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Are all ghost/haunting shows 100% fake?

  • 25-11-2018 12:02PM
    #1
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,743 ✭✭✭


    Do you believe in any of these shows on tv like Most Haunted, A Haunting etc where people claim to have seen and heard ghosts in their homes, pub, etc?

    The main reason I don't is they practically never (unless im wrong) present the public with evidence to back up their claim and im also a natural cynic so when it comes to people, there are a billion different reasons for them to claim these things, from publicity, mental illness, attention seeking, family grudges etc.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Completely staged.


  • #3
    Mr_Muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 917 ✭✭✭Mr_Muffin


    100% fake. If anyone actually believe that they are real, I seriously question their intelligence.


  • #4
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,643 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Yes. All fake.



































    They're also sh1te.

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    Do you believe in any of these shows on tv like Most Haunted, A Haunting etc where people claim to have seen and heard ghosts in their homes, pub, etc?

    Depends how you phrase the question.

    Do I believe there are people who claim to have seen things? Yes I do. Do I believe many and even most of them genuinely did see something they can not explain? Yes I do.

    Do I think there is a whit of evidence that what they saw is what they then claim it to have been on such shows - that is to say actual ghosts - no I do not. The credibility needle not only does not get off Zero on that dial - it does not even twitch.

    There is no evidence human consciousness or awareness can work or continue separate from the brain - let alone upon the death of the brain. Until there is such evidence - the "ghost" hypothesis is a non-starter for me.


  • #6
    BeerWolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    As real as this scene;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw7xjHBJOvs&t=1m35s


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  • #7
    ArchXStanton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭ArchXStanton


    Anyone remember when Derek Acorah got possessed... What a tit


  • #8
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,239 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Who you gonna call?


  • #9
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,148 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    Google the symptoms of Carbon Monoxide poisoning and compare to the what people say they feel like when they see a ghost.


  • #10
    Ray Palmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,351 ✭✭✭Ray Palmer


    BeerWolf wrote: »
    As real as this scene;

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw7xjHBJOvs&t=1m35s

    There is strangely more an element of reality in that scene than the TV shows. The actors were sleep deprived and the crew were make sounds to freak them out.

    Never understood why ghost are afraid of light and the need to turn off lights to "see" them. Why would a spirit be afraid of light and only operate at night?


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,055 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I don't believe in ghosts, and I don't think anyone would be afraid of a ghost if they had a camera crew, TV presenter, sound guy, boom operator etc. all sitting beside them in close proximity.


    But the shows are successful it'd seem, so I'm assuming it satisfies the curiousity of many a people.


    Ray Palmer wrote: »
    Never understood why ghost are afraid of light and the need to turn off lights to "see" them. Why would a spirit be afraid of light and only operate at night?




    I'm sure there's a traveller joke in there somewhere.


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  • #12
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 98,142 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    I saw a documentary series exposing this. Every single ghost incident these professional ghost investigators looked at was faked.

    Every. Single One.




    IIRC it was called "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    If, (and it's a big 'if') some deceased loved one of mine decides to get in touch with me via the medium of ...er... a medium, and the only thing they can come up with is "Tell her my name begins with a B, see how long it takes her to guess it's me!" I'll be very, very, disappointed.

    What I want to hear is where they hid the proceeds from that armoured car robbery they pulled off in 2006, in detail.

    It's all cobblers, though it appears some of the people who peddle it believe their own delusions. If someone is claiming to have contact with some deceased loved one, they are either deluded or an outright fraud, and almost certainly Cold Reading you.


  • #14
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Derek Acorah was caught out by "Kreed Kafer" an anagram of "Derek Faker" by the show. They effectively threw him under the bus, their live shows were notorious for having feintings and things happen just before the ad breaks.


  • #15
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    We've never had more access to phones and video recording. It's no coincidence that ghost and UFO sightings have dropped off a cliff in the last 20 years.


  • #16
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Ray Palmer wrote: »
    There is strangely more an element of reality in that scene than the TV shows. The actors were sleep deprived and the crew were make sounds to freak them out.

