The Dead Files
Encyclopedia
The Dead Files is an American paranormal
television series that premiered on September 23, 2011 on the Travel Channel
. The program features psychic medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. The show initially airs new episodes on Fridays at 10:00 pm EST.
activity. The partners each explore the case individually and then meet at the end of the episode to compare their findings with one another as well as the occupant of the location.
Criteria:
Each episode begins with Amy's initial walkthrough of the investigation site. Amy's assistant, Matt, visits the location prior to her arrival and removes anything that might distract or influence Amy during her channeling session. (Items such as family pictures, trinkets, or personal effects.) In her walkthrough, Amy begins to communicate with ghosts and spirits and gather information to be used throughout the course of the episode. This walkthrough is intercut with footage of Steve gathering facts by researching the history of the location and interviewing witness who claim to have experienced paranormal phenomena. Also, in some episodes, Amy gets together with a sketch artist to describe what entity she had seen during her walkthrough. In the episode's climax, Amy and Steve collectively meet with their client for the reveal of evidence.
Opening introduction:
Warning message:
"The findings of this Dead Files investigation do not constitute evidence of a crime and would not be admissible in a court of law."
Paranormal television
Paranormal television is a genre of popular reality television programming. Its scope comprises purportedly factual investigations of paranormal phenomena, rather than fictional representations found in such shows as The Ghosts of Motley Hall and Ghostbusters, or cartoon/children's series such as...
television series that premiered on September 23, 2011 on the Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...
. The program features psychic medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. The show initially airs new episodes on Fridays at 10:00 pm EST.
Summary
Partners Amy Allan and Steve DiSchiavi purportedly investigate reportedly haunted locations to provide proof of paranormalParanormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...
activity. The partners each explore the case individually and then meet at the end of the episode to compare their findings with one another as well as the occupant of the location.
Criteria:
- Location
- "Amy's Arrival" (walkthrough)
- "12 Hours Earlier" (Steve's arrival)
- Rooms/Floors (Amy's investigation)
- Interviewees (names)
- Research (Steve's investigation)
- "The Sketch"
- "The Reveal"
Each episode begins with Amy's initial walkthrough of the investigation site. Amy's assistant, Matt, visits the location prior to her arrival and removes anything that might distract or influence Amy during her channeling session. (Items such as family pictures, trinkets, or personal effects.) In her walkthrough, Amy begins to communicate with ghosts and spirits and gather information to be used throughout the course of the episode. This walkthrough is intercut with footage of Steve gathering facts by researching the history of the location and interviewing witness who claim to have experienced paranormal phenomena. Also, in some episodes, Amy gets together with a sketch artist to describe what entity she had seen during her walkthrough. In the episode's climax, Amy and Steve collectively meet with their client for the reveal of evidence.
Opening introduction:
Warning message:
Cast and crew
- Amy Allan - A psychicPsychicA psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
communicator and mediumMedium- Communication :* Medium , storage and/or transmission tools used to store and deliver information or data* Transmission medium, in physics and telecommunications, any material substance which can propagate waves or energy...
who has a sixth senseSixth senseSixth sense may refer to:* Extrasensory perception , commonly called the sixth sense* Equilibrioception , the commonly accepted sixth physiological sense* SixthSense, a wearable gestural interface...
for channelingChannelingChanneling, or channelling, can refer toscience*Channelling , the process that constrains the path of a charged particle in a crystalline solid.*metabolite or substrate channeling in biochemistry and cell physiology.law...
and communicating with the dead. She comes into a location unaware of its past and begins an initial walkthrough of the location through channeling.
- Steve DiSchiavi - A retired, twenty-one year veteran of the New York City Police DepartmentNew York City Police DepartmentThe New York City Police Department , established in 1845, is currently the largest municipal police force in the United States, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City...
and licensed private detective. Steve gathers facts pertaining to the investigation in the form of historical research and eyewitness interviews.
- Matthew Anderson - Amy's assistant/interviewer. Known as a "cleaner", Matt will visit the investigation site before Amy to remove any information that might unwittingly distract her from communicating with spirits during a case. He also provides video evidence by recording Amy during her channeling session.
Series overview
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"The findings of this Dead Files investigation do not constitute evidence of a crime and would not be admissible in a court of law."
See also
- Apparitional experienceApparitional experienceIn psychology and parapsychology, an apparitional experience is an anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience.It is characterized by the apparent perception of either a living being or an inanimate object without there being any material stimulus for such a perception...
- ParapsychologyParapsychologyThe term parapsychology was coined in or around 1889 by philosopher Max Dessoir, and originates from para meaning "alongside", and psychology. The term was adopted by J.B. Rhine in the 1930s as a replacement for the term psychical research...
- Ghost huntingGhost huntingGhost Hunting is the process of investigating locations that are reported to be haunted by ghosts.Typically, a ghost hunting team will attempt to collect evidence claimed to be supportive of paranormal activity...
- Paranormal televisionParanormal televisionParanormal television is a genre of popular reality television programming. Its scope comprises purportedly factual investigations of paranormal phenomena, rather than fictional representations found in such shows as The Ghosts of Motley Hall and Ghostbusters, or cartoon/children's series such as...
- Haunted locations in the United States