Well said. I can’t wait to read this press release…I need a good laugh

It is unfortunate that the things Donna has said are being twisted and or taken out of context. The simple fact is the TAPs show offers what are questionable events to say the least. Another simple fact is TV is not real life. In order to keep viewers a show must ‘ramp it up’ as it goes on. Take a look at shows like South Park or almost any other TV show for that matter. In my opinion TAPs should consider the responsibility it has to the public. There are many people with mental disorders who are in need of help, not by ghost hunters but by mental health professionals. Shows like TAPs as well as people like Chip Coffee and Chris Moon reinforce what are delusional episodes these people are having. I know enough to be aware of the fact NO ONE knows for sure about ghosts being real and what occurs after we die, but I am 40 years old and I pay attention and I have yet to see anything that can prove ghosts are real to me. I would LOVE to know we do indeed carry on in some form but I refuse to allow a medium created for the sole purpose of ENTERTAINING people to become my reality.
Kudos to Donna for speaking her mind and shame on anyone for trying to use her statements for anything more than what they are, her opinion.

Well now to say “it’s just TV” is quite bogus. For years we heard the plumbers say that they are debunkers. Now knowing they have been faking things since season one, and now just accelerating the faking.

What really bothered me is the uproar they caused when they investigated the Moss Beach Distillery – a favorite place to investigate for Loyd Auerbach. The location has “props” installed for “ghostly entertainment”. Even though these items ARE WELL KNOWN TO EXIST, the plumbers decided to take the tact that they were “being taken by swindlers”. They was quite a back and forth between Jason and Mr Auerbach for the next few weeks.

When it has turned out that the plumbers are the bogus cheaters.

I am not holding my breathe for the press release. I have a feeling they will wait out the storm and ignore it, as they have always done in the past.

I also doubt there will be a press release forthcoming.

If it does ever show up, I will share it. I promise.

The moss beach thing, that was a joke. Everyone does know there are “props” there. Funny how they missed it. just a quick google search could have closed the case and saved some production money.

What makes me upset is that Donna had a myspace page…and now its taken down….Within a day of that show on Ghost Divas…Ghost Divas said you would have her back – I hope you mean it. I am worried about her.

What got me about the “moss beach” episode was anyone who owns a t.v. knows about the props, it was featured on other shows showing that it was rigged. So, taps was full of crap to act as if they didn’t know it. No big debunking there, and to corner the manager for “not disclosing” the props and making him out to be a fool was pathetic, since it was no secret. To hold the Divas alone for backing Donna is not the only answer if you’re worried about her. WE ALL NEED TO BACK HER!

Tonya excellent article, thank you. I never liked the show simply because they didn’t use psychics or psychic mediums. Some say that our information cannot be used scientifically, but I feel that is a bunch of bull, sensitives can also be used as a tool, reputable ones of course, we sensitives can be wonderful spirit detectors. I feel that the gadget industry didn’t want them to use us so they can sell their gadgets to paranormal investigators, sensitives are seen by these companies as competition, and in the United States not in the UK paranormal teams emulated TAPS in this practice. Now who can’t be trusted? I am not implying that all paranormal investigators fake evidence, those top notch investigators know that we sensitives are very useful. Also I find that shows with sensitives in them are much more interesting to watch, Ghost Hunters is a bore.

Very well said Tonya! Im glad Donna came out and spoke the truth.

To Carolyn: We do have Donna’s back, we promise! We’ve been in touch with her and she is just very overwhelmed with the fallout from the interview.

I have been unable to watch GH for a very long time because it just seemed too convenient the amount of evidence they get these days. Great job to Tonya on this article and objectively addressing the current “breaking news.” TAPS has been fooling the average television viewer for years. Donna never said that she was privy or witnessed any staging crews and that the entire experience was not all bad. She was a fabulous guest and is a true Ghost Diva in her own right.

GhostDiva Amanda

While I get what you mean, Reap, about the need to ‘ramp it up’, it is in no way license for misrepresentation and fraud. The show bills itself as reality, which means that while there may be a degree of editing done to heighten tension and create drama, it cannot fabricate the truth toward that same end. Although I lost my taste for the show long ago (for many reasons), I know many still enjoy Ghost Hunters for its entertainment value, and that’s fine. However, we cannot – if these allegations are proved legitimate – excuse this sort of behavior, because it ends up reflecting badly on everyone in the field.

