Donna (Ghost Hunters) admits evidence was staged

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Donna LaCroix is dishing out the dirt on her former employers, TAPS, Ghost Hunters, and Ghost Hunters International. She says that, while she didn't participate in staging evidence herself, she knew that some of the evidence was staged. In addition, she says that she, Brian Harnois, and Andy Andrews were "screwed" so badly in their contracts for Ghost Hunters International that they actually lost money on the show.

The podcast is uncensored and therefore not safe for work due to adult language, so listen at your own risk:

http://ghostdivas.mypodcast.com/200911_archive.html

The part about the staging is between 21:16 and 23:32. You probably won't want to listen to the whole podcast, it gets pretty annoying in a few spots :( You might want to skip forward to 34:33 for a really nice statement of skepticism from Ms. LaCroix.

It's nice to hear the truth for once, even though Ms. LaCroix is only telling us what we already knew :D
 
Ghost Hunters? Fake? What's next, is someone gonna tell me Professional wrestling is fake too....???
 
It's....It's fake? Really? But it was on TV and everything. You know they can't lie about anything on TV it's against the law or something.
 
It doesn't matter. The true blue believers will never accept this. And it won't do anything to stem the tide of ghost hunting shows.
 
Her comments about any staging or fakery were vague at best, and I didn't hear anything specific - she seemed to imply she couldn't be more specific.

Though, she was pretty specific on how she felt about show. And Jason. And the production company. And the "Family"...
 
Denver said:
Her comments about any staging or fakery were vague at best, and I didn't hear anything specific - she seemed to imply she couldn't be more specific.

Though, she was pretty specific on how she felt about show. And Jason. And the production company. And the "Family"...
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She was pretty vague. She was unwilling to be specific about which episode, how they did it, etc. I was impressed when she said that she found out about some of the staging and cried for days, though. Apparently she takes this paranormal ghost stuff for real so she was crushed to find out they were faking it. I also was rather impressed that she told the listeners not to believe anything they saw on the show or on TV in general.

The podcast itself was annoying as hell though :( There was a lot of "We're edgy and in your face HURR" posturing that just rubbed me the wrong way. I salute you for sticking it out to listen to the whole 45 minutes or so that Ms. LaCroix was on, because a good portion of it was like ghostly nails on a spectral chalkboard.
 
Who You Gonna Call? ...Ghost Blusters!

It's too bad this lady had to be so heavy on the personal attacks and so light on the actual evidence of woo. She does come across more as a angry ex than a person trying to warn the public of fraud. I would imagine the woo factor is so high on this type of show that their non-disclosure agreement is as thick as a big city phone book. (If it wasn't I know I'd be getting a raise every show)!

Donna's time to make her allegations was when she still worked for the show. She would have had a lot more impact if she quit in the middle of the season without all the public animosity and presented her case to the public in a calm professional manner. As a matter of fact she should have done everything in her power to be seen as the best "ghost buster" right before she quit. Her current actions only allow her detractors to to dismiss her as a jilted "lover".
 
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In addition, she says that she, Brian Harnois, and Andy Andrews were "screwed" so badly in their contracts for Ghost Hunters International that they actually lost money on the show.
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Well, here's a tip for Ms. LaCroix - if you are presented with a contract that is going to screw you so badly that you end up losing money on the show: don't sign it. :p
 
I'm listening to it, and boy she has a bee in her bonnet about taps, I'm kinda enjoying it. I think she could be right about Ghost hunters


The podcast other then the hosts grand standing and the bad audio quality is far better then similar paranormal podcasts like eerie radio.
 
Has Jason or Grant or SyFy or Pilgrim or anybody else in a position of authority within the Ghost Hunters franchise ever actually said that nothing in the show is staged?
 
desertgal said:
Well, here's a tip for Ms. LaCroix - if you are presented with a contract that is going to screw you so badly that you end up losing money on the show: don't sign it. :p
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Without knowing more details it's hard to say, but I somehow doubt they realized they were getting screwed when they signed.
 
kritter said:
Ghost Hunters? Fake? What's next, is someone gonna tell me Professional wrestling is fake too....???
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I never pass up a chance that allows me to quote a line from Futurama:

"Man, I used to think Ultimate Robot Fighting was real like pro wrestling, but it turns out it's fixed like boxing."
 
JWideman said:
Without knowing more details it's hard to say, but I somehow doubt they realized they were getting screwed when they signed.
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Well, as you say, without more details, it is impossible to say - but she did say they were "screwed in their contracts". I don't think it's a stretch that she may have possibly signed a contract without understanding all that it contained, and is now whining because she was held to her commitment. It happens. :)
 
scifake.com Donna responded to her ghostdivas appearance and 'kinda' took some of it back IMO.
 
daSkeptic said:
Has Jason or Grant or SyFy or Pilgrim or anybody else in a position of authority within the Ghost Hunters franchise ever actually said that nothing in the show is staged?
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During the "Collargate scandal", Halloween show 2008. Jason and Grant said on their Facebook pages that nothing was ever faked on their shows and if you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you. :D
 
Audible Click said:
During the "Collargate scandal", Halloween show 2008. Jason and Grant said on their Facebook pages that nothing was ever faked on their shows and if you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you. :D
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So you're the one that stole my bridge!
 
Apology said:
Donna LaCroix is dishing out the dirt on her former employers, TAPS, Ghost Hunters, and Ghost Hunters International. She says that, while she didn't participate in staging evidence herself, she knew that some of the evidence was staged. In addition, she says that she, Brian Harnois, and Andy Andrews were "screwed" so badly in their contracts for Ghost Hunters International that they actually lost money on the show.

The podcast is uncensored and therefore not safe for work due to adult language, so listen at your own risk:

http://ghostdivas.mypodcast.com/200911_archive.html

The part about the staging is between 21:16 and 23:32. You probably won't want to listen to the whole podcast, it gets pretty annoying in a few spots :( You might want to skip forward to 34:33 for a really nice statement of skepticism from Ms. LaCroix.

It's nice to hear the truth for once, even though Ms. LaCroix is only telling us what we already knew :D
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Ghost Divas Archive said:
This was posted as a comment on the radio show archive site.


I think it's hysterical how you sit there and say that you have some of the smartest listeners for your show and how you all claim to be very intelligent people, however you are so quick to judge other people just with claims from one disgruntled person.

I am sure none of you have held ONE single conversation with Jason or Grant to maybe gain their perspectives on the situation OR maybe their own personal issues they dealt with Donna. You just assume because one person claims this, that it's automatically true when in reality, there could be things you may not know about Donna that would blow your minds away.

From what I have learned from my life experiences, there are ALWAYS two sides to EVERY story. Everyone is so quick to judge Jason and Grant because they are the head of TAPS, so no matter what, their heads are first on the chopping block. Mostly, they want people like Jason and Grant to fail simply because they are jealous of their success. That's what it boils down to.

DO NOT sit there and judge people you have never met in person and do not judge people based on what one person, who clearly is someone who harbors anger, says. A true intelligent person would listen to what one person says, and then talk to the other source and gain their side of the story before forming their opinions.

But since you all have claimed to have never talked to Jason and Grant in person, your opinions mean absolutely nothing. You are going off of hearsay and that is why I think your show sound completely unintelligent.

Learn ALL facts before casting judgement on people you have never even spoken to.
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This pretty much sums it up for me. It doesn't matter weather ghosts are real or not, if you base your views one the ravings of a disgruntled cast member and two drunk twit interviewers that pose as some kind of paranormal Warren Commission.

Its a sad piece of work
 
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