Extreme Paranormal: Your Thoughts?
A&E's Extreme Paranormal
A&E’s Extreme Paranormal premiered last night and I have to say that it was one of the worst paranormal reality shows that I have seen since “Ghost Adventures”. I cannot believe what I was seeing or hearing. Honestly. These were some of the most disrespectful and theatrical displays I have seen.
Extreme Paranormal is made up of 3 members of the “Ghostman & Demon Hunter” radio show. Shaun Burris (Ghostman), Nathan Schoonover (Demon Hunter) and Jason Gowin are the 3 investigators that make up the show. I’ve have listened to a few episodes of the “Ghostman & Demon Hunter” radio show, and can remember not being to enthused over the material. I think I listened to maybe 2 episodes.
Since their radio show is pretty well known, I’m guessing that A&E looked around for some “extreme” paranormal investigators for their latest addition to the few paranormal/reality shows on rotation. Why someone would sign with A&E after knowing how they edit and butcher what really happens, is beyond me. I just remember when the whole “Dog The Bounty Hunter racist remarks” thing unfolded. I was really angry at the fact that A&E went ahead and continued production with that racist redneck’s show. It’s funny because when this was all going on, I remember driving through south central L.A. one day and I had spotted a few billboards with Duane “Dog” Chapman’s face on it, issuing some form of apology to the black community. I had mentioned to my girlfriend how this was not gonna fly with the people and that his show was done. Guess I was wrong. Go A&E!
Anyways, I digress.
So the show last night was really, really bad.
It does not focus on parapsychology at all. It does not even attempt to collect any scientific data whatsoever. All I kept hearing and seeing were yells of “DUDE! What was that!”, “HOLY SH!T, I just felt something” or “Oh my god! I saw a shadow” and them running clumsily into the dark. As if their plan was to tackle down these “shadows”.
Worst part of how these guys operate is that they come on as being “extreme”. So the point of the show is to show them going into supposed haunted locations and taunting the spirits to manifest themselves. Regardless of how ridiculously it’s done, or how stupid they look. For example there was an incident in that penitentiary in which inmates who had full control of the prison, were cutting the rods from a cell to get ahold of a certain inmate. After the inmates had cut through the bars, then beat the hiding inmate and burned his body outside of the cell. All this while the prison was in full riot. Visible burnt marks were seen on the cement. So what do these “extreme” investigators do?
Nathan Schoonover (Demon Hunter) starts talking about creating this circle of fire with a “dead tree” blood symbol in order to conjure up the spirit of the dead. So he gets in the fetal-position (just like the body was found) and the others trace it with chalk and then what appeared to be hand sanitizer. Nathan Schoonover cuts himself with a razor to use his blood to paint the symbol inside the circle. He starts to chant/conjure up the spirit of the burnt victim. Saying something along the lines of “you are dead, you don’t belong here” while Jason Gowin films it. Nothing happens. Of course. No one really had any proof that this place was haunted in the first place. The show’s producers picked out this place and decided to stage all these dramatic scenes of “extreme paranormal investigating”.
After a few minutes, nothing happens of course. So then you hear Shaun scream about hearing something. They all run towards Shaun. He had recorded some EVP which sounds like nothing I have ever heard before. Very clear and very “monster like”. A little too fake if you ask me.
In what I think was a disrespectful gesture, one of the investigators mentioned how they “had” the spirit in their radar, so they say “Let’s go get this bastard!”. Referring to the person that was burnt and supposedly was haunting this place. Some real investigation alright.
Then there was another scene in which Jason was sitting inside the cell, while Shaun was trying to saw through the rods. Nathan was spraying saline solution all at the same time in order to create an ideal “haunting environment”. Shaun says something along the lines of “let’s recreate hell!”. LOL.
All that came from that investigation were a few very clear EVPs that sounded fake, and a lot of “What was that”, “Did you see that?” “someone pushed me!” and “DUDE!” remarks.
The next investigation was in New Mexico.
The team investigates the town of Bonito, NM. Which turned out to be at the bottom of a lake. So they had to do some underwater ghost investigation. How extreme.
The town of Bonito had seen a few killings from a murderer named Martin Nelson. After the killings many people left the town and eventually it was flooded.