Just what exactly is a “Ghost Diva”? Some kind of dead superhero?

Ghost Diva is pretty much a very opinionated and demanding woman.

We can leave the super hero status to the TAPS guys, they will claim it.

I have to give cudos to Tonya on this!!! When TAPS first came out I respected them. Now I question eveything. A lot of the rumors that have been going around were confirmed on the talk show with Donna. I hope everything turns out okay. I know Tonya and Tammy and the rest of the crew will have her back. I think Jason and Grant need to rethink a lot of things..oh wait. Dang now that I said that the TAPS mafia will come and get me. Run Hide!!! As a paranormal investigator I am finding what use to be a good show and educating the general public on the topic as a spoof and a what not to do show. I use to saying have you seen ghost hunters? That show is a good example of what an investigation is like. Now I say have you seen ghost hunter? Good we don’t do anything like that. On a side note most of the taps family teams are actually good teams and I hope this does not affect them.. Good job ghost divas!!!

Sounds like an excellent reason this entire silly amateur ghost hunting stuff (both the TV kind and otherwise) need to come to a screeching halt.

To Buck: I don’t agree that investigating the paranormal should come to a halt. Just because some choose to fool the public that doesn’t mean that others will. The public has a lot to with it as well, look at Most Haunted Live, they we caught faking evidence many times and they are still on the air going strong. As far as I am concerned they lost their credibility with me and I don’t watch them anymore, and the only reason I did watch MHL is because they always used sensitives, even some of the so called sensitives on that show are flaky and I know their careers as sensitives has gone down the drain because of it. I viewed some of the videos on You Tube concerning TAPS and they were very sloppy on how they went about tampering with evidence. Today the paranormal is huge and its very hard for them to get away with tampering with evidence because they are placed under a microscope by many. Most of the time the producers encourage tampering or rigging for higher ratings, but if the investigators are honest and devoted to paranormal investigating they won’t allow the producers to encourage this, unfortunately this was not the case with TAPS.

A work of advise for TAPS…lay low.. I know from experience that if the ghost divas go public..you may come out of the other side but trust me..you’ll have some wounds to lick and even if you do a press release you won’t come out lookin good at that. For once I’m proud the ghost divas are from our state!!!

Donna has my utmost respect for openly speaking about what we all knew was a farce from day one. It was apparent from their methodology both then and now, that they have/had no clue what to do in an investigative setting in regards to purported anomalous phenomena. Research is far more than waving meters around and claiming every odd looking blur on video is a “ghost.” To even use the term “ghost” would indicate that you have proof the human soul exist, and that said “soul” somehow survives physical death. And since the human soul has yet to be proven, claiming something is the human soul after physical death is far more than premature. Since the methodology is flawed it renders the data, or “evidence” as people like to call it, inconsequential.

It is my hope that this starts a ripple effect and we see a decline in these “shockumentaries” that are plaguing our intellectual senses on a nightly basis.

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I have to say that I don’t see a ramping-up this year at all. Yes, last years Halloween jacket pull (which I did question) seemed ramped-up, but sense then, I haven’t seen anything that blew me away like the St. Augistine Lighthouse, the sound guy being knocked down, and a few other things from the earlier seasons. More often then not these days they get a couple questionable EVPs.

And the reason that I question the assertion that isn’t totally fake/staged is that Jason and Grant can’t act to save their lives… whenever they do the plumbing intro segments and the happen to get a phone call about the case, they are so unbelievable!

That should have said: “And the reason that I question the assertion that it’s totally fake/staged”

Thanks Mike,

Im not saying it’s not possible by any means. It’s just hard to get ghosts to perform in front of a production crew is all. It’s hard to get ghosts to do tricks,I have yet to make it happen in the 11 years I have been researching and investigating. I have tried, even in “severe” cases.

To be honest, I was a faithful fan ever since the chair in the lighthouse, but after they started to REALLY get stuff, it was so boring “Oh, they caught something, who knew…” I miss the days when they DIDN’T catch something, it made me tune in for the good days.

So sad to see heroes fall.

