These programming highlights for discovery+ and Travel Channel prove Spooky Season is drawing nearer. This list of specials and shows is longer than it’s been in a while. So what can we expect to see?
There are two new specials, Shock Docs: The Curse of Lizzie Borden and Alien Encounters Declassified, as well as new seasons of The Alaska Triangle and These Woods Are Haunted.
Let’s take a closer look at where and when everything premieres and take a peek at all the shows and what their episodes will be about.
discovery+ Premieres
Shock Docs: The Curse of Lizzie Borden
TWO-HOUR SPECIAL – Begins Streaming Friday, September 10 on discovery+
In an all-new “Shock Docs” special, The Curse of Lizzie Borden, paranormal investigator Dave Schrader assembles a team of paranormal experts to investigate whether a dark family curse led to the most infamous axe murders of all time. With new evidence that Lizzie Borden’s ghost resides in the murder house, they conduct a seance to unearth the truth and finally close the portal of evil forever.
Concurrent Premieres: discovery+ and Travel Channel
Alien Encounters Declassified
TWO-HOUR SPECIAL – Begins Streaming Monday, September 6 on discovery+ and Premieres Same Day at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
This summer, the Alien dam has broken. Witnesses, scientists and even our own government are coming forward and acknowledging something unexplainable is happening in our skies. Cellphones are capturing mysterious objects and countless eyewitnesses describe horrific close encounters with UFOs and strange alien creatures that can manipulate our minds, torment local wildlife and leave behind a trail of destruction. Alien Encounters Declassified features the latest encounters, news and declassified documents, from Close Encounters of the First Kind – simply witnessing a UFO – all the way up to Close Encounters of the Seventh Kind – an alien/human hybridization program.
Paranormal Caught on Camera
New Episodes Return – Begins Streaming Thursday, September 9 on discovery+ and Travel Channel
Some of the most amazing, eye-opening and downright scary paranormal videos from around the world are featured as a panel of experts breaks down the footage and analyzes what exactly the eyewitnesses captured. Insights from some of the most knowledgeable specialists in the field and firsthand accounts from the people lucky enough – or perhaps unlucky enough – to witness these strange phenomena for themselves just might make a believer of even the biggest skeptics out there. [Hour-long episodes]
“Haunted Piñata and More” – Begins Streaming Thursday, September 9 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Thursday, September 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
A shop owner in Mexico loses customers to a haunted piñata. A man in Russia is driven out of an abandoned house by an angry poltergeist. And could a woman in California be an actual UFO magnet?
These Woods Are Haunted
New Season – Begins Streaming Friday, September 10 on discovery+ and Travel Channel
The great outdoors aren’t always so great. In fact, the woods are filled with mysteries that sometimes cannot be explained. These are the true accounts of people who ventured deep into the forest only to come screaming out with stories that defy reality. [Hour-long episodes]
SEASON PREMIERE: “The Church in the Woods and It Was Probably Going to Kill Us” – Begins Streaming Friday, September 10 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Friday, September 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Security guards spend a terrifying night at a haunted church in the middle of the woods in Texas. Two monster hunters soon become the hunted when they venture into the North Carolina woods to track down a vicious dogman.
The Alaska Triangle
New Season – Begins Streaming Friday, September 10 on discovery+ and Travel Channel
Alaska is the most sparsely populated of all the states. In a vast expanse of rugged wilderness, one area – known as “The Alaska Triangle” – has been home to so much unusual activity that it has struck fear across Alaska and the world. More people disappear in this area than anywhere else in the United States, with countless sightings of strange creatures, impossible moving lights in the sky, unexplained phenomena and even malevolent ghosts. Each episode of The Alaska Triangle seeks to unlock the paranormal mysteries hidden within this foreboding location. [Hour-long episodes]
SEASON PREMIERE: “The Dark Pyramid and Violent Nature” – Begins Streaming Friday, September 10 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Friday, September 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
A top-secret government facility beneath the Alaskan wilderness may be hiding an extraterrestrial pyramid. Strange forces within The Alaska Triangle are making wildlife more aggressive towards humans.
Destination Fear
New Season, Now Streaming on discovery+ and Airing on Travel Channel
Destination Fear is back for another tour de terror. 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 learn these entities do more than go bump in the night. [Hour-long episodes]
“Edinburgh Manor” – Begins Streaming Saturday, September 4 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Saturday, September 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Six years ago, Dakota and Alex attempted to explore Iowa’s menacing Edinburgh Manor where it’s said that residents literally slit their own throats to escape the misery. Without a plan, they were chased away by something in the basement. Now they return with the entire team, armed with a new understanding of the paranormal. But they once again encounter something in the basement. Can Dakota turn the tables on the poltergeist known as The Joker?
