Summary
- The Ghost Hunters team investigates various haunted locations, including jails, schools, colleges, and historic buildings, to uncover evidence of paranormal activity.
- Notable episodes feature investigations at the Old Lake County Jail, Pocatello High School, Southern Vermont College, The Duff Green Mansion, The Garde Arts Center, Westerly Library, USS Yorktown, The Athenaeum, Pillars Estate, Galena Marine Hospital, Mark Twain House, and a haunted town in Alaska.
- Viewers are intrigued by the compelling evidence of ghosts, hauntings, and unexplained phenomena found in these locations, leaving skeptics questioning their beliefs and paranormal enthusiasts with more proof to their arguments.
Ghost Hunters sets out to explore ghosts, hauntings, unexplained phenomena, and spooky stories, but the best Ghost Hunters stories are the ones that often leave something itching in the viewer's minds after the episode. People like to say they don't believe in ghosts, but there are things that happen in these paranormal episodes that often shake the foundation of non-believers while giving fans of the paranormal more ammunition for their arguments. Ghost Hunters started airing on SyFy in 2004 and currently airs on Travel Channel, with 16 seasons and counting.
Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson lead their team of the Atlantic Paranormal Society as they investigate locations around the world that are reported to be haunted. Their investigations include famous locations, such as the hotel The Shining was based on and the site of the Titanic. It also includes many places that people might know little about, from old motels to lighthouses and prisons. There are s of hauntings and ghostly sightings all over the United States and shows like Ghost Hunters are never at a lack for new locations to explore and discover.
25 Public Poltergeist Number 1
Season 11, Episode 7
The TAPS team goes to investigate the Old Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Indiana, where notorious criminals were held, including John Dillinger. There have been reports of people being harassed in the halls, seeing orbs, and hearing voices. There are a lot of deaths and tragedies connected to the site. In the present day, it seems doors are opening on their own and prisoners are escaping, which leads the team to find out if there are ghosts aiding and abetting them. They also go to the My Old Kentucky home where 16 people died in 24 hours from cholera.
24 School Spirit
Season 12, Episode 1
Grant Wilson returns with a new team of investigators in season 12 as they travel to Pocatello High School in Pocatello, Idaho, which is over a hundred years old. The principal of the school calls them in to help investigate odd paranormal activity in the halls. The principal is a skeptic and has dismissed the legends for years. However, he is now calling Ghost Hunters in after their security cameras captured unexplained electrical activity and an odd apparition appearing. This was a riveting episode to start season 12, especially as a one-time skeptic starts to see evidence along with the Ghost Hunters that finally makes him a believer.
23 Darker Learning
Season 10, Episode 10
This episode sees the TAPS team go to a haunted college, the Southern Vermont College in Bennington. The college is said to be haunted and the lore around the haunting involves the school's founder's wife having committed suicide after learning about his affair with their nanny. The nanny is also said to have hanged herself after the affair was discovered. The two are said to haunt the college through voices, orbs, and white mist that appear in the library. The team heads in and soon deduct there is a residual haunting in the college when they discover unexplained phenomena throughout their stay there.
22 You've Been Warned
Season 12, Episode 9
The TAPS team investigated The Duff Green Mansion in Vicksburg, Mississippi, now a bed and breakfast, and interviewed owner Harry Sharp. Sharp claimed to have witnessed strange paranormal activity during his tenure at the establishment. Sharp calls in the Ghost Hunters to help him prove the activity as one of his good friends is looking to buy the property from him, and Sharp wants to properly warn her, even though she doesn't believe in ghosts. They find evidence on night one, and they bring in new investigators for the second. They discover there is indeed paranormal activity around the house, but it is residual spirits that are likely not a danger.
21 Haunting Of The Garde
Season 11, Episode 11
The crew investigates The Garde Arts Center in New London, Connecticut. The building's history reveals it was built on the site of the Thomas Wheeler Williams mansion, where five children ed away. Patrons and employees have reported seeing a ghostly little girl with a balloon. One worker even claims that when he fell off a ladder something he couldn't see caught him. They've also reported full-body apparitions of somebody hunched over in a chair. As the owners prepared to renovate, they called in TAPS to make sure they weren't disturbing any spirits in their modernization of the arts center.
20 Overdue For Death
Season 11, Episode 9
In season 11, TAPS investigated Westerly Library in Westerly, Rhode Island, a location that is close to home for the crew. The library had recently been given landmark status when the staff reported hearing footsteps, seeing objects move, and even seeing the apparition of a librarian who had recently ed away. The staff ed TAPS to find out if the ghosts were malevolent or if it was safe for them to keep working there. The library was once used as a temporary morgue for the bodies found after a hurricane swept through the state.
19 Haunted By Heroes
Season 8, Episode 10
TAPS sets out on a mission to help the crew of the USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina find out if the paranormal activity they are experiencing is from the souls of former Navy and Air Force . If TAPS can help them find out who these fallen heroes are, then the current crew can do something to honor their memories.
With 141 men lost to the USS Yorktown over its history, it's likely that at least some of the supernatural phenomena the crew experiences can be attributed to fallen comrades. This is one of the best Ghost Hunters episodes thanks to the naval ship making for a unique setting for a haunting.
18 Dancing With The Dead
Season 12, Episode 6
Season 12, episode 6 is one of the best episodes of Ghost Hunters due to the actions of the investigation potentially drawing out addtional spirits to those they'd been sent in to uncover. The crew visits The Athenaeum, a cultural center located in Indianapolis, Indiana that has stood for over 100 years. Mustafa discovers that Dr. Knabe, a female physician who died horrifically two blocks away from the building, is connected to the haunted location.
Many have reported seeing her ghost haunting the halls of the cultural center, but the TAPS team's first night in the building is quiet. Grant decides to try a new tactic the crew has never used before to entice the ghost. However, the new strategy appeared to have also inadvertently called out the spirits of others who aren't Dr. Knabe.
17 The Lady In The Window
Season 12, Episode 2
The owner of the Pillars Estate in Albion, New York claims a great deal of spiritual activity is taking place on the grounds. The estate's owner reports pianos playing on their own and seeing ghostly figures on the bed. Photos taken throughout the years have shown a mysterious woman in the house's window. The TAPS team first tries to prove such photos can't be real but has a hard time explaining some other creepy activity on the estate. Still, they managed to prove at least one photo was a fake.
16 Haunted Hospital
Season 13, Episode 6
The TAPS team investigates the Galena Marine Hospital, built in Illinois in 1857, which said to be deeply haunted due to the countless deaths within the facility's walls. The hospital had been recently purchased when the episode aired in 2020. The new owner calls in the Ghost Hunters for help, as there have been claims of distressing paranormal activity in the building.
This is another moment where the team finds proof of the paranormal, from hearing heavy footsteps, seeing shadowy figures, and witnessing lighting anomalies. Hospitals make for great horror movie settings, and their inherent creepiness also makes this one of the best episodes of Ghost Hunters.
