Mary Knows Best/Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
Mary Knows Best
This will be rather short as there isn't much to say. I'm starting to think these reality family-based shows are becoming quite cookie cutter. They each have something to make them special but yet also same ole, same ole.
Mary Knows Best is centered around psychic/medium Mary O and her eccentric family. I'll admit. I was a little curious concerning what it would be like to live with a psychic. This show answered that question for me. Psychics may seem like shiny new toys (to some), but to have to deal with that ability all day everyday can be quite annoying. The basic formula of this show is Mary O doing readings on her radio show, street, and businesses. Just wherever as it is apart of who she is. This is all mixed in with semi-normal family drama set in Long Island. Bottomline, you get what you see.
Mary Knows Best is centered around psychic/medium Mary O and her eccentric family. I'll admit. I was a little curious concerning what it would be like to live with a psychic. This show answered that question for me. Psychics may seem like shiny new toys (to some), but to have to deal with that ability all day everyday can be quite annoying. The basic formula of this show is Mary O doing readings on her radio show, street, and businesses. Just wherever as it is apart of who she is. This is all mixed in with semi-normal family drama set in Long Island. Bottomline, you get what you see.
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
This is the one I particularly was anxious to watch. You have a team of six individuals, all equipped with their own expertise. Ben Hansen is a former FBI agent and the ringleader of this group. Then there's Jael (journalist and former member of Destination Truth), Larry (effects specialist), Bill (lead scientist), Austin (stunt expert), and Chi-Lan (photograph expert).
They start out in the Situation Room, reviewing various video clips and determining which one has the best potential to pursue further. Ben, Jael and Austin investigated the phantom vehicle in Savannah, Georgia further. They spoke with Officer Wayne Daniels, the cop involved this is bizarre chase, who guided them through what happened that night. Then, the three proceeded with setting up various experiments to determine whether there was a logical explanation or not.
Using a professional stunt driver named Mike Shortt and another member of the Garden City Police Department named Sgt. Shawn Myers. They attempted to recreate two key moments. The first being the U-turn. Some believe a huge distance between the car and cop couldn't be possible in a short amount of time. After one experimental run, it was proven how likely it could be. The second was a little harder, the moment where the car is seen on the other side of the undamaged fence. They tried jumping the fence and was semi-successful except there wasn't enough of an elevation at the actual scene. If you can't go over, you go under. The first attempt brought almost the whole fence down. One minor adjustment and the car sailed right through as if passing through a curtain. The car passes to the other side before the cop or the camera sees what happened. There is your plausible explanation (never really thought it was paranormal anyways).
The second video clip was filmed by Jeff Willes in Arizona. Many people witnessed the phenomena in the video. Larry, Bill and Chi-Lan set out to debunk this one. They first talked to Jeff and borrowed his camera (supposedly the same one that filmed the Lights video). Then proceeded with a couple of experiments. They tried a window pane and a laser. Managed to duplicate the lights but not the movement. Then went on to lanterns attached to balloons hooked up to a dimmer. Duplicated the movement but not the altitude. The option of last resort was a night investigation.
They set up four IR cameras. Larry monitored the cameras and Bill and Chi-Lan searched for trace evidence. They weren't expecting what they found. As Bill and Chi-Lan were exploring the area, they began hearing movement and strange noises, but before they could determine what it was, Larry alerted them to an unusual light in the sky. This light moved from left to right, zig-zagged. They couldn't come up with a logical explanation for it.
I think this show has potential. It's sort of Mythbusters meets the paranormal. Fairly good first episode. Will have to wait and see concerning future ones.
They start out in the Situation Room, reviewing various video clips and determining which one has the best potential to pursue further. Ben, Jael and Austin investigated the phantom vehicle in Savannah, Georgia further. They spoke with Officer Wayne Daniels, the cop involved this is bizarre chase, who guided them through what happened that night. Then, the three proceeded with setting up various experiments to determine whether there was a logical explanation or not.
Using a professional stunt driver named Mike Shortt and another member of the Garden City Police Department named Sgt. Shawn Myers. They attempted to recreate two key moments. The first being the U-turn. Some believe a huge distance between the car and cop couldn't be possible in a short amount of time. After one experimental run, it was proven how likely it could be. The second was a little harder, the moment where the car is seen on the other side of the undamaged fence. They tried jumping the fence and was semi-successful except there wasn't enough of an elevation at the actual scene. If you can't go over, you go under. The first attempt brought almost the whole fence down. One minor adjustment and the car sailed right through as if passing through a curtain. The car passes to the other side before the cop or the camera sees what happened. There is your plausible explanation (never really thought it was paranormal anyways).
The second video clip was filmed by Jeff Willes in Arizona. Many people witnessed the phenomena in the video. Larry, Bill and Chi-Lan set out to debunk this one. They first talked to Jeff and borrowed his camera (supposedly the same one that filmed the Lights video). Then proceeded with a couple of experiments. They tried a window pane and a laser. Managed to duplicate the lights but not the movement. Then went on to lanterns attached to balloons hooked up to a dimmer. Duplicated the movement but not the altitude. The option of last resort was a night investigation.
They set up four IR cameras. Larry monitored the cameras and Bill and Chi-Lan searched for trace evidence. They weren't expecting what they found. As Bill and Chi-Lan were exploring the area, they began hearing movement and strange noises, but before they could determine what it was, Larry alerted them to an unusual light in the sky. This light moved from left to right, zig-zagged. They couldn't come up with a logical explanation for it.
I think this show has potential. It's sort of Mythbusters meets the paranormal. Fairly good first episode. Will have to wait and see concerning future ones.
Comments
it was entertaining, i like the mythbusters aspect of it.
C.R., Ret. USAF
As for the Phoenix lights, I've seen a lot of people attacking the person who filmed the video clip. He's apparently really in to UFOs. Whatever. It's starting to sound like some people may be upset they didn't discredit the video. If they found the video fake, then he's guilty of fabricating evidence. Who cares. Thousands of people saw those lights whether they be UFOs or flares. He wasn't the only one who filmed it.
I'm surprised more people weren't commenting on the footage the Fact or Faked crew caught. All we see is a light flying back and forth. We have to take them at their word that the light was doing a bunch of other strange things.
Their explanation would hold water if it wasn't for the fact that the door was OPEN and the human form held it's shape in mid-air as it passed the open door. You could see the shadow on the wall to the left and right of the doorway as well as through the open part of the doorway. A shadow cannot be cast unless there is a surface for it to be cast upon. It should not have the shape of a man on the left side of the doorway and maintain that same human shape as it passes the opened door then onward to the right side of the doorway.
They at least should have examined it much more closely. That was amateurish at best and they've lost their credibility as far as I'm concerned.
Or maybe I only feel that way, because I am already annoyed by just watching the previews of "Mary knows best". She is nothing but a attention starved old noisy lady. That is by far the most annoying show on TV. SYFY, where are you heading onto?? Please come up with the real stuff like my true ghost story on biography channel!
The man drove through the fence. Those so called ghost hunters were at the wrong fence. The driver went around 20 yards into some ones back yard around the house to the street and away. He knew where he was going the cop didn’t. What really blows my mind is there are people that believe this junk. And know I do not watch the show. I saw the ghost car on my home page just thought I’d take a look. It was so stupid I felt the need to say so “man, are the stars of the show fake”? Some really bad acting. Man it’s so stupid. Oh if anyone feel the need to respond don’t will not be back to read them