| Haunted Collector | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Paranormal Documentary |
| Format | Live-action |
| Created by | John Zaffis |
| Presented by | John Zaffis |
| Starring | John Zaffis Chris Zaffis Aimee Zaffis Brian Cano Beth Ezzo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Scott Gurney Deirdre Gurney Rick Sassone Rick Telles |
| Editor(s) | Megan Carson Mimi Snow Carey Williams |
| Location(s) | United States |
| Cinematography | David Lane |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Gurney Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syfy |
| Original run | June 1, 2011 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Haunted Collector is an American television reality series which airs weekly on the Syfy cable television channel. The series features a team of paranormal investigators led by famed demonologist, John Zaffis, who investigate alleged haunted locations with the hopes of identifying and removing any on-site artifacts or trigger objects that may be the source of the supposed paranormal or poltergeist activity.
An artifact itself may either be of a paranormal nature such as a religious object once used in occult rituals or a non-paranormal nature such as an antique innocently purchased at an estate sale. Once an artifact is deemed to be a possible source of paranormal activity, it is removed from the premises in hopes that the activity in the location being investigated will largely subside or cease altogether; the artifact is then housed in John Zaffis' paranormal museum along with other purportedly haunted objects. The production of the second season started in December 2011.
Contents |
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD and Blu-ray release date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | |||
| 1 | 6 | June 1, 2011 | July 6, 2011 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | TBA | 2012 | TBA | N/A | N/A | |
| Ep. # | Episode Title | Haunted Item(s) | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Haunted Bayou/Library Ghost" | Case 1: Webley & Scott Mark III English Revolver Case 2: 1914 Royal Typewriter |
June 1, 2011 |
| In the series premiere, John Zaffis and his paranormal team travel to Lake Charles, Louisiana to help a woman locate haunted objects in her house that might have energy attached to them. After digging in the basement crawl space, they find an old revolver that John suggests may have been used in a local bank robbery in 1961. Then they head to Deep River Public Library (or "Libary" as it is repeatedly pronounced by the show's star) in Deep River, Connecticut where a female figure thought to be Julia Spencer, the wife of original owner Richard P. Spencer has been seen amongst the book shelves. | |||
| 2 | "My Mother's Ghost/Paranormal Predator" | Case 1: The San Francisco Music Box Company burl wood music box Case 2: Mako shark jaw bones |
June 8, 2011 |
| Zaffis and his team go to Pomona, California where a woman is worried about the paranormal phenomena in her house affecting her infant son. Then they investigate the claims of a shark hunter and his son being harmed in their own home in La Mirada, California. They believe it's because of an old French .410 shot gun cane gun the owner bought in a swap meet in Brooklyn where a man committed murder with it back in the 1870s.[1] | |||
| 3 | "Burning Spirits/Ghosts of the West" | Case 1: 1920s Japanese miners dynomite wooden blasting box Case 2: 1870s bullets lodged into a wood ceiling |
June 15, 2011 |
| The team heads to the former mining town of Sandia Park, New Mexico to investigate a haunted bar called the Backside Ale House, where many Native American artifacts adjorn the walls, a fireplace that's constantly burning, and a smell of gas permeates. Then it's off to the old west town of Cimarron, New Mexico to the historic 1872 St. James Hotel, where guests are known to leave in the middle of the night after being frightened by the ghost of T.J. Wright, a cowboy who was shot to death in his room. The hotel was infamous for its guests (Jesse James, Annie Oakley, and Buffalo Bill Cody), the 26 people who were killed in the saloon, and its 400 bullet holes in the three inch wood ceiling. | |||
| 4 | "The Sanitarium/Firehouse Phantom" | Case 1: Poison bottle/Owner's property Case 2: Victorian mourning broach |
June 22, 2011 |
| The team investigates a house in their hometown of Stratford, Connecticut where a ghost girl without feet is seen floating from room to room. Some of the items up for suspect that the previous owner left behind: an antique billiards set and a statue of the owner's father made in Belize where black magic is common and curses are often placed on them. They find an old poison bottle in the basement crawlspace, however it's the owner's property that's possibly causing the hauntings for the fact that it once belonged to the Rutherford Hall Sanitarium. Then it's off to Hose Co. 3 Fire Museum in Pueblo, Colorado, built in 1895, where old fire vehicles are known to drive off on their own, and several deaths occurred here. They discover a Victorian mourning broach made out of human hair locked in a forgotten cabinet. | |||
| 5 | "Uncivil Spirit/Revolutionary Ghost" | Case 1: Civil War soldier's cartridge bag rivet & breastplate and a .58 caliber Minie ball Case 2: Owner's 21-year-old son/property |
June 29, 2011[2] |
| The team examines a Civil War-era "pain bullet" found in the backyard that may be causing paranormal activity in a house in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Then they travel to River Vale, New Jersey, site of the Baylor Massacre where a 21-year-old college student is the victim of the malevolent spirit of a British American Revolutionary War soldier who keeps pinning him down to the bed while he sleeps. They also believe the owner's wood carved statue from the Bahamas ties in with the hauntings since the practice of obeah is steeped in sorcery and folk magic. | |||
| 6 | "Slaughterhouse Ghosts/Supernatural Sword" | Case 1: Mid 1870s to World War I era Foster Bros. skinning knife Case 2: Sword of Saint John the Baptist & Late 1890s Execution sword |
July 6, 2011[2] |
| The team stays local when they investigate an 200-year-old old barn in Fairfield, Connecticut in which they discover through research was used a slaughter house in the in the early 1900s by a Hungarian family. This could explain why the owner's horse is constantly getting scratched. Later, they travel to a private house in Jacksonville, North Carolina where a malevolent force led a married couple to separation when the husband got possessed by black magic. After lifting the carpet in his bedroom, the team finds a Cross of Salem symbol painted in blood, which could be the cause of his blackouts. | |||
| Ep. # | Episode Title | Haunted Item(s) | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "TBA" | TBA | 2012 |
| TBA | |||
http://www.HauntedCollector.com
|
||||||||||||||||||||