Paranormal Investigation Live
(2 x 3 hours – 30th and 31st October 2010)
Entertainment channel LIVING announces a two-part Halloween special: Paranormal Investigation Live in which two competing teams of paranormal investigators delve into supernatural activity at a secret location, revealed to them only at the start of the show, over the most haunted weekend of the year. Working with radically different tools and techniques, the teams will go head-to-head in an attempt to undercover true evidence of the paranormal.
Paranormal Investigation Live is produced by STV Productions, and presented by top journalist Naga Munchetty who most recently hosted BBC2’s Working Lunch. Our skeptical host is joined by history and parapsychological experts, who will evaluate the evidence with a cool scientific eye.
The two teams pitted against each other in this Halloween special could not be more different. IMPACT is a group that uses tried-and-tested approaches such as Ouija boards, alongside more “new age” techniques like dowsing. In contrast, The Ghostfinder Paranormal Society (GPS) is committed to the use of scientific techniques and technology for paranormal investigation – including Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP).
Paranormal Investigation Live continues LIVING’s decade-long association with the paranormal. It will take a serious, rigorous and investigative approach, encouraging fans to support the show and contribute to the content themselves.
Users will be encouraged to submit their own evidence; be it images, audio or video, as well as support – and debunk – other users’ evidence, the best of which will be featured on the live show itself.
The show and website (http://www.paranormalinvestigationlive.co.uk/) make the most of existing social networks Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to capitalise on the massive fan base behind other existing LIVING shows.
Living TV Group’s Commissioning Executive, Alex Ayling said: “The home of paranormal is pushing things further than ever before with Paranormal Investigation Live. We will bring a whole new level of rigour and scientific scrutiny to this hugely popular genre. The show should prove to be not only a scary watch for those brave enough to tune in, but with the features on our fantastic website, will also deliver a fantastic two-screen experience.”
STV Productions Series Producer Mike Morrissey said: “We are very excited about the live show and feel that it will take the genre to the next level, and increase the scare factor that fans and skeptics tune in for.”
Paranormal Investigation Live was ordered by Living TV Group’s Head of Commissioning Mark Sammon and Commissioning Executive Alex Ayling. Mike Morrisey is Series Producer for STV Productions.
The Paranormal Investigation Live Team
Host
Naga Munchetty
The only experience Naga has had with spirits in her career so far is through mixing the occasional cocktail, but as the host for Paranormal Investigation: Live she is willing to keep an open mind as to what might unfold over the course of the weekend.
With a background in financial journalism and a television career including reporting for Channel 4 News and co-presenting BBC’s Working Lunch, only the facts and hard evidence will convince sceptic Naga of anything paranormal. Used to grilling Chief Executives and Fund Managers of big companies during the economic downturn, Naga’s not going to hold back if either team’s evidence is not up to standard on the night.
Naga gets job satisfaction by making sure that viewers have the best information available before making up their minds, so both teams are really going to have their work cut out for them during their investigations!
The Spiritualists
IMPACT are led by best friends Anthony & Paul, who together with Chloe and Olga are an open-minded investigation team who decided to take their passion for the paranormal one step further and go on the hunt for ghosts.
Preferring a more traditional approach, IMPACT use a range of spiritualist techniques, from Ouija boards and trigger objects to crystal scrying and table tipping. After hundreds of investigations up and down the country, the team have experienced and captured on tape a number of strange occurrences which cannot be explained.
Paul Hobday
After growing up in an apparently haunted house, it seemed only natural that Paul would end up with a keen interest in the paranormal. After participating in a number of organised ghost hunts with Anthony, the pair eventually struck out on their own to create IMPACT in the search for solid evidence of the supernatural.
Paul has investigated many of the most haunted locations around the UK and despite experiencing an incredible amount of unexplained activity still keeps an open mind.
Anthony Hughes
Anthony has been a fan of the spooky and unknown for as long as he can remember, and what started out as a hobby has now turned into an incredible journey, as Anthony and IMPACT look for the truth behind paranormal phenomena.
A natural sceptic, Anthony tests his nerve by watching scary movies but is prepared to put himself on the line both physically and mentally for the team’s paranormal experiments. He is always on the lookout for that crucial piece of evidence and won’t be the first person to shout “Ghost!” until he has ruled out every possibility.
Olga Semenova
Originally from the Ukraine, Olga’s interest in the paranormal started through watching scary movies as a child. It was through meeting the other members of IMPACT at a self-defence class that Olga could take her interest to the next level and have her own supernatural experiences on the group’s ghost hunts.
