An eye on the paranormal world in today’s popular culture.  Articles refer to news about paranormal groups, TV shows and appearances by the leading ghost hunters in the field.
May 16th, 2008 by djb

Starting on December 10, 2007, the new series Paranormal State began airing on the A&E Television Network. The series consisted of twenty 30-minute episodes which aired on Monday nights. Many weeks featured two episodes while near the end of it’s run, the network showed one episode per Monday evening.
A television show about the [...]

May 15th, 2008 by djb

The Soulseekers are a group from the UK that we have written about several times. They had released their mobisodes with one featuring Richard Felix of Most Haunted. They later released their Scary mobisode. And most recently announced they were teaming with the Spiritseekers of California.
Now they have announced the release [...]

May 13th, 2008 by djb

The Hollywood Reporter is claiming that Moonlight is dead.

CBS declined to pickup the series because it was failing to hold its “Ghost Whisperer” lead-in and declined in the ratings post-strike. Last Friday’s episode garnered a 2.0 rating among adults 18 to 49.

Looks like not enough eyeballs were added after the strike. We thought it [...]

May 12th, 2008 by djb

It’s a story that will happen a lot over the next few years, but will happen rather quietly we think. The Evening Star in the UK has an article telling us of a Suffolk paranormal group calling it quits:

Mr Proctor set about recruiting other believers and created a website for the group. He divided [...]

May 12th, 2008 by djb

Reaper is officially back for season two on the CW.
Update: Looks like they are going to make 13 episodes which is not a commitment to a full season. The show will have to do well the first 4 weeks or so, or expect it to be canceled.
Hopefully the writers come up with some storylines [...]

May 11th, 2008 by djb

We here at Spectral Review love listening to Para-X Radio. We sometimes get the chance to listen live but most of the time we listen to the podcasts during our long commute to the day job. Listening to these great shows makes our drive much more enjoyable.
We want to take the time to [...]

May 11th, 2008 by djb

One of the creepiest ghost tales we have heard here at Spectral Review is the witnessing of the “Lincoln Ghost Train”. The Lincoln funeral train made it’s way from Washington DC to Springfield, Illinois after the President was assassinated.
The story is that a “ghost train” is seen every year at the end of April [...]

May 10th, 2008 by djb

Tim Surette over at TV.com has said that E! Online has a source saying Reaper will be renewed for a second season on the CW.

“If you had asked me a week ago, I would have said no,” an “insider” tells E! about Reaper’s chances. “But there have been a few changes, and now it’s looking [...]

May 10th, 2008 by djb

Dave and Tom hosts of KAPS Paranormal Radio on the Para-X Radio Network will be broadcasting live June 28, 2008 from the Michigan Paranormal Expo. The Michigan Paranormal Expo is being hosted by Paranormal Researchers in Southeast Michigan (PRISM)

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May 8th, 2008 by djb

The May 1, 2008 episode of The Cold Spot with Brad and Barry Klinge from Everyday Paranormal is available for your listening pleasure.
Brad and Barry discuss EVPs and how Everyday Paranormal goes about handling their EVP sessions. They have three techniques in the capture of EVPs and explain them on this show.
Here is part [...]