The Ghost Hunters Who Started It All are Returning to Their Roots in “Ghost Nation”

Are you ready for the return of the paranormal investigators who started it all? (All being ghost hunting reality TV shows.) Because they are. As reported previously,  Travel Channel announced Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango would return in a new show tentatively titled Ghost Nation.

Well, that’s been confirmed and the premier date has been set: Friday, October 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. 

Ghost Nation is one of the new preeminent series scheduled to premiere during Travel Channel’s “Ghostober,” a month-long programming event packed with 31 days of the network’s most wicked and blood-curdling shows.

Ghost Nation Like Ghost Hunters

What will stay the same and what will be different with this new show?

Different: They’ll be appearing on a new network.

Different: They won’t be alone. They’ll respond to urgent calls from local paranormal investigators nationwide who have reached a dead end with their vexing personal cases.

Same: The trio is getting back to its roots. They’ll help homeowners who are dealing with harrowing hauntings and people whose lives have been overtaken and threatened by unexplained phenomena.

Different & Same: They always utilized cutting edge equipment and meticulous methodology. That’ll continue with all that, but the technology will be of a brand new state-of-the-art variety.

Different: They have a new team banner: United Paranormal Research Organization (UPRO). More about that below.

The Episodes

Each of the 10, hour-long episodes features a high-stakes case and a robust, multi-stage investigation that begins with a shocking paranormal story and a tantalizing piece of evidence.

Stories featured this season include:

1. A couple who recently gained notoriety when their nanny-cam footage captured a ghostly shadow figure walking by their baby’s crib
2. A local team that captured possible shadow people moving throughout a notorious haunt
3. An investigator who is actually scratched by an unseen phantom.

UPRO

The United Paranormal Research Organization (UPRO) will face the most challenging and dangerous paranormal mysteries the country has to offer.

In every investigation, collecting evidence is just the beginning. The team isn’t merely conducting a cursory review of the case. With the help of their local contacts, team members will embed themselves in the community. They’ll conduct multi-day investigations in an effort to track down the true source of the hauntings and restore peace to the living … and the dead.

“My local organization handles cases all across the East Coast,” said Hawes. “But in the last 20 years, because the paranormal movement has become so huge and spread all over the world, we formed an organization to connect all those involved in the field – fans, investigators or those just searching for answers to questions. Many organizations reach out to us for help with their best and toughest cases.”

Series Premiere

In the premiere, Steve, Jason, and Tango announce the formation of UPRO at the Fanboy Expo Event in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Amateur paranormal investigator Jessica Clevinger is in the audience. She immediately asks for help with a local case that’s over her head.

Single mom Brittany Totherow bought a White Pine, Tennessee, farmhouse because it was the perfect home in which to raise her young son. However, soon after moving in, she experienced unnerving phenomena and witnessed a female apparition.

Her future husband, Cory, eventually moved into the home with his own children, but it wasn’t long before he began experiencing events himself. Within days, Cory started hearing unexplained footsteps and captured video of an apparition standing behind Brittany.

Now, their children are starting to have strange encounters. At a loss for what to do, Jessica, Cory and Brittany turn to the UPRO team for help. Can they save the children and bring peace to the family’s home? Tune in to Travel Channel on Friday, October 11 at 9 p.m. ET/PT to find out!