Bagans,
Zak and Kelly Crigger. Dark World: Into the Shadows with the Lead Investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew. Victory Belt Publishing.
272 pages
Reviewed by J. d'Artagnan Love
Zak Bagans is the lead investigator
of the TV show Ghost Adventures. In this show he and two of his buddies, Aaron
Goodwin and Nick Groff travel around the world with high tech gadgets trying to
document empirical evidence of the existence of ghosts. The show has aired
around seven seasons and its fan base is continually growing.
Dark World contains information
about how the Ghost Adventures series started, behind the scenes information about
their experiences with the paranormal and various philosophies and research
about the existence of ghosts. Zak starts the narrative explaining how he came
to believe in ghosts and his experiences leading up to the original documentary
created by himself and Nick Groff.
Zak
explores his person struggles with anxiety and thrill seeking behavior as a young adult. He
lacked direction in his life until greeted by a ghost at the foot of his bed
one night. This experience led him to develop the life goal of documenting
evidence of the paranormal and dedicating his energy to paranormal research.
He
attended film school in Michigan and met Nick Groff, a fellow filmmaker at a
wedding they both attended. Getting into a conversation about paranormal
experiences, the two hit it off and started planning what was to become the
Ghost Adventures documentary wherein they capture some of the most convincing
paranormal footage to date. From there, Zak describes how the show came into
production on the Travel Channel and experiences his crew has behind the
scenes.
While
this is no work of literary prowess, it was really interesting to thumb through
being a fan of the television series. The book answered lingering questions I
had about the equipment the team uses and the research they do when conducting
their “lock downs.” I would not recommend reading this book unless you are a
fan of the show. If you are familiar with the series on Travel Channel, give
this read a go.
3
darts out of 5.
Bookshelf
Project status: KEEP
