Series synopsis
Paranormal Quest is an American drama television series that premiered on November 21, 2012.
Ryan Zacherl, David Gear, Steve Hummel, and Jason Mckinney set out on a quest to seek out paranormal activity at reportedly haunted locations across the country!
Premise
Ryan Zacherl, David Gear, Steve Hummel, and Jason Mckinney set out on a quest to seek out paranormal activity at reportedly haunted locations across the country!
Episodes
This series spans 14 seasons with 269 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | November 21, 2012 | December 19, 2012 |
| Season 2 | 7 | December 28, 2012 | March 29, 2013 |
| Season 3 | 15 | September 12, 2013 | January 10, 2017 |
| Season 4 | 7 | April 14, 2017 | July 3, 2018 |
| Season 5 | 21 | November 7, 2018 | November 13, 2020 |
| Season 6 | 24 | November 27, 2020 | July 24, 2021 |
| Season 7 | 21 | August 21, 2021 | February 27, 2022 |
| Season 8 | 23 | March 19, 2022 | September 11, 2022 |
| Season 9 | 30 | September 24, 2022 | May 27, 2023 |
| Season 10 | 20 | July 1, 2023 | December 10, 2023 |
| Season 11 | 19 | January 7, 2024 | July 6, 2024 |
| Season 12 | 28 | July 13, 2024 | April 12, 2025 |
| Season 13 | 24 | May 1, 2025 | December 6, 2025 |
| Season 14 | 22 | December 7, 2025 | May 27, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Wells Inn || Sistersville, West Virginia The team goes to the historic Wells Inn, in Sistersville, West Virginia |
November 21, 2012 |
| 2 |
War Drums ∣ Turquoise Spirit The team goes to the Turquoise Spirit shop in Marietta, Ohio. |
November 21, 2012 |
| 3 |
Elementary Spirits ∣ Sanford Elementary School This episode of Paranormal Quest® This Is Reality was filmed at the Sanford Elementary School in Moundsville, West Virginia. |
November 21, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Riot Night Revisited The team returns to The West Virginia Penitentiary to further antagonize the spirits that reside there. |
December 28, 2012 |
| 2 |
Masonic Temple The team returns to Sistersville, West Virginia to investigate a former Masonic Temple. With all of the secrets and myths surrounding the Freemasons, the guys have no idea what to expect. |
January 11, 2013 |
| 3 |
Uniquely Yours Antique Store Steve receives a call from a local business owner in Moundsville, West Virginia who reports the sighting of an apparition. Along with part time investigator Sarah Wissinger and guest investigator Cat Burke, The PQ Team investigates the location. |
January 25, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Generations Oppressed Part 1 Chris Dedman has called upon the Paranormal Quest Team once again to respond to the case of a home experiencing a very dark and malevolent haunting. The guys must not only conduct an investigation but must also decide how they are going to help this family. |
September 12, 2013 |
| 2 |
Archive of the Afterlife The team investigate Steve's paranormal museum in Moundsville, West Virginia in order to discover whether the artifacts are the source of the strange activity in the building. |
March 9, 2014 |
| 3 |
Riot Night Unleashed After a recap of the previous investigations at The West Virginia State Penitentiary, a new investigation of the location leads to one of The PQ Team's scariest experiences thus far. |
May 17, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bellaire House The team travels to Bellaire, Ohio to investigate the very haunted Bellaire House. The owner if the house was violently attacked by a dark entity and claims the house is a portal to Hell. |
April 14, 2017 |
| 2 |
Poasttown Elementary The Paranormal Quest Team travels to Middletown, Ohio to investigate Poasttown Elementary School. It is believed to be haunted by children who have either died in a train wreck or a nearby baby farm. |
June 9, 2017 |
| 3 |
The North Side of Hell- The Fire Asylum The Paranormal Quest Team is joined by Fire Asylum in this terrifying investigation at the former West Virginia State Penitentiary. |
August 9, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cursed Cabin Part 1 The team investigates a terrifying cabin in West Virginia. An evil curse on the property has the family afraid that whoever lives in it will die. Don't dig in the basement! |
November 7, 2018 |
| 2 |
Cursed Cabin Part 2 As the investigation of the cursed cabin continues, a coin from Israel mysteriously appears in one of the investigator's coat pockets. |
November 17, 2018 |
| 3 |
Cursed Cabin Part 3 After leaving the cursed cabin the team reflects on why this dark location soaked into their psyche. The feelings of dread, the personal experiences, and everything that you didn't see in the first two episodes. |
December 10, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Greene County Poor Farm This 19th century home was converted into a poor farm to help the homeless of Greene County, Pennsylvania. Before the turn of the century, abuse, neglect, torture, and murder plagued this historic building. Today this 50 room museum is thought to be haunted by 1000 ghosts. |
