Peter Aykroyd
Director
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)
Season 1
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that surrounds a scientific team that deals with all manner of paranormal phenomena around the world; from alien abductions to possessions. The organization depicted in the series is loosely inspired by a real-life scientific organization. While locations in the series took place worldwide, the series was primarily filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000.
Released Sept. 28, 1996
Episode 44 min
None+
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Network: Syndication
5.0
S1E1 - Dream House / UFO Encounter
Case File #34112: ""Dream House""
Blaine and Debbie McCallister summon the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research to investigate the cause of numerous strange occurrences at the site of their new home, after their teenage daughter is hospitalized as a result of a poltergeist encounter.
Case File #52111: ""UFO Encounter""
Agents from the O.S.I.R. are summoned to a small town to investigate a double alien abduction of two boys and UFO sightings witnessed by many townspeople.
Sept. 28, 1996, midnight
S1E2 - Possession / Man Out of Time
Case File #67102: ""Possession""
A software designer tells of demons attacking
Case File #10103: ""Man Out of Time""
A disoriented man tells of being from the 17th century.
Oct. 5, 1996, midnight
S1E3 - Reptilian Revenge / Ghostly Voices
Case File #99101: ""Reptilian Revenge""
After an elderly man dies, his pet snakes escape
Case File #44114: ""Ghostly Voices""
A voice calls a woman home.
Oct. 12, 1996, midnight
S1E4 - Creeping Darkness / The Power
Case File #77110: ""Creeping Darkness""
Impenetrable darkness threatens to engulf an Argentine town
Case File # unknown: ""The Power""
Stress boosts a woman's psychokinesis.
Oct. 19, 1996, midnight
S1E5 - Free Fall / The Presence
Case File #47129: ""Free Fall""
A sky diver tells of defying gravity
Case File #92109: ""The Presence""
A child fears a destructive force.
Oct. 26, 1996, midnight
S1E6 - The Infestation / Human Apportation
Case File #33130: ""The Infestation""
NASA scientists die searching for a meteorite
Case File #87105: ""Human Apportation""
A Californian and her daughter inexplicably find themselves in Toronto.
Nov. 2, 1996, midnight
S1E7 - The Underneath / Phantom Limb
Case File #28120: ""The Underneath""
A deadly creature lives in the sewers
Case File #52113: ""Phantom Limb""
Strange events follow an accident that claimed a farmer's arm.
Nov. 9, 1996, midnight
S1E8 - The Transient / Two Lost Old Men
Case File #64131: ""The Transient""
A dybbuk invades the souls of innocents
Case File #86126: ""Two Lost Old Men""
Young people pass through a forest's barren zone and instantly age 50 years.
Nov. 16, 1996, midnight
S1E9 - UFO Duplication / Clara's Friend
Case File #623119: ""UFO Duplication""
Extraterrestrials clone farm inhabitants
Case File #847117: ""Clara's Friend""
An apparition communicates with a girl.
Nov. 23, 1996, midnight
S1E10 - The Hunter / The Healer
Case File #702134: ""The Hunter""
A werewolf is suspected in cattle mutilations
Case File #969121: ""The Healer""
Teen is credited with healing powers.
Nov. 30, 1996, midnight
S1E11 - The Curse / Angel on a Plane
Case File #631136: ""The Curse""
Death strikes archaeologists who uncovered an Egyptian burial chamber
Case File #260122: ""Angel on a Plane""
A mysterious woman safely lands a plane hit by lightning.
Jan. 18, 1997, midnight
S1E12 - Anasazi Cave / Devil's Triangle
Case File #288128: ""Anasazi Cave""
Deaths at an archaeological dig may explain the mystery of the lost Anasazi
Case File #199137: ""Devil's Triangle""
A man claims he was adrift in the Devil's Triangle.
Jan. 25, 1997, midnight
S1E13 - The Undead / Stalker Moon
Case File #763139: ""The Undead""
A homeless man revives during his autopsy and escapes
Case File #569135: ""Stalker Moon""
A fan stalks an actress from the grave.
Feb. 1, 1997, midnight
S1E14 - Forbidden North / Reincarnation
Case File #26014: ""Forbidden North""
A humanoid beast approaches a leg-trapped logger
Case File #610115: ""Reincarnation""
A man undergoing past-life regression predicts the future.
Feb. 8, 1997, midnight
S1E15 - The Greenhouse Effect / The Buzz
Case File #213127: ""The Greenhouse Effect""
Plants attack a family
Case File #213127: ""The Buzz""
Mysterious buzzing coincides with unexplained deaths.
Feb. 15, 1997, midnight
S1E16 - The Light
Case File #206132: ""The Light""
As wounded Rollins lies near death, his evil doppelganger stalks the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research.
Feb. 22, 1997, midnight
S1E17 - The 13th Floor / The Believer
Case File #957176: ""The 13th Floor""
A possessed woman takes a horrible vengeance on her philandering husband
Case File #284145: ""The Believer""
A kidnapper transmits his extortion demands psychically.
April 12, 1997, midnight
S1E18 - The Fog / House on Garden Street
Case File #559146: ""The Fog""
A dense fog, mass hallucinations and a serial killer arrive simultaneously on death row
Case File #810126: ""House on Garden Street""
An apparition appears to a couple under stress.
April 19, 1997, midnight
S1E19 - Second Sight / Chocolate Soldier
Case File #295143: ""Second Sight""
A kidney-transplant recipient has frightening visions
Case File #734138: ""Chocolate Soldier""
A cult leader has power over women.
April 26, 1997, midnight
S1E20 - The Fire Within / Fate
Case File #994124: ""The Fire Within""
Spontaneous human combustion
Case File #232148: ""Fate""
A teen with psychic powers struggles to understand events leading to his best friend's death.
May 3, 1997, midnight
S1E21 - Death at Sunset / Collision
Case File #693142: ""Death at Sunset""
A mysterious illness claims its victims at sunset
Case File #793144: ""Collision""
The soul of an accident victim possesses the driver who killed her.
May 10, 1997, midnight
S1E22 - Perestroika
Case File #321147: ""Perestroika""
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research's Director of Operations Frank Elsinger orders Case Manager Doyle to lead a team of investigators to Archangelsk in Northern Russia. Having just viewed video footage of a team of Russian scientists examining a creature found frozen in a glacier by two gas plant caretakers, Elsinger does not reveal to Doyle that the last scene of the video showed scientist frightened and pleading for help.
May 17, 1997, midnight
Network: Syndication
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 3872 min.
Released: Sept. 28, 1996
Last Air Date: May 20, 2000, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: 12
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