revues de minuit No, she’s just one of those people. You know the kind. That one person who will just get incredibly flustered and leave the room whenever anybody begins to say something that differs from their opinion or perspective.
My favorite part of the show was the furnace episode. Early on, Brian identifies the furnace as faulty and says that it could be releasing carbon monoxide and poisoning the residents, causing the heavy, oppressive feelings and depression. He also shows the sink backing up really easily and releasing noxious sewer gas. So Michelle has a dilemma - the whole premise of the show is that it ends up with her telling the owners that the house actually is haunted, but it would be like criminally negligent to convince these people not to worry about the real physical poisoning. And so she resolves this with all the grace you'd expect from this show - in the conclusion she tells the family that their problems are being caused by ghosts *who want them to fix the furnace.*
"That's really cool BUT TOTALLY EXPLAINABLE I'm gonna check that off..." Really made me laugh for some reason. Brian is the world's greatest buzzkill, I want him on every ghost show.
even with a phenomena that was of interest to him he just analysed it, determined the likely cause, then moved methodically onwards. the man is a stone cold professional, through and through.
I thought that was awesome. He acknowledges how cool and creepy that coincidence is but he's super professional about it and is just, "Yep. Checking that one off the list." I would honestly watch a whole show of just him, maybe not all the time but when that itch needed scratching.
It would make this entire show worthwhile if in just one episode Brian just comes out with 'Hm, that one's definitely a ghost. That's the problem right here, there's disturbed and repoured concrete in the basement. You'll usually find a body under there in old houses like these. Get them exhumed and buried in hallowed ground, it'll clear right up' in his usual disinterested tone.
Describing Brian as bored or joyless is a crime. He seems to be brimming with enthusiasm for his job. He seems excited to point out what would be causing their issues
Dude, you're right! She might've been bored watching it, and I'm sure it's a boring segment, especially before the ghosts. But Brian really does seem like he's genuinely having a good time finding these issues and, honestly, he seems to be comfortable being on TV.
@@xxNJohnson I definitely recognize it as the same joy I get when I finally find the source of a weird problem when doing IT work. Like, I get so excited I start trying to explain it to the users who rarely have enough background knowledge to understand why it's so interesting.
Honestly, I love Brian and I honestly think it's hilarious for him to just show up and casually debunk the shit happening in their house. Especially when it's followed up by a medium who's now obviously either lying or just plain insane. The contrast to me makes for very compelling television, although I think it would have been funnier to put the medium segments first *and then* introduce Brian to debunk basically everything item-by-item.
Brian is enthusiastic for his job, which is only tangentially relevant to what the show is about. Brian deserves his own show, one without a bad psychic tagging along. It can still be one where he inspects haunted houses.
Came back and rewatched this cause a friend of mine has started a paranormal investigation business and apparently 7/10 times the cause is just carbon monoxide poisoning. He goes into people's houses with a CO detector and is like, "Yup, you got a gas leak."
Honestly I would adore this show if Brian and Nadine inspected the house simultaneously. “Oh I’m having trouble breathing” “Yep, definitely releases of carbon monoxide” “The doors are slamming around here, that tells us that there’s an angry spirit” “The door is not properly level” “Definitely demonic smells here” “Dead raccoon in the basement” “Something tells me that this picture is important” “Yeah no shit Nadine, what gave you that idea? the dozens of candles surrounding it or the picture with the Rest In Peace frame?
The thing from that post that got me to watch was the bit about raccoons. “Banging noises and growls in the attic? Thats no ghost, just some critters havin a good time :]”
And there was something like “Ghostly symbols are appearing on my bedroom wall” when it was just because they put new paint on without stripping off the old paint and it was seeping through
@@daneroberts1996 IDK if you were mentioning the same one I'm thinking of but I've definitely seen a "home improvement show...in a hAuNtEd hOuSe!!!!" that had that. Until they realized they put an oil-based paint over a water-based finish.
Him having to act like some paranormal paragon or something in front of homeowners like he has his bag and he brings out the sage and tells them to leave the house while he takes care of the spirits and not to come back in no matter what sounds they hear and he just re-hangs all the doors with cartoony tool sounds added in post and we see the placebo effect work on these impressionable homeowners.
Beelze Honestly I thought it would be even funnier if he was just himself, and the gullible clients are all mildly confused but happy when he fixes their non-spirit problem Then there's like one episode where the person refuses to believe him and starts screaming in rage at The Blandest Brian in the Borough
@@Flowtail I wasn't really imagining Brian himself I was imagining an amalgamation of both him Nadine and the other host lady. Like a show that exposes the charlatan tactics used nowadays while also exploiting them. I also like the idea of just Brian debunking things though it would have to be a nomination based show because it would be very rare for people to chose to look like morons on tv for believing a ghost was opening a door when it was just hung wrong.
Brian must feel so unappreciated, he goes through all the effort to inspect the house to prove there's no ghosts only for the others to say 'yeah, definitely ghosts'.
I really wish Brian was also the psychic. "Well here's your problem, this house's energy is all pooling up at one end due to a crack in the foundation, which appears to be causing bleeding walls and water damage. A light mixture of cement and holy water can be a temporary fix until you get a team of priests with a pneumatic jack in to pump up and sanctify the floor."
Whenever I hear about "Psychics" giving grieving families closure, I think of the story of Amanda Berry, who was kidnapped and locked away for a decade, who watched as a "psychic" told her parents on national television that she was dead and they needed to move on.
@@TacticusPrime exactly, the parents of missing children dont seek out physics help because they believe them, its because theyre desperate to have anything to hold on to, after so much time they need any reason to keep fighting to at least find the body. The closure isn't in physics help, its in finding the smallest lead to what actually happen, and the fact that those medium assholes are using this grief and desperation is the absolute filthiest of an act someone can do
This show makes perfect sense if we simply accept that Brian is a ghost. This would explain why Brian and Nadine never meet in real life, why Brian is always pretending there are no ghosts, and why Nadine always detects a ghost.
@@gingganggoolie Generally with shows like these that's how you get people to agree, saying they won't have to pay for the thing, a free home inspection is a pretty good deal.
@@shadenox8164 I mean, they're only really useful if you're selling/buying the house. They go from anywhere from $300-$500 for a home under $350k. You use them to get the seller to pay to fix an issue or identify an issue that might make you want to not buy the house (ex. the breaker box is a mess and needs a huge renovation to be safe, roof issues, etc). My dad did home inspections for 25 years and I think he only did a handful for people who wanted a "checkup" on the house. I think in this case, the "deal" was that they were genuinely believing in the supernatural, and he was just providing a realistic explanation for the show. I'd honestly be surprised if the homeowners got a copy of the home inspection report. Maybe, but unless they just want to spend money to renovate and fix shit, I dunno what use it would be. Even if they were selling the house later, it'd be out of date and the buyers would want a home inspector they paid to do an inspection that's more up to date. I mean, the show is paying for it, obviously, not the home owners.
Similar to how the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Chemical Safety Board (USCSB) investigate aviation/industrial accidents but don't have the authority to issue regulations, only recommendations to the governing bodies of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) respectively.
They’re having issues with the plumbing because William Jelly the plumber ghost is trying to be helpful, but he's from 1900 so he doesn’t actually know anything about modern toilets and he just screws them up
@@superlolgal555 Brian, in Cthulhu's city of R'yleh: Well here's your problem right here, non-Euclidian angles like this throw off the door frame to the dimensional portal
This is actually the best ghost hunting show. Brian crushes your haunted dreams like nothing and makes fun of your house. It should just stay like that. 20 minutes top. Catchphrase: "This is an easy fix."
BlurBerry Creative I just watched an episode of Twilight Zone where a lady bought a house that was known to be haunted and it turned out that SHE was the ghost! Brian-“These hinges are loose.” Lady-“No, Brian, I did that... I’m the ghost.” Brian-“Let’s check the attic fan just to be sure.”
Plus I trust Brian not to bring in rape and murder cases that aren't even A DECADE OLD yet. Seriously, that's so tasteless and inappropriate. I prefer Brian and his deadpan method of crushing people's paranormal dreams with simple house maintenance.
I always recommend Paranormal Home Inspector when friends ask for ghost hunting shows! The one episode I absolutely always mention is when Brian tells the family that there's a mold infestation and dangerous carbon monoxide leak in the basement, and they decide to go with the psychic and get the house exorcised instead of move out like he urges them to. Absolutely bonkers.
Brian should have just billed himself as an exorcist builder. "You see, when I strip the old plaster back to the brick, it disturbs the bond between the spirits and the physical plane. Then when I apply the mold treatment, it cleanses the physical counterpoint to the negative energy that feeds the spirits. After this, you'll find that the heavy atmosphere and demonic smells disappear completely."
No, Brian is the only one who is real. During the season finale, he discovers that the other hosts are just a series of shadows and noises caused by an improperly mounted ceiling fan and a leaking A/C compressor.
Client: "My fireplace keeps turning on by itself, it has to be ghosts! So spooky!" Brian: "Well if you look here, you can see this loose wire that also seems to have been cut. If we replace it, it'll fix your problem. Client: "Hmm... that definitely sounds like an interesting opinion. I'd like to get Nadine's take on this." Brian: "... But you can see the wire that's been cut. Don't you think you shou-" Client: "I'VE HEARD YOUR OPINION. It is Nadine's turn." Nadine: "I have really bad diarrhea all of a sudden." Client: "I'm comfortable with that." *CASE CLOSED*
@@WhoWouldWantThisName Nadine's problem is that she knows she's fake and does all the research she can before she ever gets near the actual house. She's scripted and worries that people are going to catch her out if they interrupt her.