Chloe Hodder
Despite participating in a number of investigations, Chloe claims to not have been scared by anything the team have experienced, which probably makes her the most fearless member of IMPACT.
Chloe is fascinated by the unknown and is drawn to the investigative potential of the paranormal. She is always on the lookout for new and incredible technological advances to unearth possible evidence of the paranormal, but is open to debating other theories to explain the unexplained
Investigators
G.P.S is the UK’s #1 paranormal investigation society. Using the latest in ghost hunting technology Barri, Laura, Matt and Phil have investigated haunted locations across the country and help people understand what seems like paranormal activity.
Coming from a variety of backgrounds, this highly skilled team are dedicated to finding the answers behind paranormal phenomena with their cutting edge technology and techniques, such as Infrared Thermal Scanners, EMF detectors and Air Ion Counters. Only tangible results and unfettered evidence will cut it with the G.P.S.
Barri Ghai
Ghost hunting is a full time job for Barri, who is the founding director and Operations Manger of the Ghostfinder Paranormal Society.
It was a number of scary supernatural experiences as a child which set Barri on the path to the paranormal, who has witnessed apparitions, heard his name whispered when he was alone and seen stones thrown by unseen forces. He remains intrigued as to what was behind these events and is experimenting with new equipment and research methods as he searches for the answers to paranormal activity.
Phil Measey
Phil is the lead investigator with G.P.S, having conducted hundreds of vigils in some of the UK’s most haunted locations, as well as a number of private homes and businesses.
During his time as a ghost hunter Phil cannot explain some of the things he has seen and experienced. Armed with a whole host of technology including his trusty K2 reader, Phill records various phenomena which could be evidence of spirits trying to make contact.
Laura McKeown
Fascinated by a spooky story her mum told her as a child, Laura has been on the hunt to see a ghost of her own ever since. After a long day at the bakery where she works, come the night time Laura can’t wait until her next supernatural experience as a Trainee Paranormal Investigator at night with the G.P.S.
Paranormal activity is a big part of Laura’s life and she is determined to find answers not just for herself but for other fellow supernatural enthusiasts.
Matt Watkins
Don’t be alarmed if Captain Jack Sparrow appears from the shadows during the live investigation, for it’s just G.P.S’s technical manager Matt, who also happens to be a Jack Sparrow impersonator!
Matt joined the G.P.S after they investigated strange happenings at his local pub, and says the experience changed his life forever. Although he admits he has been scared by his own shadow in the past, he has seen things during vigils which he cannot explain and prefers to experiment with technology such as the Ovilus which potentially allow interaction with spirits from the other side
A self confessed super fan of Most Haunted and editor of GhostMag.com. Matt’s passion for ghost hunting began when he moved into a haunted house in his second year of university in Leicester! His favourite location is the Niddry Street Vaults in Edinburgh.
Please bring back M/H, tv is boring without t, Paronormal Investigation is not exciting like M/H is, look forward to seeing you guys again.
NEW SHOW IS A WASTE OFAIR TIME.BRING BACK MOST HAUNTED NOW PLEASE
Yeah me too!! What a pile of crap PI is!
what a load of crap!!! give me the job i’ll not run away after 10 mins .. i am totally comitted to finding the truth about live after death …if you ask for proof why get scared???
recorded it because babysitting the grandchildren,wish i had’nt bothered.
On the Antix web site Yvette says there will be a Ghose Hunt with the Saturdays in November 2010 – perhaps an answer will be forthcoming as the the future of MH
What rubbish i saw the first 30mins and got very bored. This is not a good replacement. I think it was a bad idea to get rid of mh. Im sorry but you have lost me. BRING BACK MHL HALLOWEEN, IT WILL NOT BE THE SAME!!! Im very dissapointed……..
Loved MH until the exit of David Wells. Focused too much on the demonic side in the end and the 7,8 night live shows were too much. The new replcement is the biggest load of rubbish I’ve seen. Come on Living, get with it and bring us the best. Jason and Grant with the TAPS team and Robb and Barry of GHI. I could watch them all day. To me, the’re 10 times better than MH.
this is crap, bring back most haunted!
