Ghost Hunters
The Ghost Hunters television series follows a team of real-life paranormal investigators who explore allegedly haunted locations across the United States. The show is led by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, who worked as daytime plumbers for Roto-Rooter in New England while running TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) by night. Unlike dramatic or theatrical paranormal shows, the TAPS team adopts a calm, grounded, and skeptical methodology. They try to debunk claims first by looking for natural causes-such as bad wiring, drafty pipes, or environmental noises-before claiming any activity is genuinely supernatural. In each episode, the crew sets up electronic gear like EMF (electromagnetic field) meters, thermal cameras, night-vision equipment, and digital audio recorders to analyze data in homes, historic buildings, prisons, and lighthouses.
- 2004-2023
- 16 seasons
- The Sci-Fi Channel
- Reality, Suspense
- TV-PG
The Ghost Hunters television series follows a team of real-life paranormal investigators who explore allegedly haunted locations across the United States. The show is led by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, who worked as daytime plumbers for Roto-Rooter in New England while running TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) by night. Unlike dramatic or theatrical paranormal shows, the TAPS team adopts a calm, grounded, and skeptical methodology. They try to debunk claims first by looking for natural causes-such as bad wiring, drafty pipes, or environmental noises-before claiming any activity is genuinely supernatural. In each episode, the crew sets up electronic gear like EMF (electromagnetic field) meters, thermal cameras, night-vision equipment, and digital audio recorders to analyze data in homes, historic buildings, prisons, and lighthouses.
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2004
Episode 1
Altoona, PA (1)
Wed, Oct 6, 2004 44 mins
Right after Jason and Grant unclog a drain, they get a call from case manager Brian Harnois: He's fielded a report of an apparent poltergeist playing with and throwing a little girl's toys. The job is many miles away, in Altoona, Pa., and Jason and Grant have to clear the trip with their wives and get time off from Roto-Rooter. Grant's wife Reanna is upset but understands. Jason's wife Kris is getting fed up with this whole ghost-hunting thing. In Altoona, the team sets up in the girl's room and in the attic. Donna interviews Brenda, the girl's mother, who asks the team to bless the house whether it's haunted or not; Carl obliges. The team analyzes its data. While the camera found nothing, the digital recorders picked up electronic voice phenomena - which, after being electronically processed, appears to be the voices of deceased children. One says, "They don't want us." Another says, "Can I come in?" Brenda's home seems to have strong paranormal activity. She's thankful for the validation. For the team, the hard work and the long drive have paid off.
Episode 2
Mishler Theatre and Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum
Wed, Oct 13, 2004 44 mins
In Altoona, Pa., the TAPS team investigates the historic Mishler Theatre. There, according to the owner and employees, the ghost of the late owner, Mr. Mishler, has been heard walking on the catwalk above the stage, seen walking into a wall where his office used to be, and apparently puffing up a cloud of cigar smoke around one of the theater seats, which then folded up as though someone just got up from it. For Jason, the big mystery is not about these strange occurrences but rather about what happened to an expensive boom mike - part of the equipment Brian Harnois is in charge of. Jason tells Grant he's tired of losing equipment and that Brian is skating on thin ice. Brian is also overreacting to every little noise and trick-of-the-light at case sites. The team also investigates the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum, where the spirit of a railroad worker has reportedly been seen walking the halls. Neither the theater nor the museum prove to be haunted. The theater did have some plumbing problems, though.
Episode 3
The Lighthouse Inn and Stone's Public House
Wed, Oct 20, 2004 44 mins
The Lighthouse Inn in New London, Conn., may be haunted by the ghost of a bride who, in 1930, fell down the main staircase and broke her neck. Tension escalates between target="_new">Brian Harnois and Brian Bell over responsibility for the equipment. In the tunnels below the Inn, Steve is "touched" by an unseen force putting about 15 pounds of pressure on his back, while Kristin - Brian Bell's girlfriend and fellow TAPS member - monitors a sudden 20- to 30-degree drop in temperature. The findings prove inconclusive. But Steve's experience and credibility - he's a police officer - carry a lot of weight with Jason. Next stop is Ashland, Mass., and Stone's Public House, a tavern built in the 1800s. There a little girl died after having been hit by a train, and she supposedly now haunts the establishment. In one room, the team records a weird light with no apparent source. In the same room, an EVP reveals the spoken words "We're not...." A trip back to the tavern reveals the light was from one of the team's infrared illuminators. The EVP remains unexplained. Jason feels an ongoing investigation is warranted here.
Episode 4
Race Rock Lighthouse
Wed, Oct 27, 2004 44 mins
The T.A.P.S. crew investigate the Race Rock Lighthouse located in the Long Island Sound, off the coast of New London, Connecticut. The investigation proves unusually difficult not only because of a lack of electricity in the facility, but also the harsh conditions and strong undertow which surround the lighthouse. At least eight vessels are recorded as being lost in the nearby waters before the early 1800's.
Episode 5
Eastern State Penitentiary
Wed, Nov 3, 2004 44 mins
T.A.P.S. investigates the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which opened in 1829 and officially closed in 1970. During the investigation, the crew uncovers a piece of video footage so baffling, they are inspired to return again (in the same episode) for a two-night stay in order to gather more evidence. It is during this episode that investigator Brian Harnois unintentionally coins his now infamous catch phrase of "Dude, run!"
Episode 6
Church House in Upstate New York
Wed, Nov 10, 2004 44 mins
The Ghost Hunters team visits a Rhode Island couple who claim renovations to their home (a former church), have stirred some otherworldly guests.
Episode 7
The Armory
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 44 mins
A TV crew member is attacked by an unseen entity as the Ghost Hunters team investigates a haunted armory.
Episode 8
Fortuna Apt. Philadelphia, PA and the Topton House
Wed, Dec 1, 2004 42 mins
The Ghost Hunters team travels to Philadelphia to investigate two haunted houses.
Episode 9
New Boston Inn and Pittsburg, PA
Wed, Dec 8, 2004 44 mins
A rival TAPS team asks the Ghost Hunters to help them out in an investigation at the New Boston Inn.
Episode 10
Albany, NY and Adam Zubrowski's House
Wed, Dec 15, 2004 44 mins
The Ghost Hunters team travels to Maine to assist a woman who claims to be possessed.