If your house is haunted by the original homeowner who is also a plumber, I would think you would have LESS issues with the plumbing than most houses. "It's the strangest thing! I never clean the hair out of the shower, and it always runs perfectly! It's terrifying!"
@@rocbolt You know what they say about the plumber's own home never being fixed... Sometimes it gets so bad it just keeps on happening in the afterlife!
To be fair I often scream when I see people I know are there. Usually because they are in a slightly different place than I expected and it jars my brain.
The water doesn't get hot enough for my shower, Brian said the water heater has a damaged heating element, but I believe a spirit is chilling the water.
when nadine was like “something drawing me to this picture” and the picture is surrounded by candles and it’s clearly a memorial and she’s like “did she die” asdfgkandkshdkandga
@@tfordham13 I think that's what the word "likely" literally means. Are you implying Nadine's proof was better though? Or do you think the burden of proof is not on the ghost hunter but on the HVAC guy? :D
@@onewingedangelsephiroth1561 gordon ramsay: IT'S FUCKING RAW! narrator: yet another dish sent turns out to be raw guy in confession room: it was raw, i can't believe they actually sent it...
this show would be even better if they had nadine’s reading first, and for everything she observed, we cut to a scene of brian from before just completely tearing her theory to shreds. for example, nadine walks up to a door and is like “oh i’m feeling a lot of energy here, perhaps a mischievous spirit that likes to play with doors” then cut immediately to brian and he’s like “yeah this door got hung wrong”
I feel it's important to mention that in one of their overnight lockup sections a floor lamp turns on "bY ItSeLf" and you SEE A CREWMEMBER TURNING IT ON. And they included that clip in their recap at the end!! Nobody editing this show gave a single fuck and I love every second of it
“There’s a ghost in my house. It’s a female whose spirit seems to be contained in this strange cylindrical object.” “After exhaustive research we have discovered the ghost goes by the name Alexa.”
The flow of the show could've been better this way: 1. Have Michele do her investigation thing 2. Brian inspect the house's problems AND fix the things as well 3. Let the homeowner go about their daily routine for a day or two and see if there's still a haunting despite Brian's fixes 4. If haunting still happens, send the psychic lady and do the dark houses thingy It's actually kind of a missed opportunity. That Brian dude's segment is honestly one of the more novel things they have in a ghost show and I think the concept could work if they actually focus on "improving' the livelihood of these homeowners. "Yea I'm feeling comfortable living here now. I mean, there are still spectral children giggling at midnight, but at least I can breathe free from carbon monoxide. Thanks Brian!"
That wouldn't work because they would never get to step 4. Aaaand also for the general viewer it might get boring because "Dur, they debunk ghosts, but why? Stupid!" But I would love the shit out of a sort of parody series where we get smart people(Like Biran) to come in and solve these.
Or maybe they should have Brian and Nadine do their respective investigations, but end on Brian's findings instead of Nadine's. That way it doesn't leave the supernatural on the same footing with more realistic explanations. Then arrange someone to fix the problems Brian found with the house and have a follow-up in an epilogue.
I don't think Brain can legally fix the things during inspection, which for me makes it much funnier. "This will take five minutes to fix." and then he just leaves
Nadine: the ghost's energy is blocking the light and causing the switch to not work, this must be a very troubled group of ghosts Brian: the light isn't turning on because there's no lightbulb
my thoughts exactly. This could have been a masterpiece if they properly formatted it. By having the debunker go through everything first, it makes everything after seem sort of redundant, stupid and pointless, and like the skeptic is wrong for thinking about more realistic solutions. If they'd had all the ooga booga scawy ghosty stuff before he comes through like "Y'all should probably have a working lightbulb before claiming the ghosts are turning off the light" would make the whole thing hilarious and we'd be waiting in anticipation to see what could be causing all this "paranormal" activity lol@@timothymclean
You know this show is professional, it has the best crew imaginable. *British person* *Legitimate house critic* *Woman with undiagnosed asthma* *Ghost hunter who stays away from ghosts* And most importantly *Producers*
I watched this entire show and ONLY watched the intro and the Brian parts. Absolutely hilarious. The episode where someone says they got locked in a bathroom but there was NO LOCK.............. and he shows up like "yes there is look" is so fucking funny i love him
I used to get a kick out of the “Paranormal Collector” guy that would just go around people’s houses, look for a random item that looks old/potentially cursed, then tell the home owners that the item is possessed by a ghost. So to protect them, he would take the item away and lock it up in his museum. So he basically stole from gullible people, then used the stolen items to get other gullible people to come to his museum.
"Ahh, I detect that this wallet is haunted, I should take it and put it in my secure museum. And no, we can't take the money out first, it's too dangerous for it might anger the ghost."
Oh the television keeps turning off after 90 minutes. Yep it's haunted. Don't bother looking at the settings. Totally haunted and needs to go to my living ro.. I mean my museum. And that silverware is haunted by the ghost of a civil war widow who hid them from the soldiers and never retrieved them. I need every piece or she will never leave you alone. Yeah, just put it in this bag please.
Brian actually is the best part, I feel like showmanship or not I just love that he's the only one who doesn't give off vibes of total bullshit and is blunt. I really think he deserves his own show
I think he should be parachuted into every other ghost hunting show, and go about systemically debunking everything they claimed they've 'discovered' up to that point.
i don't think he has bad showmanship actually, he'd fit right in to an HGTV show where they fix badly built houses. Mike Holmes (idk how famous he is but he's the one on the top of my head) has an electrician that literally points at stuff and goes 'this is the stupidest wiring i've ever seen. WHY WOULD ANYONE ARRANGE WIRING THIS WAY', but he fixes instead of only inspects
I was sold on Brian as soon as I saw him nerding out about the mixture of gloss and matt paint creating the shadowy figure at the top of the stairs. The show should just have been him going into people's houses and saying "Your house isn't haunted, it's just badly built"
haha yea, they could at least have a home inspector who is open minded enough to debunk everything but with a tone of uncertainty... whereas the psychic needs to be certain but here doesn't seem so on the money...
I watched an episode of this and apparently they show the homeowners the vid of Brian expecting the house and debunking their bullshit and the host asks "Well, did that convince you? Do you think he's right?" and they went "Some of what he's saying makes sense but I'm not really convinced about some of it. I think I want the psychic in here." In the episode I watched, she ran out crying about an angry ghost cuz she couldn't come up with shit and they had to spend the rest of the episode playing with ghost equipment around their dark house at night. They didn't find anything.
nadine just feels like that empath tiktok trend *a family mourning the loss of their daughter* nadine: "as an empath i can feel that you seem a bit sad"
@@caspianrotnejrgensen3260 came here to mention this lol "Looks like the entry to the attic is right here above me, so I guess if the ghost wants to eat my soul he'll have a straight shot while I sleep. Goodnight."
That sounds like a better show. He shows up to houses people think are haunted and just debunks it. They could even fix all the issues for free. The owners might even think hes actually a real paranormal investigator but hes just there to fix their mundane issues.
Yeah I think it'd be pretty cool to see him just go from house to house explaining how all these aspects, be they improperly installed/old doors or universal TV remotes or things as subtle as a spot of paint on the wall being more matte, can be the cause of those seemingly supernatural occurances.
my theory of why brian's segment goes before the ghost hunting stuff is that they think the ghost hunting stuff is debunking brian vs the other way around.
Brian seems like the best character lmao. I feel like he'd be a lot of fun opposite a psychic if everything was cut so the psychic says something and then he's like "this window isn't correctly installed so cold air from outside is getting in". Or like a Buzzfeed Unsolved where he's the Shane and keeps debunking ghosts while his partner is freaking the hell out about ghosts and refuses to believe his mundane explanations. "NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE EXPLAINED BY BADLY HUNG DOORS, BRIAN!" and Brian just doesn't buy that ghosts are a thing.
At 24:43 the stuffed spider to the left on Jenny's bed is clearly seen moving under its' own power. Clearly, Jenny's bed IS haunted. I hope she is as comfortable with that as I am. CASE CLOSED!!
Brian debunking everything is my fave part and the sole reason I watched this show. lol The amount of times Brian realized cats might be freaking out their owners at night was great.
As a cat owner, my family and I always joke that the cats make us "haunt-proof". Not because they'd hunt the ghosts, but because we've learned to just ignore noises in the night and things being opened/moved while we're away. I've woken up to loud crashes and just went back to sleep thinking "darn cats, I'll clean it in the morning". My mom will wake to a heavy presence on her chest, resricting her breathing, only to realize it's the 18 lbs cat that has no concept of his own size.
When I hear shit at night now my first thought is always "are the cats both in here?" And if they are and it doesn't happen again I just go back to sleep anyway because if they're not freaking out I'm not freaking out. People don't really break into apartment buildings. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
one time, while alone in the house, i heard a man's voice speaking loudly in my living room. terrified, i snuck out holding a wooden sword for protection, only to find my cat asleep on my tv remote and the tv blaring a police procedural
I will not stand for Brian slander lol. I watched this show with friends fairly recently and we were all rooting for him. Call me boring, but in a situation where literally everyone refuses to think, I gotta love the person using their brain. Also, I had no sympathy for the people who'd get upset at Brian's analysis. Like they clearly just wanted to hear that they'd been right. People on this show rarely seem to be relieved by someone telling them they're not haunted.
