# Ghost Asylum > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ghost_Asylum > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ghost_Asylum.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Asylum > Source revision: 1352539797 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt_name = Tennessee Wraith Chasers/TWC | genre = [Paranormal](/source/paranormal_television)
[Horror Film](/source/Horror_Film) | creator = | developer = | writer = | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = Scott Porter, Steven McDougal, Chasey Ray McKnight, Brannon Smith, Chris Smith | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Joey Trae | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = ''Opus 1 Music Library'' | country = American | language = English | num_seasons = 3 | num_episodes = 30 | list_episodes = | location = [Winnipeg, Manitoba](/source/Winnipeg%2C_Manitoba) | executive_producer = Matthew Hobin
Erin L. Ryder
Tim Hamilton
Colleen Needles Steward
Shannon Keenon Demers
Rob Hammersley | producer = | editor = Joseph Evans
Casey Mandel
Alpesh Patel
Anthony Berrios
Dajana Mitchell | director = Ethan John Browners | cinematography = Brain Hodge
Alex Poppas | camera = | runtime = 45 minutes | company = Tremendous! Entertainment | channel = [Destination America](/source/Destination_America) | first_aired = {{start date|2014|09|07}} | last_aired = {{end date|2016|06|05}} | related = ''[Haunted Towns](/source/Haunted_Towns)'' }} {{Convert to Episode table}} '''''Ghost Asylum''''' is an American [paranormal](/source/paranormal_television) television series that aired from September 7, 2014, to June 5, 2016, on [Destination America](/source/Destination_America). The series features a group of [ghost hunters](/source/ghost_hunting) that try to "trap ghosts" in abandoned [asylums](/source/History_of_psychiatric_institutions), [sanitoriums](/source/Sanatorium), and [mental hospital](/source/mental_hospital)s claimed to be haunted.{{cite web|url=http://press.discovery.com/us/da/programs/ghost-asylum/ |title=Ghost Asylum : Programs : Destination America : Discovery Press Web |publisher=Press.discovery.com |access-date=2014-12-16}} The show was renewed for a second season of 15 episodes, which premiered on April 5, 2015, and aired in two halves with the second half airing in late-2014.{{cite web|url=http://press.discovery.com/us/da/press-releases/2015/dare-enter-americas-most-bloodcurdling-parano-3473/ |title=Dare To Enter Canada's Most Bloodcurdling Paranormal Hotbeds In A Brand-New Season Of Ghost Asylum On Destination America : Discovery Press Web |publisher=Press.discovery.com |date=2015-03-09 |access-date=2014-12-16}} The series follows the paranormal team known as the "Tennessee Wraith Chasers"; the pilot of the series was originally named "Ghostland Tennessee" before it was renamed for the Destination America network.{{cite web|url=http://www.tnwraithchasers.com/index.php/about |title=About |publisher=Tnwraithchasers.com |access-date=2014-12-16}} ==Premise== The series features a group of ghost hunters called the ''Tennessee Wraith Chasers,'' who use various methods they believe can "capture spirits" during their investigations of abandoned mental institutions, asylums and other [locations claimed to be haunted](/source/list_of_reportedly_haunted_locations_in_the_United_States). ==Series overview== {{Series overview | color1 = #B30713 | link1 = #Season 1 (2014) | episodes1 = 6 | start1 = {{Start date|2014|09|07}} | end1 = {{End date|2014|10|12}} | color2 = #9A97F3 | link2 = #Season 2 (2015) | episodes2 = 15 | start2 = {{Start date|2015|04|05}} | end2 = {{End date|2015|12|13}} | color3 = #B0BF1A | link3 = #Season 3 (2016) | episodes3 = 9 | start3 = {{Start date|2016|04|03}} | end3 = {{End date|2016|06|05}} }} ==Episodes== ===Season 1 (2014)=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; background:#fff;" |- ! style="background:#B30713; width:8%;"|Ep.