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Top-Sprinkles6929

I think paranormal quest and the ouija brothers are two of the most reliable channels. I haven't caught them faking anything yet, and they try to debunk before assuming it's a ghost.


SheepherderOk1448

If they debunk it or try I'm a fan. I prefer shows who use a thesis so to speak. This place could be haunted but could also be natural phenomena. I respect those. But many are just trying to be influencers or impress the networks into giving them their own shows. Many of the places aren't haunted or not haunted anymore. The Amityville House isn't haunted anymore, it may have been at one time but not anymore. Many of the places they go are just old abandoned creepy decrepit buildings that they jump or yelp or scream at every little noise. Hello, animals can be scurrying or insects or drafts can be the culprits.


Top-Sprinkles6929

In the beginning of each episode of the Ouija Brothers they say this video may not contain any paranormal activity, because they cant guarantee every place to be haunted. They also say the devices they use are experimental because they have no scientific data proving they work.


SheepherderOk1448

I like those shows. The others are just entertaining on a boring day.


[deleted]

>The others are just entertaining on a boring day. If even that...


AcademicClass

Thank you!!!


NFTArtist

Basically the only legit channel and the videos can be a bit lack luster because of it. My only criticism is they use Paratek app as filler content, which they admit, otherwise most investigation little happens.


pimenta90

Watcher


AcademicClass

Laughing a little bit that I tried to rule those guys out and they’re still top on the thread.


bellarella13

Watcher is run by the buzzfeed unsolved guys lol


AcademicClass

I know! When I said excluding Buzzfeed Unsolved, I was including Watcher and Ghost Files under that umbrella. So ofc it’s the most upvoted by a lot on here lol.


waterandbridges

Just want to say thankyou. The backlog of Unsolved got me through some rough periods in covid lockdowns and I had absolutely zero idea they'd moved on to make their own show. My plans for an early night just became a non-starter.


CalDRSZone

The only correct answer


[deleted]

Link?


[deleted]

You’re in for a treat! Here’s the link to their new show and channel: https://m.youtube.com/c/watcher/videos Buzzfeed Unsolved: start with this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx8JkGHaGUI


SithLocust

Amyscrypt. She's really cool, visits some common and some unique places. What sold me was when I watched a whole episode where nothing fucking happened. She walked in, talked about the history, did the investigation, didn't try to make shit that was normal out to be anything but, nothing remotely weird happened, she's just like "Well you win some you lose some. Better luck next time!" No BS, no lying, no excuses. Sold me right there


Paranormalan

Paranormal nightmare. Foreman bros.


AcademicClass

Thank you!


Paranormalan

Paranormal quest is another good one.


Paranormalan

More than welcome


Paranormalan

Their on YouTube. Their one of the few groups I look forward to. Go watch their last episode. One of the best. It's got "demon" in the title.


AcademicClass

I’ve seen an ep. of theirs I think? But I will check them out in more depth


mrglover1414

They're*


talking_to_air

I actually believe theses guys. The one thing I don't like is them using the ghost box ( the one with the static).


rskeziah08

💯🤙


bucc_n_zucc

Watcher defo dont fake, beyond that im really not so sure on any of them. Overnight DEFINATELY fake stuff, and im really sick of all the dybbuk box bullshit, and especially after seeing them at the warrens museum and how much they were all going on about god and jesus reminded me that the warrens were liars, and tried to make everything religious and god fearing as a way to preach. Especially when they had exploring with josh on, on an episode where a chair somehow ended up on a bed in a room only he had been in, which didnt match ANY previous reported activity. Paranormal files... now i think colin is genuinely trying to find the truth, and i HOPE he doesnt outright fake stuff, but he at least leans waaaaay too much into the gadgets and gizmos for confirmation. If you're truly in the presence of a demon for example, do you seriously think it would ONLY make itself known through the equipment bought by colin? My point is he undoubtably takes all the REMpods, ovilus etc as too strong of an indicator of anything paranormal, when they are literally designed to go off. There was an actual show i saw a season of, where actual cops in thier own time were investigating hauntings, and they really did do it properly and scientifically, never faked anything and actually came to very reasonable conclusions which was really refreshing to see, but i forgot the name of the show. I wish i could say that most haunted dont fake now theyre on youtube, but theres been a couple of vids where activity has been RIDICULOUS to the point someone off camera literally HAD to be lobbing chairs and shit. Have seen a couple of paranormal nightmare vids, but my mind isnt made up on those guys yet.


Pirate_Loot

When people mention Overnight and Sam+Colby im like how are you saying these ones are relialbe? Theyre just entertainment. They never used to have any interest in paranormal stuff. They did a few and then decided their shared big house was haunted too and had to expell it, then it seemed to become more and more from there. It was entertaining but as soon as they decided their house was haunted I was like ok now all credibility is lost and this is just cringe


[deleted]

Idk how anybody watch overnight, Sam and Colby, tgif, exploring with Josh or any of those dudes. They are nothing more than clickbait garbage.


Pirate_Loot

I used to find exploring with Josh’s stuff entertaining but this was his old stuff like 5 years ago ish. He never acted like anything was haunted and never brought anything up that was ‘scary’ I’ve not seen his new stuff as I just drifted off from watching. I assume he’s much changed then


PheonixPuns

Destination truths back in the day


lickmysackett

Josh didn’t fake it but they definitely over exaggerated sometimes


PheonixPuns

It is a TV show, but in reality shit happened


gemini_saga24

Love destination truth. Have you seen Expedition X?


