Getting a free tattoo under the auspices of a research experiment? Really? You guys are really going to try to sell that to us? I mean hey, it works out great for the tattoo parlor, they get tons of extra business and the artist gets to use it for his portfolio, but this is a joke. They managed to work getting a free tattoo into their investigation and have the audacity to pass it off as research related. And, fwiw, the palette of the imager is changing due to averaging in reference the heat being generated by the tattoo gun. If you want a rock stable palette, then make sure that the tattoo gun isn't in the image, or lock your temp range and you will get a stable average of emitted heat from the investigator. The quick "cold spots" are the sensor recalibrating, they do that continuously…FLIR imagers simply freeze the image if a recalibration is necessary so as not to disturb the image. The thermal imager used was the RAZ-IR by SPI. Good imager, not as an intuitive software interface as FLIR or Fluke imagers, but a very powerful imager for the price. As for their temp drops, thermal imagers cannot detect airborne cold spots, they can only detect heat emitted or reflected off of solid objects. If a cold spot is affecting a solid object, then yes it would show.

I tried to like this show, giving it ample opportunity to take off, but honestly this went a little to far. It's not Extreme Paranormal bad, but I hope not to see this show in rotation after the halloween season. Their theories are either repackaged versions of other theories or are vague in nature. Their experiments are suspect as they pass their judgement of validity on after one attempt in poorly controlled environments. I hoped for so much more, but the tattoo thing, well that was just insulting to the intelligence of the viewer and personally the last straw.

rant over, lol..

Andy

For these guys, my bet would be on the attention. The money will follow, certainly, but right now, it's for the attention.

I visited their website yesterday and found it to be pretty deserted datawise. Short of plugging their merch, some surveillance company, and an upcoming convention where you can ghosthunt with the Klinge brothers at Catfish Plantation (100 bones), I didn't not really see anything of merit with their site. Only exception is their bios and an article about using dogs on investigation. Their site looks good, but is clearly a storefront (like another well-known televised group) and it looks like you have to have some sort of paid membership to see the meat and potatoes of the site. Too bad, as I don't plan on being an EP citizen anytime soon.

BTW, as I was watching last night, it hit me what my problem was with this show. It can be boiled down to one person: Brad. I really cannot stand that guy. Rest of the show is a little weak, but could probably stand on it's own with Barry alone. I certainly wouldn't mind not seeing Brad patting himself on the shoulder every five minutes for weak data and reheated theories. I was pleased to see the reflected temperature drop on the chair last night, proving that while thermal imaging cannot detect open-air cold spots, it can detect surface temperature anomalies and has a place in paranormal tool kits. Only problem is that I bet the EP staff still think that they were detecting a cold spot and not the secondary result of something affecting the emitted/reflected temp. of the chair itself, which was actually the case. Still was a good ep. last night, for that footage alone.

-Andy