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Boo! No really... Welcome to WatchMojo.world, and today we’re looking at the freakiest and most entertaining reality shows with the supernatural as the main focus. Our countdown features spine-chilling series like “A Haunting”, “Paranormal Lockdown”, “MonsterQuest”, and many more. Which supernatural documentary show haunted you the most? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Here are our top picks:

1. **“A Haunting”**
- Reenactments of terrifying true stories of hauntings and ghostly encounters.

2. **“Paranormal Lockdown”**
- Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman lock themselves in haunted locations for 72 hours to investigate.

3. **“Ghost Adventures”**
- Zak Bagans and his team explore haunted locations, capturing compelling evidence of the paranormal.

4. **“The Dead Files”**
- A former NYPD detective and a psychic medium investigate haunted locations to uncover the truth.

5. **“Destination Truth”**
- Josh Gates travels the world investigating paranormal phenomena and unexplained mysteries.

6. **“MonsterQuest”**
- Analyzing and exploring evidence of legendary creatures and cryptids.

7. **“Ghost Hunters”**
- The TAPS team investigates reports of paranormal activity across the United States.

8. **“Haunted”**
- Real people share their terrifying, true stories of paranormal experiences, reenacted for viewers.

9. **“Paranormal State”**
- A college-based team investigates hauntings and other supernatural occurrences.

10. **“Kindred Spirits”**
- Paranormal investigators Amy Bruni and Adam Berry help families dealing with frightening hauntings.

Did we miss a show that sent shivers down your spine? Let us know in the comments!