Turns out, these guys made some floating circle of pentagrams to throw in the water to attract the spirt of the killer and a protection circle on land. Where Nathan and Jason were staying inside of. For protection of course.
Shaun puts on a wetsuit (which was scary enough) and then paddles inside the floating circle for a bit before diving deep under to attempt underwater EVP recording. Remember, this is “extreme” investigating.
Nothing really happens. Shaun screams something about “someone grabbing his legs” or something like that. Honestly I was falling asleep. it was already 1:30 am.
There was a shot of Jason and Nathan inside the protection circle, in which Jason had with him a K-2 meter that was supposedly being used to communicate with the killer.
At this point, I remembered an email that Gary@GhostTheory had sent to me. About how people can easily fake a “K-2 ghost reading”.
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To recap, this show is one of the worst that I’ve seen (and I’ve seen plenty). Its editing is bad, its locations are “ho-hum” and the investigators are disrespectful.
Disrespectful to the spirits of the departed, the relatives of the departed and the viewers; who are taken a wild-goose chase through scenes of them yelling and running aimlessly, self mutilation, obnoxious “frat boy” lingo and pointless religious/magic/sorcery practices that I’m pretty sure they don’t know how to use properly.
So if you like overweight guys running around in the dark, yelling at “ghosts” to appear before them and then hearing them yelp when they see shadows…this is the show for you.
But don’t take my word for it, check out what other GhostTheory readers had to say:
KOZ says:
October 19, 2009 at 7:57 PM (Edit)Changing diapers is more interesting than what I just witnessed.
jrock says:
October 19, 2009 at 8:49 PM (Edit)Wow! I just sat through the lamest hour of television I’ve watched in a long while. I guess some networks will give just about anyone a show nowadays. If you like cheesy, overacted, scripted audio dubbing over a “recorded investigation” by all means tune in because there is nothing extreme or paranormal about this show. For those who value the paranormal I would strongly suggest you find something, anything else to do for an hour. I sure wish I had…
Kevin says:
October 19, 2009 at 11:56 PM (Edit)Excruciatingly bad acting; yes acting! I wish “Martin Nelson” dragged all their sorry asses to the bottom.
Robert says:
October 20, 2009 at 7:11 AM (Edit)I just finished trying to watch it this morning. Too tired to stay up last night, so I used the trusty DVR.
I couldn’t finish it due to its being so bad. Excuse me, not just bad, VERY bad.
Will we even see a show that uses controls and proven scientific research methods to either prove or disapprove paranormal activity?
Congrats A&E, you’ve just given us the American version of Most Haunted.
There was also a very concerning comment left on a previous post:
yvonne says:
October 19, 2009 at 11:00 PM (Edit)The show was really awful, and I’d guess authentic paranormal researchers and explorers were nauseated.
Shows like Extreme Paranormal have the very real potential to cause undue pain for the survivors, relatives, and descendants of victims of violent death, and for what? So the average hypnotized and dummied down TV viewer can get their rocks off?
I am a direct descendant of the victims of the Bonito Lake New Mexico tragedy being featured on Extreme Paranormal show tonight.
First of all, my ancestors have spilled more than enough blood already. You know, like REAL blood?? That their tragedy is being exploited for sensationalized reality TV is stupid, disrespectful and wrong.
When anything horrible happens anywhere: ghost stories spring up. Does that make any of these “ghost” stories true? I doubt anybody involved with Extreme Paranormnal has a clue…
The show’s chubby cheeked boy hosts have obviously never had any authentic contact with negative entities from the other side, cause if they had, the last thing they’d be doing now is trying to fool around with the ghosts of mass murderers. They would have already learned their lesson.
In the first segment, one guy cuts himself so his blood would help summon spirits of tortured dead people – and another uses a saw to cut through jail cell bars to harrass one of these poor souls? They ought to be ashamed and embarrassed.
And, this trend of increasingly disrespectful and aggressive paranormal shows is contributing to fast growing numbers of dumbshit copycat kids going out there causing property damage at supposedly haunted sites and invading cemeteries all over the U.S.A.
Lovely.
