The Unbelievable is a Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 TV program about paranormal

Paranormal

Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...

 and other supernatural

Supernatural

The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...

 occurrences mostly in Hong Kong and nearby East Asia

East Asia

East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...

 countries. It is generally based on Eastern buddhist, taoist or Chinese spiritual

Chinese spiritual world concepts

Chinese spiritual world concepts are cultural practices or methods found in Chinese culture. Some fit in the realms of a particular religion, others do not...

 supernatural perspective, though not limited to these philosophies.

Name

The Chinese name of the show 怪談 literally means "Strange Talk". The characters are also used for the Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 word of Kaidan

Kaidan

Kaidan is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 meaning “strange, mysterious, rare or bewitching apparition" and 談 meaning “talk” or “recited narrative.”-Overall meaning and usage:...

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Format

Generally the format follows that of a reality show where live video taping is done in areas with paranormal activities or hauntings. Sometimes re-enactments or experiments are done to explain a specific phenomenon or sightings. At the end of the episodes, live call-ins allow home viewers to ask questions or inform others about their personal experiences. Many guests, fans and specialists are invited to join the programming to provide expertise or participate. The long term success of the show has expanded to fan clubs.

Host

• Generation 1: Simon Lui (雷宇揚)
• Generation 2: Si ming (施明)
• Generation 3: Si ming (施明), Emily Kwan (關寶慧), Nelson Cheung (張學潤)
• Generation 4: Spencer Leung (梁思浩), Monique Au (歐綺霞)
• Generation 5: Spencer Leung (梁思浩), Leung Ka-kei (梁嘉琪)
• Generation 6: Spencer Leung (梁思浩), Sammie Yue (余思敏) and Rachel Chen (陳曉華).
• Generation 7: Spencer Leung (梁思浩), Natalie Mitchell (可宜)

Topics

A very wide range of topics have been covered by the show. Below are some samples

• After death revisits
• Out of body experiences
• Eastern style exorcism
• Ghosts and relationships
• Hauntings
• Spiritual communications
• Bewitching
• Reincarnations
• Proper burial and funeral methods
• Tools and equipment analysis
• Practices, procedures

External links

• The Unbelievable forum