Monday, September 9, 2013

A Para-Star Is Born--But At What Cost?

Sure, she got her closeup in the end--but it cost some poor dude his life. I am, of course, referring to the character of Norma Desmond from the film Sunset Boulevard. In a similar manner, all that infighting, backstabbing, and the jealous hoarding of evidence that comprises so much "paradrama" has finally reaped its reward.

CNN recently covered the childish shenanigans that have erupted over the years as disparate paranormal teams have moved away from investigation and into promotion, wherein all roads lead to pitching their pilots to various networks in hopes of becoming the next big paranormal reality stars.

So now, what was once a community embarrassment safely contained within, has become national news that can be looked on in few other ways than as a black eye for the whole of the paranormal investigation world.

Read more at CNN

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