Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum is an Exploitative Mess

[@kelleyreeves965]

Whenever I hear about Ghost Adventures, I think about that episode where Zack asks a ghost what he thinks of his tattoo and the ghost responded with "it's sick"

[@Mila-Rosa]

My favorite is when a ghost 'possesed' him and had a temper tantrum and ran off and then when it's over Zack claims he has no memories of the last 20 minutes lol He's such a bad actor

[@gothgirlglittercrust7118]

I don't remember the episode but I remember the crew was at like a haunted bar in south america I think, and the bar tender was telling Zack about a ghost woman that seduces all the men who to go to the bar and as soon as he said that Zack started acting all horny like he wanted to fuck the ghost and he was like "I'm under her spell... she's tempting me" and it was sooooo uncomfortable to watch

[@calebcollectsdust]

@@Mila-Rosa i swear that happens like every 2 episodes 😭😭

[@midsommarvvitch7182]

my favorite is when he said he had a vision of a ghost strangling aaron and then proceeded to leave aaron in the room with said spirit

[@monkeyman2437]

i wanna like this so bad but its at 69 likes.

[@lolyfe7562]

I feel like Zak Bagans is to the Paranormal community what Criss Angel is to Magicians xD Bedazzled ed hardy shirts and all

[@AMKmusic96]

Cross rings and leather jackets 😆

[@hounddog4363]

That's spot on. Short sells chris angel a bit, but... at least CA has presented as a Vegas showman from jumpstreet. Never struck me as having pretensions of being serious.

[@angelav4568]

That is a perfect definition

[@belleladean6632]

This!!!!

[@azarahwagner2749]

BINGO 👍

[@OmegaOutoto]

Whenever I hear something about Ghost Adventures, I think about that time Zak asked a ghost if they were a male (beep the device once) or female (beep it twice), and the device just started screeching and wouldn't stop until Zak yelled at it.

[@yourgirlfae]

@Ville zak gets bitches and you dont

[@nagitokomaeda6316]

Ghost Adventures said NB ghosts are real. Based

[@Volundur9567]

@@nagitokomaeda6316 There are cultures that already say this.

[@nagitokomaeda6316]

@@Volundur9567 I didn’t say there wasn’t. But I was also just making a joke because 1 I don’t think ghosts are real and 2 I’m pretty sure zak isn’t actually pro NB representation

[@-Ghostess]

My go to thought was when other small scale teams have done EVP and spirit box sessions at places covered in the show some have the result of: "Were you present when Zak Bagans came here?" *"Yes."* "What was he like?" *"Jerk."*

[@forkestgrump]

As an adamant Ghost Adventures Human, I watch with the idea that Zak is drunk the entire time and it makes it SO MUCH BETTER. Even I agree that Zak is a walking exploit of the paranormal but Aaron Goodwin and Jay Wasley are personally why I watch. Awesome content as always Grayson!

[@dougspidermanhappy]

I love the fact that you state your beliefs and that you’re not interested in people tryna mock them. I’ve experienced paranormal things since I was 8, that I can remember. Skeptics sometimes think that skepticism is the same thing as intelligence. Nah. I’m glad I am open to more of the world than that. Thanks for the great videos! Your hair looks just like mine did in 1994

[@MF-R]

Yah, Aaron is a king. He's the one who flipped on the others and admitted it was pretty much all fake. That guy got screwed hard by Ghost Adventures too. I hope he's doing OK, he seems like a genuine dude.

[@notperfectandneverwillbe4825]

I used to watch GA religiously. But not because of Zak but because of Aaron and secondly Nick. I stopped watching when Nick left because of Zak started with everything was because of demons. I personally do believe in the paranormal but not that every spirit is evil and demonic.

[@screamqueen1019]

😂😂 There is a channel on youtube that does drunk ghost hunting, you should check them out. There called "Drunk Ghost Explorers"

[@DCFCfanatic]

@@MF-R what are you talking about? Aaron is still a part of the crew. And if you're thinking of Nick Groff, he has being doing a bunch of paranormal shows as well such as Ghosts of Shephardtown (townspeople came out and revealed the show was faked), Paranormal Lockdown (also revealed to be faked) and now Death Walker, which is gringy. Nick has never come out and said that GA was faked. Probably cuz this would implicate him as as faking things too. He butted heads with zak on how the show should be. in the end he was fired by Zak and the network because they found out he had been producing another tv show behind their backs. that show was called Ghost Stalkers. It was against the contract.

[@rosie_rod02]

One of the biggest things to happen in my small home town was the Ghost Adventures crew came to our totally unhaunted local hospital, a family friend even played one of the “ghosts” in the dramatized clips and she said it was totally fake 💀

[@jenniferlynnkarr]

They went to a museum out here in Colorado! I had such a fun time in the museum, I didn't see ANYTHING or even suspect there might be ghosts, and later when I watched the episode it was so ridiculous and over the top, they kept talking about 'I feel real bad, man' in particular areas of the museum, like you're lyyyying, why are you lyyyying!

[@rosie_rod02]

My story is that they said the saw two flashing orbs in their ghost camera flying through the air, yet knowing the hospital it was near a door that faces the road so it was absolutely just a car driving by, it’s so goofy 😂

[@babyqeels]

They came to an amusement park recently in oregon as well that’s totally not haunted. I went there all the time as a kid. I didn’t have the heart to tell my friend when she saw the episode and went solely for that😭

[@Polyvoxx]

Same thing w me lol. He came to my small town to “investigate” an old hospital and called the local urbex kids “possessed by the building”

[@LivingEncyclopedia]

We have multiple actual haunted buildings in our town, but when they came through they chose a random old restaurant instead. I didn’t believe a single thing that happened in that episode

[@ericmadeoftin8206]

Zak is a business man. He talked to the dead spirit of P.T. Barnum who said, " there's a sucker born every minute". If you pay extra $80, your an RIP, $200 you get a lap dance from a dead stripper spirit named Candy. Hey, it's Vegas.

