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20 Things That Are unless there’s more to back it up, many will When sitting around a campfire, everyone loves
remain dubious. a good ghost story. While it’s enough to fool a
Absolutely Fake On Ghost few scared listeners, we expect paranormal
5: Properties Claim To Be But Aren’t investigators not to fall for it. Yet according to
Hunters
Really Haunted Ranker, TAPS members have accepted old tales
as truth.
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It might sound like a bad mark against a
They cite an episode that took place on a
business if it becomes haunted. Yet a report in
8: They Take Liberties Making Out Cracked suggests otherwise. Paranormal plantation with a scary story tied to the setting
Words From EVP Recordings investigators who sat down with the source that many Ghost Hunters believed. After some
research though, an investigator found out a key
claim that certain businesses benefit from the
character in the tale was never real.
Paranormal Investigators employ hi-tech tools added tourism it brings.
while on the job, such as EVP recorders. Cast
1: TAPS Has A Questionable Business
members on shows like Ghost Hunters will They even welcome investigations such as
often decipher what these recorders pick up, TAPS provides, as it has the potential to bring Model
relaying words from beyond to the audience. more attention to the location.
TAPS is more than a group of paranormal
Yet paranormal investigator Vince Amico told 4: Drama Gets Embellished investigators going from haunted residence to
AZ Central that it’s hard to distinguish actual the next—it's also a business.
words since the recorders create a lot of other It’s not that big of a surprise, considering Ghost
noise. Hunters is a reality TV show and drama tends to Grunge reports that TAPS states to be a non-
get embellished. According to the site Grunge, profit organization and also admit to financing
7: They Get Away With Tricks Under some of the drama that happens on Ghost its tech from donations. Yet others claim the
The Cover Of Night Hunters isn’t real. producers buy their equipment, which raises an
eyebrow.
Part of what adds to the spooky atmospheres on Everyone knows TV shows can get carried
Ghost Hunters is that most of it takes place in away with doing this though to inject Sources: The Futon Critic, AZ Central, Cracked,
the dark. While it certainly ups the show’s excitement in episodes. Mass Live, Grunge, Ranker
entertainment value, it can also offer producers
an advantage. 3: It's About More Than The Thrill THANK YOU

According to Ranker, the cover of night enables If someone does a difficult job purely for the TO ALL
the show to trick audiences with camera tricks. thrill of it, people tend to look up to them. While
the lead cast members of Ghost Hunters would FIRST RESPONDERS
6: A TAPS Member Believes He like its viewers to believe that’s why they do it, AND

Encountered A Spirit the truth is they make money off the show.
ESSENTIAL WORKERS
According to former member Donna Lacroix, in
All it may take to keep a paranormal FOR ALL YOU DO
an interview with “Ghost Divas,” Jason and
investigator going is what they hear from others.
Grant made bank off merchandising and
According to Grunge, one of TAPS' members DURING THE
producer's rights on the show (Mass Live).
admitted to seeing “objects moving, things
falling that doesn't make sense, smells.” COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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