I'm afraid after GH I wouldn't trust anything I saw on TV now either. If we're looking for evidence of ghosts it seems we have to go it alone. Some of us have had a strong personal experience, but that's no good as evidence to anyone else but the person experiencing it.

I know a trustworthy ghost hunting team that have been physically assaulted by something unseen. Great evidence for them, still no good for the rest of us though.

Do I think Jason or Grant will come clean?  No.  However, I do not view them as "scammers" either. 

Do I question their methods?  Almost every show.  Do I highly suspect some form of "trickeration (one of my favorite words from college football)" in a few particular episodes?  Yes.  Can I prove it without a shadow of doubt?  Nope.  Look at the whole "Collargate" disaster.  Even with FormerGHFan's excellent videos and Oubliette's work on it…can I take it to court and win?  Coin toss at best.

Yet more importantly, there's simply no financial reason to disclose anything.  They can do appearances and write books for years and years.  Let an ex-wife or a close friend write a tell-all book.  In the end, I'm afraid, it would serve no purpose.  The believers would still believe and consider the book a bunch of lies.  Skeptics would only add the book to their arsenal in which to question the evidence put forth by ghost hunters.  Nothing would really change.

Oh, and while I'm here…in another post of yours, Daytripper, you said "there ought to have been some sort of irrefutable evidence that we can point to."  I've been thinking about that sentence.  One of my fears is that perhaps we already have and dismissed it.  The fault, in that instance, would fall upon everyone.  These TV shows are simply dreadful when it comes to gathering evidence.  Perhaps even worse when reviewing it.  Due to the fact that they don't release evidence to the public, we're stuck scrounging about with whatever we can find.  That puts us, the fans, in a very defensive posture and ready to lash out against almost anything and everything.  It's a vicious cycle.  Unless that cycle is broken, none of us…ghost hunters, believers, skeptics, and the average joe…are going to come to any conclusive answers pertaining to the paranormal.

I need an attorney; I am going to sue!!!!!  

Maybe they are reading this forum.

I don't recall seeing them do it either.  

@ Revenant:   "Man…so close yet so far.  They put a camera on everything but not on the flour?  Seriously?  I just don't get their methodology…"

I do.  It's a shell game and they don't want you to see what's happening.  Their methodolgy is not to get caught doing it.