The BEST episodes of Paranormal State
Every episode of Paranormal State ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Paranormal State!
PARANORMAL STATE is a half-hour series chronicling the extraordinary life of Ryan Buell and other members of the Penn State University's "Paranormal Research Society" Club (PRS) as they seek to find the truth behind terrifying real life mysteries, hauntings and ghosts. In some ways, the members of PRS are your basic college kids - dealing with the problems of school, dating, and finding their way in the world. The difference is that these students are drawn to examining "other" worlds as well -- working on cases that include ghosts, hauntings and other paranormal phenomena. Each week, they are contacted for help by outside parties ranging from the Catholic Church to ordinary families who are terrified by unusual events in their homes.
#1 - I Am Six
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/27/2008
Laura has felt oppressed by a violent spirit ever since she heard a chilling EVP in the fall of 2007. The 26-year-old claims she's been beaten, choked, even forcibly submerged in the bathtub of her parents' Quincy, Illinois home. But it's photos that offer the most startling evidence: deep scratch marks appearing on Laura's skin that spell out profanities.
#2 - The Devil in Syracuse
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/17/2007
Case File 2007.01.34F: 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 to assist Tina and her husband Raymond outside Syracuse, New York.
#3 - Room 37
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/2009
The PRS are joined by psychic Michelle Belanger as they investigate a Northern Tennessee bed and breakfast where Darrell, Cherry and their son Tyler have heard whistling and seen images of a man walking the halls, but a more terrifying apparition of a girl in Room 37 has chased guests away in the middle of the night.
#4 - The Firehouse
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/2/2009
Everyone at the Clementon Fire Department is convinced that the ghost of a former member is haunting their firehouse. With the help of psychic/medium Chip Coffey, PRS peels away the layers of an emotional story--including some details that the brave firefighters of Clementon had planned to keep hidden.
#5 - Pet Cemetary
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/7/2008
Case File 2007.09.38F: Ryan and his team investigate the bizarre haunting of a woman, Sybil Howell, and her dog Lucy 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.
#6 - The Haunted Piano
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/2008
Case File 2007.02.35F: Ryan and the PRS team are called in when unlucky antique collectors Nadine and John unwittingly bring a paranormally-infested piano into their home in Whitehall, Pennsylvania. A symphony of terror plays out as Lorraine Warren lends her haunted object expertise to our crew as they attempt to dismantle and destroy the offending instrument.
#7 - Spirits of the Slave Dungeon
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2010
Ryan books a two-night case in a real haunted jail in Charleston, South Carolina, but PRS soon realizes the spirits themselves are being held there against their will and subjected to an unjust form of torture. PRS goes on a "ghost tour" and immediately something doesn't feel right. Someone or something is being exploited and it's not the public paying admission for the guide-led tour.
#8 - Devil's Hostage
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/18/2011
PRS arrives in Mount Morris, New York, to assist Greg and Samantha. When Samantha ends up with mysterious scratch marks on her back, PRS is called in to see if they are truly facing the devil. But her credibility is called into question, a struggle of another kind emerges for Ryan and the rest of the team.
#9 - The Death Room
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/2010
PRS arrives in Ryan's hometown of Sumter, South Carolina to help the new owner of an old southern plantation, Sissy, unearth its dark history. A painful family secret reveals a tale of greed and neglect, and the team must help free its unwilling victim from her spiritual prison.
#10 - Invitation to Evil
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/22/2009
Paula and her husband Mike are under siege by a purported shadow demon in their Murphy, North Carolina, home. Paula has witnessed a toddler bed levitating and heard deep growls. Most chilling though, are the vulgar outbursts from their three-year-old daughter, Reagan. Michelle, Ryan and the team uncover the shocking truth behind the haunting--and attempt to stop the force before it overcomes Reagan.
#11 - Good vs. Evil
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/28/2008
The group heads to Washington, Pennsylvania, to a home where paranormal activity has been reported. The owners, Henry and Sandy, claim that they have had items such as religious objects have been destroyed, lights flicker on and off, and have reported seeing dead animals. Connections to New Orleans may be found, and psychic Chip Coffey joins the investigation.
#12 - Dark Man
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/17/2007
Case File 2006.11.25F: Ryan and his PRS crew are called to an isolated country farmhouse outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to help Helen, a grieving mother, who suspects her son Chris 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.
