Ghostly Encounters (2005)
- Genre: Documentary, Mystery
- First Air Date: 2005-07-15
- Last Air Date: 2011-01-29
- Total Seasons: 4
- Total Episodes: 83
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 30 min.
- Production Country: Canada
- Network: A&E
Ghostly Encounters is a Canadian paranormal documentary television series that premiered on July 16, 2005 to January 19, 2011. on Viva/W Network. The program also airs on A&E's The Biography Channel in the United States. The show was created by executive producer Phyllis Platt, is produced by Brian Dennis, and is hosted by Lawrence Chau. The program uses a combination of interviews and dramatic recreations, examining the events that led its subjects to accept or reject occurrences as supernatural, and how the experience has helped or hindered them. Ghostly Encounters won a Gemini Award for best original score in 2007.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Someone to Watch Over Me | 2005-07-15 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Father Knows Best | 2005-07-22 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Believer and the Doubter | 2005-07-29 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Horror in the Basement | 2005-08-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Uninvited Housemates | 2005-08-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Angels and Demons | 2005-08-19 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Ghostly Warfare | 2005-08-26 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Growing Up Ghostly | 2005-09-02 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Phantoms Between Friends | 2005-09-09 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Angels on the Highway | 2005-09-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Ghosts in the Blood | 2005-09-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Ghostly Catalyst | 2005-09-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | When Kids See Ghosts | 2005-10-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Journey Back from Death | 2006-03-10 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | My Dad's Ghost Saved My Mom's Life | 2006-03-17 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Refuge in Rosaries | 2006-03-24 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Til Death Do Us Part | 2006-03-31 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Waterly Awakenings | 2006-04-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Anorexia and the Haunting Hag | 2006-04-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Living in a Haunted House | 2006-04-21 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Ghosts of the Murdered | 2006-04-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Phantoms of the Philippines | 2006-05-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Graves Undug and Graves Disturbed | 2006-05-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Ghosts in the Workplace | 2006-05-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Undying Love | 2006-05-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | People Who See Ghosts of Trauma | 2006-06-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | A Family Torn Apart by a Haunted House | 2006-06-09 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | The Price of Disbelief | 2006-06-16 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | When Folk Tales Come True | 2006-06-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Danger Detectors from the Great Beyond | 2006-06-30 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | The House That Tweedie Built and Never Left | 2006-07-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Paranormal Pathways | 2006-07-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | Ghosts That Save Lives | 2006-07-21 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | Scared to Go Home | 2006-07-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Tombs and Temples of the Dead | 2006-08-04 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | Condemned Judge | 2006-08-11 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Ghosts That Banish Nightmares | 2006-08-18 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | The Ghost That Hates Women | 2006-08-31 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | Generational Spirits | 2006-09-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Ghosts As Protectors | 2009-06-20 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Connection to the Land | 2009-06-27 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Buildings with History | 2009-07-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Haunted Hospitals | 2009-07-25 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Ghostly Muses | 2009-08-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | A House Divided | 2009-08-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Ghosts of the Aged | 2009-08-08 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Passive and Aggressive | 2009-08-08 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Ghosts and Legends | 2009-08-15 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Forever My Daughter | 2009-08-15 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | One Foot in the Spirit World | 2009-08-22 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Dead on the Job | 2009-08-29 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Hounded to Hell | 2009-09-12 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Good Samaritan Ghosts | 2009-09-19 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Light on the Past | 2009-09-26 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Ghostly Guidance Counselors | 2009-10-03 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | Buried Secrets | 2009-10-10 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Closing the Door to the Beyond | 2009-10-17 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | Tempting Ghosts | 2009-10-24 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | Ghostly Possession | 2009-10-31 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | Religious Ghosts | 2009-11-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | Comfort from Beyond the Grave | 2009-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | Caretaker Ghosts | 2009-11-21 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | Stay at Home Ghosts | 2009-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 25 | Soldier Ghosts | 2009-12-05 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 26 | Remember Me | 2009-12-12 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Kids Who See Ghosts | 2010-09-25 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Play with the Occult, Pay the Price | 2010-10-02 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Hospital Ghosts | 2010-10-09 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Protecting Kids from Ghosts | 2010-10-16 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Disturbed Graves | 2010-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Haunted Institutions | 2010-11-05 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Crimes from Beyond the Grave | 2010-11-12 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Eternal Bonds | 2010-11-19 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Driven Out by Ghosts | 2010-11-26 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | History Comes Alive | 2010-11-27 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | When Parents Don't Believe | 2010-12-04 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Lost Children of the Halifax Explosion | 2010-12-11 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Ghosts and the Vulnerable | 2010-12-18 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Teenagers and Ghosts | 2011-01-07 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | Ghosts of the Halifax Explosion | 2011-01-08 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | Ghosts Who Died Violently | 2011-01-15 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Renos Release Ghosts | 2011-01-22 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | Puppet Master | 2011-01-29 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Buildings with History/Haunted Hospitals | 2016-01-04 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Ghostly Muses/A House Divided | 2016-01-11 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Ghosts of the Aged/Passive and Aggressive | 2016-01-18 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Ghosts and Legends/Forever My Daughter | 2016-01-25 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Light on the Past/Ghostly Guidance Counselors | 2016-02-22 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Phantoms of the Philippines/Graves Undug and Graves Disturbed | 2016-09-12 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Ghosts in the Workplace/A Mother's Undying Love | 2016-09-19 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | The Ghosts of Trauma/A Family Torn Apart by a Haunted House | 2016-09-26 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | The Price of Disbelief/When Folk Tales Come True | 2016-10-03 | 60 min |