What happens when you buy a ghost town that’s really haunted? Well, it might depend on what kind of paranormal activity you have. The Broussard family ended up plagued by relentless, menacing supernatural activity that left them terrified and desperate for answers.
Did they get help? We’ll find out when The Ghost Town Terror premieres on Friday, March 11 on Travel Channel and the same day on discovery+.
Gunslinger Gulch’s Siren Call
Gunslinger Gulch sits on the outskirts of Anaconda, Montana. It’s a sprawling ghost town and guest ranch made up of various historic abandoned buildings salvaged from across the state.
When the Broussard family answered the call of a new life in Big Sky Country and the opportunity to own this unique 52-acre property, they got more than they bargained for. They soon discovered the ranch offered anything but the serene Montana lifestyle they were seeking.
From day one, it was obvious their new property was alive with more than history and horses.
Ghost Town Terror at Gunslinger Gulch
After more than a year of paranormal attacks, including unexplained scratches, apparitions, disembodied voices and poltergeist activity, Karen and her family –daughter Chloe, 20, and sons Cameron, 21, and Colby, 15– are distraught and in dire need of help.
Paranormal investigator Tim Wood and paranormal researcher Sapphire Sandalo come to their aid. They soon discover the entire town has a disturbingly dark history and that an oppressive energy has taken over.
Facing a particularly ominous situation, they call in backup –psychic medium Sarah Lemos, who is immediately affected by negative forces, and Wood’s longtime friend and fellow investigator, Scott Di Lalla.
The team’s extensive investigation uncovers a heinous unsolved murder, mysterious open-ground pits, bone findings, alarming EVPs, and startling physical attacks. But most frightening of all might be that an evil entity may have attached itself to a family member.
They’re led on a windy, eerie hunt beyond Gunslinger Gulch and into the towns of Anaconda and nearby Butte to a historic brothel and abandoned house, rife with their own merciless history. The team discovers these buildings have uncanny ties back to the ranch and the Broussards.
As Tim and Sapphire work to get closer to the truth behind the haunting, the activity only grows stronger and more diabolical –making even the hunters feel hunted. The investigation of Gunslinger Gulch becomes a battle of wills.
The Ghost Town Terror is a six-episode series that premieres Friday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel and launches the same day on discovery+.
The Ghost Town Terror Episodes
Episode 1 – “Get Help”
Premieres Friday, March 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Paranormal investigators Tim Wood and Sapphire Sandalo arrive in Montana to help the Broussard family solve the haunting of Gunslinger Gulch. Their mission turns urgent when they must determine if the remote ranch, or the family members themselves, are the source of the disturbing paranormal activity.
Episode 2 – “A Place for the Dead”
Premieres Friday, March 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Investigators Tim Wood and Sapphire Sandalo make connections between the bloody history of Anaconda, Montana, and Gunslinger Gulch. But it’s a trek into the hills in search of a mysterious pit that has medium Sarah Lemos fearing for everyone’s immediate safety.
Episode 3 – “Hunted”
Premieres Friday, March 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Investigator Tim Wood uncovers a bone-chilling link between Gunslinger Gulch and a former brothel in Butte, Montana. Back at the ranch, the team grows more concerned for the Broussards after an experiment reveals a dark force’s psychological warfare.
Episode 4 – “Ornias”
Premieres Friday, April 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
Broussard matriarch Karen reluctantly moves her family off the ranch while investigators Tim Wood and Scott Di Lalla confront the dark haunting alone. Meanwhile, grim discoveries are made at an abandoned home Karen claims to be drawn to.
Episode 5 – “Let Us Have Her”
Premieres Friday, April 8 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
The team builds a psychomanteum – a dimly lit room of mirrors – to force a controlling entity to manifest inside the church. Meanwhile, a psychic sketch artist reveals a dark secret, sending the Broussard family, and the investigation, into fresh turmoil.
Episode 6 – “My Name Is Pain”
Premieres Friday, April 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel
It’s a showdown between good and evil at Gunslinger Gulch when the team invites a priest to the ranch to expel the dark entity.
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Are you excited to see new faces and new places in this new series?
I am, but it got me wondering about another haunted Montana ghost town I once wrote about: Garnet.
It’s managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Each season, they used to, and perhaps even still do, recruit volunteers to stay in the town to give tours, sell souvenirs and help with maintenance.
In return, they’re compensated with a furnished cabin and a food stipend. However, there’s no running water, electricity, or Wi-Fi.
But there are ghosts. Wonder if those ghosts know the ones we’ll meet in The Ghost Town Terror?
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.
Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.
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It is cool to have new faces, but really, these shows cover such interesting places that I’d watch no matter who was hosting or doing the mediumship!
This is what I admire about you. Now that I know you’re a Libra, I understand that’s part of your appeal. You’re so fair! I’m so critical and picky! lol
That show was a joke! This show was exaggerated and both those people on that show truly did not do research on that place or know what go on with mining towns. They made everyone look like fakes.
Hey William! I appreciate you leaving your honest feedback. This show is certainly like so many of the others. People are either loving it or not. And if they’re not, it’s for the same reasons you specified. I screened the 1st 2 episodes and while I was happy for the folks getting a show, I couldn’t get on board with a lot of it myself. If I’d had access to all the episodes then I would’ve fast-forwarded to see what happened in the last one. But there were definitely parts that were sloppy from a “real” investigation standpoint and it felt like it was staged/contrived overall.
Then again, that’s the picky critical Virgo in me. Most of these shows don’t hold my interest for very long. lol
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I’ve been watching the show and found it interesting until Episode 4 when they found the bones that Karen kept in the storage shed. Tim jumped to the conclusion that they were human bones used in black magic. Where was the scientific proof of that? Did they have the bones examined by a doctor to determine if they were human? The other issue I had was when Sapphire and Sarah stated that all the dead birds in the house, that has been abandoned for 50+ years, were the result of dark forces. Birds get trapped in abondoned places. It has nothing to do with dark forces. I was enjoying the show until all of this nonsense. I have the feeling this show was used as free publicity by the Broussards to boost bookings after covid.
Okay, so what you pointed out about the conclusions drawn was what turned me off in the first couple of episodes that I got to screen pre-show release. So I never made it past episode 2. Plus, I’m demon-ed out so when it went there, that lost me. BUT while I did think this seems like some sort of misguided publicity stunt, I didn’t put two and two together that it might be to boost them because of covid. But now that you’ve said it, I can’t unsee it. lol. I’d still want to go check it out if I’m ever in Montana but even without this investigation I would’ve just because it looks like a cool place. Thanks so much for the comment!