#13 - The Name
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/10/2007
Ryan and company enlist the assistance of psychic Chip Coffey to help a single Mom, Jody, who is experiencing paranormal activity in a home that was once the site of brutal murders in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. 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.
#14 - Night Terrors
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/2010
The team heads to Braselton, Georgia, to help Todd's and Colette's family who have been relegated to sleeping in the living room due to the activity in their house. The team gets help from Lorraine Warren in this investigation.
#15 - They Only Come Out at Night
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2010
Once night falls in the quaint New England Town of Weymouth, Massachusetts, a police officer's family is terrorized by demons. PRS arrives just in time with Terry and Stacey ready to vacate their home rather than suffer the advances of these spirit creatures. They have been scratched, pulled, pinched and pushed to the brink. Through investigation and research PRS must come up with a solution to this family's plight and try to save their lovely home.
#16 - Paranormal Detour
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2010
With time off between cases, Ryan suggests to the PRS team they choose a random town to investigate. They roll into St. Helens, Oregon, home of Twilight, where they learn about the long history of the paranormal in the area. After being directed to a potential paranormal hotspot, PRS launches into a full investigation of a town landmark and uncover a truly haunting past.
#17 - Ghosts of the Forgotten
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/2010
The PRS investigation into the haunted Lake County Poor House in Painesville, Ohio, that for over a century and a half was a dumping ground for those society cast aside, becomes a journey through one PRS team member's troubled past. As Ryan performs a procedure from the fringes of paranormal science, he must preserve the team's fractured unity while they free the troubled spirits from their prison.
#18 - Who Is the Lurking Man?
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/2010
The PRS go to Newcastle, California to investigate allegedly strong, paranormal activity at a home already cleared out by its terrified family, Nancy and her two sons. Ryan believes the home's location near Native American land may be reason for the haunting, and that the family may have invited the activity upon themselves.
#19 - Bedroom Eyes
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/2010
PRS travels to Marchand, Pennsylvania, to investigate a haunting that began after Mike and Kelly moved into an old family farm. Over the next three days, hidden tragedies are uncovered, latent psychic abilities are revealed, and a son confronts a lifetime of loss through an emotional plea from beyond the grave.
#20 - If I Should Die...
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/2/2011
Proven paranormal investigator Ken Arrington leads a new class of characters as they try to help Wanda and her daughter Kelly in Huntington, Indiana, cope with what appears to be a demonic spirit in their home. Upon arrival, it becomes apparent the team's presence is unwanted when Savahanna becomes a target of the lurking presence. As the team works quickly to find answers, vital information comes to light, placing the clients at the vortex of a sinister force.
#21 - Haunted Homecoming
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/28/2010
Ryan brings PRS to his hometown of Sumter, South Carolina, to investigate a chilling case where a young boy, T.J., was tragically shot and killed on a front doorstep while trick-or-treating on Halloween. Ryan reunites with his first paranormal investigation partner from high school, Christina, and they dig deep to find out if in fact the spirit of the slain boy still lingers near the site of the crime.
#22 - Haunted Sex Dungeon
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/29/2009
Ken, the owner of a sprawling mansion on Greyhaven Island near Detroit, Michigan, says he feels more like the caretaker. Voices, banging and a run of bad luck have him feeling both watched and cursed, a prisoner in his own home. PRS investigates a Native American massacre that may have left a curse on the land, while a voice allegedly saying "Get Out" leads PRS on another path.
#23 - The Drowned
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/2009
Kim, her husband Johnnie, and their family have been frightened out of their seaside Maryland home. Multiple family members have reported sightings of children with purple lips and strange noises emanating from the nearby creek. With the help of psychic/medium Michelle Belanger, PRS discovers a chilling historical connection bubbling beneath the surface.
#24 - The Fury
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/2/2009
The crew meets Kathy and Farmer in their house outside of Moundsville, West Virginia, to investigate their claims that they are being terrorized by spirits. They contend they have encountered knife attacks, and the females in the family are experiencing disturbing premonitions.
#25 - The Soul Collector
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/2009
A northern New Jersey mother and daughter, Sherry and Sarah, believe their home is a hot bed of paranormal activity, hearing footsteps and seeing the ghosts of an elderly woman and man.