A&E's Extreme Paranormal

Like we mentioned back in September, A&E has a new paranormal show debuting tonight. Following the same suspense building technique as “Paranormal State”, the show’s trailer looks very unimpressive.

I know I must be cautious about judging a book by its cover, but I think I’ll take chance here and say that this show will not bring anything productive to the eternal question of whether or not ghosts do exist. If you look at the trailer, you have a sense that what this paranormal investigative team will do is just real sisyphean work.

Here’s a homework assignment for all you GhostTheory readers:

Watch the premier of the show tonight (EPISODE 1:MONDAY OCTOBER 19 10/9C) and observe how the team works and what scientific method they used, as well as what they provide to the study of parapsychology. Let’s give these shows the benefit of the doubt by at least watching their opening episode. Tomorrow I’ll write up a quick review and we can all chime-in as to what we think of the show.

About The Show

In “Extreme Paranormal,” irreverent paranormal explorers Shaun, Nathan and Jason investigate chilling local legends, attempting to seek the truth by provoking spirits. Unlike other paranormal investigators, they put themselves directly in harm’s way – taunting ghosts, summoning the dead and daring the demonic to attack.

“Extreme Paranormal” gives rabid paranormal fans the ride they’ve always wanted: the chance to follow a team that dares to challenge legends, curses, and hauntings by actually attempting to provoke paranormal activity. These guys have spent the last ten years kicking sand in the face of ghosts across America. Every Sunday at midnight, they recount their latest mission on their popular radio show “Ghostman and Demon Hunter.”

While other paranormal investigators keep the spirit world at arms-length, our guys lack that part of their DNA that tells other investigators to “be afraid” and run away during intense encounters. The team has developed a bring-it-on mentality when it comes to their explorations.

Episode 1:
New Mexico State

Monday, October 19, 10/9C

New Mexico State Penitentiary, 1980, thirty-three inmates were hacked to death, burned alive and tortured with no remorse in what became the worst prison riot in U.S. history. Since then, visitors to this abandoned maximum security lockup claim there are confrontational tortured souls trapped inside. Our investigators want to see what’s really going down in this potentially volatile paranormal environment. They go as far as to recreate moments of this horrific event, even shedding their own blood, to provoke the violent spirits to show themselves to the cameras.