# ! style="background:#B30713; width:25%;"|Title ! style="background:#B30713; width:30%;"|Location ! style="background:#B30713; width:20%;"|Original Airdate {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1.1 |Title= Old War Memorial |Aux1=Old War Memorial Hospital, [Scottsville, Kentucky](/source/Scottsville%2C_Kentucky) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2014|09|07}} |ShortSummary=In the series premiere, a group of ghost hunters called the ''Tennessee Waith Chasers'' (''TWC'') hunt for ghosts at Kentucky's Old War Memorial Hospital, where they search for the spirit of a doctor rumored to be haunting the halls of the facility. |LineColor=B30713 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1.2 |Title= Kuhn State Hospital |Aux1= Kuhn State Hospital, [Vicksburg, Mississippi](/source/Vicksburg%2C_Mississippi) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2014|09|14}} |ShortSummary= The team investigates Mississippi's massive Kuhn State Memorial Hospital, built in 1835 because of a [smallpox](/source/smallpox) outbreak; and it also treated wounded Confederate soldiers during the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). They invent a [Faraday cage](/source/Faraday_cage)-like box they believe will trap a spirit while ghost hunting. |LineColor=B30713 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1.3 |Title=Hayswood Infirmary |Aux1=Hayswood Infirmary, [Maysville, Kentucky](/source/Maysville%2C_Kentucky) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2014|09|21}} |ShortSummary= ''TWC'' investigate the Hayswood Infirmary, which once served as a home for servicemen suffering from [PTSD](/source/PTSD) (known then as [shell shock](/source/shell_shock)) after surviving the [attack on Pearl Harbor](/source/attack_on_Pearl_Harbor). The guys also review a disputed raw unedited video capturing a supposed apparition in the hospital's window known as the "Hayswood Ghost". |LineColor=B30713 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1.4 |Title=St. Vincent's Home |Aux1=St. Vincent's Home, [Oklahoma City](/source/Oklahoma_City), [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2014|09|28}} |ShortSummary= The team investigates the abandoned St. Vincent's Home, once operated by the [Brothers of Mercy](/source/Brothers_Hospitallers_of_Saint_John_of_God). According to them, the home had its share of tragedy, including an incident in 1962 when a male nurse went insane and suffocated two patients, and the murder of a priest years later. They build a vacuum trap with crystals they believe can capture an evil entity. |LineColor=B30713 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1.5 |Title=Old Ironton Psychiatric |Aux1=Old Ironton Psychiatric, [Ironton, Missouri](/source/Ironton%2C_Missouri) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2014|10|05}} |ShortSummary= ''TWC'' investigate the history of Missouri's Old Ironton Psychiatric, an abandoned asylum that harbors the local legend that tells of a deranged patient in the 1950s killing three nurses on the premises and now allegedly haunts the halls. To supposedly trap this ghost, the guys build a big battery shaped like a pyramid that covers a [Tesla coil](/source/Tesla_coil). |LineColor=B30713 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1.6 |Title=Cannon Memorial Banner |Aux1=Cannon Memorial Hospital, [Banner Elk, North Carolina](/source/Banner_Elk%2C_North_Carolina) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2014|10|12}} |ShortSummary=The team investigates North Carolina's Cannon Memorial Hospital with a psych ward they say drove its patients insane. According to them, one such patient held a doctor and some nurses at gunpoint in the 1960s before he was apprehended by the police. To supposedly trap a spirit, they build an [infrasound](/source/infrasound) generator to boost the sound that they say pushes the entity towards an [infinity mirror](/source/infinity_mirror). |LineColor=B30713 }} |} ===Season 2 (2015)=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; background:#fff;" |- ! style="background:#9A97F3; width:8%;"|Ep.# ! style="background:#9A97F3; width:25%;"|Title ! style="background:#9A97F3; width:30%;"|Location ! style="background:#9A97F3; width:20%;"|Original Airdate {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.1 (7) |Title= U.S. Marine Hospital |Aux1=U.S. Marine Hospital, [Memphis, Tennessee](/source/Memphis%2C_Tennessee) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|04|05}} |ShortSummary=In the season 2 opener, the Tennessee Wraith Chasers (TWC) stay in their home state where they investigate an American Marine Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. To supposedly trap the ghost of a Civil War soldier named Henry Wood, they build a "Water Wall Cone" trap, an elaborate fountain that they believe will keep the entity from crossing the curtain of running water. