Ghost Adventures | |
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Series title card
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Genre | Paranormal, Drama |
Created by |
Zak Bagans Nick Groff |
Written by | Zak Bagans Devin Lawrence Jeff Belanger |
Starring | Zak Bagans Aaron Goodwin Billy Tolley Jay Wasley Nick Groff (Seasons 1-10) |
No. of seasons | 13 |
No. of episodes | 160 (plus the 30 specials not included in list) (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Daniel A. Schwartz Joe Townley Michael Yudin Nick Groff (Seasons 1-10) Zak Bagans |
Producer(s) | Zak Bagans Nick Groff (Seasons 1-10) |
Location(s) | United States United Kingdom (6 episodes) Italy (1 episode)</medium> Ireland (2 episodes) Canada (1 episode) Jamaica (1 episode) Romania (1 episode) France (1 episode) |
Cinematography | Zak Bagans Aaron Goodwin Billy Tolley Jay Wasley |
Editor(s) | Zak Bagans Devin Lawrence |
Camera setup | Multiple |
Running time | 42 minutes (excluding commercials) |
Production company(s) | MY Tupelo Entertainment |
Release | |
Original network |
Travel Channel (USA) Really (UK) |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | October 17, 2008 | – present
Chronology | |
Related shows |
Paranormal Challenge Ghost Adventures Live (2009) Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks (2014) Paranormal Lockdown Deadly Possessions (2016) |
External links | |
Website |
Ghost Adventures is an American television series about the paranormal that premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel. Produced by MY-Tupelo Entertainment (a merger of MY Entertainment and Tupelo-Honey Productions), the program follows ghost hunters Zak Bagans, Nick Groff (seasons 1-10), and Aaron Goodwin as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. The show is introduced and narrated by Zak Bagans.
Opening Introduction: (narrated by Zak Bagans)
(Preamble: Some people believe in ghosts. Some people don't.)
Ghost Adventures began as an independent film, produced in a documentary style. It was filmed in 2004 and produced by 4Reel Productions in 2006. The Syfy Channel premiered 4Reel's Ghost Adventures on July 25, 2007. The documentary centered on the trio's investigation of alleged paranormal activity in and around Virginia City, Nevada. The crew returned there during the series' fifth season. The film also featured the Goldfield Hotel in Goldfield, Nevada, to which the crew later returned during the series' fourth and seventh seasons and caught more substantial evidence. The documentary was released on DVD by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment on October 5, 2010.
Zak Bagans, Nick Groff (Seasons 1-10), Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and Jay Wasley investigate reportedly haunted locations, hoping to collect visual or auditory evidence of paranormal activity. Each episode begins with the crew touring the investigation site with its owners or caretakers. These introductions typically include Bagans's voice-overs of the site's history as well as interviews with people who claim to have witnessed paranormal phenomena there. On the basis of these interviews, the crew place X's with black or gray tape at the sites of some serious alleged paranormal activity. They later return to these spots in order to set up static night-vision cameras to try and film it happening.