I remember watching The Othersiders every night when it was still on, and I recently found and binge-watched every episode on Youtube!
Now that it's fresh in my memory, I can say that it made me repeatedly brace myself for any surprises. It made my heart freeze or race, and would have me metaphorically at the edge of my seat. It's great!
In a nutshell, I'm sick of all the criticism. If it wasn't for that, I bet it would've continued on until they ran out of places to go. So what if it's fake? I believe it introduces kids to paranormal investigation without traumatizing them. It doesn't deserve the hate it got/gets. But that makes me wonder: Did they ever go to investigate The White House?