B A Yeah. Nobody who gets a paranormal investigator, or goes on these shows actually wants to learn that they haven’t got a ghost. You’d think you’d be relieved, right? Like, “Oh good, it isn’t an ancient immortal demon come to consume the soul of my children, it’s just faulty wiring, and COMPLETELY within my control.” But no, they want publicity. They wanna be on TV. They want a cool story to tell their friends. So they’re universally upset by skeptics, and reasonable conclusions.
@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick That, and ghosts are just cheaper. All you got to do is like burn some incense, splash a bit of holy water here and there and pour salt on the floor. Home repairs, however...got to overhaul the ducts so that we don't get carbon-monoxide poisoning, got to get the wiring up to code so the house won't burn down, got to fix the hole in the roof that owls keep flying into. Time and resource consuming work.
Same. Would be nice to see one about a team of people doing it in general. I only ever heard of shows trying to prove ghosts are real. The only exception I can think of is Achievement Haunter.
I went to a lecture given by a local ghosthunting group once, and they said that the kind of people who call them in to investigate hauntings in their homes tend to be people who are already experiencing some other kind of family trouble or trauma, like health problems, employment problems, money problems, marital problems, or problems with their children or some combination of these. It's like they're all already on edge, and then something happens that they can't explain, and it makes it all worse. They start noticing other odd little things that they would have just brushed off if things were going better and attribute it to their "haunting," and it just snowballs from there.
My favorite episode is where Nadine straight up tells a teenage girl that they share an affinity for the supernatural. All because the teenage girl had a jewelry box with a spinning ballerina and Nadine had been thinking about a jewelry box like that for a while. It's so stupid and funny.
Also, I’m preeetty sure that Nadine just made that up after hearing that a couple of the weird experiences happened with their teen girl, to make the homeowners believe more. I mean, she just seemed to be really obviously, exaggeratedly lying. It was awful.
I think my favorite moment in the whole show was when one homeowner was like "I hear noises off in far corners of the house, and when I go in there, everything's a mess and there's no one around!" And then Brian comes in and basically just goes "Yeah, you have a cat."
I have a lot of family in construction. Several of them worked as home inspectors for a time. They are not busting out their laser levels to check all the doors unless a client specifically asked. That stuff can be resolved w/ a trip to Home Depot, no one rescinds an offer on a home because the interior doors swing open or shut. When you're buying a house, you want the inspector to spot a roof that will need replacing soon or a water heater corroding. An inspector unscrewing every outlet is an inspector charging by the hour.
Rebecca Kinyon Debunking or not I refuse to ever live in a house that old, like a person or two definitely died there. Actually I just want to live with Brian.
asmRTPOP Wouldn’t that be kinda cool? Imagine if you had a nice ghost. Like, you could have a cool ghost bro, or some random fabulous rich lady that could tell you stories from her life.
I love my old house :) old houses have so much character! Mine was built in the 30's as like, a fishing cabin and got built up from there as the years went on.
I love how they always ask the clients whether they’re comfortable living in the same house as a ghost, and not whether they’re comfortable living in the same house as something that emits Carbon Monoxide.
What you've just described is a paranormal show featuring a real life Ron Swanson debunking ghosts and making fun of poor construction, a lady who walks from room to room having anxiety attacks, and a detective whose arms must be sore from all that reaching. I love it.
Thank you for covering this. I knew the moment I heard the description what show you were talking about. I actually worked as an editing assistant for the company that made this show, and I too wondered why anyone thought a show about an inspector telling people they felt a draft because they left a window open and not because of ghosts would make good television. This company would go on to make the Love It Or List It series so I guess they found their footing by removing the ghost stuff. My favorite quote from this series that I still remember today is in a scene where someone is describing a gas leak in a mine that killed 12 miners: Guy: "Nobody noticed in time that the canary had died. We lost twelve that day." Host: "Canaries?"
I disagree, the best part of this show for me WAS Brian telling the audience that the house is all messed up and not haunted at all. The problem of the show was not that they had that, but that they didn't lean on it enough.
They've got the elements for a pretty great ghost hunting show: 1. A psychic medium who's terrified of all things supernatural and screams any time something spooky happens 2. And a deadpan home inspector who calmly debunks all of the "paranormal phenomena" that the medium almost had a heart attack over I want to see a good version of this setup now, Bryan deserved better
Maybe "Buzzfeed unsolved supernatural" is something you would like. It's two guys going to haunted places. One believes in ghosts and the other one doesn't. It's pretty entertaining
Honestly, honestly, the show would work AMAZINGLY well in reverse, with different music/tone, and basically acted as a big screw you subversion to the genre. I'd watch every episode, and would love it. It'd probably make rounds too as a noted skeptic series. Not even just skeptic, it could have a fixer upper homes theme. Honestly I just want more Brian.
What I’m envisioning is that eventually, an episode airs where Brian evaluates the house and says, “There’s nothing wrong with this house. All the doors? Perfect. Wires? Flawless. Floors and paint? Stellar. You got a ghost.”
A few years ago I did a paranormal investigation with a friend. We were investigating the basement of a building that was over 100 years old. I started having trouble breathing and got very dizzy. Right away the lead investigator started telling me I was a "sensitive" and couldn't breathe because I was sensing ghosts. I literally looked at him and said, "I think it's more likely that we are in a 100 year old basement filled with mold, and I'm extremely allergic to mold." For the rest of the night he pretty much ignored me.
I love-hate the implications of "ghosts must haunt _every house_ along the river/road/rail line upon which they died". Think about what that must mean for anyone who died tragically on public or private transport in a densely packed urban centre. Those are some busy ghosts mate, just a whole legion of the Unseen all furiously running about randomly opening doors and scaring cats and ticking off forms on clipboards to meet their daily quota so they can eventually get a little afterlife R & R. What a shitty deal. Edit: and then the Dolly thing made it go from goofy to gross. :(
@@unsweetenedfruit What if they got a different paranormal investigator each episode, only to have Brian come in in the second half and just destroy them with the facts.
The spider moved! The spider moved! Jenny your bed is haunted! I can prove it because somewhere within 10 square miles of your home at some point in history, someone died.
“Brian gave us some plausible explanations about what’s happening, but Nadine and I think there are ghosts and, well, two against one. I guess this house is haunted. Case closed.” Sounds like a science argument.
It's like if Scooby doo opened with the gang immediately solving the mystery and identity of the perpetrator while shaggy is like "g-g-g-ghost?", then being chased by them in a spooky mask the last two minutes of the episode. Then Velma is all like yep we're done here and the episode just ends.
I would reboot this show by starting with the haunted stuff first, then eventually go to Brian, who debunks all the Ghost BS and gives the family the facts. Then the second half can be like an HGTV-esque home renovation show where they fix up the house. And then when they come back home and see how awesome their house looks, Nadine shows up and tells them that the "ghosts" are still there, and gives them the option to sell their newly beautified house, now worth more due to the adjustments, or keep their home, but risk more "hauntings"
My favourite episode was the one where Brian finds something shocking in the plumbing (? it's been a few years) and then they cut to an ad break and come back and never reveal what it is or mention it again.
i think another novel concept for this would be having /brian/ go inn blind - like have him inspect the house and point out things that might be spooky, like “oh, they might feel cold spots here, it’s poorly insulated” or “this door likely opens on its own, it’s hung incorrectly.” and then they have the homeowner interview! i think that would be fun
I went to the doctor and told him I have an infestation of aliens! He was very helpful, I got this prescription for anti-alien pills. Ingredients: Lithium.
For anyone reading who may experience sleep paralysis and think they've been abducted by aliens: It's really the other way around. "Alien abductions" are caused by sleep paralysis. Basically, your body is awake, but your brain is still sort of in sleep mode, causing you to hallucinate. Often, the hallucinations are aliens probably plucked from sci-fi movies. The paralysis bit makes people think they're being abducted or something, it's very stressful and there are scary aliens around, after all. It can also happen when you aren't experiencing sleep paralysis but have been, say, driving on the highway all night. Your brain is sort of going to sleep, and you start to hallucinate things by the side of the road out of the corner of your eye, or perceive the other people in the car as aliens or something. It's like dreams have been put into real life, and it's pretty unsettling. So there you go. She was almost right, except actually extremely not.
Imagine if the daughter of that one family actually was haunting their house, and how confused and annoyed she would've been when Nadine arbitrarily lumps that other murdered girl in with her and decides they're both haunting the house for no reason. "Who the heck is Dolly??"
I'd love to see Brian be a guest star on the Scooby Doo show, where he solves the mystery in five minutes flat and spends the rest of the episode just fixing up the Mystery Machine.
Oddly enough, walking alone down a corridor angrily whispering "I'm not crazy", doesn't help your case.
Prog MetalDeity Also, you’d think that Brian confirming that shit in your house was built incorrectly would be confirmation that you’re not crazy
We also have fish as a ghost alarm.
@@revuesdeminuit4071"You're not crazy, you're just wrong about it being ghosts!"
revues de minuit No, she’s just one of those people. You know the kind.
That one person who will just get incredibly flustered and leave the room whenever anybody begins to say something that differs from their opinion or perspective.
ares In which case, yes. She should absolutely be consulting a therapist or a doctor, or specifically NOT a crappy ghost-hunting show.
