Paranormal Witness is an American paranormal docuseries made by a British production company which described itself as "true tales of supernatural hauntings and explanation-defying paranormal experiences, which are brought to life through recreations".[1] The series premiered on September 7, 2011, on Syfy in the United States. It is also shown in the UK on Really, W, and Pick.
Ranked as one of the top 10 new original series, it was renewed for a 12-episode second season which premiered on August 8, 2012.[2] Based on the high ratings of the first three episodes of season two, Paranormal Witness was renewed for a 20-episode third season which premiered on June 5, 2013.[3]
Although Syfy did not announce the series' renewal following its third-season finale, it was reported that a fourth season had begun filming.[4][5] On October 29, 2014, the series was officially renewed for a 13-episode fourth season,[6] which premiered on August 26, 2015, under the new title Paranormal Witness: True Terror.
On November 18, 2015, Syfy renewed the series for a 13-episode fifth season, which premiered on August 3, 2016.[7]
While Deseret News writer Mark Rappleye characterized the show as "full of mind-numbing creepiness", he said that the show "will likely appeal more to believers and less to the even mildly skeptical". According to Rappleye, "Paranormal Witness” simply tells the story, insinuating that everyone should simply believe it as having actually occurred the way it is presented. This leaves little, if any, room for intellectual challenge or edification".[8] New York Times reviewer Neil Genzlinger criticized the show, saying, "It doesn't bother hunting for hard evidence; it simply uses first-person testimony and re-enactment to sell the idea that someone has had a psychic encounter".[9] Reviewing the show's "Long Island Terror" episode, science writer Sharon A. Hill said, "Paranormal Witness, is not what I would consider a fair documentation. It is not wise to take TV shows at face value. People put forth their story as they perceive it but it may not be how others perceive it or how it actually occurred. Saying there is a demon and Satanic activity associated with the house is a steep claim. Evidence is suggested but without verification we can't go anywhere with this story".[10]
In the series premiere, a five-year-old girl, Isabella, claims to have a friendship with a ghost named Emily, who dislikes her parents. While the parents initially believe that Emily is just an imaginary playmate, they realize differently when unusual actives begin taking place in their home. When ordered to stop talking to and playing with Emily, Isabella becomes aggressive and violent, even telling her parents that her and Emily want them dead so that they can play together forever. After the parents attempt to stop their daughter's friendship with the ghost, the activity progressively increases.Unable to cope anymore after a particularly violent attack, the family flees the house, leaving all their possessions behind and refusing to ever go back.
In 1994, a mother and son who disappear near Placerville, California. After multiple motorists report seeing a naked woman lying on the side of the highway, the police eventually discover the family's car, which had veered off the road and into a ditch, along with the dead body of the mother and her unconscious son. Despite the insistence of witnesses that the mother was the naked woman, the medical examiner concludes that she had died on impact, long before the sightings began. Combined with the fact that the dead woman's aunt had a dream that turned out to have been revealing the location of her niece and great-nephew, and the son's memory of a warm presence watching over him after the crash, the family concludes that their daughter's spirit stayed at the scene of her death to protect her son until he could be rescued.
In 2006, a mother, her daughter, and the daughter of her boyfriend claim they are being harassed by a malevolent poltergeist in their new home in California after the boyfriend and his daughter move in. While the woman and girls believe that the activity is paranormal and seek advice from a spiritualist, the boyfriend angrily denies that ghosts are real and blames his girlfriend's daughter for the activity. When the woman buys a small ceramic fugue to offer the Poltergeist as a peace offering (On the advice of the spiritualist), her boyfriend goes into a rage and insists that there is nothing wrong with the house and ultimately ends up taunting the entity and smashing the figurine. Afterwards, the activity increases dramatically, eventually causing the couple to break up. Both families move out after the break-up, and the woman and girls continue insisting that they weren't making things up.
A family claims to be terrorized by a spirit called "Vox," summoned from a Ouija board in Virginia in 2008. Later, they ask a Native American spirit guide to "cleanse" the house.
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