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''Ghost Lab'' is a weekly American
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television series that premiered on October 6, 2009, on the
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. Produced by Paper Route Productions and Go Go Luckey Entertainment, the program is narrated by
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. It follows ghost-hunting brothers Brad and Barry Klinge, who founded Everyday Paranormal (EP) in October 2007. Everyday Paranormal is a
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investigation team whose stated mission is to "visit the most haunted places in America, find evidence, and test new theories to probe the existence of the
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" using a fringe-scientific approach. In addition to Brad and Barry, the team included members Steve Harris, Hector Cisneros, and Katie Burr. Other members included Jason Worden, Ashlee Lehman (Formerly Ashlee Hillhouse), and Steve Hock. ''Ghost Lab'' remains the name of EP's mobile command center. On October 14, 2009, Brad and Barry Klinge were interviewed on ''The Pat & Brian Show'' about the origins of Everyday Paranormal, current investigations, and equipment use. On October 30, 2009,
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interviewed the brothers via satellite on
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's ''
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''.


Team members

Everyday Paranormal (E.P.) founders and presidents Brad and Barry Klinge investigated alongside their "on-air" ''Ghost Lab'' team which included: Katie Burr (Investigator), Hector Cisneros (Investigator-season 1), Steve Harris (Tech Manager) Steve Hock (''Ghost Lab'' Ops), and newest member Cory Lamey (Team Trainee). Other Everyday Paranormal members included: Ashlee Hillhouse (Investigator), Jason Worden (Investigator/Affiliate Ops Director), and Jenn Hitt (Website/PR Events).


Production


Equipment and techniques used

During investigations, the team used various investigation equipment, including
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s,
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cameras, digital audio recorders,
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s, EMF meters, laser thermometers,
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s, and EVP recorders, as well as a mobile command center called the Ghost Lab, which featured interactive computer monitors, noise filtering audio programs, and various high tech gear. The team also used a variety of paranormal theories to test out some of their techniques during an investigation.


Episodes


Season 1 (2009)


Season 2 (2010–11)

On March 25, 2010, the Klinge Brothers announced through a
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video that ''Ghost Lab'' will return for a second season consisting of 13 episodes. Season 2 premiered on Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Season two aired on Saturday at 2 a.m. EST on the Discovery Channel. Reruns of both seasons air weekday nights on the
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.


Release


Broadcast

''Ghost Lab'' originally aired on the
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Thursday nights at 10:00 p.m. until it was moved to Friday late-nights/Saturday early-mornings due to low viewer ratings. Each episode started out with a text stating: "The Klinge brothers are investigating..." with Brad and Barry conducting a "head-cam" walkthrough around reportedly haunted locations before they continued with the whole team investigation. In 2010, ''Ghost Lab'' was canceled after the conclusion of its second season.


Home video

''Ghost Lab'' appears on the compilation DVD entitled ''Paranormal: Haunts and Horrors''. This DVD is produced by the Discovery Channel. The episode is "If Walls Could Talk" (S1-E13), in which the Klinge Brothers investigated the Lemp Mansion; it is the first episode on this DVD. The Discovery Channel also released two more DVD titles: ''Ghost Lab: Volume 1'', which features the first three episodes of Season 1 ("Disturbing the Peace", "Tombstone", and "Smell of Fear"), and ''Ghost Lab: Pursuit Of The Paranormal'', which features more episodes from Season 1.


See also

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List of ghost films Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. History With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a vari ...
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List of reportedly haunted locations in the world This is a list of locations that are (or have been) said to be haunted by ghosts, demons, or other supernatural beings throughout the world. Reports of haunted locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of folklore. Argentina * Cinco ...


References


External links

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