We conference with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson of "Ghost Hunters" for the "Ghost Hunters Live" event which will take place this year at the historic Fort Delaware in Delaware City, DE, live from 7 pm-2 am on October 31 on SCI FI.
"Ghost Hunters" has been running since 2004 with a massive following of fans tuning in to see what's next during its air time on Wednesdays, 9/8C.
They answer questions including any particular ghost they would like to hunt, whether there's more paranormal activity at this time of the year and much more.
In June 2008, the Ghost Hunters, led by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, paid their first visit to the notoriously haunted Fort Delaware. Built in the mid-1800’s and primarily used as an artillery defense for the Union during the Civil War, it eventually became a Civil War POW camp, housing over 33,000 Confederate soldiers. The conditions at Fort Delaware were grim, and over the years, it eventually became home to thousands of deaths. After capturing a variety of paranormal encounters during this first investigation, the team eagerly returns to Delaware this Halloween to explore this historic haunt!
Once again, SCIFI.COM will also serve as the online destination on Halloween night, offering a multilayered digital experience for fans including an exclusive, multi-camera online video feed and thermal imaging camera views, exclusive access to photos from the live event, live Q&A with the TAPS team members and the return of the “Panic Button” for web watchers to alert the team of something they are seeing live on TV.
Enjoying record-high ratings throughout its run,Ghost Hunters remains one of cable’s hottest shows!
The series is currently celebrating its best season ever, delivering a 1.9 Household rating, 2.7 million total viewers, 1.7 million Adults 18-49 and 1.7 million Adults 25-54. Its live Halloween event is a tremendous hit with viewers, with last year’s event scoring a 2.1 Household rating and making SCI FI the #1 cable entertainment channel for the night in the key demographics. Ghost Hunters is produced in association with Craig Piligian's Pilgrim Films and Television (American Chopper,Dirty Jobs,The Ultimate Fighter). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Rob Katz and Alan David, serve as executive producers.
Question:
On the past of a location having a lot to do with what’s going on there in the present and how they approach that:
Grant Wilson:
We like to just kind of hear what the stories are of the people who were there and then research the history later. But we’ve found, interestingly enough that a newer building can be just as haunted as an old building with a checkered past.
So we kind of - you know, the places that have more tragedy to them, unfortunately, seem to have a little bit more activity. But you never know. So that’s why we always take places we’ve already investigated for the live show because we know there’s activity there...read the whole interview.