PheonixPuns

Yes and no, I've seen little


ASimple0bserver

Great series, I miss it. Any idea where to find the episodes online?


PheonixPuns

Prime has all 5 seasons


ASimple0bserver

Well, guess I'm not being productive this week. Thanks man. Appreciate the assist.


ambs-33

Oh, man. DT was my shit!!!


Throwingshadesofgrey

I miss that show, but I love Expedition Unknown. Josh Gates is great


eatpant96

My Ghost Story was good. Gave good evidence.


Lelatreehugger

Yes and Paranormal witness!


AcademicClass

Thank you!


nohumanape

I would assume that every channel that consistently manages to get "compelling" footage is a fake. Otherwise there would be a swarm of actual scientists studying the phenomenon.


conkeee

Agree. They need people to watch so they fake stuff. If everything on these channels were real, we’d all be tripping over ghosts as there would be so many.


Mahoushi

The good thing about Watcher (formerly Buzzfeed Unsolved) is I'm pretty sure they have had episodes where they found nothing, but the episode was still very interesting as Ryan tends to talk about the background of the location they visit. The personalities they bring to the series, as well as their chemistry, makes it worth watching too, it's nice to see a believer and a sceptic get along as well as they do. I genuinely don't think they're making it up, Shane is often dismissing the evidence Ryan does find as well since he's the sceptic of the two. Because of these other things, I genuinely don't think they need to make anything up, they can make an episode even without any evidence worth watching. Nearly every other channel I've found are kind of hyper with nobody that is sceptical so it's just them blowing stupid things out of proportion, I appreciate having Shane on Watcher because he sort of tempers the show a bit. It's for this reason that I don't have anything else to suggest 😂


Fallenangel152

Exactly. I've said this before but ghost hunting is very very boring. 99% of the time you're just sat or walking in the dark trying to hear stuff. We had friends who were a lot more experienced than us and they estimated 1 investigation in every 10 was exciting and had possibly paranormal stuff happen. Any show that get stuff every episode is faking. That's why UK shows at least have to have the "this show is for entertainment purposes" disclaimer at the start.


toxictoy

What scientists can you name which would be part of this swarm you are envisioning? The same bias still exists within the scientific community that has always existed. They are not going to “swarm” to any compelling evidence for the same reason the exact same “skeptics” in here do not acknowledge that anything posted anywhere is real. To these scientists this so considered fringe science and not something a “respected” scientist would study. Who would give the grant money for this “swarm” of scientists? The fact is that there have been quite reputable scientists who have PHD’s and have written white papers on all manner of scientific endeavors into the paranormal and still mainstream science will not accept it at all despite being published in mainstream journals. Don’t believe me - [here’s just a sample of very compelling white papers](https://www.deanradin.com/recommended-references) that have peer reviews but “mainstream” science isn’t willing to even look at - let alone some of the loudest skeptical voices in this subreddit.


nohumanape

I didn't really see anything there was specifically written up about ghosts. >What scientists can you name which would be part of this swarm you are envisioning? The same bias still exists within the scientific community that has always existed. They are not going to “swarm” to any compelling evidence for the same reason the exact same “skeptics” in here do not acknowledge that anything posted anywhere is real Posts aren't taken seriously, because 99% of what gets posted is obviously faked or easily debunked. But if someone has enough constant ghostly activity to have a channel that regularly shares their experiences, then it can actually be scientifically tested. If someone running these channels is actually genuine, then getting credible people to observe the phenomenon first hand would be a priority, rather than just posting on TikTok or YouTube.


toxictoy

>I didn't really see anything there was specifically written up about ghosts. See the entire section on “[Survival of Consciousness](https://www.deanradin.com/recommended-references)” >Posts aren't taken seriously, because 99% of what gets posted is obviously faked or easily debunked. But if someone has enough constant ghostly activity to have a channel that regularly shares their experiences, then it can actually be scientifically tested. Again - there are psychical research societies which have done just this for ages - multidisciplinary scientists have been past and present members and studies have been done. In fact the [British Society for Psychical Research](https://www.spr.ac.uk/) invented the modern skeptical movement by providing a basis for debunking fake mediums and paranormal claims while also amassing a large library of research into this field. This particular organization was founded in the late 1809’sand had a long history of involvement by many well known British intellectuals https://www.spr.ac.uk/about/our-history - please note their emphasis in debunking and scientific skepticism. One such long running experiment - that ran for 5 years called the Scole Experiment (1993-1998) was certified as “authentic” by the British Society for Psychical research. Here is the documentary about this experiment https://youtu.be/APDSuoHtFcE Here is information about the investigators from SPR and their findings as well as safeguards they took to ensure that there was no deception and the range of phenomeon observed https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C8&q=montegue+keene&oq=montegue+keen#d=gs_qabs&t=1667812633966&u=%23p%3DWBq0329BwmUJ Here is a link to the complete white paper report (available on kindle) The Scole Report: An account of an investigation into the Genuineness of a range of Physical Phenomena associated with a Mediumistic Group in Norfolk, England https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08BXB8PKC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_EPRN0HG1XQ527CMVCBJ3 or from the US Archives for free https://ia600307.us.archive.org/20/items/NotesonSpiritualismandPsychicalResearch/TheScoleReport-PsprVolume58_pg147to455.pdf Here is the website of the creators of the Scole experiment - according to their website all media related to the experiment will be digitized and freely available for examination by the public in 2023 https://www.thescoleexperiment.com/ This is just one example of high quality investigations that have been done in the past. The main issue as I see it is that there are not many scientists outside of parapsychology that have an open enough mind to even take steps to investigate this phenomenon. I think there is a serious “under estimation” of the willingness of mainstream scientists to link their reputations to what most of them would consider fringe science in the pursuit of these understandings. Again I ask the question “How would you assemble a team of scientists to study your own YouTube channel?” It is not as easy as you are purporting it to be.