My favorite part of the show was the furnace episode. Early on, Brian identifies the furnace as faulty and says that it could be releasing carbon monoxide and poisoning the residents, causing the heavy, oppressive feelings and depression. He also shows the sink backing up really easily and releasing noxious sewer gas.
So Michelle has a dilemma - the whole premise of the show is that it ends up with her telling the owners that the house actually is haunted, but it would be like criminally negligent to convince these people not to worry about the real physical poisoning.
And so she resolves this with all the grace you'd expect from this show - in the conclusion she tells the family that their problems are being caused by ghosts *who want them to fix the furnace.*
I'm crying
This sounds like some straight-up Wizard of Oz/"benevolent scientist uses religious imagery to steer people on the right path" stuff
Brilliant!
Dear fucking Lord 😂
I need a nap to process this.
"That's really cool BUT TOTALLY EXPLAINABLE I'm gonna check that off..." Really made me laugh for some reason. Brian is the world's greatest buzzkill, I want him on every ghost show.
They should totally make a show that’s just Brian crashing other ghost shows and just wrecking their day.
He should team up with Shane from Buzzfeed Unsolved
even with a phenomena that was of interest to him he just analysed it, determined the likely cause, then moved methodically onwards.
the man is a stone cold professional, through and through.
I LOVE HIM
I thought that was awesome. He acknowledges how cool and creepy that coincidence is but he's super professional about it and is just, "Yep. Checking that one off the list." I would honestly watch a whole show of just him, maybe not all the time but when that itch needed scratching.
It would make this entire show worthwhile if in just one episode Brian just comes out with 'Hm, that one's definitely a ghost. That's the problem right here, there's disturbed and repoured concrete in the basement. You'll usually find a body under there in old houses like these. Get them exhumed and buried in hallowed ground, it'll clear right up' in his usual disinterested tone.
I've never heard of this show before I watched this video, but I would immediately watch the whole thing if this happened in an episode
Isn't that the plot of monster house?
Probably get one where he can't figure out what's causing it. Ends up saying can't explain it. How old is this show?
I love that I read this in his voice
I am glad I periodically rewatch this for this comment. Pure Gold.
Describing Brian as bored or joyless is a crime. He seems to be brimming with enthusiasm for his job. He seems excited to point out what would be causing their issues
Dude, you're right! She might've been bored watching it, and I'm sure it's a boring segment, especially before the ghosts. But Brian really does seem like he's genuinely having a good time finding these issues and, honestly, he seems to be comfortable being on TV.
@@xxNJohnson I definitely recognize it as the same joy I get when I finally find the source of a weird problem when doing IT work. Like, I get so excited I start trying to explain it to the users who rarely have enough background knowledge to understand why it's so interesting.
Honestly, I love Brian and I honestly think it's hilarious for him to just show up and casually debunk the shit happening in their house. Especially when it's followed up by a medium who's now obviously either lying or just plain insane. The contrast to me makes for very compelling television, although I think it would have been funnier to put the medium segments first *and then* introduce Brian to debunk basically everything item-by-item.
Brian is enthusiastic for his job, which is only tangentially relevant to what the show is about. Brian deserves his own show, one without a bad psychic tagging along.
It can still be one where he inspects haunted houses.
@@timothymclean A show where Brian inspects famous haunted locations would be awesome.
Brian out here having the time of his life inspecting these shitty old houses, bless him
Kimberly i felt really connected to his nonchalant demeanor, he did not care about those ghosts at all
He's seen everything, every weird malfunction; he's totally in the zone.
There's no way for us to know if the ghost unhooked the wires and messed with the doors just to throw us off the trail.
Gary Pierce wow I really didn’t think about that as an option... i guess we’re back at square one. 😂
His list says something about fish.
Came back and rewatched this cause a friend of mine has started a paranormal investigation business and apparently 7/10 times the cause is just carbon monoxide poisoning. He goes into people's houses with a CO detector and is like, "Yup, you got a gas leak."
holy shit
it's so weird seeing famous RUclipsrs in comments
@@breadpilled2587 why? Theyre just people who watch youtube videos...
Someone should have warned them against playing with matches...
But what if that's what the ghosts want you to think?
This is so dangerous and deadly oh my god
Honestly I would adore this show if Brian and Nadine inspected the house simultaneously.
“Oh I’m having trouble breathing”
“Yep, definitely releases of carbon monoxide”
“The doors are slamming around here, that tells us that there’s an angry spirit”
“The door is not properly level”
“Definitely demonic smells here”
“Dead raccoon in the basement”
“Something tells me that this picture is important”
“Yeah no shit Nadine, what gave you that idea? the dozens of candles surrounding it or the picture with the Rest In Peace frame?
Yes! We need to make this happen!
Now that I would watch
@@phoebeschwerin3759 no one should watch Buzzfeed anything for any reason.
Morgan O'Brien-Bledsoe Trust me unsolved is different from regular buzzfeed
@@MamaMOB Trust me, Buzzfeed Unsolved is the only redeemable aspect of Buzzfeed
I’ve actually heard about this show off tumblr
“My daughters room is cold, cold like the dead...”
“you put furniture on the heating vent”
Yeeeeees
The thing from that post that got me to watch was the bit about raccoons. “Banging noises and growls in the attic? Thats no ghost, just some critters havin a good time :]”
And there was something like “Ghostly symbols are appearing on my bedroom wall” when it was just because they put new paint on without stripping off the old paint and it was seeping through
@@daneroberts1996 IDK if you were mentioning the same one I'm thinking of but I've definitely seen a "home improvement show...in a hAuNtEd hOuSe!!!!" that had that. Until they realized they put an oil-based paint over a water-based finish.
What they should've done was have Brian fix everything, and call it Paranormal Home Improvement
Him having to act like some paranormal paragon or something in front of homeowners like he has his bag and he brings out the sage and tells them to leave the house while he takes care of the spirits and not to come back in no matter what sounds they hear and he just re-hangs all the doors with cartoony tool sounds added in post and we see the placebo effect work on these impressionable homeowners.
Beelze Honestly I thought it would be even funnier if he was just himself, and the gullible clients are all mildly confused but happy when he fixes their non-spirit problem
Then there's like one episode where the person refuses to believe him and starts screaming in rage at The Blandest Brian in the Borough
@@Flowtail I wasn't really imagining Brian himself I was imagining an amalgamation of both him Nadine and the other host lady. Like a show that exposes the charlatan tactics used nowadays while also exploiting them.
I also like the idea of just Brian debunking things though it would have to be a nomination based show because it would be very rare for people to chose to look like morons on tv for believing a ghost was opening a door when it was just hung wrong.
Oooh! He could wear a ghostbusters jumpsuit and properly install doors! I mean, I wouldn’t watch it, but someone might.
Fif Gallag This would have made a much better show
Brian must feel so unappreciated, he goes through all the effort to inspect the house to prove there's no ghosts only for the others to say 'yeah, definitely ghosts'.
Hope he got paid well
Hopefully it lead to at few new jobs for him
I really think he should go second instead of Nadine
@@GippyHappy Especially because his job takes expertise in things that really exist like black mold.
I really wish Brian was also the psychic. "Well here's your problem, this house's energy is all pooling up at one end due to a crack in the foundation, which appears to be causing bleeding walls and water damage. A light mixture of cement and holy water can be a temporary fix until you get a team of priests with a pneumatic jack in to pump up and sanctify the floor."
GENIUS
This is one of the best comments I’ve seen on RUclips.
“Pneumatic jack” bumps this A-comment up to an A+.
It's like that Terry Pratchett quote about the well. If you talk to people in their language, they're more likely to listen.
Someone needs to create like a comic or something that runs on this logic because I would 100% read that
Whenever I hear about "Psychics" giving grieving families closure, I think of the story of Amanda Berry, who was kidnapped and locked away for a decade, who watched as a "psychic" told her parents on national television that she was dead and they needed to move on.
Same here. I never believed in psychics but that really ruined them forever for me.
To be fair, anyone probably would've said that after the daughter was gone for that long.
@@grylltheonion A moral person wouldn't pretend to have supernatural powers that confirmed the supposed death.
Yes! It was that evil hag Sylvia Browne. She did the same thing to Steven Stayner's parents.
@@TacticusPrime exactly, the parents of missing children dont seek out physics help because they believe them, its because theyre desperate to have anything to hold on to, after so much time they need any reason to keep fighting to at least find the body. The closure isn't in physics help, its in finding the smallest lead to what actually happen, and the fact that those medium assholes are using this grief and desperation is the absolute filthiest of an act someone can do
This show makes perfect sense if we simply accept that Brian is a ghost. This would explain why Brian and Nadine never meet in real life, why Brian is always pretending there are no ghosts, and why Nadine always detects a ghost.
Brilliant!
Brian’s unfinished business is to stop scammy psychics and ghost shows
@@Lucifersfursona and also improperly hung doors.
what a twist!
Laughed out loud
Real good stuff
The highlight of Brian's life is matte paint vs gloss. Nadine is a wine mom. The clients are all comfortable with the findings.
I am comfortable with your findings.
This sounds like the worst ghost show ever but also the best home inspection show ever.
I am.... comfortable, with your analysis.
Fun fact: Home Inspectors are generally not legally allowed to *fix* anything that they find, as it's a conflict of interest.
