Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files

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Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is a paranormal investigation series produced by Base Productions that began airing July 15, 2010, on SyFy. The show follows a team of investigators, led by former FBI agent Ben Hansen, who review various photographs and viral videos of alleged paranormal activity. If a particular piece of evidence is deemed intriguing enough to warrant further investigation, they set out to recreate and explain the sighting. Beginning episode #207 in first-half of season two, the show began to feature a "You Decide" segment in the middle of the program where a video is shown of something strange and then asks the viewing audience if they think the footage is fact or faked. After a commercial break the truth behind the video is revealed.

Instead of chasing ghosts in dark hallways, this team dissects grainy viral videos and blurry photographs to separate digital trickery from the supernatural. Forensic scrutiny replaces jump scares as investigators apply logic to the internet's most unsettling sightings.