New Shows on SyFy

It looks like SyFy has a couple new Paranormal themed shows in the hopper. I guess we should be thankful they’re not Ghost Hunter spinoffs. I’m not quite sure if these sound interesting or just down right goofy.

Personally, I’d like to see a show where a team goes to each of the major locations the Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventure teams have been and tries to debunk everything. Considering the Scientists didn’t come up with anything at Eastern State, I’d like to see what they come up with at other places like Waverly Hills. How about a debunking show? Can we have a debunking show?

So who’s looking forward to these new shows?

Paranormal Files

From Dimitri Doganis & Bart Layton, the acclaimed creative team behind "Locked Up Abroad", this tense, filmic and high-octane drama-documentary series brings to life the stories of people who have lived through paranormal experiences that defy explanation. Using the mixture of intimate first-hand testimony and grittly realistic drama that production company Raw is known for, Paranormal Files will take the audience into a world turned upside-down by extraordinary and terrifying events.

Paranormal Files is a production of Raw TV. Executive Produced Dimitri Doganis & Bart Layton.

Untitled Artifact Search Series

From Michael Agbadian & Dwight Smith, this fast-paced action-adventure series travels the world in search of some of history’s greatest relics and artifacts, all of which are believed to hold hidden powers and mystical significance for ancient and modern cultures. Each episode will include Indiana Jones-type adventure and Da Vinci Code-style connections as the hidden truths and alternative theories of these mythical objects are explored like never before.

Untitled Artifact Search Series is a production of Mission Control. Executive Produced Michael Agbadian & Dwight Smith.

Didn’t Tia Carrere star in this show about 10 years ago?

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Destination Truth – Season 1 and Season 4

Or is it 3.5? Maybe 3.14159? Who can understand how SyFy counts their seasons…

But at any rate, we finally get to have Destination Truth Season 1 on DVD today! This has probably been the longest wait for a DVD set of a modern show. We’re three seasons in (again, depending on your counting method) and now we get to jump back all the way to the beginning and watch the original antics of Josh and crew as they search for things which might, or might not exist.

For those unfamiliar with Destination Truth it’s a show about a guy who has the worst luck with motorized vehicles. And camels. They just don’t seem to like him.

Josh Gates is a globe trekking Cryptozoologist who’s on the hunt for some of the worlds most elusive legends, including, but not limited to, the Yeti, Werewolves, El Chupacabra, Skunk Ape and Bigfoot as well as abandoned towns and villages like Chernobyl, the Haunted Forest and the Island of the Dolls. He’s also been known to visit some off the beaten path locales like the Bermuda Triangle, King Tut’s tomb and the Haunted Lost City. Are these places real? And are they really cursed? Well, that’s what Josh and his ever changing crew are going to find out.

Part paranormal investigation, part adventure travel, part what not to do in a foreign country, Josh and team investigate if there’s any truth to these legends and sightings and what could be their real world explanation. If you remember the old "In Search Of" narrated by Leonard Nimoy then you’re on the right track. That might be going back way too far for some of you, so here’s a link to get you up to speed.

You don’t have to be a fan of the paranormal to get a kick out of watching Destination Truth. If you enjoy visiting exotic and off the beaten track destinations, or enjoy watching a guy with night vision goggles run around in the middle of the night wondering what just bit him, or think that throwing caution to the wind and jumping in the bucket and winching yourself across the ravine is a grand idea or if you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be in a small boat, in the middle of a Loch, while chasing a see creature, and you can’t find the shore because of the fog, and you’ve just about run out of gas, and can’t reach your team by radio, then you need to tune in.

Josh has a great narrative style and always seems to get himself into some strange predicament and meets some very interesting people. And unlike Jason and Grant, or Kim and Amy, there’s no sitting on the couch; usually because he’s in the middle of a field or abandoned village and there is no couch. And when he hears something there might be a "Dude, Run!" but it’s towards the noise, or the light, or the glowing eyes, or big splash in the water.

If you haven’t tuned in, I highly recommend you pick up Season One today and see how it all started and then get set tomorrow when Josh kicks off an all new Season by hunting down Leprechauns so he can get ahold of their lucky charms. Yes, it’s Josh, searching for Leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day. What’d you expect?

You can also jump over to Hulu and IMDB and catch some of the older episodes. Their selection is a little random, but then again, so is Josh and his team.

If you want the Full Monty (and who doesn’t) Amazon has the full list of episodes, if you’re so inclined.

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What was the Live Alcatraz Special like?

The Ghost Hunters special may be over, but you can get a sense of what it was like to be in the audience by reading this blog entry. Apparently the show was much more entertaining in person than on TV and watching the Ghost Hunters with a live audience is certainly different than just watching it on TV.

Check out this summary of what it was like to be in the audience that night.

I have to say, if I was in the area, I would have been begging to get tickets, if for no other reason than to see the gravity defying hair of Dustin! Check out the photo on the site!

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Now this is some debunking! The spirit of Michael Jackson explained

If you recall, there was a video of Michael Jackson bedroom where you see an eerie figure or apparition cross the doorway. And looking at the video it looks pretty convincing and with all the dramatic music added it might even give you a goose bump or two. But check out this debunking video. The explanation is even more intriguing and I wonder how many other apparition events could be explained in a similar manner.

 

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