Celebrity Ghost Stories

For the past few years on the Bio and A&E networks, there have been some truly eerie paranormal-themed documentary/reality series I have been watching, that have given my parents and I some of the most genuine creeps you can imagine. One of these shows is the fun interview series "Celebrity Ghost Stories", which almost feels like a classical campfire set-up.

The series is just what it sounds like- each episode a few celebrities (ranging from Z-grade "actors and TV-hosts to some surprising A-list big-names and classic film actors) each get 10-15 minutes to explain a major paranormal event from their lives that made them believe in ghosts and the other side. These interviews are done in classic "talking head" view, and are almost always inter-spliced with snippets of dramatic re- creations of the events.

For the most part, the stories are almost always thrilling. The atmospheric re-creations of the stories are well shot and edited, and the music and ambient noises are unsettling. In addition, there is a great variety in the celebrities who have appeared, including Joan Rivers, Alice Cooper, Tracey Lords, Joe Pantoliano, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Taylor Hicks, Mickey Rooney and Dick Van Patten.

There are some downsides, though. For starters, some of the stories do drag, and some of them clearly shouldn't have gotten onto the show. A few of them really felt like filler. In addition, this isn't really a documentary series so much as just a collection of stories. This show doesn't do much to provide evidence for the paranormal. It's a show by- believers, for-believers. So if you don't believe in ghosts, the other side, or the paranormal, you probably won't be able to get into it or enjoy it too much.

That being said, as a believer in some aspects of the paranormal, I find this show to be great fun and immensely scary at times. I'm giving "Celebrity Ghost Stories" a strong 8 out of 10 for the entertainment and chills it provides. If you believe in ghosts, give it a watch!

When the show starts there are a couple screens of comments to read. One of comments state "Only half of these people on this episode think they had a paranormal experience". It's a show about ghosts and the paranormal and half the people on it don't think that's what happened to them ?? Then why are they on the show to begin with ? Just to see how convincing they can be telling a made up ghost story. And why state that comment at the beginning of the show anyway ? It doesn't make sense to me. I wish they would've explained what they were talking about or phrased it differently.

This reality TV show consists of Hollywood celebrities tell supposedly true stories of their paranormal experiences and run-ins with ghosts, through their interviews and reenactments by the show's actors. While many of the stories were creepy and thrilling, some even downright bone-chilling like Scott Patterson's story about him and his friend running into a devil-like creature in a haunted prison, I believe a good number of the stories were embellished or exaggerated.

Even as a believer of ghosts myself, I think some of the celebrities' stories were just too incredible to be authentic. But, it's still quite an entertaining show and it does give all that vibe of suspense and chills that will at times make the hair stand on the back of your neck.

Grade B-

For reviewer Hanna07, it didn't give me the option to reply to your review. Not even sure you'll even see this. In regards to the statement "half of these people". The first sentence says "75% of Americans believe in the paranormal". So, when the second sentence says "half of these people" they mean half of the 75% of believers in the paranormal believe they've experienced paranormal themselves. They're not saying half the people in the show don't believe they've had experiences. All that being said, it's an amazing show that I thoroughly enjoy watching, even though I mostly watch during Oct..

I absolutely love this show. Having had a few paranormal encounters myself, I was once a skeptic, so watching Celebrity Ghost Stories was fascinating. It was refreshing to hear others, some of whom were also skeptics, share their personal experiences with the supernatural. What I particularly enjoyed were the stories from celebrities who moved into old Hollywood mansions previously owned by late stars. It's easy to understand why they might encounter paranormal phenomena in such settings, and their accounts felt genuine and eerie.

Out of all the episodes, there was only one story that seemed a bit fabricated, but otherwise, most of the tales were believable and chilling. In fact, I can't watch this show alone! I always watch it with family and friends, and I've introduced several of them to it. Like me, they got hooked immediately.

If you're into true crime, murder documentaries, or shows like The Ghost Inside My Child and I Survived, then I highly recommend Celebrity Ghost Stories. It has quickly become one of my all-time favorites. If you haven't seen it yet, you definitely should-especially if you love a good scare!