The Haunted Museum Series Episodes: Artifact Inspiration Revealed!

Thanks to the trailer for The Haunted Museum, we had an idea of a couple of the objects we might see in the new scripted horror series from Zak Bagans and Eli Roth. However, today discovery+ officially announced series details, including episode titles and descriptions. So now we know exactly which artifacts inspired episodes!

Among the thousands of relics in Bagans’ Las Vegas museum are a group of items that are particularly sinister. Ones that induce nightmarish experiences, such as fainting spells, chills, convulsions, scratches, and disturbing bad luck. These are the items he chose to collaborate with Roth on for The Haunted Museum series.

Specifically, these nine items:

1. Peggy the Doll
2. The Devil’s Rocking Chair
3. Charles Manson’s cursed television
4. An antique mirror with an evil attachment
5. The Westerfeld dollhouse
6. A wooden tribal cursed statue
7. “Spiritual equipment” that may be a portal to a demonic dimension
8. The Demon House staircase
9. The infamous Dybbuk Box.

Well, number six answers the question I had about that object from the trailer. It’s freaky enough just to look at. Speaking of freaky, spooky, and scary…

“This is the scariest thing you’ll ever watch,” Bagans reassures fans.

Roth agrees, saying he’s never been involved in producing such a scary project. He even went so far as to say he believes “this show could go down as one of the scariest anthology horror television shows of all time.”

The first two episodes of the nine-part season begin streaming exclusively on discovery+ on Saturday, October 2. New ones will launch on Saturdays after that.

Now, let’s check out what the episodes will be about.

The Haunted Museum Episodes

Episode 1: “Dollhouse of the Damned” – Begins Streaming Saturday, October 2

When a recently widowed father brings home an enormous dollhouse as a birthday gift for his teenage daughter, she quickly rejects the present, sensing there is something “not right” about it. But he quickly falls under its powerful spell. He loses himself within it, using the tiny rooms to stage meticulous recreations of the happiest moments of his life with his wife.

Yet all is not well within his own house, as his daughter begins to experience terrifying visions that she fears may be something incredibly evil. Following his discovery of a secret spell hidden within the dollhouse, the father embarks on his most dangerous course of action yet, using the spell and the power contained within the dollhouse in an attempt to raise the spirit of his dead wife. The ritual culminates in a terrifying night that finally reveals the dollhouse’s horrifying occupant and its true intentions.

Episode 2: “Monster in the Machine” – Begins Streaming Saturday, October 2

While using special machines designed to communicate with the spirit world, Esther, a misunderstood genius, unlocks a dark gateway between reality and a sinister realm, unintentionally summoning a being of pure evil.

Episode 3: “Chair of the Beast” – Begins Streaming Saturday, October 9

After invading a family home, a terrifying demon possesses the youngest son and claims the family’s rocking chair as its own. Desperate for help, they turn to a local priest who must engage in a dangerous battle to drive out the demon and reclaim the boy’s soul.

Episode 4: “Helter Skelter Station” – Begins Streaming Saturday, October 16

After receiving a cursed television from America’s most infamous cult leader, Charles Manson, a young criminology student begins to slowly lose his grip on reality. Can he resist the dark pull of the TV, or will he succumb to its spell and become the latest “family member” to kill in the cult leader’s name?

Episode 5: “Possessed by Peggy” – Begins Streaming Saturday, October 23

A British paranormal investigator faces great danger when she attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding one of the most infamous and dangerous paranormal objects on the planet – a haunted doll with the power to harm anyone who lays eyes on it.

Episode 6: “Tribal Statue Terror” – Begins Streaming Saturday, October 30

A delivery driver, haunted by his past and struggling to provide for his growing family, agrees to transport a strange tribal statue across the country for a large fee. But, as the statue gradually reveals its dark power, his journey descends into a terrifying nightmare.

Episode 7: “The Murder Mirror” – Begins Streaming Saturday, November 6

A young woman attempting to win a scholarship to a prestigious music academy must confront an evil spirit trapped within an old family heirloom.

Episode 8: “Demon Under the Stairs” – Begins Streaming November 13

After moving into a rental house in Gary, Indiana, a young mother discovers that the home is already occupied by a terrifying tenant. A sinister presence seems to exist in the basement, one that is keenly interested in her children. She must fight to defend her family from a terrifying demon that has invaded her home and now threatens to possess her three children.

Episode 9: “Curse of the Dybbuk Box” – Begins Streaming Saturday, November 20

A skeptical college professor must re-examine his beliefs and face his greatest fears as he struggles to unravel the mystery surrounding one of the world’s most dangerous paranormal artifacts, a cursed antique that contains a terrifying entity hellbent on torturing the living.

The Trailer

In case you want a visual to whet your appetite, here’s the trailer for The Haunted Museum series.

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Are you excited to see these items come to life in a new light through The Haunted Museum horror anthology series?