23/09/2019
Our very first candidate! Today's bag is the guy who walked away from Ghost Hunters back in 2012. After leaving the series "supposedly" to pursue other interests (in mid season yet), he reappeared this year for a revival of the popular paradoc, with a whole new team. Yes ladies and gentlemen, allow us to introduce to you...........GRANT WILSON!
Now why is Grant here? No, we're not talking about some rumors of evidence manufacturing while filming the original GH series, even though they're out there to be found (see the "collar pulling" incident and the debate about that - it's widely able to be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlM-Uy8ODYQ). Our team has discovered that Grant's level of do**hery has exponentially increased and he has recently been responsible for demanding that site owners cancel open events that were booked by others in order to get his production crew in when it was convenient to him, without one bit of concern (even bridging on disdain) for the schedules or arrangements of others who pay for and travel to said events. Now, evidently, Grant and his team found themselves without sites in the areas after shoots had been canceled for them. This kind of stuff is not uncommon in investigations. It was almost 100% due to a home or business owner getting cold feet after their travel arrangements were done and Grant decided to make the most of nearby public sites. Then again, they may just not be getting a lot of bites for the private investigations being made public on network TV. Grant and his team claim to be motivated to investigate by the prospect of helping others. Well, for sure they have had a lot of private investigations on this reboot, but let's be real here. The real motivation is viewership and ad sales.
Case #1: Poasttown Elementary - September 19th, 2019. An open event booked by paranormal investigators was scheduled, but the owner was called (by Grant personally) and asked to book the entire location for a television shoot that conflicted with the already scheduled and sold event, and this call was made shortly before said event. The management of the school, a fine upstanding couple by the name of Darrell Whisman and his wife Brenda, gave a simple reply "No, it's already booked." Now that did not matter one whit to the bag on the other end of the phone. Grant's reply was "Well? Cancel it!" Gotta love the pair that this bag is toting around in his Levi's. To their credit, the Whismans' reply to that demand was that they would not do that to their clients. That was an honorable response to a dishonorable request and we salute the Whismans for their integrity. As a matter of fact, since they have been doing this out of love and true research interest and have had multiple health and financial setbacks since their purchase, we highly recommend that you book a night at their location. https://www.poasttownschool.com/
Case #2: Madison Seminary - August 23rd, 2019. An event held open to the public that literally dozens of tickets were sold for was cancelled a less than 2 weeks before due to a production demand by a series producer. Mysteriously, the latest Ghost Hunters episode there, which was supposedly done at the behest of the site owner (due to increased violent activity) airs less than a month later. Grant claimed on the episode that it was at the site owner's emergency request. That's a lie. Adam Kimmel operates that site and would not be selling any events there if he felt that it was dangerous. He's spent a ton of money actually making the site safe for others in repairs.
Now in addition to all that, during the episode, Adam was made to look like an idiot by the "research" that Wilson's team did while in town. Wilson basically called Adam's historical and accurate accounts as BS by saying “And this is why it’s important to research the location instead of listening to folk lore and supposed stories.” This was pointed at a guy who has owned the location for several years, done many investigations there even beforehand, and has researched its background extensively himself. Why? FOR RATINGS and to make himself look better at someone else's expense. It's just something else that an entitled do**he would have in his tool bag, that's for sure. Now we're sure that there are some whom read this that will say that Adam is at least partly at fault for acquiescing to the request, but Adam is one heck of a nice guy and we don't really fault him because he did make up the date to the others and refunded those who could not make the new date. When you're running a site as big as one of these, network dollars can sometimes make the difference between paying a tens of thousands of dollars light bill and not paying it. Having run businesses ourselves, we understand so much that we're gonna recommend that you book an event there yourself. https://www.madisonseminary.com
There's just too many coincidences here and we don't believe in coincidence when comes down to baggish behavior. Now we don't know what kind of pressure Grant brings to bear on the owners to try to get them to cancel an event. It could just be flashing network cash around, it could be the thought of needed publicity for the site owners, but we suspect that it could have a little to do with coercion related to attempting to blackball future TV exposure for the site. Why? Because unfortunately (we say unfortunately because this writer actually was a Wilson supporter before these incidents), he's now a prima donna and feels as if he should be able to get away with it without someone calling him out. It's quite clear that he may be suffering from the early stages of ZBS. That's a newly recognized health condition that causes one to flash mad money, act like an entitled twit, make unreasonable demands, and in later stages causes the manufacture of BS evidence and can also include claims of dark negativity and possessions in virtually every episode by the sufferer. Don't know what ZBS stands for yet? We'll give you a clue. The B word is also the last name of a Tolkien character. How fitting....in spite of the different spelling. The S word, of course, is syndrome. The Z word....well we think that can be figured out with little effort based on the provided clues.
For his efforts, today we proudly present Mr. Grant Wilson with the very first Roasted Ghost Award. Enjoy it Mr. Wilson, because if you continue down the current path, you may be eligible to win again!