First off Donna has become a first rate disappointment who is now freaking out on everyone including the ghost divas! She went over to Scifake where Jasons buddy Ron is now coaching her on how to deal with this! Which having Ron Tebo coach anybody anything is a sad day for common sense! However I am sure Ron Tebo is gloriously loving every minute of his new found fame which he desparately wants!

Has for Feddie the psychic get a life moron and stop taking
people hard earned money and reaping over their vulnerbility! People like you Freddie make me sick, get a real job punk!

Has for Jason and Grant these two idiots are running scared
and have been for the last 5 years! Their claims that everything on the show is real is already biting them in the butt and theres alot more of that to come!

Heroes Betsy are you kidding me, boy did that come out of left field! Heroes save lives and they do dangerous jobs to save people! You really need to get the defintion of what a hero really is because you haven’t a clue!

And lets see here you talked about the lighthouse chair moving has real evidence…wow! Think you should watch how Grant walks down those stairs and how he moves his hands! Then go on You Tube and watch the debunking videos Ultimatetubetime and Movie Dan have put out then maybe you might understand!

I hope nobody was holding their breath waiting for that press release. :>0
Here is a great link and he makes his own videos:
http://paranormal.darkrealmlabs.com/?author=1

If gossip offends anyone please do not click on this link.
The players’ names were changed but easy to figure out if
you are good at reading between the lines. You can also skip
to the end to see if you are right.
http://tapsrevealed.yuku.com/topic/1544/t/Words-of-a-former-TAPS-Member.html?page=1

Great article thank for this ..

I am comenting about the show at the Moss restaurant in california. I contacted the restaurant to discover that Taps knew about the bogus paranormal activity prior to shooting. The producers wanted to play it out this way, having the teem act like they were upset about wasting time. I no longer trust Taps and I am no longer a fan as a result. I thought they were one of the more honest paranormal hunters on tv, but I was wrong. I have been waiting for some true sign of life after death on the show, I have breast cancer and was hopeful of some type of proof. It is entertainment, however, I don’t like to be lied too. no longer a fan

First statement I’m making is the author of this article was in NO WAY objective (as some people thanked her for). If we are all being honest this article was written in a negative slant and tone, not a merely factual one, which is fine… just don’t try to make anyone a saint that’s all.

Rumors, rumors, rumors… faithful fans turn away because of what? Rumors! No one has any PROOF of staging and such they just theorize that it is true and so suddenly it becomes,”OMG! How could they betray us?!” Please use FACTS to make your decisions if you are going to post publicly… not rumors.

As to why a show like GhostDivas suddenly becomes important to an empire… look at what the rumors springing from that interview have done and it should be clear. One person gives statements that could possibly infer confirmation (not saying anything directly) of staging and everybody goes nutty screaming “SEE! I KNEW IT!” The internet is a scary thing some times.I don’t blame the Ghost Divas for anything (free speech and what not) I’m just saying anyone who knows media and the internet should know how the right story hitting the right audience in the right way can burn like wildfire regardless of the size of the publication, think about it. Look at all those web YouTube stars… they post in regular places like their own blogs and are suddenly famous for a few days b/c a friend, passes it to a friend, who passes it to a friend and so on. Its not all that surprising.

Save your outrage for a good cause. TAPS is a TV show, and gets edited to death (excuse the pun). I don’t believe they are so foolish as to fabricate evidence, they know they are going to be scrutinized especially at this stage of the game. Any Paranormal Researcher should be able to tell you that most paranormal groups are under scrutiny of others and more often then not the evidence obtained is always up for debate. Regular, even credible, groups make mistakes in saying something is “paranormal” when it isn’t so why do we expect the Ghost Hunters to be perfect? They have done a lot of positive things for the field. Their clinging to the scientific led groups to start documenting phenomena more professionally and using more scientific methods to test what they find so they know if it is paranormal or not. I would like to see any of you have a group on TV and have millions of experienced and inexperienced people tear apart every little piece of your investigation. I don’t claim to know the authenticity of GH’s evidence and investigations but until I have fact to base my opinions on I’m going to look objectively.

Do I agree with TAPS’s methods and techniques 100%, no I don’t. But I’d rather have you look strictly at fact rather then visiting the rumor mill and getting yourself all spun up. If its on TV that doesn’t mean it’s true but if it’s written down or said on radio by a woman who just may want 15 more seconds of fame (lets not jump to conclusions about her being a ‘courageous’ person) that ALSO doesn’t mean it’s true now does it?