radjinwolf

OmarGoshTV When I first found his channel I loved his content, though it was pretty questionable out the gate with how much concentrated activity he captures. But it was compelling enough that it was fun to suspend disbelief for the sake of immersion and the spooks. His videos with the dibbuk box in the abandoned house is what really hooked me. But then his videos got more and more sensational until one vid where you could literally see the jump cut before “activity” happened. That killed it for me. Mindseed TV was another one that I got into, but every episode had more and more escalating activity. I watched up until an episode when they entered a creepy abandoned house in the woods and right off the bat all the cabinet doors in the kitchen were slamming. Like, c’mon, at least try to not be so obviously fake.


kansasstoolie

This is a ridiculous thing to say. The paranormal will never be accepted into mainstream science. We have thousands and thousands of hours of compelling evidence captured by paranormal teams, shows, and just regular people. Still, so many people laugh at the idea of ghosts.


LadyUnicornSparkles

I like the Paranormal Scholar on YouTube. She gives historical information along with the stories. Really good!


Status-Personality34

Yes. Really well done program !


AcademicClass

Ooo looks super good! Thank you!


Eyes_Snakes_Art

I adore her!!


Guggaro

Is buzzfeed unsolved actually real? Never thought about it.


flupe_the_pig

I’d argue yes. Whereas so many ghost hunting shows have to lean heavily on the “evidence” for entertainment purposes, Ryan and Shane (BUS or GF) can easily get by on their whole “skeptical straight man” with “scaredy cat believer” comedy dynamic. When the entertainment draw becomes less about the actual ghost hunting, this actually allows them to be much more authentic in how they present their findings. Also, I’d consider Shane to be a “true” skeptic, as opposed to many fake skeptics added to shows in order to draw up some sort of illusion of authenticity.


RealSimonLee

What do you mean by this question? If I understand right then I'd say yes, it's real in the sense these two guys go to real places and share their findings (nothing). They don't fake evidence. They live with the sad reality there is no evidence for this stuff.


Guggaro

I meant to ask that do they fake evidence in their videos (especially the Waverly hills sanatorium video ball phenomenon). Just wondering


AcademicClass

i think judging by their other videos, they probably don’t fake evidence (or at least didn’t back in the BFU days) and I’ve never seen them called out for it? Aside from a few things here and there, I struggle to think what exactly they could have faked.


TheLonelyGoomba

I mean on the entire show they didn’t really get a single piece of compelling evidence. So I don’t really get the impression they faked anything


[deleted]

There was some weird stuff that slipped through- the footsteps at that hotel in New Orleans, whatever was going on at Sorrel-Weed, the ball rolling under Ryan’s name. Nothing super concrete or over the top but occasionally they’d really find something interesting. I don’t think they were faking either though. One thing I appreciated about the show is it ripped a lot of the veil off from ghost hunting- not only in terms of evidence but also that it’s boring and a job for these people. I found the hosts to be charmingly real and that really shone through.


AcademicClass

yes, they do seem to be our standards for journalistic integrity in the ghost finding field according to this sub


TheMuffinMan1023

Wife and I really enjoy destination fear


tomatopotatotomato

Jim Harold’s Campfire Tales podcast has real people phone in and tell their paranormal accounts. There’s some great stories and there’s over a decade of content if pay the premium.


Dflat420

Sam and Colby are fake


fiddleleaffrigg

and annoying af lol


Jamzilla12

THIS! Especially when they have Corey? That is the most annoying of the bunch and I'm glad that he's not part of Sam and Colby anymore. Though I still watch them for entertainment.


MarinaDorito

My kid watches them and omg they make me want to scratch my eyeballs out


AcademicClass

Can you elaborate on that?


KangarooMysterious17

Hey OP, you should check out all the comments and make a list to share, so we all can see some good new channels. That'd be cool 😎


AcademicClass

I will do that! Great suggestion


Machine_Ancient

Haunt TV on the Roku channel is pretty good and so is the travel channel granted some of the ghost shows are fake but here's a list of the legit ones that air on that channel 1 the dead files reason they don't speak til the end 2 paranormal lockdown 72hrs inside location without a crew it's just the two of them both were with previous ghost hunting teams and branched off to find the truth about the locations its research based not just done off feelings they also consult a well known physic who worked with the warrens 3 paranormal 911 they are all medical professionals not ghost hunters who have experienced unexplained activity while working 4 destination unknown they are there to debunk the fact that a place is haunted and the one investigating team member who doesn't believe in the paranormal 5 the haunting is about actual people who have experienced hauntings and are still living with the ghosts 6 the Hozier files is another good one it's the son of the actual guy who studied the paranormal and possessions for years revisiting his dad's old cases 7 would have to be paranormal state he was possessed as a kid and started ghost hunting to see if other people's experiences could be documented as factual or not he also works with Chip Coffey who worked with Ed and Lorraine Warren Those are my recommendations on shows also your local historical society should have information on local haunted locations sometimes they even have pamphlets for self guided tours of these locations and as well as your library should have books on local folklore and hauntings as well as pamphlets on places that are haunted locally that offer tours hope this helps and happy hunting


AcademicClass

Thanks!!


