The 65+ Best Ghost Hunter Reality Shows, Ranked
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- 1Amy Bruni, Adam BerryAmy Bruni and Adam Berry help families tormented by paranormal activity in their homes find closure.
- 2Steve DiSchiavi, Matthew Anderson, Amy AllanA homicide detective and a psychic investigate crime scenes separately, then compare notes.More The Dead Files
- #39 of 71 onThe Creepiest Shows In TV History
- #7 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
- #1 of 33 onThe Best Psychic & Medium Paranormal Reality Shows
- 3Anthony D. Call, Mark Joy, Lorraine WarrenTrue stories of the paranormal told by those who have experienced real-life horror tales.More A Haunting
- #19 of 71 onThe Creepiest Shows In TV History
- #39 of 99 onThe 95 Best New & Current Discovery Channel Shows, Ranked
- #95 of 141 onThe Best Supernatural Horror Series Ever Made
- 4Nick Groff, Katrina Weidman, Rob SaffiGhost hunters live in haunted locations for three days at a time as they collect data.
- Experts analyze paranormal videos from around the world; eyewitnesses give firsthand accounts.
- 6Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Grant WilsonInvestigations into paranormal events that have yet to be explained.More Ghost Hunters
- Investigating supernatural encounters, mysterious creatures and extraterrestrial phenomena.More Expedition X
- #16 of 81 onThe 70+ Best Discovery Channel Shows, Ranked
- #17 of 80 onThe Best Shows On Wednesday Night In 2024
- #22 of 99 onThe 95 Best New & Current Discovery Channel Shows, Ranked
- 8Ryan Buell, Chip Coffey, Chad CalekResearch society members explore mysteries, hauntings and ghostly appearances.
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Destination Fear
Dakota Laden, Chelsea Laden, Tanner WisemanDakota, Chelsea and Tanner travel across the country in an RV spending nights in haunted locations. - 10Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave TangoJason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango respond to urgent calls from paranormal investigators.More Ghost Nation
- #25 of 739 onThe 120 Best Reality Shows On Now
- #601 of 701 onThe Best New Reality TV Shows of the Last Few Years
- #26 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
- 11Tim Brazeal, Terrie Scott, Paul Dale RobertsPeople recount their paranormal experiences.
- 12Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass, Marcus HarveyGhost Brothers: Haunted Houseguests (Travel Channel, 2019) is an American paranormal reality television series and a spin-off of the show Ghost Brothers. Best friends and ghost hunters Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey respond to pleas from families experiencing paranormal activity in their homes.
- 13John GloverHaunted History is a 1998 UFA/Cafe Productions series exploring the supernatural. Executive Producer Ed Babbage for Cafe. The American version of the show also debuted in 1998 with the same premise of exploring the world to investigate the "haunted history" of reportedly haunted locations.More Haunted History
- #16 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
- #32 of 40 onThe 35+ Best Nonfiction TV Shows
- #9 of 29 onThe Best FYI TV Shows
- 14Barry Fitzgerald, Robb Demarest, Joe ChinParanormal investigators examine haunted locations around the world.
- 15Jack Osbourne, Katrina WeidmanJack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman explore locations purported to be gateways to the underworld.More Portals to Hell
- #63 of 71 onThe 75+ Scariest TV Shows Of All Time, Ranked
- #435 of 701 onThe Best New Reality TV Shows of the Last Few Years
- #76 of 131 onThe 100+ Best Subculture Reality Shows, Ranked
- 16Breanna Lakatos, Kesha Rose Sebert, Christopher GrayKim Russo meets with celebrities who experienced paranormal events that changed their lives.
- 17John Zaffis, Chris Zaffis, Aimee ZaffisA family of paranormal investigators hunt down haunted items bedeviling their owners.
- 18A. Jones, Sara Gabrielle Paterno, Sherman AlpertPsychic medium Kim Russo brings entertainers back to the sites of their paranormal experiences.
