Anyone like to watch Ghost Hunters...how valid do you think that show is?

Valid or not, one can argue that when the people get peace at last, they get their money's worth. Yet, I think that I was watching a different program a few times, and the investigations done with instrumentation were done for free.

"Valid or not, one can argue that when the people get peace at last, they get their money's worth."

That's a good point. To be honest, it's one I never thought about. But you are right, and it is very hard to put a price tag on peace of mind.

Do American churches practise exorcism ?

Amazingly, the Church of England not only has a prescribed sevice for it but every diocese has a vicar who is an exorcist.

That's an instance of the Church trying to bring peace of mind.

The Roman Catholic church has conducted several in the last decade. The most famous one (in the US) was done not far from where I live, in 1947 (I think) at a hospital in St. Louis (Alexian Brothers?). It was the basis for the film The Exorcist. The character that inspired the young priest, Fr. Damien Karras, just died in the last few years. Of course, there were significant liberties taken in the film (The little girl in Washington, DC, was actually a little boy from Baltimore.), but the basics were the same. In the early 70s, a friend who knew one of the priests involved showed me some copies of some of the records. Regardless of the explanation, it was scary stuff.

The Jews, and (I think) the Lutherans have also done some exorcisms in the 20th Century, but they try to hide that fact. Some of the smaller Religious Right churches also perform exorcisms, mainly to cleanse rebellious teens and young women of the demons who are obviously in possession of their souls and who make them want to dance, smoke cigarettes, and other devilish activities.

I really like TAPS over GHI. Lately they have been letting GHI take over on Wednesday nights, I want them to bring the original TAPS back.

I am absolutely addicted to Ghost Hunters, and yet I know it’s complete and utter bupkiss. I get a headache from rolling my eyes and I’m really surprised I haven’t thrown anything at the TV yet, but I just can’t get enough of them.

Tsaeb does indeed have a good point, that at least their “investigations” bring their clients some understanding and peace of mind. I would like to see the Ghost Hunters paired up with a truly skeptical paranormal investigator, such as Joe Nickell or Ben Radford and see how the groups interact…

iamjrosey, you’ll be glad to know that GHI and the original Ghost Hunters are just on alternating schedules. Right now it is GHI’s turn, but their season will be done before long and we’ll have Grant and Jason back.

I watched a few "UFO Hunters" programs, and they had me sitting at the edge of my seat. There is one fellow there who puts me in stitches, because his eyes always look so sleepy that I can't imagine him getting excited enough to roll them up in his head over UFO's. So I, too, just stare at the shows, myself sleepy eyed. Maybe he's as puzzled as I am.

I wonder how long the season for GHI is. Yea, I feel you on the wanting to throw something at the TV when they are coming to the conclusion, They will be like, "O man, check this out, this is good"...then you can't see for yourself till they meet with the client to give their conclusion! Grrr. I really love that show tho.

And even then, they don't show anything. None of their "EVP's" sound like what they translate, none of their pictures ever catch a figure and the pictures they claim are figures are pretty easy to see through. It just makes me insane. I don't know which makes me madder, the show or that I can't stop watching it.