Ghost Hunters
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Title screenshot of Ghost Hunters, depicting Race Rock Light, which was investigated during season one.
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| Genre | Paranormal |
| Starring | (See personnel below.) |
| Narrated by | Mike Rowe (intro only) |
| Composer(s) | Vanacore Music |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
| No. of episodes | 217 + 13 specials (as of Nov 18, 2015) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Craig Piligian Tom Thayer Alan David Rob Katz |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Pilgrim Films & Television |
| Distributor | NBC Universal |
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| Original network | Syfy |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | October 6, 2004 – October 26, 2016 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
Ghost Hunters International (2008–12) Ghost Hunters Academy (2009–10) Kindred Spirits (2016–) |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Ghost Hunters is an American paranormal reality television series that premiered on October 6, 2004, on Syfy (previously the Sci Fi Channel). The program features paranormal investigators Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, who investigate places that are reported to be haunted. The two originally worked as plumbers for Roto-Rooter as a day job while investigating locations at night. In June 2016, Jason Hawes announced that Ghost Hunters would be ending their relationship with the SyFy channel at the conclusion of its eleventh season, which aired later that year.
The series is unrelated to the original 1996 Inca Productions' Ghosthunters produced for the Discovery Channel. The format was sold to Pilgrim Films & Television in the United States to become Ghost Hunters. The only link between the two series is presenter Ian Cashmore who anchored the European series. Cashmore piloted the U.S. show, but chose not to remain part of the U.S. venture after he filmed the promos.
Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, along with other team members who belong to the group they founded, The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS), investigate locations of interest by using various electronic equipment, which they believe is capable of detecting paranormal activity.
When investigating a location, TAPS team members first visit and survey the property with its owners, who describe their experiences at the site. Next, the team sets up electronic equipment in the apparent paranormal hotspots. The TAPS team then spends several hours taking electromagnetic field and temperature readings, recording audio for EVPs, and filming with digital video cameras. Many times, they will even try to verbally coax the ghosts into responding, while recording. Afterwards, the team spends several days analyzing all of the data for evidence of possible paranormal activity.
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