- 19Grant Wilson, Daryl Marston, Kristen LumanGhost Hunters (A&E, 2019) is an American paranormal reality television show and a return of the 2004 series of the same name. After 11 seasons, the series that introduced the world to the field of authentic paranormal investigation returns with a familiar face and a brand-new spook squad led by Grant Wilson, one of the original team leaders.More Ghost Hunters
- #190 of 750 onThe 600+ Best Reality TV Shows Of All Time
- #12 of 63 onThe 50+ Best Current A&E Shows, Ranked
- #39 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
- 20Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Nick Groff
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- Unorthodox paranormal investigators explore hotspots across the country.
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Ghosthunters
Ghosthunters is a British paranormal documentary television series that originally aired from 1996 to 1997 on the Discovery Channel. The four-series program was produced by Inca Productions of Covent Garden, London, hosted by Ian Cashmore, and narrated by William Woollard. Ian Cashmore also appeared in the promo for the American Syfy series Ghost Hunters. - 23Jack OsbourneJack Osbourne returns to the United Kingdom to revisit his childhood home and past haunts.
- 24Amy Tipton, Casey Cipriani, Cecile MonteyneHaunted Hotels is an American paranormal television series that premiered on October 24, 2001 on the Travel Channel. The series features haunted hotels in America and the ghost stories that are told from employees and guests alike who work and stay in them. They give their own personal accounts about encounters with the supernatural while working or visiting a particular hotel.
- Jack Osbourne and the Ghost Brothers view and discuss paranormal videos.
- Stories of pets sensitive to the paranormal.
- Three teams spend 28 days in some of the most haunted locations in the United States.
- 28Yvette Fielding, Ciarán O'Keeffe, Derek AcorahYvette Fielding and others spend 24 hours in reportedly haunted locations in Britain and Ireland.More Most Haunted
- #26 of 86 onThe 80+ Best British Reality Shows
- #46 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
- #365 of 523 onThe 350+ Best Documentary TV Shows
- The Fourman Brothers investigate hauntings.
- Alaskans share reports of supernatural activity; with exclusive bonus scenes.More Alaska Haunting
- #36 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
- #430 of 523 onThe 350+ Best Documentary TV Shows
- #9 of 78 onThe Best Shows On Destination America
- Paranormal investigator head to Butte, Mont., to help its residents break free of their fear.
- Eli Roth presents true stories of haunting's that have shattered the lives of people.
- #79 of 83 onThe Best Shows On Thursday Night In 2024
- #103 of 205 onThe Best Television Documentaries Of 2023
- #447 of 526 onThe 350+ Best Documentary TV Shows
- 33Lawrence ChauStart a conversation about things that go bump in the night, and pretty soon everybody in the room has a story to tell. Paranormal experiences aren't just the domain of psychics and tarot card readers - in fact, many ordinary people believe they have had supernatural encounters. Ghostly Encounters looks into those incidents and the regular folks-next-door who had them, and takes the viewer on a chilling ride through a fascinating, highly personal ghost story. Using re-enactment, interviews, and archival photography, Ghostly Encounters combines the exhilarating drama of the encounter with a critical in-depth look at the questions behind it. Two incidents, linked by a recurring theme, are examined on each show. There is no question that many regular people believe they have experienced otherworldly incidents, so Ghostly Encounters approaches each event not asking IF it happened, but WHY it happened. We will walk the viewer through each emotional and fantastic paranormal story, be amazed together that it happened to somebody just like you, examine the possible reasons it happened, from scientific to paranormal to religious to psychological, and reflect on potential links between types of occurrences and groups or types of people.
- Chris Fleming and Gail Porter lead an expert paranormal team to investigate Scotland.More Spooked Scotland
- #78 of 86 onThe 80+ Best British Reality Shows
- #113 of 174 onThe Best History TV Shows
- #568 of 739 onThe 120 Best Reality Shows On Now
- 35Jared Rushton, Stacy Keach, Marianne MuellerleileHaunted Lives: True Ghost Stories was an American paranormal anthology television miniseries that originally broadcast from May 15, 1991 to November 28, 1995, on CBS and UPN. This short-lived program comprised three primetime specials that featured re-enactments of ghost stories told by real people who experienced alleged paranormal activity. The docudrama series used actors and special effects, and then introduced the witnesses who reported such phenomena. The series was developed for television by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo, authors of the popular book series, Haunted Kids: True Ghost Stories.
