Travel Channel

“Final Curtain Call”

10 PM et / 1 AM et

Amy and Steve investigate reports of frightening paranormal activity at a community theater in Vancouver, WA.

Amy discovers secrets hiding in the dark corners of the Slocum House Theater while Steve unearths the location’s bloody history.

NEW

Travel Channel

“Washoe Club / Chollar Mine”

6 PM et

Zak, Nick and Aaron return to Virginia City, NV, the site of their very first investigation. The angry spirits in this old western mining town have been waiting for their return.

“Waverly Hills Sanitarium”

7 PM et

Waverly Hills Sanatorium was the final destination for thousands of tuberculosis patients. The crew investigates its dark history and summons spirits that are still roaming the halls of this derelict building.

“Letchworth Village”

8 PM et / 3 AM et

Zak, Nick & Aaron travel to Letchworth Village, an abandoned mental institution complex in Haverstraw, NY, to reveal a powerful and addictive force that compels locals to persistently revisit the haunted grounds.

“Edinburgh Vaults”

9 PM et / 12 AM et

The Ghost Adventures team travels to Scotland to investigate the Edinburgh Vaults. The city is steeped in history and hauntings, but no landmark holds as many ghosts as the rooms and passageways under South Bridge.

“Sacramental Tunnels”

11 PM et / 2 AM et

GA investigates historically ravaged Sacramento in a three-part lockdown that has them scouring the underground tunnels, phantoms of the theatre and haunts from the original California Supreme Court.

Repeats

Syfy

Battleship UFO

11 PM et

Devin, Jael, and Ben look into possible paranormal activity on the USS North Carolina where investigator Mike Roberts caught a misty, skeletal image on the deck with his still camera, and an image of a ghostly figure moving through the mess hall where a sailor fell to his death years ago.

Jael, Bill, and Lanisha seek an explanation for a video shot in Warren, Michigan of a UFO near a construction site.

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History 2

“Mystery of Puma Punku”

9 PM et / 1 AM et

At nearly 14,000 years old, the ruins of Puma Punku are the oldest and most baffling on the face of the Earth. No one knows who designed and built this complex of sophisticated inter-locking blocks, and then vanished. Researchers investigate the ruins on-location in Peru and present new computer analyses.

Forensic evidence on the ground, together with local myths and legends, suggest this site may have been designed and even once inhabited by a species of extraterrestrials.

“Alien Contacts”

10 PM et / 2 AM et

Unearthly visitations… Heavenly messengers… Close encounters… Accounts of humans interacting with celestial beings have existed since the beginning of mankind. Many of these encounters resulted in moral, philosophical and artistic inspirations. But did these contacts involve ethereal beings from heaven or extraterrestrials from other worlds?

Are holy books the word of God, or guidebooks passed down by more advanced civilizations? Who told Joan of Arc how to defeat the English Army–saints or extraterrestrials? Could a young boy from India have learned advanced mathematical formulas from a Hindu goddess? What message did an American serviceman receive while touching an alien aircraft?

If the Ancient astronaut theory is correct, then are beings from other worlds communicating with us for our benefit… or theirs? Just what is the purpose of these alien contacts?

“Aliens and Deadly Cults”

11 PM et / 3 AM et

Mass suicides. Human sacrifices. Unholy rituals. Throughout history, people have claimed to have otherworldly knowledge, and have led followers to commit horrific acts of violence.

Are they con men? Are they insane? Or might the voices in their heads really be of an extraterrestrial origin? And if so, did they simply misinterpret the messages they received? Or might there be extraterrestrials with a sinister agenda?

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Friday

The Dead Files

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Travel Channel returns with season six of the popular paranormal travel series, “Ghost Adventures” on Friday, March 9 at 9:00 PM

Investigative duo, Zak Bagans and Nick Groff, along with equipment technician Aaron Goodwin, explore some of the most haunted locations in America to unearth the trapped souls and dark energy within.

This season, the team visits spots that have never been explored by the Ghost Adventures team including the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion in Denver, CO, the Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, OR, as well as the family home of paranormal equipment inventor Gary Galka in East Granby, CT, where business gets personal as they help one family make contact with their dead daughter in a deeply personal story of love, loss and a haunted house.

Each of the seven, one-hour episodes starts with an in-depth profile of a location’s haunted past. Once the story is told, viewers follow the investigative team as they survey every nook and cranny while conducting scientific experiments while being locked down overnight.

