We know another location for an upcoming episode of the Ghost Hunters because they are filming currently at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The episode first aired in May 2008.

The UnionLeader.com has an article detailing how the production crew sets up an episode:

Yesterday, Palace President Peter Ramsey greeted the production crew for a walk-through. They parked their fleet of TAPS vehicles outside the theater and set up TV cameras.

Inside they pressed Ramsey for possible ghostly hot spots. He took them to a reception room adjoining the theater.

“There was a horrible fire here in 1984. This saved the Palace,” Ramsey said, thumping the fire wall that separated the former apartment from the theater. “A woman died in here.”

“Right here?”

One of the production guys perked up, while another scribbled notes on his pad.

As they made their way back through the theater and toward the balcony steps, one of the crew asked Ramsey if he’s had any encounters himself.

“Plenty,” he said, still walking.

“Can you give us details?” asked show producer Mitchell Tanen.

Ramsey stopped in his tracks and turned around.

“How bizarre you want to get?” he asked. The five-man crew braced for bizarre.

Doesn’t it seem like these old theaters seem to be haunted? There have been a few episodes on the series that have been in an old theater. Plus we had the story of the Main Theater by N.U.P.S.

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We here at Spectral Review think it’s a no-brainer that Moonlight, one of our favorite TV shows will be re-newed for a second season.

But others don’t want to risk it since CBS has not officially announced anything yet. So Operation: Renew Moonlight was born today. From their site:

Do you love Moonlight and want to see it return for a second season? Here is your chance to participate in an effort to get the attention of the powers that be at CBS and potentially make a big difference for the one show we have all come to know and love.

Get the details on what they want you to do at the web site. It certainly could help!

Our advice is for everyone who watches Moonlight to get one more person to watch the next few new shows that will be airing on Friday nights at 9PM and that will go far in assuring that the series will continue.

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In late April 2008 the Ghost Hunters investigated the Weston Asylum.

The Weston Asylum located in West Virginia was previously known as “The Lunatic Asylum West of the Alleghenies.” And now the new owners have renamed it the “Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.”

Here is an article from WBOY-TV as they tagged along today with Jason and Grant.

So what was it like for the TAPS crew seeing the building for the first time?

TAPS member and the groups tech manager Steve Gonsalves says, “When you first drive up to this place you can’t help but think it’s haunted, it is all dilapidated and when you think of a haunted, abandoned building in the movies, this is what you think of.”

Gonsalves says the Trans Allegheny Asylum is the LARGEST place TAPS has ever investigated. But the size doesn’t bother the team, in fact, it makes them MORE excited.

Here is 1 recent public photo from Flickr.com

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TV.com has an interview with Ray Wise who plays the Devil on Reaper. It’s one of our favorite shows these days and hasn’t been officially re-newed for next year. They are now showing new episodes on Thursdays at 9PM, so if you haven’t seen it check it out.

TV.com: And that gives you another death grip around Sam. Last week, we got to see you make a deal with guest star Jamie Kennedy. Most of your dealings have been with Sam. Are we going to see more of you working deals with outside characters and see the Devil’s handiwork?

Ray Wise: Yes, I think so. We’re going to see the Devil dealing with other characters. I think it’ll make the character more interesting and certainly open up the storyline to a greater variety of possibilities. And we’re going to see a greater conflict between the Devil’s world and the world of Sam.

TV.com: Critics love the show. The fan base is really into it. So what do you think the prospects are of a second season? I know it’s on the bubble and we’d all like to see it come back. But what have you heard recently?

Ray Wise: Well I’ve heard that they’re good, you know? I’ve heard that the powers that be at the CW and others love the show. They like it. It’s a business thing and I hope that in these next four or five weeks of the show we can pick up a little bit more of an audience and it’ll justify bringing us back, because I know that once people start watching the show that they’re going to like it. It’s just a question of getting enough people to watch.

Earlier TV.com had an interview with Tyler Labine who plays Sock on the show.

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Looks like we will have new GHI episodes to watch after the the current Ghost Hunters series ends it’s run. Though they do say “summer” which could mean it would just need to start by Sept 20th or so. Hopefully there won’t be such a “gap” and their notion of summer is closer to June 20th.

