Ghost Hunt is a

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show from

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. It is an investigating series in which a team of three investigators,

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, Michael Hallows and Brad Hills, visited alleged haunted hotspots around New Zealand. It is currently aired in

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on the channel Zone Reality.

Episode structure

There were three main sections of every episode; first the team would look around the location during the daylight, then set up video cameras and temperature monitors just before dark for later use. The second section involved, at night, Michael and Carolyn entering the location again with only

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s and photography equipment, their objective being to check temperatures that could indicate paranormal activity and take photographs in an attempt to capture images of ghosts and orbs. Before dawn, to start the third section, the pair would exit the location and meet with Brad in the Ghost Hunt vehicle, who would examine the evidence gathered by Michael and Carolyn, as well as discuss various findings that could be deemed evidence of haunting. It was left up to the viewer's own decision whether or not the evidence was trustworthy. The soundtrack theme for the show was "Into The Ocean (Calling You)" from the

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Episode list

* Episode One-

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. * Episode Two- Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital *Episode Three-

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*Episode Four-

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*Episode Five- Riccarton House *Episode Six- Whatipu *Episode Seven- Vulcan Hotel *Episode Eight- Waikamete Cemetery *Episode Nine-

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*Episode Ten- Kinder House and Ewelme Cottage

Celebrity Ghost Hunt

There were two series of a celebrity version of the show.

Cancellation

The show is no longer in production, despite a large following in the United Kingdom, and the fact that the series team had already prepared locations intended to be investigated in a second series. Brad Hills stated in an interview that the producers of Ghost Hunt were planning on creating an

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n version of the show, but no such version has been made.

Other media

A book to tie in with the series was released, named ''Ghost Hunt: True New Zealand Ghost Stories''. The book is 171 pages long and split into ten chapters, each chapter correlating with an episode from the show; it features additional information on the locations visited and details of the investigation.Ghost Hunt: True New Zealand Ghost Stories (2005)

References

External links

Ghost Hunt
at Television New Zealand
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at the Internet Movie Database {{ghosts TVNZ 2 original programming New Zealand reality television series Paranormal reality television series 2005 New Zealand television series debuts 2006 New Zealand television series endings Television series by Screentime