Incidently, when the “Extreme Paranormal” researchers contacted our family, they were dishonest, hiding the fact that they were out to taunt the killer, “…daring demons to attack” and all that macho childish crap. When my relative tried to straighten the researchers out on the actual facts, it soon became apparent that the show wasn’t likely to allow the truth to get their way.
Indeed, the show ignored the facts, like how they talked about the town beneath the lake, when their researchers knew the buildings were torn down before the lake was created.
So tonight, some bullshit super fictionalized story went out into the world, and for what? To feed gullible goofballs with too much time on their hands their daily dose of hype that now replaces meaningful interaction with actual people in the actual world?
By the way, if you want to know the truth about the Bonito City tragedy, google it in six months, my relative is writing the true story.
Finally, there is no basis to any ghost stories at the Lake. None of the longterm residents and fishermen who’ve lived or now live near Bonito Lake have reported any paranormal activity. Yet some say how on a clear night sometimes one can see the steeple from the old church poking out of the water. Yeah right, the lake is 75 feet deep, and oh, there was never a church in old Bonito City….The show is a sham, but you know that already, right?
I think all these comments sum it up nicely.
So if any of the A&E producers are reading this, this is what you produce. These are the exact thoughts of your critical thinking audience out there.
Who else saw this travesty of a show?
Written by Javier Ortega - javier@ghosttheory.com
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Horrible and a mockery to the field.
Worst show EVER
You have to admit though, the floating pentagram was classic.
My girlfriend and I saw it and were utterly unimpressed. I agree that it was completely unscientific, overly sensational, and highly disrespectful. Even if you were to view it as purely entertainment, with no pretenses of “serious” investigation, it still comes up well short of even being interesting. I don’t think this show will be on for very long.
Lousy. Worst show I’ve ever seen in regard to ghost hunter type shows. Not too happy with Ghost Lab either.
Spooky: A mockery to the field is an understatement. More like a mockery to all people.
I cannot and I never have bought into the blood thing. To me it was nonsense but I’m sure there’s some evangelical demonologist that ate it up.
Javier,
Man I honestly fell asleep through mid way of the show. I think you hit it right on the nail when you say it was highly disrespectful. To be honest, I think I rather watch Jennifer Love Hewitt bring out the dead and attempt to cross them over on her show, Ghost Whisperer.
Anyways I guess A&E is on a roll with shows like this. Keep up the horrible work…
I literally thought i was watching a MADTV spoof of paranormal shows, what a slap in the face to actual paranormal researchers. Also Shaun’s “Radio Voice” just lends to the fact that they are entertainers in addition to being D-Bags
paranormal researchers, you can look down on this show, but hell its entertainment, and disrespectful to who, the people who were murderers and rapists, so your telling me that people who caused harm in life should be spared huh.
idiots seriously, i wanna see your shows…i wanna see you look for ghosts. OH wait the current way its been down nothing has ever shown……….
The worst show ever! Can you say scripted!! Hey, paranormal is difficult enough to prove…..this show is an insult to anyone who may believe in the paranormal. As a matter of fact, it is an insult to any ones intelligence who wasted their time to watch it!! Are you kidding me??? Very, very, disappointed in A&E to even air it!!! What were they thinking?????
Your shot at Dog Chapman was cheap. You creep, would a racist have a black man as the man who married, him, long before this incident happened. Would a racist live in the most mixed society in the USA and help out people of all races and religions. Did you account for Dog going in poor inner cities neighborhoods to help and try to convince kids to stay off drugs. Long before this event
It was terrible, but Dog was being set up as the evidence showed. That was why he was angry. Luckily AE do not listen to the opinions of morons, so no soup for you
Donna Davidison,
Thanks for the comment, but I’m not about to get into a discussion about Dog Chapman.
I have my views, and you have yours. You have your own personal experiences and I have mine.
I think we can both agree that A&E is pumping out more and more mind-numbing shows.
What is the new one coming out about Steven Seagal ?
