Ghost Hunters Academy
{{Short description|American paranormal reality television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2013}}
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| image = ghost Hunters academy.jpg
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| runtime = 45 minutes
| company = Pilgrim Films & Television
| executive_producer =
| starring =
| narrated = Mike Rowe {{small|(intro only)}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = Syfy
| first_aired = {{start date|2009|11|11}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2010|07|07}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 12
| list_episodes =
| related = {{Plain list|
- Ghost Hunters (2004{{en dash}}present)
- Ghost Hunters International (2008{{en dash}}2012)
- Kindred Spirits
- Ghost Nation
}}
}}
Ghost Hunters Academy is a paranormal reality television series that premiered on November 11, 2009, on the Syfy channel. The program was the third spin-off series based on Ghost Hunters (after Ghost Hunters International and UFO Hunters). The show featured TAPS members Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango as they led a group of prospective investigators on various ghost hunting cases at locations that are allegedly haunted, and which had been previously investigated by TAPS.
Premise
The series featured Dave Tango and Steve Gonsalves teaching a group of aspiring ghost hunters how to explore some of the most haunted locations in the country with the TAPS methodology from the Ghost Hunters series. Recruits were taken to some of the most "active" areas investigated on the main show at the time, such as Waverly Hills Sanatorium and St. Augustine Lighthouse. Participants who "passed" the course were able to elect to move to Ghost Hunters or Ghost Hunters International.{{cite web |title=Ghost Hunters, The #1 Paranormal Franchise on Television, Had Just Gotten Bigger |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/ghost-hunters-the-1-paranormal-franchise-on-television-had-just-gotten-bigger/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412075247/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/ghost-hunters-the-1-paranormal-franchise-on-television-had-just-gotten-bigger/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=en |date=12 October 2009}}
Cast
=Lead investigators=
- Steve Gonsalves
- Dave Tango
- Jason Hawes (arbitrated eliminations during Season 1.5)
- Grant Wilson (arbitrated eliminations during Season 1.5)
=Investigators-in-training=
Dismissed
- Heathyr Hoffman (ep. 1–3)
- Chris McCune (ep. 1–5)
- Jane Riley (ep. 3–6)
- Ben Smith* (ep. 1–6)
- Chris Smith* (ep. 5–6)
- Eric Baldino (ep. 7–12)
- Rosalyn Bown (ep. 7–10)
- Daniel Hwang (ep. 7–8)
- Vera Martinez (ep. 7–11)
- Brett McGinnis (ep. 7–9)
- Natalie Poole (ep. 7)
- Michelle Tate (ep. 7–12, moved to Ghost Hunters for Season 9)
Graduated
- Karl Pfeiffer (ep. 1–6, moved on to GHI)
- Susan Slaughter (ep. 1–6, moved on to GHI)
- Adam Berry (ep. 7–12, moved on to Ghost Hunters)
Episodes
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| EpisodeNumber = 1
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|11}}
| Title = Web of Deceit
| ShortSummary = Veteran "Ghost Hunters" Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango lead a team of young, aspiring paranormal investigators in a probe of Philadelphia's Fort Mifflin in the spin-off's premiere. At the location of their first "classroom," the legendary Fort Mifflin, Steve and Dave promise much hard work as the students learn how to gather information and properly review analysis in order to crack the case.
| Aux3 = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Fort Mifflin
| Viewers = 2.070{{cite web |title=Ratings - Ghost Hunters Academy Becomes Syfy's Highest Rated Reality Series Premiere in Nearly Two Years {{!}} TheFutonCritic.com |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2009/11/12/ghost-hunters-academy-becomes-syfys-highest-rated-reality-series-premiere-in-nearly-two-years-33466/20091112syfy02/ |website=The Futon Critic |access-date=23 November 2019}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|18}}
| Title = The Honeymoon's Over
| ShortSummary = The team probes the USS North Carolina regarding claims of doors slamming by themselves, disembodied voices and other strange phenomena.
| Aux3 = Wilmington, North Carolina - USS North Carolina Museum
| Viewers = 1.703{{cite web |title=Wednesday broadcast & cable finals: Glee, America's Next Top Model tick up |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/ratings/wednesday-broadcast-cable-finals-glee-americas-next-top-model-tick-up/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517050738/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/ratings/wednesday-broadcast-cable-finals-glee-americas-next-top-model-tick-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 May 2017 |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=en |date=20 November 2009}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|11|25}}
| Title = Back to Basics
| ShortSummary = Eastern State Penitentiary is probed in Philadelphia regarding claims of spectral voices and footsteps, and a new recruit arrives to shake up the team.
| Aux3 = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Eastern State Penitentiary
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|2}}
| Title = Drama Queen
| ShortSummary = When the class travels upstate to check out Buffalo Central Terminal this week, they receive a surprise drama lesson as they're put to the test dealing with conflict in the group.
