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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OLN Announces New Fall Primetime Programming (Toronto – August 10, 2010) The success of hit series UFO Hunters and MonsterQuest this Summer has moved OLN up into the Top 10 most-watched, specialty channels for adults 18-49. OLN today announced the exciting mix of new and returning primetime series to continue the momentum this Fall. New series Man v. Food, Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura and the latest from Canadian survival expert Les Stroud, Beyond Survival, join the adrenaline rush of returning favourites UFO Hunters, MonsterQuest and Operation Repo, and new seasons of Destination Truth, Ghost Hunters and Canadian series Mantracker. Artwork and returning show descriptions are available at www.rogersmediatv.ca “Canadian audiences are clearly big fans of the programming on OLN, making it such a popular destination this Summer,” commented Alain Strati Vice President, Specialty TV and Development, Rogers Media Television. “We hope to build upon our success this Fall with an even stronger dose of action and adventure programming.” New series premieres on OLN are as follows: Man v. Food, Seasons 1 - 3: Monday to Friday at 9:30pm ET/PT starting Monday, August 16th Passionate foodie Adam Richman is on a hunger quest to find the most mouthwatering pigout joints in the United States. After getting to know the people behind the dishes from the staff to the loyal patrons, Adam seeks to find out what makes these places so legendary. He'll tackle their famous food challenges designed to test man's gastronomic limits. Let Man v. Food be your guide to the best chow America has to offer. -
Spooky Plumbers-Turned-Ghost-Hunters to Speak at University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Media Relations UNH Publications and Documents 10-10-2007 Spooky Plumbers-Turned-Ghost-Hunters To Speak At University Of New Hampshire Jody Record UNH Media Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/news Recommended Citation Record, Jody, "Spooky Plumbers-Turned-Ghost-Hunters To Speak At University Of New Hampshire" (2007). UNH Today. 887. https://scholars.unh.edu/news/887 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the UNH Publications and Documents at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Spooky Plumbers-Turned-Ghost-Hunters to Speak at University of New Hampshire 9/11/17, 154 PM Spooky Plumbers-Turned-Ghost-Hunters To Speak At University Of New Hampshire Contact: Jody Record 603-862-1462 UNH Media Relations October 10, 2007 DURHAM, N. H. - Believers will want to come early. Skeptics who think what they hear will debunk anyone’s beliefs in the paranormal should, too; the Oct. 24 presentation at the University of New Hampshire by the stars of the Sci-Fi Channel’s popular “Ghost Hunters” is expected to be such a hit that organizers fear they will have to turn people away. And you can forget haunting the planners in advance for a seat. The talk is first-come, first- serve. “We’ve never had as many phone calls for an event as we have in the past three or four weeks for this,” says David Zamansky, assistant director of the Memorial Union Building at UNH. -
LEASK-DISSERTATION-2020.Pdf (1.565Mb)
WRAITHS AND WHITE MEN: THE IMPACT OF PRIVILEGE ON PARANORMAL REALITY TELEVISION by ANTARES RUSSELL LEASK DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Arlington August, 2020 Arlington, Texas Supervising Committee: Timothy Morris, Supervising Professor Neill Matheson Timothy Richardson Copyright by Antares Russell Leask 2020 Leask iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • I thank my Supervising Committee for being patient on this journey which took much more time than expected. • I thank Dr. Tim Morris, my Supervising Professor, for always answering my emails, no matter how many years apart, with kindness and understanding. I would also like to thank his demon kitten for providing the proper haunted atmosphere at my defense. • I thank Dr. Neill Matheson for the ghostly inspiration of his Gothic Literature class and for helping me return to the program. • I thank Dr. Tim Richardson for using his class to teach us how to write a conference proposal and deliver a conference paper – knowledge I have put to good use! • I thank my high school senior English teacher, Dr. Nancy Myers. It’s probably an urban legend of my own creating that you told us “when you have a Ph.D. in English you can talk to me,” but it has been a lifetime motivating force. • I thank Dr. Susan Hekman, who told me my talent was being able to use pop culture to explain philosophy. It continues to be my superpower. • I thank Rebecca Stone Gordon for the many motivating and inspiring conversations and collaborations. • I thank Tiffany A. -
Twenty-First Century American Ghost Hunting: a Late Modern Enchantment