November 27, 2020 |
| 2 |
Fairfield County Infirmary The Fairfield County Infirmary is haunted by it's own dark history. For well over a century, this poor home in Lancaster, Ohio was the last stop for some of the county's poorest residents. Today the building is being restored by Adam Kimmell and is thought to be home for the ghosts of it's unfortunate past. |
December 11, 2020 |
| 3 |
The Ghosts of the Davis Apartments Above a small antique shop sits 3 apartments that have been plagued by paranormal activity for decades. One family even resorted to sleeping with the lights on! Tonight, the Paranormal Quest team will spend the night inside the antique store and the apartments above. |
December 24, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Our TERRIFYING Night at CRESSON SANATORIUM It is believed that an evil pall hangs over the campus of SCI Cresson. In this season 7 premiere, the Paranormal Quest team investigates the biggest location they've ever experienced. Cresson is cursed with a dark history that is cloaked in illness, sadness, and death. First, a Tuberculosis Sanatorium to treat nearly 40,000 patients it was the final stop for many afflicted with Consumption. Next, the Lawrence Frick State Hospital for the Mentally Ill. Finally, State Correctional Institution Cresson to incarcerate some of Pennsylvania's worst criminal offenders. Watch as the team is shocked by the paranormal activity they encounter inside this intimidating location. |
August 21, 2021 |
| 2 |
The Horrors of Indiana State Sanatorium This massive compound was used to house those afflicted with the worst disease in American history, Tuberculosis. Thousands flocked here for treatment and many of them never left. The dark history continues when it was turned into a nursing home as well as a mental health facility for those involuntarily committed. It's said the spirits of thousands of former patients still roam these halls, waiting for unsuspecting visitors. |
August 28, 2021 |
| 3 |
The Haunting of Whispers Estate It's believed this house is a supercharged portal to the spirit world! Former residents, children, demons, and beings from another dimension are all experienced here. Could you spend the night inside this extremely haunted house? |
September 4, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Demonic Sallie House IS THE SALLIE HOUSE HAUNTED BY THE GHOST OF A LITTLE GIRL OR A DEMON? It is believed to be America's most haunted and evil house. Tonight Ryan and Dave will stay the night ALONE to find out! Join us as we spend 12 hours ALONE inside the world famous Sallie House, in an attempt to capture proof of the terrifying haunting that has shocked the paranormal community. As the story goes, the house used to be the practice of a doctor who lived on the 2nd floor. One day, a panicked mother brought her child to the doctor. The little girl had collapsed from abdominal pain. The surgery was unsuccessful and the little girl died as the doctor operated on her without anesthesia. The little girl's name is said to be Sallie. According to legend, the little girl has haunted the Sallie House ever since. Attacking men who enter because of her hatred for the doctor who hurt her during the last moments of her life. It's a truly chilling ghost story! The problem is, according to historians and anthropologist |
March 19, 2022 |
| 2 |
The Ghosts of The Squirrel Cage Jail EVIL SPINS in America's Most Unique and Haunted Jail! The spirits of former inmates and guards are said to haunt the bars that once confined them, and Ryan and Dave will stay the night to find out if this Jail still incarcerates some of Iowa's most feared criminals even after death. There is no other Jail like the Historic Pottawattamie County Squirrel Cage Jail. It was one of 18 revolving (“squirrel cage”, "human rotary", or "lazy Susan") jails built. It is the only three-story one ever made. Built at a cost of about $30,000, this unique jail has three floors of revolving pie-shaped cells inside a cage. The front part of the building had offices for the jailer, kitchen, trustee cells, and quarters for women. In 1969, the jail closed it's doors for good, but when the Pottawattamie County Historical Society purchased the building in January 1979 stories began to circulate about paranormal activity that plagued the volunteers who were restoring the jail for it's use as a museum. Still to |
March 26, 2022 |
| 3 |
The Haunting In Farrar Is the Farrar School the most haunted school in America? Dave and Ryan find out in dramatic fashion as the spend the night inside this 100 year old building! The Farrar School opened in 1921 to combine all of the schoolhouses in the county into one building. Sitting in a silent field in Maxwell, Iowa it's easy to see how a lot of the history and tragedy of this school was swept under the rug. Hidden in the halls is pain and suffering as it is believed children were abused by the people who were supposed to protect them. Hate groups held rallies in the front yard and so much history was covered up. Since the school's closure, the owners and paranormal investigators alike started to experience unusual and paranormal activity inside Farrar School. The apparitions of children roam the classrooms and halls, disembodied voices are heard echoing through the corridors, and a looming shadow figure stands at 9 feet tall on the 3rd floor. So what is causing all of this paranormal activity? Who is |