[@daver00lzd00d]

don't be so disrespectful, her name is Kandi

[@JillBowers-cy9ow]

Zak is a business man and loves his money and the haunted museum is his gold mine.

[@allisonsummer6817]

I went to the Museum of Death in New Orleans, and it had typical stuff I expected like the history of warfare/weapons and (even cooler imo) explanations and displays for things like cremation and autopsies. But a decent chunk of the museum was devoted to true crime, so serial killers ofc but also there was a case they focused on where a family had been murdered, and they showed actual graphic crime scene photos of dead toddlers. It was horrific, and I tell everyone interested to not go for that reason alone.

[@ScreamingDucksShotMyMother]

That’s wildly disrespectful to the dead. I wish society’s treatment of death was a lot more normalized, and respectful.

[@isaiherrera1456]

New Orleans moment. Only place you will find drive thru alcohol

[@rudelittleant3654]

damn, that completely snuffed out my interest in the place. i have been very interested in death culture/funeral culture since i was a kid, but as soon as victims of heinous acts are exploited...Especially Children..all interest flies out the window. gross.

[@isabellacrabtree1586]

woahhh what? i live in new orleans and have gone 10+ times i don’t know how i missed that! are you talking about the section covering post-mortem baby “propping” photos?

[@katieguthu3371]

nah cuz that what you wanted right? you like true crime, thats the reality of it

[@craftwithkori4840]

I can't not think about Zac Bagans without thinking about the time he was thirsty for a ghost. It was a Valentine's day special and it's real...and real disturbing

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘

[@CrystalMouse1]

Jerusha

[@sadaddition1338]

It was disturbing on how Zak wanted to hook up with Jerusha throughout the episode. She's just not into you, Zak.

[@jojoschoreography5719]

As an English major and creative writing minor, I have to commend the level of thought and skill you put into writing your scripts for your videos. You clearly take the time to think of segues and organize your thoughts clearly and logically, and it really shows! Great job!

[@CTfarney]

An A for her English. An F for her French because of her pronunciation of cognac. 😂

[@nikkita1688]

@@CTfarney and an F for her calling him baggins like he is some hobbit. 😂 BAY-gens like BAgel. 👍

[@lk3309]

Not really

[@verniece2]

Ahhh JoJo, you are a spoken word lover. My favorite type of person😊

[@itsmesc123]

If the "RIPs" are paying like 80 dollars just to go in a few rooms for like 2 minutes that seems like a waste of money. Maybe they should have a separate tour guide or something for the RIPs so they can actually get their money's worth. The tour guide would be able to take them into the other rooms for longer without having to worry about the regular group wandering off and doing things they aren't supposed to. And then the regular group also wouldn't have to wait awkwardly for things to continue. But also they might have to hire more tour guides so they probably don't want to spend more money on that.

[@lisahoshowsky4251]

I had the exact same thoughts and came to the same conclusion, saving money. That said, they could just potentially only run the rip tours at certain times instead. Like instead of 6 mixed tours a day, you do 4 regular tours and 2 rip?

[@morrigan909]

I had 3 RIP's in my tour, and they mostly chickened out, like they paid all that money and even left the tour early. LOL.

[@lk3309]

I've been twice and most people go RIP. I wanted a shirt and they are $30 so it's basically the same price if you're going to buy a t shirt anyway. There are 4 or 5 extra rooms you get to see BTW

[@_mimisaurora]

i actually went to the museum myself in september after having a desire to for so long and honestly feel the same. in fact, id even go as far to say that i genuinely regret spending my money to go at all (and unfortunately spent the extra for the rip ticket). some of the rooms you mention in the video are partly why i feel this way, but was mostly surprised to hear you didn’t mention the torture room. it honestly makes me sick just thinking about it. the guide i was with did forewarn the party that anyone who wanted to skip the room, could, and said there would be very graphic depictions of sexual violence in that room. i didn’t go, but somehow, my friend did- and so my account is a very brief retelling of his: that zak had put a bed in the torture room and displayed a mannequin on it in a very compromising position and the video went on to explain tragedies young men had endured at the hands of robert berdella while showcasing the instruments and tools he used to commit these crimes- some even on the mannequin. he came out of there sobbing. and the fact they house sharon tates wedding dress right down the hall from the true crime room where they have some of charles mansons remains makes my blood boil to this day. while i did have some things i did enjoy, and some strange happenings occurred, overall, i hated having gone and don’t really recommend it to anyone anymore.

[@graysonsprojects]

they must have gotten too many complaints about it bc it was nottt there when we went i definitely wouldve brought something like that up omg

[@_mimisaurora]

@@graysonsprojects WAIT REALLY??! for our tour, it was the room we were shown right before the dybbuk box (those who did not want to go the torture room were told to wait in the wait area before the chamber) and was housed literally in the same/adjacent hall. apparently it's been a part of the museum for years, so im unsure if they close it down for certain periods and/or your tour was modified. either way i hate that it's there and it didn't help that some of the men that did go into the torture room made jokes and did not take any of it seriously. maybe it's a good thing you weren't subject to seeing any part of it.