    Never understood why ghost are afraid of light and the need to turn off lights to "see" them. Why would a spirit be afraid of light and only operate at night?

    Or why there's never any haunting where the reports are "he was wearing a Celtics basketball top and Nike Air Max".


  • #17
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,987 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    We've never had more access to phones and video recording. It's no coincidence that ghost and UFO sightings have dropped off a cliff in the last 20 years.

    because they are camera shy?
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  • #18
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Didn't those Ghost Adventures crew film an couple of episodes in Ireland
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4431434/

    They spent a couple of night at the cheery loftus hall, and the hellfire club.
    One the lads ended up crying on the floor.

    A basic dictaphone playback might suffice for anyone making a visit,
    although they have all sorts of fancy technical environmental equipment.


  • #19
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    I saw a documentary series exposing this. Every single ghost incident these professional ghost investigators looked at was faked.

    Every. Single One.




    IIRC it was called "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"

    I don't like dismissive posts like this that you don't back up I think your argument is very Scrappy indeed.

    tenor.gif


  • #20
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    We've never had more access to phones and video recording. It's no coincidence that ghost and UFO sightings have dropped off a cliff in the last 20 years.

    The three pilots reports to the IAA and the drivers dashcam (500km away) of last weeks sighting over Ireland, came back as 'unexplained'. Guess that makes it's a U-FO of sorts. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057928362


  • #21
    completedit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭completedit


    I've legit heard a ghost tbh but that was 20 years ago now, there's so much we don't know. We're pretty simple creatures. I think as kids we're more clued in to whatever that world is, I don't know why, maybe cynicism and rationality hasn't taken over but in my case the ghost called out to me(and my sister), I know for a fact that the voice was travelling from an unoccupied room. Still, for some reason I say I don't believe in paranormal but I look left every time I pass that room, every time.


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  • #22
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    most haunted is fake, but most farted isn't....

    :p
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8Su44TXy8


  • #23
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Wanderer2010 wrote: »
    Do you believe in any of these shows on tv like Most Haunted, A Haunting etc where people claim to have seen and heard ghosts in their homes, pub, etc?

    The main reason I don't is they practically never (unless im wrong) present the public with evidence to back up their claim and im also a natural cynic so when it comes to people, there are a billion different reasons for them to claim these things, from publicity, mental illness, attention seeking, family grudges etc.


    Not at all.

    The shows are all real - it's the ghosts that are fake;)


  • #24
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Ray Palmer wrote: »
    .

    Never understood why ghost are afraid of light and the need to turn off lights to "see" them. Why would a spirit be afraid of light and only operate at night?

    I'm damned if I know.

    I've never understood why someone who has somehow managed to come back from the great beyond would concern themselves with things like moving picture frames or knocking over ornaments!


  • #25
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Mr Pipes is real.

    Mr Pipes is watching you.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QGpEqlmZW0


  • #26
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,353 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Not sure. I think Mary does genuinely love Dick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8H_v8cM9CQ


  • #27
    Steve F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Steve F


    ArchXStanton wrote: »
    Anyone remember when Derek Acorah got possessed... What a tit

    Remember "Mary loves Dick"?
    How did they keep straight faces?:D


  • #28
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,236 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    ArchXStanton wrote: »
    Anyone remember when Derek Acorah got possessed... What a tit

    He used to get possessed quite often, if I remember correctly. Always by scousers, though. No matter where he went, there was always a scouse ghost possessing him.


  • #29
    Steve F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Steve F


    mcmoustache wrote: »
    He used to get possessed quite often, if I remember correctly. Always by scousers, though. No matter where he went, there was always a scouse ghost possessing him.

    :D


  • #30
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    Skerries wrote: »
    because they are camera shy?

    The Loch Ness monster certainly hates anything high resolution.


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  • #31
    Steve F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Steve F


    Stark wrote: »
    Not sure. I think Mary does genuinely love Dick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8H_v8cM9CQ

    Yvette at 1:06 trying not to pee herself laughing :D


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