Plot Synopsis

The reboot of GHOST HUNTERS follows the team as they crisscross the country searching for answers in the nation's most haunted locations including: the Old Joliet Prison in Joliet, Illinois; a haunted hotel with a dark past in Nebraska; a brewery in Pittsburgh; and a Virginia castle that might have visitors from outer space. Original members Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango, along with Shari DeBenedetti, reunite in this series. Joining the core team are a host of experts from different paranormal backgrounds that add their own points-of-view and prowess to each unique case. Even the rock legend Meat Loaf joins the TAPS team on an investigation of an old haunting that is still scaring the local community. GHOST HUNTERS premieres Saturday, January 1, 2022 on discovery+, with 12 all new one-hour episodes dropping weekly.

"It's such a great feeling doing what we love together as a team and under the show name that created a genre," said Hawes. "GHOST HUNTERS is back with the names and faces you recognize, investigating some incredible locations with new equipment and in our style."

"This whole new season of GHOST HUNTERS has some of the creepiest locations, best evidence and familiar faces that the viewers will be excited to see," said Tango. "I'm excited for everyone to get that classic GHOST HUNTERS nostalgia they've been missing, but in a whole, fresh new way."

"We found ourselves in some truly frightening situations this season that helped us capture some of our best evidence to date," added Gonsalves.

This series made its linear television debut on Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel, which aired the series with the title GHOST HUNTERS: TAPS RETURNS.

On Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 9pm ET/PT, GHOST HUNTERS returned for its second season. Original GHOST HUNTERS members Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango, along with Shari DeBenedetti, revisit their most chilling cases and investigate disturbing new hauntings inside mansions, businesses, historic sites and more. Armed with state-of-the-art technology, their proven methodology and a few special guest investigators, TAPS tackle disturbing paranormal activity head-on, leaving no stone unturned to reach the dead among the living. In the season opener, "Keeper of the Light," TAPS reunites with Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and Kris Williams in the Florida panhandle, where a new exhibition is stirring up paranormal activity at the Pensacola Lighthouse. The worried staff wants to make sure that visitors won't be harmed by the unsettled spirits.
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The world-renowned TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) team -- paranormal investigators Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango and Shari DeBenedetti -- are back with all-new episodes of GHOST HUNTERS beginning Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and discovery+. Traversing the country, they'll investigate chilling new locations and hauntings including eerie paranormal activity inside prisons, mines, mansions and even the Hoover Dam. Armed with state-of-the-art technology, their proven methodology and special guest investigators, the GHOST HUNTERS team tackle disturbing activity head-on, leaving no stone unturned to reach the dead among the living. Joining the core team are a host of experts from different paranormal backgrounds who add their own perspective and prowess to each unique case. In the premiere episode, special guest, actor Chandler Riggs (THE WALKING DEAD), meets up with TAPS in California to investigate strange activity inside The Bastille, an abandoned 125-year-old former Wild West jail. Guest investigators Satori Hawes and Cody DesBiens also join as they confront the ghostly inmates trapped inside this imposing old building with a horrific past. Eight all-new, one-hour episodes premiere weekly:

"Dead Man Walking" (Premieres Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): In downtown Hanford, California, sits an imposing, abandoned county jail more than 125 years old. The Bastille, as it is known today, has captured the imagination of the residents who, for decades, have reported encountering apparitions and other strange activity in this building. In the years since this former Wild West jail was shuttered, many businesses have come and gone inside the old building, but they all share one commonality -- claims of chilling paranormal phenomena. Now, many believe that the decades of suffering and tragic deaths that occurred inside the jail are behind the ongoing hauntings. Joining TAPS on this investigation is actor Chandler Riggs (THE WALKING DEAD), as well as investigators Satori Hawes and Cody DesBiens.

"Trapped in Terror" (Premieres Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): TAPS is called to California's Gold Country to investigate the Argonaut and Kennedy mines. On the heels of the 100th anniversary of the state's largest mining tragedy, the team, joined by paranormal explorer Dakota Laden and the DESTINATION FEAR crew, faces frightening phenomena that remains on these properties from decades gone by.

"The Hoover Damned" (Premieres Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): The TAPS team dive into unchartered waters at the Hoover Dam as they gain exclusive access to investigate the iconic superstructure. Investigators Dustin Pari and Kris Williams join in as they seek out the lost souls and terrifying shadow figures that haunt this massive landmark.

"The Mansion of Misfortune" (Premieres Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): TAPS investigates an Alabama mansion that was once home to high society gatherings -- as well as ample misery and misfortune. Guest investigators Satori Hawes and Cody DesBiens help dig up secrets from beyond the grave and bring peace to spirits seemingly in search of days long past.

"Unholy Matrimony" (Premieres Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): TAPS and guest investigator Dustin Pari investigate the home of an American Founding Father, and where a betrothed couple intends to have their wedding. A dark, aggressive energy has overtaken the house, leading to fears that the haunting will upend the impending nuptials.

"The Myth of St. Ignatius" (Premieres Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): TAPS and special guest Tory Belleci (MYTHBUSTERS) descend on the small town of Colfax, Washington, where chilling spirits haunt the hallways of the now abandoned St. Ignatius Hospital. The century-old building harbors the dark energy of illness, death and a tragic scandal, putting plans to turn it into a hotel at risk.

"Generations of Ghosts" (Premieres Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): TAPS answers a desperate call for help at historic Rose Mont, a former cattle and thoroughbred farm and plantation in Gallatin, Tennessee. Reports of hauntings at this grand mansion go back for decades, but a recent spike in harrowing paranormal phenomena has put the staff on edge.

"Diocese of the Dead" (Premieres Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 9pm ET/PT on Travel Channel and Streaming on discovery+): TAPS is called to Ogdensburg, New York, to investigate a large family home. Once a church rectory, this imposing limestone manor is filled with terrifying entities that tie back to its religious beginnings. Alongside Jason's son, Austin Hawes, and guest investigator Dustin Pari, TAPS hopes to calm the family's fear of being in their house.