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Paranormal Challenge

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Paranormal Challenge is an American competitive paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 17, 2011, on the Travel Channel. A spinoff of Ghost Adventures, the series was created and is hosted by lead investigator Zak Bagans, who challenges ghost hunters from around the United States to go head-to-head in a weekly competition to gather paranormal evidence by spending a night in reportedly haunted locations in the United States. The first season of the show ended on September 16, 2011. Lead judge David Schrader announced on Darkness Radio that the show would not be renewed for a second season.

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3.7 / 5

17th June 2011 - 16th September 2011
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Rolling Hills Asylum
17th June 2011

Episode 1

In the series premiere, it's the battle of the sexes when Zak Bagans pits two teams: Resident Undead Paranormal of Philadelphia, PA (boys) versus Paranormal Xpeditions from Massachusetts (girls) against each other to find paranormal proof in a haunted asylum the Ghost Adventures Crew (GAC) got locked down in for their invesigation.

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Eastern State Penitentiary
24th June 2011

Episode 2

Two teams: Northampton County Paranormal of Bath, PA versus Tri-state Paranormal of Metuchen, NJ investigate against each other as they learn what causes the hauntings in the decaying prison cells at Eastern State Penitentiary.

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Pennhurst State School
1st July 2011

Episode 3

Two radically different teams investigate Pennhurst State School and Hospital: the methodical investigative approach of the New Jersey Ghost Hunters Society from Hackettstown, NJ versus the extreme methods of Quest Paranormal Society from Reading, PA.

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Ohio State Reformatory
8th July 2011

Episode 4

Two teams: Steel Town Paranormal from Pittsburgh, PA and Eerie Paranormal from Ohio compete for the best paranormal evidence in the Ohio State Reformatory, which housed more than 155,000 criminals in the 94 years it was open. It's so filled with dark history that host Zak Bagans says it's one of the most haunted prisons he's ever investigated.

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West Virginia Penitentiary
15th July 2011

Episode 5

Two teams: Northeastern Spirit Society of Fairmont, WV and West Virginia Paranormal of Morgantown, WV search for ghosts inside the "Sugar Shack", psyc ward, and boiler room in the abandoned West Virginia Penitentiary (aka Moundsville State Penitentiary), which is said to be haunted by an angry former inmate nicknamed the "Baby Raper".

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Waverly Hills Sanatorium
22nd July 2011

Episode 6

Two teams: E.P.I.C. Investigators (Theresa, Darla, and Cathi) from Cleveland, Ohio and Dark Alley Paranormal (Brian, Alex, and Aaron) from Columbus, Ohio investigate Waverly Hills Sanatorium, an abandoned tuberculosis hospital which documented thousands of deaths during a tuberculosis outbreak in the early 1900s, where high casualties led to the construction of the "body chute".

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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
29th July 2011

Episode 7

Two teams from West Virginia go head to head: Tony, Jeff, and Matt of Appalachee Paranormal and Jackie, Mandy, and Stacey of G.A.L.S. Paranormal (Ghosts, Apparitions, and Lost Souls) investigate the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a former psychiatric hospital that is believed to be one of the country's most haunted sites.

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Old South Pittsburg Hospital
12th August 2011

Episode 8

An abandoned hospital near Chattanooga, Tennessee is investigated by two teams: Office of Paranormal Studies and Tennessee Wraith Chasers.

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La Purisima
19th August 2011

Episode 9

Amateur ghost hunters explore La Purisima Mission in Lomboc, Cal., where a bloody Indian uprising occurred in 1824.

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Linda Vista Hospital
26th August 2011

Episode 10

The abandoned Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles is investigated by two teams of amateur ghost hunters.

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USS Hornet
9th September 2011

Episode 11

Two Paranormal teams: Soul Seekers of Temecula, CA & S.R.I.P(Spirit Realm Investigative Project) of Denver, CO investigate the USS Hornet (WWII United States Navy aircraft carrier) in Alameda, CA said to be one of the most haunted warships in the American Navy.

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Jerome Grand Hotel
16th September 2011

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