The Dead Files
TV

The Dead Files

6.9 /10 63 votes
September 23, 2011 15 Seasons 218 Episodes 45 min Canceled TV-PG

Overview

Psychic medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi investigate locations that are reported to be haunted.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Season 1

2011 8 Episodes
Season 2

Season 2

2012 14 Episodes

Season two premieres with an astonishing examination of the Lizzie Borden House in Massachusetts. Highlights from the season include a historic home in Cartersville, Georgia, where the duo investigates a terrified mother's claims of strange paranormal activity and soon discover aggressive entities and evidence of a shocking murder. In Santaquin, Utah, the team explores disturbing paranormal reports at a family-owned restaurant, along with a residence in Elizabeth City, North Carolina housing a tragic past. Additional sites include the Slocum House Theater in Vancouver, Washington, where increasingly odd unexplained activity and ghostly apparitions have left its staff fearful for their safety, and a family home in Wichita, Kansas that is the center of a bone-chilling paranormal mystery dating back to the cowboy days of the 1800s.

Season 3

Season 3

2012 17 Episodes

In the third season, retired NYPD Homicide Detective Steve DiSchiavi and medium Amy Allan travels to a variety of locations including Huntington, West Virginia; Joliet, Illinois; Carmel, New York; Rome, Georgia; and Garrett, Indiana.

Season 4

Season 4

2013 19 Episodes

Season four begins in Egg Harbor City, NJ where one couple's home has turned from a cozy fixer-upper into a living hell. Additional locations include a house in Browns Summit, NC where haunted activity is adversely affecting one family's health; a childhood home in Wabash, IN that has taken on paranormal activity since it was rebuilt after a mysterious fire; the former home to a murderous mobster in Rock Island, IL that's ridden with unexplained shadows and noises; a Watervleit, MI home overcome with aggressive activity that terrorizes its inhabitants; a 19th century mansion in Buchanan, VA with dark secrets; and two haunted hotels - the Occidental Hotel in Buffalo, WY and The Amargosa Hotel & Opera House in Death Valley, CA, both of which are rapidly losing business due to terrified guests.

Season 5

Season 5

2013 14 Episodes

The fifth season opens with an investigation of Iowa's Villisca Axe Murder House - site of a gruesome century-old mass murder whose case still remains unsolved. Other highlights include a Chicago home where a woman has returned to confront childhood nightmares; violent forces terrorizing a family home in St. Clair Shores, MI, that leaves the team questioning the safety of the house; a special "Dead Files Revisited" episode in which a violent exorcism was recorded in a Flint, MI home after the duo uncovered malicious entities; and more.

Season 6

Season 6

2014 21 Episodes

From the Pacific Northwest to the Florida everglades, DiSchiavi and Allan are on a mission to help solve each case and restore peace to their distressed clients - whether it's an entire family living in terror, a besieged business or an unexplained violent attack. In the season six premiere, Steve DiSchiavi and Amy Allan travel to Florida City, Fla. to help a frightened family terrorized by disturbing paranormal activity. Upcoming investigations take place in Abilene, Texas; Chester Springs, Pa; Flint, Mich.; Ft. Barnwell, N.C.; Hanover, Pa.; Leslie, Mich.; Roseburg, Ore.; Santa Paula, Calif; St. Louis, Mo.; Sumpter, Ore.; Toledo, Ohio; and Warsaw, Ind.

Season 7

Season 7

2015 22 Episodes

Featured locations in the seventh season includes Montego Bay, Jamaica; Falconer, N.Y.; Independence, Ore.; Macon, Ga.; Oregon, Ill.; Covington, La.; Struthers, Ohio; Delaware, Ohio; Coupland, Texas; Marshall, Mo.; Albuquerque, N.M.; Delmont, Penn.

Season 8

Season 8

2016 13 Episodes
Season 9

Season 9

2016 13 Episodes
Season 10

Season 10

2017 13 Episodes
Season 11

Season 11

2018 13 Episodes
Season 12

Season 12

2018 13 Episodes
Season 13

Season 13

2019 13 Episodes
Season 14

Season 14

2019 13 Episodes
Season 15

Season 15

2021 12 Episodes

Key Information

Network Travel Channel
Type Reality
Rating 6.9/10
Language EN
Country United States of America

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Cast & Crew

Steve DiSchiavi

Steve DiSchiavi

Self

Amy Allan

Amy Allan

Self

Matthew Anderson

Cindy Kaza

Cindy Kaza

Self

Emily Sweeney

Emily Sweeney

Self - Boston Globe Journalist

Frequently Asked Questions

Psychic medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi investigate locations that are reported to be haunted.

The Dead Files has 15 seasons with 218 episodes.

The Dead Files premiered on September 23, 2011.

No, The Dead Files has ended. The final episode aired on April 2, 2022.

The Dead Files originally aired on Travel Channel. Check your local streaming services for availability.

The Dead Files has a rating of 6.9/10 based on user reviews.

The Dead Files is classified as Documentary, Reality.