Twenty-First Century American Ghost Hunting: A Late Modern Enchantment Daniel S. Wise New Haven, CT Bachelor oF Arts, Florida State University, 2010 Master oF Arts, Florida State University, 2012 A Dissertation presented to the Graduate Faculty oF the University oF Virginia in Candidacy For the Degree oF Doctor oF Philosophy Department oF Religious Studies University oF Virginia November, 2020 Committee Members: Erik Braun Jack Hamilton Matthew S. Hedstrom Heather A. Warren Contents Acknowledgments 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 5 Chapter 2 From Spiritualism to Ghost Hunting 27 Chapter 3 Ghost Hunting and Scientism 64 Chapter 4 Ghost Hunters and Demonic Enchantment 96 Chapter 5 Ghost Hunters and Media 123 Chapter 6 Ghost Hunting and Spirituality 156 Chapter 7 Conclusion 188 Bibliography 196 Acknowledgments The journey toward competing this dissertation was longer than I had planned and sometimes bumpy. In the end, I Feel like I have a lot to be thankFul For. I received graduate student Funding From the University oF Virginia along with a travel grant that allowed me to attend a ghost hunt and a paranormal convention out oF state. The Skinner Scholarship administered by St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville also supported me For many years. I would like to thank the members oF my committee For their support and For taking the time to comb through this dissertation. Thank you Heather Warren, Erik Braun, and Jack Hamilton. I especially want to thank my advisor Matthew Hedstrom. He accepted me on board even though I took the unconventional path oF being admitted to UVA to study Judaism and Christianity in antiquity. -
Ghost Hunters
INVESTIGATIVE FILES Ghost Hunters elief that spirits of the dead exist and can appear to the living is Bboth ancient and widespread, yet the actual study of ghostly phenomena has largely been lacking. So-called “inves- tigation” has ranged from mere collecting of ghost tales to the use of “psychic” impressions to a pseudoscientific reliance on technology applied in a questionable fashion. Real science has largely been ignored. Collecting Tales What passed for investigation in earlier times is illustrated by a “true” ghost story related by Pliny the Younger (ca. 100 a.d.). It has been “regarded as the first investigated ghost story” (Finucane 2001). A hearsay tale, already a century old when Figure 1. Paranormal investigator Vaughn Rees mimics ghost hunters, demonstrating how not to find a ghost. Pliny told it, it involved a house in Athens (Photo courtesy of Vaughn Rees.) haunted by the specter of an emaciated, Victoria’s reign represent not beings of a slamming door might have been caused fettered man. It rattled its chains at night that other world, but of this. and brought disease and death to visitors. by a draft or may have been a prank). Undaunted, however, a stoic philosopher Even in a given era, ghosts seem to Uncritical collections of ghost tales— named Atheno dorus bought the house, behave according to individual expecta- rife with weaselly phrases like “is said tried first to ignore the beckoning phan- tions, being as likely to walk through a to be” and “some believe that” (e.g., tom, then calmly followed it into the wall as to knock on a door before entering Hauck 1996, 1, 12)—are ubiquitous. -
MEDIA KIT OLN Is Specialty Television Station in Canada Offering Viewers a One-Stop Destination for Adrenaline Pumping Action and Adventure Entertainment
MEDIA KIT OLN is specialty television station in Canada offering viewers a one-stop destination for adrenaline pumping action and adventure entertainment. From original Canadian hit reality, adventure, and travel series (Mantracker, Departures and Survivorman) to internationally acclaimed sporting events such as: Tour de France; OLN takes viewers on intense, rugged journeys across Canada and around the world. OLN is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For more information visit www.OLN.ca. station fact sheet SCHEDULE Winter 2010 PROGRAM PROGRAM MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TIME (ET) TIME (PT) 6:00 AM Caribbean Workout 3:00 AM 6:30 AM Caribbean Workout 3:30 AM 7:00 AM Paid Programming 4:00 AM Paid Programming 7:30 AM Caribbean Workout 4:30 AM Road Hockey Word Travels 8:00 AM Paid Programming Rumbie 5:00 AM 8:30 AM The Rig World of Skiing Fish TV RCTV Ed's Up 5:30 AM 9:00 AM Paid Programming Fish TV Angry Planet 6:00 AM 9:30 AM Tow Biz Tow Biz Tow Biz 6:30 AM Road Hockey World of Skiing 10:00 AM Word Travels Rumbie 7:00 AM 10:30 AM Paid Programming Fish TV Ed's Up Word Travels 7:30 AM 11:00 AM Angry Planet RCTV The Rig 8:00 AM 11:30 AM Ed's Up Fish TV Crash Addicts 8:30 AM 12:00 PM Paid Programming The Rig Paid Programming The Rig Paid Programming 9:00 AM Mantracker 12:30 PM Paid Programming 9:30 AM 1:00 PM Hockey Powers Hockey Powers 10:00 AM Survivorman 1:30 PM Word Travels Angry -
Number of Film and V Ideo Projects Using
