Haunting Evidence
Haunting Evidence is an American documentary television series following the travels of a psychic profiler, a spirit medium, and a paranormal investigator. The trio travels the United States investigating "cold case" homicide and missing persons cases. The premise of the series was that this "team of unconventional investigators" could shed new light on unsolved crimes.
| Haunting Evidence | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Release | |
| Original release | December 21, 2005 – October 25, 2008 |
The series began production in October 2005 and premiered on Court TV (now truTV) December 21, 2005 with a run of 9 episodes in Season 1. Season 2 premiered on June 20, 2007. There were 4 hour-long special episodes comprising Season 3. The series ended production after a total of 27 episodes, and is currently still broadcast in worldwide syndication as of 2019. The psychic-crime paranormal reality series stars well-known psychic profiler Carla Baron, medium John J. Oliver, and paranormal investigator Patrick Burns.
Episodes
Season 1
| No. | Title | Subject | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mystery on the Appalachian Trail" | Julianne Williams & Laura Winans | December 21, 2005 |
| 2 | "Mystery in the Ashes" | Tara Baker | December 21, 2005 |
| 3 | "Forgotten Fiancée" | Amanda Tusing | June 14, 2006 |
| 4 | "The Missing D.A." | Ray Gricar | June 21, 2006 |
| 5 | "Hidden Truth" | Timothy Stone | July 5, 2006 |
| 6 | "Missing Teacher" | Tara Grinstead | July 19, 2006 |
| 7 | "Mystery in the Desert" | Katie Sepich | July 26, 2006 |
| 8 | "Abduction at Comins Pond" | Molly Bish | August 2, 2006 |
| 9 | "Lady of the Dunes" | Lady of the Dunes | August 9, 2006 |
Season 2
| No. | Title | Subject | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Missing in Paradise: Natalee Holloway Parts 1 + 2" | Natalee Holloway | June 20, 2007 |
| 2 | "Women of Calder Field" | Texas Killing Fields (location) | June 27, 2007 |
| 3 | "Long Journey Home" | Russell Turcotte | July 4, 2007 |
| 4 | "Buried Secrets" | James Lacouture | July 11, 2007 |
| 5 | "Dupont Circle Mystery" | Joyce Chiang & Chandra Levy | July 18, 2007 |
| 6 | "The Ruins at Land's End" | Kristin Modafferi | July 25, 2007 |
| 7 | "Five Hundred Miles Away" | Judith Smith | August 1, 2007 |
| 8 | "Deep in the Desert" | Diana Shawcroft & Jennifer Lueth | August 8, 2007 |
| 9 | "Wiregrass Murders" | J.B. Beasley & Tracie Hawlett | August 15, 2007 |
| 10 | "North Carolina Burning" | Vernon Shipman, Charles Glass & Louise Shumate | August 22, 2007 |
| 11 | "Haunted in Villisca" | Villisca axe murders | August 29, 2007 |
| 12 | "Deadly Detour" | Eric Keller | September 5, 2007 |
| 13 | "Missing in Ohio" | Tony Luzio | September 12, 2007 |
| 14 | "Mystery in the Countryside" | Les Johnson | September 19, 2007 |
Season 3
| No. | Title | Subject | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The JonBenet Mystery" | Jon-Benet Ramsey | October 4, 2008 |
| 2 | "Madeleine McCann" | Madeleine McCann | October 11, 2008 |
| 3 | "Zodiac Killer" | Zodiac Killer | October 18, 2008 |
| 4 | "George Allen Smith" | George Allen Smith | October 25, 2008 |
Results
None of the cases investigated by the show were solved because of the show. Two cases were later closed by police work:[1]
- Episode 107, "Mystery in the Desert", Season 1: the perpetrator of the crime, Gabriel Avila, was linked to Katie Sepich via DNA evidence, in December 2006.[2]
- Episode 209, "Wiregrass Murders", Season 2: Coley McCraney was charged in April 2019 with the murder of the two girls using DNA and genetic genealogy.[3]
References
- Ben Radford (2011-06-07). "Holly Bobo Still Missing: Rumors, Psychics Hurt Search". Discovery News. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
- ""Gabriel Avila", America's Most Wanted, retrieved August 16, 2011". Archived from the original on December 17, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2008.
- Hastings, Deborah (2019-03-18). "Golden State Killer Investigation Helps Investigators Make Arrest in 20-Year-Old Cold Case in Alabama". Inside Edition. Retrieved 2019-05-18.