Finally watched 'In Search of the Paranormal' - absolute nonsense or undeniable evidence?

I'm genuinely split on this. Watched it over the weekend with my partner and we had a proper row about it halfway through. Some of the testimony is genuinely compelling - the section on Borley Rectory had my hair standing on end - but the 'dramatic music and conveniently timed thunder' editing made me roll my eyes so hard I nearly saw my brain.

The production quality is decent (£14.99 on Amazon Prime, not bad). Loads of real historical accounts mixed in with some proper tenuous links. One moment they're talking about a documented haunting, the next they're connecting it to a local nobleman who may or may not have had a cat.

Believers: which bits convinced you? Skeptics: where do you think they've overreached? Genuinely interested in both takes because I'm sat on the fence like a confused pigeon.

The Borley section is the only bit that holds up imo. Actual documented phenomena there over decades. But yeah, they then pivot to 'cursed teacups' or something equally daft and lose all credibility. It's a shame because there's good research buried under the melodrama.

It's a documentary made for people who've already decided to believe. The 'interviews with experts' are always with paranormal researchers, never with actual skeptical scientists. That's not balance, that's advocacy programming. Still watchable though, bit of fun.

I thought it was brilliant, to be honest. Obviously some bits are more speculative than others but that's the nature of this field. We don't have laboratory conditions. The Rendlesham Forest segment was particularly well researched. Worth the watch even if you're skeptical, just to consider the alternative narrative.

It's a documentary made for people who've already decided to believe.

The production quality is actually quite poor compared to what you get on BBC documentaries. If you want something genuinely well-made about this stuff, check out the Chris French episode on RadioLab. But that's proper scientific skepticism, not faith-based dismissal either.