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................3 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT ........................................................................5 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT ...................................................7 “Production Totals and Percentage Increases: 2008 vs. 2009” Chart ..........................................................................9 “Production Totals, 1978-2009” Chart .............................................11 “Number of Film and Video Projects Using New Jersey Locations, 1978-2009” Graph ............................13 ECONOMIC IMPACT ...........................................................................21 “Economic Impact Statistics, 1978-2009” Chart .............................25 “Millions of Dollars Contributed to New Jersey Economy by Filmmaking Activity, 1978- 2009” Graph ...................................27 PRODUCTION SERVICES ..................................................................29 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ....................................................................31 PRODUCTION LIST ............................................................................33 Features ............................................................................................35 Telefilms/Mini-Series .......................................................................43 Television Series And Specials .........................................................45 Music Videos ....................................................................................55 -
Transmedial Ghosts: Paranormal Investigation from Photography to Youtube
Transmedial Ghosts: Paranormal Investigation from Photography to YouTube by Kevin Chabot A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Cinema Studies Institute University of Toronto © Copyright by Kevin Chabot 2019 Transmedial Ghosts: Paranormal Investigation from Photography to YouTube Kevin Chabot Doctor of Philosophy Cinema Studies Institute University of Toronto 2019 Abstract Paranormal investigation has been a narrative preoccupation within horror films for quite some time, yet the context of the 21st century and the rise of digitization have raised renewed questions concerning the evidentiary status of audio-visual technologies and their capacity for revelation. In exploring the ways in which paranormal investigation has figured within contemporary horror, this dissertation argues that the inherent ghostly qualities of film, television, video, and the Internet are exploited in diverse ways, figuring the medium itself as a spectral conduit. This spectrality manifests itself differently from medium to medium, highlighting unique articulations of haunting across media. As such, paranormal investigation in contemporary horror situates the ghost as a transmedial figure, one that exhibits unique medium- specific degrees of haunting depending upon its mode of visualization. In presenting differing instantiations of haunting within distinct media forms, paranormal investigation presents us with a composite image of current understandings of the ontology of the ghost as well as a reflexive analysis of the revelatory role of contemporary media. This investigative enterprise betrays a desire to visualize the imperceptible, an epistephilic drive to bring the supernatural within the bounds of knowledge. At the same time, paranormal investigation demonstrates a persistent ii investment in media as compensatory vision, in their ability to access and document that which escapes our perceptive capabilities. -
Ghost-Hunting Mistakes Science and Pseudoscience in Ghost Investigations
SI New Nov Dec pages_SI new design masters 9/24/10 2:29 PM Page 44 Ghost-Hunting Mistakes Science and Pseudoscience in Ghost Investigations There are thousands of amateur ghost hunters around the world whose techniques are modeled after hit cable television shows such as Ghost Hunters, which claim to use good science. But a close examination of typical ghost-hunting methods reveals them to be mostly pseudoscience. BENJAMIN RADFORD illions of people are interested in ghosts. One 2005 and “We approach ghost hunting from a scientific point of view” (Hawes and Gallup poll found that 37 percent of Amer icans be- Wilson 2007, 270). Mlieve in haunted houses, and even more believe in Yet in their 2007 book Ghost Hunt- ing: True Stories of Unex plained Phenom- ghosts. The “reality” TV show Ghost Hunters has been a huge ena from The Atlantic Paranormal hit for the Syfy channel, lasting six seasons so far and in- Society, Hawes allots a grand total of spiring other shows. The show’s ghost-hunting methods four paragraphs (within 273 pages) to a chapter titled “The Scientific Ap- have been adopted by thousands of amateur ghost investi- proach.” He doesn’t have much to say gators across the country and around the world. about science or scientific methods, and in fact it’s the shortest chapter in the book. Hawes is wrong in his belief that Just about every ghost-hunting understandings. It can be very easy to he and his T.A.P.S. crew are using good group calls itself “skeptical” or “scien- accidentally create or misinterpret evi- scientific investigative methods. -