[@orionoldroyd459]

I totally agree. I felt that way after visiting the museum of death in LA, it was a super interesting experience, and it taught me a lot about empathizing with the victims/victim's families. It's really altered the way I consume true crime/darker media, so I think that there are a lot of opportunities for different takeaways from experiences with exhibitions like this. I agree, it's absolutely rancid how Zak does his job/publicity bullsh*t. And I don't think that this museum (or the one in LA) is a healthy depiction of the way hauntings/death work, because it really focuses on monetization, as opposed to learning from the incidences depicted here. (Prevention, political/law related impact, historical significance, social impact, etc.) (Hopefully this was like a "hey I relate to this, and I agree on these points!" and not a total person-splaining post)

[@shaynapunim]

oh my god? i went there a couple years ago and quite bit of stuff rubbed me the wrong way but i didn't see that, that's horrible

[@_mimisaurora]

@@orionoldroyd459 absolutely. museums are fantastic venues to educate, and zaks is anything but. it's a house where people can come to gaze at his trophies, nothing more, and i realized that way too late. especially with most of the rooms having articles displayed about how zak was able to aquire "x" item for "y" amount of money. it doesn't help that because of this, and they way some of the rooms are talked about, that it allows for certain people to basically laugh through this whole experience or take anything displayed with the least amount of severity/sincerity. its so unfortunate because these places have so much potential, but are reduced to attractions at the end of the day. super sad.

[@futuremiIf]

the only connection i have to ghost adventures is the time my friend and i read the entirety of “ghost adventures saved my life” on wattpad (one of the funniest and most ridiculous fanfictions i’ve ever read) but i’m still very intrigued by this

[@faeriegraver]

Lmao I have to check that out it sounds hilarious.

[@eduardocastaneda1105]

I used to work there!!!!I was part of the cleaning crew. I would wake up at 5-6 and get there’s around 7. Pretty early and we would clean before they would open. Mind you this was around the time Covid first started. There’s honestly been times that I would walk around be like damn this shit seems fake. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS. There was only ONE experience I ever had that actually made me believe or convince me something fucked up about that place. My first day EVER cleaning. I was in the kitchen that faced the stairs that led down to the basement. As I was changing the trash can liners and cleaning the area right as I was about to turn towards the door for a very split second I swear to god i saw a women in a wedding dress/ white long gown type of outfit. And she had long grey hair. I swear on my life I saw this lady run down the stairs. Like she was so fast that it was just a brief second. I was so scared I couldn’t move for like a whole minute. I was so scared of what I had just witnessed it completely froze my mind and thoughts. I felt like crying. That’s how scared I was.

[@ninaintheair]

The way Zak Bagans speaks is HILARIOUS.

[@izzymiller2058]

I went to the torture museum in St. Augustine. I thought it was really unique and mostly touched on very old torture devices. It was fairly inexpensive as well. For anyone looking to check something like this out I'd recommend the one in St. Augustine

[@witchingbrew3]

See this I don't mind because these things aren't necessarily exploitative they just are a historical reminder this happen. Yeah it morbid but it's like educational, like the history of medical devices musuem.

[@dominikasandtner9470]

Same! It was pretty cool.

[@-Ghostess]

I love that place! I live about an hour away and it's one of my favorite spots to go. The guillotine photo op is really fun (especially since they upgraded the mannequins a few years ago)

[@zakbagans4813]

@@darbies Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘

[@hsparanormal]

Every time Zach asks a spirit to “show its power” a carnival barker gets its wings.

[@MrDPdrum]

😂

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘

[@auggiemain]

Ghost Adventures is so funny. I woke up to it playing in a hotel once and they went to this old lady's house who used to be a serial killer and one guy was on the bed and two guys were sitting by the bed and then one of the guys was like "I wanna put a pillow on your head and smother you to d3@th 🤬🤬." And then everyone was like "Woah woah 😰😰" and he was like "I'm so sorry Idk why I said that 😞"

[@camelliachristopher4131]

THAT was AWFUL, I THINK it was Jay, poor thing.

[@jamie8703]

I would be so down for more paranormal related videos I'm a total skeptic but you present the information concisely and keep it all engaging

[@canyonmoonbeads]

im glad someone else is sharing about their experience here, i left feeling super icky. When i went in the spring, i had literally just finished school literally in museum studies & was interested in seeing his museum both as a fan but also as someone entering the museum field. some of the displays literally made me sick to my stomach in how incredibly unethical they are, i dont know if the person who put them together doesn’t have any formal schooling for museum work/curating or what but i was so shocked by some of the things i saw. the worst was the room dedicated to the kansas city killer (one of the VIP rooms on the tour)

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘😘

[@lk3309]

So Zak isn't politically correct and it hurts your feelings?

[@canyonmoonbeads]

@@lk3309 literally said nothing about political correctness LOL im talking about INDUSTRY ETHICS, not politics

[@lk3309]

@@canyonmoonbeads Same thing

[@canyonmoonbeads]

@@lk3309 its not but ok 👍 ik ur just here to be a troll to strangers on the internet user29293847373737 with no profile photo have a good day!

[@auggiemain]

Sounds like the RIP problems could honestly be such an easy fix.. like they just need to seperate the RIP and regular peoples tours so that the RIPs can actually have time to look at/do everything

[@lk3309]

There's no RIP "problem". I took my time in each room. They try to push people through to keep all the tour groups moving. We went when the museum opened and it still took almost 3 hours to get through

[@auggiemain]

@@lk3309 wow crazy Idngaf

[@lk3309]

@@auggiemain Then why you posting? 😂

[@auggiemain]

@@lk3309 because I was sharing my opinion on it? Having vips go along with regular tours which forces people without vip to just wait is wack when they could just not do that.

[@lk3309]

@@auggiemain It's not a big deal. The tour group is maybe 10 to 15 people... maybe a few aren't RIP... it's not a real inconvenience to anyone really

[@anonymus.ferrett]

i love ghost adventures ironically. ik it’s so fake, it’s just funny to watch zac be so dramatic and pretend everything is real when yk they’re just trying to make something out of absolutely nothing. it’s also just part of my childhood so it’s nostalgic.

