Strange But True?

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Presenter Michael Aspel
Presenter Michael Aspel

Strange But True was a British supernatural documentary television series presented by Michael Aspel, which explored supernatural phenomena and unexplained mysteries. It was produced by LWT and broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1993 and 1997. A pilot episode in May 1993 proved extremely popular and led to four series, including the third which was given the title of Strange But True? Encounters. The series explored a number of aspects of unexplained activity from ghosts and poltergeists to near death experiences to vampires and aliens.

One episode featured an unexplained mystery of communication from aliens in the year 2109. Other episodes featured mysteries into "phantom hitchhikers" and 11th century monks in haunted castles. The story consultant for Strange But True was Jenny Randles.

In 1994, a companion book of the same name was released by Peter A. Hough and Jenny Randles, ISBN 0749914599.

The Paranormal Channel which starts on 9th June 2008 on Sky Digital will show repeats of the series.

Contents

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

# Name Air date
1 UFO Sightings
Reincarnation
5/21/1993 (pilot)
2 Chris Robinson's premonitions
Pete the Polt(ergeist)
10/28/1994
3 Bonnybridge
Painless Penny
11/4/1994
4 Dover Castle
Lorraine Ham the psychic healer
11/11/1994
5 Nella Jones - crime solving psychic
Millboro (Past lives)
11/18/1994
6 Heaven and Back (Near Death Experiences)
Borley Rectory
11/25/1994
7 Stocksbridge Bypass
Angels
12/2/1994
8 The Rendlesham Incident

[edit] Season 2

9. Faith Healer / Past Memories 9/8/1995
10. Time slip / Haunted Trawler 9/15/1995
11. Pet Healers / Munster Castle (Mincaster Abbey) 9/22/1995
12. Miracles 9/29/1995
13. Cursed Stone / Phantom Hitch-Hiker 10/6/1995
14. Dowsing / Near Death Experience 10/13/1995
15. Enfield Poltergeist 10/20/1995
16. The Jim Twins / Flitwock Ghost 10/27/1995
17. Etta Smith / 11/3/1995
18. UFOS - Pilots / UFOs - Kaikoura Incident

[edit] Season 3

19. Venetian Palace Incident 8/30/1996
20. Cornish Sea Monster / Exorcist's story 9/6/1996
21. Past Life / Pluckley - the most haunted village in England 9/13/1996
22. Gulf Breeze UFOs 9/20/1996
23. Paranormal on Camera / Ghost Planes of the Peaks 9/27/1996
24. Chingle Hall / Psychic Detective Part 1 10/4/1996
25. Psychic Detective Parts 2 and 3 10/11/1996
26. Life Beyond Death / The Haunted Bomber 10/18/1996
27. Alien Abduction 10/25/1996
28. Psychic Pets / The Mystery of Dark Peak

[edit] Season 4

30. Paranormal On Camera / Twin Co-incidences 9/5/1997
31. Littlecote House / Skiers on Bavarian Alps 9/12/1997
32. Remote Viewing (David Morehouse) 9/19/1997
33. The Falkirk Triangle / Beast of Durham 9/26/1997
34. John Rapheal (Past Life); Premonitions 10/2/1997
35. The Curse of Tutankhamun 10/9/1997
36. Lucid Dreams / Psychic Children 10/16/1997
37. Bigfoot / Ouija Boards 10/23/1997
38. The Galway Poltergeist 10/30/1997
39. Andrew Green the ghostbuster / Psychic Pets

[edit] Links

Borley Rectory in 1892
Borley Rectory in 1892