Beyond Belief: The Ghastly Truth About Ghost Hunting Shows

Investigations Take More Than One Night

Photo Credit: Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Every paranormal show is structured the same. A team, led by someone like Zak Bagans, comes to town to investigate a case they’ve been made aware of. Zak does some research, questions the townsfolk, then locks himself and his team in the haunted location for a night.

Amico, who has worked in the industry for 15 years in Phoenix calls it “ghost hunting theater.” The truth is any real investigation takes weeks to months to conduct and rarely yields ghostly results. As you’ll learn from our next slide, ghosts don’t come out on command.