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘

[@bea9901]

i’m very sensitive to spirits and everything related, so i would like to add my experience. my bf and i got the rip tickets when we went in the basement, we got to look in Bela Legosi’s mirror (which was once upstairs and accessible before you could go in the basement.) very dim lit room with a spirit box and a pentagram on the floor. a few people in our group and i stayed downstairs for a little bit talking to the spirit box. low guttural noises started coming from it so we all thought it was our time to head back up. i was the last in the group so i thought i could sneak to take a last look in the mirror and all of a sudden i had this heavy feeling/presence. i turned around and headed back up, but the whole way it felt like someone followed me til i got back to my group.

[@perse6826]

My mom was super into GA before she passed away and honestly even as a fan of Zach and crew this video would’ve made her wanna discuss and smile for a good video, she would’ve loved this 🥺 thank you Grayson for this video, ❤️ please keep it up. New fan but love the videos. You can be critical of shows you don’t like sad you have to explain why you don’t like it. Everyone has different opinions

[@classiccarissa]

i'm so happy you made a longer video about this!! i loved hearing your thoughts during the vegas trip video, as someone who's been watching ghost adventures on (and now mostly off) for years. they've always overexaggerated or just straight up lied about stuff in their episodes, and it just seems to become a bigger and bigger problem as the seasons go on. I was always curious about the museum since the episodes that took place there usually had a weird vibe. I always thought his room full of serial killer items was weird, but he would always pas it off as being drawn to or influenced by dark energies and that somehow by having like JWG's teeth there or smth is a good thing.

[@fartsmcgee8700]

I went here in 2019! It was really weird. I don’t remember an RIP option at the time, I don’t think that was around then. My mom and I went and were expecting a real museum-esque experience. Instead it was very short moments in rooms, with not much time to look at things, sandwiched by jumpscares. Like at the beginning in the doll room, someone would be asked to be the first volunteer to see a doll they kept around the corner and a little person would jump out and chase them back into the main room. In the clown room, there would be like 50 -75 mannequin clowns and the last one was a real person posing who would jump out at you. They didn’t spend as much time discussing the amount of money spent to obtain items, but all the employees were really nice. Near the middle there was a live “freak show” which was cool, but less than 5 minutes. Zak Bagans was leaving as we got there, and I met him in the hallway as he was leaving, but I was also a Ghost Hunter girl 😂

[@karenb260]

I went when it was newly opened as well. It was better than it is now. I like the museum for it's weird collection of things but she is totally right about it being exploitive. The tour guides used to be way more involved. But maybe having the TVs of Zak explaining things is supposed to make you feel like he's there i dunno.

[@moonstar3856]

I went last year and did the R.I.P tour, the most disturbing thing in all house was the murder room, who tortured his victims for fun with random things like putting bleach in their eyes, had their bed with smeared fetal matter behind a glass case. That whole room ruined my sister's experience and made me feel uncomfortable and sad for the victims. That one room I could lived not seeing.

[@lisawigger9306]

That stuff the victim families didn't know the evidence was released from the police & then sold. They found out once it went on display in the museum. They tried to get Zak to atleast remove it but he refused from my understand.

[@xingcat]

I am a skeptic, but I was a Museum Studies major in college, and I can't imagine how badly you have to plan in order to biff a haunted objects museum. I'd imagine there are so many opportunities for collecting items with interesting backstories, and those backstories would be insanely interesting to pair with the objects, and instead to focus on celebrity items and tragic items is so weirdly off that it seems totally on-brand for Bagans.

[@honeybeastie1]

When I first watched Ghost Adventures, I found it incredible that Zack got all that evidence each investigation. How was it that he got it and the others (i.e. Ghost Hunters) didn't and debunked a lot. As I continued to watch, I realized how Zack dominated most of the camera time. Then Nick Groff suddenly left the show....no explanation. Aaron and the others were usually delegated the less "haunted" areas. My conclusion was, and this is just my own opinion, this is a show about Zak Bagans. The hauntings, if verifiable, are incidental to Zak's camera time. I no longer watch Ghost Adventures, having become disillusioned by the whole thing. Sorry Zak fans.

[@BlackBirdSinging47]

This actually made me feel better- I'm disabled and was so bummed I couldn't do the haunted museum when we were in Vegas this past summer. I love everything horror and spooky, but it sounds like I wasn't missing much!

[@CrystalMouse1]

Soooo many historical places are inaccessible and it’s really disappointing

[@lk3309]

There was a woman in a wheelchair on a tour I went on. It is tight in there. Watch Carpetbagger or grimlifecollective videos about Zaks

[@nauticalnausicaa7790]

My favourite Zak Bagans moment is when he's at Goatman's Bridge and starts throttling himself, making shrill, shrieking sounds as Aaron is like, DUDE STOP

[@cynthiathompson6020]

I agree that was hilarious!

[@lk3309]

Lol .Zak is such a bad actor.

[@Glorfinniel]

Aaron was getting screen time and Zak had to steal the limelight by choking himself.

[@chillinvillain7800]

I always get such a kick out of Zach getting Aaron to go into the creepiest places alone because ohmygod stop torturing that poor man

[@scarletrhapsodyconventiontea]

I generally felt the same way when we were in the room with the mummified head. I went with friends who are also sensitive to the paranormal and all we could feel in that room was anger as if it didn't want to be paraded on display. Understandably so.

[@hannahhable1771]

The only thing that comes to mind when I think of ghost adventures is when Zak slipped on ice 💀

[@karenb260]

There we also the water puddle with the downed power line he almost fell in.

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘😘

[@jamiethomas3768]

That WAS pretty funny!

