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The Medium Keeps Getting Better

The Medium
If you missed the last three episodes of The Medium’s third season, you can now watch them at NBC Video Rewind. Thanks to the NBC scheduling debacle last year, I missed the entire season, except for the premiere episode, where Bridgette experiences psychic dreams. The season ends on an equally powerful note when a savage serial killer and an unscrupulous wannabe reporter turn the city of Phoenix upside down.

Angelica Huston stars in the premiere episode of Season 4, which airs January 7, 2008. Watch the exclusive video to see what this episode promises to bring.

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A&E Creates a Buzz with Its “Whispering” Ad

Imagine yourself walking down a street in NYC. It’s 12:30 at night. A woman’s voice whispers into your ear, asking, “Who’s there? Who’s there?”

You look around. The street is deserted, except for a bum sprawled out on the curb. You think your imagination has gotten the better of you, and you start walking again. Then the voice whispers, “It’s not your imagination.”

Would you freak out?

Fast forward to approximately 7:30 a.m. You find yourself walking down that same street to go to work or meet a friend for coffee. That same voice whispers the same message. This time, you happen to see a billboard with a rooftop speaker. The disembodied voice you heard last night is coming from that speaker.

Is this ingenious advertising or invasion of privacy? Joe Pompei, president and founder of Holosonics, said the creepy approach is key to drawing attention to A&E’s “Paranormal State” without adding to the noise pollution that is so prevalent today.

Paranormal State Team

Alex Weprin of BC Beat did not find the concept all that innovative, but felt that it defeated the show’s concept. While he has a less than favorable opinion of the ad and the show, I can neither agree nor disagree because I haven’t had the chance to watch it yet.

Paranormal State is the newest ghost hunting show in a growing stable of supernatural shows. Whether it will become as popular as Ghost Hunter or Supernatural remains to be seen.

Source: Advertising Age

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Ghost Hunters Goes International

TAPS

Based on the popular Ghost Hunters reality TV show, Ghost Hunters International will debut on the SCI FI Channel in January 2008. The new team is comprised of veteran TAPS investigators Robb Demarest, Andy Andrews, Brian Harnois, and Donna La Croix, Barry Fitzgerald and newcomer Shannon Sylvia. Each week, they will travel across Europe to debunk its most legendary haunt spots.

I’d love to watch them tour the Edinburgh Castle, which is said to be the most haunted place in Scotland.

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Haunted Evidence Surprises Ozark Investigators

J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett

Eight years have passed since the grisly murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, who were found shot to death in the trunk of Beasley’s car on the side of a road. During this time, investigators have not been able to come up with the identity of the killer, despite finding some DNA on the girl’s clothing. They eventually called the Haunted Evidence team to help them solve this case.

Psychic John J. Oliver guided law enforcement to a secluded wooded area, providing tactful details of what happened to them before they were killed. He believes that the girls were shot at that location before the killer drove Beasley’s car to the road where they were found. Police are searching the area for clues that will bring this frustrating case to a close.

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