Paranormal State – The Jersey Devil – Season Finale
For the Season Finale, Ryan and team head out on another journey in search of a mythical creature. This time they’ve turned their attention to the Jersey Devil.
"It was said that Mother Leeds had 12 children and, after giving birth to her 12th child, stated that if she had another, it would be the Devil. In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night. Gathered around her were her friends. Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child’s father was the Devil himself. The child was born normal, but then changed form. It changed from a normal baby to a creature with hooves, a horse’s head, bat wings and a forked tail. It growled and screamed, then killed the midwife before flying up the chimney. It circled the villages and headed toward the pines. In 1740 a clergy exorcised the demon for 100 years and it wasn’t seen again until 1890."
It was the end of Season 1 when Ryan went in search of the Mothman. He’s also done some UFO hunting, so these truly paranormal excursion aren’t unprecedented for the team.
Ryan gets some of the local history from residents and many of them believe that something strange is out in the woods. No one seems to have any evidence of what it looks like, but they all seem to be able to describe it; a bizarre creature with the face of a horse, the head of a dog, a long neck and wings. If this thing does exist it’s probably a nasty sight to behold! Or some creature out of World of Warcraft.
PRS has a new toy for this outing, the FLIR imager which is pretty much standard fair for other ghost hunting shows, especially Ghost Hunters and Destination Truth. Ironically enough Ryan and team actually get an image of something while out in the woods. At first glance it looks like a character from the Mario games, but it does have features of a long neck and possibly even wings. What is it? Who knows, but it looks like something is out there!
They never get close enough to find out what it is, and that is the only evidence they capture for the trip. They regroup later to discuss the significance of what they have.
So what do we come away with? That’s hard to say. Something was on the imager, but what it is will only add to the legend. Maybe Ryan and Sergey captured one of the only images of it. Then again, maybe they captured the image of a deer standing under a tree with low hanging branches. Either way, that’s it for another season of Paranormal State. A pretty short season actually with only 12 episodes. I’m sure the PRS team will be back in a few months will all new emotionally distressed, devil worshipping, opening the door to the demon realm, shadow figure seeing clients. Quite frankly, this show is getting more and more bizarre with each season, and the people Ryan is supposed to be helping seem to have more emotional problems and mental instability than ever before. Is Ryan really hunting down the paranormal or is he taking on the role of grief counselor and therapist?
Other Articles of Interest:
- Paranormal State S04E04 – Boy Pushed Me
- Paranormal State – Bedroom Eyes – S05E13
- What a difference a year makes … It’s time to say goodbye
- When will the paranormal bubble burst?
- What’s with all the secrecy?
- Destination Truth – Jersey Devil/The Yeren S03E12
- Constantine – Master of the Dark Arts
- Paranormal State comes back for Season 5 on October 17
- Destination Truth – Ghosts of Masada/The Leprechaun S03E10
- Destination Truth – Vampire Monster and Island of the Damned – S05E06
Paranormal Cops Series Finale?
It looks like Paranormal Cops may not have struck a chord with audiences. The A&E site is listing a Series finale for February 16th rather than a Season finale. Further if you go to their Facebook page there are several entries of “Comments welcomed at AE.VIEWERRELATIONS@AETN.COM”. Perhaps their investigative style just wasn’t enough to pull in the ratings. I can’t say for sure if this is the end of the show, or just the end of their short season, but from the way I read things, I think Paranormal Cops is going away. I’m actually surprised a paranormal show could get cancelled right now.
Other Articles of Interest:
- Paranormal State comes to an end …
- Paranormal Cops S01E01
- Penny Dreadful a new series from Showtime
- Paranormal Cops- Messages from Beyond – S01E06
- Paranormal TV – Which shows are coming back?
- American Horror Story Asylum – Season Finale
- Hannibal makes it to Season 3, Dracula gets a stake through the heart
- Paranormal State – The Jersey Devil – Season Finale
- Paranormal State – Season 2
- When will the paranormal bubble burst?
