Ghost Hunters S06E16 Lemp Mansion reviewed

St. Louis, Missouri - Lemp Mansion.

This week I'm going try not to be so "anti" towards the team members, they will only incur my wrath if they do something stupid. I'll put wrath on standby now then ;-P

Ok, a few points 1st. It looks like 3 vans is now going to be the standard transport format. Frankly I do think it's incredibly wasteful, theres clearly space for Kris & Amy in Jason & Grants van and there would still be space for equipment as well and if you look in the Tech Truck behind Britt & KJ its not as though what they are carrying is piled high behind them so theres clearly equipment space there too.

So on behalf of the planet in general & the enviroment specifically PLEASE sell the new truck, YOU DONT NEED IT!
I'd also request for Jason to stop saying "Lets get digital recorders to those cameras" after the camera set-up is explained. Its INCREDIBLY annoying that you have to say it every week without fail & its also incredibly pointless as all digital recorders should be positioned when camera setup is being done. I know its one of your beloved spiels but its a pointless and superfluous statement. Britt knows how to do setup, he doesnt need you telling him his job.

Jason & Grant in Frederick's Room - What a surprise, the founders of TAPS are the first team into the building! I guess there must have been a Blue Moon during the last show when Britt & KJ got in first then? Jasons "black space", its totally pointless you reporting something that only you can see. The camera guy was totally in the wrong position (no shock there) so yet another point in favour of the long overdue helmet cams. In fact from now on everytime a helmet cam would have caught something I'm going to say so.

As far as Grants K2 going crazy, its not really any use because they were constantly cutting between cameras. If you are going to shoot the K2 doing that then shoot it over either Jason or Grants shoulder in a continuous shot otherwise its just not anything that can be counted. Plus if you are going to do a K2 "conversation" then there needs a 2nd K2 to be scanned around the general area of the 1st to make sure there are no wild localised fluctuations causing it. Its been established that the K2 can be made to activate "on command" at the keying of a walkie talkie, this is another reason why you need to include J&G in the same shot as the meter. Its WAY too easy to fake.

Britt & KJ in the Office - I heard their "groan" I would have said more like a whisper & to be honest it sounded way to much like it was one of the film crew, you also have to be suspicious if neither Britt or KJ even considered asking ANY of the crew with them "Was that you?" so I am throwing that piece of evidence out right now.

Kris & Amy in the Basement - More claims of seeing stuff off camera so thats 2 more points in favour of helmet cam. I never heard the noises they reported either.

Jason & Grant in Frederick's Room - Again? Why? You've investigated this location once already & you clearly said to the client there were "so many places in here" you wanted to check out. As plumbers they should be used to bad smells, they should also be able to put up with bad smells & be able to find them as I am sure that unblocking drains & sinks must be part of their job. So I am also thinking this whole "they're plumbers" gimmick is precisely that. As far as analysing smells surely they must have equipment that tests gas particles as part of their plumbing job so you know your not entering a hazardous or potentially toxic enviroment?

Britt & KJ in the Atrium - I never heard the sound from the Hallway they reported (which they discovered was a piece of flooring at the room entrance), I'd be likely to say it was the floor settling as neither guy had been sitting down that long & I know from personal experience of a very creaky floor in my own room that wood can take a good long time to settle before it stops making noise. Whatever made them run into the next room (Its Britt & KJ - The Brian Harnois Experience!) I never heard any mumble, just what sounded like traffic noise outside.

Jason & Grant in the Lavender Suite - I've noted over the last few weeks Jason & Grant seem to be splitting up more & more often, then Grant just happens to have a voice whisper "Atlantis" in his ear. Which Jason then claims he asked an entity to communicate with Grant, when he tries it again with the word "comet" which Grant also heard. Wow, these bad faking claims are just getting into the realms of Most Haunted now.

Britt & KJ in the Basement - I never heard the "answer" when Britt was asking for a knock although I heard what sounded like feet shuffling just before KJ asked about Julia.

Kris & Amy in Lewis Lemps room - Which for some reason SyFy/Pilgrim decided not to put up an identifying graphic label for so it was left to the girls to tell us where they were. Lots of lightning & thunder outside so any EMF or K2 hits on tonights show have to be thrown out. We also had a case of one team contaminating another which debunked a creaking door (way to go Britt & KJ yet again!).

Analysis - Amy Bruni debunks Grant hearing Jasons "messages" as not being caught on tape or camera, KJ replays the weird audio from the office, Britt replays audio that Kris & Amy caught.

The Reveal - Whatever audio that Kris & Amy caught (you cant hear anything at all) which the client says sounds like a whoosh, she must have super hearing. The "groan" in the office Britt & KJ caught is clearly one of the metal chairs being pushed along the wooden floor, its such an obviously easy sound to debunk. Reviewing the footage with J&G made that a lot clearer to pick up what caused it.

Again Grant presented a personal experience they had no actual tape of (their seeing shadows) as well as the "K2 conversation" which I already threw out for being too easy to fake due to good editing & walkie talkies. You cant present Grant smelling something as evidence, the fact neither guy was able to track that down makes me very suspicious.

Frankly its gotten to the point where Amy & Kris are the 2 most scientific minded members of this particular show. Britt is just practically phoning it in every week now, it seems he has gotten a lot lazier, carries almost no recording equipment at all & is WAY too excitable. It appears to me that now he knows he is getting the lead job on GHI he has just stopped caring though it does appear he & KJ have replaced Steve & Tango as the TAPS comic relief.

Jason & Grant just do not seem to care if anyone respects them or believes them, what was the point in taking years to establish TAPS as a trustworthy source only to screw it all up by becoming Karl & Yvette Fielding, the people they hate the most. Its sad that they are now only in this for the money, if they can afford to buy a hotel then they really dont need to be appearing on a badly faked tv show any more.