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Donna Lacroix Talks: Secrets Behind Ghost Hunters

Submitted by on November 16, 2009 – 11:23 AM60 Comments | 50,363 views
SyFy's Ghost Hunters

SyFy's Ghost Hunters

I will admit that when the first few shows of SyFy’s Ghost Hunters came out, I was enthralled. I saw the team as an honest set of folks who were out there to prove that most of claims that people were making of the paranormal, were explained by science. Their early episodes showed the team hard at work debunking supposed haunted homes and buildings. Coming up with some noises or voices that were not easily explainable.

Then came the visual evidence.

Rocking chairs, moving objects and a phantom silhouette in a prison catwalk were all captured on video. They evidence was subtle and ambiguous. Never did they rule out a hoax. As the show’s reputation grew more and more, so did theirr claims of ghostly evidence. Things became more overly-dramatic. Brian, the team’s tech guy, was more and more becoming a shell of a man. Appearing to be on the brink of a nervous breakdown, Jason and Grant decide to let him go. Soon after you start to see outrageous things being captured on tape. Shadows popping in and out of corners, Thermal images of ghostly kids running through walls and the ever so annoying “dude! I just felt something” screams seem to fill up each episode.

I stopped watching it. It seemed to me that these guys were not about debunking as much as they were about having new video evidence of a ghost each week. About this time is when other shows started to catch on. Ghost Adventures and Paranormal State being the top ones.

Recently I heard one of GhostDivas’ podcast in which they interviewed Donna Lacroix. A former TAPS team member. I love GhostDivas. These ladies are ruthless and funny.

In what at first appeared to be a disgruntled former-employee, Donna quickly made sense and defended her point of views about her former bosses.

In the interview she talks about some really juicy gossip:

  • Ghost Hunters is a completely entertainment show.
  • Jason and Grant are ‘the kings’ and they had their whipping-boy in Brian and that she feels that Brian was exploited to the point of mental abuse.
  • Everyone is out to stab you in the back.
  • Rumor has it that there is a staging crew.

One of the more interesting revelations is how Jason and Grant mentally abused Brian. Donna mentions how they were “brutal” and “mentally abusive” towards Brian Harnois.

No matter what truth is unearthed about these type of paranormal reality shows, their loyal fans will always blindly follow and believe the trash that is served. Real paranormal and parapsychological research is not done in a reality show. This is something their fans don’t understand.

Listen to the GhostDivas’ interview here.

Source: Masslive

We’ve all seen her, we’ve all loved her, and we’ve all missed her on the Ghost Hunters. Now Donna Lacroix, the original case manager from Ghost Hunters and investigator with Ghost Hunters International, is back and it’s not good.

Making a call-in appearance on the radio show “Ghost Divas,” Donna Lacroix let it all fly with one of the most difficult to listen to diatribes that I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Within a span of 30 minutes, Donna pulled out all the stops and in between ridiculous rants from the Ghost Divas she served up the following tidbits:

- Calling it ‘shenanigans’ and ‘sh*tty ethics’ she commented on the various shows where it was claimed that the GH team was investigating a place for the first time, when in fact it had been investigated numerous times by other paranormal teams…

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I'm a writer, a runner, and a hell of a coffee drinker residing in Los Angeles. I'm currently working on a book about Doris Bither and her terrifying account of a haunting in Culver City, California. The case was dubbed "The Entity" and it stands to be one of the most controversial cases ever to be studied by parapsychologists.

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  • Jewell

    People need to keep in mind a few things about the paranormal (it doesn’t happen on command) and the people who study & investigate it come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities.

    TV producers know that they have to pump-up reality to make it more marketable, to hold the audience’s interest. This is a sad fact, and I’ve watched GH make some outrageous claims on their show that should be put to the test. I could easily have debunked quite a few bits of evidence. But that’s TV for you.

    Having said that, I still watch them because it’s a passion of mine & it’s like comparing notes with peers. I’ve visited some of the places they’ve investigated, and then some. I was disappointed when they allowed ONE untoward incident on the Queen Mary to color their entire opinion of the place as “a hoax”. I can tell you that the QM is an awesome place to investigate I captured an EVP down in the engine room.

    The point is, TV does not allow investigators to take their time, which is needed. Also, as an investigator, I can attest to equipment getting in the way of what we should record simply with our senses. I understand the need and or desire to capture evidence, but the experience sometimes is worth more than the sum of the evidence bits. And to a degree, the whole field is saturated.

    As for Donna LaCroix, I’m disappointed that she apparently has an axe to grind, and rather than airing it out with Jason & Grant, she chose to air it out without the benefit of their input. Meaning…it’s a one-sided story just from her & we all know, there are two sides to every story.

    Brian Harnois seemed to be a nut-job at times. Do I think he’s a bad investigator? I don’t know, I’ve never worked with him. However, I watched his performance degenerate over the course of GH & GHI. It became the “What’s messed up in Brian’s life this week?” show. Sad. He has a lot of experience, but now he’s got family commitments that may prevent him from continuing his career as a ghost hunter.

    As for a poster’s comment regarding Josh Gates being gay, so what? And why would you imply that since he’s gay, he must have gotten his show aired by….?? What? Sex with the producer? Are you kidding me? He had a great idea, probably shopped it to the networks or cable producers, and voila. Your comment is out of bounds.

    John Zaffis has been in the field for a long while, just like Lorraine Warren (RIP, Ed Warren). I like his take, his philosophy, and his stories. I hope his show is renewed for another season.

    In summation, it’s important to keep thinking critically. Hauntings do occur, and some are pretty crazy. Keep questioning, keep examining evidence, and most of all, KEEP YOUR HEADS.

  • Mike

    C’mon!
    Ghost Hunters was a crock right from the beginning.
    When Baldy and his sissy sidekick first announced that they were there to disprove hauntings, basically, they were saying that they have no scientific method and they don’t know how to conduct an investigation.
    Real investigators are objective.
    They go in, gather evidence, look at what they have and see if they can draw a conclusion.
    Those clowns go in, act in an obnoxious manner and fake evidence.
    I’m really hoping that some day they’ll go into an honestly haunted location, start with their lame “challenging” routine and get brutally torn in half by a real demonic bad-ass entity.
    That would be entertainment.

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