Jael de Pardo
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files (2010)
Season 2
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is a paranormal investigation series produced by Base Productions that began airing July 15, 2010, on SyFy. The show follows a team of investigators, led by former FBI agent Ben Hansen, who review various photographs and viral videos of alleged paranormal activity. If a particular piece of evidence is deemed intriguing enough to warrant further investigation, they set out to recreate and explain the sighting. Beginning episode #207 in first-half of season two, the show began to feature a "You Decide" segment in the middle of the program where a video is shown of something strange and then asks the viewing audience if they think the footage is fact or faked. After a commercial break the truth behind the video is revealed.
Released July 15, 2010
Episode 44 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, Mystery, Reality, Sci-Fi
Keywords: tmdb.paranormal-investigation, imdb.tombstone-arizona, imdb.arizona, imdb.reference-to-tombstone-arizona, imdb.reference-to-arizona, imdb.psychotronic-series, imdb.paranormal-phenomenon + 2 more, imdb.five-word-title, imdb.colon-in-title
Production Companies: BASE Productions, Base Productions
Network: Syfy
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Spanish
S2E1 - The Real Battle of LA / Queen Mary Menace
After reviewing the week's finds, Devin goes with Ben and Jael to attempt to unearth the truth behind a famous photo taken by an LA Times photographer in 1942, just after the Pearl Harbor attack and five years before the Roswell incident, of an object flying through the night sky.
Chi-Lan, Bill and Austin, meanwhile, investigate the Queen Mary Ghost in Long Beach, where the famous ship has been moored since the '60s.
March 23, 2011, midnight
S2E2 - Thermal Theater Ghost / Fire In The Sky
One of the hottest cases this week comes from Jacksonville, Florida, from the historic Florida Theatre. Bill, Austin and Chi-Lan head to this reported hotbed of paranormal activity to get to the bottom of an amazing video: A local expert, Steve Christian, was conducting a paranormal investigation in the theater when he caught, on camera, a figure seated in the balcony - waving.
Ben, Devin and Jael, meanwhile, have also been down south, searching for the truth behind a reported UFO sighting. What's special about this one is that there's video of a flare descending toward Earth, splitting into three lights, and then hovering for a period.
March 30, 2011, midnight
S2E3 - Raining Ufo's / Ectoplasmic Pic
Ben, Jael and Austin head to Long Beach, CA, where the video of an unidentified object flying over the harbor, seeming to drop glowing seeds into the water, was recorded.
Chi-Lan, Bill and Devin, meanwhile, have been digging into a decades-old mystery of a Winnipeg man who claimed to have captured ectoplasm - a ghostly substance said to be produced by a medium during a séance - on camera at the turn of the last century.
April 6, 2011, midnight
S2E4 - Playground Poltergeist / Alien Intruder
To get the truth, sometimes you have to travel halfway around the world. That's why this week, Jael, Austin and Bill fly to the small town of Firmat, Argentina to uncover the explanation of a swing that, for four years, has appeared to be moving on its own.
Ben, Chi-Lan and Devin, meanwhile, have been speaking with a Florida man, David Eckhart, and his wife, Jean, about their frequent experiences with unknowable forces. The couple say they've been visited by aliens for years, citing loss of time and mass migrations of worms in their driveway. They have two videos to back up their claims, and Ben and his team intend to discover their authenticity.
April 13, 2011, midnight
S2E5 - Dashcam Chupacabra / Nightly News Alien
Ben, Chi-Lan and Devin head to Texas on a hunt for the blood-sucking cryptid known as the chupacabra. The local sherrif saw a strange, unidentifiable animal running down a country road, and murmurs of the chupacabra swelled up around the video she shot from her vehicle.
Jael, Austin and Bill, meanwhile, are looking into what seems to be an alien walking plainly through a shot from a local news segment in Patagonia, Argentina, where UFO and alien sightings are frequent.
April 20, 2011, midnight
S2E6 - Whaley Ghost House / Muck Monster
One team travels to San Diego to investigate claims of paranormal activity in the Whaley House, which some say is the most haunted home in the US. Meanwhile, the other team looks into footage captured by a local family of an unknown creature which is said to inhabit Florida's Loxahatchee River.