-Javier
Javier-
I’m new to your site and have only left one review before (after watching “Extreme(ly fake) Paranormal”). I’m sorry if I’m clueless to the past reviews of other paranormal shows and am asking a question about a topic that’s been discussed before, but what exactly did you mean when you said it was the worst show you’ve seen since “Ghost Adventures”? I’m very curious because next to “Ghost Hunters”, “Ghost Adventures” is my favorite paranormal reality show. The only connection I made is the use of provoking, but when Zack does it, it’s usually provoking a spirit that has been either physically or mentally hurting people and needs to be reprimanded in a sort of way to stop the “bad behavior”. In the case of “Extreme Paranormal”, although the burned inmate was a convicted child molester, he did not deserve to be murdered by other inmates the way he was, thus the provoking of his spirit to me was completely uncalled for and just plain evil. I’m just wondering if you could shed some light on what you feel is so bad about “Ghost Adventures”? Again, being a huge paranormal fan, I think it’s an awesome show and look forward to new episodes every Friday. I can appreciate both their and TAPS approach to paranormal investigating.
TD,
I did not mean to offend anyone’s taste in entertainment.
When “Ghost Hunters” premiered (back in 2004 I believe) I was a devout fan of theirs. I watched the episodes and believed that what they were doing was honest investigations.
As the seasons flew by, I started to notice more and more outlandish claims of “real ghosts” that was being presented by the show. Then the hoaxes came in…So I dropped the show and really started to pay attention to all the other paranormal reality shows out there.
There is a lot of theatrical play by the hosts/investigators. “Ghost Adventures” has this same type of approach. Very little is done to rule out natural causes at times.
I think as more and more of these paranormal/reality shows come up, it feels like the producers require more “proof” to be found.
Like the TAPS Halloween hoax.
The argument about the convict being burned to death and the “Extreme Paranormal” crew being disrespectful can be looked at in different ways. Yea the convict did something awful and deserves what came to him; but where as investigators do you draw the line?
It’s quite possible that next time they are trying to conjure up ghosts, they might do the same for a victim of a suicide or homicide. Not only that, but invoking spirits is not something to be taken lightly.
I don’t know if you can invoke ghosts, or if they even exist; but that is something I won’t recommend anyone try. For obvious reasons and to the respect of family members. It just seems ludicrous that these guys think it’s ok.
There is also the argument that they are portraying Wiccan beliefs as a negative practice to conjure up spirits. That’s the complete opposite.
I gave “Ghost Adventures” a try, and it just seemed to be more play than investigation.
I guess I’m just tired of all these shows doing the same thing over and over.
-Javier
I see where you’re coming from, Javier. And I agree that there’s a lot of production and editing that goes into these shows now, and that can really ruin a good thing.
I remember when Ghost Hunters first started out and the production value was very low, which kind of gave it a sense of credibility, a certain rawness to it. Where as now the production value is way better, yet it takes away from it and makes it seem pieced together and theatrical in a way, like you said. There’s just too many people investigators per location as well, which I think taints the environment and can lead to false shadows/thermal hits.
What I really appreciate about Ghost Adventures is that they have the most controlled environment, being that they themselves are the camera crew. They don’t have a bunch of camera guys following them around creating the posibility of mistaking a noise they made or a shadow they produced as being something paranormal. I like the fact they’ll split up and investigate individually and isolate themselves from the other two investigators. I believe the provoking Zack does is within reason and not disrespectful to a harmless or non-vilent spirit. I guess what it comes down to is how you define “paranormal investigation”. True their techniques aren’t really scientific or experimental, but they seem to really get a sort of reaction from these places they visit by their investigative style and energy.
In the end, yeah, none of us really know if what we’re seeing on these “reality” shows is 100% authentic or true, but to lump Extreme Paranormal in with Ghost Adventures IMO isn’t fair. This show was completely scripted and over the top theatrical, the “evidense” they presented was completely lacking of any substance and could be easily explained as non-paranormal, and their taunting and provoking by the misuse of the Wiccan beliefs was just wrong. Not only that but some of the video they showed seemed almost like it was re-created and not in the moment.
I couldn’t agree more that this show was a complete bomb, but at the very least you have to agree that Ghost Adventures has way more credibility than this show does, regardless of your like/dislike of their investigative style, no?
TD,
Well yea. I’d rather give an Emmy to Ghost Adventures than the Extreme guys
-Javier
When I taped Dead Famous – Billy the Kid in 2006, I was asked to conduct an investigation of the Lincoln County Courthouse where Billy the Kid shot and killed two deputies during his escape.
