216. Ghost Adventures

Reminder: I am not a Krishna Venta apologist, but I do despise sloppy history and those who do not conduct proper due diligence before speaking on a topic.

The television program Ghost Adventures aired an episode on July 14, 2018 titled “Kay’s Hollow.”  I’ve taken more than six years to comment on this particular item because I couldn’t stomach the idea of enduring it a second time before now.  (It makes Scooby Doo look like an intellectual exercise.) I’m “taking one for the team” and reviewing it so that you don’t have to watch it.  And, yes, it’s hard to watch TV when you’re rolling your eyes.

I have no way of confirming whether devil worship occurs in Kay’s Hollow (Kaysville, Utah) or if people have committed suicide there, as the hosts of the show allege.  There’s no question, though, that what they present is sensationalized to an absurd extreme. 

Not only do they transmogrify a huckster into a demonic force, but they present verbiage such as:

* “He [Krishna Venta] wasn’t a good guy”;

* “…central hub of evil that has caused attacks, possession…”;

* “evidence of devil worship”;

* “Satanic symbols”;

* “open a gateway to a demon”;

* “brainwashed”;

* “He [Krishna Venta] thought he was Jesus Christ”;

* “It could be anything that that man [Krishna Venta] has conjured here straight from hell”;

* “There could be devil worshippers in the forest”;

* “Krishna Venta, appear, Krishna Venta. The cross was built for you”; and

* “Could she [a ghost purportedly trapped under Kay’s Cross] have been one of Krishna Venta’s victims?”

The evil which manifests itself in the Kay’s Cross area may be real.  It might be imagined.  Either way, the producers and hosts of Ghost Adventures conveniently ignore the competing theory that the cross was erected (not for Krishna Venta) in honor of LDS cult leader/polygamist Charles Kingston and lay the blame for such evil at Krishna Venta’s shoeless feet.

Apologies for any typos on this entry. I typed it on my cellphone.