The Best of “Who Forted?” : Year In Review
Guess what? WF is a year old! In honor of our birthday, we dug back through the archives, and with input from the readers, we came up with a list that we think sums up the best of WF’s first year in more ways than one.
Dead and Buried: How the Paranormal Community Killed My Interest in Ghost Hunting
One time, about eight years ago, Nick Foust wrote an article about snack foods for the Ghost Hunters, Incorporated website. It soon became infamous, and it was the very last semi-serious article that he ever wrote for an online presence… until now. Almost a decade later, Nick got so fed up with the paranormal community, that he just had to sit down and write something about it. You want to read this, believe us. They come around as often as hale-bop.
Scott L.’s Guide To: Starting a Ghost Hunting Group
In part two of his series dealing with the how-to’s of ghost hunting culture, Ghostly Talk’s Scott L. gives an in depth guide to creating your own ghost hunting team. What should you name yourselves? How do you find members? What should everyone do? How can you publicize your existence and make people believe that you’re important? Scott L. answers all those questions and more in this handy how-to.
Bad Accidents: The Polarizing Effect of “Extreme Paranormal”
Last Monday A&E brought the world a piece of television called “Extreme Paranormal” that outraged pretty much everyone in the paranormal community, but not for the reasons that the cast and crew might have hoped for. In this special editorial, Greg Newkirk explains why everyone from ghost hunting groups, to skeptics, to the “Citizens for Community Values” are upset.. and why they’re justified.
Collargate: A Lesson in Accountability
As the dust finally begins to settle on the TAPS “collargate” scandal, Dana Matthews looks back and asks, “what did we learn from all this?” She finds the answer in a place that she least expected: a short video posted to YouTube by three young ‘Ghost Hunters’ fans…
