In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted. A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past. The waters of Eureka Springs, AR were rumored to have healing properties, and people flocked there throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries to be cured of their ailments. For their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted - and it might prove to be all too true. As the GAC prepares to enter, Bagan's Ovilus spits out the words EVIL, CENT, and TABLE (just like the one Bagan is sitting on), and later on, the more alarming ABORT, UNHOLY, and CHILLS.

Some of the shows below bring their haunting narratives to life with vivid reenactments, others employ real-life footage to generate their scares. Instead of the usual crew of paranormal investigators, The Dead Files brings together a retired NYPD homicide detective and a self-proclaimed psychic. What they soon discover is that they aren't alone - and it isn't a German soldier that's hunting them down. It's a little rough around the edges and it's very 70's, plus it's more about demonic entities than traditional ghosts, but I think it still deserves to be on this list. Zak and the GAC investigate the mysterious sound of footsteps on metal and cold spots, and record two notable instances of EVP, or electronic voice phenomenon, where a recording picks up voices and sounds that can't be otherwise heard.In the hit web series Buzzfeed Unsolved, the two friends investigate everything from Area 51 to haunted houses to true crime stories. Whether you're a longtime fan up for a debate or a newbie wondering where to jump in, here are the top 30 episodes of "Ghost Adventures," counted down. Whether you’re a believer, a sceptic, or something in between, the existence of ghosts presents a fascinating puzzle to a lot of people.

It's a tried-and-true formula, as reliably entertaining as trying to conjure Bloody Mary at a sleepover; whether there is anything spooking them — other than their own imaginations — is beside the point. The GAC travels across the pond in this two-hour Halloween special, headed to Ireland to investigate the country's rich supernatural folklore, tour haunted castles, and squeeze in a quick portal to hell if time allows. Ranch Island is a commune outside of Las Vegas, where the spirit of a man who hanged himself may be trapped.For The Haunting Of…, which premiered on The Biography Channel, that hook came in the form of interviewing celebrities who had experienced brushes with the paranormal. I'm bleeding everywhere, dude," he says as he examines a wound on his arm, despite no evidence of any blood anywhere — perhaps the most "Ghost Adventures" moment of them all. The film never clarifies exactly what the Blair Witch is, obviously a witch is strongly implied, but a ghost is also hinted at - maybe a ghost witch?

The pair investigates crime scenes, cold cases, and paranormal phenomena, first exploring separately using their own particular specialties, then combining their notes and talents in an effort to crack the case. A journey down to the basement, where the bodies of victims may have been once buried, uncovers voices speaking Zak's name, a mysterious white mist that appears in a picture but not on camera, and nothing less than a portal to the other side. Jay Wasley rigs up an experimental energy circle with a Tesla coil, as the spirit presses down on his shoulders and envelops the crew in cold spots. A mother and her 6-year-old daughter move into a creepy apartment whose every surface is permeated by water.But after months without visitors, thanks to COVID-19 shutdowns, its employees believe the hauntings have intensified in isolation. After the death of his wife and daughter in a car crash, a music professor staying at a long-vacant Seattle mansion is dragged into a decades-old mystery by an inexplicable presence in the mansion's attic. It's one of the show's most memorable moments, a perfect coming together of the show's one-ghost-fits-all methodology and a site's specific history. Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.