April 27, 2011, midnight
S2E7 - UFO Crash Landing / Graveyard Ghost
A purported UFO crash is investigated in New Mexico; a graveyard ghost sighting in Nevada is probed.
Oct. 19, 2011, midnight
S2E8 - Area 51 / Cajun Apparition
The allegedly haunted Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana is visited; UFO footage linked to Area 51 is scrutinized.
Oct. 26, 2011, midnight
S2E9 - Sinister Spirals / Flying Saucers
A flying saucer case from Santa Ana, Cal., is investigated; claims attributed to "flying rods" in Joplin, Mo., are probed.
Nov. 2, 2011, midnight
S2E10 - Asylum Apparition / Mystery Over Mexico
Visiting Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville to investigate a video of a purported ghost sighting; UFO sightings over Mexico are probed.
Nov. 9, 2011, midnight
S2E11 - Old West Haunting / Freeway Flyer
Footage from the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, Ariz., is scrutinized; a UFO sighting over a Los Angeles freeway is probed.
Nov. 16, 2011, midnight
S2E12 - Bar Fright; Mexico City Cave Witch
Purported poltergeist activity in a Texas bar is probed; footage of a flying witch is scrutinized in Mexico.
Nov. 30, 2011, midnight
S2E13 - The Grim Sleeper / The Real Mr. Freeze
Among the cases brought in by the team this week are two Fact or Faked firsts: A video of a paranormal force causing a woman to levitate from her bed, and a case of a human performing paranormal feats.
April 17, 2012, midnight
S2E14 - Bay Area Hysteria / Jersey Shore Haunting
A mystery over California's Bodega Bay is probed. Also: a purported ghost encounter captured on a thermal camera at New Jersey's Paramount Theatre is scrutinized.
April 24, 2012, midnight
S2E15 - Vanishing Victim / Sky Serpent
The team visits England to examine footage of an alleged alien abduction and a flaming, serpentine object in the sky.
May 1, 2012, midnight
S2E16 - Pride House Specter / Bluegrass Bigfoot
Photographic evidence of paranormal activity at the Pride House in Jefferson, Texas, is scrutinized. Also: Tests are conducted in Kentucky concerning the state's purported Bigfoot sightings.
May 8, 2012, midnight
S2E17 - Battleship Ghost / Scouting UFO
Evidence of a ghost lurking on the USS North Carolina is examined, also A purported UFO sighting in Michigan is investigated.
May 15, 2012, midnight
S2E18 - Reptile Rampage / Gasoline Ghoul
Evidence to support sightings of a reptilian creature in South Carolina is sought. Also: Footage of alleged paranormal activity captured at a gas station in Ohio is scrutinized.
May 22, 2012, midnight
S2E19 - Glowing Gargoyle / Phantom Feline
Josh Gates helps the team examine evidence of a gargoyle sighting in the U.K. Also: Claims concerning a spectral cat are investigated in Kentucky.
May 29, 2012, midnight
S2E20 - Florida Woodland UFO / Black Forrest Entity
A purported UFO sighting in Florida is investigated. Also: Evidence of a haunting in Colorado is scrutinized.
June 5, 2012, midnight
S2E21 - Graveyard Lightning / Truck Stop Terror
Evidence of purported paranormal activity documented at a Mississippi graveyard and an abandoned Missouri truck stop is scrutinized.
June 12, 2012, midnight
S2E22 - Into The Vortex / Tavern Shapeshifter
The Oregon Vortex is probed. Also: An English pub is visited after a security camera captures the image of what may be a ghost.
June 19, 2012, midnight
S2E23 - Surveillance Spectre / Morgue Mystery
Probes in England and Kentucky unfold. (First episode of a two episode season finale, with a special 8 pm start time.)
June 26, 2012, midnight
S2E24 - Stonehenge Secrets / Iceland Worm Monster
Josh Gates joins the team in Iceland to examine footage of what may be an aquatic creature. Also: Pro wrestler Kofi Kingston helps with a Stonehenge investigation in the Season 2 finale.
June 26, 2012, midnight
Network: Syfy
Episode Runtime: 44 min.
Season Runtime: 1749 min.
Released: July 15, 2010
Last Air Date: June 26, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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