Haunted History
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Genre | Biography Channel |
Release | 26 October 1998 11 August 2001 | –
Haunted History is a 1998 UFA/Cafe Productions series exploring the
Premise
Tell ghost stories related to famous people and events using a mixture of experts and dramatic reconstructions of both the supernatural events and the history underlying them.
Season One (UK)
- Episode 1: Legacy of the Battle of Little Bighorn examines the ghost stories associated with Custer's Last Stand.
- Episode 2: Echoes of an Earthly Hell: Perched on a craggy peninsula on the south coast of Tasmania are the ruins of the infamous Port Arthur Penal Settlement. Do psychic echoes reverberate here?
- Episode 3: Ghosts of Slavery The Myrtles is a two-hundred-year-old Louisiana plantation house with a turbulent past. A ghost story from America's South.
- Episode 4: The Witches Who Cannot Forget: The story of Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General and the Witch Trials, and the ghosts which are still said to linger.
- Episode 5: Verdun: The Secret Battle Underground: claims of ghosts haunting tourists in the tunnels of the fortifications of this terrible First World War battle.
- Episode 6: Mary Queen of Scots: The Tragic Queen: retells the tale of the tragic Queen and the many ghost stories today associated with her romantic life.
US version
Haunted History premiered as a special in October 1998. The series began on 26 October 1999 on the
Opening: "Stories of the supernatural: fact or fiction? Through a veil of sightings and encounters, we catch a glimpse of our historical past on our journey through Haunted History."
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Season Premiere | Season Finale | |
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1 | 15 | 26 October 1999 | 23 December 2000 | |
2 | 10 | 16 February 2001 | 11 August 2001 |
Haunted History Special
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1 | Haunted History: Charleston | October 1998 | |
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Summary: A love-struck poet killed in a pistol duel; a murderess in an abandoned jail; a headless torso of a Confederate soldier from the Civil War; and a "Gentleman Ghost", all call this historic city their home. | ||
Haunted History episodes
Season 1 (1999–2000)
Ep. # | Episode Title | Original Airdate | |
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1 | Haunted History: New York | 26 October 1999 | |
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Summary: In the series premiere tales of ghosts in a Greenwich Village brownstone, on board a World War II ship, a Mohawk Valley castle, and a Revolutionary War house on Staten Island. Also featuring "The Lavender Story" about a mysterious lady in a lavender dress as retold by folklorist Chuck Stead. | ||
2 | Haunted History: San Antonio | 27 October 1999 | |
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Summary: Alamo heroes return home; a hotel's beautiful murder victim; an actress's ghost; a museum of circus memorabilia; and a haunted hearse coach. | ||
3 | Haunted History: Haunted Ships | 28 October 1999 | |
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Summary: Prowling the world's oceans, haunted ships are harbingers of doom. | ||
4 | Haunted History: Washington, D.C. | 29 October 1999 | |
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Summary: Known for skeletons in the closet, the U.S. Capital may claim equal notoriety for its political ghosts. | ||
5 | Haunted History: Ghosts of Gettysburg | 30 October 1999 | |
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Summary: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania has been called the most haunted battlefield in America and its ghost soldiers are still fighting a never ending battle in the Civil War. | ||
6 | Haunted History: Savannah | 10 May 2000 | |
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Summary: Savannah is considered to be one of the, if not the most haunted town in the U.S. Historical hauntings; Civil War spirits; and ghostly encounters revealed in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". | ||
7 | Haunted History: Haunted Tombstone | 12 August 2000 | |
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Summary: The dusty streets of Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Clanton gang still roam the dusty streets of Tombstone, Arizona .
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8 | Haunted History: Hollywood | 26 August 2000 | |
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Summary: Haunted movie studios, spooky hotels, and creepy cemeteries all make up the Hollywood the backlot tours don't want visitors to see. | ||
9 | Haunted History: Key West | 21 October 2000 | |
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Summary: In Key West, Florida, one way discover Ernest Hemingway 's ghost, Civil War soldiers, restless spirits, and the ghost of a young woman whose lover stole her corpse.
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10 | Haunted History: Haunted Edinburgh | 11 April 2000 | |
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Summary: Edinburgh, Scotland is steeped in murder, mystery, and mayhem. | ||
11 | Haunted History: Nevada | 25 November 2000 | |
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Summary: Spirits of prospectors, gamblers, entertainers, and ladies of the night all haunt . | ||
12 | Haunted History: Philadelphia | 2 December 2000 | |
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Summary: A statue walks, Hessian soldiers dwell in the cellar of an inn.
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13 | Haunted History: Haunted London | 23 December 2000 | |
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Summary: In London, England, a city with a violent past, many ghosts are said to roam the streets and the Tower of London. | ||
14 | Haunted History: New Orleans | 2 February 2001 | |
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Summary: voodoo queen gravesite; ghosts of poisoned children; and a phantom family.
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15 | Haunted History: New England | 9 February 2001 | |
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Summary: witch .
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Season 2 (2001)
Ep. # | Episode Title | Original Airdate | |
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1 | Haunted History: Hawaii | 16 February 2001 | |
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Summary: Hawaii is home to a volcano goddess Madame Pele, ghosts of violent native warriors, exorcism , and spirits that attack victims in the dead of night.
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2 | Haunted History: More Ghosts of Gettysburg II | 24 February 2001 | |
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Summary: "The Pickup Truck Ghosts": A woman using her pickup truck to shuttle extras to and from the battlefield sets from Gettysburg; "Buried Alive": an old barn on Seminary Ridge during the Battle of Gettysburg, becomes a burial place for a wounded Union soldier wrongly mistaken for dead. | ||
3 | Haunted History: Northwest | 2 March 2001 | |
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Summary: A Jesuit priest; young murder victim.
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4 | Haunted History: Haunted Baltimore | 9 March 2001 | |
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Summary: Haunted naval ship; roaring '20s mingle with modern revelers at Club Charles.
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5 | Haunted History: Haunted Chicago | 6 April 2001 | |
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Summary: Creepy cemetery; haunted restaurant; St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Clarence Darrow 's ghost.
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4 | Haunted History: Atlanta | 20 April 2001 | |
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Summary: Civil War hospital; former plantations; old prison for Union soldiers. | ||
7 | Haunted History: Haunted Maine | 8 June 2001 | |
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Summary: A witch on her lover's grave; the spirit of a murdered maid reaches out to a woman in dreams; a mad lighthouse keeper takes an ax to his wife and her piano. | ||
8 | Haunted History: Haunted Houses | 22 June 2001 | |
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9 | Haunted History: The Rockies | 29 June 2001 | |
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Summary: For some, the American west's only offerings were tragic death. Molly Brown 's Denver mansion; Estes Park big haunt.
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10 | Haunted History: The Caribbean | 11 August 2001 | |
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Summary: The Caribbean is known for its pirate ships, and the Bermuda Triangle .
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Haunted History". LocateTV.
- Haunted History on The History Channel
- Haunted History on TV.com
External links
- Haunted History at IMDb
- Haunted History at TV Guide
- Haunted History at TheTVDB