Cheap television where you send out a camera and sound person and record people doing normal stuff. Those ghost hunting shows I’ve seen is all setup. What was that? Did you here that noise? etc. It’s pretty formulaic and quite poor really.
I would rather watch Jerry Springer but they don’t even play that anymore over here!
I miss the days of shows like Unsolved Mysteries, Dark Shadows, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Shows that were well made, a little creepy, but also fun at the same time.
Remember when television stations had dead air time early in the morning? If I was a kid back then I’d totally start a rumor that if you watch it late at night a ghost show will come on. As far as shows about ghosts go, I find most of them painfully boring. I’m not sure why they are so popular. I prefer hearing about near-death-experiences, and I’ve never seen a show about those.
I used to love Fact or Fiction, hosted by Jonathan Frakes.