Here is the Sci-Fi press release:

SCI FI CHANNEL TO PREMIERE ALL-NEW EPISODES OF GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL

Reality Series Returns Summer 2008

New York, NY March 18, 2008 Ghost Hunters International, SCI FI’s newest hit reality series, will return to the Channel this summer with seven new episodes as part of its first season, it was announced today by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, SCI FI Channel. After debuting in January as the highest-rated reality telecast in the Channel’s history, Ghost Hunters International averaged a 1.6 Household rating and over 2 million total viewers over its seven-episode run this winter.

A spin-off of SCI FI’s immensely popular Ghost Hunters series, Ghost Hunters International features a squad of real-life “ghost-busters” ordinary people who investigate and attempt to debunk claims of otherworldly activity. The new team travels the world to different cities each week in pursuit of the truth behind bizarre supernatural claims. The success of its record-breaking debut season cemented Ghost Hunters’ place as the #1 paranormal franchise in cable!

For their first round of investigations, the International crew took on some of Europe’s most haunted locales, including Chillingham Castle in England and the forgotten underground city of Mary King’s Close in Scotland. This fall, they will head back out to Europe as well as to some notoriously haunted hotspots in New Zealand and South Africa.

Season 4 of the original Ghost Hunters, featuring lead investigators Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, scored a series ratings high for its premiere on March 5. New episodes currently air Wednesdays @ 9 PM, only on SCI FI.

Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters International are produced in association with Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Films and Television (American Chopper, Dirty Jobs, The Ultimate Fighter). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Rob Katz and Alan David, serve as executive producers.

SCI FI Channel is a television network where “what if” is what’s on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com ) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 93 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies.

Cool. Hopefully Andy won’t be so “stuffy”.

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TV.com has written a nice article where Tyler Labine who plays the character Sock on the show Reaper gives his top ten reasons to watch the show.

We here at Spectral Review think Tyler Labine is terrific as Sock. Definitely one of the best reasons to watch the show. We look forward to tonights first new episode in a very long time.

Perhaps the public just needs a reason to watch. Or maybe 10 reasons. On the eve of Reaper’s return with brand-new episodes, TV.com asked Tyler Labine, who plays Bert “Sock” Wysocki–one of Sam’s friends and the show’s undisputed champion of comic relief, to list off his top 10 reasons to watch Reaper.

Here they are, unedited and straight from Labine’s mouth:

10. “With the monster-of-the-week formula firmly in place, the writers and producers have decided to bring the season to a close focusing on the mythology of the show and delve deeper into character development. YAY.”

9. “Don’t quote me (hahaha) but it looks like you can expect some steamy interests regarding Ben and a new mystery lady this season…. Maybe!!”

Read the rest of the top ten.

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The Burlington County Times has an article about the Ghost Hunters investigation of the Burlington County Prison Museum. The episode airs for the first time on March 12, 2008.

“There’s definitely something out of the ordinary here,” said Marisa Bozarth, museum director. “We have some unaccounted-for noises and you feel like you’re being watched. You get that quite often. You kind of get used to it.”

The investigators, and their TV crew, spent two nights last September at the imposing former prison, which is now a museum. They brought their sophisticated ghost-detection equipment, including infrared cameras and sound re-corders, to aid the hunt.

“They have every type of gadget,” said Bozarth of Mount Laurel.

Bozarth said she knows the results of the “Ghost Hunters” investigation, but can’t reveal whether they were able to confirm or debunk the mysterious happenings at the 200-year-old stone building.

You can find more information about the Burlington County Prison Museum since it’s one of our many haunted places.

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Woohoo! Supernatural will return for a fourth season on the CW. Great news as the story of Dean’s last year before heading to H-E double toothpicks probably won’t be told over the final four episodes they are producing right now. These episodes will air in the April-May time frame.

Here is the CW press release:

THE CW ANNOUNCES EARLY PICKUPS OF SERIES

“Gossip Girl,” “One Tree Hill,” “Smallville,” “Supernatural,” “Everybody Hates Chris” And “America’s Next Top Model” To Return Next Season

March 03, 2008 (Burbank, California) - The CW announced early pickups of six series today, including the network’s signature reality hit, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, four dramas and one comedy. All six series will return for the fall season.