[@blissfullydead]

Me and my family have an inside joke about how Zak gets “angry” in every single episode

[@adeadcorpse4598]

yay a graysons projects video

[@fanboy3761]

yippie

[@chani2966]

One of the big haunted objects in the "haunted museum" is the dybuk box, and as a orthodox jew this is one of the biggest bullshit I have ever seen in my entire life. Dybuks are not malevolent spirits, there simply souls that cannot monve on into the afterlife, so it laches it's self to anything and to anyone, so it can elevate itself to heaven, by fixing whatever they did wrong in there life It doesn't mean there evil, and we don't put them into boxes Holly shit I hate this sooo much, because people think dybuks are some spooky scary demons when it simply is not

[@moosetracks4436]

The man who put the first dybuk box up on eBay in 2003 even admitted that he made it up

[@NataleighDupler]

You should go to the Museum of Death in Hollywood if you’re ever in LA. It was just a gruesome museum with a lot of serial killer and cult memorabilia. They had a lot of other stuff too but it didn’t feel like glorification. Gave me a very nasty feeling after.

[@lolyfe7562]

@UC4nNnhDrmkAUrD9c7ubGU0Q They had some stuff from the Manson family house, A Heaven’s Gate maquette, Alot of random objects and information about jonestown, rare photos ect.

[@slay.interrupted]

Arent there rules against filming and taking pictures in the museum?

[@lolyfe7562]

@@slay.interrupted There are, most likely for respect as they also have a section with some gruesome true crime photos and someones dried head in a jar.

[@sparkytuttle2966]

I am a Las Vegas native and probably close to double the age of most here. I also have been dealing with my gifts since I was 14. Once Zac had his show, I would get in arguments with zac's 'people' whoever they were... about him showing all kinds of tools for anyone to ghost hunt. He also made it look like ghost just run out everytime he shows up. What was and still is dangerous is anyone who is not fully aware that not all entities are grandma. Many are demons love to step into the door Zac opens via young, inexperienced people. He also angred me by supposedly clearing out entities from people's homes then just leaving them to fend for themselves. Zac is now and has always been a liar regarding the paranormal. He is also full of it regarding satanic rituals at the old Wengert house. None of that happened. He has harmed the paranormal community tremendously. He is an egotistical bloated bag of poo. He has survived this long because of his looks and his gab. But don't be fooled. He has love only for Money.

[@kellysouter4381]

Goodness! Don't hold back!

[@11Christys11]

Yep this!!

[@keelinmacken9552]

I don’t know a lot about this stuff but I’m curious. You mention how Zac “clears” entities from their homes then leave them to fend for themselves, what do you mean by that? Do you mean it in more of a Zac just doesn’t know what he’s doing so the house isn’t “cleared”? If not that and he did “clear” the house, what do they have to fend themselves off from? Are there possibilities of those entities coming back if like not actually properly cleared (since he’s not a professional lol) or do entities just come back regardless and need constant “clearing”? Sorry I know this comment is like months old but I’ve always been curious about this stuff

[@cirella1064]

@@keelinmacken9552 Hi Keelin. Sounds like she meant he “clears” homes on the show but in reality he does nothing and leaves them to fend for themselves. Which is awful if he actually was in a real haunted place.

[@ClareLawrence]

So…. Las Vegas Natives are normal. Guess it’s the people who move there. Apparently Chicago is emotionally unaware I heard that from a person in the park one time who had moved over the pond . That’s where Zak is from

[@riley.....]

does anyone remember the episode where The Boys were "investigating" a succubus haunting, and zak *INSISTED* on being the bait? 😭😭

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘

[@danijelagilanji1929]

@@zakbagans4813 oh please hello fake.

[@radiostatic]

Your points are spot on to how I felt when I went back in October. I saw a lot of suggestions to go so I assumed it would be worth it but it really isn’t. The celebrity room you talk about is so uncomfortable. “You know that movie where Robin Williams deals with suicide and then he does so in real life?? We have the jacket from that movie. Oh, and you know how sad it was that Heather O'Rourke from ‘The Poltergeist’ died?? We have some of her homework framed on the wall.” Why? How is this not disrespectful? And the tour is absolutely not ADA compatible for wheelchairs. The person on my tour could walk/stand for short amounts of time and could enter the rooms their chair could not, but at one point they had to be completely separated from the rest of the group and finish the tour “virtually” because the places we were being taken weren’t accessible for them. Do not go to this place; it is not worth your time or money. The only “haunting” that took place was that the rest of the day I would randomly smell the fake smoke scent they had pumped the Al Capone room with.

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘

[@wowisthisel]

I watch Ghost Adventures all the time with my dad so we can make fun of it and… it sure is an adventure. He thinks almost everything remotely “evil” is “demonic.” He also uses the word “debunked” way too much, and it doesn’t make sense! He’ll say “We debunked this as being the voice of Amy!” or something, but that’s not the correct use?! He also dramatizes EVERYTHING and he gets possessed WAY TOO OFTEN! And whenever someone figures something out, Zak finds a way to make it seem like he was the one who did it. I’m pretty sure this show is just all for attention.

[@hildahilpert5018]

Watch it once in awhile,but not like before they moved to Discovery Plus.Seems to me Zak is way too interested in the dark side.I understand the WarrensMuesum,and wanting such objects not to wind up in the wrong hands.But this seems like amines making scheme.Havling heard ghost stories my father,s family brought from Germany, etc. have no desire to see such stuff.Have mixed feelings on the show.Wish they hadn't moved Dead FilesCheck out the KZbin Channel Imps and Ghosts a small British channel.They went to Temple Bruer,a Knights Templar Preceperatory ,and got noises voices and even figures on the ESL camera in broad daylight.Ghosts aren't just at night you know.

[@olivialaura270]

I lived in vegas for 5 years and took my brother there when he came out to visit. It was fairly boring although we both tried to make the most of it given that we’re both believers in the paranormal. When we left tho my brother was COVERED in scratches, including a huge one on his jaw - we hadn’t noticed them when we were in there. I remember visiting all the rooms mentioned but there was nothing about RIPs or the flatscreen TVs, or the haunted clown house aspect, seems like it got a lot more gimicky in the last few years.

