So long ’21, woohoo ’22! If you’re looking to make your holidays a little more spirited, spend Christmas Day with Destination Fear. On December 25, the crew says say sayonara to the year with their season finale. And that same day there’s also a new episode of Kindred Spirits.
A new season of A Haunting premieres on December 31, New Year’s Eve.
Then TAPS is back to ring in the new year with the reboot of Ghost Hunters on January 1, New Year’s Day. And the day after that, a new season of Mountain Monsters premieres.
Let’s take a closer look at all the shows and the upcoming episodes.
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.
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
in a new season of Mountain Monsters. Courtesy discovery+.
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.
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 confronts intense supernatural forces – and quickly learns 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.
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+
“Bottled Spirits” – Friday, December 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
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 (Season 6)
Premieres Sunday, January 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+
“Bigfoot or Bust” – Sunday, January 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
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.
UFO Witness (Season 1)
New Episodes: Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
“Claws in the Night” – Monday, December 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
While thousands of people witness UFOs every year, only a handful claim to have been abducted. Piles of evidence corroborate their stories, yet they are not taken seriously. Ben Hansen sets out to discover exactly why these claims are swept under the rug.
“Aliens Underground” – Monday, December 27 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
The small town of Dulce, New Mexico, may harbor one of America’s darkest secrets – an underground alien base. Ben Hansen travels to New Mexico to figure out if the rumors are true and uncovers multiple reports of UFO sightings, alien abductions and more.
Web of Darkness (Season 1)
New Episodes: Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
“Message From the Grave, Devil’s Night and Alien Boyfriend” – Tuesday, December 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
A desperate ghost reaches out to a new teacher at a school with a sordid past. A young man fatally misjudges what he thinks are only frightening Halloween decorations. A grad student discovers her boyfriend is part of a horrifying off-world experiment.
“Scared Sick, The Dark Witch and Happily Never After” – Tuesday, December 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
A writer is tormented by long-dead patients at an abandoned hospital. A young girl finds herself trapped in a dark fairy tale about a bloodthirsty witch. A man can’t shake the feeling that his girlfriend’s dead ex is trying to kill him.
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
Jack and guest host Heather Taddy head to Bakersfield, California, to check into the historic Padre Hotel for its first-ever paranormal investigation. They delve into the property’s dark and deadly past to shed light on its ghostly guests.
Fright Club (Season 1)
New Episodes: Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
“Misty Business” – Thursday, December 23 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Jack Osbourne, Dalen Spratt, Marcus Harvey and Juwan Mass try to scare the hell out of each other with paranormal evidence of uninvited spectral houseguests, a fleet of UFOs, a mind-blowing mirror mishap and an imaginary friend who isn’t so imaginary.
“Ghosts Gone Wild” – Thursday, December 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Jack Osbourne and the Ghost Brothers strive to astonish each other with creepy paranormal evidence of a poltergeist picking on a pair of pugs, a glowing donut-shaped UFO and hilariously disturbing footage of ghosts getting freaky in an old brothel.
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+
Season Finale: “Spike Island” – Saturday, December 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
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.
Kindred Spirits (Season 6)
New Episodes: Saturdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+
“Watch Over Me” – Saturday, December 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
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” – Saturday, January 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
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.
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]
“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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What shows or episodes impacted you in 2021? Any that really stuck with you?
Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
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Kindred Spirits caught my attention this year. I love Amy’s enthusiasm, but really, I enjoy all these types of paranormal and unexplained mystery shows!
I imagine they provide good fodder for your writer’s mind!