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.2 (8) |Title= Sloss Furnace |Aux1= [Sloss Furnaces](/source/Sloss_Furnaces), [Birmingham, Alabama](/source/Birmingham%2C_Alabama) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|04|12}} |ShortSummary= TWC investigates Sloss Furnaces in Alabama. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.3 (9) |Title=Rolling Hills Asylum |Aux1=[Rolling Hills Asylum](/source/Rolling_Hills_Asylum), [East Bethany, New York](/source/East_Bethany%2C_New_York) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|04|19}} |ShortSummary= The Tennessee Wraith Chasers investigate Rolling Hills Asylum. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.4 (10) |Title=Mansfield Reformatory |Aux1=[Ohio State Reformatory](/source/Ohio_State_Reformatory), [Mansfield, Ohio](/source/Mansfield%2C_Ohio) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|04|26}} |ShortSummary= The Tennessee Wraith Chasers travel to Ohio to investigate Mansfield Reformatory and explore the prison's history of torture, assault and suicides. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.5 (11) |Title=St. Albans Sanatorium |Aux1=St. Albans Sanatorium, [Radford, Virginia](/source/Radford%2C_Virginia) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|05|03}} |ShortSummary= TWC investigate Albans Sanatorium, a former boys' school and experimental hospital. They try to make contact with what they believe is the spirit of a murdered girl. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.6 (12) |Title=Waverly Sanatorium |Aux1=[Waverly Hills Sanatorium](/source/Waverly_Hills_Sanatorium), [Louisville](/source/Louisville%2C_Kentucky)/[Jefferson County, Kentucky](/source/Jefferson_County%2C_Kentucky) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|05|10}} |ShortSummary= The Tennessee Wraith Chasers investigate Kentucky's Waverly Hills Sanatorium. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.7 (13) |Title=Moundsville Penitentiary |Aux1=[West Virginia State Penitentiary](/source/West_Virginia_State_Penitentiary), [Moundsville, West Virginia](/source/Moundsville%2C_West_Virginia) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|05|17}} |ShortSummary= The Tennessee Wraith Chasers investigate a penitentiary located in Moundsville, West Virginia. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.8 (14) |Title=Cannon Memorial Hospital |Aux1=Cannon Memorial Hospital, [Banner Elk, North Carolina](/source/Banner_Elk%2C_North_Carolina) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|05|24}} |ShortSummary= TWC return to handle unfinished business at Cannon Memorial Hospital. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.9 (15) |Title=Fenwick Plantation |Aux1=[Fenwick Hall](/source/Fenwick_Hall), [Johns Island, South Carolina](/source/Johns_Island%2C_South_Carolina) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|10|16}} |ShortSummary= TWC investigate [Fenwick Hall](/source/Fenwick_Hall) on Fenwick Plantation, a 300-year old brick house that was the home of John Fenwick who filled it with secret rooms, hidden passageways and a tunnel filled with treasure. They learn the story of young lovers Ann and Tony who met a tragic end at Fenwick's hands. During their investigation, the guys search for the spirits of spies, pirates and a headless horsemen. They build what they call an "Electrostatic [Shape-Shifter](/source/shape_shifter)" device that uses a [Van de Graaff generator](/source/Van_de_Graaff_generator). |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.10 (16) |Title=Pennhurst Asylum |Aux1=Pennhurst Asylum, [Spring City, Pennsylvania](/source/Spring_City%2C_Pennsylvania) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|10|23}} |ShortSummary= TWC head to the Pennhurst Asylum in Pennsylvania, which they say was the site of abusive treatment towards its patients, suicides and other horrors. They create what they call a "Wraith Toy Box" filled with supposed trigger objects. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.11 (17) |Title=Hill View Manor |Aux1=Hill View Manor, [New Castle, Pennsylvania](/source/New_Castle%2C_Pennsylvania) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|11|06}} |ShortSummary= TWC investigate Hill View Manor, a former [poor farm](/source/poor_farm) they believe to be one of the most-haunted buildings in Western Pennsylvania. The guys make a "Power Pyramid" made out of [granite](/source/granite) and [quartz](/source/quartz) with a [copper](/source/copper) cap, that they say will create [kinetic energy](/source/kinetic_energy) to trap spirits. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.12 (18) |Title=Sibley Mill |Aux1=[Sibley Mill](/source/Sibley_Mill), [Augusta, Georgia](/source/Augusta%2C_Georgia) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|11|22}} |ShortSummary= TWC travel to Augusta to investigate the Sibley Mill, which was once a cotton mill, a fabric factory and a gunpowder works used by the Confederate Army during the [Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War). They create what they call a "Phantom Writer", a case filled with iron powder, making a [magnetic field](/source/magnetic_field). |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.13 (19) |Title=Fort Delaware |Aux1=[Fort Delaware](/source/Fort_Delaware), [Pea Patch Island](/source/Pea_Patch_Island), [Delaware](/source/Delaware) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|11|29}} |ShortSummary= TWC travel to the [Delaware State Park](/source/Delaware_State_Park) to investigate the Fort Delaware, a former Civil War prison camp off the coast of [Delaware City, Delaware](/source/Delaware_City%2C_Delaware), where there are claims of a fight occurring between two ghostly generals. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.14 (20) |Title=The Bissman Building |Aux1=Bissman Building, [Mansfield, Ohio](/source/Mansfield%2C_Ohio) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|12|06}} |ShortSummary= TWC head to haunted Mansfield, Ohio to investigate the Bissman Building, where it is claimed that spirits travel through a dark portal. |LineColor=9A97F3 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2.15 (21) |Title=Old Crow Distillery |Aux1=Old Crow Distillery, [Frankfort, Kentucky](/source/Frankfort%2C_Kentucky) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2015|12|13}} |ShortSummary= TWC travel to Kentucky to investigate the Old Crow Distillery, where they made [Old Crow Bourbon](/source/Old_Crow), they believe to be haunted by Dr. James Crow. The guys build what they call a "Wraith Casket Trap". |LineColor=9A97F3 }} |} ===Season 3 (2016)=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; background:#fff;" |- ! style="background:#B0BF1A; width:8%;"|Ep.# ! style="background:#B0BF1A; width:25%;"|Title ! style="background:#B0BF1A; width:30%;"|Location ! style="background:#B0BF1A; width:20%;"|Original Airdate {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.1 (22) |Title= U.S.S. Edson |Aux1={{USS|Edson}}, [Bay City, Michigan](/source/Bay_City%2C_Michigan) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|04|03}} |ShortSummary=In the season 3 opener, the ''Tennessee Wraith Chasers'' investigate the U.S.S. ''Edson'', a haunted [destroyer](/source/destroyer) that served in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) currently docked at the [Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum](/source/Saginaw_Valley_Naval_Ship_Museum) in Michigan. |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.2 (23) |Title=Old South Pittsburg Hospital |Aux1=Old South Pittsburg Hospital, [South Pittsburg, Tennessee](/source/South_Pittsburg%2C_Tennessee) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|04|10}} |ShortSummary=TWC investigate their state's Old South Pittsburg Hospital in Tennessee. |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.3 (24) |Title=Peoria State Hospital |Aux1=[Peoria State Hospital](/source/Peoria_State_Hospital), [Bartonville, Illinois](/source/Bartonville%2C_Illinois) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|04|17}} |ShortSummary=TWC head to Illinois to investigate Peoria State Hospital where they say many deaths from