Episode
Ghost Hunters: Essex County Jail
Overview
TAPS is joined by special investigator and host of SyFy's "Destination Truth", Josh Gates who will help the team in investigating claims of paranormal activities in New Jersey's Essex County Jail.
Details
- Series
- Ghost Hunters
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2009-09-09
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Essex County Jail is Episode 12 in Season 5 of Ghost Hunters. It aired on 2009-09-09. The runtime is 45 min.
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Then, the team heads to Virginia to visit the Edgewood Plantation, part of the ancestral home of U.S. Presidents William Henry and Benjamin Harrison and site for the Confederate army during the Civil War. Today, it is officially a national- and state-regulated landmark and is a hotbed of paranormal activity, including full-bodied apparitions.
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Episode 9: Inhuman Entity
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Episode 16: Glimmer Men
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Episode 6: Titanic Terror
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