Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files
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 (from Dr. M. David Hansen, business partner), who review various photographs and viral videos (mainly from the internet) 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.
| Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Paranormal Mystery |
| Starring | Ben Hansen Jael de Pardo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 36 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | John Brenkus Mickey Stern |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Base Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syfy |
| Release | July 15, 2010 – May 16, 2012 |
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Beginning episode #207 in the 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.