“Ghost Adventures continues to attract huge audiences for the Network and has a growing appeal to travelers who seek a different type of thrill and adventure,” said Andy Singer, SVP, Programming and Production, Travel Channel. “Zak, Nick and Aaron have built a dedicated fan base that seem to follow their every visit and tweet, and are inspired to visit many of the destinations featured in their show.”

The new season kicks off with the trio as they head to Denver, CO to explore the historically haunted Peabody-Whitehead Mansion. Built in 1889, its first owner Dr. William R. Whitehead was convinced the building was plagued by the spirits of hundreds of soldiers he tried to save from his days as a surgeon for the Confederate Army during the United States Civil War.

After his death, when controversial Colorado Governor James Peabody moved in to the mansion, things only worsened. The governor was viewed by many as the enemy of the working man and in 1904, the Governor ordered state militia to break union strikes by the region’s gold miners by brute force. Hundreds were injured in the violence, and dozens were killed as their bloodshed was on the governor’s hands.

All the years of torment are now trapped inside this now empty Grant Street mansion. In addition to being the site of a suicide, there have been over 120 years of ghostly activity in the building including reports of visitors being pushed up against the wall by unseen forces!

UFC Fighter Brendan Schaub joins the trio at the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion in hopes to shed some light on the evil entities in order to learn more about the darkness that lies within the walls of this historic location.

During the investigation in the basement, it gets personal when a spirit calls out Brendan by name, and then reveals new evidence about an unsolved crime.

This turn of events triggers the involvement of the Denver Police Department – currently reviewing the “Ghost Adventures” team’s evidence.

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When will Ghost Hunters return?

Ghost Hunters returns in September.

Are there going to be new episodes of Celebrity Ghost Stories?

New episodes return Saturday, June 2.

When does Ghost Adventures return?

Season 7 starts this Fall but there will be 2 England episodes premiering this Summer as “Specials”

When is the new season of Ghost Hunters International?

Season ended April 4, so far no indication if it will be picked up for another season.

What happened to Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files?

Season 3 Premieres Tuesday, April 17 at 9 PM

When is the new season of Destination Truth?

Season 5 Premieres Tuesday, July 10 at 8 PM

Will they bring back Long Island Medium?

TLC has renewed its hit series LONG ISLAND MEDIUM for a third season. The network has ordered 16 half-hour episodes for season three, set to premiere September 2012.

Is Haunted Collector coming back?

Syfy has announced the Season Two Premiere of Haunted Collector will be Wednesday, June 6 at 9:00/8:00c.

Syfy has ordered a 12-episode second season of Haunted Collector. The series is expected to return during the second quarter of 2012.

Will The Dead Files be renewed?

Season 2 Premieres Friday, April 20. (13 episodes)

Will there be more episodes of Paranormal Witness?

Paranormal Witness has been renewed for a second season and is expected to premiere August 2012.

When is the next episode of Celebrity Ghost Hunt?

Celebrity Ghost Hunt with Chip Coffey was just a one episode pilot. If you want the network to pick the show up, you can help by writing them and letting them know. ae.viewerrelations@aetn.com

Why was Paranormal State canceled?

Ryan Buell stated creative differences, exhaustion and other projects as his main reason for leaving. You can read his full explanation here.

Is Psychic Kids coming back?

Sadly, after three seasons, Psychic Kids was canceled.

Is Paranormal Cops coming back?

Paranormal Cops only had one season and was never renewed. Investigator Ron Fabiani, of the Chicago Paranormal Detectives, stated the team will continue to be available to those who need their services.

What happen to Ghost Lab?

Ghost Lab was canceled. However, the Klinge Brothers and Everyday Paranormal continue to make public appearances and hold public events and have revamped their team in order to embark on a documentary film project

Will Paranormal Challenge have another season?

Dave Schrader announced, during a recent Paranormal News segment on Darkness Radio, that he can definitively say “Paranormal Challenge” will not be renewed.

Season five of “Ghost Adventures” returns with paranormal investigators Zak Bagans and Nick Groff, along with equipment technician Aaron Goodwin as they unveil the history and dark secrets of haunted locations around the world.

This season takes a deeper dive into the culture and history of these spooky locations before the overnight ghost investigation occurs, visiting never before investigated locations including the Mizpah Hotel in Tenopah, Nev. and the Ashmore Estates in Ashmore, Ill.

After completing over a hundred investigations and 64 episodes of the series, the trio takes their acquired ghost tracking skills to the next level — uncovering even more gripping scientific evidence — as they become more skilled at taunting and using equipment to engage the other side.