This is true, but I'd hope the home owners on this show aren't paying for the privilege
@@gingganggoolie Generally with shows like these that's how you get people to agree, saying they won't have to pay for the thing, a free home inspection is a pretty good deal.
@@shadenox8164 I mean, they're only really useful if you're selling/buying the house. They go from anywhere from $300-$500 for a home under $350k. You use them to get the seller to pay to fix an issue or identify an issue that might make you want to not buy the house (ex. the breaker box is a mess and needs a huge renovation to be safe, roof issues, etc). My dad did home inspections for 25 years and I think he only did a handful for people who wanted a "checkup" on the house.
I think in this case, the "deal" was that they were genuinely believing in the supernatural, and he was just providing a realistic explanation for the show. I'd honestly be surprised if the homeowners got a copy of the home inspection report. Maybe, but unless they just want to spend money to renovate and fix shit, I dunno what use it would be. Even if they were selling the house later, it'd be out of date and the buyers would want a home inspector they paid to do an inspection that's more up to date.
I mean, the show is paying for it, obviously, not the home owners.
well yeah home inspectors inspect, not fix
Similar to how the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Chemical Safety Board (USCSB) investigate aviation/industrial accidents but don't have the authority to issue regulations, only recommendations to the governing bodies of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) respectively.
boxes like this exist in houses
"Every house has a box. That's just a fact. No one knows how the boxes got there, and frankly, we don't need to know."
Hey, I've seen boxes in houses so maybe you should stop with the mocking attitude!
@@mop7926 It's like a box to a house
Now there's an SCP entry.
The guy sounds like an exterminator doing an assessment.
"Yep, you've got boxes."
Maybe Nadine should see a Doc about the breathing issues. Maybe her lungs are not installed properly.
This made laugh harder than it should have.
She has a bad case of ghost in lung
Nadine isn't comfortable
oh my GOD LOL
Maybe her brain isn't installed properly
They’re having issues with the plumbing because William Jelly the plumber ghost is trying to be helpful, but he's from 1900 so he doesn’t actually know anything about modern toilets and he just screws them up
He's trying his best, and that's what matters.
@@redribbonredneck everyone say good job to William
I hope that he always went by Billy Jelly.
“Gosh darn these new fangled tanks and u bends. I just can’t get my head wrapped around these things.”
“Dual flush toilet? What the heck is that?”
Just imagine the precision and, let's call it what it is, pure artistry with which the doors in Brian's house must have been installed.
Immaculate, I'm sure.
I fear that gazing upon his doors would bequeath an installation too perfect for the normal mind to comprehend
@@superlolgal555 Brian, in Cthulhu's city of R'yleh: Well here's your problem right here, non-Euclidian angles like this throw off the door frame to the dimensional portal
@@cam4636 Cthulhu smacks his own gelatinous octopoid forehead, duh!
And with 5 hinges to prevent saging door syndrome
I think Brian deserves his own show where he debunks paranormal stuff and teaches about wall insulation and doors.
I would LOVE THAT. Like sarcastic skeptic unfemenine practical, Nifty.
I would watch that show. No weird music. No black and white filming. Just Brian going in and checking the place out.
THANK YOU YES! can we start up a kickstarter to fund this.
I'd watch that over any home renovation or ghost busting show... It's the perfect show
@@sorelle5687 unfemenine?
Maybe it's the sleep deprivation, but I just can't get over "boxes like this exist in houses"
It's not sleep deprivation, my sides have reached orbit
Same energy as, "Yep, this floor is floor."
Okay thank you that shit killed me
No no I lost it at that and I'm well-rested, that phrasing was just so vague and bland yet said with such purpose 😂
@@trequor "Tombstones like this exist in graveyards" 🤔
Its been two years and still think about it
Can't wait for the Brian spin-off show where they just ignore the ghost part entirely and realize why we're actually all watching.
He’s the only decent human being on this show.
I CANT BELIEVE ERICK WRIGHT WATCHES JENNY. When a fan sees 2 favorite youtubers watch one another.
How's the 6 month ban
That would be hilarious, especially if paranormal stuff was happening ask around him and he was just ignoring it to inspect stuff.
I WOULD WATCH.
"Dead kids you say? Well, I don't know dead kids, I know wiring." *hums as he works obliviously*
Brian has very strong "small business owner being interviewed on the local news for the fifth time" energy.
Nah, he hasn't got the tyrant vibes
This is actually the best ghost hunting show. Brian crushes your haunted dreams like nothing and makes fun of your house. It should just stay like that. 20 minutes top. Catchphrase: "This is an easy fix."
BlurBerry Creative
I just watched an episode of Twilight Zone where a lady bought a house that was known to be haunted and it turned out that SHE was the ghost!
Brian-“These hinges are loose.”
Lady-“No, Brian, I did that... I’m the ghost.”
Brian-“Let’s check the attic fan just to be sure.”
Plus I trust Brian not to bring in rape and murder cases that aren't even A DECADE OLD yet. Seriously, that's so tasteless and inappropriate. I prefer Brian and his deadpan method of crushing people's paranormal dreams with simple house maintenance.
We stan Brian.
Welease Bwian!
i want brian to inspect my home. i'd buy him beer.
I always recommend Paranormal Home Inspector when friends ask for ghost hunting shows! The one episode I absolutely always mention is when Brian tells the family that there's a mold infestation and dangerous carbon monoxide leak in the basement, and they decide to go with the psychic and get the house exorcised instead of move out like he urges them to. Absolutely bonkers.
Brian should have just billed himself as an exorcist builder.
"You see, when I strip the old plaster back to the brick, it disturbs the bond between the spirits and the physical plane. Then when I apply the mold treatment, it cleanses the physical counterpoint to the negative energy that feeds the spirits. After this, you'll find that the heavy atmosphere and demonic smells disappear completely."
@@PassTheMarmalade1957 I can see some sorta Psych-like premise coming out of that idea and I love it.
@@PassTheMarmalade1957 this is exactly Reigen from Mob Psycho 100
@@PassTheMarmalade1957 people take notes
They probably did move after the episode, if it helps. That part is definitely kayfabe.
The real twist is that Michelle, Nadine, Brian and the narrator are all the same ghost, which is why we never see them on screen at the same time.
Nah, it's like Sixth sense. Ghosts can't see eachother ;-)
I feel at peace with this twist
No, Brian is the only one who is real. During the season finale, he discovers that the other hosts are just a series of shadows and noises caused by an improperly mounted ceiling fan and a leaking A/C compressor.
this comment is haunted you have 666 likes you are forever cursed with the ghost youtube
The ghost was dead the whole time.
“Boxes like this exist in houses” incredible.
Where's the lie tho
This house has boxes in it
@@sanityplusmilkshakes The boxes are coming from inside the house
"it's more fun to have a ghost than a door that wasn't installed properly" sums up the whole paranormal industry pretty well.
Client: "My fireplace keeps turning on by itself, it has to be ghosts! So spooky!"
Brian: "Well if you look here, you can see this loose wire that also seems to have been cut. If we replace it, it'll fix your problem.
Client: "Hmm... that definitely sounds like an interesting opinion. I'd like to get Nadine's take on this."
Brian: "... But you can see the wire that's been cut. Don't you think you shou-"
Client: "I'VE HEARD YOUR OPINION. It is Nadine's turn."
Nadine: "I have really bad diarrhea all of a sudden."
Client: "I'm comfortable with that."
*CASE CLOSED*
Nadine doesn't sound very comfortable. Perhaps Brian should inspect her bowels.
Obviously a diarrhea spirit entered the house.
@@WhoWouldWantThisName Nadine's problem is that she knows she's fake and does all the research she can before she ever gets near the actual house. She's scripted and worries that people are going to catch her out if they interrupt her.
666 likes. Haunted. Case closed.
@@yetanotherrandomyoutubecha4382 pointing out the 666 likes makes the ghost haunt you.
If your house is haunted by the original homeowner who is also a plumber, I would think you would have LESS issues with the plumbing than most houses.
"It's the strangest thing! I never clean the hair out of the shower, and it always runs perfectly! It's terrifying!"
daffyphack
_woOoOoOOoooOo I’m here to fix your pipesssSsSSSs_
I guess they’re implying he was really bad at being a plumber
Maybe he's drumming up business for living plumbers. Strong union
@@rocbolt You know what they say about the plumber's own home never being fixed... Sometimes it gets so bad it just keeps on happening in the afterlife!
"Honey, did you replace the toilet valve?"
"....no."
"...."
"..."
"Ok."
When Brian says "My list says something about fish?" I died, the way you blew right past that killed me
24:35 for the curious and impatient
THANK YOU!
whY DID THE PSYCHIC SCREAM WHEN SHE TURNED AROUND AND MADE EYE CONTACT WITH THE CAMERA THAT SHE ALREADY KNEW WAS BEHIND HER
She did twice.
Because the cameraman was the real ghost all along.
That's what I'm saying lol. Nadine is the worst psychic/actress I've ever seen on one of these ghost shows.
To be fair I often scream when I see people I know are there. Usually because they are in a slightly different place than I expected and it jars my brain.
the camera was a ghost
The water doesn't get hot enough for my shower, Brian said the water heater has a damaged heating element, but I believe a spirit is chilling the water.