April 2, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The HAUNTED Church of All Religions This Church of All Religions is Haunted by the lost souls of those who may still be buried beneath the basement floor. We will stay the night to see if we can capture any paranormal activity inside this unique building! In 1895 the original wooden methodist church was replace by this looming beauty. Legend has it, the process required the removal of the cemetery that surrounded the old wooden church. After the process was complete, they started to speculate that they may have forgotten to move 6 of the caskets to a new location, but nothing was ever done to uncover the missing dead. Over a century later, after the church ceased operations, John Trippy purchased the building to save it from being torn down. Unsure of what he would do with it, he was lead on a spiritual journey through Italy that made him realize the church could be repurposed as a restaurant and microbrewery, a gathering place to bring people of all religions together. Almost immediately, John and his staff began to ex |
September 24, 2022 |
| 2 |
SHOCKING PARANORMAL ACTIVITY in a Haunted Saloon We become one of the first teams to investigate this unique and haunted saloon! A real True Crime Ghost Story is waiting of us inside the walls of the haunted Stark Saloon. Built in the 1890s by John Stark, this saloon was a family business that supported he, his wife, and their 5 children. In the small town of Rosedale, Indiana, everyone knows everyone and every scandal was front page news. In 1902, His wife Jennie fell ill and had to summon her sister from Terre Haute to help her take care of the children. Her sisters arrival would lead the family down a path of secrets, lies, infidelity, and murder that shook the town to its core. This crime is very unique, in that the family and town never actually blamed the killer for his crime and pushed the blame off on someone else. The denial went so far that the victim was buried in the same grave as her killer and still remains there to this day. The whole town speculated on what actually led to that fatal day in 1903, but the details of th |
October 1, 2022 |
| 3 |
Rituals, Witchcraft, and Paranormal Activity of the Haunted Davies House What will happen when we spend the night investigating the paranormal in a house with a history of rituals and witchcraft? The paranormal activity we capture will shock you! The Davies House was built in 1910 by Robert C. Davies to be a permanent home for his family. In the process, his 2 sons Walter and Orville opened a shoe business from within the house. Upon their deaths, Robert, Walter, and Orville all held their wakes inside this house and many people believe their spirits never left. Paranormal evidence has been captured that proves the Davies family still calls this house their home. After they're passing, the house changed hands many times. Though it was the home of different people they all seemed to have a common struggle. Romantic relationships would crumble inside this house, and many believe a power struggle still rages on here to this day. A woman named Rita was basically imprisoned within the house during a very volatile marriage. She was confined within the bedroom mos |
October 8, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The HAUNTED House of Lost Souls: Ghosts of the Octagon House In Circleville, Ohio sits one of the most unique haunted houses in America. The Gregg-Crites Octagon House stood undisturbed for nearly 150 years, but in 2004 the house was relocated to save it from demolition. Since it's relocation, strange and unusual paranormal activity has plagued the house. Could this be the ghosts of former residents, native people who's burials were disturbed, or something demonic? Tonight, we will stay inside the Octagon House to see what truly haunts this house. |
July 1, 2023 |
| 2 |
DEMONIC Activity in a Haunted Jail: Is it REALLY a Demon? In Bridgeport, Illinois sits a haunted jail that has claims of possible Demonic Activity. Paranormal Investigators have documented unexplainable scratches, bruises, and marks; one even shaped like an upside-down cross. But still, the owner isn't convinced the paranormal activity is caused by a demon. Tonight we'll investigate the paranormal inside this haunted jail to see if this possible DEMON will show itself to us. Join us as we embark on what we now know was a truly shocking night of paranormal activity! |
July 8, 2023 |
| 3 |