September and October
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA Office of the National Chaplain ANTONIO VIDURRI ALVARADO – Died Tuesday, March 10, 2009 in La Puente, California at the age of 62. The cause of death is unknown. He was born November 12, 1946. He is survived by his mother. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a Life Member of Vietnam Veterans of America – Harker Heights (Texas) Chapter #1000. He was interred at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Rowland Heights, California. CHARLES STEVEN “Zig-Zag” ANTHONY - Died Monday, June 21, 2010 in Sequatchie, Tennessee at the age of 57. He was born June 24, 1952. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of Vietnam Veterans of America – Chattanooga Chapter #203. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Friday at Rudder Funeral Home, Stevenson. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today. Interment was at the Walker Family Cemetery. FRANK ATTRUIA – Died Friday, June 11, 2010 in West Haven, Connecticut at the age of 63. The cause of death is unknown. He was a Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a Life Member, Charter Member and Past President of Vietnam Veterans of America – Milford Chapter #251. ROY D. BAIN, JR. – Died recently in 2010 in Graysville, Tennessee at the age of 66. The cause of death is unknown. He was born May 18, 1943. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of Vietnam Veterans of America – Soddy-Daisy Chapter #942. ROGER JAY BEATTIE - Died Sunday, December 13, 2009 in Onondaga, Michigan at age of 81. -
Hunters Or Debunkers?
Hunters or debunkers? Though Jason Hawes (left) and Grant Wilson both claim to have had experiences with the paranormal, they’re not exactly on a wild goose chase. “We actually had a different view about the paranormal and how it should be approached,” Wilson explains of their method. “We went in and tried to disprove the claims that the people had.” With a team that includes HVAC professionals and other technical and construction pro- fessionals, they set out to explain things that go bump – or flush – in the night. “Eighty per cent of what we come across, we can debunk, and a lot of times that’s due to our plumbing knowledge,” Wilson says. “Don’t forget the flapper valve that makes everybody think their uncle Fred who used to be a plumber is telling them that he’s there by flushing the toilet at 3 a.m.,” Hawes offers as an example. “Really, they’re going to bed at 11 and the flapper valve is leaking, so it’s likely that it takes that long before the toilet kicks back on.” Cases they can’t explain become more credible, Wilson says, because they withstand the expert scrutiny. “Our goal is to help people and find out the truth,” he says. “If you find something odd, it stands the test because you’ve already tried to disprove it.” Cover Story By Dave Bowden Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson are like thousands of other tradesmen. The two New England plumbers got into the field at the encouragement of family and friends, and ended up falling in love with the rewarding nature of the work. -
Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls
Librarian’s Shelf by Karen Connell Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls Parents bring your children, children bring your parents; the Friends of the Columbus Public Library and Girl Scout Troop 50331 have planned an event for the whole family! Join them on Sunday, October 29 at 2:00pm for “Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls” by Dorothy Rieke. The event will take place in the Columbus Art Gallery, found in the lower level of the Columbus Public Library. Dorothy Rieke will entertain the audience while discussing what makes a story scary, by including an assortment of spooky examples. She includes age- appropriate stories to appeal to the scary sensibilities of the audience. “Ghosts, Goblins, and Ghouls” is appropriate for an audience of ages from 3rd grade through adult. If that isn’t enough to entice your family to attend, maybe prizes for your little ones will. Dorothy encourages participation in her presentation, and rewards those children who do! A writer from Juilian, Nebraska, Dorothy began her career teaching in a rural school. After completing her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Peru State College, as well as courses from the University of Nebraska and University of Oklahoma, she went on to teach high school. Dorothy taught English for over 30 years at Auburn Middle School where she was voted teacher of the year. Now Dorothy is a freelance writer of nostalgia, travel, religious, and food articles. She has been published in over 50 magazines. If Dorothy’s presentation of ghost stories leaves you wanting more, look no further than the shelves of the Columbus Public Library.