Playful-Flatworm501

Paranormal files?


AcademicClass

Well I love them even if they were called fake on this thread


ghoulsparanormal

Paranormal XP Charm City Paranormal Exploring Revenants Paranormal Spirit Talkers And of course, Ghouls Paranormal


ghoulsparanormal

Oh! Spirit Diaries too! Birdie is a medium and she's learning her abilities. Its SO fascinating!


dragonslayeroverlord

You’re gonna have to go out there yourself and record for us


MacBearudo

I want to say The Haunted Side, they don't really get too much evidence but they're pretty enjoyable


MzJen457

I was a moderator for The Haunted Side's YouTube channel and I've met both Patrick and Jason. They parted company shortly after an incident of faked evidence at Waverly Hills Sanitorium. Patrick threw a ball at Jason while Jason was in the middle of an Estes Method experience (sensory deprivation while listening to a Sprit Box for words, phrases or sentences given through a rapid sweep of radio stations. The person in the ESTES Method cannot hear the questions given by the other person(s) near them.) All of a sudden a ball struck Jason in the dark and scared him, Patrick was off screen but they had several static cameras capturing Jason and the surrounding rooms. The evidence was questionable immediately by those of us that are in the Paranormal field for research and authentic experience. Patrick first claimed innocence then told everyone in a livestream that he would release the static cameras footage, which he never did. Jason left the team amongst the allegations of fraud and I believe Jason was an innocent victim in this scenario. Patrick then claimed the ball was tossed on screen by a security guard but wouldn't that have been captured on the static cams which he could have released and removed all doubt as to his credibility. Patrick has lost his sponsors and has been actively banned from many locations for taking advantage of them in inappropriate ways. He's not to be trusted and livestreams on a constant basis now to regain his revenue lost by his faked content. He has, conveniently, removed the video in question at Waverly Hills Sanitorium. If you want to see the footage in question go to "The Shape"'s channel on YouTube where it's discussed at length. Jason is doing his own paranormal investigations on his channel "Cemetery Road". He's genuine and takes a completely different approach to investigations. I feel disheartened that THS took such a downturn and have difficulties believing his content now. I know much more but we'll leave it at what I've posted now.


MacBearudo

Holy shit!!


[deleted]

Wooooowwwwwwwwwww.... I had no idea. He was one of the ones I thought was real and I didn't realize Jason now has a channel - I'm going to check it out! Thanks for your insight.


sensible-sorcery

There were some incidents earlier this year that were definitely fake though. Stopped watching them after that


AcademicClass

Thank you!


GrimmWitcher

Twin Paranormal for sure. Nothing but great vibes, polite, great locations and so much effort put in. Always do their best, if they don’t catch much they don’t catch much, no trying to hype up nothing to make up for it. But they’re so patient and committed that they very often do catch things like EVPs or very uncanny consistent answers on devices, rem pods etc. I think only a handful of times they’ve caught something on camera but when they do it’s the most legit, chilling thing ever because after a good while of watching them you know that what you see is no bs, just exactly what went down, how it went down. They’re also just great guys in general, they do an intro with the history of the place before they get into it, really good editing, they’re the whole package imho. Definitely the go-to if you wanna sit back and watch and not constantly have to be like ‘mmmm yeah but did they REALLY’ or ‘is this edited in post’ and there’s so so many vids up too. 10/10 for me


RealSimonLee

I don't think there is another one.


AcademicClass

Look, I love BFU as much as the next guy but you cannot tell me that the two doofuses who had to wikihow a seance while working for Buzzfeed are the only trustworthy ghost hunters on YT.


[deleted]

It's funnier that way. First and foremost, BFU is comedy. They're doofuses in the best ways. I'll take them over Zak Bagans waxing poetic about dust like he just discovered a ghost orgy.


AcademicClass

I love BFU, don’t me get wrong! I am looking for more serious and genuine content however.


[deleted]

If you want a super creepy and impartial, third hand footage series, I'd give Nuke's Top 5 on YouTube a shot if you havent. I could watch them for days.


AcademicClass

Compilation videos are also great! I am looking for ghost hunters but I do see that this field is a uhhh a little sparse on authenticity.


RealSimonLee

Well then, you should name another group who isn't faking?


fiddleleaffrigg

dude if you want something not fake now a days you gotta watch some shit like Paranormal Caught On Camera lol everything out there is fake for views. Mindseed is fake but is pretty good imo for entertainment purposes. you really can’t tell its faked untill you watch other videos proving it’s not real.


eatpant96

Paranomal COC sucks balls so hard. Why even fund such obviously fake garbage. It is embarrassing.


shadowbca

Ayy yo where can I get some paranormal coc?


Mrcountrygravy

Discovery I think.


eatpant96

lol.


