Haunted Encounters

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Haunted Encounters
Also known asHaunted Encounters: Face to Face
Genre Paranormal
Reality TV
StarringChelsea Damali
Daniel Hooven
Josh "Helmey" Kramer
Jordan Murphy
ComposerRaney Shockne
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producersCasey Brumels
Brad Kuhlman
CinematographyDouglas Cheney
EditorsJames Cude
Fernando Herrara
Paul Morzella
Nick Termini
Malinda Zehner
Camera setupPaul Mayne
Running time45 minutes
Production companyPing Pong Productions
Original release
Network Biography Channel
ReleaseDecember 1 (2012-12-01) 
December 28, 2012 (2012-12-28)

Haunted Encounters (also known as Haunted Encounters: Face to Face) is an American paranormal television series that premiered on December 1, 2012, on the Biography Channel. The program features a paranormal investigation team, the Paranormal Syndicate, that investigates haunted hotspots that are the list of reportedly haunted locations and gather evidence to prove that it is haunted. Episodes aired at 10:00PM EST. [1]

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Cast and crew

Investigation team: Paranormal Syndicate

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired DVD and Blu-ray release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2
1 5December 1, 2012December 28, 2012

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Ep.#TitleLocationOriginal Airdate
1.1"Lizzie Borden/Silent Movie Theater" Lizzie Borden Murder House, Fall River, Massachusetts
Silent Movie Theatre, Hollywood, California
November 30, 2012 (2012-11-30)
"The Lizzie Borden Murders": The series preimere features the investigation team known as the Paranormal Syndicate conduct a paranormal investigation of the Lizzie Borden Murder House, home of one of history's most infamous and brutal murders. "The Silent Theater Hauntings": They also investigate a haunted silent movie theater, one of Hollywood's most historic landmarks, with the help of their canine investigator, Captain.
1.2"Black Dahlia/Boston's Haunted Underworld" Black Dahlia Murder House, Los Angeles, California
Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts
October 8, 2012 (2012-10-08)
"The Black Dahlia Murder House": The Paranormal Syndicate first heads to the City of Angels to investigate a house believed to be the site of the infamous Black Dahlia murder. "Boston's Haunted Underworld": Next, the team travels to Beantown where they gain exclusive access into a system of long-abandoned subway tunnels deep beneath the city that once served as the epicenter to tragedies and death for over a century.
1.3"Eastern State Penitentiary" Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 15, 2012 (2012-12-15)
"Eastern State Penitentiary": The Paranormal Syndicate is granted unprecedented access to investigate one of the world's most infamous prisons, Eastern State Penitentiary, where thousands of criminals lost their lives. Inmates committed suicide, tortured, murdered, and died of many illnesses within the walls of this historic prison. And it is believed that many of their restless souls are imprisoned here for all eternity.
1.4"Ghosts of Skid Row/Kreischer Mansion" Hotel Cecil, Los Angeles, California
Kreischer Mansion, Staten Island, New York
December 22, 2012 (2012-12-22)
"The Ghosts on Skid Row": The Paranormal Syndicate heads to downtown Los Angeles to investigate Hotel Cecil, which served as a hideout for two of history's most notorious serial killers during their reign of terror of murders and rapes. "Staten Island Hauntings": Next, the team travels to Staten Island to investigate the Kreischer Mansion, home to many tragedies and reports of paranormal activity, including full-bodied apparitions believed to the deceased Kreischer family members.
1.5"Houghton Mansion/St. Marks" Houghton Mansion, North Adams, Massachusetts
St. Marks Church in the Bowery, New York City, New York
December 28, 2012 (2012-12-28)
"Ghosts of the Masonic Temple": The Paranormal Syndicate heads to North Adams to investigate the Houghton Mansion that's the headquarters of a mysterious Masonic temple. The estate was once home to a series of tragedies and has since become infamous for frequent paranormal activity, including reports of shadow figures, apparitions, and phantom footsteps. "Manhattan's Most Haunted Church": Next, the team travels to New York City to investigate Manhattan's second oldest church, St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, a landmark that has a dark history tainted with body snatching and hundreds of disturbed graves.

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