To be fair, Brian isn't a psychic. 🤷
(Michelle voice) People who’ve experienced hauntings often report a cold or chilled aura
@@stasa3488 PLEASE💀😭
That's impossible. The more logical explanation is the ghost used up all the hot water.
@@BwooHuraca Damn ghosts and their apathy towards energy bills!
when nadine was like “something drawing me to this picture” and the picture is surrounded by candles and it’s clearly a memorial and she’s like “did she die” asdfgkandkshdkandga
That killed my soul.
@@waywardmind I sense that you...died?
"Oh, no, she's all fine and so, this is just a Halloween decoration, we haven't gotten to take it off. Sorry about that."
@@waywardmind Oh, I can sense it, are you a teenage boy from the mid-west? Can you hear me Wayward?
This is like something from scary movie lol
I just died from the cut from Nadine having trouble breathing to Brian going "This furnace is likely emitting carbon monoxide into this area." 😂😂😂
Same! I was choking with laughter 😂
Wait...
The stove...
09:30
Which he didn't prove
@@tfordham13 I think that's what the word "likely" literally means. Are you implying Nadine's proof was better though? Or do you think the burden of proof is not on the ghost hunter but on the HVAC guy? :D
@@unvergebeneid it is as he is making a claim
Homeowner: "I feel comfortable with the team's findings."
Narrator: "The homeowner seems comfortable with the team's findings."
What is this, Peppa Pig?
Parappa the rapper
This is such a huge pet peeve of mine
Hey, it's not official until it's said with a British accent 😂
@@onewingedangelsephiroth1561 gordon ramsay: IT'S FUCKING RAW!
narrator: yet another dish sent turns out to be raw
guy in confession room: it was raw, i can't believe they actually sent it...
this show would be even better if they had nadine’s reading first, and for everything she observed, we cut to a scene of brian from before just completely tearing her theory to shreds. for example, nadine walks up to a door and is like “oh i’m feeling a lot of energy here, perhaps a mischievous spirit that likes to play with doors” then cut immediately to brian and he’s like “yeah this door got hung wrong”
I would watch every episode of this version. Especially if they edited it in an Office/Parks and Rec style. I want it so so badly.
See, now I want to recut the episodes to do that.
@ ThatCrazyBookWyrm YES! Fund it!
Oh my god, YES! I'd watch the hell out of that.
"Your house isn't haunted. You're just lonely."
- Ron Swanson.
i'd watch that. just a guy telling the cold hard truth to people who believe in ghosts.
@@thomasjenkins7506 Might as well start with the cold hard truth that God and Santa don't exist, but we don't because that would be cruel.
Thomas Jenkins So your suggesting Gordon Ramsey for ghosts
@@lordcharles9786 YES
I feel it's important to mention that in one of their overnight lockup sections a floor lamp turns on "bY ItSeLf" and you SEE A CREWMEMBER TURNING IT ON. And they included that clip in their recap at the end!! Nobody editing this show gave a single fuck and I love every second of it
I think Jenny likes Brian because he uses a numbered list to inspect the homes
Brian missed his calling as a RUclipsr
@@rekindle7602 Top Ten Doors Installed Incorrectly
@@PosthumanHeresy all of them
A match made in heaven
Numbered lists are pretty dope.
“There’s a ghost in my house. It’s a female whose spirit seems to be contained in this strange cylindrical object.”
“After exhaustive research we have discovered the ghost goes by the name Alexa.”
*Manic Pixie Fangirl * “after some more research, we have discovered that other houses nearby have had reports of ‘Alexa’”
They had us in the first half, I won't lie
The flow of the show could've been better this way:
1. Have Michele do her investigation thing
2. Brian inspect the house's problems AND fix the things as well
3. Let the homeowner go about their daily routine for a day or two and see if there's still a haunting despite Brian's fixes
4. If haunting still happens, send the psychic lady and do the dark houses thingy
It's actually kind of a missed opportunity. That Brian dude's segment is honestly one of the more novel things they have in a ghost show and I think the concept could work if they actually focus on "improving' the livelihood of these homeowners.
"Yea I'm feeling comfortable living here now. I mean, there are still spectral children giggling at midnight, but at least I can breathe free from carbon monoxide. Thanks Brian!"
That wouldn't work because they would never get to step 4. Aaaand also for the general viewer it might get boring because "Dur, they debunk ghosts, but why? Stupid!" But I would love the shit out of a sort of parody series where we get smart people(Like Biran) to come in and solve these.
Or maybe they should have Brian and Nadine do their respective investigations, but end on Brian's findings instead of Nadine's. That way it doesn't leave the supernatural on the same footing with more realistic explanations. Then arrange someone to fix the problems Brian found with the house and have a follow-up in an epilogue.
I don't think Brain can legally fix the things during inspection, which for me makes it much funnier. "This will take five minutes to fix." and then he just leaves
Counter point - have Brian do the inspection first and then stay for the night to witness the rest
@@jasonwalker4003 I wanna watch this show for Brian but I can’t do TV psychics; I get pissed off easily
Nadine: the ghost's energy is blocking the light and causing the switch to not work, this must be a very troubled group of ghosts
Brian: the light isn't turning on because there's no lightbulb
If only the show framed their dynamic that way.
my thoughts exactly. This could have been a masterpiece if they properly formatted it. By having the debunker go through everything first, it makes everything after seem sort of redundant, stupid and pointless, and like the skeptic is wrong for thinking about more realistic solutions. If they'd had all the ooga booga scawy ghosty stuff before he comes through like "Y'all should probably have a working lightbulb before claiming the ghosts are turning off the light" would make the whole thing hilarious and we'd be waiting in anticipation to see what could be causing all this "paranormal" activity lol@@timothymclean
I don't blame Brian for not exuding charisma when he knows he's just going to be called a liar later every time.
He knows no one is watching to see him inspect doors and plumbing.
@@Error_4x5 He thinks no one is watching to see him inspect doors and plumbing, but really that's the best part.
@@raziel482 Lol, true
@@raziel482 seemed like the only reason to watch for me
Order of presentation is a big factor. People tend to focus most stongly on the last information they've been shown.
Every ghost hunting show should be legally required to close with Brian.
You know this show is professional, it has the best crew imaginable.
*British person*
*Legitimate house critic*
*Woman with undiagnosed asthma*
*Ghost hunter who stays away from ghosts*
And most importantly
*Producers*
BY YOUR POWERS COMBINED
Woman with undiagnosed asthma got me ngl
I watched this entire show and ONLY watched the intro and the Brian parts. Absolutely hilarious. The episode where someone says they got locked in a bathroom but there was NO LOCK.............. and he shows up like "yes there is look" is so fucking funny i love him
SAME I skipped the stuff with the paranormal ladies because honestly, I already had the answers for every single issue lol
I used to get a kick out of the “Paranormal Collector” guy that would just go around people’s houses, look for a random item that looks old/potentially cursed, then tell the home owners that the item is possessed by a ghost. So to protect them, he would take the item away and lock it up in his museum. So he basically stole from gullible people, then used the stolen items to get other gullible people to come to his museum.
"Ahh, I detect that this wallet is haunted, I should take it and put it in my secure museum. And no, we can't take the money out first, it's too dangerous for it might anger the ghost."
Oh the television keeps turning off after 90 minutes. Yep it's haunted. Don't bother looking at the settings. Totally haunted and needs to go to my living ro.. I mean my museum.
And that silverware is haunted by the ghost of a civil war widow who hid them from the soldiers and never retrieved them. I need every piece or she will never leave you alone.
Yeah, just put it in this bag please.
Someone saw Friday The 13th: The Series.
Pfft, I remember that show. He would annoy my mom and I in part because he always pronounced the word library as "liberry".
I forgot about that show until I saw this. I loved that show as a kid
“There was a jail right by your house!”
Extremely bored man: “oh, okay”
Lol. He's like get out already.
I really want to upvote this but it's sitting at a perfect 666 and I can't ruin that
Brian actually is the best part, I feel like showmanship or not I just love that he's the only one who doesn't give off vibes of total bullshit and is blunt. I really think he deserves his own show
Like Jamie Hyneman!
I really want a show about Brian.
I think he should be parachuted into every other ghost hunting show, and go about systemically debunking everything they claimed they've 'discovered' up to that point.
I love him
i don't think he has bad showmanship actually, he'd fit right in to an HGTV show where they fix badly built houses.
Mike Holmes (idk how famous he is but he's the one on the top of my head) has an electrician that literally points at stuff and goes 'this is the stupidest wiring i've ever seen. WHY WOULD ANYONE ARRANGE WIRING THIS WAY', but he fixes instead of only inspects
Without even trying, Brian is probably the most entertaining person I've ever seen on a tv show.
I was sold on Brian as soon as I saw him nerding out about the mixture of gloss and matt paint creating the shadowy figure at the top of the stairs. The show should just have been him going into people's houses and saying "Your house isn't haunted, it's just badly built"
@@dungeonsanddobbers2683 The true horror is the Homeowners' Association
The lack of trying is really what sells it
"Sleep paralysis is a symptom of--"
Geez is everything ghosts with this lady?
"--aliens."
Space ghosts...skosts almost.
@@Chipiliro613 galiens
@@Chipiliro613 but are they coast to coast?
I wasn't expecting such a twist in my life.
space ghosts coasts to coast
Oh my god, they bring in the psychic AFTER the real home inspector debunks all the mysterious stuff? That's amazing!
haha yea, they could at least have a home inspector who is open minded enough to debunk everything but with a tone of uncertainty... whereas the psychic needs to be certain but here doesn't seem so on the money...