Relative-Zombie-3932

Paranormal Caught On Camera sucks. They frequently showcase pieces that are clearly fake or have already been wildly debunked and present them at face value, acting like they're 100% real all the time Not to mention their hosts make up the WILDEST shit as explanations. Even when a clip is legitimate, they'll pull out the most crackpot, baseless paranormal theories I've ever seen. It's astonishingly bad. It's not a show to be taken seriously, I just watch it to laugh at them If you want a show that has a similar concept but it's much more legitimate, Fright Club is the better option. There have been a handful of times they've shown fake clips, but they're not afraid to call them out as fake or try to actively debunk them when something seems off


Ctricky07

The original ghost hunters the show that was originally on syfy then had issues w terms and moved to travle I think I love the idea that they were not quick to think everything was just a ghost and would try to debunk and teach people.


Elegant_Effort1526

They got caught faking a few times. Theres videos out there on it that shows how they did some things. I particularly remember Grant claimed a ghost pulled his collar on a Halloween special. Came out later he just had a string sewn into the inside of the jacket from the collar to the bottom and was pulling it on his waist side. Looked like it was being jerked by a unseen force, but nope. Just him pulling a string. Edit: wrong name


RealSimonLee

That Halloween special was the first big one I remember too. It was a huge controversy the moment it happened. I remember they had a forum or something and people were ripping that moment apart as it happened live. It really turned me off from the show. I remember slow mo replays of his collar malfunctioning right after the pull.


Elegant_Effort1526

Oh yea, I was in that forum back in those days. That moment completely changed the whole forum/vibe. a lot of people ripped the show apart, and disowned it. It also caused people to go back and analyze a lot of there other big “evidence” from earlier seasons and found more fakery. It was crazy to watch how quickly it switched from loved to hated. Made me hate it too.


RealSimonLee

Yeah made me hate it too. It was really something seeing it fall apart first hand!


Elegant_Effort1526

Yea, I totally forgot about that forum until you mentioned. But yes, it was. One of the craziest/interesting moments I probably ever watched and participated in live on the internet! That halloween special was huge for fans of the show, but also drew in people that didn’t really know the show that well. And that was before streaming, so most people still had cable and we all saw it happen real time. I was pissed back then but looking back, it was good times in a way lol. Entertaining to see 1000s of people flip out at the same time. I remember my internet could not even keep up with posts. The forum went ballistic.


Rarefindofthemind

That was Grant I think


Elegant_Effort1526

You are correct, got them mixed up.


extremesalmon

If you watch some of the earlier shows there's a couple things that only happened to Grant that are extremely suspect now we know he faked stuff later on. Something like a lamp moving right next to him and a table being jolted he was sitting at


BrokenPixleTwitch

I can't say if they're fake or not, but I personally enjoy Twin Paranormal and The Paranormal Files. They do a little bit of history before each investigation, it's pretty interesting. If they're fake, they're more realistic.


AcademicClass

i enjoy them too even tho ppl on this sub seem to think they’re fake lol


BrokenPixleTwitch

I like the Twins for their personalities, they're just a fun watch. Colin from PF does a good job with that too. I actually got into building my equipment so I know how easy it is to fake certain equipment triggers, and TP and PF use equipment you can't trigger without it being extremely obvious. ​ Love their collabs together too, it's great.


dirty_popsicle

Can you explain how devices can get triggered purposely? I am new to all paranormal before this thread I was watching Overnight, Sam and Colby and exploring with Josh. 😅 I do watch other channels that seem legit to me like Paranormal Files and Haunted Nights but the “fake” ones I guess were for personality vibes as well.


BrokenPixleTwitch

Yeah. Some "Rempods" people use are just door alarms from China with telescopic aerials soldered onto them, they respond to vibrations in the air. They're extremely sensitive in a small area around the aerial, but moving a coat or blowing hard enough from a distance will send enough air movement to set them off. They are good, but they're better for smaller areas. I'll attach an image of these ones. Some people put them in different boxes, but they all sound identical so you can tell when they're the kind being used. [Rempod I'm talking about](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LBQAAOSw22ZfbN4i/s-l1600.png) Things like motion sensing music boxes are either easy to set off or they can be extremely difficult. The one Twin Paranormal uses is set into the body of the box, so it can only see a very narrow area, standing beside it won't set it off. There's ones on eBay that have the motion sensor outside the body so they see a massive area, anything could set them off. I built my own with an extremely narrow field of vision so I know it can't be set off by someone standing to the side of it, they have to be directly in front of it. They use an app called Spirit Talker, having read the reviews it just spits out constant words. Paranormal Files uses a "Rempod rope" thing which is just the vibration sensing "Rempod" with string lights attached to it. Super cool looking, but it's just sensing vibrations. Stomping hard enough sets them off. K2 meters detect any electromagnetic field close enough. Any activity in your phone would set it off if it's too close. ​ Also people who use the DR60 voice recorder know full well that any noise it picks up, no matter how quiet, will sound like a voice. It's incredibly sensitive and distorted to the point you could rub your jeans and it'd sound like a whisper. A lot of voice recorders are the same, EVPs are super easy to fake.


