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Shock Docs

A documentary series that takes a fresh look at true and terrifying tales of paranormal encounters.

2023

Paranormal Revenge

Every episode explores two chilling stories of real-life paranormal encounters that intersect with revenge. Each story unfolds from the perspective of a main storyteller – a victim – who has been targeted by a mysterious paranormal entity or entities. What follows is a truly original and compelling approach: a mash-up of the true-crime procedural and terrifying ghost stories.

7.5

2005

Medium

Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.

30 Coins

Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.

6.0

2002

Most Haunted

Most Haunted is a British paranormal mystery documentary reality television series. The series was first shown on 25 May, 2002 and ended on 21 July, 2010. Led by Yvette Fielding, the programme investigated purported paranormal activity in many locations in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and other countries. It was produced by Antix Productions and broadcast on the satellite and cable channels Living TV, Livingit, and Channel One. In the United States it was broadcast on the Travel Channel. It is now on Pluto TV with new episodes.

6.2

2004

Ghost Hunters

Paranormal investigators investigate places that are reported to be haunted. Engaging forensic experts, historical records and the most innovative technology available, the squad helps everyday people who are struggling with unexplained supernatural phenomena.

8.5

1992

Sightings

Sightings is an American paranormal and news television series that originally aired from April 17, 1992 to August 1, 1997. The program began as a special titled The UFO Report: Sightings on October 18, 1991. The original Concept Creator and Supervising Producer of that hour special produced by Paramount for Fox TV was Linda Moulton Howe, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer and documentary filmmaker of TV specials about science and the environment. One of her Emmy award-winning broadcasts was A Strange Harvest, about the worldwide animal-mutilation mystery linked by law enforcement to extraterrestrial biological entities.

6.6

2003

Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok

Loki, the Norse god of mischief, has been exiled to the human world for what was apparently was a bad joke. Along with being exiled, he’s forced to take the form of a child. He’s told the only way he can get back to the world of the gods is if he can collect auras of evil that take over human hearts, and so to do this he runs a detective agency. Loki is soon joined by a human girl named Mayura who is a maniac for mysteries, and she soon helps out in her own way. However, soon other Norse gods begin to appear, and most have the intent to assassinate Loki for reasons unclear.

2006

Torchwood

The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

9.0

2003

Weird Travels

Weird Travels is an American documentary paranormal television series that originally aired from 2001 to 2006 on the Travel Channel. Produced by Authentic Entertainment, the program features various paranormal subjects around the world, especially cryptozoological creatures and haunted locations around the world. The series is narrated by Don Wildman, who also hosts and narrates the History channel's documentary television series Cities of the Underworld and Travel Channel's Off Limits.

6.0

2008

Paranormal Egypt

Where's Anne Rice when you really need her? Self-described medium Derek Acorah travels to Egypt where he communes with the spirits of King Tut and other long-departed personalities, aided by Sam, his Ethiopian spirit guide.

9.0

2014

The Believers

The Believers is a documentary series exploring the research and understanding of paranormal phenomena. Follow Sandy Lakdar and Jonathan Dailler as they investigate across Europe in historically rich locations, seeking video and audio evidence of this complex and mysterious reality.

8.3

2005

Supernatural

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

8.8

2019

Ghost Hunters

Follow one of the original team leaders, Grant Wilson, and his handpicked group of professional ghost hunters as they use their decades of field experience to investigate hauntings across the country. Engaging forensic experts, historical records and the most innovative technology available, the new squad will help everyday people who are struggling with unexplained supernatural phenomena.

7.0

2019

The Fearless

A reborn gangster accidentally found himself being able to see ghosts, which led to a life-changing experience. "Guests" came to him for help one after another... Started from death, what did they want him to see?

8.0

2003

Mystic Detective Files

Based partially on such blockbuster American TV series as "The X-Files" and "CSI", "Mystic Detective Files" explores the themes of supernatural existence and unsolved mysteries, as a forensic investigator, a former undercover cop, and a police psychiatrist must work together to solve a series of unusual deaths that may or may not have to do with paranormal activities.

6.5

2009

Ghost Hunters Academy

Ghost Hunters Academy is a paranormal reality television series that premiered on November 11, 2009, on the Syfy channel. The program is the third spin-off series based on Ghost Hunters. The show features TAPS members Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango as they lead a group of prospective investigators on various ghost hunting cases at locations that are allegedly haunted, and which had been previously investigated by TAPS. The tagline of the show is: "Get schooled...in the paranormal."

2023

Uncanny

Are ghosts real? Are you team believer or team sceptic? Bringing his hit podcast to the screen, Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of seemingly paranormal encounters.

6.3

1995

Baywatch Nights

Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch.

8.3

1990

Twin Peaks

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

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7.6

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