The Tormented SPIRITS of Pine Lawn Manor: America's Most Haunted Nursing Home Since opening to paranormal investigators last year, Pine Lawn Manor has quickly become known as America's most haunted nursing home. This place has gained a reputation so terrifying that some paranormal investigators leave with the most shocking and scary stories. Tonight, we will go to Sumner, Illinois to see if the terrifying tales are true. To see if we can leave with our own paranormal activity caught on camera. At the end of the night, we will be shocked by what our cameras capture. What truly haunts Pine Lawn Manor? Ghosts, Poltergeist, Demon, or something else. Tonight we find out for ourselves. |
July 15, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The HAUNTING of The Augusta Pub When Augusta, Kentucky was founded in 1786, the first residents had no idea what was just below their feet. As houses where built, more and more bones were uncovered. This town sits on the site of Fort Ancient, an extinct civilization of native people that was washed away in a flood. Now, archeologists estimate there could still be 10,000 indigenous people buried below the town. We were called into investigate a business that has been plagued with paranormal activity. The bartenders, waitresses, and kitchen staff have all had ghost encounters inside the Augusta Pub. The spirits inside not only come from the bones beneath the town, but also the tragic crime that took place here on November 10, 1986. With so much history here and so much hardship soaked into these walls, we are going to try and communicate with the spirits left behind inside The Poltergeist Pub. |
January 7, 2024 |
| 2 |
The NIGHTMARE of Olive Hill In Olive Hill, Kentucky sits a looming building on top of a hill that has sparked rumors of paranormal activity and hauntings among the community. When a maintenance man sat his tape measure down on his ladder, he would return to find it missing and moved to the center of the hallway. When he looked down the hall a terrifying shadow was moving away from him. He left and has never returned. Horrifying screams have been heard and captured, and many people believe a decade old crime has haunted this place. So is it haunted? Tonight we are going to find out! |
January 14, 2024 |
| 3 |
ABANDONED School HAUNTED By Former Students? In Bentonville sits a rural school built in front of one of the most dangerous intersections in Ohio. This crossroad has been the site of numerous tragic automobile accidents and have even involved students right outside the school. Since it's closure in 2017, rumors began to swirl that the Bentonville School is haunted. Former teachers, students, and other faculty have all had experiences with paranormal activity while the school was still open. Now a community center, those who venture inside for business or recreation have also experiences countless occurrences of ghosts and/or spirits appearing, closing and opening doors, talking, screaming, and moving objects right before their very eyes. Tonight, we venture inside the historic and haunted Bentonville school to see just how haunted it truly is! |
January 21, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
We Left Cameras ALONE in a Haunted House: The Footage is SHOCKING We've been leaving cameras alone inside haunted houses for 12 years! This mansion is said to be the most haunted place in Kentucky, and we have it ALL to ourselves. This terrifying mission will lead us into a haunted mansion where people have been pushed and scratched, where shadow figures and apparitions have been captured on camera, and where some paranormal investigators refuse to spend the night because of the scary paranormal activity within. When you see what happened, you may just need to sleep with the lights on! |
July 13, 2024 |
| 2 |
Our HAUNTED Night Inside a Terrifying Opera House: This Place is Chilling It's said there are PHANTOMS inside Kentucky's Oldest Opera House... and we are going to leave cameras alone inside this haunted theater to see if the rumors of paranormal activity are real! People have claimed to see the spirit of a little boy playing on the stage, the ghost of a woman in a white dress walking the stairs, and the shadow of a man watching from the balcony. Still in use to this day, guests of the theater never know when they are going to have a chilling paranormal experience. |
July 27, 2024 |
| 3 |
We Filmed Something SHOCKING In This Haunted House: A Night We Won't Forget This Haunted House on the hill overlooks a town that has feared it for decades. Whispers and rumors spread of ghosts and paranormal activity lurking inside this old mansion. Over 80 people have passed away inside this terrifying home, and it's said the ghosts of those unfortunate souls still roam here today. In this episode, we spend the night searching for paranormal activity, and end up filming something shocking that we will never forget. This footage will stay with us forever. |