I asked the director what I could do and what equipment that I could use. His reply was..”use whatever you want, we’re going to follow you”. This told me a lot about how a show on the paranormal should be taped. I was in charge not some director.
When I taped the interview with “Extreme Paranormal”, the director and the producer didn’t like my truthful answers and told me to answer a certain way. That in itself is a glaring example of how not to do a paranormal show.
All of this is based on first hand knowledge of doing paranormal shows and are solely my opinion based on personal real world experience.
I think it was one of the best Paranormal shows I have ever seen! I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard, I even felt a tear or two rolling down my cheek. Thanks A&E for putting this crap on the air, and making a joke of “REAL” paranormal investigaters!
Hard enough to get the general public to stop making references to “Ghostbusters”, when they find out you are a paranormal investigater, now we have to deal with them asking about Fire circles and blood rituals!
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Patty
SSPR
The dumbest thing to ever hit the TV. I also thought I was watching MAD TV parody ghost shows. I thought Most Haunted was bad, but at least entertaining, but this freakin’ thing takes the cake. Worse than MH’s host screaming “Did you hear that?” and the camera swinging wildly in every direction but what everybody is screaming act.
IMHO, I actually respect Ghost Adventures the most because they don’t pollute the viewing experience with OVER THE TOP sound effects and music made to mask the fact that nobody heard shit, like on Most Haunted, or the fastest breakaways from what is supposed to “awesome evidence of real ghost behavior” like on Ghost Hunters (really people, let me SEE something for more than 2 seconds). This was a show of all the shameless crap ramped up to 100.
Sure, GA is full of Zack Drama, and it’s funny at times, but like I said, they at least document and stay on point about a particular “phenomena” long enough for you to see it, replayed again, slowed down, so you can make an honest decision as to what you saw.
I was hoping for a show that actually took things to an investigative extreme, like maybe experienced soldiers or criminal detectives sent into extremely scary places. (An example of people who wouldn’t duck and run, and try to actually film something of substance, debunk until all other options are gone.) That would be REAL extreme.
It’s amusing that people seem to be able to differentiate this show’s paranormal made-up melodrama from any of the other paranormal shows on TV.
This show was horrible, just like every other paranormal TV show out there. “Ghost Hunters” opened the doors, and “Paranormal State” was one of the first drops of water in the flood of idiocy.
ALL of these shows are moronic.
It’s very ironic that someone can defend one show and support another since they’re all completely dramatized and unfounded.
I couldn’t deal with the floating solo cup ring of fire. I intend to watch this show again… and show my students how NOT to run a paranormal investigation.
Dr. Laura Locke
P101 Investigations
I know we’re discussing “Extreme Parody”–I mean “Paranormal”, but I have to go back to the “Dog” stuff for a few seconds–The racial slurs and insults were only one reason I refuse to watch that show. I find them horribly condescending and prejudicial. They claim to be “born again Christians” but he throws profanity around like it’s sand! I will never forget when he was lecturing a “captured” audience about the effect the guy’s poor choices and actions had on his children. When the guy elaborated, Dog said “Jesus F***ing Christ”! Does that sound like something a Christian would say? Not to me….
Okay, back to the other thing–yup, IT SUCKS and is NOT worth anymore of my time. I can only hope the network will send this show to the graveyard and no one ever tries to make contact with it again!
RIP Extreme Paranormal.
Oh, yeah–when we bury this show, can we PLEASE throw “Most Haunted” in the casket???? Eeeeekkkkkk–or better yet, YACKKKKK
Ahhhh….just when I thought you couldn’t get any more “DOUCHEY” than ZAC & THE GHOST ADVENTURERS…
Love the use of ketchup i.e. “thick chunky blood symbol”
Wow, thanx A&E for insulting my intelligence once again!
ok here my opinion and only mine i love the show it pushes the boundries and really come on this is what its all about the more you push the more you get either way neg or pos attention its doing the job its gettign attention either way. why does every ghost hunting team have to folow taps rules why cant everyone do their own thing its a free world. its crazy entertainment and i say why not its no worse than pen state i mean realy they havent said anythign about being liek taps or anyone else their out to get a ghost no matter whatthe cost. ok wel remember becareful what you ask for cause one day it will bite you in the aft end. i say let these boys find out what happens when you play with majic and ghost/spirits. rock on bois good luck
I just watched this show thinking it was some type of bad low budget movie till i researched it. I don’t need to express what I don’t like about it since everyone summed it up. but here is something I noticed similar to a movie goof. in the louisana one then dude put chickens blood on the ones head before he went in the coffin. inside the coffin there was no sign of it on his head. even if his sweat made it run. there would still be some residue.