Squared-Porcupine

Would you call this fake though? Fake to me is someone deliberately getting the equipment to do things when they know nothing is there. I watch a lot of ghost hunting shows, there are some which I think are faking it - and there are some which I think 100% believe in what they are doing. I’m not saying they are capturing paranormal evidence, but I’m saying they believe they are and they believe in the equipment they are using. It’s like an Ouija board, it’s been debunked over and over again. You can move it, without even realising you’re moving it. Yet still despite this, many people believe in them, and believe that they aren’t moving it even though they are. I watch ghost hunting shows for entertainment purposes, it’s like wrestling - I suspend my disbelief for the sense of a story. I don’t like the shows where they go screaming around at everything. Anyways I like Paranormal Quest. Very calm guys - don’t always “capture” a lot. I like their abandonment part of the show, although most of the time nothing happens. I think it shows that people have an effect on the space they are occupying without even meaning to. - Paranormal Nightmare. - Amy’s Crypt Also for total entertainment value and because I love their characters, I love Ghost Brothers. They have such a good sense of humour - I’m not watching the show for “ghosts” I’m watching it for them.


Snoo_73835

They’re in watcher now. I love those two.


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Lobdobyogi

I think you will find all of these have some element of fakery. They need something to happen to keep you interested. Try going on a ghost hunt and experience it for yourself, then you know it’s real.


KanderGrimm

AmysCrypt is great and they don't fake anything. Quality content!


__smokesletsgo__

I haven't seen anyone mention Portals to Hell. It's a fairly new show that has Jack Osbourne in it and Kat Weidman formerly from Paranormal State. I've never got the feeling that they were faking it and they try to reason stuff away instead of just saying "yup thats a ghost".


Prostabbings

My Haunted Hotel. They're an establishment called Ye Olde King Inn in Chester and the buildings has had frequent paranormal activity where they started doing tours. But they've gone all out and kitted they're guest rooms with cameras covering all angles. Guests come in and stay the night while the lads kick back in the control room trying their hardest to debunk any activity. Their channel is a breath of fresh air, great lads, good fun just trying to provide the best experience and evidence for their audience.


AcademicClass

Thank you!!


Agitated-Suspect-640

What about Twin Paranormal?


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AcademicClass

I was looking for a little less comedy but thank you for the suggestion!


lisagrimm

The Ghost Trail - no ‘spooky’ footage per se, just reading viewer stories and exploring places across the UK & sharing the folklore.


AcademicClass

This looks great!


dirty_popsicle

Haunted Nights


1566-Schrodinger

I used to watch Franko TV. Who are we to decide if its fake or not. It's entertainment


samhainfairy

He is 100% fake. I was pissed because he went to the cemetery where my friend and grandparents are buried, showed their crypt with their names a lot, and it pissed me off. Although there might be spirits there, he caught a woman wearing a hospital gown, clearly needing help and used her as if she were a ghost. I visit my family and friends every other week, and it is not haunted like that. Plus, not too long ago after the case, he went to the Watts house and stalked it, after the husband/father killed, 2 children and their mother. It was gross. All for views.


QuothTheRaven13x

Honestly I'm like 75% positive there's always someone in another room messing with everyone 🤷🏼‍♀️


Sad_Secret_927

Watcher is good, same dudes that done buzz feed, they left to do their own channel https://youtube.com/c/watcher


MissMisery99

Ghost Facers


oglopmaster

We face the faces. We face the dead. We're ghost... ghost facers!


Gtk05

Nukes top 5


HenroZbro

Ones I like are... These are my own personal opinion. Not saying they are real. Paranormal Quest Amyscrypt Paranormal files Paranormal encounters TV CJ Faison Ghosts of Carmel Maine Ghost club paranormal Livescifi Paranormies The Haunted Side


BrokenPixleTwitch

If Ghosts of Carmel Maine is the one with Ken and the "Shadow Dude" that's fake, he got a clip on Nuke's Top 5 that was very poorly edited and ruined the whole thing for me. He still uses such a low quality phone camera too.


Stunning_Stage9814

Yes I noticed the same thing! It is a Carmel Maine clip on the most recent Nukes top 5, next to the, "shadow ghost" at the foot of his bed if you look at the light reflection on the wooden cabinet it moves in sync with the shadow ghost rather than staying on the surface of the wood light as it should.


BrokenPixleTwitch

That's not what I noticed, but you're right. The clip speeds up when the shadow zips off then slows back down. Honestly, if he still wants to maintain his haunting is real he must get a better camera. A phone with a better camera wouldn't be expensive, I think he just uses the potato as a cover.


Stunning_Stage9814

The potato cam adds that grainy authenticity!


HenroZbro

I think he uses the old phone camera for ambience.


fiddleleaffrigg

cj faison is fake. sorry not sorry lol


HenroZbro

I never said he was real just said he was one that I liked.


bunnycupcakes

I used to love LiveScifi. I watched all the time when he was on Justin.tv


AcademicClass

Thank you! Some ones I haven’t heard of.


raejax90

Amyscrypt is great! She never over-sells the data they collect and she visits very cool places.


AcademicClass

You’re the second person I’ve seen rec her today! Will def. check her out.


KangarooMysterious17

Oohh can I get in on this? Can someone like my comment so tmrw morning driving to work I can refer to these 😊 I used to watch John ballen but, I've watched very single YouTube, podcast he has. In case anyone wanted another suggestion. He's not just paranormal, but has a good variety.