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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the freakiest and most entertaining reality
00:08shows with the supernatural as the main focus.
00:16Programs mostly concerned with real crimes like unsolved mysteries are excluded.
00:21Number 20.
00:22Ghost Mine
00:23Did you know that mines are
00:29haunted?
00:30Well, that's the thesis of Ghost Mine, a sci-fi show that ran for two seasons throughout
00:352013.
00:36The gist is simple.
00:37A team of miners goes about their business while two paranormal investigators observe
00:41the mine for spooky activity.
00:43The team also investigates areas linked to the mine, including a bed and breakfast that
00:47once functioned as a hospital.
00:50Ghost Mine is a unique addition to the genre, and by setting its sights on one specific
00:54location, the show builds an engrossing mythology.
00:57Plus, who can deny those beautiful Oregon locations?
01:07Number 19.
01:08Haunted
01:09It was only a matter of time before Netflix started their own paranormal show.
01:21The result was Haunted, a series in which people share their personal experiences with
01:26the supernatural.
01:28Stories involve a woman hanging in a young boy's closet, the ghosts of children in a
01:32well, and even a demon of war in Afghanistan.
01:36It's like a collection of short stories, each episode bringing a unique story with their
01:40own spooky scenarios.
01:41You don't have to believe every story.
01:44Heck, maybe you won't believe any of them.
01:46But each tale is entertaining in its own right, providing viewers with a healthy dose of creepy
01:51campfire tales.
02:00Number 18.
02:01My Ghost Story
02:11This program shares much in common with Haunted, albeit with a few unique caveats.
02:15Like Haunted, each episode of My Ghost Story sees an individual recounting their experience
02:20with the paranormal.
02:21But that's where the similarities end.
02:24The tales in My Ghost Story are often linked to famous haunted locations, and each episode
02:29comes equipped with its own little history lesson regarding the place and its lore.
02:33The show also contains visual evidence captured by the storyteller, usually a homemade video
02:38that backs up their outlandish claims.
02:41My Ghost Story is for anyone who loves, well, a good ghost story.
02:53Number 17.
02:54The Haunting Of
03:04Beginning in 2012, The Haunting Of served as a spinoff of Celebrity Ghost Stories, which
03:09appears later in this video.
03:11It shares a very similar premise to its parent program.
03:14Celebrities tell tantalizing stories of their paranormal experiences, often with the talent
03:18of an audiobook narrator.
03:20But this show takes the concept and the stories one step further.
03:24The Haunting Of brings the celebrities back to the locations in question.
03:28While there, they attempt to find answers or maybe even closure regarding their paranormal
03:33experiences.
03:34It's a fun twist on the concept, adding an extra dimension to the already spooky stories.
03:39Number 16.
03:50Psychic Kids – Children Of The Paranormal
04:01This show contains exactly what it says in the title, Psychic Kids.
04:05These children supposedly harbor supernatural powers, whether it be clairvoyance, the ability
04:10to speak with the dead, or any number of out-of-this-world abilities.
04:13The original show ran between 2008 and 2010, with a number of professional adults speaking
04:19with the children and helping them control and harness their supernatural abilities.
04:23A reboot aired in 2019, in which some children returned as adults and helped a new generation
04:29of psychic kids.
04:30The concept is original, and the kids often make for entertaining subjects.
04:34Like, how can someone with clairvoyance not be entertaining?
04:40Number 15.
04:41F.E.A.R.
04:42Released during MTV's heyday, F.E.A.R. was a fascinating and endlessly entertaining
04:54show.
04:55The concept was inspired by Richard Matheson's Hell House and its 1973 movie adaptation,
05:00in which a group of experts stays inside a haunted house and investigates its paranormal
05:05properties.
05:06Just like the story, F.E.A.R. sees a group of strangers staying inside a haunted location
05:10for two nights.
05:11If they make it to the end without tapping out, they receive a cash prize.
05:15The show was a huge ratings hit, but it was too expensive for MTV to produce and they
05:19canceled it after just two seasons.
05:21It's a shame because F.E.A.R. was an outstanding piece of television, equal parts entertaining
05:26and horrifying.
05:27Number 14.
05:38Fact or Faked?
05:39Paranormal Files
05:45Most paranormal shows take the paranormal at face value.
05:49That is, they don't often question the validity of the stories.
05:52Well, that's where SyFy's Fact or Faked comes in.
05:56In this one, a small team of experts watches a piece of paranormal footage and attempts
06:00to debunk it.
06:02Each expert has their own field of expertise, including photography, stunt work, and technology,
06:07allowing for all the potential bases to be covered.
06:10Furthermore, team leader Ben Hanson used to work for the FBI, and he brings his professional
06:16investigative techniques to the table.
06:18It's basically a real-life X-Files, mixing skepticism with belief, and providing a ton
06:24of entertainment in the process.
06:35Number 13.
06:37Monster Quest
06:38No, this isn't a video game from the 80s.
06:47Monster Quest was a show that aired on the History Channel, in which a group of people
06:51attempted to find cryptids and supernatural creatures.
06:54Bigfoot is here, of course, as is the Thunderbird and the Chupacabra, among others.
06:59As you can imagine, they never catch these monsters on camera.
07:03That would have been worldwide news, but as its title suggests, the fun lies in the quest,
07:08not the destination.
07:09The stories of these monsters are a blast, as are the spooky hunts to find them.
07:14The show also goes all across the world, providing a good dose of variety and adventure.
07:20What's not to love?
07:21Rare opportunity to explore an area previously off-limits to Bigfoot researchers.
07:26Number 12.
07:27Celebrity Ghost Stories
07:28And we now get to the aforementioned Celebrity Ghost Stories for its own entry.
07:39As mentioned before, this is an anthology show in which big-name celebrities like Marilyn
07:44Manson, Daniel Stern, and Michael Imperioli tell their stories of the supernatural.
07:49The stories in question are often chilling.
07:51And as many of these celebrities are professional actors, they make their tales as dramatic
07:56and engrossing as possible.
07:58There's nothing quite like climbing under a blanket and listening to gifted storytellers
08:02weave incredible tales, and Celebrity Ghost Stories delivers that in droves.
08:13Number 11.
08:15Scariest Places on Earth
08:16You can probably guess what this show is about.
08:24You're right, the scariest places on Earth.
08:26The show explores some of the most notorious haunted locations in the world, complete with
08:30first-hand interviews, history lessons, and of course, an investigation.
08:35But what this show has that others don't is star power.
08:38The series has its roots in paranormal cinema, as it's hosted by Linda Blair and narrated
08:43by Zelda Rubenstein of Poltergeist fame.
08:46They bring a welcome degree of fan service to the program, and the locations that the
08:50show explores are often fascinating, not to mention downright horrifying.
08:55These are indeed the scariest places on Earth.
