I loved this cartoon as a kid. Never mind the fact that the ghosts were never real, the series had a lot of good stuff, it had a creepy Gothic atmosphere, spooky ghosts and at least one step in reality most of the time. The early episodes all had a least one scientific fact in them, such as how dry ice made fog. They were also who-done-it's as you were made to believe who the bad guy was going to be as the story made the switch; the Caveman episode the best example of the last minute switch. It also had a major babe in Daphne Blake, the stunning redhead who made all the guys tune in to the show. I guess the show could have also had Fred Jones for the girls. The series did suffer a lot as the atmosphere was lessened and made more cheerful. Several of the stories became even more outlandish as you realized that the crooks in the monster suits were their own worst enemies. I just can't believe that realisticly that there costumes could have been that convincing. Plus, scaring off these kids were never going to do it. Why didn't they just help the kids along their way instead of being so suspicious and scaring them off. Of course, the one thing that really ruined the show was the screaming mutt. Why the creators didn't ditch him off the side of the road after the very first unpopular response is a bigger mystery than all the others.