“Villisca Axe Murder House and Malvern Manor” – Begins Streaming Saturday, September 11 on discovery+
New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Saturday, September 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
In an unprecedented move, Dakota takes the team to not one, but two locations … at the same time! Combined, it will make for an exploration of one of the most gruesome events in American history. A family was brutally murdered in the now infamous Villisca Axe Murder House, and many believe that a dark and nefarious entity haunts the home. But it’s the seemingly paranormal connection to a hotel 40 miles away that has intrigued Dakota, and he and the team are the first to explore it.
Travel Channel Premieres
The programs below will premiere on Travel Channel as follows:
Alien Encounters Declassified (Two-Hour Special)
New Special Premieres Monday, September 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
*Launches same day on discovery+
This summer, the Alien dam has broken. Witnesses, scientists and even our own government are coming forward and acknowledging something unexplainable is happening in our skies. Cellphones are capturing mysterious objects and countless eyewitnesses describe horrific close encounters with UFOs and strange alien creatures that can manipulate our minds, torment local wildlife and leave behind a trail of destruction. Alien Encounters Declassified features the latest encounters, news and declassified documents, from Close Encounters of the First Kind – simply witnessing a UFO – all the way up to Close Encounters of the Seventh Kind – an alien/human hybridization program.
Haunted Hospitals (Season 3)
Premieres Tuesday, September 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Season Premiere: “Dance of Death, The Feeder and Swept Away” – Tuesday, September 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
The ghost of a young man who died while fighting for social justice returns to seek closure. A near-death experience opens a patient up to the paranormal. The otherworldly cries of a distressed infant haunt a pregnant woman after she is rushed to the hospital.
Paranormal Caught on Camera (Season 4, New Episodes Return)
Premieres Thursday, September 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+
Episode: “Haunted Pinata and More” – Thursday, September 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
A shop owner in Mexico loses customers to a haunted piñata. A man in Russia is driven out of an abandoned house by an angry poltergeist. And could a woman in California be an actual UFO magnet?
These Woods Are Haunted (Season 3)
Premieres Friday, September 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+
Season Premiere: “The Church in the Woods and It Was Probably Going to Kill Us” – Friday, September 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Security guards spend a terrifying night at a haunted church in the middle of the woods in Texas. Two monster hunters soon become the hunted when they venture into the North Carolina woods to track down a vicious dogman.
The Alaska Triangle (Season 2)
Premieres Friday, September 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+
Season Premiere: “The Dark Pyramid and Violent Nature” – Friday, September 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
A top-secret government facility beneath the Alaskan wilderness may be hiding an extraterrestrial pyramid. Strange forces within The Alaska Triangle are making wildlife more aggressive towards humans.
Destination Fear (Season 3)
New Episodes: Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+
“Edinburgh Manor” – Saturday, September 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
Six years ago, Dakota and Alex attempted to explore Iowa’s menacing Edinburgh Manor where it’s said that residents literally slit their own throats to escape the misery. Without a plan, they were chased away by something in the basement. Now they return with the entire team, armed with a new understanding of the paranormal. But they once again encounter something in the basement. Can Dakota turn the tables on the poltergeist known as The Joker?
“Villisca Axe Murder House and Malvern Manor” – Saturday, September 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
In an unprecedented move, Dakota takes the team to not one, but two locations … at the same time! Combined, it will make for an exploration of one of the most gruesome events in American history. A family was brutally murdered in the now infamous Villisca Axe Murder House, and many believe that a dark and nefarious entity haunts the home. But it’s the seemingly paranormal connection to a hotel 40 miles away that has intrigued Dakota, and he and the team are the first to explore it.
The Dead Files (Season 13)
New Episodes: Saturdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
“The Wanderer” – Saturday, September 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Amy Allan and Steve DiSchiavi investigate a Sutter, California, home where a newlywed couple is facing a barrage of paranormal activity. The whole family is in danger, and whatever’s in the house will stop at nothing until someone winds up dead.
“They Come From the Hills” – Saturday, September 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
A California family is convinced their dead grandfather is haunting their home. Steve and Amy investigate.
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]
“Ground Control to Major Oz” – Sunday, September 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Jack Osbourne goes above and beyond to make his parents believe with ghostly employees, hitchhiking UFOs and real-life Ents. Also, Ozzy is absolutely baffled by undeniable proof of extraterrestrial activity.
“Children of the Grave” – Sunday, September 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT
Jack Osbourne pulls out all the stops to turn Sharon and Ozzy into believers with videos of ghost children, spooked pets, cloaked UFOs and a glitch in the matrix.
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Been a while since we’ve seen this much paranormal programming info, hasn’t it? Is there anything in particular you’re excited about watching?
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