disease, abuse, and suicide all took place. They are joined by Emily and Gina from [St. Louis, Missouri](/source/St._Louis%2C_Missouri). |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.4 (25) |Title=Missouri State Penitentiary |Aux1=[Missouri State Penitentiary](/source/Missouri_State_Penitentiary), [Jefferson City, Missouri](/source/Jefferson_City%2C_Missouri) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|04|24}} |ShortSummary= The TWC travel to Missouri to investigate claims of hauntings at the Missouri State Penitentiary, operated from the 19th century until its closure in 2004, dubbed "The most violent 47 acres in America" due to riots, and violence. |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.5 (26) |Title=Castillo de San Marcos |Aux1=[Castillo de San Marcos](/source/Castillo_de_San_Marcos), [St. Augustine, Florida](/source/St._Augustine%2C_Florida) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|05|01}} |ShortSummary= TWC travels to Florida to investigate tales of spirits and hauntings at the infamous [Castillo de San Marcos](/source/Castillo_de_San_Marcos) |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.6 (27) |Title= Pauly Jail |Aux1= Pauly Jail, [Union Springs, Alabama](/source/Union_Springs%2C_Alabama) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|05|08}} |ShortSummary= TWC investigate the Pauly Jail, the oldest working jail in Alabama, built in 1897. It's said to be haunted by the spirits of former inmates who died there. |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.7 (28) |Title= Preston Castle |Aux1= [Preston Castle](/source/Preston_School_of_Industry), [Ione, California](/source/Ione%2C_California) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|05|15}} |ShortSummary=TWC head out west to Ione, California to investigate Preston Castle, a reformatory for troubled boys in the state, supposedly haunted by those souls who died there. |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.8 (29) |Title= Coco Palms Resort |Aux1= [Coco Palms Resort](/source/Coco_Palms_Resort), [Kaua{{okina}}i, Hawaii](/source/Kaua%7B%7Bokina%7D%7Di%2C_Hawaii) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|05|22}} |ShortSummary=TWC travel to the island of Kaua{{okina}}i to investigate the abandoned Coco Palms Resort that's said to be haunted by ancient Hawaiian spirits known as "choking ghosts" who strangle their victims, and the [night marchers](/source/night_marchers). |LineColor=B0BF1A }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3.9 (30) |Title= Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary |Aux1= [Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary](/source/Brushy_Mountain_State_Penitentiary), [Petros, Tennessee](/source/Petros%2C_Tennessee) |OriginalAirDate={{start date|2016|06|05}} |ShortSummary=TWC returns to their home state to investigate Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, which held some of the most violent criminals in Tennessee, including it most infamous inmate, [James Earl Ray](/source/James_Earl_Ray). |LineColor=B0BF1A }} |} ==See also== *''[Haunted Towns](/source/Haunted_Towns)'' *[Apparitional experience](/source/Apparitional_experience) *[Parapsychology](/source/Parapsychology) *[Ghost hunting](/source/Ghost_hunting) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{official website|url=http://www.destinationamerica.com/tv-shows/ghost-asylum}} *{{IMDb title|3967028}} *{{TV Guide|683489}} *[http://www.tennesseewraithchasers.com/ Tennessee Wraith Chasers official website] *{{facebook|Tennessee Wraith Chasers}} {{Ghosts}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ghost Asylum}} Category:American paranormal reality television series Category:2010s American documentary television series Category:2010s American reality television series Category:2014 American television series debuts Category:2016 American television series endings Category:English-language American television shows Category:Destination America original programming --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ghost Asylum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Asylum) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Asylum?action=history)). 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