I watched an episode of this and apparently they show the homeowners the vid of Brian expecting the house and debunking their bullshit and the host asks "Well, did that convince you? Do you think he's right?" and they went "Some of what he's saying makes sense but I'm not really convinced about some of it. I think I want the psychic in here." In the episode I watched, she ran out crying about an angry ghost cuz she couldn't come up with shit and they had to spend the rest of the episode playing with ghost equipment around their dark house at night. They didn't find anything.
Brian's part is day 3 of the a 5 day process.
herr haller I watched it she isn't even exaggerating.
Brian needs a RUclips channel. Just debunking paranormal activity and destroying dreams all day long.
I...I would pay for that.
Yes
He'll become a star...~
nadine just feels like that empath tiktok trend
*a family mourning the loss of their daughter*
nadine: "as an empath i can feel that you seem a bit sad"
ngl i love Brian and i wish the whole show was just him debunking stuff. maybe give him an excitable sidekick for spice
Don’t look now Home Improvement Man! It looks like there is a Carbon Monoxide leak!
Bazinga!
Wham!
Ka-pow!
Zonk!!
It sounds to me like you wanna watch buzzfeed unsolved!
@@caspianrotnejrgensen3260 came here to mention this lol
"Looks like the entry to the attic is right here above me, so I guess if the ghost wants to eat my soul he'll have a straight shot while I sleep. Goodnight."
That sounds like a better show. He shows up to houses people think are haunted and just debunks it. They could even fix all the issues for free. The owners might even think hes actually a real paranormal investigator but hes just there to fix their mundane issues.
Yeah I think it'd be pretty cool to see him just go from house to house explaining how all these aspects, be they improperly installed/old doors or universal TV remotes or things as subtle as a spot of paint on the wall being more matte, can be the cause of those seemingly supernatural occurances.
my theory of why brian's segment goes before the ghost hunting stuff is that they think the ghost hunting stuff is debunking brian vs the other way around.
That's actually a really good idea, haven't thought of that.
Which makes zero sense
@@kstar1489 No. It makes zero sense to you, a normal person. To a true believer, it makes perfect sense.
Or the people pitching the show / format thought ghosts were real and that there'd be a lot of cases where Brian couldn't find the problem.
@@robertodell9193 well yeah no shit, I mean it’s not logical
Brian seems like the best character lmao. I feel like he'd be a lot of fun opposite a psychic if everything was cut so the psychic says something and then he's like "this window isn't correctly installed so cold air from outside is getting in". Or like a Buzzfeed Unsolved where he's the Shane and keeps debunking ghosts while his partner is freaking the hell out about ghosts and refuses to believe his mundane explanations. "NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE EXPLAINED BY BADLY HUNG DOORS, BRIAN!" and Brian just doesn't buy that ghosts are a thing.
Ellie F Shane is my lifeblood.
At 24:43 the stuffed spider to the left on Jenny's bed is clearly seen moving under its' own power. Clearly, Jenny's bed IS haunted. I hope she is as comfortable with that as I am. CASE CLOSED!!
Came down here to comment the same thing lol
Spooked the hell out of me tho
I thought I was the only one who noticed it
Spider was installed on the bed out of plumb.
i noticed that and kept waiting to see if it would be a repeated gag!
Brian debunking everything is my fave part and the sole reason I watched this show. lol
The amount of times Brian realized cats might be freaking out their owners at night was great.
As a cat owner, my family and I always joke that the cats make us "haunt-proof". Not because they'd hunt the ghosts, but because we've learned to just ignore noises in the night and things being opened/moved while we're away.
I've woken up to loud crashes and just went back to sleep thinking "darn cats, I'll clean it in the morning". My mom will wake to a heavy presence on her chest, resricting her breathing, only to realize it's the 18 lbs cat that has no concept of his own size.
If you have a cat and you hear noises in the night, 100% of the time it's the cat.
@@savethebees2574
Me:
* sleeps*
* hears loud Noise*
"Be quiet you Idiot! It's f*cking sleeping time!"
Cat: * is confused*
Ghost: * in tears* "Ok"
When I hear shit at night now my first thought is always "are the cats both in here?"
And if they are and it doesn't happen again I just go back to sleep anyway because if they're not freaking out I'm not freaking out.
People don't really break into apartment buildings. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
one time, while alone in the house, i heard a man's voice speaking loudly in my living room. terrified, i snuck out holding a wooden sword for protection, only to find my cat asleep on my tv remote and the tv blaring a police procedural
Brian: "You're not being haunted, you're just dangerously stupid and living in a death trap."
Also Brian: "Anyway, I'm out. Make sure my check is direct deposited by tomorrow at start-of-business."
A legend.
I will not stand for Brian slander lol. I watched this show with friends fairly recently and we were all rooting for him. Call me boring, but in a situation where literally everyone refuses to think, I gotta love the person using their brain.
Also, I had no sympathy for the people who'd get upset at Brian's analysis. Like they clearly just wanted to hear that they'd been right. People on this show rarely seem to be relieved by someone telling them they're not haunted.
B A Yeah. Nobody who gets a paranormal investigator, or goes on these shows actually wants to learn that they haven’t got a ghost.
You’d think you’d be relieved, right? Like, “Oh good, it isn’t an ancient immortal demon come to consume the soul of my children, it’s just faulty wiring, and COMPLETELY within my control.”
But no, they want publicity. They wanna be on TV. They want a cool story to tell their friends. So they’re universally upset by skeptics, and reasonable conclusions.
Oh no, a competent and professional house inspection I got for free, what a disaster.
@@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick That, and ghosts are just cheaper. All you got to do is like burn some incense, splash a bit of holy water here and there and pour salt on the floor.
Home repairs, however...got to overhaul the ducts so that we don't get carbon-monoxide poisoning, got to get the wiring up to code so the house won't burn down, got to fix the hole in the roof that owls keep flying into. Time and resource consuming work.
@Flick Oooh what book?
Where do you find friends willing to watch things like this with you? Asking for a friend ;)
Ok, but I would unironically watch a show about a home inspector debunking hauntings 😂
Same. Would be nice to see one about a team of people doing it in general. I only ever heard of shows trying to prove ghosts are real. The only exception I can think of is Achievement Haunter.
I went to a lecture given by a local ghosthunting group once, and they said that the kind of people who call them in to investigate hauntings in their homes tend to be people who are already experiencing some other kind of family trouble or trauma, like health problems, employment problems, money problems, marital problems, or problems with their children or some combination of these. It's like they're all already on edge, and then something happens that they can't explain, and it makes it all worse. They start noticing other odd little things that they would have just brushed off if things were going better and attribute it to their "haunting," and it just snowballs from there.
this wisdom reminds me of how ari aster always says hereditary is really a family drama movie, just told in the framework of a supernatural horror
My favorite episode is where Nadine straight up tells a teenage girl that they share an affinity for the supernatural. All because the teenage girl had a jewelry box with a spinning ballerina and Nadine had been thinking about a jewelry box like that for a while. It's so stupid and funny.
Oh, so literally one of the most popular forms of jewelry box.
Also, I’m preeetty sure that Nadine just made that up after hearing that a couple of the weird experiences happened with their teen girl, to make the homeowners believe more. I mean, she just seemed to be really obviously, exaggeratedly lying. It was awful.
Wow I actually remember this! Brian is my goddamn hero, he doesnt even make an attempt the slightest bit of showmanship and it is GREAT
That in itself is a kind of 'showmanship' no? It comes across quite likeable & charming haha
I think my favorite moment in the whole show was when one homeowner was like "I hear noises off in far corners of the house, and when I go in there, everything's a mess and there's no one around!"
And then Brian comes in and basically just goes "Yeah, you have a cat."
Am I the only one frightened by Brian's observations? Bad wiring, Carbon dioxide, skew door frames etc.
I have a lot of family in construction. Several of them worked as home inspectors for a time. They are not busting out their laser levels to check all the doors unless a client specifically asked. That stuff can be resolved w/ a trip to Home Depot, no one rescinds an offer on a home because the interior doors swing open or shut.
When you're buying a house, you want the inspector to spot a roof that will need replacing soon or a water heater corroding. An inspector unscrewing every outlet is an inspector charging by the hour.
Lmao my house is from 1910, you'd be terrified 😂
Rebecca Kinyon Debunking or not I refuse to ever live in a house that old, like a person or two definitely died there. Actually I just want to live with Brian.
asmRTPOP Wouldn’t that be kinda cool? Imagine if you had a nice ghost. Like, you could have a cool ghost bro, or some random fabulous rich lady that could tell you stories from her life.
I love my old house :) old houses have so much character! Mine was built in the 30's as like, a fishing cabin and got built up from there as the years went on.
I love how they always ask the clients whether they’re comfortable living in the same house as a ghost, and not whether they’re comfortable living in the same house as something that emits Carbon Monoxide.
What you've just described is a paranormal show featuring a real life Ron Swanson debunking ghosts and making fun of poor construction, a lady who walks from room to room having anxiety attacks, and a detective whose arms must be sore from all that reaching. I love it.
Thank you for covering this. I knew the moment I heard the description what show you were talking about. I actually worked as an editing assistant for the company that made this show, and I too wondered why anyone thought a show about an inspector telling people they felt a draft because they left a window open and not because of ghosts would make good television.
