The WORST episodes of Wellington Paranormal

Every episode of Wellington Paranormal ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Wellington Paranormal!

Sergeant Ruawai Maaka of the Wellington Police enlists the aid of Officers Minogue and O'Leary to tackle paranormal events in New Zealand's capital city. In a police reality show style, the series follows these kiwi cops as they investigate cases such as the demonic possession of a teenager, a noise complaint at a haunted house and a blood bank robbery.

Last Updated: 12/22/2024Network: TV2 (NZ)Status: Ended
The Wicked Man
star
7.14
94 votes

#1 - The Wicked Man

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2022

When a not-so-young "girl" goes missing, O'Leary and Minogue search for her on the mysterious Sales Island run by a weird goat-worshipping cult.

Directors: Jackie van Beek
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Cop Circles
star
7.15
308 votes

#2 - Cop Circles

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2018

Minogue and O’Leary travel to the rural outskirts to investigate photographic evidence of a cow up a tree. Maaka suspects alien activity and sure enough, the two cops soon discover evidence of cloned farmers, crops circles and dangerous alien plants who inevitably chase them through a creepy cornfield. It turns out the country is far more dangerous than the cold streets of Wellington.

Directors: Jemaine Clement
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The She-Wolf of Kurimarama Street
star
7.17
234 votes

#3 - The She-Wolf of Kurimarama Street

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2018

Responding to a callout from a freaked out pizza delivery guy who was attacked by a big dog wearing jeans, Minogue and O’Leary soon discover that a werewolf is on the loose in Lower Hutt. While chasing the wolf, they rescue a young woman called Sheena and take her in for her own protection, but soon discover she’s not the victim but werewolf itself. And when Sheena discovers her ex-boyfriend Dion (from What We Do In The Shadows) gave her the curse, she wants revenge and our cops could be collateral damage.

Directors: Jackie van Beek
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Demon Girl
star
7.17
423 votes

#4 - Demon Girl

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2018

Minogue and O’Leary bring in what they think is another projectile-vomiting drunk teenager. But Sergeant Maaka realises she’s a demon who’s been visiting Wellington every 66 years. He invites Minogue and O’Leary to join his new Paranormal Unit and when the girl escapes from the station, our intrepid duo get their first assignment chasing the body-hopping demon across the suburbs, culminating in the gates of hell itself being opened in Wellington’s bucket fountain.

Directors: Jemaine Clement
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Things That Do the Bump in the Night
star
7.31
258 votes

#5 - Things That Do the Bump in the Night

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2018

Minogue and O’Leary get a fright attending a noise complaint at what appears to be a 70s-themed party in Kandallah: when they pull the plug on the record player, everyone disappears. With the help of medium Chloe Patterson, the cops go back into the house to see if it’s truly haunted. It is. They see an actual ghost within minutes, something the fake medium has never actually seen and she soon disappears. In trying to find Chloe, Minogue and O’Leary encounter a series of 70s ghosts trapped at a never ending party. Can they break it up or will they be doomed to listen to Tina Cross’s “Nothing But Dreams” for all eternity?

Directors: Jackie van Beek
Writer: Nick Ward
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Fear the Briannas
star
7.35
168 votes

#6 - Fear the Briannas

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/2019

Minogue and O'Leary go back to school when three teen witches start threatening students at a local girls' high school. But they soon learn their teasing can be just as damaging as their magical powers.

Directors: Jackie van Beek
Watch Now:Amazon
Fatberg
star
7.36
135 votes

#7 - Fatberg

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2021

When a large, congealed blob of fat in the Wellington sewers becomes sentient, Minogue and O'Leary go underground to confront the monster.

Directors: Jemaine Clement
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The Coolening
star
7.36
94 votes

#8 - The Coolening

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2022

After giving a talk at a high school, Minogue and O'Leary confiscate a haunted leather jacket that makes whoever wears it cool - something neither Minogue nor O'Leary are used to.

Directors: Jemaine Clement
Writer: Raybon Kan
Watch Now:Amazon
Bird Woman
star
7.39
99 votes

#9 - Bird Woman

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2022

Minogue and O’Leary tackle a half bird/half human that’s been stealing shiny objects from around Wellington including the ‘W’ from the Wellington sign.

Directors: Tim van Dammen
Watch Now:Amazon
A Normal Night
star
7.42
230 votes

#10 - A Normal Night

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2018

The Wellington Paranormal crew follow Minogue and O’Leary on a typical night when they encounter a series of incidents including a plastic bag mistaken for a ghost, some creepy clowns, some sort of ritual sacrifice, a pair of goths, and a theft from the hospital blood bank where the blood bank officer turns out to be the vampire Nick (from What We Do In The Shadows). He glamours them into letting him go. Their hunt to recapture him eventually leads them to Taita Cemetery where Nick magically convinces them to forget everything they’ve seen that evening. Just another normal night for Wellington Paranormal.