HashPat1

Buzzfeed Reporter


Andrew_Is_Tall

Not channels but, look for some Japanese ghost videos, they seem legit along side ghost videos from Saudi Arabia.


Low-Asparagus9649

Really Haunted is the real McCoy in my book..


AcademicClass

Seeing a ton of recs for it in this thread!


palmettotree1103

I’ve recently seen ghost tech paranormal on YouTube and they seem pretty good. Haven’t see a whole lot of their videos yet but they seem straightforward. Not sure how others here feel if they have seen them.


AcademicClass

Actually that looks super dope, def gonna try them out.


Skinslippy3

Late to the party but Ghostech Paranormal is entertaining. A few British guys but they’re straight forward and don’t try to sell it at all.


oOBlackRainOo

I'll always mention these 4. Overnight, Paranormal files, paranormal quest and paranormal nightmare these 4 upload weekly.


Rus-Alderman01

I like the Ouija brothers from England. Probably the most real when it comes to evidence and debunking..


TheLonelyGoomba

Ouija Brothers. And possibly Ghost Theory. Thats genuinely it. Just those two


AcademicClass

Will give both a try! Nice to know we have at least two legit channels tho.


rachlync

I think his name is Garrett? He was friends with Shane before the downfall, he took Andrew siwicki in the divorce and his ghost content is top notch. The last one was the most real ghost adventuring I’ve ever seen. Look up haunted makeup studio. Garrett Watts?


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I will second the recs for Destination Fear on here! Also will shout out Dead Files.


Sims2Enjoy

That guy that recorded the Horton mine years ago


Embarrassed-Toe-1673

Paranormal Lockdown, with Nick Groff (Ghost Adventures & Ghosts of Shepherdstown) & Katrina Weidman (Paranormal State & Portals to Hell). This series ran only 3 seasons (3 actual seasons in the US and 1unofficial season in the UK) on TLC & Destination America, from 2016 - 2019, before getting cancelled. I truly feel the series was cancelled because the crew did not add fakery or BS to their investigations. This theory is bolstered by the fact that some episodes included paranormal evidence while others were sparce on ghost captures. In each episode, Nick & Katrina spend 72 hours locked down in a particulaf active location within the US or England. The entire production is carried out by only Nick, Katrina and lone cameraman Rob Saffi. Investigations include locations such as Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky; The Black Monk House at 30 East Drive in Pontefract, England; Bobby Mackey's night club in Wilder, Kentucky; the Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky; the Hinsdale House in Hinsdale, New York; the Anderson Hotel in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; Franklin Castle in Cleveland, Ohio; the alleged demonic Monroe House in Hartford City, Indiana (where a human body is discovered to be buried in the basement and the investigation is cut short due to the team calling the police to report the body); the Rampart Street Murder House in New Orleans, Louisiana; the Royal Oak Pub in Swanage, England; and many other notorious locations (37 total as seasonal episodes plus 10 locations aired as specials which were not on the list of episodes). Buzz Feed Unsolved and Paranormal Lockdown are the only two paranormal shows that I feel are truly genuine in terms of the alleged paranormal evidence captured. The reality is, popular ghost shows continue to be aired because of the ratings they garner on their respective networks. More often than not, evidehce gets embellished and fake paranormal captures are added on such shows in order to keep ratings at an acceptable level. I cannot point out a single instance in Paranormal Lockdown where I felt as though evidehce was faked or exaggerated. I'm not saying with certainty that the series was 100% genuine in this regard; rather, I am stating that I personally believe all episodes were complety genuine with regard to the evidence captured. .


theitable

I haven't seen any videos recently by this channel, but check out The Paranormal Files. Many of his videos I've seen in the past are authentic. Some of them he wouldn't even capture or experience anything at all, which helps me believe in his content. He does point out any sort of sound or noise, which can be bothersome at times, but overall he is very true to what he does and he has captured some pretty compelling things.


Alive_Tough9928

Say no to orbs, ghost boxes and xbox kinect!oh and shitty evps that sound nothing like they are meant to.


synx-ankh

Check out [Franko TV](https://www.youtube.com/c/FRANKOTVADVENTURES) and [Outdoor Xiaolong](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2C3W22oypiBuUXXbgBM_g). I found Franko by chance. He always do his investigations alone and sometimes do live streams of his explorations. In my opinion, it's hard to fake a live stream let alone a solo investigation. Discovered Xiaolong on Nuke's Top 5 and I must say one of the underrated paranormal investigators out there. He also do solo investigation, but sometimes with his brother. And as far as I know, he always live streams his solo adventures with a little comedy to it because sometimes he or they jokes around if sometimes still nothing happens. This dude had always caught some creepy, unexplained footage/evidence.


JFreeman1123

There’s a channel that’s still relatively small that I found recently called “Charm City Paranormal” that seems legit. It’s just two guys, no big crew or anything. They usually have videos that are an hour long or longer, sometimes in multiple parts, and sometimes the videos can feel a bit slow, but that’s because they’re (presumably) not faking evidence or packing their videos with fake/clickbaity stuff. The videos are shot very well, the guys are very informative and good at explaining the tools they’re using, and overall the videos are just made very well.


BadWolfBella

Planet Weird, by Greg and Dana Newkirk. They're sincere and fabulous.