During the premiere episode, the guys head to the rural Midwest to clash with the demonic forces at the Ashmore Estates.

In 1870, the Ashmore Estates was a poor house, filled with social outcasts. After almost a century of countless deaths, the estates were then modified to be a psychiatric hospital in 1959. Some of the worst patients from another psych ward were sent here to continue their tortured existence. In 1986, Ashmore closed for good, and ever since, it’s been plagued with a demonic presence.

While there, the trio hopes to discover these evil entities in order to learn more about their malicious ways.

“The Cover of my new book “Dark World” set to release this September! Get Ready!” – Zak Bagans

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Note – Though many sources call it Season 4, it is listed as Season 3 by Travel Channel.

“Everyone had their “bucket List”..I have mine.

Recently, I’ve become obsessed with going to Washington, D.C. and investigating the places where history is made — particularly Congress and the White House. There are many rumors of ghosts in both places.

I’ve petitioned the White House and Congress to be allowed access. As an American Citizen and a professional in media with a large audience, I believe I am entitled to explore this phenomena, and to share my findings with you.

But I’ve heard nothing, after months of trying. So I’m turning to you, my loyal fans.

I’ve dealt with non-believers before … I know all of the usual answers. But you and I know the truth… and we know that the truth lives in these great historic places.

Sign the petition to get Ghost Adventures to the White House!”

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The Washoe Club Haunted Museum
Virginia City, Nev.

“Virginia City is one of my favorite haunted cities in the country,” Bagans says. Here you can visit the 1862 bar, the haunted museum and, perhaps, have your very own ghost encounter. “Heck, the ghosts at the Washoe Club call me and my fellow investigator, Nick Groff, by our full names. What can I say? The ghosts get personal.”

Bobby Mackey’s Music World
Wilder, Ky.

This haunted honky-tonk was once a slaughterhouse and, according to legend, the site of cult activity. Even creepier, “the well in the basement, known as Hell’s Gate, is claimed to be a portal to hell,” Bagans says. The warning sign posted in the entryway says it all: Management is not held liable for any attacks by its ghosts.

Moon River Brewing Co.
Savannah, Ga.

“This is by far the most haunted building in one of the most haunted towns in America,” Bagans says. “You may want to think twice before heading to the bathroom while drinking that tasty beer. An encounter with the ghost of a Civil War soldier may await you.”

The Stanley Hotel
Estes Park, Colo.

The hotel that inspired Stephen King’s novel The Shining is believed to be haunted. (In fact, The Stanley hosts regular ghost tours.) “This hotel has its dark history, but also has guests who seem to never want to check out,” Bagans says. ” The problem is the guests have long since passed on.”

Soldiers National Museum
Gettysburg, Pa.

Not only is this former orphanage near the site of one of the Civil War’s bloodiest battles, the building has its own tragic history, which makes it “the creepiest spot in Gettysburg,” Bagans says. As the story goes, a woman who worked here chained children in the basement. Apparently, this resulted in a lot of “unrested spirits.”

Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia

There’s nothing like walking into a 19th-century, gothic-style castle where thousands of criminals, including gangster Al Capone and bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton, were incarcerated to get a hint of the prison experience. “Prisoners’ agony, pain and insanity were entombed in the thick, windowless cells of this prison,” Bagans says. “That energy can be felt.”

USS Hornet Museum
Alameda, Calif.

“Just over the bridge from San Francisco, the “Grey Ghost” (a former aircraft carrier), sits eerily decommissioned,” Bagans says. “You can take your own self-guided tour through its haunted jungle gym-like maze of steel corridors. The sailors and servicemen seem to still be hanging out in their bunks and in the ship’s medical facility, where the residual energy from horrific battle scars seem to never heal.”

Bird Cage Theatre
Tombstone, Ariz.

“You don’t have to watch wild West movies to get a feel for what rowdy gunslingers used to be like,” Bagans says. “Simply come to this old gambling hall/ brothel.” The raucous gathering spot first opened in the late 1800s, and “the ghosts of Boot Hill Graveyard seem to still be hanging out at their favorite nightspot,” Bagans says. “If you want to catch a good scare, linger around for a while. I must say, from personal experience, there are definitely some touchy-feely spirits here.”

Amargosa Opera House and Hotel
Death Valley Junction, Calif.

“This peculiar hotel is located in the middle of nowhere and was once used as a Borax Mining community complex,” Bagans says. “It has a creepy carnival feeling with eerie murals of people drawn on every wall. The staff reportedly gets channeled through quite often by its resident spirits. Use caution if you want to check out its unrenovated section tagged ‘Spooky Hallow,’ where an apparent murder took place.”

