Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is actually just a investigation show created by Base Productions that began airing July 15, 2010, on SyFy. The series follows a group of researchers, led by former FBI agent Ben Hansen, who review videos of paranormal activity and various photographs. They set out to recreate and explain that the sighting if a particular bit of evidence is viewed as intriguing enough to warrant further investigation. Beginning episode #207 in first-half of season two, the series began to feature a"You Pick" segment in the middle of the program by which a video is shown of something strange after which inquires the watching audience should they think the footage is fact or falsified. After a break that the truth behind the video is disclosed.