Travel Channel and discovery+ Paranormal Programming Highlights: Aug 1-14, 2022

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It’s another quiet batch of programming announcements this time. There aren’t any series, season premieres, or specials. But there are new episodes of Fright Club, as well as Conjuring Kesha and UFO Witness. However, it’s also the season finale for those last two. Let’s take a closer look.

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Conjuring Kesha

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New Series, Now Streaming on discovery+

Global pop superstar Kesha has a deep passion for all things supernatural and has spent most of her life searching for answers to the world’s biggest mysteries. Now she is expanding on her fascination with the unknown in a cinematic, hands-on paranormal series chock full of mysterious adventures. Follow Kesha and some of her celebrity friends on a cosmic exploration of the afterlife, as they travel to mind-blowing haunted locations and search for all things unexplainable. [Hour-long episodes]

*Season Finale* “Descent Into Madness” – Begins Streaming Friday, August 5 on discovery+

Kesha and rapper Big Freedia face their worst fears at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The building comes to life overnight spurring violent activity and revealing disturbing truths. Psychic Chip Coffey joins the investigation in hopes of setting the spirits free.

Concurrent Premieres: discovery+ and Travel Channel

UFO Witness

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New Season, Now Streaming on discovery+ and Airing on Travel Channel

Since the government’s release of information last year, the reporting of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) sightings and new frightening accounts of close encounters have skyrocketed. Now, in the second season of UFO Witness, eyewitness accounts, as well as exclusive video and photographic evidence of UFOs, aim to uncover the methods and motives behind the aliens visiting our planet. Former federal agent Ben Hansen and investigative journalist Melissa Tittl have made it their mission to uncover the truth behind the most shocking and terrifying UFO sightings across America. [Hour-long episodes]

“Arcturians and Black Triangles” – Begins Streaming Tuesday, August 2 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Tuesday, August 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Ben Hansen and Melissa Tittl investigate reports of triangular black craft terrorizing Las Vegas residents. Even more chilling, these alarmingly advanced UFOs are able to abduct humans via their minds. If such claims are true, then no one is safe and the future of humanity is at risk.

*Season Finale* “Pleiadians and Alien Conspiracy” – Begins Streaming Tuesday, August 9 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Tuesday, August 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Ben Hansen and Melissa Tittl have documented dozens of alien abductions, but a recent trend has them concerned: some abductees have been communicating with their captors! Are extraterrestrials brainwashing their victims in a sadistic plot to dominate humanity?

Fright Club

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New Season, Now Streaming on discovery+ and Airing on Travel Channel

Jack Osbourne and the Ghost Brothers – Dalen Spratt, Marcus Harvey and Juwan Mass – are back with their hilarious and frightening competition to creep each other out with the craziest, most mind-blowing paranormal videos they can find. They’ll talk with the witnesses who captured the footage and get insight from other experts before voting on each episode’s “nightmare” clip. This season, a few familiar faces join the party to share videos, insight and their own paranormal stories. [Hour-long episodes]

“Demon Cyclone” – Begins Streaming Thursday, August 4 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Thursday, August 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Jack Osbourne and the Ghost Brothers get the inside scoop on a real-life Hell house. A UFO hangs ten in South Africa. And actor Jay Mewes shares rare footage of the elusive Beast of Gum Hill.

“Cat Caller” – Begins Streaming Thursday, August 11 on discovery+

New Episode Also Premieres Same Day Thursday, August 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

Jack Osbourne and the Ghost Brothers reveal the secret lives of cats. A dancing demonic soda can whisper ominous threats. And comedian Jamie Kennedy shares a clip of real-life space invaders.

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UFO Witness (Season 2)

New Episodes: Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+

“Arcturians and Black Triangles” – Tuesday, August 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

*See above section for episodic descriptions

*Season Finale* “Pleiadians and Alien Conspiracy” – Tuesday, August 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

*See above section for episodic descriptions

Fright Club (Season 2)

New Episodes: Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

*New episodes will launch same day on discovery+

“Demon Cyclone” – Thursday, August 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

*See above section for episodic descriptions

“Cat Caller” – Thursday, August 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

*See above section for episodic descriptions

Ghost Brothers: Lights Out (Season 1)

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New Episodes: Saturdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

“Ghost Town Throwdown” – Saturday, August 6 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey venture to Vulture Mine to dig into the haunting at the Old West’s most notorious gold mine. But the unexplained activity turns violent, injuring the crew and making the Ghost Brothers the target of a dangerous presence.

“Go to the Light” – Saturday, August 13 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey dive into the Gulf Coast’s Pensacola Lighthouse to shine a light on the horrific haunting. But as the Ghost Brothers illuminate the site’s past and paranormal presence, they find the lighthouse itself may play an unexpected role.

Alaskan Killer Bigfoot (Season 1)

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New Episodes: Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Travel Channel

“We’re the Prey” – Sunday, August 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

The team is unnerved by evidence that Nantinaq may be lurking in the water. They had back to No-Man’s Land with night-vision goggles to spy on the creature, but things get out of control fast when they spot an inexplicable blaze in the woods.

*Season Finale* “Nantinaq’s Exorcism” – Sunday, August 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Paranormal investigators arrive in Portlock to perform a powerful cleansing ceremony to rid the village of its dark, demonic energy. Calm seems to prevail as the team’s 40-day mission draws to a close, but has Nantinaq truly been banished from Portlock?

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2 Comments

  1. There are so many fun shows that I don’t tire of either reruns (to catch up on) or new shows.

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    I love this comment! I’m glad for the break because then it gives me a moment to catch up on all the shows I’ve put off. lol

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