[@Rick_Cleland]

@ville__ 😦😦😦

[@MidnightAndLuna]

Does anyone else remember that episode of Ghost Adventures where Zak was trying to make moves on a ghost? It was a Valentine Day special.

[@lojosmom7949]

That episode was ridiculous. I am a TAPS/GH girl. Zak took the legitimacy of all paranormal investigators and should, in no way, be considered a reputable investigator. I would much rather watch GH collect minimal evidence then watch Zak get possessed AGAIN. I also enjoy Destination Fear (even though Zak is the executive producer) and Ghost Brothers.

[@lk3309]

@@lojosmom7949 Zak did seem to get possessed every episode for a while. Lol

[@Kimmaline]

I dated the stepdaughter of Robin Williams mentor--a man who was also my Shakespeare teacher. Robin funded a sizable portion of my theatre education--and while I didn't know him personally, like many many others I feel a personal connection to him. The fact that I was diagnosed with a complex vascular brain disorder four years ago only increases that. (Yes, I know, not a one-to-one with Lewy Body, but still.) I have a huge issue with the way that death is often exploited snd commodified, especially when it comes to the Ted Bundy fandom types. Bu the way that people salivate over Robin Williams' death is extra brutal for me. Every day of my life I do what I refer to as "morbid math,"....trying to figure out if I am going to manage to stick around long enough to raise my little girl, how much money do I spend on my medical stuff versus our general living expenses as a single disabled and chronically ill mum, etc. It feels like people are just really fucking out of touch and heartless when they profit off of a type of absolute devestation and trauma they clearly cannot empathize with.

[@zakbagans4813]

Hi beautiful fan thank for being an amazing fan I want to thank you for your love and support showed toward me all this while, I want to let you know that your likes on my page have never gone unnoticed 😘😘

[@lk3309]

I really enjoyed the museum

[@jenniferlynnkarr]

I went to the Haunted Museum just before the pandemic hit (like December 2019) and this VIP/RIP thing wasn't in place when I went. When I went I bought a regular $40 ticket, I got to go into the doll closet, I got to feed $1 into the Zak Bagans Zoltar machine (the opportunity to give the museum more money! wow!), and I got to stare into the skull. I'm wondering if the RIP thing was put in place because when I went, it was up to the tour guide to randomly select people in the group for these bonus experiences and my tour guide, for whatever reason, picked me for EVERYTHING and I heard people grumbling about it (rightfully so, I would've been pissed if it hadn't been me!), so maybe this new RIP thing was created so if people want the extra experiences, they can pay more. But having experienced them, I promise it was not worth an extra $40.

[@mekaylaowo1928]

okay, i haven’t even watched the full video but my friend and i went here on halloween for funsies and it was some of the most antisemitic shit i’ve ever seen in my life. aside from what i know everyone talks about with the bullshit “dybbuk box” theres the fake hebrew looking font on the tickets, the nazi memorabilia kept right next to what was literally just an old kosher butcher’s knife, and the most sickening was that they force you to leave by going towards the gift shop and the last thing you see is a holocaust victim doll :))) im completely serious it literally filled me with so much rage so seeing anyone talk about this place sucking with any sort of platform is a win for me edit : yeah i had the annoyance with the RIP tour stuff too (poor woman on our tour couldn’t do half of what she paid for) but overall my issue was with how,,, vile and blatant the antisemitism was the only joy i got out of the entire experience (which was supposed to be for a laugh because it’s zAK BAGANS) is being able to joke afterwards that i got cursed by zak bagans because he knew i was jewish since i had an ingrown hair start randomly bleeding while i was there really disappointed to see that none of the antisemitism was mentioned like the dybbuk box being completely fake and,,,, the holocaust doll and swastikas and nazi memorabilia

[@meowchowpanda]

I would not trust Zak Bagans with my drink.

[@theweysermanisback5205]

Don’t worry, Grayson. I’ve had breathing issues like that, sort of, when it was really me with The Flu last week.

[@ThatMusicFan13]

it's sad for my Nostalgia Brain™️ to see the mood of ghost adventures shift over the years. initially it felt genuine and had a lot of character and heart, but now it's no different from any other reality tv. compare that with ghost hunters. they came to my city for a haunted library. they gave it a fair chance, but were upfront about how all these apparitions were definitely just light coming through the windows (the library is next to a busy road, so think of semi headlights at night). Less exciting for tv, but it definitely helps build your reputation as a reliable source.

[@juggalorize3540]

The episode when zak was smacking the wall and screaming "fight me" to the ghost 👻😂😂😂😂 had me weak.

[@aestasol]

actually you had to sign that waiver in case Zack showed up and was in a feisty mood that day

[@FTZPLTC]

Important question re the paranormal: if you died in Dr Death's van, would your ghost haunt the van? Cuz that'd suck, to haunt a van.

[@vfam.4308]

yesss love this type of stuff. I also am a firm believer of the paranormal. would love more videos like this 😍 hope all is well

[@bo.sleeps]

i’m excited to hear about your experience ! as an amateur paranormal investigator i quickly came to realize just how toxic that community is. i knew a few popular ones on social media and….wow. never met one that isn’t just a gross person.

[@tharealcar-lee509]

I agree with you completely. No one I would ever like to work with

[@b4tty.]

How convenient that this comes out while I'm already binging your videos while I work lol time to renew my childhood obsession with travel channel ghost shows I guess

[@Bat_Fiend.]

I used to be a big fan of ghost adventures as a kid and watched it all the time. Looking back on it now makes me cringe for several reasons. First and foremost how exploitative it is, like you aslo said about this museum so is the show. And also how contrived and fake it is. I'm not really a believer anymore but I still think the paranormal is interesting. Just a shame it's been exploited and disrespected so much. No matter if spirits exist or not it's still people who lived and died.

[@gingerseed123]

one other thing abt small businesses- make sure you’re also shopping from the original artists! some people may take art from others and the creator won’t get credit or compensation!

