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Entertainment & Sports

Jan. 3, 2012

Ghost researcher keeps up fight over show

A longtime ghost researcher who pitched to several networks a reality show based on his profession is arguing once again in a new state court filing that the Syfy Network stole his idea when it launched the hit show "Ghost Hunters" in 2004.

By Erica E. Phillips
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES -- A longtime ghost researcher who pitched to several networks a reality show based on his profession is arguing once again in a new state court filing that the Syfy Network stole his idea when it launched the hit show "Ghost Hunters" in 2004. It's the second attempt by Larry Montz and his creative partner, Deana Smoller, to prove production company Pilgrim Films & Television Inc. used their idea without paying the...

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