This is SyFy's latest entry into the realm of the paranormal.  Half hour show and played back to back for an one hour extravaganza.  Basic premise…people call upon John Zaffis to come their house, look for the "cause" of paranormal activity, he finds it (of course), removes it and places it in his "museum."

I'm not going to break down the show or their investigatory methods.  I find that whenever someone uses the word "energy" and one can easily replace that word with either "magic, juju, mojo, or anything of that ilk"…I tend to shut down.  I mean you just can't argue against juju….er….magic….um…negative energy.  And Mr Zaffis…his leaps of logic within his "conclusions"…wow!  I wouldn't really refer to them as "leaps" per se, more along the lines of needing a trebuchet to connect his points.  But if anyone wants to have at it, feel free.  I see it as a waste of time. 

But there are two things that I did want to touch on.

I saw the promo's for the show and knew I had seen John Zaffis before, I just couldn't place him.  Then I remembered:

http://www.skepticalviewer.com…..gton-arms/

That's right, he was on an episode of GA.  I remembered it because it was quite odd.  The three amigos were really excited to meet "the Godfather of the Paranormal."  So they drive into ultra-normal looking suburbia and pull up in front of an ultra-normal looking house.  The door opens and an ultra-normal looking guy opens the door and greets them.  They they descend down the stairs…into his "museum."  Um…now you can fix up your basement anyway that you want to.  Calling your basement a museum…no matter what is down there…is…actually…kind of funny.    It's kind of like a SNL skit, right?  Anyway…that's where I remembered the guy from.

The other thing…the entire premise of the show.  Let me use an example to illustrate:

I am a paranormal investigator.  Stephen calls me and tells me that his house is really haunted.  I go to his house and tell him that a ghost has most likely attached itself to an object.  I shall find that object.  In over a thousand cases, I have ALWAYS found the object.  I begin my investigation.  Lo and behold, I find the object.  Knowing that I have a museum of haunted objects, Stephen is almost obligated to donate  the object.  I shall accept it and keep it safe.  Ghost hunting…with a nice parting gift.  Anyone else seeing a problem with this?

Nosfer said:

Oh, and you all DO know who his aunt and uncle are, right?

Yeah…once I figured out who he was…I didn't want to mention that.  At least not at first.  I wanted to see if he was going to bring in the "evil entity, possession, or demon" side of things.  It's odd that it's not in his bio on SyFy.

I didn't know about his tie-in's with GH though.  I haven't searched anything about him really.  I only remembered his "the Godfather of the Paranormal" title from GA.  Hard to forget that…

PS  Please don't let Learjet watch these shows.  Once he sees what these people are doing with EMF…his head is going to explode (especially the type-writer). 

Marie said:

Zaffis finally got on scifi (or shiny new name- syfy) after all the years of badgering?

Where he/Warrens always belonged actually, with the other paranormal pseudo-investigative crap.

 

Actually, I do find it just a touch odd.  After watching the show, it is much closer to PS on A&E.  And PS already has strong ties to Lorraine Warren (my all-time favorite appearance of hers on PS).  So really…if one is grouping such things, I believe that Haunted Collector (HC) would find a cozier home on A&E.  Fans of PS would take to it like moths to a flame.  GH fans…I don't know.  Hopefully….please….hopefully…not as many.

Nosfer said:

What's scarier than a haunting?  Some of the comments here: http://thehauntedcollector.com…..g-property

My that Kool-Aid is sweet…

@Crow:

I know, right?  Hmmm…so does he have to declare these "gifts" on his taxes?  And I wonder if he claims his house under the museum tax exemption?  I'm always intrigued in how the paranormal is defined, and taxed, by the government.