Paranormal State – Shadow Caster – S04E09

To put it bluntly this was an episode that went no where. Things start off interestingly enough when Ryan gets bitten or pinched by something as he’s talking to the client. Perhaps the spirits are as tired of his talking as the rest of us are. There is the photographic evidence of a shadow in the doorway. We top it off with John Oliver the overly dramatic Psychic and Medium who feels the house is just seething with dark energy. Talk about just over exaggerating everything.

But as the team investigates they don’t find a single shred of evidence to support any of the claims the homeowner is making. No shadows, no bumps, no entities, no voices. The only thing they do find is when Kristina hears a voice while in the basement. Turns out it’s just the camera crew talking too close to an air vent. Personally I think most of the voices people hear on these shows could be attributed to noises coming in from the outside.

As with the formula of the show, the client, her family and the PRS team gather together in the living room to speak loudly and tell the spirit to shuffle on down the road.

Not all the episodes have to be teaming with paranormal activity, and for once it was actually refreshing to see Ryan and crew debunk something. However, this was a pretty uneventful episode since nothing happened, plus there was really no cause for any activity since there weren’t the usual stories of deaths, burial grounds, use of ouija boards, Satanic symbols or mental illness that Ryan seems to uncover.

And as for that photo? I have to shrug. When you get some dark outline in a photo and you can clearly see the flash going off, I feel underwhelmed. Plus, faking of photos is so common place these days, it’s hard to get excited over something like that.

I kind of feel like Dr. Malcolm from Jurassic Park where he asks, "Now eventually you might have dinosaurs on your, on your dinosaur tour, right?"

Other Articles of Interest:

• Paranormal State – Darkness Falls – S04E08
• Paranormal State – Bedroom Eyes – S05E13
• Paranormal State – Paranormal Detour – S05E07
• Paranormal State S04E02 – Invitation to Evil
• Ghost Adventures – Salem Witch House – S04E19
• Ghost Hunters International – Duran Sanatorium/Rose Hall – S02E13
• Paranormal State – Spirits of the Slave Dungeon – S05E03
• Paranormal State – Ghost on the Tracks – S05E04
• Ghost Adventures – Poveglia Island
• Paranormal State – S04E01 – Suicide Possession