Encounters (TV series)

*Encounters*
Encounters
Also known as	Encounters: The Hidden Truth
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	John Jopson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	18
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	24 June 1994 –; 23 January 1996
Related
	Sightings; Unsolved Mysteries

Encounters: The Hidden Truth is an hour-long TV series that featured real life stories of paranormal phenomena. The format featured a host (John Marshall) and a team of reporters presenting 3 or 4 stories per episode dealing with UFOs, crop circles, exorcism, prophets, psychics, reincarnation, and other supernatural phenomena, in a news/documentary film style. The stories unfolded through witness interviews and reenactments of the events. The host and reporters discussed their reactions to some of the stories.^[1]

Encounters aired on the Fox network and was used mainly as a summer replacement series and fill-in show for other canceled series. The show first aired Fridays at 8:00 pm during the summer of 1994. The show then aired sporadically with different nights and times. In the final 3 editions of the show, Steven Williams (The X-Files) replaced John Marshall as the host. Two of those episodes aired in November 1995 and the final episode aired on January 23, 1996.^[2]^[3]

Cast

John Marshall - Host
Russell Rhodes - Correspondent
Sandra Pinckney - Correspondent
Sandra Gin - Correspondent
Linda Deleray - Correspondent
Mark Thompson - Correspondent
Vincent Neill - Director
Steven Williams - Host, Season 3

Broadcast history

Season	Time
1993–94	Friday at 8:00 pm
1994–95	Sunday at 7:00 pm

Episodes

Special (1994)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
S	1	"UFO Conspiracy"	February 22, 1994 (1994-02-22)	7.3
UFO Conspiracy.

Season 1 (1994)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
1	1	"Alien Contact"	June 24, 1994 (1994-06-24)	5.5
Investigative reports on crop circles ; revelations by pilots and air-traffic controllers.
2	2	"Cattle Mutilations"	July 1, 1994 (1994-07-01)	4.6
Investigations into cattle mutilations; and an allegedly psychic family.
3	3	"Exorcisms"	July 8, 1994 (1994-07-08)	4.2
Pilot reports The Exorcist .
4	4	"The Earthquake Sensitive"	July 15, 1994 (1994-07-15)	4.9
Talks with people who claim to be predictions for the future.
5	5	"UFO Home Videos"	July 22, 1994 (1994-07-22)	5.5
Home videos of alleged UFOs; people who claim to have received implants from aliens ; a UFO-investigation organization.

Season 2 (1994-1995)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
6	1	"Mars Formations"	October 9, 1994 (1994-10-09)	4.9
Near-death experiences; formations on Mars that appear to have been constructed; research indicates an asteroid contains simple forms of life.
7	2	"Bigfoot"	October 16, 1994 (1994-10-16)	7.2
A search for UFO sighting by a group of schoolchildren; a haunted murder site.
8	3	"Mars Wants Marilyn"	October 23, 1994 (1994-10-23)	5.2
Allegations that UFO sighting.
9	4	"Astronaut UFO Encounters"	December 4, 1994 (1994-12-04)	5.7
Alleged astronaut encounters with UFOs; a gravesite reported to contain the remains of an alien; a woman who claims to be Camelot's Guinevere reincarnated. Also: interest in the birth of a white buffalo .
10	5	"Ghost Attack"	December 18, 1994 (1994-12-18)	5.2
Reports of a UFOs; a couple who claim to have contacted their murdered son; the continuing quest for the Loch Ness Monster .
11	6	"Swarms of Birds and Bees"	January 13, 1995 (1995-01-13)	5.6
People who experience constant low-pitched humming sounds; incidents involving swarming birds and bees. Also: a man who built a house shaped like a spaceship.
12	7	"New England Vampires"	March 19, 1995 (1995-03-19)	4.5
Alleged remains of a vampire; a house reportedly haunted by Elvis Presley; stones said to bring bad luck when removed from a volcano site in Hawaii.
13	8	"Texas Schoolchildren Ghosts"	June 2, 1995 (1995-06-02)	4.6
Stories about the alleged UFOs and aliens .
14	9	"Genetic Hybrids"	June 9, 1995 (1995-06-09)	4.4
Segments on genetic engineering; a California tourist attraction that's said to be haunted; and alleged clues to the location of Noah's Ark.

Season 3 (1995-1996)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date	Viewers (millions)
15	1	"Psychics Among Us"	November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)	4.8
Unabomber ; forensic artist uses only skulls and bones to sculpt images; psychics' superhuman feats.
16	2	"Future Fear"	November 18, 1995 (1995-11-18)	4
Prospects for the next millennium, including technological and military developments. Also: Timothy Leary on cryogenics.
17	3	"Mysteries of the Mind"	January 23, 1996 (1996-01-23)	4.2
dreams; and the case of a handicapped woman struck by lightning .