Good old reality just isn’t what it used to be. Recall the Stephen Hawking story about the woman who insisted the earth was a flat plate that rested on the back of a giant turtle. When asked what supported the turtle, she said “It’s turtles all the way down!” The structure of the universe as...
Author: Eric Olsen
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Man, Woman, Wild’s Mykel Hawke and Ruth England
Survival shows are fascinating, if only from the knowledge and skills demonstrated that satisfy fundamental human needs like food, potable water, fire, and shelter against the elements and predators. When the Zombie Apocalypse erupts, Quetzalcoatl lays waste to the Americas in 2012, or when the world economy collapses, those who can fend for themselves in...
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Stalking Spirits with Ghost Adventures’ Aaron Goodwin
There is something different about Ghost Adventures. For all the quirky star power, the increasingly slick production bells and whistles, the rabid fans, there is an underlying sense of mission to this trio, these Musketeers — Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin — that transcends show biz trappings and lends weight to their undertakings....
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Digging Into The Dead Files with Amy Allan and Steve Di Schiavi
Travel Channel already has some of the best paranormal reality programming around with wildly popular Ghost Adventures, launching its fifth season tonight, and Paranormal Challenge. But I am totally charged about a new show debuting tonight, right after Ghost Adventures, that is both more objective AND more subjective than other investigation shows – The Dead...
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Paranormal Report: The Great Orb Debate
If one watches paranormal investigation TV shows — and I do to an extent that is likely not healthy — one cannot help but encounter “orbs.” These are typically small balls of light or energy that show up in video, still, and thermal images from investigation scenes. All serious investigators agree that most of the...
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Profile: Eastern Pennsylvania Paranormal Society
People didn’t just start ghost hunting, though from watching TV it seems like they have thrown themselves into it with particularly maniacal gusto over the last several years. A noteworthy, even altruistic aspect of Ghost Adventures‘ Zak Bagans’ new Travel Channel show, Paranormal Challenge, is the spotlight it shines on workaday investigation teams out there...