- #80 of 225 on220+ Movies And Shows With True In The Title
- #32 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
- #17 of 40 onThe 35+ Best Nonfiction TV Shows
- 36Sean Austin, Kris Star, Chris CaliffParanormal experts attempt to break cycles of trapped paranormal activity.More Ghost Loop
- #359 of 750 onThe 600+ Best Reality TV Shows Of All Time
- #292 of 292 onThe 280+ Best Supernatural Series
- #78 of 82 onThe 75+ Best Paranormal TV Shows
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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe was a popular twenty-six part television series looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom by independent television network ITV. It premiered on July 15, 1995. It was the sequel to Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World and Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers. The series is introduced by acclaimed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in short sequences filmed at his home in Sri Lanka, with individual episodes narrated by Carol Vorderman. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn. - 38
Great British Ghosts
Great British Ghosts (Yesterday, 2011) is a British paranormal documentary television series. Presented by Michaela Strachan, the show recounts stories of reported ghost sightings from some of the "most haunted" locations in the United Kingdom. - 39
Extreme Ghost Stories
Extreme Ghost Stories is a British supernatural documentary television series produced by ITV Granada, consisting of four one-hour episodes. - A family is plagued by supernatural activity when they move to a 52-acre property in Montana.
- #886 of 1,137 onThe Best New TV Shows Of 2022
- #38 of 79 onThe 70+ Best Paranormal Reality Shows
- #282 of 748 onThe 600+ Best Reality TV Shows Of All Time
- 41Brad Klinge, Barry KlingeBrad and Barry Klinge travel America to gather proof of paranormal activity.
- Five queer ghost hunters crisscross the country, helping the living by healing the dead.
- 43Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy TolleyRevisiting some of the most noteworthy paranormal investigations.
- #172 of 750 onThe 600+ Best Reality TV Shows Of All Time
- #63 of 207 on200+ Movies And Shows With Now In The Title
- #78 of 739 onThe 120 Best Reality Shows On Now
- 44Jayne Harris, Barri Ghai, Ian LawmanThe team from "Help! My House Is Haunted" investigates paranormal activity for British celebrities.
- #60 of 79 onThe 70+ Best Paranormal Reality Shows
- #505 of 748 onThe 600+ Best Reality TV Shows Of All Time
- #593 of 737 onThe 120 Best Reality Shows On Now
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Extreme Paranormal
Shaun Burris, Jason Gowin, Nathan SchoonoverExtreme Paranormal is an American paranormal documentary TV special that premiered on Monday, October 26, 2009 on A&E Network at 10pm EST. It aired as a two-part 1 hour special for Halloween and followed the missions of three paranormal investigators that go to extremes in order to make contact with spirits during their investigations. - 46Zak BagansZak Bagans and his crew investigate the most haunted places in the world.
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Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks
Zak BagansGhost Adventures: Aftershocks (Travel Channel, 2014) is an American paranormal documentary television series that is a spin-off of Ghost Adventures series. Host Zak Bagans interviews former Ghost Adventures interviewees, to find out how their lives have changed, since those GAC "lockdowns"/investigations from the past. - 48Zak BagansZak Bagans investigates the haunted homes of everyday people who are living in terror.
- #204 of 750 onThe 600+ Best Reality TV Shows Of All Time
- #61 of 80 onThe Best Shows On Wednesday Night In 2024
- #103 of 740 onThe 120 Best Reality Shows On Now
- 49MTV's Fear is an US-American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from 2000 to 2002 on MTV. The program follows a group of five or more contestants being left at an allegedly haunted location and led them on a series of dares over two nights to explore and confirm whether or not the place is haunted. The show was created by Martin Kunert and Eric Manes. The pilot episode was Co-Executive Produced and directed by George Verschoor. The series aired the first two episodes in a pilot run, which received outstanding reviews and a full season was ordered. After eight more episodes, another season was ordered. The second season ended after 6 episodes aired. The series was not cancelled due to a lack of interest, but due to the high cost of producing each episode. A DVD, MTV's Inside Fear, was released on November 6, 2001. Fear was named #6 on Entertainment Weekly's "15 Taboo-Breaking TV Moments."
- The crew spent two weeks quarantined inside Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum in Las Vegas.