Paranormal Cops – Dead Man Walking – S01E04
The CPD team investigates a firehouse where the firemen feel a strong presence on a regular basis. This investigation centers around Moriah who feels the entity is looking for someone named Dan who is more than likely a Sherriff. As luck would have it, there happens to be a Dan, who’s a Sherriff and he recently lost his father. (You know what the skeptic would say about such coincidences) It seems "Dad" wants to get the message through that he’s sorry for all the financial mess he left behind and that he’s proud of his son Dan.
But wait, we don’t have just one spirit running around. There is another entity who is watching over the men, the former owner of the building. Irwin is still tightly connected with the building and is in no hurry to leave.
The investigation is pretty different this time around. Don’t expect flashing meters and asking questions. Moriah does all the talking on this one.
Of course, right at the beginning nearly the entire team becomes ill as they investigate the firehouse. At first it seems like a carbon monoxide leak or bad fumes of some sort. They run some test but find no cause for the bad feelings. Are they victims of spirit activity or bad takeout? The verdict is still out on that one.
Right at the very end the team whips out their EVPs. I’m just going to skip those results.
It’s a really cool story, but does CPD have the evidence to back it up? I’m not convinced.
Other Articles of Interest:
- Deep South Paranormal – Old Soldiers Never Die – S01E04
- Haunted Collector – Haunted Villa and Spirit Springs – S02E03
- Ghost Mine – Return to Darkness – S02E01
- Paranormal Cops – Victims Revenge – S01E02
- Ghost Asylum – Missouri State Penitentiary – S03E04
- Ghost Asylum – Peoria State Hospital – S03E03
- Ghost Asylum S01E02 – Kuhn State Hospital
- Haunted Collector – The Sanitarium & Firehouse Phantom – S01E04
- Ghost Asylum – Old Crow Distillery
- Ghost Asylum – St Vincent’s Mental Asylum – S01E04
Paranormal Cops – Stirring Up The Dead – S01E03
As another group that claims they need hard evidence before they’ll label a place haunted, Paranormal Cops is sure handing out the Paranormal card pretty regularly.
The Stag’s Head certainly has the background for some interesting happenings; a former brothel where a patron may have been shot and killed to multiple claims of footsteps, cold spots, shadow figures and the sound of someone crying.
As Ron and the team investigate the claim to hear loud footsteps on the stairs. And multiple times during the night they claim to hear a woman’s voice. The voice is either mumbling or perhaps humming.
While investigating near the women’s restroom upstairs they get hits on their EMF meter which tells the story that someone did get shot and killed up there. Yes, the EMF meter goes off, but it really doesn’t seem to go off with enough certainty to match what they’re asking. And as for all the other sounds, is it going to come as a shock when I say I don’t hear them? Seriously, does anyone else actually hear the voices and footsteps when they’re watching? I never hear the noise that comes before the question, "Did you hear that?"
As you might expect, the EVPs sound like garbled static. Certainly nothing that would come across as solid evidence to me. Like so many other cases, I just don’t feel their evidence supports the paranormal claim. There’s nothing in there that can’t be explained by some other means.
But what about the EMF? A blinking light that shuts itself off as quickly as it turns on doesn’t mean much to me.
I also have an issue with the phrase “A grove of trees”. That simply isn’t a phrase someone from Chicago would use. Comes across as a little too convenient for my liking.
I like these guys, but I really think it should be harder to convince people there is something paranormal going on. What happened to being skeptical and debunking? Seems like every sound and every bump is flagged as a haunting.
Other Articles of Interest:
- Paranormal Challenge – Ohio State Reformatory – S01E04
- Paranormal Lockdown – Old Chatham County Jail – S02E12
- Ghost Adventures – Bannack Ghost Town – S09E04
- Ghost Adventures – Gettysburg – S04E01
- Paranormal Challenge – Western Virginia Penitentiary – S01E05
- Ghost Adventures – The National Hotel – S06E04
- Ghost Adventures – Clovis Wolfe Manor
- Ghost Adventures – Lizzie Borden House – S05E05
- Ghost Adventures – Salem Witch House – S04E19
- Ghost Adventures – The Queen Mary – S10E01
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