The BEST episodes of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal season 1

Every episode of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal season 1!

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian sci-fi/drama television series which was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes from 1996 to 2000. The presence of Dan Aykroyd opening and closing every episode and emphasizing the legitimacy of the organization it was inspired by led some viewers to take the show somewhat more seriously than intended, though it was in fact a scripted drama.

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Reptilian Revenge / Ghostly Voices
star
7.78
41 votes

#1 - Reptilian Revenge / Ghostly Voices

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1996

Case File #99101: ""Reptilian Revenge"" After an elderly man dies, his pet snakes escape Case File #44114: ""Ghostly Voices"" A voice calls a woman home.

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Creeping Darkness / The Power
star
7.21
39 votes

#2 - Creeping Darkness / The Power

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1996

Case File #77110: ""Creeping Darkness"" Impenetrable darkness threatens to engulf an Argentine town Case File # unknown: ""The Power"" Stress boosts a woman's psychokinesis.

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The Greenhouse Effect / The Buzz
star
7.16
37 votes

#3 - The Greenhouse Effect / The Buzz

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1997

Case File #213127: ""The Greenhouse Effect"" Plants attack a family Case File #213127: ""The Buzz"" Mysterious buzzing coincides with unexplained deaths.

Directors: Clay Borris
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Free Fall / The Presence
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7.16
38 votes

#4 - Free Fall / The Presence

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1996

Case File #47129: ""Free Fall"" A sky diver tells of defying gravity Case File #92109: ""The Presence"" A child fears a destructive force.

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The Undead / Stalker Moon
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7.16
38 votes

#5 - The Undead / Stalker Moon

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1997

Case File #763139: ""The Undead"" A homeless man revives during his autopsy and escapes Case File #569135: ""Stalker Moon"" A fan stalks an actress from the grave.

Directors: Clay Borris
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Second Sight / Chocolate Soldier
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7.11
36 votes

#6 - Second Sight / Chocolate Soldier

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1997

Case File #295143: ""Second Sight"" A kidney-transplant recipient has frightening visions Case File #734138: ""Chocolate Soldier"" A cult leader has power over women.

Directors: Milan Cheylov
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Perestroika
star
7.11
36 votes

#7 - Perestroika

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1997

Case File #321147: ""Perestroika"" The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research's Director of Operations Frank Elsinger orders Case Manager Doyle to lead a team of investigators to Archangelsk in Northern Russia. Having just viewed video footage of a team of Russian scientists examining a creature found frozen in a glacier by two gas plant caretakers, Elsinger does not reveal to Doyle that the last scene of the video showed scientist frightened and pleading for help.

Directors: Giles Walker
Writer: Will Dixon
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Anasazi Cave / Devil's Triangle
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7.11
37 votes

#8 - Anasazi Cave / Devil's Triangle

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1997

Case File #288128: ""Anasazi Cave"" Deaths at an archaeological dig may explain the mystery of the lost Anasazi Case File #199137: ""Devil's Triangle"" A man claims he was adrift in the Devil's Triangle.

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The Infestation / Human Apportation
star
7.08
39 votes

#9 - The Infestation / Human Apportation

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1996

Case File #33130: ""The Infestation"" NASA scientists die searching for a meteorite Case File #87105: ""Human Apportation"" A Californian and her daughter inexplicably find themselves in Toronto.

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Forbidden North / Reincarnation
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7.06
36 votes

#10 - Forbidden North / Reincarnation

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1997

Case File #26014: ""Forbidden North"" A humanoid beast approaches a leg-trapped logger Case File #610115: ""Reincarnation"" A man undergoing past-life regression predicts the future.

Directors: Ken Girotti
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The Hunter / The Healer
star
7.05
39 votes

#11 - The Hunter / The Healer

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1996

Case File #702134: ""The Hunter"" A werewolf is suspected in cattle mutilations Case File #969121: ""The Healer"" Teen is credited with healing powers.

Directors: John Bell (XI)
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Death at Sunset / Collision
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7.03
36 votes

#12 - Death at Sunset / Collision

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1997

Case File #693142: ""Death at Sunset"" A mysterious illness claims its victims at sunset Case File #793144: ""Collision"" The soul of an accident victim possesses the driver who killed her.

Directors: Ross Clyde
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The Transient / Two Lost Old Men
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7.03
38 votes

#13 - The Transient / Two Lost Old Men

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1996

Case File #64131: ""The Transient"" A dybbuk invades the souls of innocents Case File #86126: ""Two Lost Old Men"" Young people pass through a forest's barren zone and instantly age 50 years.

Directors: Giles Walker
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UFO Duplication / Clara's Friend
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7.03
38 votes

#14 - UFO Duplication / Clara's Friend

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1996

Case File #623119: ""UFO Duplication"" Extraterrestrials clone farm inhabitants Case File #847117: ""Clara's Friend"" An apparition communicates with a girl.

Directors: Marc Voizard
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The Underneath / Phantom Limb
star
7.00
40 votes

#15 - The Underneath / Phantom Limb

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1996

Case File #28120: ""The Underneath"" A deadly creature lives in the sewers Case File #52113: ""Phantom Limb"" Strange events follow an accident that claimed a farmer's arm.

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The Curse / Angel on a Plane
star
7.00
34 votes

#16 - The Curse / Angel on a Plane

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1997

Case File #631136: ""The Curse"" Death strikes archaeologists who uncovered an Egyptian burial chamber Case File #260122: ""Angel on a Plane"" A mysterious woman safely lands a plane hit by lightning.

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The Fire Within / Fate
star
7.00
36 votes

#17 - The Fire Within / Fate

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1997

Case File #994124: ""The Fire Within"" Spontaneous human combustion Case File #232148: ""Fate"" A teen with psychic powers struggles to understand events leading to his best friend's death.

Directors: Aaron Schuster
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The Fog / House on Garden Street
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6.97
36 votes

#18 - The Fog / House on Garden Street

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/1997

Case File #559146: ""The Fog"" A dense fog, mass hallucinations and a serial killer arrive simultaneously on death row Case File #810126: ""House on Garden Street"" An apparition appears to a couple under stress.

Directors: Clay Borris
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The Light
star
6.94
36 votes

#19 - The Light

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1997

Case File #206132: ""The Light"" As wounded Rollins lies near death, his evil doppelganger stalks the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research.

Directors: Milan Cheylov
Writer: Will Dixon
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The 13th Floor / The Believer
star
6.94
36 votes

#20 - The 13th Floor / The Believer

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/12/1997

Case File #957176: ""The 13th Floor"" A possessed woman takes a horrible vengeance on her philandering husband Case File #284145: ""The Believer"" A kidnapper transmits his extortion demands psychically.

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Dream House / UFO Encounter
star
6.92
79 votes

#21 - Dream House / UFO Encounter

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1996

Case File #34112: ""Dream House"" Blaine and Debbie McCallister summon the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research to investigate the cause of numerous strange occurrences at the site of their new home, after their teenage daughter is hospitalized as a result of a poltergeist encounter. Case File #52111: ""UFO Encounter"" Agents from the O.S.I.R. are summoned to a small town to investigate a double alien abduction of two boys and UFO sightings witnessed by many townspeople.

Directors: Allan Kroeker
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Possession / Man Out of Time
star
6.69
71 votes

#22 - Possession / Man Out of Time

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1996

Case File #67102: ""Possession"" A software designer tells of demons attacking Case File #10103: ""Man Out of Time"" A disoriented man tells of being from the 17th century.

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