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''My Ghost Story'' is an American
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on the
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, which premiered on July 17, 2010, on the
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. The series features
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told from a person's own supposed experience with the
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. Each episode features claims of encounters at reportedly haunted locations all over the United States, as well as a few locations in other countries. A spin-off serie
My Ghost Story Asia
premiered on the
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on 16 August 2012 featuring stories from Singapore and Malaysia. The fifth season started on October 5, 2012, on Fridays at 9/8 Central.My Ghost Story on A&E Biography
at Facebook The sixth season which began on August 12, 2013, aired on the Biography Channel, the original broadcast channel, but halfway through the season the broadcast channel was changed to the
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(LMN).


Synopsis

Each episode is narrated by people who tell their own unique
ghost stories A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. ...
and personal experiences of alleged
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and supposed encounters with the unexplained in a particular location. These individuals usually start off the show by saying "My ghost story began when..." They also show the viewers' visual evidence they claim to have captured on their homemade videos. Each episode features reenactments, video clips, and interviews of people who claim to have experienced encounters with the supernatural. These stories also include some historical facts of the reportedly haunted locations.


Syndication

Note: The ''My Ghost Story'' series is based on the 2008 and 2009 specials ''My Ghost Story: Hauntings Revealed''. New episodes formerly aired on the
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Saturday nights at 10pm EST. Season two premiered on April 9, 2011. Season three premiered on October 15, 2011. Season four premiered on April 21, 2012. My Ghost Story formerly aired on Lifetime/Lifetime Movie Network. As of 2019, My Ghost Story is currently airing rewreruns on FYI and on
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. Warning: At the beginning of each episode a parental advisory warning is shown: "What you are about to see are haunted events encountered by real people. Some may find it disturbing."


Series overview


Specials


Episodes


Season 1 (2010)


Season 2 (2011)


Season 3 (2011)


Season 4 (2012)

Note: This season is subtitled ''My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera''.


Season 5 (2012-2013)

Note: This season is also subtitled ''My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera''.


Season 6 (2013)

Note: This season is also subtitled ''My Ghost Story: Caught on Camera''.


See also

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Ghost hunting Ghost hunting is the process of investigating list of reportedly haunted locations, locations that are purportedly haunted by ghosts. The practice has been heavily criticized for its dismissal of the scientific method. No scientific study has e ...
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List of ghost films Ghost movies and shows can fall into a wide range of genres, including romance, comedy, horror, juvenile interest, and drama. History With the advent of motion pictures and television, screen depictions of ghosts became common and spanned a vari ...
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List of reportedly haunted locations This is a list of locations that are (or have been) said to be haunted by ghosts, demons, or other supernatural beings throughout the world. Reports of haunted locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of folklore. Argentina * Cinco ...
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Paranormal television Paranormal television is a genre of reality television that purports to document factual investigations of the paranormal rather than fictional representations seen in traditional narrative films and TV. Over the years, the genre has grown to be ...


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