Absolutely excruciating. When I first saw it, I thought it was mocking another show…an hour of my life I will never get back!
i am soooo happy to have found others who think this show was a CROCK! not only are they acting (obviously) but they are acting poorly. i seriously laughed though the entire episode i watched. i expect more from A&E.
When they were in Mexico state at the prison. They would hear one thing and yell for the other guys to come running. They did the blood ritual at the site of where the person was burned. The symbol they used was wrong. I knew it before I even looked it up. The symbol is more of a “z” shape not a “W” shape. He barely pricked himself yet there was a lot of fake “blood”. The evps were so clear they were obvious fakes. I thought there was a lot of disrespect to the people that did die and to the property. I watched the Pennhurst hospital tonight. The one guy kept saying that the child ghost were creepy and he didn’t like them. I thought the tying the guy to the bed and holding and emf detector which was going off steady was stupid and so fake. Then they were in Louisana in the bayou. The one guy saw a man at night in the bayou. The two take off running. Then the expected happened they call for the other guy and of course drama he is flat out of course he was supposedly under possesion by the voodoo priestess. Which was expected since another voodoo priestess said they could be.
That’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back. If A&E needs ratings then put me on a ghost hunting show. It will be as scary as Jon & kate + 8. I’ll scream like a little girl,knock myself out running into walls when I hear “DUDE DID YOU HEAR THAT” and piss myself to make it look real!! Hell I’d go as far as soiling my fruit of the looms. Just get me some cool night vision googles and a 1957 caddy wagon hooked up like Ghost busters. I’ll need a co-host any HOTT women out there that like to dress up as laura kroft from tomb raider and run around in dark scary places? I’ll even let You slap me around and say “get a hold of Yourself” TO FUNNY!!!! All that show needs is one more fat guy running around but with a white sheet on with eye holes cut out in it. A&E BAD SHOW!! I was more scared watching the fly’in dutch man on sponge bob square pants.
This show is just blindingly terrible–even as entertainment it’s badly done (hey, if one of your people is supposed to be talking “live” on camera, you might, I don’t know, make sure their voice carries the same resonances of the actual room they’re in so it doesn’t sound so obviously added in post).
I am not a paranormal investigator by any means, but even I know you shouldn’t taunt spirits. I mean, it’s just disrespectful, if nothing else–it’s like somebody coming into your house and yelling at you. Whatever these people did in life (as in New Mexico), I still don’t think it’s right to act that way, and as evidenced in the next episode, they think nothing of being equally insulting to people who did nothing but die in a hurricane or be locked up in a mental institution.
Nathan’s expertise on the occult appears to be garnered from hasty Internet research and perhaps some disreputable books on the subject. In my opinion he knows just enough to be dangerous, and A&E shows just enough to make sure some other misguided person could attempt to recreate what he’s doing and get into real trouble.
At this point, I’m rooting for whatever dark powers they’re irritating to give them what they claim to want. And when Frik and Frak ran off into the swamp after the (hilariously obvious looking) heat signature demon in Louisiana, I was rather hoping they’d encounter some of the area’s diverse and interesting (and entirely corporeal) fauna. Terrible terrible terrible, and this from someone who actually got some enjoyment from Most Haunted (RIP, Kreed Kafer).
I have always been interested in paranormal activity, however this show was so bad I actually laughed the entire time and never did end up watching it through to its end. Obviously they were actors, the show was scripted and the scenes so fake and ridiculous. I can’t believe A&E allowed this show to even air. I never saw anything out of the ordinary it seems only they saw and heard the “paranormal activity” sooooooooo fake! Let’s stop with so many needless reality shows, enough is enough and this one seriously must go!!!