[@juggalorize3540]

Sam and Colby was giving permission to investigate there. If you've never watched them give em a try. They're a good paranormal channel, and most of their investigations seem genuine. You get to see everything in the museum for anyone that's interested in seeing it. Just type in Sam and Colby. Also The over night channel with Elton and Corey is also a good paranormal channel that I watch faithfully. Have a great day👻

[@hotcocoandart]

I think Swell Entertainment did a thing about the same museum and the RIP experience. I'd recommend checking out her video, I think she talks about the second 'true crime' room you mentioned. I think you were happier to not go in there, from what she said

[@eee_ssa]

whats the title? i looked thru her videos n couldnt find it

[@DementedWorks]

I took my son to the Haunted Museum in June last year. Not only was it hotter than Hell itself, they had no a/c on which caused my son to have to leave the tour early because he was hot and began to feel sick. I'm surprised that they didn't mention that the house apparently once belonged to Jenna Jameson's family. That was a point they made when we got to the basement. It was all dramatic about how she believed there was an evil in the house and that it affected her family when she was a kid or something like that. I have to agree that the haunted circus was the best part. Everyone on our tour had a WTF moment when we heard the circus music and then saw the miniature scene. I think we all wanted to stay in the room with the freak show performer, his words not mine. He was really cool and after doing some stunts, he chatted with a few of us. The one prop I will give is the employees were really nice and helpful. My son, who is an adult and disabled, had taken an Uber back to our hotel, but he couldn't tell me because guess what? Phones had to be turned off. The guys outside helped me try to track him down and were really comforting while I was losing my shite. All in all, I completely agree that this place isn't worth the money and it seemed more like a huge storage facility for oddities that Zak has collected over the years.

[@maggiealelew]

I LOVE subtle merch Trust me all the stuff from small businesses are 10x cuter because they are the girls that get it!

[@gojijynx]

the way i burst out in laughter when the zak zoltar machine popped up

[@orionoldroyd459]

And the "fighting over dark paraphernalia like rats" got me, because even rats know how to share. This just in: rats are more emotionally intelligent than the rich!

[@plagueguy1862]

lets be honest we never watched ghost adventures for real ghosts.. just the hilarious crew and shenanigans 😂

[@tiffanykim2773]

I gotta say you're the calmest angry person ever 😂

[@perse6826]

“Hurry up” never been so real lmao

[@captainnemo7690]

I mean, I don't know anything about this museum, but if they're including a "dybbuk box" in their collection as a paranormal artifact, they have no integrity. For anyone who doesn't know, the idea of a dybbuk box was made up by a random dude selling a cabinet on eBay in the early 2000s who roughed it up, did a weird carving, and wrote up a nonsense story about Polish Holocaust survivors being tormented by an evil spirit and trapping it in the cabinet (which story I frankly don't like the vibes of and think is somewhat inappropriate, but I wouldn't suggest it was done with actively exploitative intent). I don't know if the box in Bagans's collection is The Box or one of the imitators that piled on after, but if it's being presented as anything other than an interesting relic of internet folklore, that's being done in bad faith because the original hoaxster has spoken very publicly about making everything up. A dybbuk is a real type of evil spirit from Jewish tradition, but they are exclusively depicted as possessing people -- there's no basis within any Jewish theology for trapping one in an inanimate object. Obviously no criticism applies if the museum is being honest about the (non-paranormal) origin and (extremely recent) history of their so-called dybbuk box, but if not, it's a major red flag that they're not even willing to put in a minimum of effort to pretend to be honest or trustworthy. And I sort of suspect they aren't, if people are claiming to have paranormal experiences with the object.

[@glizzygoblin69]

I love zak in the most ironic way possible. He has such a self inflated ego that he doesn't even seem aware of and ends up saying the most off handed comments lmao. I remember at the part in the tour before you go see the dybuk box there is a video of him describing post Malone as like his best friend lmao. My friends and I were dying

[@spookyoyster4014]

Sooo it's basically the Mystery Shack

[@VenusianLissette]

I’m so glad you made a longer video about this! Looking cute & great job girly!✨💕💅🏻

[@LittleHwangO]

IMO Zack Bagans is an opportunistic entertainer who does have an appreciation for the supernatural but over time his greed has led him to lie and embellish quite a few things (source: Google and common sense) just so he can get a paycheck through shock value. The supernatural doesn’t have to be “scary” or “shocking” aaaaaall the time, but that’s what sells 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@LittleHwangO]

@Ville he’s SO embarrassing 🙈

[@LittleHwangO]

@Ville ??? Zack BRAGgins

[@LittleHwangO]

@Ville yes ofc!! Hahaha he is honestly the most cringe! I love ghost hunting shows but they’re all cringe, but nothing beats Zak 😂

[@LittleHwangO]

@Ville ahhhh no!! I’m just a 28 year old and I assumed you were young and just mistook me for a teen too or something, but I don’t hate you, I’m just almost 30 and don’t have any socials 🥹

[@jonycat5846]

I don't typically watch ghost shows, I am a believer, so they scare tf outta me. but now relating that house to the true crime community, making money off of real celebrity stories just leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Also your look ❤ that shirt is gorgeous where do I get it

[@poundcake681]

I just want to say that I’ve been binge watching your videos and there so comforting thank you!❤️

[@Curiousashellborne]

Have you ever heard Zak say "phenomena"? Cue the Muppets.

[@SherrySmith-v4b]

I like the different things inside the museum. It’s not a mess it’s just eclectic. It’s definitely a passion project of things I would never otherwise get to see. He has to be a showman to keep the place going. He has so many more things to display and he even sells stuff he receives that were formerly used in the museum or items with stories that can’t be used. I bought a marionette from his mom and people that see her in my home are creeped out. I feel the opposite, I love her. I hope he expands the museum.