New Paranormal programme is a waste of time. None of the new presnters have any personaility and the programe is BORING!!
we were very dispointed when we found out that MHL was not on this halloween, doesnt feel right.. We did watch PIL just to see what it was like, but dont think very much of it, miss not seeing all the old faces from most haunted. Overall really gutted and really is a end of a era.. fingers crossed it will be back sooon…
I have been ooking forward to the halloween edition of most haunted since easter, only to find out its this new load of rubbish instead! I fell asleep! and won’t be watching anymore, what a load of rubbish, no knocking, no edge of the seat stuff, I could walk around in the dark and make it scarier! bring back evette and the gang!
Paranormal Investigations…….????? What a load of rubbish, I was gutted when I heard Most Haunted was no more, but slightly looking forward to P.I. I fell asleep half way through and I never fall asleep in front of the T.V! Please Yvette and Carl please come back to our screens……soon!!!!
We spent ten agonising minutes watching Living TV’s attempt to rip off MH Live. Words fail me! Simply rubbish. Incompetent presenters who clearly were making the whole thing up. We were laughing for all the wrong reasons when they threw herbs on a fire?!!! The one thing they did get right was the endless adverts breaking up the flow of the programme. At least with MH there was something woth watching between the ads!
Two groups of personality plus individuals , expressionless host who trips over her words and two ‘experts’ ( by the way I think there’s some new equality legislation, so how come two ‘investtigators’ can be selected on very different criteria to spend the night at the venue by one expert based on her views, I do hope neither goes off with stress and living have some very sound T&C’s). What a fantastic show ( I’m glad I used sky plus to gloss over the boring bits, show lasted all of 10 mins, including adverts) . I’m sorry, I’m all for pushing the barriers and trying something new, however all we established is that the ‘investigators’ can observe smoke and flames, switch on a cd player, stand and sit motionless and mumble in hushed voices. MH team must be rattling their sides with laughter. This programme could be viewed as a high acolade for MH, too difficult an act to follow …so we won’t or an insult to MH fans, we can fob them off with a poor replacement or we have no idea and we have to fill to time slot at short notice. Whats worse is that this lot make ‘TAPS’ look interesting.Can someone please tell me when the investigation part of the title starts so I can sky plus with effective outcome?
I have to agree the new show was pretty awful bring back MH even if it is only on Halloween!!!
I thought that most haunted had got a bit stale so I hadn,t watched the last series but that programme last night was a load of crap and I changed channels after half an hour.
Stick to the day jobs guys. Hopefully you may be better at those.
Biggest load of crap I have ever seen.
May be MH was fabricated,buy hey, what do you expect…….its for entertainment!
As for the presenter….stick to politics or whatever it is you do.
Shall not be wasting my time watching this crap tonight…….would sooner boil my head in treacle.
Please bring back MH.
I watched the new show with my three cats – even they complained. I fell asleep. So did they.
i missed a gr8 nite out with family an freinds to watch this loads o cods wallop,gutted disgusted with the whole format of this programme,i know its was first nite n could b put down to first nite nerves but surley they would ov had a screen test to see how confident in front ov da cameras they was no personality shinning at least wid most haunted we had a few moments on the edge ov our seats,i must admit i was last nite aswell on da edge ov me seat but only through fallin asleep,an yes i will watch 2nite but only 2 c if it can get n e worse as could really do with a laugh at the sheer audacity of scamin us all that this would really b betta than most haunted,the best one ive seen upto know is ghost adventures with arron o my days wot a funni guy if youve neva seen check out da show awesum!!!
I watched part of the paranormal live,it is total rubbish!PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,bring back Most Haunted Live.Halloween is not the same,without it.Living tv should be ashamed of themselves.What a big mistake,they are losing thousands of dediacated viewers.
HANDS UP WHO’S WATCHIN THE X FACTOR
BECAUSE THERE NO MOST HAUNTED LIVE!
Ciaran O’keeffe has stated on Twitter that he will be making an announcement (officially from living) regarding the future of Most Haunted. It seems he will announce this at one of his events this weekend fingers crossed hope its good news
absolute tripe, get this dross off.
I was getting fed up with all the screaming and stuff from MH but it had sooooo much more substance than last night’s load of rubbish. At least with MH you got a lot of history about the haunted place and the mediums. Even if some of it was faked it was very entertaining. I won’t be watching tonight’s PIL, I’ll be watching paint dry. Bring back MH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found the whole show a joke, I am not a believer but MH and other shows on living did have me asking questions. This show confirmed that 1, there is nothing out there, and 2, some people would do ought to be on TV. PANTS
What can we say about that show last night, These teams were so out of their league, if you go back to MH live 1 Yes they made mistakes but you could tell they really wanted to do this, These teams were NOT interested or interesting, The host was awfull.
