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jhuntington · 31st January 2008, 03:19 PM

At my school, we run a high-tech, interactive haunted house every year (http://www.gravesendinn.org/, I do the control systems) and I got an email from a friend of mine saying A&E was looking for "haunted houses" for a new TV show. So, I sent the person an email explaining our attraction, etc. Just got an email back saying:

Quote:

The attraction looks raucous, but [we are] looking for actual
haunted houses, with actual spooks (verified of [sic] not).

Ugh... So I sent the poor girl this message:

Quote:

They think "actual" haunted houses exist? Wow... As an an educator who confronts magical thinking every single day, I have to say that they could do a much better service to the world by not promulgating such BS. Why not show what absolute crap most "haunted" houses are, and present some real science as to why people might think things are haunted? How about taking people to a "haunted" house (prepared by a crew), showing them getting scared, and then explaining to everyone how they were deceived? That would be interesting, informative, and educational. We sure don't need another idiotic "Paranormal State" that equivocates on the absolute non-existence of "paranormal" phenomenon for the purposes of "entertainment", promoting magical thinking and furthering mass stupidity in the culture.

XBoxWarrior · 31st January 2008, 03:23 PM

Well, I can imagine there will be "No Reply" to your email.

They are looking for 'Woo Woo' houses.......

That ***** sells ads on American TV, and that is the Biz they are in........

Selling Ads.

p.s. nice reply

devnull · 31st January 2008, 03:29 PM

steps in a haunted house? are you guys fishing for a lawsuit?

rissablue · 31st January 2008, 03:36 PM

That was an awesome reply you sent. Unfortunately, to people like Ryan Buell, the Paranormal State champion, "real science" proves the paranormal phenomenon beyond a doubt so you're just waisting your breath.

Brattus · 29th February 2008, 10:24 PM

Well uh..... My house IS haunted. Perhaps they could do a show on my house.
Can I get that email addy? Gee I wonder if they have ever done a show on that horrible demon called monthly mortgage payments?
That damn poltergeist is gonna haunt me out of my own house no doubt.
Oh yeah! I have the mailman deliver proof of that demon once a month.

XLDS03 · 29th February 2008, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Brattus

Gee I wonder if they have ever done a show on that horrible demon called monthly mortgage payments?
That damn poltergeist is gonna haunt me out of my own house no doubt.

That made me chuckle thinking of charging a ghost for rent money or some form of monetary compensation. I mean, the person who pays the bills owns the house. Not the supposed ghost. A spook's gotta earn it's keep, you know, like everyone else.

Whiplash · 1st March 2008, 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by XBoxWarrior

Well, I can imagine there will be "No Reply" to your email.

They are looking for 'Woo Woo' houses.......

That ***** sells ads on American TV, and that is the Biz they are in........

Selling Ads.

p.s. nice reply

That ***** sells everywhere in the world, on TV, bookstores, street corners, and anywhere that you can get money from people. It's a problem with the entire human race, not even remotely limited to Americans.

31st January 2008, 03:19 PM	#1
jhuntington Thinker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 151	More A&E Stupidity At my school, we run a high-tech, interactive haunted house every year (http://www.gravesendinn.org/, I do the control systems) and I got an email from a friend of mine saying A&E was looking for "haunted houses" for a new TV show. So, I sent the person an email explaining our attraction, etc. Just got an email back saying: Quote: The attraction looks raucous, but [we are] looking for actual haunted houses, with actual spooks (verified of [sic] not). Ugh... So I sent the poor girl this message: Quote: They think "actual" haunted houses exist? Wow... As an an educator who confronts magical thinking every single day, I have to say that they could do a much better service to the world by not promulgating such BS. Why not show what absolute crap most "haunted" houses are, and present some real science as to why people might think things are haunted? How about taking people to a "haunted" house (prepared by a crew), showing them getting scared, and then explaining to everyone how they were deceived? That would be interesting, informative, and educational. We sure don't need another idiotic "Paranormal State" that equivocates on the absolute non-existence of "paranormal" phenomenon for the purposes of "entertainment", promoting magical thinking and furthering mass stupidity in the culture.

31st January 2008, 03:29 PM	#3
devnull Illuminator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,537	steps in a haunted house? are you guys fishing for a lawsuit?
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31st January 2008, 03:36 PM	#4
rissablue Scholar Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 68	That was an awesome reply you sent. Unfortunately, to people like Ryan Buell, the Paranormal State champion, "real science" proves the paranormal phenomenon beyond a doubt so you're just waisting your breath.
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29th February 2008, 10:24 PM	#5
Brattus Graduate Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: The bowels of death and despair Posts: 1,226	Well uh..... My house IS haunted. Perhaps they could do a show on my house. Can I get that email addy? Gee I wonder if they have ever done a show on that horrible demon called monthly mortgage payments? That damn poltergeist is gonna haunt me out of my own house no doubt. Oh yeah! I have the mailman deliver proof of that demon once a month.
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29th February 2008, 11:43 PM	#6
XLDS03 Muse Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 817	Originally Posted by Brattus Gee I wonder if they have ever done a show on that horrible demon called monthly mortgage payments? That damn poltergeist is gonna haunt me out of my own house no doubt. That made me chuckle thinking of charging a ghost for rent money or some form of monetary compensation. I mean, the person who pays the bills owns the house. Not the supposed ghost. A spook's gotta earn it's keep, you know, like everyone else.
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31st January 2008, 03:23 PM	#2
XBoxWarrior Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Down in the Treme... Posts: 1,232	Well, I can imagine there will be "No Reply" to your email. They are looking for 'Woo Woo' houses....... That ***** sells ads on American TV, and that is the Biz they are in........ Selling Ads. p.s. nice reply

1st March 2008, 12:40 AM	#7
Whiplash Acting like a maniac Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Shipwrecked and Comatose Posts: 5,389	Originally Posted by XBoxWarrior Well, I can imagine there will be "No Reply" to your email. They are looking for 'Woo Woo' houses....... That *** sells ads on American TV, and that is the Biz they are in........ Selling Ads. p.s. nice reply That *** sells everywhere in the world, on TV, bookstores, street corners, and anywhere that you can get money from people. It's a problem with the entire human race, not even remotely limited to Americans.
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