Destination America: Fan Favorites And New Paranormal Premieres
From the archive: published Mar 6, 2016, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Destination America has been developing a niche in paranormal shows, and they are adding two more this month to their growing list of ghost hunters and things that go bump in the night. The first new premiere, Paranormal Lockdown , debuted last Friday to a lot of critical acclaim from serious paranormal investigators and ghost hunting fans. Then, on March 28, Destination America introduces Haunted Collector to the programming lineup.
Paranormal Lockdown pairs up two fan favorites, Nick Groff from Ghost Adventures and Katrina Weidman from Paranormal State. Like Ghost Adventures, Groff and Weidman enter investigation sites and go into lockdown, but instead of overnight, they push the limits by going 72 hours. Their first investigation was the Trans-Allegheny Asylum, and upcoming locations include The Anderson Hotel in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; Franklin Castle in Cleveland, Ohio; and Randolph County Infirmary in Winchester, Indiana.
Several other paranormal shows continue on Destination America through March, as well, starting with Mountain Monsters, which airs Saturdays on the network. The Appalachian monster hunters look for Bigfoot, known locally as Ash Man, in Huckleberry’s hometown within Wirt County, West Virginia. They return to Huck’s farm where he and his brother first saw a massive Bigfoot, leading to Huck’s obsession with the creature.
Paranormal Files: Fact or Faked continues Thursday nights, with Ben and his team going to Fishers, Indiana, to investigate a civil war cemetery. Meanwhile, Bill’s team travels to San Luis, Colorado, to investigate the mystery behind an unexplained cattle mutilation. Next, the two teams travel to McPike Mansion in Alton, Illinois, for a ghostly mist in a wine cellar, and to Fremont, California, to debunk or verify a video of a triangular-shaped UFO. More ghosts, aliens, a mermaid, and a Bigfoot investigation of their own follow in March.
Speaking of aliens, Alien File s also continues on Thursdays with new episodes focused on Black Triangles, portals, alien bodies, and UFO zones.
The paranormal series also tells the story of Dennis Pongratz who collected World War II memorabilia from his father, including an armband removed from a Nazi soldier that was killed during a battle. Unfortunately for Dennis and his wife, finding that armband seems to set off some unexplained activity in their home they weren’t expecting. Another frightening story coming up on A Haunting involves Stacy Stowe, who believes the unexplained occurrences in her home are due to the spirit of her deceased husband who passed away in a car accident. Unfortunately, her young daughter is convinced that whatever is causing the strange activity is not her father, but something much more malevolent.
To learn more about these shows, check the full schedule, or explore behind-the-scene exclusives and previews, check out Destination America’s website.
