What kind of paranormal programming can you expect to watch on Travel Channel between March 4 through 14? It’s kind of a terrifying 10 days. In addition to the season premiere of Portals to Hell, there’s also a Friday the 13th, which you can spend binge-watching Travel Channel shows!
Note: Because the Portals to Hell season premiere is two hours, some of the regularly scheduled Friday shows, like Kindred Spirits and Haunting in the Heartland, air at different times on Friday, March 13. So be sure to pay attention to that if you’re fans of either (or both) of those shows.
Find more specifics below. Info organized by Shows and Dates.
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The Shows
The Dates
The Alaska Triangle
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. Are lay lines and electromagnetic anomalies within the Triangle causing these bizarre events? Or is something more sinister at play? From strange reports of military personnel seeing UFOs and missing aircrafts that have vanished without a trace, to sightings of fearful monsters and an underground alien base hidden inside a mountain, each episode of “The Alaska Triangle” seeks to unlock the paranormal mysteries hidden within this foreboding location.
Two hour episodes air:
- Sunday: March 8
The Dead Files
Former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi and physical medium Amy Allan are back on the case with a brand-new season of Travel Channel’s hit series, “The Dead Files.” In every episode, DiSchiavi and Allan first investigate each case separately. Utilizing his detective skills, DiSchiavi interviews witnesses and experts, and researches the history and facts behind each location. Allan, a physical medium who sees and communicates with the dead, assesses the property to identify what underlying entities reside there. Keeping their findings hidden from each other, the team avoids all contact with one another – coming together only at the very end to reveal their shocking discoveries to the property owners, and each other.
Hour-long episodes air:
Ghost Adventures
In each episode of “Ghost Adventures,” Zak Bagans and Aaron Goodwin, along with A/V techs Billy Tolley and Jay Wasley, travel to a different haunted destination where they meet with locals, eyewitnesses and experts in an attempt to piece together the haunted history of each site. They then begin their “lockdown” investigation, using the latest scientific gadgets and technology in an effort to obtain physical evidence of the paranormal and uncover the truth behind each haunted mystery.
Hour-long episodes air:
Haunted Hospitals
“Haunted Hospitals” tells chilling tales of paranormal activity inside hospitals, nursing homes, morgues and medical institutions. Past patients suspended between this world and the next, departed medical professionals who insist on overseeing their wards long after death, spirits roaming corridors to signal unfinished business with their presence – these terrifying stories are told by the medical professionals and patients who experienced them. These are not random encounters, but part of paranormal patterns experienced by hospital staff all over the world.
Hour-long episodes air:
Haunting in the Heartland
confronts entities disturbing Midwestern towns in the new series “Haunting in the Heartland”
Why do so many communities across America have stories of unexplained paranormal experiences that, through word-of-mouth and consistency, turn into lore? In “Haunting in the Heartland,” paranormal investigator and documentary filmmaker Steve Shippy visits Midwestern towns that have been traumatized for generations by ripples of fear. Growing up in a rural Michigan “creepy house on the corner,” Shippy uses his own personal experiences to make intimate connections with the families who’ve reached out to him for help. He then puts the puzzle pieces together to identify and decipher the larger mystery of the town’s haunting.
Hour-long episodes air:
Kindred Spirits
Paranormal investigators Amy Bruni and Adam Berry, along with psychic medium Chip Coffey, enter America’s darkest locations, demanding answers to the most chilling haunted mysteries. Bringing peace to the living by giving a voice to the dead, their multilayered investigations dig deep into the past to identify the restless spirits and analyze the threat. Throughout the season, America’s most intense paranormal activity takes them to evil and historic locations, including properties that were used as orphanages and asylums, as well as personal homes inhabited by aggressive entities.
Hour-long episodes air:
Paranormal Caught on Camera
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 air:
Portals to Hell
Descend into all-new eerie encounters when Travel Channel’s hit series “Portals to Hell” returns with a brand-new season. Avid paranormal investigators Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman resume their chilling journey to historically haunted locations in the United States, confronting sinister stories of the supernatural as they seek concrete evidence that a spirit world exists. In each episode, Osbourne and Weidman dive headfirst into a site, examining unusual incidents while utilizing specialized technology and a network of experts to help document and uncover the truth.
Hour-long episodes air:
- Friday: March 13 —*Two-hour season premiere!
These Woods Are Haunted
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 air:
Wednesday, March 4
Paranormal Caught on Camera
“Visit From a Witch and More” – 9 p.m. ET/PT
Ghost hunters make contact with an infamous gangster, a flying witch terrifies onlookers, a poltergeist torments a college student and something is alive in the sewers.
Thursday, March 5
Ghost Adventures
“Franklin Castle” – 9 p.m. ET/PT
Zak Bagans and the crew travel to Cleveland to investigate the most haunted residence in Ohio. Whispers of murder, suicide and arson have led many to believe the majestic mansion carries a deadly curse.
The Dead Files
“Last Call” – 10 p.m. ET/PT
Steve DiSchiavi and Amy Allan travel to Palatka, Florida, to investigate violent paranormal activity at a downtown bar. The owners claim all hell broke loose when they began renovations, and they fear the family business is cursed.
