Discovery+ Paranormal & Unexplained and Travel Channel Programming Highlights Dec. 20 – Jan 2

TAPS RETURNS! GHOST HUNTERS SCARES UP THE FRIGHTS IN ITS NEW HOME ON DISCOVERY+, BEGINNING NEW YEAR’S DAY

 On the Season Finale of DESTINATION FEAR, the Team Gets Locked Up Inside

Spike Island, Ireland’s Notorious and Haunted Prison

The AIMS Crew Are Back on the Hunt for Elusive Cryptids and Creatures When

MOUNTAIN MONSTERS Returns for a Brand-New Season 

 discovery+ PREMIERES

GHOST HUNTERS

NEW SERIES REBOOT – Begins Streaming Saturday, January 1 on discovery+

The renowned TAPS team return to the paranormal show that started it all. Original GHOST HUNTERS members Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango, along with Shari DeBenedetti, reunite to revisit their most chilling cases and investigate disturbing new hauntings. Armed with state-of-the-art technology, their proven methodology and special guest investigators, TAPS tackle disturbing paranormal activity head-on, leaving no stone unturned to reach the dead among the living. The reboot follows the team as they crisscross the country searching for answers in the nation’s most haunted locations. Joining the core team are a host of experts from different paranormal backgrounds that add their own points-of-view and prowess to each unique case. [Hour-long episodes]

              SEASON PREMIERE: “The Lost Souls of Joliet” – Begins streaming Saturday, January 1 on discovery+

Dakota Laden, Tanner Wiseman and Alex Schroeder of DESTINATION FEAR join TAPS as they take on Old Joliet Prison. Unsettling paranormal activity has been ramping up at the now-shuttered penitentiary, and volunteers there are desperate for answers.

DESTINATION FEAR’s Alex Shroeder, Tanner Wiseman and Dakota Laden join the TAPS team Shari DeBenedetti, Dave Tango, Jason Hawes and Steve Gonsalves to investigate the Old Joliet Prison.

ALASKAN KILLER BIGFOOT

New Series, Now Streaming on discovery+

Seventy years ago, a murderous Bigfoot-like creature sent residents fleeing from Portlock, Alaska. Now, an expedition returns to the abandoned fishing village to reclaim the land and its resources from the terrifying beast locals call Nantinaq. The team’s 40-day sojourn in the icy Alaskan wilderness tests their mettle, their faith and their ability to survive. [Hour-long episodes]

 “S.O.S.” – Begins Streaming Tuesday, December 21 on discovery+

A nighttime excursion proves too terrifying for one team member, who flees Portlock the next day. Replacing him is Guy, who is hellbent on getting answers. And those answers might come from broadcasting Bigfoot vocal recordings to draw out Nantinaq.

“You Have a Bigfoot Here” – Begins Streaming Tuesday, December 28 on discovery+

A Bigfoot expert weighs the team’s evidence and declares that Portlock is infested with the creatures who he believes are violent interdimensional beings that derive energy from trees. Later, the team stumbles upon a strange pit near the Spooky Tree.

CONCURRENT PREMIERES: discovery+ and Travel Channel

A HAUNTING

NEW SEASON – Begins Streaming Friday, December 31 on discovery+ and Airing on Travel Channel

Terrifying true stories of the paranormal are told by the people who experienced them. The mystery and origin of each haunting is unraveled through mesmerizing first-person accounts and dramatic re-enactments, leaving a lingering sense that life and death are far stranger than ever imagined. [Hour-long episodes]

              SEASON PREMIERE: “Bottled Spirits” – Begins Streaming Friday, December 31 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Friday, December 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

A chef and his wife find the perfect location for their restaurant in a sleepy waterfront town. But the spirits haunting the Victorian mansion have other plans. Soon, eerie and unexplained events threaten to force the couple out of their business.

MOUNTAIN MONSTERS

NEW SEASON – Begins Streaming Sunday, January 2 on discovery+ and Airing on Travel Channel

It’s Bigfoot or bust for AIMS as the team heads back to the Tygart Valley to hunt down a massive Sasquatch that roams those hidden hills. Equipped with an old shoeshine box full of clues, the guys soon learn they’re in a cryptozoic hot spot unlike any other. As they chase the numerous monsters of the Tygart Valley and build breathtaking traps, the team discover that Trapper may have been onto this secret all along, and the key to the entire puzzle may be within their reach. Welcome to the biggest, baddest and craziest season of Mountain Monsters yet! [Hour-long episodes]

              SEASON PREMIERE: “Bigfoot or Bust”Begins Streaming Sunday, January 2 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Sunday, January 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

The team heads back to the Tygart Valley on a mission to prove that a Bigfoot roams those mysterious hollers. A rumbling sound from deep in the hills gets the guys moving, and they stumble upon a strange tree structure.

The AIMS team are on the hunt for a massive Sasquatch in West Virginia’s Tygart Valley in a new season of MOUNTAIN MONSTERS.