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- #610 of 624 onThe Best New Reality TV Shows of the Last Few Years
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Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns
Derek Acorah, Angus Purden, Danniella WestbrookSpiritual medium Derek Acorah travels across Britain. - 52Jordan Browne, Gary Busey, Donna D'ErricoActors, musicians, athletes and comedians are invited to test their fears when left alone in haunted locations as they investigate paranormal phenomenon. With the help of modern technology, these celebrities document their experiences as they search for ghosts. Some of the places they visit include a tuberculosis hospital and an asylum for the criminally insane.
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Paranormal Challenge
Zak Bagans, David Scott, Dave SchraderParanormal Challenge is an American competitive paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 17, 2011, on the Travel Channel. A spinoff of Ghost Adventures, the series was created and is hosted by lead investigator Zak Bagans, who challenges ghost hunters from around the United States to go head-to-head in a weekly competition to gather paranormal evidence by spending a night in reportedly haunted locations in the United States. The first season of the show ended on September 16, 2011. Lead judge David Schrader announced on Darkness Radio that the show would not be renewed for a second season. - 54
The Antiques Ghost Show
Derek AcorahThe Antiques Ghost Show was a 'reality' show commissioned in 2003 by Living TV. Members of the public would bring self-proclaimed psychic Derek Acorah their antiques. After Acorah has made claims about the history of the item, using a method he calls psychometry, Christopher Gower and a genealogist are given 48 hours to verify the assertions. When analysing the history of an antique, Acorah will often act out events he believes has happened. The show was sold to Bravo! in Canada and other networks in Australia, where in terms of ratings, it was immensely popular. In terms of critical reception, it was met extremely poorly, with critics noting that just as much could be learnt about the history of the antiques without Acorah's readings. - 55Yvette Fielding, Ciarán O'Keeffe, Derek AcorahMost Haunted Live is a spin-off of the paranormal reality television series Most Haunted and was also produced by Antix Productions. The show consists of paranormal investigations broadcast live over a period of one or more nights, usually with interactive sections that involve the viewer.
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Haunted Homes
Mia DolanHaunted Homes is a British reality television series made by September Films Productions. The show began with a pilot in 2004 which aired on ITV and a 'fictitious' episode of an Ouija Board. The show was then picked up in 2006 by ITV2. The show centers around psychic Mia Dolan, ghost hunter David Vee, actor Mark Webb and professor/rent-a-sceptic Chris French. They spend two nights in a supposedly haunted house, trying to find out if there are any ghosts present, and to remove them if they are - if not, to remove them anyway to make the show. Other similar shows include Most Haunted and Ghost Hunters. It is currently shown in the U.S. on Fine Living channel Tuesday and Sunday nights. - 57Gail Porter, Chris Fleming, Richard SenateA trip along America's West Coast in search of celebrity ghosts of the stage and screen.
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The Girly Ghosthunters
The Girly Ghosthunters was a 30-minute Canadian paranormal TV series. It was first broadcast on Friday, January 14, 2005, on the Canadian SPACE speciality channel. The thirteenth and last episode was broadcast April 15, 2005. The show featured four young women visiting alleged and/or documented haunted locations in the province of Ontario. To visit these locations, they have a motorhome with the Girly Ghosthunters logo on the sides, driven by a guy named Schultzy. Also, they used modern ghost hunting equipment, in an attempt to document any existence of ghosts, apparitions and other phenomena in any of those places. Before doing so, they interviewed a few people at each locale to understand the history of the building and hear how the place was haunted. After the investigation was over, you are shown any evidence they collected from the chosen location they feel was, in their opinions, has paranormal activity. YOU DECIDE for yourself whether it is true or an elaborate hoax. The show was produced by Buck Productions, Inc. - 59
Ghosthunting With...
Yvette Fielding, John Thomson, Geoffrey BeattieGhosthunting With... was a British paranormal television programme based on investigating purported paranormal activity. Yvette Fielding hosts the programme, broadcast on digital channel ITV2 between 2006-2011, where she took celebrities to haunted buildings to investigate. - 60
Ghost Trackers
Joe MacLeodGhost Trackers is a children's reality show on HBO that was previously aired on Discovery Kids Canada, & YTV. It ran for fifty-two episodes in four seasons from 2005-2008.
