Controversy

In the October 30, 2009 Halloween special Ghost Adventures Live at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, controversy arose when Robert Bess, inventor of the so-called Parabot Containment Chamber (said to attract and empower spirits using energy, giving them form), claims to have had an EMF meter knocked violently out of his hand. However, upon investigation of the video, it was found he instead threw it.[20] On the November 6, 2009 follow-up Ghost Adventures Live: Post Mortem, hosts Bagans and Groff admitted to the controversy after they reviewed the video themselves, saying they couldn't find any paranormal explanation for the incident in question.[20]

International broadcasts

Country/Region Channel
 Australia W Channel
 Canada Travel + Escape
 Denmark Canal 9
 Finland MTV3 Fakta
 France Syfy
 Hong Kong AXN
 India AXN and Animax
 Malaysia ntv7 and AXN
 Pakistan AXN and Animax
 Philippines AXN
 Romania AXN Sci Fi
 Spain Xplora
 Sweden TV4 Fakta
 Norway TV4 Fakta
 Thailand AXN Beyond and True x-Zyte
 United Kingdom Sky Living
 Netherlands Travel Channel

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Weisman, Jon (March 24, 2010). "MY-Tupelo scores orders". Variety. Reed Business Information.
  2. ^ Staff (2012). "GHOST ADVENTURES". travel channel. Scripps Networks, LLC. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Old Washoe Club & Chollar Mine". Ghost Adventures. Season 3. Episode 6. December 4, 2009 (2009-12-04). Travel Channel. {{cite episode}}: Check date values in: |airdate= (help); External link in |transcripturl= (help); Unknown parameter |episodelink= ignored (|episode-link= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |transcripturl= ignored (|transcript-url= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ White, Bryan (June 13, 2008). "Interview with Ghost Adventures' Zak Bagans!". Cinema Suicide Entertainment.
  5. ^ Bagans, Zak. "Zak Bagans Official Website". Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  6. ^ Mannen, Scott. "Fear No Evil".
  7. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-10-02/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html - Retrieved 28 April 2012
  8. ^ a b BG (2012). "Nick Groff". Bryan's World – My Life and the GAC. Bryan's World – My Life and the GAC. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  9. ^ a b Lawrence, Christopher (October 10, 2010). "Life on the Couch: Paranormal encounters spook 'Ghost Adventures' trio". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Stephens Media.
  10. ^ a b Meighan, Patrick (October 17, 2010). "Former Nashuan has successful TV series hunting ghosts". Nashua Telegraph. Nashua, New Hampshire: Telegraph Publishing Company. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  11. ^ "Ghostly encounters from Moon River". Travel Channel. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  12. ^ Olsen, Eric (January 8, 2010 (2010-01-08)). "Interview with Ghost Adventures' Zak Bagans". Blogcritics Video. Eric Olsen. Retrieved 9 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Moye, David (July 26, 2010). "Haunted Hotel Spooks 'Ghost Adventures' Stars". AOL News. AOL.
  14. ^ Harris, Franklin (January 28, 2010). "Be a paranormal investigator". TimesDaily and the Decatur Daily. Alabama: Tennessee Valley Printing Co. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  15. ^ "Los Angeles 2006 Awards: Grand Jury Prize". New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. September 2006.
  16. ^ "Ghost Adventures: Season One (2009)". Amazon.com. 2009.
  17. ^ "Ghost Adventures Crew: GAC in the Media". Ghost Adventures Crew.
  18. ^ "Winners for the IPAA Awards 2009". International Paranormal Acknowledgment Awards 2009. December 28, 2009.
  19. ^ "Parawards". Spooktalkular. March 5, 2010.
  20. ^ a b WarriorLeonardo (6). "Ghost Adventures- Cowboy Bob debunked". YouTube. Google. Retrieved 7 June 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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