I am all for giving things a chance but Living TV you really have made a dreadful mistake here SKY, Channel 5, ITV the door is really open for you here to bring back MH
I fell asleep too……
Absolute, Total Rubbish
What more can I say.
Oh Yes, Take it off the air, and replace with grass growing.
Unbelievable,I could have done better than what I tried to watch last night!! I fell asleep.
I would rather do DIY than watch that & I hate DIY. I cannot understand why you walk away from a successful format in this day & age. I think Yvette & Karl should have a rethink,
Well what can i say?, I looked forward to halloween M H live so much and instead i got this, i was willing to give it a chance and was so dissapointed, I have never ever fallen asleep during M H and i found myself dosing off at least three times during this investigation, where on earth did these so called teams come from, did they just choose a few random people that were wandering around a local shopping centre? Feel totally cheated.
Everyone should start a petition and send it to LIVING TV to bring back Most Haunted and demand answers! (0r boycott PI)
I would have loved a live 2 night Living With The Dead as opposed to this dull dross that I dozed off half way through. Next year Living do two nights of Live Ian Lawman & Johnnie Fiorriore
Whata mistaka to maka!!
Bring it back – you know it makes sense??
i love mh an would really like to no what actually happened, this paranormal show is sxxt would rather watch paint dry, if yvette an karl hav had trouble with somethin do you really think its your place to hav a dig they loved doin mh an would be gutted they had to leave it. i just want to no why cus its doin my head ive bin sayin since january i crnt wait for mh halloween got to it an no cigar such a shame….
I watched last night thought I would give it a chance……..total rubbish won’t be watching tonight! Bring back most haunted!
watched new show,not one of them knew what they was doing.call themselves ghost hunters they haven’t got a clue it was the biggest load of SHIT ever. Where was the medium to protect, camera was all over won’t be watching that shit again come on yvette come back and the crew.
watched this show,not impressed with most haunted live is ten times better.
OMG, what were living thinking of, bring back most haunted cannot believe the decided to replace it with that load of rubbish.
i think us mh fans deserve an explanation. last night was so pants i fell asleep.
Agree big time! No audience interaction no Julian! The “Teams seem to be really nervous of cameras that stupid fire experiment throwing herbs into it! Oh the fire has moved! Of course the fire has moved its on fire!!!No personalities poor presenter.I just hope to see MH again and with maybe some kind of explaination everyone deserves it!!
I cannot believe living gave this programme 3 hours viewing time,how can they get any form of activity,they don,t even know how to hold a seance,and as for the music,say no more.where was the mediums.
a tribute what a load of rubbish yvette would turn in her grave
boycot the show so they don’t get ratings. what makes me laugh is i bet the most haunted crew are sat down and watching it
ps most haunted you know who you are sort it out
i was looking forward to something new but was very disapointed i think all the spirits were up set that most haunted had disapeared and thats why they got nohing although the only thing was the talking equipment which i have no idea what it was called he was holding a hand held speaker that the ghost can talk through why did most haunted never use such thing could have been good after that i was totally bored and fell asleep only to wake up in the early hours thinking i loved most haunted and the grimeyness that went with it. come on most haunted come back please please there is only one show that dose it best and thats most haunted dont give up now or have you made your mind up about the paranormal
Watched new show, what a load of crap….. whats happened to MH, yvette and carl must be laughing like a drain. I suppose it was all down to money for them just like eveyone else. No loyalty to the fans that watched M.H. afer all it was the fans that made them rich…. self ,self, self. Yvette i hope you enjoy the money. Was it all faked just for the money??????
What a load of rubbish this new show is. Husband and me put on a Most Haunted DVD !! Booked a night off work would be better off working nightshift!!! Bring back Most Haunted!!! Living TV do yourself a favour put on a good film on instead for Halloween!!
I cant believe i actually sat through this new show! What a load of rubbish! BRING BACK MOST HAUNTED! My Halloween has been ruined! At least you could always have a giggle with Most Haunted, this show is just PANTS!!!!!
halloween is now crap! carl, yvette and the crew were thd best you will get for viewers as this and ghost whisperer are the only things i watch but now its down to one! this new show is nothing compared to MH as they use their radio technique as well as over ecaggerating about little things :@
i know someone who even evolved their work hours around the show then finds out its AXED! Way to go!
Is Paranormal Investigation Live a joke?