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Ghost Hunters
2004 · TV series · 45 min episodes · 11 seasons
Paranormal investigators investigate places that are reported to be haunted. Engaging forensic experts, historical records and the most innovative technology available, the squad helps everyday people who are struggling with unexplained supernatural phenomena.
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>> I can't tell if they're scripted or they are genuinely taking advantage of the people they are interviewing.
A friend of mine used to live in a small town near another small town where one of the episodes of Ghost Hunters was filmed. That particular episode focused on an "old historic hotel built in the 1800's" and the frontier-era ghosts haunting it. It was a very compelling episode but I found out after watching it that the hotel had been built only a few years prior to the episode being filmed.
My personal opinion is that most of those shows are entirely scripted.
Also, I'm glad you became a fan! Some people mock anything that is government funded and reflexively assume private enterprise always makes a superior product.
One exception of many to this I recently found is when the gf and I were watching tv and she changed the station to the Science Channel. My excitement was destroyed by my exponentially higher dissapointment: The tv show she wanted to watch was Ghost Hunters...on the frickin science channel!!!!
I feel like it's worth distinguishing between reality TV with a consistent cast like Real World, and those without like Cops, which is almost more like a documentary in that sense.
I'm not sure how I'd make the distinction clear though, because stuff like "Ghost Hunters" feels a lot more like the Real World kind, despite being (ostensibly) more like a documentary.