Gudlyf said:

Another post of mine you guys in particular might dig:

http://www.cliqueclack.com/tv/2008/11/14/was-the-coat-pull-on-ghost-hunters-live-event-faked/

Hello and thank you for posting here.  I did enjoy the "Ride-Along" article.  Very interesting "fun facts" about how the show is made.  Most interesting was the photo of the truck that they drive with a windshield full of cameras.  Nice job.

I can't speak for everyone, but most of us were true fans of the show, at least at the begining.  Many of us have never missed a show.  So, in that regard, we are still "fans."  So  I'm not quite sure what "you guys in particular" applies to. 

But, I must be honest.  I didn't overall care for the "Coat-Pull" article.  I commend you on going to the source and talking to Grant about the incident.  Very cool that you were able to get in touch with him.  However, I didn't care for how his "attack" on Formerghfan was handled.  Grant accuses him of things in order to discredit his work.  What I didn't like is that Formerghfan was given no opportunity within the article to defend himself.  It is widely known that, at the time, he had made himself available for any questions about his work.  He was forced to sign in and give his side by posting to the article.

You go on to say in the article "So, what do I believe? I really want to believe Grant, and I felt he sounded very sincere on the phone."  Perhaps so.  Yet, in the podcast episodes 13 and 14 done at this website, Formerghfan also sounds very sincere.  To show a video of his within the article and then not give him the chance to refute Grant's accusations was simply not right and not fair.

I also read this article of yours as well:

http://www.cliqueclack.com/tv/2008/10/03/in-defense-of-ghost-hunters/

You say " I don’t think for a second that anyone connected with the show is putting the viewers on. There are maybe two cases I can recall watching where I thought maybe someone was pulling a prank on the GH team, but not a person part of the team or crew. The only reason I consider them possibilities is because the evidence caught was a bit too much to believe — hell, even the GH team attempted to debunk the evidence multiple times, on multiple occasions (Eastern State Penitentiary comes to mind)."

Perhaps…perhaps.  Whenever you have the time, you should take a gander at the "Skeptic's Library" section.  Or perhaps look at various shows within the "Archives" section.  I'm not saying that the articles will change your mind, but perhaps offer a different perspective on some "evidence" forwarded by the TAPS team.