The network’s most popular series, AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL will return with mega-star Tyra Banks for cycles 11 and 12. Returning dramas include the buzz-worthy freshman hit GOSSIP GIRL and ONE TREE HILL, returning for a sixth season. These three series are the top-ranked shows on television with a concentration of women 18-34 viewers.

Also renewed were the long-running Thursday night team of SMALLVILLE, which will begin its eighth season, and SUPERNATURAL, which will begin its fourth season. In addition, the critically acclaimed comedy EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS will return for season four.

This is terrific as this show is one of our favorites.

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We have to say that Nine News out of Colorado has a pretty in-depth article and interview with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of Ghost Hunters.

With the series restarting in a few days we expected some articles and are pleasantly surprised on how good this article is:

Hawes also recalled another case. “We were investigating a woman’s claims of apparitions in her house, and when we checked her bedroom, our EMF meter was jumping off the charts. We found her alarm clock was an old 1960’s model, and was causing crazy electro-magnetic fields around it. This woman slept with this clock right by her head for about ten hours a night. We spent $22.99 on a nice digital clock, and she never saw an apparition again.”

Our number one goal is to help people,” said Wilson. “People have asked us why we don’t charge for our investigations. It’s simple. If we charged for our services we would be charlatans in the eyes of the public. When you think about it, also, how can you charge someone for something that in the eyes of the scientific world doesn’t exist?”

Lot’s of other tidbits in the article too. For example Jason saying they had invested around $20,000 a year on equipment before the show materialized and Sci-Fi Channel took over that cost. That does explain why Jason would get so upset at Brian for losing things that first season. One has to fix a lot of plumbing problems to make $20,000.

We here at Spectral Review have to say we respect Jason and Grant a lot. They do appear to have stuck to their reasons for doing this research in the first place. In spite of the fame, we can see them continuing on after the show is long over.

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Well SciFi has announced that Ghost Hunters International did continue it’s strong ratings after it’s debut in January. This is surely good news for fans of the show which includes the editors here at Spectral Review.

Here is the official press release from SciFi:

GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL WRAPS WINNING DEBUT SEASON

SCI FI #1 Entertainment Cable Network in Wednesday 9 PM Hour

Ghost Hunters Season 4 Premieres March 5 @ 9 PM

Ghost Hunters International wrapped its immensely successful debut season with last night’s finale episode. After debuting in January as the highest-rated reality telecast in the Channel’s history, the series averaged a 1.6 Household rating and over 2 million total viewers over its seven-episode run. In addition:

In the Wednesday 9 PM hour over the series’ seven-week run, SCI FI was the #1 entertainment cable network for Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54, Females 18-49 and Females 25-54.

Compared to the time period average in the same weeks in 2007, Ghost Hunters International boosted the Channel’s performance by triple-digits in all key demographics, including gains of +222% in Adults 25-54 and +300% in Adults 18-49.

Ghost Hunters International brought in significant year-over-year gains among younger and female viewers, with Adults 18-34 up by +329% and Females 18-49 up by +389%.

A spin-off of SCI FI’s popular Ghost Hunters series, Ghost Hunters International features a squad of real-life “ghost-busters” - ordinary people who investigate and attempt to debunk claims of otherworldly activity. The team travels to different European cities each week in pursuit of the truth behind bizarre supernatural claims.

Season 4 of the original Ghost Hunters, featuring lead investigators Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, will premiere March 5 @ 9 PM with a case at the allegedly haunted Fort Mifflin in Philadelphia. Then, at 10 PM, Destination Truth, featuring world-adventurer Josh Gates, premieres its second season with a trip into the mountains of Nepal, where Josh and crew uncovers what could be compelling evidence of the infamous Yeti.

Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters International is produced in association with Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Films and Television (American Chopper, Dirty Jobs, The Ultimate Fighter). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Rob Katz and Alan David, serve as executive producers.

SCI FI Channel is a television network where “what if” is what’s on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com ) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 93 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies.

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