Paranormal State
TV Show · Reality

Paranormal State is a docuseries that chronicles the research activities of a team of college students who investigate alleged cases of paranormal activity. It centers on Pennsylvania State student Ryan Buell, whose frightening childhood experience with what he believes to be a supernatural entity prompted him to create the Paranormal Research Society (PRS) in order to help people find explanations for strange things happening around them.

2007 · 21m
  • 13+
Starring Ryan Buell, Sergey Poberezhny, Katrina Weidman

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Sixth Sense
    A worried mother calls PRS to help her son Matthew, a boy who sees dead people. Matthew's story strikes a chord with Ryan - who also experienced paranormal activity as a child. Ryan investigates, and discovers that "Timmy", the spirit Matthew sees most often, could actually be the spirit of a neighbor who died on the property years before the family moved there. When Ryan shows Matthew a picture of the real Timmy, the boy identifies him immediately!
    21m
  • EPISODE 2
    The Name
    Ryan and company enlist the assistance of psychic Chip Coffey to help a single Mom who is experiencing paranormal activity in a home that was once the site of brutal murders. But the case is turned upside down when it's discovered that Ryan himself is the target of a taunting demon whose name spells pure evil.
    20m
  • EPISODE 3
    The Devil In Syracuse
    The clients are new, but the spirit is all too familiar as Ryan prepares himself to battle the taunting demon that has been following him. He assembles his top investigators, a priest, a psychic and a demonologist couple as he faces his most harrowing case yet - once that ends in a full blown possession!
    20m
  • EPISODE 4
    Dark Man
    Ryan and his PRS crew are called to an isolated country farmhouse to help a grieving mother who suspects her son may have fallen victim to a mysterious entity called "The Dark Man". Our team sets about making things right - employing a psychic, a grief counselor, and a moonlight pagan cleansing on the ominous pond that could be the source of the mystery.
    20m
  • EPISODE 5
    Vegas
    Ryan Buell is director of Penn State University's Paranormal Research Society, a student-led club he founded as a 19-year-old while attending Penn State. Ryan and his fellow Society members tackle such mysteries as hauntings, ghostly appearances, sixth-sense experiences and demonic disturbances. Each episode follows Ryan and his team as they receive requests for help from others, ranging from the Catholic Church to families who are terrified by unexplained events in their homes.
    21m
  • EPISODE 6
    Pet Cemetery
    Ryan and his team investigate the bizarre haunting of a woman and her dog in isolated Waterboro, Maine. The Labrador was chewing at her own fur and standing on guard on the bed, growling at unseen figures. Her master, Sybil, began hearing strange noises. As PRS discovers, Lucy may not be the first canine to experience the phenomena - at least four other animals died violently on the property. PRS unravels the mystery culminating in a gruesome discovery deep in the woods.
    20m

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Cast & Crew

  • Ryan Buell
    Self
  • Sergey Poberezhny
    Self
  • Katrina Weidman
    Self
  • Eilfie Music
    Self
  • Heather Taddy
    Self
  • Michelle Belanger
    Self

About

Paranormal State

Reality

Paranormal State is a docuseries that chronicles the research activities of a team of college students who investigate alleged cases of paranormal activity. It centers on Pennsylvania State student Ryan Buell, whose frightening childhood experience with what he believes to be a supernatural entity prompted him to create the Paranormal Research Society (PRS) in order to help people find explanations for strange things happening around them.

13+

COMMON SENSE

Eerie docuseries explores the spirit world.

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Studio
A&E
Released
2007
Rated
TV-14
Region of Origin
United States
© 2007 A&E Television Networks. All Rights Reserved.

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