DESTINATION FEAR

New Episodes, Now Streaming on discovery+ and Airing on Travel Channel

DESTINATION FEAR returns with all-new episodes from its latest season. Fear-chasing foursome – brother and sister duo Dakota Laden and Chelsea Laden and best friends Tanner Wiseman and Alex Schroeder – hit the haunted highways, byways and back roads of America once again, spending the night inside the nation’s scariest places. Exploring under the harshest conditions they’ve ever faced and using sensory deprivation tactics to augment their paranormal experiment, this trip will test their mental, emotional and physical strength to the extreme. Venturing inside notoriously haunted locations, the team confront intense supernatural forces – and quickly learn these entities do more than go bump in the night. [Hour-long episodes]

              SEASON FINALE: “Spike Island”Begins Streaming Saturday, December 25 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Saturday, December 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

The second part of the team’s epic trip to Ireland takes them to Spike Island, one of Ireland’s most haunted and notorious prisons – also known as “Hell on Earth” and “Ireland’s Alcatraz.”  The dark forces on the island are overwhelming, and terror hits Tanner like a ton of bricks. But something else lights up Dakota with a fear he’s never experienced before.

Alex, Chelsea, Tanner and Dakota explore Spike Island – one of Ireland’s most haunted and notorious prisons – in the season finale of DESTINATION FEAR.

KINDRED SPIRITS

New Season, Now Streaming on discovery+ and Airing on Travel Channel

Professional paranormal investigators Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and psychic medium Chip Coffey are facing hauntings unlike anything they’ve seen yet in the new season of KINDRED SPIRITS. Bruni, Berry and Coffey dig deep into the past to identify the restless spirits haunting America’s oldest inns, homes and estates. Utilizing a range of tools and techniques, their multilayered investigations tackle frightening tales of possession, aggressive entities and more. Together, the team elicit shocking evidence and connections with the other side that lead them closer to the truth, as they search for answers behind each haunted tale. [Hour-long episodes]

“Watch Over Me”Begins Streaming Saturday, December 25 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Saturday, December 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Amy Bruni and Adam Berry visit a home suddenly plagued by paranormal activity. The discovery of an old shoe might have triggered the haunting, but the homeowner can’t be sure. They, along with psychic medium Chip Coffey, unseal the attic to find answers.

“The Lurker”Begins Streaming Saturday, January 1 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Saturday, January 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and Chip Coffey investigate an 1850s manor where an eyeless entity looms over sleeping guests. Amy and Adam attempt an off-the-cuff experiment that bends paranormal reality so much they shock themselves.

TRAVEL CHANNEL PREMIERES

The programs below will premiere on Travel Channel as follows:

A HAUNTING (Season 11)

Premieres Friday, December 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+

*See above section for episodic descriptions

              Episode: “Bottled Spirits” – Friday, December 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

MOUNTAIN MONSTERS (Season 6)

Premieres Sunday, January 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+

*See above section for episodic descriptions

              Episode: “Bigfoot or Bust” – Sunday, January 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

UFO WITNESS (Season 1)

New Episodes: Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

              Episode: “Claws in the Night” – Monday, December 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

              Episode: “Aliens Underground” – Monday, December 27 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

WEB OF DARKNESS (Season 1)

New Episodes: Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Episode: “Message From the Grave, Devil’s Night and Alien Boyfriend” – Tuesday, December 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Episode: “Scared Sick, The Dark Witch and Happily Never After” – Tuesday, December 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

PORTALS TO HELL (Season 3, New Episodes Return)

New Episodes: Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

              SEASON FINALE: “Padre Hotel” – Wednesday, December 22 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

FRIGHT CLUB (Season 1)

New Episodes: Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Episode: “Misty Business” – Thursday, December 23 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Episode: “Ghosts Gone Wild” – Thursday, December 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

DESTINATION FEAR (Season 3, New Episodes Return)

New Episodes: Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+

*See above section for episodic descriptions

              SEASON FINALE: “Spike Island” – Saturday, December 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

KINDRED SPIRITS (Season 6)

New Episodes: Saturdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+

*See above section for episodic descriptions

              Episode: “Watch Over Me” – Saturday, December 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Episode: “The Lurker” – Saturday, January 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

THE OSBOURNES WANT TO BELIEVE (Season 2)

New Episodes: Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Jack Osbourne is determined to convert his skeptical parents, Ozzy and Sharon, into full-fledged believers. The seasoned paranormal investigator sits down with the Prince and Princess of Darkness to watch jaw-dropping videos of supernatural activity. [Hour-long episodes]

Episode: “Sympathy for the Devil” – Sunday, December 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Jack shines light on the Illuminati with evidence that’s in plain sight. Flying saucers, graveyard ghosts and the infamous Leshy leave Sharon and Ozzy questioning reality.

SEASON FINALE: “Today Is the End” – Sunday, December 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

The Osbournes get chills watching ghostly photobombs, a mutant shark and an ominous fleet of UFOs. Jack attempts to convince his parents that lizard people are very real and that some of your favorite celebs may be one.

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