Grant Wilson’s final episode of Ghost Hunters will air on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 9 PM EST.
The episode entitled, “Please Sign the Ghostbook” takes place at the Spalding Inn in Whitefield, NH.
We would like to share some advance pictures from Grant’s last day.
Go to the Syfy site and leave a message on Grant’s Thank You Wall using Twitter or Facebook.
Your note might appear on the air for Grant and the whole world to see!
Grant’s Last Episode Will Air May 16
As announced on last night’s episode, Grant Wilson, co-lead investigator of Syfy’s hit reality series Ghost Hunters, will be departing the show.
His last episode will air Wednesday, May 16 @ 9pm, and he will wrap production at some point next month.
Statement from Grant Wilson:
“It is with mixed emotion that I am announcing my departure from the cast of Ghost Hunters. While paranormal investigating has always been and will remain a passion for me, after enjoying nearly eight successful seasons on television, I have made the decision to leave the series in order to focus on other aspects of my personal life.
“I will deeply miss working with Jason and the rest of the dedicated investigators and crew that have become like family, and I wish them all the best as they continue to follow their passion and realize the vision of TAPS. I will also miss interacting with our wonderful fans worldwide. You are all at the heart of what we do on Ghost Hunters, and I’m grateful to have gotten to know many of you over the years.
“Thank you to Syfy and Pilgrim Studios for giving me the opportunity to do what I love for nearly eight years, and for supporting this difficult decision.”
Statement from Jason Hawes:
“When Grant and I founded TAPS nearly 20 years ago, we never imagined that we would be able to make such an impact just by doing what we enjoy every day. I will miss working with Grant on a daily basis, and am indebted to the level of dedication and expertise he has brought to our field.
“I can’t imagine having a better partner through it all – both on the show and off. Grant and I, along with our spouses and children, are all like one big family. While I fully support his decision to move on from the series, this longtime friendship – as well as our business partnership – will continue off-camera for years to come.”
The Shocking Announcement
“I’m Going to Be Leaving Ghost Hunters”
“Eight years has put stress on us..in various ways..and..over the course of awhile…Jay and I have been talking..And….its been a very difficult decision to make..but..I’m going to be leaving Ghost Hunters.
So..Its just time for me to back off..step aside..and..no one has done anything wrong to push me there by any means….its tough..a tough decision to make..
But its not the end..its not goodbye..I still have a few more cases that I will be working with you…and I appreciate the support.”
Grant Wilson
Update – Statements from Jason and Grant
Tweets Before..
“They’ve evacuated my area. Scary scary night ahead.” – Jason
“Check off the bucket list, experience a tsunami in Hawaii. HOLY CRAP warning sirens going off now…” – Britt Griffith
“Getting to higher ground, Tsunami sirens are going off. Thanks for the concerned tweets…so sad to hear of the devastation in Japan.” – Amy
“Filming has put us through blizzards, flooding, hurricanes, tornados, fires, explosions and now, tsunamis. Not much left on that list…” – Grant
Jason did a couple of phone interviews.
Tweets After..
“Back in my room. Tsunami hasn’t been as bad as predicted so far, thank goodness. Safe and snug on the 18th floor though…” – Amy
“So, first week in Hawaii, a volcano goes off, our hotel catches fire and tsunami hits the island. I can’t wait for week two….” – Britt
“Survived the tsunami. It wasn’t as bad as they predicted. All is well. Thank you for the prayers and well wishes!” – Grant
(Grant is also urging all that can to donate to the Japan earthquake and tsunami relief)
“All is well in Hawaii. Just woke up after a needed rest. What a night! Looking forward to the rest of the stay and praying for those in Japan.” – Adam Berry
Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson presented Hasbro Children’s Hospital with a check for $61,100, which they won while playing to benefit the hospital on a recent episode of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.”
Just in time for Halloween, the ghosts will say ‘Who’ not ‘Boo’ on a special episode of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” airing October 29, featuring Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, the lead paranormal investigators and stars of the Syfy series “Ghost Hunters.” Viewers looking for a scarily good time should check their local listings (nationally syndicated, find listings at www.millionairetv.com).
Hawes and Wilson will appear together as contestants on the Halloween-themed episode of Millionaire and will be able to discuss the questions and possible answers with each other, before giving their “Final Answer” to host Meredith Vieira.
The duo will have to correctly answer 14 trivia questions in order to take home the show’s top prize of $1-million. New for this season, the first ten questions and the money values attached to those questions are both now randomly shuffled, adding to the excitement and unpredictability of game play. Hawes and Wilson will have three lifelines – “Ask The Audience” and two “Jump The Question” lifelines, which will enable them to jump over a question, but require them to forfeit the dollar amount attached to the question.
Hawes and Wilson will donate all of their team’s winnings to the Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI, an organization that provides a network of pediatric services and is located near the Ghost Hunters home base in Warwick, RI.
