Paranormal State “Requiem” Report Card
We here at Spectral Review are not paranormal investigators, demonologists, or drama critics. We don’t even play any of those on TV! But we do watch most paranormal shows and can tell the good ones from the bad.
Paranormal State episode report card.
“Requiem”
Ryan and the crew head to Allentown, Pa., to investigate a 19th-century home and barn belonging to a young woman and her mother.
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Paranormal State has one of their best episodes to date. |
Client Credibility
The homeowners are a family by the name of Warren. The daughter is college aged and tells us that she has always felt uncomfortable in the home since they moved in when she was a young girl. She had felt something touch her neck. Not a choking feeling, more like a brushing feeling. When she was younger her parents brought her to doctors to try to help her in traditional ways.
She seemed very credible.
Investigation
Another terrific job of investigation by the team.
The owners had told them of a previous owner who had committed suicide in the barn behind the home. The story is of a man named Jim Barnes who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and did not want to be a burden on his family. The team interviewed people who knew Mr Barnes and Ryan spoke on the phone with his widow. Jim Barnes was a retired military man.
Chip Coffey appeared on this episode and confirmed that a spirit was in the barn and wanted nothing to do with the team. Also Chip felt a young male presents in the home. The team talked with former owners of the property who owned the home before Jim Barnes and they learn that a young boy named Walter had died in the home.
Ryan and the team do a terrific job researching and are able to talk to people to get details of the story.
Evidence
Not much evidence to highlight for this investigation. They had some camera issues that seemed a bit odd but most likely just computer/camera hardware issues. A door did open by itself but wasn’t caught on camera.
Conclusion
This episode was one of this series best. We love how Ryan and the team research and find people who can shed light on the spirits involved.
They brought an honor guard in perform a ceremony to honor Jim Barnes for his service to his country. It was a terrific idea for them to do.
February 19th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
As always, I look forward in reading your reviews of PARANORMAL STATE. They seem to be very honest. The fact of the matter is, this show is finding its niche. And it’s starting to find it quite nicely. I always look forward to reading these honest and refreshing reviews, as well as from other shows.
Good job and please keep up the work!
February 19th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Thanks so much Z.T.
I agree that the show is finding it’s niche. And I wonder if the problems it has had were more because of the producers and the network trying to “make a splash” with the early demon episodes and I wonder if the weaker episodes were aired because “we paid for 20 episodes, we are going to air 20″.
I have read that the “Ghost Hunters” producers do not air every investigation they film because just nothing happens on some to make an interesting episode. Hopefully “Paranormal State” in it’s second season (if there is one) will be able to do the same thing.
September 9th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Was it explained at the beginning of the show that Jim Barnes died by hanging himself? Then the widow said she found his cap outside the barn with “his skull inside it.” I am guessing he killed himself by way of shooting? Does anybody know how he died? Thank you.