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ladyk23's review
3.0
I've had an interest in ghosts and the paranormal for as long as I can remember, but ghost hunting shows don't really hold much of an interest to me. Mostly because they tend to be presented by people who are clearly faking for the cameras *cough* looking at you Derek Acorah *cough*. But when this came up on my Audible account - I think but don't quote me - as something I could listen to free of charge, I added it to my account and figured if I was stuck for something to listen to, I could listen to this and it wouldn't have cost me anything. I tend to add most things if they're free to be honest as what have I got to lose? I can listen to the opening chapter and if it's not for me I don't need to continue.
In most instances I've very much enjoyed the Audible original podcasts that I've listened to, whether they were free or not, and so I decided last month after having had this one in my list for a while that I would give it a listen. It very quickly became apparent to me however, that this was not about ghost hunting. Not in the traditional sense anyway.
Yes Jason King is a ghost hunter, and this is his story, but ghost hunting plays very little part in his tale, and the sole focus of the series is to help Jason find his father, and what comes out about him along the way. I won't go into detail as that would spoil, but what I will say is that there is a LOT of very traumatic stuff covered in this podcast. There is a trigger warning before each episode, but if you're going into this expecting ghosts and hijinks you'll be sadly disappointed. If however you do also enjoy real life stories, long lost families, tales of trauma and abandonment etc, then you will probably still find something to like here. The documentary is well put together and sensitively handled, especially given that the guy making this documentary - Ben - originally seems to have thought as we did, that this was going to be a story about a ghost hunter.
As such, if you only came here for ghosts I would look elsewhere. If, like Ben you can handle something a lot deeper than that, then stick around. It's quite the ride.
In most instances I've very much enjoyed the Audible original podcasts that I've listened to, whether they were free or not, and so I decided last month after having had this one in my list for a while that I would give it a listen. It very quickly became apparent to me however, that this was not about ghost hunting. Not in the traditional sense anyway.
Yes Jason King is a ghost hunter, and this is his story, but ghost hunting plays very little part in his tale, and the sole focus of the series is to help Jason find his father, and what comes out about him along the way. I won't go into detail as that would spoil, but what I will say is that there is a LOT of very traumatic stuff covered in this podcast. There is a trigger warning before each episode, but if you're going into this expecting ghosts and hijinks you'll be sadly disappointed. If however you do also enjoy real life stories, long lost families, tales of trauma and abandonment etc, then you will probably still find something to like here. The documentary is well put together and sensitively handled, especially given that the guy making this documentary - Ben - originally seems to have thought as we did, that this was going to be a story about a ghost hunter.
As such, if you only came here for ghosts I would look elsewhere. If, like Ben you can handle something a lot deeper than that, then stick around. It's quite the ride.
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