Ghost Lab members

The new reality show titled “Ghost Lab” aired last night, October 6th 2009 on Discovery Channel. If you have not seen the promo, check it out:

I saw the premier of this show. Given that I had low expectations from the get-go, I was not at all that disappointed. Why? because the show proved that my expectations were right on target.
The show is a horrible, horrible idea. It is extremely edited (Think of ‘Paranormal State’ but worse). This is the type of show where one of the crew members is in the middle of an investigation and he suddenly says “Shhh…did you hear that?” and then the editing team and producers decide it’s a good idea to cue in the “scary sounds”.

Looks to me like the Discovery Channel is diving head-first into the shallow pool of the reality/paranormal bandwagon.

The team treks to different locations investigating haunted claims. Along with the crew and their trucks, they haul a pretty large “car hauler” which is called the “Ghost Lab”. In it they have expensive equipment that is there for the dramatic effect as well as lighting for that same purpose. The equipment is overkill for the repetitive approach that the team brings to the field of the paranormal.

The Klinge brothers founded ‘Everyday Paranormal’ in 2007. Now with the Discovery Channel pumping money into their group the team sets out to “tackle” the most haunted locations in this country. Starting with the “Myrtles Plantation”. (what a surprise)

Besides the over-editing that is done and the ridiculous high tech gadgetry, the team leaders (Klinge brothers) have a very rude way about them. I don’t mean the rudeness relating to manners or etiquette, I mean rude as in a non-eloquent way. I don’t know what their background is, but judging from their website’s “about us” section, it seems that they are just ex-football players who stumbled onto the paranormal as a fun hobby. Maybe that explains the rudeness I was talking about.

I would like to think that the Discovery Channel would put forth better quality shows, with good educational values and ground breaking facts. Instead we are left with a mash up of ‘Paranormal State’ and ‘Ghost Hunters’ with two ex-football players that seem to almost want to “chest slam” each other when they catch some audio anomaly.

Did anyone else catch this show?