August 3, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
We Investigated a HAUNTED Millionaire’s Mansion – Mackay Mansion Ghost Hunt We spent the night investigating one of the most haunted mansions in America – the Mackay Mansion in Virginia City, Nevada. Once home to 19th-century silver tycoon John Mackay, one of the richest men of his time, this historic mansion is now infamous for chilling paranormal activity and ghostly sightings. Locals and visitors alike report unexplained footsteps, shadow figures, cold spots, and even apparitions of Mackay himself and a little girl seen roaming the upstairs hallway. In this video, we capture REAL evidence of the supernatural – from spirit box responses to bone-chilling EVPs and unexplainable EMF spikes. Could this mansion truly be haunted by the spirits of the past? |
May 1, 2025 |
| 2 |
OVERNIGHT in AMERICA'S MOST HAUNTED HOTEL Are you brave enough to spend a night in one of America's most haunted hotels? ???? Join us as we venture into the historic Silver Queen Hotel in Virginia City, Nevada, a town steeped in Wild West history and chilling paranormal tales! In this terrifying overnight challenge, we're not just staying in any room – we're inside THE most haunted rooms of the Silver Queen, known for their intense spectral activity. Get ready for a real-time paranormal investigation as we use our equipment to hunt for ghosts, spirits, and evidence of the unknown. Will we encounter the famous resident spirits? Will we capture undeniable proof of the afterlife? Virginia City is a hotbed of paranormal activity, and the Silver Queen Hotel is at its epicenter. |
May 24, 2025 |
| 3 |
Terrifying HAUNTED House Was A Jail: Ohio's Paranormal Secret Next to Columbus, Ohio sits a town called Delaware, where an unusual building looms in the town square. This haunted house was once the home of the Sheriff of Delaware County, and attached to it is the old county jail. The cells were filled for over 100 years, and since it's closure in the 1980s many visitors to the building have reported unusual experiences that they believe to be spirits. In a place that was filled with hardship and hatred for a century, it's no surprise there is paranormal activity. Tonight, we are exploring these abandoned halls and cells first hand. So turn off the lights, and get ready to experience the hauntings of the Delaware County Jail and Sheriff's Residence. |
June 7, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Terrifying Haunting on Quarantine Island We travel to the Torrens Island Quarantine Station to explore one of Australia’s most mysterious and haunted locations. For decades, passengers arriving with illnesses like smallpox, typhus, influenza, and plague were isolated here—fear, uncertainty, and suffering leaving behind a chilling atmosphere that many believe still lingers. As we enter the abandoned dorms, hospital blocks, and morgue, our quiet investigation quickly turns terrifying. Strange sounds, shadows, and unexplained activity make this one of our most intense paranormal experiences yet. Is this isolated island still haunted by the ghosts of those who were quarantined here? Join us as we uncover the truth behind this scary, eerie, and unforgettable paranormal investigation. |
December 7, 2025 |
| 2 |
This Haunted House Did NOT Want Us Inside | Ghosts of Glenbarr Homestead Step inside Glenbarr Homestead in South Australia—an allegedly haunted house with a chilling reputation that locals refuse to ignore. From eerie footsteps to shadowy figures seen wandering the halls, this historic property has sparked countless paranormal claims… and tonight, we’re investigating it completely alone. Armed with night vision cameras and our full paranormal toolkit, we push deeper into the darkened rooms of this 19th-century homestead in search of ghosts, spirits, and unexplained activity. What we capture inside Glenbarr Homestead shocks us—and raises even more questions about the haunting that has lingered here for generations. Join us as we uncover what really hides within the walls of this terrifying haunted house. |
December 14, 2025 |
| 3 |
Terrifying Night In The HAUNTED House of God In St. Arnaud, Victoria (AUS) sits a convent with a haunting past. The former Sisters of Mercy Convent was a place of refuge for women and children alike, but behind these walls are secrets that may never be revealed. It's said this haunted house of God is a terrifying place to be when the sun goes down. So tonight we will spend the night inside this haunted convent, searching for paranormal activity with @haunted-horizons . This place has chilling and scary ghost stories that have left other paranormal investigators terrified and unwilling to enter alone after sunset. So stay tuned and find out what happens when we investigate for paranormal activity inside the Haunted House of God. |
December 21, 2025 |
Production
Release
| First aired | November 21, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | December 6, 2025 |
| Status | Returning Series |