The WORST episodes of Ghost Adventures
Every episode of Ghost Adventures ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ghost Adventures!
Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley and Jay Wasley search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.
#1 - Pioche Hospital of Hell
Season 26 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/2025
The crew investigates two abandoned buildings in Pioche, Nevada, a town with a murderous past during its 1800s mining heyday. There are reports of disturbing activity in Pioche Hospital and sightings of a demonic creature in the Pioche Consolidated Mill.
#2 - Union Hotel
Season 18 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/6/2019
Zak and the crew travel to the Bay Area to investigate aggressive paranormal activity at a historic hotel that has endured the brutal California Gold Rush, a smallpox epidemic and a period as a seedy flophouse.
#3 - Idaho State Tuberculosis Hospital
Season 18 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/13/2019
Zak and the crew investigate a former tuberculosis hospital in Gooding, Idaho, that's been converted into an inn. The owners and their staff have been terrorized by whispering voices, ghostly children and the spirit of an angry old man.
#4 - Montecito Mansion of Mystery
Season 22 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/10/2022
Zak senses a historic mansion with a tragic and mysterious past in Montecito, California, has called to him. When the crew attempts to re-create a séance in the home’s majestic main hall, they capture some of their most compelling evidence to date
#5 - Henderson Hell House
Season 22 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/15/2022
Zak and the crew rush to help a Nevada family who claim paranormal activity sent one parent to the hospital, and fear their young daughter is next; the team works to uncover the dark source of the psychological attacks hiding inside the home.
#6 - Los Feliz Murder House, Part 1
Season 22 - Episode 19 - Aired 10/20/2022
The GAC gain access to a Los Angeles mansion where a gruesome murder-suicide that made tabloid headlines and became urban lore took place sixty years ago. In the first-ever paranormal investigation of the long-shuttered residence, they uncover shocking secrets and a terrifying presence.
#7 - Curse of Catalina Island
Season 22 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/17/2022
The Ghost Adventures crew sets sail for a Southern California island steeped in supernatural phenomena. And the epicenter of the paranormal activity is a sprawling theater that once housed the disinterred bones of the island's indigenous people.
#8 - Vengeance in Oxnard
Season 22 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/24/2022
The crew sails into the coastal town of Oxnard, California, to help a couple tormented by unseen forces in their house; Zak makes a surprising connection as the team attempts to unmask the driving force behind the negative energy in the stately home.
#9 - Fear in Flagstaff
Season 23 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/2023
Zak and the crew check in for a night of terror at a Flagstaff, Arizona, hotel where guests and staff have reported troubling paranormal experiences for decades. The chaotic spirits trapped within are wreaking havoc, and the GAC may be the only ones who can help.
#10 - Stow House Haunting
Season 23 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/28/2023
Echoes of a past investigation come into focus as Zak and the crew investigate a stately California ranch steeped in tragedy. A dark energy has taken root on the land, and the team must unravel its haunting secrets to help the terrified caretakers.
#11 - The Beast of West Hills
Season 23 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/23/2023
Zak and the crew descend upon a Southern California park to investigate a preschool haunted by tragedy and violent deaths. The team wants to determine if an ancient tribal tale of vengeance has continued to cast a dark curse on this former homestead.
#12 - King Gillette Ranch
Season 23 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/2023
The crew visits King Gillette Ranch, a sprawling compound built on sacred land; its dark history plus a brush with a cult has birthed violent spirit activity that drains the living of their energy, making this the GAC's heaviest investigation yet.
#13 - Sutro Ghost Town
Season 23 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/11/2023
Zak and the crew delve into the darkness that surrounds the historic and very haunted town of Sutro, Nevada. The team suspects an old mining tunnel is fueling the abandoned settlement's ominous aura as they uncover numerous deaths, disasters and mysterious fires.
#14 - Scotty's Castle
Season 23 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/25/2023
Zak and the crew trek through California's Death Valley to investigate a sprawling complex shrouded in mystery. The guys find themselves captivated by the desert villa's dark, powerful energy as they explore its flood- and fire-ravaged grounds. Who or what is feeding this ominous aura?
#15 - Ghost Island
Season 23 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/18/2023
Zak and the crew brave a brutal winter blizzard to confront an aggressive presence at an abandoned ranch located off the coast of Utah's Great Salt Lake. Unmarked graves and whispers of a curse throw a shadow over the investigation as the guys seek out the dark, unseeable force.
#16 - Midnight at the Museum
Season 26 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/2025
Unsettling paranormal events near an exhibit of serial killer Samuel Little prompt Zak to investigate his own Las Vegas museum. Are the events connected to Little's recently acquired remains, and could the lockdown reveal clues to his unsolved murders?
#17 - Condemned in Calico
Season 26 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2025
Zak and the crew roll into a Wild West town to confront a posse of volatile spirits that are tormenting the living. The many deaths from this desert outpost's lawless past has infused the very rocks with a dark, powerful energy that cannot be contained.
#18 - Manor of Malice
Season 26 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2025
Zak and the crew are summoned to a Los Angeles mansion where recent restoration efforts have awakened a sinister presence. With each step, the team risks falling prey to a dark attachment that threatens to follow them beyond the historic home's walls.
#19 - Buried Souls of Pendleton Part 1
Season 26 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2025
Zak and the crew arrive in historic Pendleton, Oregon, to investigate dark hauntings in its storied subterranean tunnels. Has a history of death, misery and hatred fed the negative energy snaking its way beneath this seemingly peaceful town?
#20 - Rage on the River
Season 26 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2025
In Reno, NV, Zak helps a couple consumed by overwhelming darkness while renovating the abandoned River Inn, causing them to sleep in an RV. The crew suspects nearby hot springs are connected to the unnerving activity and the property's strange history.
#21 - Abandoned at Whiskey Pete's
Season 25 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/7/2025
Zak and the crew find themselves in an eerie Nevada desert town to investigate a recently shuttered casino haunted by the spirit of a notorious bootlegger. The team and comedian Matt Rife confront the dark energy of the abandoned building.
#22 - Poltergeist House Curse
Season 25 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/16/2025
The GAC dig into the mystery of the famed Poltergeist House, launching an unprecedented investigation inside the site of the classic horror film location to uncover the truth behind a rumored curse that haunts the suburban California home.
#23 - Hotel Congress
Season 24 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/5/2024
Zak and the crew check in for a night of terror at an infamous Tucson, Arizona, hotel plagued by poltergeist activity and spirit possession. Could a brush with one of America's most violent gangsters be responsible for the darkness that inhabits the building?
#24 - Orcutt Ranch
Season 23 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/1/2023
Zak and the crew suspect evil forces are afoot as they investigate a California estate haunted by rumors of secret rituals in the basement and a gruesome double homicide next door. The team treads on very dark grounds as they attempt to unravel the mystery.
#25 - Living Dead on La Brea
Season 25 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/21/2025
Zak investigates a former girl's school in Hollywood, Calif., after a gardener discovers bones in a shallow grave; could the remains be connected to sightings of a ghostly girl? Or is something more malevolent at play.