New UK Paranormal Show Needs Your Help OcUKers!

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Hi GDers!

I'm currently helping a TV production company research the possibility of making a new paranormal TV show in the UK. We believe that shows like Most Haunted are a bit daft (don't tell Yvette) and that there is a genuinely large audience out there that deserves a decent show about supposed hauntings and the macabre histories that accompany them.

What we need to know is what people would like to see on screen. This is open to everyone, regardless of whether you believe in ghosts or not.

Anyway, a few questions to start off:

Should mediums be included?
Is the history of the haunting important?
Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?
Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?


We are also trying to find a new 'angle' for the show to mark it out from the other ones currently on TV. Something new and exciting, so any ideas are most welcome!


Any ideas and feedback are most welcome - I appreciate the help!


Matt.
 
Should mediums be included?
No

Is the history of the haunting important?
Yes

Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?
Yes

Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?
Wouldn't that make it a bit of a pointless show? Unless the main aim of the program is about the history etc.


How about getting non-believers to stay in places that are supposed to be really haunted? Or has that been done already?
 
Should mediums be included?

No. Not everyone believes in this sort of stuff, whilst many may believe in ghosts they think mediums are bull. So if you are after a wider range of audience don't use them.

Is the history of the haunting important?

Yes. The most interesting part by a mile.


Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?

No.


Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?

Yes. I would prefer the history of the haunting. Recorded occurences maybe even trying to see if something does happen when you visit certain sites. I find the story interesting not the morons prancing round on TV.

We are also trying to find a new 'angle' for the show to mark it out from the other ones currently on TV. Something new and exciting, so any ideas are most welcome!


No idea. A well produced, well researched and well presented show with the right atmosphere would be the most important to me.


Hope this helps :p
 
Thanks guys, interesting stuff.

No1newts said:
I find the story interesting not the morons prancing round on TV.
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Glad you said this; as the team seems to want to focus more on the history and legends at the moment.

Don't feel you have to stick to my questions either: you can talk about whether legends and mysteries should be included (or anything else for that matter), your beliefs, or even just say what you like or dislike about Most Haunted, TAPS etcetera...
 
My youngest (13) loves this sort of stuff on TV.

I read a few folklore myths and legend books that always captured my imagination more than ghost stories. Maybe you should investigate that sort of thing.

I've never found mediums on TV to be believable in most haunted etc. They mention seeing spirits and hearing voices then jump when someone whispers or they see a shadow.

Thermal readings and sound and vision are all you need. I don't think anything else adds much to the drama.

One thing I haven't seen is mist or fog effects to 'see' air movement. Maybe that's an angle too.
 
We want Ghostbusters, with all the cool stuff.


Seriously though...

No mediums, they simply detract from the seriousness of the show as most people think they are charlatans.

The history of the Haunting is the most important part.

The investigators should be real, not substandard pseudo-celebrities. Real parasychologists with the relevent equipment.

As for not much happening, I would rather the truth than some special effect claptrap just to garner viewers reactions.

The angle should involve investigating real hauntings, not just old buildings and creepy locations.
 
Most haunted? What a pile of poo. Theres a bloke on there who talks to himself, yet is not on medication, despite a quite obvious mental illness. They love screaming, despite nothing happening, and please oh please don;t even bother to spount 'orbs' 'sparkles' etc. These have been discredited as artifacts of digital imaging.

History is good, I have been on ghost tours, one of which was in chillingham castle, was very interesting, and we spent the night there. Lot of noises in a very old building such as that one, and was unsettling.

Keep it true, more like time team than the blair witch.
 
Forde said:
Should mediums be included?
Is the history of the haunting important?
Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?
Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?
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No. Just no.
 
sigma said:
Should mediums be included?
Only if such mediums have truly no prior knowledge of the locations

Is the history of the haunting important?
Very. In my opinion probably more important than having mediums on the show.

Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?
Yes, even though these are included in other shows such as Most Haunted, I don't think they go into enough detail as to how these devices work and how they correlate to identifying paranormal activity.

Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?

I wouldn't mind too much as long as there was something to keep my attention, such as exploring the history of a location.
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I have a great 'Angle' for a new Paranormal TV Show, what you do is: Get Z-List fame hungry 'Celebs' the more irritating the better, for example James Corden, you kill him in the most violent way possible on Live TV and then wait for him to contact you in some way from beyond death.

I guarantee you will have the highest rating TV Show in the UK, no one will even care if you don't record any paranormal activity either.
 
Boobs. If there is nothing going on (because you aren't faking things) boobs are needed to keep attention.
 
Something hot and warm is coming out the back of my pants now. Oh it smells!
 
Should mediums be included?

Definately not

Is the history of the haunting important?

Absolutely

Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?

Keep it simple, only use what is needed.

Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?

Definately, I'm sick of seeing 10 people walking around a supposedly haunted area people jumping around/shouting saying, they saw something or have been touched (ooeer).

I would rather see 2 people being quiet, sleeping or whatever with video cameras set up, so if there is something there - we can see it/hear it.
 
On the subject of video camera's, if they were to be used in an upcoming show, can they be better spec than some grainy cheapo handy cams. :)
 
Should mediums be included?
No

Is the history of the haunting important?
Yes, I would like to see a program that's maybe covers two angles, the history behind it in terms of the actual history of the haunting, plus the history of the story behind the person/thing that's "doing" the haunting.

Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?
The other part would cover a scientific investigation of the site of the hauntings, such as CCTV, thermal, electromagnetism etc over a period of time.

Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?
I think the history part could do enough, the more gruesome the better! Obviously coming up with anything concrete during the site investigation isn't likely. Only thing is how many episodes you could do, I think you might struggle to get more than 6 or so out of it.
 
Should mediums be included?
Nope. As others have mentioned, not everyone's convinced by this sort of thing, and I can't help but feel that during shows like Most Haunted etc. that the medium's simply making stuff up on the post in order to justify their own pay cheque.

Is the history of the haunting important?
Yes. For me whether anything happens or not is secondary to the story/folklore behind the haunting.

Do investigators need to use the latest electronic gadgets to aid investigations?
Nope. How would one even go about detecting a ghost electronically?

Would you be happy seeing a show where not much happens (instead of the shennanigans that happen on other shows)?
Yes, I'd rather it stay true to what actually happens than have people passing off an act of fiction as fact.
 
Would it be better, and indeed feasible to do some sort of physical excavations, to prove a lot of the claims about haunted sites?
 
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