09:07Number 10.
09:09Haunted Collector
09:10In the oversaturated market that is ghost hunting, Haunted Collector takes an original
09:17approach to the genre.
09:18Like most ghost shows, Haunted Collector follows a demonologist, John Saffis and his family,
09:24as they investigate supposed haunted locations.
09:27However, Saffis takes it one step further by attempting to find and remove the location's
09:32trigger object, the item that a spirit has attached itself to, and which in turn results
09:38in the haunting.
09:39Yep, the show is essentially a real-life Ghostbusters.
09:46Sure, it's a little odd seeing Saffis talking to a lamp or another inanimate object, but
09:51at least it puts a fresh twist on the tired ghost hunting formula.
09:58Number 9.
09:59Paranormal Lockdown
10:04Paranormal Lockdown is hosted by two veterans of the paranormal field.
10:08Ghost Adventures' Nick Groff and Paranormal State's Katrina Weidman.
10:12Despite their somewhat awkward chemistry, their experience makes for an informed and
10:16professional dynamic, as they tend to take a more thoughtful approach to their evidence
10:20rather than freaking out at the slightest provocation.
10:29Instead of one single night, the two spend 72 hours confined to a location, and their
10:35lengthy confinement often results in numerous pieces of evidence, however slight or dramatic,
10:40and often in broad daylight.
10:43Paranormal Lockdown is a raw, realistic, and less flashy approach to ghost hunting television.
10:53Number 8.
10:55Paranormal State
10:59While most ghost shows follow professional paranormal investigators, Paranormal State
11:04centers around a university club called the Pennsylvania State University Paranormal Research
11:09Society.
11:10Since outlines of the episodes were made in advance, and the producers created story arcs
11:14for the students, naysayers may feel as if it's overproduced, or even outright fake.
11:20However, regardless of your opinion on its authenticity and flair for the dramatic, there's
11:24no denying that there are numerous entertaining scares to be found.
11:28Just don't take it too seriously, and you may walk away a little unnerved.
11:36Number 7.
11:38Most Haunted
11:43Most Haunted is undeniably one of the most popular, and certainly one of the longest
11:47running paranormal shows on television.
11:49It follows a team of investigators, led by Yvette Fielding, as they explore various haunted
11:54locations throughout Europe.
11:56While Most Haunted has been the subject of various controversies and claims of fakery,
12:00it's nevertheless a very spooky show, and its age alone can certainly attest to its
12:05popularity.
12:08The crew's reactions may be on the melodramatic side, and it seems to be more of a ratings
12:13chaser than an authentic glimpse into the paranormal, but there's no denying that it
12:17still makes for entertaining and creepy television.
12:22Number 6.
12:23A Haunting
12:27A Haunting is unlike the other shows of its kind, as it's more documentary than investigative.
12:32It tells the stories of various people who were seemingly afflicted by paranormal phenomena,
12:36and has dramatic reenactments play over commentary from witnesses.
12:41Because the show is more cinematic than realistic, the paranormal stories go down far easier,
12:46and the show is more easily digestible as entertainment.
12:52The production is also far better than most shows that revolve around reenactments, as
12:56the effects are generally believable, and it's both well-shot and well-acted.
13:02Despite possible reservations regarding the stories, A Haunting is nevertheless a terrifying
13:07glimpse into the unknown.
13:10Number 5.
13:12Destination Truth
13:18Destination Truth followed paranormal researcher Josh Gates as he traveled to various locations
13:22around the world to try and document cryptozoological creatures.
13:27While there have been countless shows regarding the possibility of Bigfoot or another monster
13:31of the week, Destination Truth tackles the subject with humor and skepticism.
13:39Gates and his team are hilarious and scathing, oftentimes disbelieving the outrageous stories.
13:45That said, they do find some downright chilling things, even if they're not mythological creatures,
13:51and the show makes for an informative look at various culture superstitions.
13:55And let us tell you, some of them believe in some creepy things.
14:02Number 4.
14:03The Dead Files
14:07The Dead Files is a paranormal investigation show with a twist.
14:12A medium, Amy Allen, and a retired homicide detective, Steve Dishavi, team up to tackle
14:17the paranormal at a given location.
14:24Amy traverses through the setting while channeling and communicating with the ghosts, while Steve
14:29interviews witnesses and gathers historical evidence regarding the location.
14:33While it's true that Amy's psychic channeling may take some getting used to, and will undoubtedly
14:37turn a lot of people off, The Dead Files is nevertheless one of the more credible and
14:42unsettling ghost shows concerning psychics.
14:45Is that an oxymoron?
14:47Maybe, but it sure is fun.
14:54Number 3.
14:56Paranormal Witness
14:59The concept here is incredibly generic.
15:02People tell their stories of unexplainable and possibly paranormal phenomena.
15:06That's about it.
15:07The concept is nothing new.
15:09Paranormal Witness stands above the oversaturated crowd due to its production values and captivating
15:15stories.
15:16These stories are not only frightening and unsettling, they can also be highly emotional,
15:20which makes for a sensitive viewing experience not found in other paranormal programs.
15:30These are scary ghost stories told with a keen directorial eye, and each segment feels
15:35like its own satisfying short film.
15:37If you're out of good scary movies to watch, Paranormal Witness is certainly worth a gander.
15:47Number 2.
15:48Ghost Hunters
15:53No discussion of paranormal investigations is complete without a mention of Ghost Hunters.
15:58It's undoubtedly one of the most popular ghost shows, and it provides over a decade's worth
16:03of freaky entertainment and some of the most compelling evidence of paranormal activity
16:07ever captured on video.
16:10Sure, some people may criticize the show for its slow pace, but that's what makes it even
16:16more authentic and believable.
16:18You need the slow episodes to further validate the paranormal occurrences.
16:22This and Ghost Hunters International are some of the most reputable ghost hunting shows,
16:27and their realism makes the unbelievable all the more terrifying.
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16:50Number 1.
16:52Ghost Adventures
16:59Ghost Adventures is arguably the best and easily the scariest paranormal show on television,
17:04despite its rather eccentric hosts.
17:06The series follows several easily excitable men as they investigate haunted locations
17:11with high-end scientific equipment like infrared and structured light sensor cameras, and what
17:16results is some of the most incredible evidence ever captured on camera.
17:23While some may yearn for the old days when it was just three of them with video cameras,
17:27Ghost Adventures is still a highly entertaining show that features some of the most compelling
17:31proof of the paranormal.
17:33Even the skeptics have to admit that these guys have caught some truly incredible evidence.
17:46What supernatural documentary show haunted you the most?
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