Here in the UK 'Haunted Collector' is broadcast on 'Watch' channel and is on just about every night. If you haven't seen it yet its worth a look.
It's a documentary following the cases of John Zaffis and his team as they help out people tormented by the paranormal. Their research is by far the most impartial I have seen. If a natural explanation is forthcoming they will uncover and debunk it.
On the other hand if they do find anything out of the ordinary they often discover it connected to an object in the building being haunted. I have seen it said that people accuse them of seeing something they like so the get to have it, I disagree they do actually state that they are looking after items in their museum of the paranormal, and anyone can have them back. The facts are usually pretty overwhelming, and if it was me I'd want the item as far away as possible.
They use EMF detectors and are surprisingly skeptical about a great deal of what they find, often finding natural explanations like nearby power supplies or even fluorescent lighting. I've also seen them use old school techniques which is nice to see, common sense things like placed objects, talcum powder and hanging string.
They use EVP as well which is very interesting albeit sometimes unreliable due to modern overcrowded airwaves, but it does in most proven cases to seem perfectly reasonable.
Absolutely no mention of orbs which is a relief.
John has quite a pedigree, his uncle, whom he learnt his trade from, was Ed Warren. Ed and Loraine Warren, for those that don't know, were very active in paranormal research. Some occurrences that they have experienced have even had films made out of them. Amityville for one, and a TV movie called 'The Haunting' about a family called Smurl who were being terrorized by demonic spirits. That story was the inspiration behind another movie called 'The Entity'.
In conclusion I really enjoy the show and its impartiality, although it does occasionally seem a little contrived. I'm impressed by the professionalism.
Thankfully there are no screaming ex-childrens TV presenters or orbs.
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