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, W.Va.

The asylum, one of the largest hand-cut stone masonry buildings in North America, boasts more than 150 years of haunted history. “Once inside, you can feel the presence of the mentally ill patients who lived and died there,” Bagans says. “If you want to experience a chilling encounter, go stand inside one of the isolation cells and listen very carefully for a ghostly, blood-curdling scream.”

USA TODAY

If there was any way to monitor TV ratings in the afterlife, the Travel Channel series “Ghost Adventures” would probably make a killing.

The show, which starts its fourth season in September, is not only one of the cable network’s most popular, but series stars Zak Bagans, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin are becoming as well known in the netherworld as they are in the real one.

“A lot of people think that this, because it’s on television, is entertainment, and we’re out there yelling and screaming for no reason,” Bagans told AOL News. “We live with things that follow us constantly. This ‘door’ has been open so long that it just constantly keeps getting wider and wider. So when we go places, it’s almost like we’re known in the spirit world.

“We go places that we haven’t even been yet, and they call our names. They say, ‘Zak! Nick, come in!’ all the time.”

Bagans, Groff and Goodwin, on a promotional tour for their series, were in San Diego recently to meet their living fans at Comic-Con, but graciously gave any ghostly groupies a chance to say hello as well by agreeing to be interviewed in Room 3327 at the Hotel Del Coronado, a world-famous hotel with a world-famous ghost by the name of Kate Morgan.

Morgan has been scaring up business since 1892 when she reportedly took her own life after spending five lonely and lovesick days at the hotel waiting for a man who never arrived.

Although the hotel has hosted such living luminaries as Bill Clinton, “Weird” Al Yankovic and the cast of “Baywatch,” Morgan is the most famous permanent resident. Her hotel room is popular with guests, many of whom report having strange paranormal experiences while staying there.

In other words, the perfect place for an interview with ghost experts like these guys, right?

In fact, Bagans says he, Groff and Goodwin prefer to stay in haunted hotels whenever possible.

“It’s what we live in,” he says. “This is our environment, so to be around it, personally, makes me more comfortable.”

Groff agrees.

“We’ve been doing this for so long that usually when we walk in, we can pick up stuff right away,” he says.

At that moment, a water bottle suddenly flies out of the hand of the show’s publicist, Diane McNamara, and lands seven feet away at my feet. The suddenness freaks out McNamara, causing her to leave the room and stay away for the remainder of the interview.

“I felt immense sadness in that room,” she says teary-eyed after the interview. In another interview, a day later, she adds, “It’s actually been that way since we checked in. I keep asking to have my room changed.”

Groff, on the other hand, is used to encounters like this.

“That’s the kind of weird stuff that happens just like that,” he says.

McNamara is quick to add that she has never had any paranormal encounters before. Bagans and Groff are just as quick to add that they’ve never seen her as agitated as when her water bottle flew out of her hand.

Considering what has just happened, it seems an investigation is in order. Groff takes out a digital recorder to record any possible sound impressions. Sometimes a recording in a silent room can reveal strange messages, presumably from spirits.

The trio requests a moment of silence for the mini-investigation. Before turning on the recorder, Groff warns all those in the room that if they have to say something, they should not whisper, lest it be confused as a message from the afterlife.

“OK, we’re in Kate Morgan’s room; Zak, Nick, Aaron, David, Carrie Ann [the Hotel Del Coronado's publicist],” Groff says.

Bagans, who works as the lead investigator, steps in to make contact with whatever entity might be in the room.

“This is Zak,” he says. “Can I ask you a question? I just saw one of our friends act in a way that we’ve never seen before, and I clearly saw a bottle taken out of her hand without any movement on her part whatsoever and fly about seven feet. I want to ask you, Are you angry with us? Or were you just trying to get our attention? ‘Cause you really, really frightened her, and I know you weren’t trying to do that. But can you give us a sign now? Can you shut this door for me? Can you just do that? Or would you rather appear in this mirror? Might be easier.”

Groff adds his two cents.

“Kate? Are you here with us? If you are, can you throw something or move something so we know you’re there?”

Bagans then asks the mysterious spook why it pushed the bottle out of McNamara’s hand and says offhand to Groff, “It f—ing flew!”

Groff agrees, saying, “Yeah, it flew” before turning back to the ghost. “Kate, can you tell us right here why you threw that?”

Bagans: “I’m starting to feel something.”