Directors: Jemaine Clement
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Mt. Victoria Hooters
star
7.46
160 votes

#11 - Mt. Victoria Hooters

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2019

Minogue and O'Leary unwittingly free the ghost of an old fashioned cop from the 1930s. Can they stop him before he shuts every pub in Wellington for being open after 6pm closing time?

Directors: Tim van Dammen
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Haunted Nissan
star
7.47
152 votes

#12 - Haunted Nissan

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2019

Minogue and O'Leary pull over a driverless 80s boy racer car only to discover it's haunted by the lovelorn ghost of the original owner. He's looking for his old girlfriend from 1989, but how will he react when he finds out she's moved on?

Directors: Jackie van Beek
Writer: Paul Yates
Watch Now:Amazon
Christmas Special
star
7.49
142 votes

#13 - Christmas Special

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/2019

Minogue and O'Leary go out on a busy Christmas Eve Patrol. They find the Devil at a mall, deal with an inter-dimensional vortex at a barbecue, and discover a violent doll rampaging through a house.

Directors: Dean Hewison
Writer: Paul Yates
Watch Now:Amazon
Zombie Cops
star
7.50
220 votes

#14 - Zombie Cops

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2018

We meet Minogue and O'Leary's nemeses in the form of Officers Donovan and Laupepe, who have arrested what appears to be a zombie. The zombie infects Donovan, who soon infects his partner while out on patrol. It’s up to Minogue and O’Leary to catch them before they get to Courtenay Place on a Friday night and start the zombie apocalypse. No pressure. So how do you find two undead cops going through the motions of their living jobs? Think like a cop! Hmm, how do you do that again?

Directors: Jemaine Clement
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The Sevens Ghosts
star
7.50
135 votes

#15 - The Sevens Ghosts

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/17/2021

Minogue and O'Leary go searching for a group of ghostly rugby fans dressed as Where's Wally.

Directors: Tim van Dammen
Watch Now:Amazon
Skeleton Crew
star
7.51
93 votes

#16 - Skeleton Crew

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2022

When workmen disturb a Pakeha burial ground underneath the police station, an annoying old Caucasian ghost possesses Sarge who then menaces his own officers.

Directors: Jackie van Beek
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The Revengers
star
7.51
130 votes

#17 - The Revengers

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/24/2021

A meteor strike gives superpowers to a Neighbourhood Watch group who decide to take the law into their own hands; it's up to Minogue and O'Leary to take the law back.

Directors: Tim van Dammen
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Mobots
star
7.52
153 votes

#18 - Mobots

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2019

Out of date phones start forming into robots and terrorising the neighbourhood! Game of snake anyone?

Directors: Jemaine Clement
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Taniwha
star
7.58
193 votes

#19 - Taniwha

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2019

Minogue and O'Leary head for the ocean when ten anglers disappear from around Wellington Harbour in mysterious circumstances.

Directors: Dean Hewison
Writer: Nick Ward
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The Invisible Fiend
star
7.60
148 votes

#20 - The Invisible Fiend

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/24/2021

Minogue and O'Leary go after a monstrous invisible force.

Directors: Tim van Dammen
Writer: Nick Ward
Watch Now:Amazon
Te Maero
star
7.61
133 votes

#21 - Te Maero

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/3/2021

After finding footage of a camper being abducted by a large hairy creature, the cops decide to head for the bush…

Directors: Jemaine Clement
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Who the Hell
star
7.62
94 votes

#22 - Who the Hell

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/16/2022

On a typical night patrol, Minogue and O'Leary get to the bottom of a series of mysterious curses while Officer Parker gets a new partner.

Directors: Tim van Dammen
Writer: Nick Ward
Watch Now:Amazon
Copy Cops
star
7.66
157 votes

#23 - Copy Cops

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/2019

The discovery of a dead policeman that looks exactly like Minogue leads the cops to a creepy motel in the country full of exact copies of themselves. Although some of them aren't that exact.

Directors: Tim van Dammen
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Fear Factory
star
7.83
133 votes

#24 - Fear Factory

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/10/2021

The cops’ worst nightmares are realised when they encounter a shapeshifter who turns into the thing you fear the most.

Directors: Jemaine Clement
Writer: Paul Yates
Watch Now:Amazon
Time Cop
star
7.88
97 votes

#25 - Time Cop

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/23/2022

Minogue and O'Leary go back in time to the 1990s, but upon their return discover they have created an apocalyptic new timeline where Sarge was never a cop.

Directors: Tim van Dammen
Writer: Paul Yates
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