Man upset with Ghost Adventures portrayal

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Man featured in ‘Ghost Adventures’ at Franklin Castle questions his portrayal

Man featured in ‘Ghost Adventures’ at Franklin Castle questions his portrayal
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Author: Ryan Haidet
Published: 4:27 PM EST March 5, 2020
Updated: 5:04 AM EST March 6, 2020
CLEVELAND — Franklin Castle is known as one of America’s most haunted places – and it’s right here in Cleveland.

The eerie location is the latest focus of a Ghost Adventures investigation, which was featured on the Travel Channel on Thursday.

As excitement was building around the episode, a local man featured on the show is speaking out "to set the record straight" regarding his concerns with the way certain moments are being portrayed.

I’m less than thrilled with the way they edited my responses to some questions,” Bill Krejci said on Facebook. “Not exactly happy with how they implied that the house has some dark influence over me.”

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Krejci, who was featured on the show as an author and historian, admits he hadn’t seen the entire episode yet at the time of his reaction. His response comes from an 11-minute sneak peek posted on YouTube, which you can watch at the bottom of this story.

“Completely pissed off on how they sensationalized the death of Carl H. Tiedemann Sr.,” he continued. “The only reason it was mentioned in the book was because it was a part of the family story. Not to invent a ‘curse.’ You’ll see what I mean.”

He then posted a list of time-stamped responses to specific moments within the 11-minute clip.

 

[ElliO]

Like most of the paranormal shows out there, Ghost Adventures is pure bunk. Everyone connected to it has lost all credibility in my eyes. The producers don't care if things are true or if they're presenting an honest factual account- they only care how much they can sensationalize to get views. I get that a LOT of actual paranormal research is really boring and doesn't make good television, but "spicing things up" for the camera doesn't do anyone any favors or present our work in a favorable light. It's easy to paranormal research to be dismissed when tv shows insist on fictionalizing everything.

 

[Debi]

Like most of the paranormal shows out there, Ghost Adventures is pure bunk. Everyone connected to it has lost all credibility in my eyes. The producers don't care if things are true or if they're presenting an honest factual account- they only care how much they can sensationalize to get views. I get that a LOT of actual paranormal research is really boring and doesn't make good television, but "spicing things up" for the camera doesn't do anyone any favors or present our work in a favorable light. It's easy to paranormal research to be dismissed when tv shows insist on fictionalizing everything.

Agree with you, Elli. This also is not the first time Zak and company have been reported doing this kind of thing.

 

[Duke]

Several years ago when I went to the Mansfield Reformatory on an all night ghost hunt with my daughter and her friends, I had the opportunity to talk with a couple of the docents. I asked their takes on the various paranormal programs that came into the Reformatory to do a show, and they both said "Ghost Adventures" was the worst of the bunch. Apparently they were not only demanding jerks, but faked some of the stuff they claimed to have experienced while there. The funny part was the one guy couldn't remember the name of the show, he said it was the one "where the guy took his shirt off all the time."

 

[Lynne]

You all have Made the same point I would have. No shock that they would hype things up.

 

[Keel M.]

I'd definitely think twice about being on any paranormal show if I were the owner or caretaker of any property that was alleged to be paranormal.