Groff continues the line of questioning. “Were you mad that she was in here?”

At this moment, Bagans mentions the sound of leaves rustling outside the window and explains that the crew always notes these noises when doing a digitally recorded investigation so they don’t overreact to the noises during playback.

Then he returns his attention back to whatever entity may have made the water bottle fly across the room.

“Kate, is that you or somebody else?” he asks. “Did you follow us here? Are you a male?”

He pauses for a moment and visually scours the room. Then he focuses his attention on the backpack on the bed.

“My red tag just moved,” he says quickly to the others. “Were you watching that?”

Groff uses this as an opening.

“Do you not like that backpack on the bed?” he asks.

Bagans follows up the questioning.

“Is it because it’s mine? Are you trying to get my sacred chrism out of there?” he asks, later explaining that the chrism is a special anointing oil he uses to protect himself from the occasional evil entity. In passing, he mentions that he has a really good exorcist on speed dial.

Throughout this, Goodwin, who is often set up as “ghostly bait” by Groff and Bagans, continues to visually scour the room, mostly checking for cracks, drafts and any signs for strange energy, such as sudden cold or hot spots in a room.

He and Groff then lead Bagans over to a spot near the closet that fits the bill.

“It feels cool on my arm,” Goodwin says.

Despite this feeling, and a general tingly feeling, no more experiences occur. Bagans says this is common.

“A lot of times, just like that, they can just be here for a fraction of a second, and then they’re just gone,” he says. “It’s as if they’ve left through some kind of doorway. It always seems like our world and their world are like two pieces of Swiss cheese that are constantly moving, and occasionally the holes match up for just a second.”

Bagans has been documenting his ghost hunting since 2004. He, Groff and Goodwin have come to believe that what we consider to be ghosts fall into three types:

• Residual energy of people who had shocking experiences, such as being murdered
• Intelligent beings capable of answering questions from humans
• Demonic beings that mimic the sounds of children.

Groff’s experiences have convinced him that evil people give off a very powerful energy.

“You have good people in this world, and you have bad people,” he says. “We go to a lot of pretty vicious prisons. At the end of the day, you realize these are some pretty vicious people — rapists and murderers — and you wonder what happens to their energy when they die.

“Well, that energy still lingers. And when we go to these jails where they don’t want you there, they can harm you or do something to you or make you feel like your equilibrium is thrown off.”

Another discovery that Groff has made in the three seasons that “Ghost Adventures” has been on the air is that evil is very hot.

“We just captured an amazing piece of evidence on a thermal cam,” he says. “We felt a piece of really really warm heat right before we captured something on our thermal camera, and we’re learning that the warm presences are actual evil entities, bad spirits. So I think bad spirits give off more of a warm energy.”

So how do the guys keep the bad energy away from them?

Well, they each have different ways, but Bagans swears by his sacred chrism, an olive oil version of holy water that he uses to anoint his body at key moments.

“I don’t leave home without it,” he says.

It’s a good thing too. During one encounter in the coming season, Bagans says he was surrounded by such evil that the oil itself created a burning sensation on his forehead, unlike any other he has experienced.

It might get tough at times, but Bagans believes he is following a path of destiny. His paranormal passion was stoked by a face-to-face encounter with the spirit of a suicidal woman who haunted his old apartment building in Trenton, Mich.

“My life was very bad at one point until I had this huge experience with this ghost, and it changed my life for the better,” he says.

At that moment, the impromptu investigation is deemed over, but Bagans, Groff and Goodwin agree that they need to come back to the hotel to investigate further. Bagans also admits that while he’s sympathetic toward McNamara’s skittish reaction at the encounter, he has a different reaction.

“To know somebody who’s not trying to put herself in this position, to see how uncomfortable she was walking down the hallway, to see a bottle fly from her hand seven feet. It’s frightening to her, but it puts a smile on my face,” he says.

AOL News

Paranormal Reality Series Best Male – Zak Bagans (Ghost Adventures – Travel Channel)

Paranormal Reality Series Best Female – Kris Williams (Ghost Hunters – SyFy)

Best Paranormal Reality Series – Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel)

Best New Paranormal Reality Series – Psychic Kids/Children of the Paranormal (A&E)

The Parawards were conceived by Spooktalkular hosts, Frank and Laura Chambers in 2008 to compliment the Spooktalkular podcast.

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“Thank you to Spooktalkular Awards! I am honored to win the award for “Best Male Paranormal Investigator” I love GAC and my fans!” – Zak Bagans