Friday, March 6
Kindred Spirits
Blackout” – 8 p.m. ET/PT
Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and Chip Coffey answer the desperate call of a couple suffering from relentless paranormal attacks in their home. Even more discomforting, the wife fears a dark entity is possessing her husband, causing blackouts and fits of anger.
Haunting in the Heartland
“Descent Into Madness” – 10 p.m. ET/PT
Steve Shippy travels to Holly Springs, Mississippi, where a family is being tormented by the ghost of a psychiatric patient. He uncovers a dark secret that has haunted the town for over a century, and it may be the key to putting the spirit to rest.
Saturday, March 7
These Woods Are Haunted
“Did Something Attach Itself to My Soul? and I Think I Saw a Ghost” – 9 p.m. ET/PT
A paranormal terror is unleashed when a group of friends desecrate a Florida cemetery. A day trip descends into a nightmare when two hunters spot a ghostly figure in the woods.
Haunted Hospitals
“The Cruel Nurse and When Hell Freezes Over” – 10 p.m. ET/PT
Patients are possessed by spirits at an isolated psychiatric hospital, and a malicious entity attacks a rookie nursing assistant.
Sunday, March 8
The Alaskan Triangle
“Underground Aliens and Vortex of Disappearances” – 10 p.m. ET/PT
A UFO hunter flies over Alaska’s highest mountain in search of a secret underground alien base, and a mysterious energy vortex may be behind unexplained disappearances and paranormal activity in the Alaskan wilderness.
Wednesday, March 11
Paranormal Caught on Camera
“Gettysburg Soldiers Return and More” – 9 p.m. ET/PT
Three boys spot a Sasquatch-like creature in Siberia, a couple captures ghostly soldiers on camera in Gettysburg and a teenager is terrified by a freakish formation in the sky.
Thursday, March 12
Ghost Adventures
“Union Brewery of Death” – 9 p.m. ET/PT
Zak Bagans and the crew are back in Virginia City, Nevada, to investigate the dark spirits haunting a historic brewery. A devastating fire and a short stint as a funeral home has stained the building, creating an energy unlike anything they’ve encountered.
The Dead Files
“Detox” – 10 p.m. ET/PT
Steve DiSchiavi and Amy Allan travel to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where a woman claims paranormal activity has spiked ever since she got sober. She fears if the evil spirits lurking inside her home can’t be stopped, she will fall down a dark path of no return.
Friday, March 13
Kindred Spirits
*Special Time* “Keeper of the Light” – 8 p.m. ET/PT
Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and Chip Coffey visit a desolate island off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. Disease, disaster and utter isolation have allowed spirits to fester, leading to reports of terrifying paranormal activity from employees and guests.
Portals to Hell
*Two-hour Season Premiere!* “The Old Paulding Jail” – 9 p.m. ET/PT
In the special two-hour season premiere, Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman head to Paulding, Ohio, to investigate the Old Paulding Jail – an almost 150-year-old site rumored to be haunted by the spirits of former inmates, sheriffs and even the victim of a horrific, 60-year-old cold case crime. The pair find it hard to uncover the truth in a sea of rumors, cover-ups and theories of what happened to the young woman who was murdered. They call in a trusted psychic in their search for answers. Determined to find out more, Osbourne and Weidman break down the last remaining sealed jail cell in the basement … and are shocked to discover large bone fragments scattered within. Now, the possibility of not only contacting spirits, but also solving a town’s most infamous murder is on the line. As the investigation deepens, Osbourne has a paranormal experience that will forever change him as an investigator and truth seeker.
Haunting in the Heartland
*New Time!* “Face of Evil” – 11 p.m. ET/PT
Steve Shippy travels to Hebron, Kentucky, to investigate an evil entity attacking a local woman in her home. He and his team uncover a strange chain of events surrounding the property, but the closer they get to answers, the more violent the spirit becomes.
Saturday, March 14
These Woods Are Haunted
“Was It Hunting Us? and It was Something Evil” – 9 p.m. ET/PT
Three friends come face-to-face with Bigfoot while hiking in the mountains of Kentucky. A paranormal tour guide unleashes a demonic entity when she attempts to communicate with the spirits on a Civil War battlefield.
Haunted Hospitals
“The Curse of Hallows’ Eve, Room 24 and The Coal Miner’s Ghost” – 10 p.m. ET/PT
A demonic entity pushes a security guard to the brink of insanity, hostile spirits harass a hospital worker and the ghost of a coal miner haunts a long-abandoned basement room.
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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OK, Courtney! You have to be tuned into, “Haunting in the Heartland,” this Friday. 🙂 I’ll be at Linden Hill watching the episode when it airs. You’ll have to let me know what you think about the story. 🙂
Travel Channel has the BEST shows!
Ok Blaine I don’t have Travel Channel, but I have a super cool connection that has hooked me up with another way to possibly view the ep! So if I get to, I’ll let you know!
Hi Courtney,
I think you can see replays on Hulu and Vudu. Hope this helps!
It does. I’ll check it out. Thx, Blaine!