New "Paranormal Cops" TV Series

There have been a lot of paranormal or psychic type shows aired on TV, including NBC's Medium, W Network's Most Haunted, A&E's Paranormal State, the Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures, and Scifi's Ghost Hunters and T.A.P.S International.

While the third season of Paranormal State premiered on 19 January, 2009, there still does not seem to be any signs of the genre easing up on TV or cable networks. In fact, Scifi's Ghost Hunters is already on its fifth season, Most Haunted has reached its twelfth series, and the second series of Ghost Adventures is scheduled for June 2009, with a further 26 episodes planned (presumably for season 3).

And, of course, let us not forget Psychic Kids, co-hosted by Chip Coffey (the psychic/medium who also appears on Paranormal State), or the TV series Supernatural and Medium.

According to Reuters, A&E is tentatively premiering a new paranormal series, Paranormal Cops, which aims to give more credibility to investigations. Investigators include a group of Chicago police officers (who moonlight as "ghost chasers" at night), as well as two technicians and a medium.

A network spokesman said that the "ghost-chasing group existed before the show's producers came along" and the "officers' respective departments have approved the venture", which should provide some solid background resources for eliminating natural phenomena rather than supernatural. The first episode is scheduled sometime this year (no set date yet), but let us hope that the conclusions are objective and that they do not become so analytical that they actually debunk anything paranormal.

This might be something to watch when it does air, so stay tuned and see what happens from here.

Celebrity Paranormal Project

I remember vaguely seeing an episode or two of the Celebrity Paranormal Project, where well-known celebrities investigate haunted locations. This particular episode, celebrities are actor David "Kung Fu" Carradine, pro boxer Mia "The Knockout" St. John, Andrew "The Bachelor" Firestone, playboy model Bridget Marquardt and rapper/actor Coolio.

What's interesting to me is that David Carradine is passive and fearless, unphased by the apparent ghostly goings-on and Coolio, who "ain't afraid of nothin'", eventually freaks out. This is quite entertaining considering that it's meant to be a bona fide investigation conducted by people with celebrity status.

Haunted Britain - Real Ghost Stories

There is no doubt that something, just beyond the edges of our psyches, exists, caught in between two worlds. They are the darker shadows of the night, within the night, the "night stalkers", preying on our fears and terrorizing us. Perhaps they are manifestations of our darker natures, or perhaps they are something far more sinister. This video (only part 1) details one such instance.

The other parts (20 in total) can be viewed here. The rest of the episodes chronicle other eyewitness accounts of paranormal activity.

An Unknown Encounter

This is a documentary, hosted by Felix Mayne, about a Californian family haunted by the apparition of an old man. Investigators also log their findings. If this is true, then this is potentially one nasty spirit. Watch it and decide for yourself.

Paranormal Collections #1 Video

This is my first attempt at a compilation video delving into the paranormal realms. If I had my way though it would contain much more information, including rendered impressions of the ghosts mentioned.

I may "tweak" this later and replace it here, or I may expand it. It's early days yet and this video is more like a tentative foray into movie making rather than a serious attempt. I guess that's how it'll stay right now.

What I'm ultimately wanting to do is make an short paranormal movie, based on a short story I wrote a while back, but have yet to finish the script conversion.

Paranormal Quest

The following is the description, loosely translated from its original French as it appears on DailyMotion:

This documentary contains several topics of study on the paranormal, and focuses on using technological advances to try to respond more scientifically than a mystical or religious approach to the paranormal activities that many people seem to have experienced. Although it unfortunately happens that some people are very often, despite themselves, victims of their own misinterpretations.

Studies and analyses will be made from original documents by police, scientists, and an expert in video analysis, as well as a professional voice recognition expert, who hs worked for the government to analyze TEUs. Demystifying some of the events mediated by major national news channels USA. A team of investigators will investigate the Lizzie Borden house, reputed to be one of the most haunted in the USA.

Here is the History HD documentary (in 3 parts):

Paranormal Quest ▪ |1·3|

Paranormal Quest ▪ |2·3|

Paranormal Quest ▪ |3·3|

These videos are from Daily Motion
Uploaded by Rha_lovely