[@TeamTee]

If being honest is considered “hating”, well then I’m glad you drank your haterade before this video. Cuz you certainly saved me and my partner both money and time. As lovers of the paranormal and gigglers at the silliness of Zak’s tv ghost empire, we had this on our “reasons to drive to Nevada” list. Knowing just how exploitative it all is makes me sad but not surprised, and I’m very much disinterested in shoveling more cash in that direction. Loved this vid and that you took the time to get this message out. ✨

[@ihateeveryonelol]

Grayson's intro is so calming.

[@LizardsLore]

Zak Baggins is now synonymous with the Warrens as far as I’m concerned.

[@fellowsinner9683]

My favorite ghost adventures moment is when Zak gets tangled in electrical wires and freaks out. Runner up is him supposedly getting punched in the ass by a ghost

[@Rei-1200]

That color hair looks so good on you ♥️♥️♥️

[@imcreepinitreal]

I feel the same way. I liked the spooky items. However, the "display" that most angered me on my tour was one that featured a bed from a Kansas City serial killer where he tied his victims down to a bed and tortured him on said bed, and our tour guide let us know the mattress is stained with blood and fecal matter from his victim on said bed. I'm sorry: that's actually awful. That victim was murdered in a HORRIFIC way, and now Zak is charging you 50 dollars minimum to gawk at the stains of his murder. He's essentially being victimized again, and Zak is monetizing it. I'm all about creepy items. and weird macabre artifacts: don't show me someone's horrible final moments and make a profit off it. It's gross. It's wrong. And it's so disrespectful to what that person had already had to suffer through to get those stains you're charging 50 bucks ahead for.

[@radiogirl85]

Totally agree. That was sickening. Zak has a very disturbed mind to want that. Museum or not. I didn’t care for the “serial killer” room either and him smiling in a photo with OJ Simpson made me want to throw up.

[@webdznr1]

@@radiogirl85 He and OJ are two of the same... narcopaths.

[@denisev2311]

Wow! My bf and I are Ghost adventures clan, however, I have had the same discussion on multiple occasions with him..." Honey, we are Sensitives ourselves. But you don't engage with Paranormal contact everywhere you go., every episode. SMH. So yes, I do agree with Grayson 110%. Also, watching Zac dangerously taunting and bullying these entities, has made me literally, deeply uncomfortable and nauseated everytime.

[@Einahpets33]

There ARE things in this world that we will never understand. WE WANT ANSWERS 😂

[@paigehutchinson6777]

Love the video and the mention of accessibility!! Just letting you know handicapped is an outdated term and just saying “disabled” is typically preferred!! ❤️

[@lk3309]

There was a lady in a wheelchair on a tour there I was one with her daughter.. just so you all know. Call them or email the museum... it's definitely NOT designed for those in wheelchairs

[@nattyism]

babe wake up, grayson’s projects just posted

[@KittyLovesGlover]

thank you for taking this off my bucket list.

[@marsraya]

For $80?? Yeah definitely not worth it. Maybe for $30 yeah but not $80 Anyway good content, Grayson :)

[@rubypospisil728]

Happy Friday grayson

[@callmeseve]

Ghost hunters is so much better than ghost adventures and I will die on that hill

[@callmeseve]

@Ville have you seen Danny Gonzalez’s video about ghost hunting? He goes to the Stanley hotel and finds out that when Ghost Adventures went there they literally made up stuff about the hotel. Also they just yell all the time and it’s really annoying

[@mvan8307]

You watched ghost hunters and not ghost ghost adventures, that's all i need to know to know you rock sister, i miss ghost hunters, they caught some crazy chit. Merry meet and blessed be to you.

[@skyehuff8785]

If you’re interested in non-exploitative true crime / creepy museums, graveface records in Chicago or Savannah is amazing. It’s a museum featuring old circus photos and history, oddities and taxidermy of unique animals like two headed deer and such, and a section on serial killers and cult leaders. just super informative and educational exhibits, the tour guides never glorify any of the disturbing content and victims / bodies / crime scenes are never shown. The museum is actually working to re-open the case on John Wayne Gacy and get justice for the many families of his victims who never did. Sorry I sound like I’m advertising loll but it’s one of my favorite museum experiences and I think true crime museums and exhibits should always be handled in this way but rarely are.

[@Eibarwoman]

I wonder if there's "haunted" dentures at the museum ran by the guy from Ghost Adventures?

[@Ren_Renee]

They started out being pretty good and believable until later years

[@kingisabel]

remember that iconic moment when zak bagans was scalded by a pot sticker and said "being scalded by this potsticker has brought my mind back to THE TASK AT HAND" LMAOOOOOOO i cannot tell u how many people in my own family watch Ghost Adventures and really really believe in it edit addition: HE SAID A GHOST BLINDED HIM LMAOOOOO

[@andrewestrada250]

I went through this tour this past Saturday and actually really enjoyed it. Yeah, some of the exhibits are simply cool memorabilia or oddities with an interesting backstory. Then you have the heavier stuff like the Dybukk Box, Peggy the doll, The Devil’s rocking chair, etc…

[@BareBare711]

If you haven’t watched Twin Paranormal, I highly recommend that show! I love how alternative their looks might be in some circles coupled with them being the most polite, sweet and genuine guys! Also, you can tell how much they truly care about each other, the owners, any guests and the spirits…so worth watching IMO!!

[@BlackEmberShadow]

As a small business owner, thank you! It’s always important to support local and online small businesses or they won’t be able to stick around.

[@hannahmarie1886]

Just started watching, make up and outfit AMAZING just saying

[@bradkeough8073]

I got tired of Zak threatening to beat his team mates and then faking a possession. Ghost Adventures makes a mockery of the real people out their.

[@aoife316]

Stop it rn your videos have been all I have watched while writing essays! So good and informative and funny ❤❤❤