That was the absolute worst paranormal “reality” show to ever be broadcast. Disrespect just scratches the surface. After the blatant audio over dubbing, over acting, and a K2 meter, for god’s sake, I turned it off.
Sorry A&E….you’ve got another stinker.
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I have always been interested in paranormal activity, however this show was so bad I actually laughed the entire time and never did end up watching it through to its end. Obviously they were actors, the show was scripted and the scenes so fake and ridiculous. I can’t believe A&E allowed this show to even air. I never saw anything out of the ordinary it seems only they saw and heard the “paranormal activity” sooooooooo fake! Let’s stop with so many needless reality shows, enough is enough and this one seriously must go!!! By the way, when the overweight kid was in the coffin and heard “get out” I think it was his stomach grumbling!!! Still laughing about what an idiotic show that is – lol
IVE BEEN WATCHING PARANORMAL SHOWS SINCE IM 12…IT ALL STARTED WITH ONE OF THE BEST PARANORMAL SHOWS EVER CALLED “SIGHTINGS” THAT SHOW KEPT ME UP TO DATE WITH NUMOROUS CASES..WEATHER IT WAS ABOUT BIGFOOT OR GHOSTS AND SEA MONSTERS….I DID’NT GET TO SEE THE NEW YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT FROM ALMOST EVERY POST IVE READ IT LOOKS LIKE THIS SHOW TANKED…BUT I HAVE TO DEFEND GHOST ADVENTURERS…ZAX MIGHT BE A LITTLE NUTZ,BUT THERE OPEN TO USE THE LATEST TOOLS CONTACTING SPIRITS BOTHERING SPIRITS USEING PROVOCATION…ITS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF INVESTIGATING AND THAY DO COME UP WITH PRETTY SOLID EDIVENCE…AND DONT FORGET THAT THESE GUYS GO TO THE MOST ACTIVE SPOTS POSSIBLE AND THEY DONT LOOK FOR THE LAME GHOST…THERE LOOKING FOR “DOMONIC SPIRITS” “POLTERGUIEST’S” “INHUMEN” THEY GOT BALLZ THOSE 3…. ITS JUST THAT THERE METHED IS DIFFERENT…..AND THATS JOHNIE’S FROM BROOKLYN POINT OF VIEW…..GET BACK TO ME IF YOU WANT…..
Ok, the pinnacle scene last night was showing the light pull from the corner and fall to the floor when the dork had himself tied to the bed. I immediately though something was wrong with it. Then when i hit the 15 second jump back, you can see him lean forward, looking toward his side and then grab something, and then the antenna of his walkie swings over like a flag at the exact moment the light pulls from the corner. A light that managed to survive the total destruction of this asylum to the point nary a window pane escaped a crack. But these waves of presumably adolescent horde that spray painted everything, broke windows and trashed the area… but left a 36 inch tube leaning in the corner. Cancel this piece of crap show.
This show is a travesty! Aside from everything already mentioned here, voodoo is a real religion! How horribly disrespectful of them to have some pasty Dungeon Master do this ritual. Can I give communion since I read about it in a book somewhere? Ugh.
A&E – bring back Hoarders!
Guy in middle of above picture reminds me of jeff foxworthy, and they all remind me of the guys from harold and kumar go to white castle ” EXTREMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”
I must agree this was one horrible show. Funny how they amazingly had a bar of chalk, a single edge razor blade, an old coffin, a saline machine, and whatever else they needed at the exact time they needed them. And how did those dorks dig that deep and perfect hole in one night? That would have taken two normal humans several hours at least.
Javier, I have a question. You mentioned the Ghost Hunter’s Halloween hoax. Was that in referrence to last year’s show? That was when I stopped believing anything they did. The tug on Grant’s jacket and the crystal clear EVPs were a little too much to buy, and they sure didn’t play it up like it was a real event like they did at, say, the St. Augustine lighthouse. Anyhoo, I had to email them and state my disbelief of what I saw. No response, of course.
I’ve changed my “paranormal” likings to Destination Truth…until that disappoints me.
I saw Extreme Paranormal on A&E last night, and that was one of the phoniest paranormal shows I’ve ever seen. All they did was say “what was that?”, or “I just saw somebody over there”, yet we never saw any evidence of that on the TV screen.
