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.

Ghost Hunters International episode report card.

“Frankenstein’s Castle”

The gang heads to Germany to investigate the Castle Frankenstein remains.

Ghost Hunters International visits just one location in this episode. It is the season finale for a very successful first season of this series. We look forward to more seasons to come.

Case: Frankensteins’s Castle

Client Credibility

The client was a man by the name of Walter Scheele. We are told he is a Frankenstein expert which as we watch we realize is true. He tells us of the history of the castle and one man who lived there in 948 by the name of Arborgast Von Frankenstein. The family of Frankenstein lived at the castle until 1602. At one point Johan Konrad Dippel Von Frankenstein lived at the castle and was known as a grave robber. Mr Scheele tells us he did experiments on body parts and he was a “blood brother to the devil.” Sounds like a nasty fellow and must have been the inspiration for Mary Shelley’s story.

Mr Scheele was very credible.

Investigation

Josh Gates of Destination: Truth was along on this investigation. He brought a bit of humor and personality to the episode which actually was kind of nice. We usually just like to have the show concentrate on EVP, video and other evidence gathering but the couple of witty lines Josh said were entertaining and added something extra.

The team did do their usual good job of investigation. This episode had more than the usual amount of personal experiences. Donna LaCroix, Brian, Robb and Andy all saw some shadows. Donna claimed to see/feel a shadow behind her while a camera was pointed near her but nothing was seen on the video.

Evidence

Nothing was found on any their video recordings. They did capture a couple of EVPs that might have been in a language other than English. The EVPs were validated by Walter Scheele. One of the EVPs was described by Mr Scheele as an old German dialect saying “Arborgast is here!” It was a nice tie-in to earlier in the show where it was described that Arborgast Von Frankenstein’s spirit was haunting the castle.

Conclusion

Overall a pretty good show. This episode was the final one for this first season of Ghost Hunters International. It looks like the network and producers were willing to invest in only six episodes for this team. We here at Spectral Review believe there will be more produced. The hard ratings numbers for the most part have not been made public but the show did have a strong debut. It all depends on if the show was able to maintain a good level of viewers. We hope so because the show is done pretty well and the team did a nice job in these six episodes.

There are so many interesting places in Europe that could use a TAPS style of investigation and this series can concentrate on places that are filled with legend and lore.

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