This company would go on to make the Love It Or List It series so I guess they found their footing by removing the ghost stuff.
My favorite quote from this series that I still remember today is in a scene where someone is describing a gas leak in a mine that killed 12 miners:
Guy: "Nobody noticed in time that the canary had died. We lost twelve that day."
Host: "Canaries?"
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Oh my god, this is amazing 🤣🤣 Thank you for sharing!!! Holy shit 🤣🤣
I disagree, the best part of this show for me WAS Brian telling the audience that the house is all messed up and not haunted at all. The problem of the show was not that they had that, but that they didn't lean on it enough.
"What do you think is going on in the home?"
"Nothing."
Me when I'm watching any paranormal show.
You would be wrong, because the doors have clearly not been installed properly.
Same. These shows are a joke.
"boxes like these exist in houses"
observation skills on point.
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“Houses like this exist”
"This tells us something about fish"
The true evils on this show are the third-rate contractors who couldn’t be bothered to install doors correctly.
8:30 nadine quietly saying "three" to herself after drawing 3 lines made me choke on a laugh at work.
me seeing my comment was 3 weeks ago and i have 3 likes: _three_
Now 3 months. God bless everybody.
@@Robloxman226 incredible, thank you
@@bridgetvelez2537 now it has been 3 more months
t h r e e
Right before that though when the cameraman spooks her I lost it.😂
"boxes like this exist in houses"
Indeed.
They've got the elements for a pretty great ghost hunting show:
1. A psychic medium who's terrified of all things supernatural and screams any time something spooky happens
2. And a deadpan home inspector who calmly debunks all of the "paranormal phenomena" that the medium almost had a heart attack over
I want to see a good version of this setup now, Bryan deserved better
Maybe "Buzzfeed unsolved supernatural" is something you would like. It's two guys going to haunted places. One believes in ghosts and the other one doesn't. It's pretty entertaining
There's a show called evil that while not a reality show, is about literally this premise and it's great
@@emilbonbon5284 they stopped right?
The only ghost hunting show i liked. Your typical scaredy cat and the one dude who just does not give a fuck.
honestly its the best show concept ever-- its hilarious lol
That's basically The X Files
Yeah....this is just a plywood box. It's not even antique *cut to stink eye face of homeowner and end show* How did this ever get green lit?
I would watch if it was just Brian
The fact that the psychic gets frightened by the camera man following behind her makes it all the more hilarious.
It's scary to have people notice you...
Nadine is giving me strong drunk aunt at Thanksgiving vibes, also Brian is 100% just Stanley, from the office.
"Boxes like these exist, in houses." I love the way you cut him off there
"A lot of things happen at night."
Honestly, honestly, the show would work AMAZINGLY well in reverse, with different music/tone, and basically acted as a big screw you subversion to the genre. I'd watch every episode, and would love it. It'd probably make rounds too as a noted skeptic series. Not even just skeptic, it could have a fixer upper homes theme. Honestly I just want more Brian.
Yes! I would watch the heck out of that one! And yeah, I want more Brian. He was the best.
I like paranormal skepticism. I wish there were more like it.
What I’m envisioning is that eventually, an episode airs where Brian evaluates the house and says, “There’s nothing wrong with this house. All the doors? Perfect. Wires? Flawless. Floors and paint? Stellar. You got a ghost.”
@@marandaward1663 Season finale material... Like it ends on a cliff-hanger... "Come back next season for the thrilling conclusion!" :D :D :D
A few years ago I did a paranormal investigation with a friend. We were investigating the basement of a building that was over 100 years old. I started having trouble breathing and got very dizzy. Right away the lead investigator started telling me I was a "sensitive" and couldn't breathe because I was sensing ghosts. I literally looked at him and said, "I think it's more likely that we are in a 100 year old basement filled with mold, and I'm extremely allergic to mold." For the rest of the night he pretty much ignored me.
1:43 "Boxes like this exist in houses" wow what amazing dialogue
Rachy Stogner
Ha ha thank god someone else found that hilarious.
I was like "wtf did I just hear?!"
I would adore a show that's just Brian debunking paranormal events and pointing out badly installed doors
There’s some doors in this house
There’s some doors in this house
There’s some doors in this house
Omfg 😂
And they are all improperly installed
I said certified home inspector
7 days a week
Unhinged
@@fauxrowsdower7610 Logic game strong
Paranormal game WEAK
I love-hate the implications of "ghosts must haunt _every house_ along the river/road/rail line upon which they died". Think about what that must mean for anyone who died tragically on public or private transport in a densely packed urban centre. Those are some busy ghosts mate, just a whole legion of the Unseen all furiously running about randomly opening doors and scaring cats and ticking off forms on clipboards to meet their daily quota so they can eventually get a little afterlife R & R. What a shitty deal.
Edit: and then the Dolly thing made it go from goofy to gross. :(
Like that subway ghost in the 1990 movie creatively titled Ghost.
My mouth was agape the whole dolly arc, how awful
Those ghosts need to unionize
Case closed seems legit: Brian solved every mystery.
And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that meddling Brian!
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I wish they had done the psychic first, then Brian comes in and just humiliates her lol.
@@unsweetenedfruit What if they got a different paranormal investigator each episode, only to have Brian come in in the second half and just destroy them with the facts.
The spider moved! The spider moved! Jenny your bed is haunted! I can prove it because somewhere within 10 square miles of your home at some point in history, someone died.
That's enough evidence to base a show on... apparently.
@@Chipiliro613 I am comfotable with this finding
The bed wasn’t installed properly, actually. It’s a pretty easy fix.
Sarara R the spider actually moved tho wtf
@@kingoftehwalrus77 but I am sensing that this spider is an angry spider spirit. I felt my hand twitch so I am definitely right.
“Brian gave us some plausible explanations about what’s happening, but Nadine and I think there are ghosts and, well, two against one. I guess this house is haunted. Case closed.”
Sounds like a science argument.
2 is more than 1. Mathematical proof of Ghost. Right there lol
It's like if Scooby doo opened with the gang immediately solving the mystery and identity of the perpetrator while shaggy is like "g-g-g-ghost?", then being chased by them in a spooky mask the last two minutes of the episode. Then Velma is all like yep we're done here and the episode just ends.
Isn’t this what “Zombie Island” was?
@@AT-ng9ju Zombie Island was a masterpiece of animated cinema, you watch yourself.
I would reboot this show by starting with the haunted stuff first, then eventually go to Brian, who debunks all the Ghost BS and gives the family the facts. Then the second half can be like an HGTV-esque home renovation show where they fix up the house. And then when they come back home and see how awesome their house looks, Nadine shows up and tells them that the "ghosts" are still there, and gives them the option to sell their newly beautified house, now worth more due to the adjustments, or keep their home, but risk more "hauntings"
I'd watch that.
Sell or die, keepers creepers, this house isn't clean, flip em or get ghosted. Title ideas
@@Panurus_biarmicus keepers creepers is a top tier title
@@timisontube Thanks Tim, very kind of you to compliment my experimental name for a show that doesn't exist.
@@Panurus_biarmicus Dead or no Dead?
My favourite episode was the one where Brian finds something shocking in the plumbing (? it's been a few years) and then they cut to an ad break and come back and never reveal what it is or mention it again.
A ghost erased the footage.
*CASE CLOSED*
i think another novel concept for this would be having /brian/ go inn blind - like have him inspect the house and point out things that might be spooky, like “oh, they might feel cold spots here, it’s poorly insulated” or “this door likely opens on its own, it’s hung incorrectly.” and then they have the homeowner interview! i think that would be fun
24:18
"the fish swim to the glass when you approach
but sometimes they just swim to the glass"
[HIGH-CONTRAST SHOT OF FISH WITH A SPOOKY NOISE]
"My notes say something about a fish?!"
That was my favorite part
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Fish can see ghosts CONFIRMED.
And ghosts are JERKS who don't feed fish, CONFIRMED.
I think the fish just were hungry
"Sleep paralysis is a SYMPTOM of aliens!"
wait what
🤦♀️
I went to the doctor and told him I have an infestation of aliens! He was very helpful, I got this prescription for anti-alien pills.
Ingredients: Lithium.
For anyone reading who may experience sleep paralysis and think they've been abducted by aliens:
It's really the other way around. "Alien abductions" are caused by sleep paralysis. Basically, your body is awake, but your brain is still sort of in sleep mode, causing you to hallucinate. Often, the hallucinations are aliens probably plucked from sci-fi movies. The paralysis bit makes people think they're being abducted or something, it's very stressful and there are scary aliens around, after all. It can also happen when you aren't experiencing sleep paralysis but have been, say, driving on the highway all night. Your brain is sort of going to sleep, and you start to hallucinate things by the side of the road out of the corner of your eye, or perceive the other people in the car as aliens or something. It's like dreams have been put into real life, and it's pretty unsettling.
So there you go. She was almost right, except actually extremely not.
Imagine if the daughter of that one family actually was haunting their house, and how confused and annoyed she would've been when Nadine arbitrarily lumps that other murdered girl in with her and decides they're both haunting the house for no reason. "Who the heck is Dolly??"
I bet that ghost wishes she had a ghost friend to hang out with when she gets bored of haunting her parents.
I'd love to see Brian be a guest star on the Scooby Doo show, where he solves the mystery in five minutes flat and spends the rest of the episode just fixing up the Mystery Machine.