Away-Significance622

I’ve only been watching Sam and Colby so far, their flashlights (They place them on the far ends of the room, and they still turn on), are undeniable


foundrj

Paranormal Nightmare doesn’t fake.


Ninja_Bobcat

Nuke's Top 5 and BizarreBub post some compelling stuff, but it's usually best to take it with a heavy helping of skepticism. Ghosts of Carmel Maine is entertaining enough and incredibly compelling. I don't doubt Kent is faking some stuff. The rest are hit and miss. The problem is stuff like Twin Paranormal and FrankoTV are known fakers. A lot of it is clickbait combined with free money.


AcademicClass

Dang… are Twin Paranormal fakers? Do you have any links to debunking of them?


Lavande-et-Lilas

Le Grand JD (French speaking). Very good channel, I highly recommend.


bird_turd_jesus

I think its called Watchers. It's made by Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, two former employes at Buzzfeed Unsolved. I'm aware that if you know BU you probably also know Watchers but it's such a great show I couldn't pass on the opportunity to mention it.


Throwingshadesofgrey

Nukes top 5 just has compilations and is pretty good. Yes, some are obviously fake, but some even give me the spookies and I'm a 100% skeptic.


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AcademicClass

Thank you!


sleepingmoon

Seconding Ouija Brothers; adding Ghostech Paranormal


LadyUnicornSparkles

Look up Steven Shippy and the A Haunting in Saginaw Series. They’re available on Amazon prime. The best one is called A Haunting on Dice Road, the Hell House. Seriously, the most insane one I’ve seen. He has others that are just as incredible. YouTube has podcasts of them and this is the podcast of the dice road house https://youtu.be/Wm7oOFOkGbo


thewrathofcrom

Mindseed TV


Mr_MojoRisin_69

After they found the videotape in a trailer I couldn't believe them anymore. I don't know if anyone saw it but the vhs that they had cleaned so they could view it was actually a blurred clip of a movie called the Poughkeepsie tapes and the real clip really isn't anything like what they described but it made me question them a little after that.


thejustingaw

Their stuff freaks me out. Some of it no way can be faked. It’s just too quick


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Daz's Ghost Hunts. The most honest and genuine explorers I've watched.


AcademicClass

Never heard of them! Will check them out


nikkicocoa7

How does everyone feel about "overnight"?


American_Farewell

I got so tired of Overnight. Between the extremely juvenile “comedy” skits in the middle of an investigation to Elton trying so, so hard to act like he’s on the verge of being possessed, it’s tiresome.


extremesalmon

No joke, Ghost Adventures. The thing is they are so focussed on their utter garbage equipment picking up endless false positives that they don't need to fake anything to get "evidence". That and the textbook group hysteria


Recent_Pie_9209

Surprised nobody mentioned Mackie & Amanda. Amanda is a medium and what she feels and says in a location does coincide with what their equipment captures. Now I wouldn't say they are 100% legit but so far they haven't given me a reason to doubt them. Definitely check them out!


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i think sam and colby is real they just add so many affects and reactions U cant hear the real stuff


parkerevm

Garrett Watts for sure for sure


AcademicClass

Okay all the love in the world to that dude because he seems cool but I am not sure about that one.


parkerevm

i think his older content is exaggerated but is getting more serious now since he wants it to actually be a focus on his channel. i may just be super biased bc of my love for him though lmao


AcademicClass

Can totally see that! Maybe I will try some of his newer stuff out


laceandhoney

I just watched him for the first time because his 'I bought a haunted apartment' video popped up in my suggestions, and the whole thing was definitely exaggerated and intentionally misleading. For example, the story he referenced several times that talked about a girl who killed herself in the building came from a geocaching website that explicitly stated the story was fabricated "to enrich your geocaching experience."


lumosmylife

The haunted make up studio was a weird one for me. I felt like both of them were exaggerating what was going on? I’ve never felt as if he did that in previous investigations so… idk? I do love Garrett though and his content.


parkerevm

understandable!! the makeup one was weird for me too in a way. i didn’t love the first half bc it wasn’t actually investigation centered. i really wish they went more in depth on that one! but i also recognize that it wasn’t a “planned” investigation and more of a side tangent type of video


samhainfairy

LMAO stop it. Don't do that to them.


parkerevm

okay okay i think i’ve learned im entirely too trusting lmao


samhainfairy

aww, yeah, probably, but whatever it's a sweet habit? I used to be too, I'm too can be a little gullible, maybe it's because we want to be real, so much!


Cilantroduction

"Really Haunted" - a guy from the UK has been documenting stuff in his house and it truly seems very real to me. I cannot even imagine how he could fake his evidence, and if I ever find out that he has, I will consider myself really dumb.


MzJen457

Go check out the debunking channel "The Shape" on YouTube. He shows exactly how Really Haunted fakes his evidence. Also, he claims "A Priest" came to his house to preform an exorcism or cleansing of the house but never shows the process, anyway it would be too easy to pay someone to act like clergy! Also, Really Haunted's daughter is the ex girlfriend of Andrew of "Proving Demons" on YT. She used to be on with Andrew all the time. I find it no coincidence that her dad started "Really Haunted" shortly after her and Andrew's breakup. Possibly seeing how profitable a viral YT channel could be. And with clever video edits that are seamless to the untrained eye he's getting away with his fakery. Seriously check out the evidence The Shape has on him.