Part of being a paranormal researcher is separating fact from fiction… now its your turn. Can you separate fact from rumor?

I used to like TAPS, until i noticed weird things on their show. Objects would be in one spot during one shot, then in the next shot they’re missing. The bathroom water bottle episode with Meat Loaf is a perfect example. The window and towels clearly give them up. And who could forget the famous collar tug incident on their live broadcast. why doesnt Grant’s jacket move with it?

I have watched TAPS for several years. I believe Jason and Grant are sincerely interested in knowing and researching the paranormal. That is why they founded TAPS to begin with. If there are those who see it as an entertainment show, it would seem everything on TV is downgraded to fit someones idea of entertainment. Yes, it has changed, in that there are commercial aspects that some seem to find objectionable. Since when is making money forbidden? I would object if it changes the original purpose of the show. So far, I have’ not seen any credible evidence. Those of you who are green with envy, try starting your own show.

I am very interested in death and the afterlife but as to Ghost Hunters I am a watcher. I just have a couple of thoughts as to the show being a hoax. One is I don’t believe everything I see, hear, or read in the news. People do exagerate to make the story better most of the time. If it is a hoax at least it is entertaining. If not maybe some people should open their eyes. Give Taps a break. You can find something wrong with everything. Last but least how many times does someone leave a show and complain or bad mouth the show and crew. Keep going Taps!!!!

I admire Jason and Grant. They were plumbers who came on a brilliant idea that evolved into a major entertainment industry making themselves millionaires. Absolutely brilliant! Makes me slap my head and say now “why didn’t I think of that”.

Anyone who doesn’t realize it’s highly edited and dramatized, is just being stupid, it’s TV and entertainment folks! I think they started off using only legit stuff they captured – much of it was them scaring themselves. I think the temptation to cheat or exaggerate to keep ratings is far too great for them to keep it entirely on the up and up. I think their investigations are far too short and narrow focused in most cases.

If they truly want to document evidence, I never understood why they walk around a place for a few hours trying a few things to see if things that people have witnessed sporatically over the course of years and then pack it all up in a few hours. Why don’t they set the cameras up for a week in key locations? My conclusion is because it’s all for entertainment, not for serious investigation.

And to the person who commented lamenting their not using psychics, that’s the ONLY reason I watch their show on occasion. The shows using psychics are complete jokes. Talk about serious fakery! Talk about scandal! Sorry, the shows using psychics have already been revealed as staged and pre-planned scams. I get annoyed enough when the only thing seen on TAPS is a shadow moved or something happened and nothing caught it on tape.

Just watched about an hour of the Halloween special last night. Talk about boring . . . all of them standing around pleading with the ghosts to come talk to them and stop being shy. Sheesh, they sounded desperate. Now you know why they condense an entire night of a show into a half hour edited program, because it’s just boring stuff with the occasional bump in the night. They only do these live things because it’s big money.

What was the point of having the Atlanta housewives?
The Christmas show….I heard absolutely noting on the voice recorders…a little blip of a noise which Grant and Jason were so eager to call a voice. nonsense. The Halloween special was indeed bad. I would not have chosen that location given the fact that the original broadcast was also dull and it was not worth returning to the site.
Whatever happened to Brian – who seemed to be constantly bullied by Jason?
Ghosthunters International could not be more boring and awful.

When Ghost Hunters first came on I loved it because they it wasnt so “hollywood” … and good luck back then trying to get Jason to admit that a place was haunted. Now it seems everywhere is haunted. After about the fourth year it seemed to really get far fetched.

Maybe it was fake from day one.. I dont know but it just seemed much more authentic back then. Further, anyone who thinks Grants jacket tug wasnt fake is a nimrod. I knew it was fake the second I saw it. I also think that voice they heard was piped in.

I also started watching because they didn’t use psychics, and… because I grew up in Warwick, RI. I wanted to see a more evidence based hunt. Now,it seems there’s a Ghost under every rock, in every location and all these friggin guests they have are nothing more than a pain in the butt. Who really gives a CRAP about the housewives of Atlanta? Not me.

