Ghost Mine

Yesterday was a long day. I had several meetings at work, which weren't bad, but choked my day. Immediately after work I ran to the hospital where one of the men from church had been admitted. From there, I ran to church for dinner and the service. I didn't see home until about 8:30. While Shelly was at choir, I played a little Warcraft, but I wasn't that into it. I really was ready to see my wife.

As expected, she got home, I wrapped up the instance I was in and we settled in for a little TV. As you might know, my wife is crazy and many of her TV choices are, well, the kind of shows a crazy person might watch. These range from Ghost Shows with investigators who undergo fake possession to all manner of HGTV shows, which after include a couple buying one of three houses. I think the excitement is supposed to be predicting which house they will buy, I'm not sure. I can't look at my DVR without rolling my eyes, but I digress. Wednesday, though, seems to be the day when shows we mutually enjoy come together, Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth and Face Off. So, I settle in beside her to watch Ghost Hunters.

Ghost Hunters is Ok. They are in Hollywood, catch a few little things and a good time is had by all. Shelly points out how this is the me show she really wants to watch with me. It's our show. Odd, I know. Anyway, it wraps up and she tells me she recorded the next show because it looked interesting. I am, as you might suspect, nervous. I make sure my iPad is close, in the event I need distraction from this new distraction and I settle in to watch Ghost Mine.

Honestly, I don't know if I like this show or not. I don't even now how to tell you what kind of show this is. It's like a mash-up of one of those, watch guys do a strange labor incisive jobs, shows and a Ghost Hunting show. It is like some executive said, we have enough dangerous job types shows and we have enough ghost shows, but you know what we haven't seen, at least not since Scooby Doo, ghosts in a mine. Let's do it.

Here is the set up, old cranky and highly superstitious miners start working at a mine, which hasn't been operated in year. The last time it was operated, everyone walked off of the job, because of the ghosts. The Tommyknockers. On the other side, you have two paranormal investigators who are excited about the opportunity to do an extended study of a haunted mine. They get in each others way, the miners don't like having a women in the mine, the cameras and wires get in the way of mining. The mining was bad, and the ghost hunting was OK.

I would have a hard time recommending this show. It seems the intersection is a little strange, but for the time being I'm curious. The iPad was never busted out during the show.