Taking a ghostly adventure

Spirits and monsters have enthralled human minds since the dawn of time, stimulating the senses as one sees a shadow, or the fast movement of a silhouette in the corner of the eye.

“Ghost Adventures,” a Travel Channel show, is available both on DVD and Instant View, and is a good alternative to quirky comedies and typical dramas most of us look for.

The show is about three friends who go around the U.S. in search of the scariest places in the country.

Now you might think that this is just some typical horror show where they try to go to an old abandoned hospital to try and contact the dead…well, that is not all they do.

There is a catch; they are locked in the establishment until dawn, and, yes, they experience “trippy” paranormal activities. One of the hosts was so scared, he jumped from the second floor of an abandoned hotel.

The show is rather unique in the way that it is just the three of them. One acts as the cameraman, the other as hosts in the abandoned locations. This adds to the authenticity of the show, although subjective. They also use static cameras besides the handheld ones, because it is impossible to record every angle while moving.

The group also uses innovative devices that supposedly detect what a spirit wants to tell them, via the likeness of the voice of Stephen Hawking. And believe me it is kind of scary when a device randomly blurts out the word “die.”

The belief of the paranormal is still based on our personal discretion, but “Ghost Adventures” will surely give you a hair-raising experience.