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Friday, August 6, 2010

Ghost Hunters International S02E17 The Devil's Wedding

Fredricksten Fortress, Halden Norway

This week Scott Tepperman is back in the opening credits, I couldn't see him aboard the minibus during the briefing for this location though (unless he was at the very back). He didn't appear during the setup but Susan Slaughter was certainly in this investigation and yet again no Karl Pfeiffer adding further credence to the rumour that he left the show after 1 investigation. As far as the investigation itself went Robb did something EXTREMELY stupid by endangering his own life to try and entice the white lady out by standing on the edge of a cliff, this is rookie stuff that would have Jason & Grant firing people yet here is the boss of GHI doing it.

I was quite interested by the use of the new version of the laser burst which to be honest looks more like it belongs in a disco than on a ghost hunt. It wasn't helpful that Brandy was rustling around and making LOTS of noise herself ruining any potential audio evidence. I was quite annoyed that Robb had already decided he'd caught a face before the data was even reviewed, way to be impartial dude. Robb, Brandy & Paul addressed my concerns and asked EVP questions in Norwegian.

Susan Slaughter has a VERY over active imagination if shes mistaking night time bird calls for "a woman screaming", you even see a semicircular heat source which is almost certainly a birdnest up in the treetops. Look upwards & slightly left of the crosshairs in the middle, you'll see what I mean.
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The emergency exit Paul found looked to be cabled at roof level, possibly creating a Fear Cage effect. Combine that with the EMF coming off the fridge he found & it could well be screwing with peoples heads.

At least during analysis Barry was able to debunk Susans "Woman screaming" as a fox, I still think it might have been a large bird though - possibly an owl. The main problem with Robbs reveal of "the face" is he tells the client thats what he thinks it is before he even plays the tape thus planting that seed in the clients mind. Its cool that they dont insist it IS paranormal, instead they go with a glitch in the camera.

The Old House, Tallinn Estonia.

Again no Scott Tepperman in the vans during the briefing, I quite liked the very unlikely idea of a guy seeing the devil through a tiny keyhole as stupid as that sounds. Likewise the owners claims of hearing music that they didn't go and explore, did it not occur to them it might be coming through the wall? Paul addressed a long held complaint about the Ghost Hunters franchise in general, the lack of personal cameras pointed at what the investigators are seeing. Rather annoyingly no-one used their common sense to attempt to recreate the story they were told about the guy seeing the devil through the keyhole of the door to apartment 6, you'd have thought that would have been the very 1st thing you'd check & try to debunk especially the way the story was told to us.

Brandys method of investigating a sound is very suspect, she says she heard what sounded like "someone walking upstairs" so she goes to a door on the same level to check it out, completely ignoring a set of stairs leading upwards right next to her. When we actually hear the sound the 2nd time neither she nor Robb bothered to look up the stairs which I found extremely odd & even more suspicous. Pauls use of trigger objects (the black bread & water) was pretty cool as was the provocation. I did hear the rattling that Ashley mentioned and can Barry please start tagging the sounds of his camera as its really starting to annoy me that he doesn't do that.

I liked the debunk of the rattling Ashley hears as Paul banging on a wall close by. Way to contaminate each others investigations guys, this is why there should be no more than 1 team on the property at one time. It was quite annoying to see Robb going up the stairs in the reveal to debunk the noises they didnt appear to check during the actual show. Well there was definately no Scott Tepperman appearing at all this week apart from the opening credits and no Karl Pfeiffer either so it really does look he only did do the 1st show only.

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