| Aux3 = Buffalo, New York - Buffalo Central Terminal
| Viewers = 1.635{{cite web |title=Syfy's Alice averages 2.454 million for 2 hour pt 1. |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/cable/syfys-alice-averages-2-454-million-for-2-hour-pt-1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012150655/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/cable/syfys-alice-averages-2-454-million-for-2-hour-pt-1/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 October 2016 |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=en |date=8 December 2009}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|9}}
| Title = The Blame Game
| ShortSummary = Recruits have their work cut out for them on Ghost Hunters Academy as the team heads down to Florida to investigate the St. Augustine Lighthouse. Nerves kick in when there's an addition to the group, which means class is dismissed for one of the scholars.
| Aux3 = St. Augustine, Florida - St. Augustine Light
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2009|12|16}}
| Title = Final Exams
| ShortSummary = Everything the candidates have learned this semester is put to the test in their final investigation at the Essex County Asylum, the sprawling, abandoned infirmary that's supposedly home to the spirits of thousands who died within its now-decaying walls.
| Aux3 = Cedar Grove, New Jersey - Essex County Hospital
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|2}}
| Title = The New Class
| ShortSummary = Eight new cadets vie for one opening on TAPS, but one contestant prefers to work alone during a probe of Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville.
| Aux3 = Louisville, Kentucky - Waverly Hills Sanatorium
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|9}}
| Title = Crazy for Power
| ShortSummary = A cadet makes a faux pas by turning off a recorder right after the team hears a strange sound.
| Aux3 = Weston, West Virginia - Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
| Viewers = 1.271{{cite web |title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: Are We There Yet? Tops Adults 18-49, In Plain Sight Tops Viewership |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/wednesday-cable-ratings-are-we-there-yet-tops-adults-18-49-in-plain-sight-tops-viewership/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717012923/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/wednesday-cable-ratings-are-we-there-yet-tops-adults-18-49-in-plain-sight-tops-viewership/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2018 |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=en |date=11 June 2010}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|16}}
| Title = Dissension in the Ranks
| ShortSummary = The competition heats up as the cadets travel to Hartford, CT to investigate the Mark Twain House. With only four investigations remaining, the margin of error has become razor thin, as the slightest of mistakes could send any of these investigators packing.
| Aux3 = Hartford, Connecticut - Mark Twain House
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| EpisodeNumber = 10
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|23}}
| Title = Island Castaway
| ShortSummary = Only five cadets remain as the group travels to Fort Delaware, the civil war prison on Pea Patch Island. With an odd number of cadets left in the competition, Steve and Tango decide to have one team leader and let them call the shots.
| Aux3 = Pea Patch Island, Delaware - Fort Delaware
| Viewers = 1.034{{cite web |title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: Hot In Cleveland Way Down, Still Good; Top Chef, In Plain Sight & More |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/wednesday-cable-ratings-hot-in-cleveland-way-down-still-good-top-chef-dog-the-bounty-hunter-more/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412075247/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/sdsdskdh279882992z1/wednesday-cable-ratings-hot-in-cleveland-way-down-still-good-top-chef-dog-the-bounty-hunter-more/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=en |date=24 June 2010}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|6|30}}
| Title = Schooled at Shawshank
| ShortSummary = With the competition almost complete, the four remaining cadets face their most daunting challenge, Mansfield Reformatory, where "The Shawshank Redemption" was filmed.
| Aux3 = Mansfield, Ohio - Mansfield Reformatory
| Viewers = 1.277{{cite web |title=Wednesday Cable Ratings: Hot In Cleveland Edges Down; In Plain Sight Finale Up; Tosh.0, Top Chef & More |url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/featured/wednesday-cable-ratings-hot-in-cleveland-edges-down-in-plain-sight-finale-up-tosh-0-top-chef-more/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013109/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/featured/wednesday-cable-ratings-hot-in-cleveland-edges-down-in-plain-sight-finale-up-tosh-0-top-chef-more/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2018 |website=TV by the Numbers |access-date=23 November 2019 |language=en |date=1 July 2010}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|7|7}}
| Title = Finals at the Stanley Hotel
| ShortSummary = With a spot in TAPS so close within their grasp, the last remaining cadets head deep in the heart of the Rockies to face their steepest challenge in the Stanley Hotel, famously known as the inspiration of Stephen King's The Shining. In order to stand out on the final investigation, the cadets must pull out all the stops, and as a result collect some of the most astonishing evidence found all season.
| Aux3 = Estes Park, Colorado - The Stanley Hotel
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References
External links
- {{official website|http://www.syfy.com/gha/}}
- {{IMDb title|1537551}}
{{Ghost Hunters}}
{{Syfy Shows}}
Category:2009 American television series debuts
Category:2000s American reality television series
Category:2010s American reality television series
Category:2010 American television series endings
Category:Ghost Hunters (TV series)
Category:American television spinoffs
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Paranormal reality television series