The Ghost Hunters duo said, “Kids are so important to us. They are the future. The stronger we make them, the stronger the future will be for them. Hasbro Children’s Hospital is blazing the trail in how to treat chronically ill children and is making these kids feel comfortable, important, loved and strong. They are the model for true compassionate care.”
The suspected ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night at Fort Knox may be getting a visit from television paranormal investigators the “Ghost Hunters.”
The producer of the SyFy channel’s “Ghost Hunters” series and Leon Seymour, executive director of Friends of Fort Knox, are discussing the possibility of filming a segment of the show at the fort. Story Producer Patrick Powell on Monday confirmed the show’s interest in the fort, but declined to discuss the matter until details had been completed.
“We can make it happen,” Seymour said this week. The fort was constructed between 1844 and 1869, and although troops were housed there during the Civil War, the fort never saw any action. And though no one actually died inside the fort, several people have reported hearing voices and seeing images inside.
At least one psychic has confirmed the existence of spirits in the fort. Some have suggested the spirits are those of a solider who had strong ties to the fort, such as Sgt. Leopold Hegyi, who served there for 13 years and died in the house where he lived across the road from the fort.
In addition to many unexplained experiences, visitors, over the years, perhaps sensing something in the fort, have asked guides about the possibility that the place is haunted.
Posted in Around Town by Christina Couch on October 23rd, 2009.
Before going to the “Ghost Hunters Live” presentation at Harper College last night, I knew the Syfy show was popular. I even knew that America’s favorite plumbers-turned-ghoul-getters were leading the ratings among paranormal-themed shows. But I had no clue just how large and zealous their fan base is. The day after Ghost Hunters aired its investigation of the Congress Theater, more than 1,500 people flooded the Harper College gymnasium.
Though I’d only planned on attending the show, the Harper PR rep gave me three on-the-fly minutes with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson before the show began. Thankfully, they were pretty cool about answering a few questions from a totally unprepared reporter.
TOC: You guys seem to have a huge fan base and an equally huge group out to debunk you. Does that bother you?
Grant Wilson: Ha ha ha, no. That’s what we want. We want everyone to be a skeptic. We’re skeptics. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be trying to debunk this stuff. We encourage people to ask questions. Actually, at the last place we spoke, a girl who couldn’t have been older than nine stood up at the end of our presentation and asked, “Yeah, but have you seen any real paranormal stuff?” I thought that was great. That’s the best question we’ve gotten so far.
TOC: It seems a ton of shows out now are trying to do the same things you guys do. Do you feel there’s stiffer competition in the televised ghost-hunting field?
Jason Hawes: Not really. They’re not on at the same time, and they’re not doing things in the same way. TAPS [the Atlantic Paranormal Society] has been around since 1990, so we were doing this long before the show. We’re out looking for the truth and if someone else is doing that too, that’s cool.
TOC: What can we expect from the next season?
GW: We just started filming 27 episodes for 2010.
TOC: Where?
GW: We can’t say. We can tell you we’re getting a ton of new equipment. This season we’re going to have 360-degree cameras, full-spectrum video cameras, a hand-held X-ray gun so we can shoot at one point on a wall and see through. We’re pretty excited.
TOC: Favorite place you guys have been?
JH: The Stanley Hotel [in Estes Park, Colorado]. We’ve been there, what, 14 times now and it never disappoints.
TOC: What’s the creepiest thing you’ve ever seen?
JH: Homeowners. Everyone asks us this question and it’s the people who own the homes that are the scariest.
GW: A ghost might move around furniture, but it won’t ever pull a gun on you. People are the ones you should be afraid of.
TOC: Someone actually pulled a gun on you guys?
GW: Yeah, we were checking out this woman’s house and she pulled a shot gun on us. Unfortunately, she also committed suicide six months later. We didn’t put that on the show, but it happened.
Maintaining its status as far and away the #1 paranormal investigation series on all of television, Ghost Hunters drew season highs in Household ratings (2.2) and total viewers (3.1 million) during its telecast last night on Wednesday, October 21, airing from 9-10 PM ET/PT.
The episode, featuring an investigation at Chicago’s Congress Theater, posted a season high in Adults 18-49 (1.81 million), while also delivering 1.9 million Adults 25-54.
Ghost Hunters more than doubled the audience totals for this week’s new episodes of the competing paranormal series Ghost Lab on Discovery and Extreme Paranormal on A&E.
In October 2004, Syfy introduced Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson plumbers by day, Ghost Hunters by night! The success of its spin-off series, Ghost Hunters International, cemented the Ghost Hunters brand as the top paranormal franchise in cable. The franchise just expanded further with the green light of a brand-new series, Ghost Hunters Academy (premiering November 11, 2009 @ 10 PM).
From Syfy