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Ghost Stories is an American paranormal television series that premiered on October 16, 2009 on the Travel Channel. The program is produced by MY Tupelo Entertainment. As its title implies, the series features ghost stories. Each episode showcases stories, legends and tales of different reportedly haunted locations in the United States.
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2009
The one hour series premiere tells the tales of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, which is reportedly haunted by a little girl named Lilly who is still looking for her mommy after her death. The second half of the episode explores an old abandoned train tunnel called the "Flinderation Tunnel", also in Weston, West Virginia.
Stories of the Egyptian Theater, which is said to be haunted by its past performers, former stagehands, and theater-goers who like to watch the ghostly performances on stage.
The gruesome tale of an unknown axe murderer who slayed an entire family in their home in the summer of 1912, causing the house to be haunted.
West Virginia State Penitentiary is home to the malevolent ghost of William "Red" Snyder, the ghost of a former inmate who murdered his parents and met a violent death while serving time.
2010
Season two begins with the tale of an old seaside bed and breakfast named the Peter Shields Inn that's haunted by Mr. Shield's son, Earle who accidentally shot himself in the face with his own shotgun during a duck hunting trip on his boat in the summer of 1907.
Emma Sands was a young woman who was murdered by her fiancé when she was pushed down a water well in the winter of 1799. Today, the same well can be found in a NYC restaurant named Manhattan Bistro, which is now haunted by Emma's ghost.
The "Screaming Lady" is heard by many at the oldest fort in America. She is frequently heard loudly shrieking, still not over the lost of her infant son and young daughter who both died from a yellow fever epidemic.
This old World War II naval air craft carrier is still being commanded by a ghostly rear admiral named J.J. "Jocko" Clark who thinks he's in charge of an undead crew.
Sammie Dean was a down on her luck lady who after her husband left her, turned to prositution. She was then found strangled to death in her apartment, killed by an unknown assailant. Sammie's murder has been a cold case ever since.
The Cuban Club is home to the ghost of El Fumador, a.k.a. "The Smoker" because he always liked to smoke Cuban cigars. After being shot and killed for skimming club funds, this former club president now haunts the club trying to prove his innocence.
James Jones Stark was a down on his luck local who took an argument with a predominant doctor named Philip Minus way too far. After a challenged duel went awry, the doctor had had enough and shot him in front of a room full of people in what was once the City Hotel. Today J.J. Stark haunts the same building of the Moon River Brewing Company where he will not be ignored by the bar's patrons.
This is the grisly tale of a Turkish man simply named The Sultan because he believed he was one. He lived with his wives, his many children, harem, and a small army of guards. Known to throw "pleasure parties" with opium and abstinthe, he liked to kidnap and torture women and young boys until one day a neighbor saw a stream of blood flowing from his front door. The police found a massacre inside; all of his entourage were killed and The Sultan himself was found buried alive in the courtyard out back.
Sister Katherine was a nun who tried to protect her nine orphans from the Great Storm of 1900 (or 1900 Galveston Hurricane) that swept through the area. The sister's ghost now haunts the historic Hotel Galvez, which was built on top of the wreckage the storm left and also the sandy beaches nearby which became her watery grave.
Toni Jo Henry was a beautiful young woman who had a hopeless life working in a brothel until she met and married a criminal named "Cowboy" Henry. When her new husband was arrested for killing a cop, Toni Jo devised a plan to spring him out of jail with her sidekick Arkie Burks. But their plan backfired when they were caught by the police soon after highjacking a car and killing the driver. They were both sentenced to death, but only Toni Jo remains behind in the court house, guilty for falsely accusing Arkie of killing the motorist all those years ago
Short-term prisoner Joel Clough was a cold blooded killer who was hanged for the murder of Mary Hamilton, his girlfriend whom he stabbed in the chest eight times. Joel's ghost still haunts the Burlington County Prison and can be seen and heard chained up in his former death row jail cell in solitary confinement.
The season finale tells the story of Dr. Edwards who remains behind at Linda Vista Community Hospital making his rounds on his ghostly patients. The good doctor's ghost is still trying to redeem himself for losing a shot-up gang member's life who died on his operating table years ago.
Jay Thomas