So I bid you adieu Jason, Grant, Steve and Tango. Your too dolled up for me now. Cant say I wouldn’t have done the same in your shoes cuz I probably would have.. because it seems nowadays, the biggest hunt ain’t for Ghosts… it’s for money and ya sure did find it. Hopefully one day you guys can get back to basics.

that really i love watch ghost taps on tv every wed so i want know when you will get back new show next time when let me know ok i love watch yr show and i do belive ghost i saw ghost past ok thank you ! patty

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I LOVED Taps when they first came out. They seemed true to everything they did. I remember watching Episodes when they just debunked things. Other times they would catch EVPS. Thats when i believe they were REAL. Then they started Mentally abusing Brian and making he look like a Stupid Kid all the time. It became like a Soap Opera! Then came all these very questionable ghostly events!! Very Questionable!!

I mean EVEN the TRUE fans from the BEGINNING started SEEING what WAS HAPPENING to the SHOW!! Donna is a good person all she did was Voice her own thoughts. You can love her or hate her. But everyone can voice their own thoughts!

I just want to express that i have talked to a few TAPs members in person. All are extremely polite and good people.

I have been in the Paranormal field since 1997 researching many different aspects of the field. Not just Ghost Hunting. I research the science of the nature. I have come across a few mind blowing experiances between 1997 and now 2012. I have been to hotels, houses, parks, graveyards,historical sites and businesses etc. Although we our Team consider ourselves to be the most extreme Paranormal group, we have conjured up only a fraction in such a long time, to the places that we have researched. We have been on the news, and in news papers. We dont need fame, we do need donations from time to time in this economy. We dont ask for money but if someone wants to pay for gas, batteries, etc then we would take it with a huge THANK YOU. If we had OUR OWN t.v. show ..wich would be a dream come true and a awesome job to have..we wouldnt take from the public, we would give results where needed. I thank TAPs for doing what they did, they brought this out in the open for all research teams, and have made it easier for teams like mine to get more research done by opening the doors. Thank you TAPs. Along time ago i considered filling out the aplication to become a TAPs family member. I decided not to.My reason, i have my own group and team. We stay to ourselves. Yes we have been contacted over the years to do Podcasts, Radio shows,etc. We have been turned down because we are real, and we dont want to stage anything…we are scientists!!! This blog makes me happy because we might just of been right there getting reemed along side of TAPs. Skeptics will always be there when there is something unexplained. ALWAYS. Some people get famous being skeptics…. as for those that say they can see the future and claim to be sensitive…well thats a bigger issue, havent met one yet that makes me believe they are real period. Not bashing just saying…find all the missing children, win the lottery, tell me my dogs name. good luck. Now as i rant a little on that subject..make me a believer! I think you all get the point. Dont rip on TAPs they have done a lot of good. Step outside of the box here.

i reckon donna is right in what she has said jason and grant should have helped her out of the mess that entertainment lawyer left her in what she should have done is hire an external lawyer nothing to do with pilgrim films i wouldn’t trust a lawyer from the production company so always have an outside lawyer. a true freind would help a freind who is in a bad financial situation. as for taps and ghost hunters i find their investigation methods questionable, why in some of their investigations do they call it a wrap when rher is ours of darkness left sometimes activity can peak in those last hours as a spirit has had time to absorb your energy and that is why you would feel strange during an investigation thats because of the spirit taking your energy, i do not like the flash light experiment they do surely they could come up with something better, i know i will be criticised for saying this but i think joe chin is not a very good investigator, to be honest i reckon i could do better and i would be willing to put my money where my mouth is. i have had lots of strange experiences one such happened during the day this was some years back i was collecting sponsors for a spooky sleepover i knocked on the door of a house which is at the back of the housing estate i live in the person who let me in is the husband of one of my sisters school buddies, when i got into the hallway i saw these heavy walking boots on a chair and they just lept high off the chair and floated accross the hallway for more than 2 meters i would guess, the owner of the house was shocked so ithought maybe there is a spirit there that realised i wanted to sit there and moved the boots out of the way. if i were conducting an investigation i would not exagerate things nor would i make up evidence if someone asked me to fabricate evidence i would say no

I use to be such a big fan. I became very disenchanted when they started to have the Halloween Special. Too much Hollywood. So I don’t watch anymore. Jason who use to be a big man and looked great, looks like Brad Pitt.