It was so stupid. Then they’d leave a guy in a room “all alone” to draw out the spirits, yet we’d see him from 5 different camera angles, and the camera was moving or panning. Obviously a complete farce.
Please realize its the Arts & Entertainment Network, not Discovery or National Geographic or the Science Channel. Just a complete fake, and a bad one at that.
You know….that show was REDICULOUS! EXTREMEly rediculous. I think that the only shows that could be worse than that one is Paranormal State and Most Haunted. Poo on that crap. I give all paranormal shows a fair shot, but go in with skepticism and really the only show that I trust to give out real evidence is Ghost Hunters…and I’m giving Ghost Lab a shot. Skeptically.
Glad I’m not the only one who thought this show was a complete waste of time and energy. I thought it was the Trailer Park boys’ version of paranormal investigation – in other words, a joke, just in time for Halloween. I was also shocked at the level of disrespect they showed throughout, which only lowered their credibility, if they had any to begin with. It’s a shame that most shows on TV that centre around paranormal activity feature idiot “psychics”, moronic use of K2 and EMF metres, and staged footage. It’s no wonder that skeptics that world over view people who believe in this stuff in a poor light, because of shows like this!
Okay hey im 16 years old and people know 16 year olds weird and crap but heres what i have to say first time i saw extreme paranormal it was ona school night at 11 o clock at night it did scare the crap outa me at first but yall are right first of all the way they described the killings in bonito city was untrue it didnt happen the way they discribed it its pretty sad a show has to do that i really want to question that farmer that told the investagtors about that lake and how its all scary at no point in time during the show do u actully really see a ghost now there has been ghost hunters i beelive on travel channel now alot of there episodes are quit real as iv reasrched some of the building they did and most of it is real to be honest iv looked up some reasrch on bonito lake and i didnt find anything to support the investagto theory there is ghost and yvonna i feel sorry for you and ur family most of there stuff is fake come on people this has got to stop a&E good network but these relatiy ghost shows has got to stop we know theres ghost people but gee wiz this is show is really bad i will be doing some reasrch on this town im from oklahoma and if u want a true ghost town and ghost place go to Pitcher Oklahoma as far as the aslyumm goes there is routinly ghost stuff going on there its not locked down to my knowledge i really wish i coulda filled a complaint alot of the facts they said and stuff they used was fake though the storys are real they probley only spent about 2 hours in that bulding so ya i love ghost and i beleive in them but this is just ridiculing the ghost hunter communutity its just sad to me really what purpose has thiis show really got people to scare little kids is what i think and to get money is just all it is o well guys u can watch this show but theese investagors need to find the truth i feel sorry for the descedents of martin nelson they dont deserve this at all this is just ridiculing the family o well ima go thats all i have to say
I don’t know what’s the matter with me. Maybe my wife is right in that for a professional, middle aged family man enjoying this stuff is wierd. I don’t know. Paranormal State, The Othersiders, Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters, GHI and all the others just don’t offer up the same type of ghost hunting M.O. that Ghost Adventures and now, Extreme Paranormal are offering. I’m not sure as to the wisedom and soundness in doing all of that pagan stuff, but their intent is to get something weird to happen. Although that guys claim to have been grabbed while conduction their underwater investigation really seemed over the top. Wherent there camera people down their with him. Their methods are so totally unconventional I found Extreme Paranormal to be entertaining. I do hope that A & E decides to run a few more episodes to see what may happen. DVR it and if its not your thing, erase it… I still think Ghost Adventures and Destination Truth are on be best shows on these topics are the most entertaining. Just my very unpopular and in-the-minority opinion.
I have to agree with most of the posters on this site. Extreme is at the top of the crap heap. These guys don’t know the first thing about the paranormal and A&E should be ashamed of themselves. DUDE I just saw something, my legssss something is pulling my legs. OMG do we have STUPID stamped on our foreheads?
when i watched the first episode at the prison I could not believe that they got away with distroying property (when they cut through the prison cell of the burned prisoner)When they dug up dirt in a cemetary I looked at my husband and said “isn’t that just sacreligious?” you just don’t do that. I am glad they cancelled the show, it give honest researchers an even worse stigma.