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The Worst Episodes of Ghost Hunters

Every episode of Ghost Hunters ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Ghost Hunters!

Worst episode
S9E2 Ghost mission
5.823 votes
Best episode
S2E19 Haunted Lighthouse
8.873 votes
Top season
Season 3
7.5avg
Binge time
7d 5h
232 episodes

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Ghost Hunters Season 9 Episode 2 - Ghost mission
    5.8/10(23 votes)
    S9:E2

    Josh Gates of Destination Truth joins TAPS as they investigate the centuries old Mission of San Jaun Capistrano.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Ghost Hunters Season 1 Episode 6 - Haunted Church House
    6.1/10(41 votes)
    S1:E6

    This investigation focuses on some friends of Brian's whose home is a deconsecrated 19th century church. They claim to have seen apparitions and to have heard strange noises. Also, one of the doors in the house opens by itself. The investigation turns up only orbs caused by dust. Jason determines that the sounds and orbs are caused by the settling of the wood beams when the church bell rings. The team is able to duplicate the opening door, giving a mundane explanation. No evidence of a haunting is found.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 24 - Membership Denied
    6.0/10(18 votes)
    S7:E24

    Probing Connecticut's Hartford Elks Lodge #19, where doors are said to jiggle on their own and phantom voices have been heard. Also: Missouri's Morse Mill Hotel is investigated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Ghost Hunters Season 5 Episode 14 - Little Drummer Boy
    6.2/10(26 votes)
    S5:E14

    Taps may pray for mercy after encountering tortured spirits in a historic New York church.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 5 - Touched by Evil
    6.2/10(25 votes)
    S6:E5

    This week the team is off for The Southern Mansion in Cape May. Built as a summer home during the civil war, today it is an Inn that has a few guests that aren't checking in at the front desk. Dave Tango's father, Bruce, has experienced first hand some of the paranormal activity at the mansion and is joining the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Ghost Hunters Season 5 Episode 7 - Crossing Over
    6.2/10(24 votes)
    S5:E7

    The TAPS teams is joined by the GHI team (Ghost Hunters International) in a joint investigation of the Spalding Inn located in Whitefield, New Hampshire. The Spalding Inn is said to have been purportedly haunted by the ghost of child roaming around the hallways of the inn. Other claims include a shadowy figure that also haunts and watches people on the grounds from the windows.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 21 - Home Is Where the Haunt Is
    6.0/10(16 votes)
    S6:E21

    Little Falls, NY - Beardslee Castle NOTE: This location was picked as part of the 2008 Great American Ghost Hunt contest, and Savannah, GA - Olsen House

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Ghost Hunters Season 9 Episode 6 - Ghosts From Hale
    6.2/10(23 votes)
    S9:E6

    The TAPS team travels to CT to investigate the Nathan Hale homestead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 4 - Phantoms of Jersey
    6.2/10(22 votes)
    S6:E4

    Any location nicknamed the "graveyard inlet" where thousands have perished is bound to get the hair standing on even the most seasoned investigator's neck! So it goes for the Ghost Hunters as they visit the Tower of Terror, a.k.a. the Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City, NJ. In the Asbury Park home of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage, the team arrives to investigate claims of apparitions, children playing and the sounds of crying. In the parlor, people have been bonked on the head with fireplace accessories, and even heard and saw a female apparition. A man in Victorian clothing was seen on the second floor, and people outside the house have seen an image of a woman looking out the attic window.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Ghost Hunters Season 5 Episode 22 - Pensacola Lighthouse
    6.2/10(21 votes)
    S5:E22

    This week, the team heads to Florida to investigate the Pensacola Lighthouse that was built in 1858 and has historical civil war connections. The lighthouse is known to be an extremely active area, people have heard footsteps and their names being called throughout the building. To date, the site is controlled by the United States Coast Guard. So since the guards serve and protect us, TAPS—being the good Samaritans they are have decided to give back by completing a thorough investigation of the area.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 7 - Residual Haunts
    6.3/10(25 votes)
    S7:E7

    This week the Ghost Hunters head to Fort Knox in Maine, then on to a family in North Carolina desperate for help with their paranormal problems. (P.S. This is a different Fort Knox- not the one with all the gold!) On to the Ferrell house in North Carolina, where recent increases in activity are really freaking out the owner, Janet Ferrell. A large black shadow has scared them in the past, but now there seems to be a ghost touching them and scaring their dog Harley to death!! Good thing Maddie is coming along to sort things out for her canine brethren.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 24 - TAPS Meets the Real Housewives of Atlanta
    6.2/10(19 votes)
    S6:E24

    Atlanta, GA - Rhodes Hall with guests Nene Leakes, Shereé Whitfield and Kim Zolciak of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 2 - Pennsylvania Asylum
    6.3/10(23 votes)
    S7:E2

    TAPS investigates the outrageously spooky Penhurst State School and Hospital in Philadelphia. Penhurst was forcibly closed in 1986 due to maltreatment of patients: people were actually rotting in cages! There’s good reason to for any ghosts of Penhurst to be angry or sad. The building had been built to house around 600 patients, but at the time of its closing was jam-packed with nearly 3,000 individuals who suffered greatly in this facility. Here are the paranormal claims: people being pushed, shadows, a glowing apparition, violent banging and dragging noises. Naturally, there are underground tunnels connecting the buildings, and lots of visuals of ghosts, half torsos of men, doors slamming and voices.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 20 - The Oldest House In Georgia
    6.2/10(18 votes)
    S6:E20

    Ghost Hunters is a double episode has the TAPS team investigating spirits locked up in The Ulster County jail in Kingston, N.Y. From there the gang travels to an Atlanta, GA., to the Antebellum Plantation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 21 - The Bloodiest 47 Acres
    6.2/10(18 votes)
    S7:E21

    Spectral inmates are sought at Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 6 - Haunted Reform School
    6.3/10(22 votes)
    S6:E6

    This week the TAPS team investigates Preston Castle, once a notorious reform school for boys in Northern California. The team will be venturing into new territory in trying to communicate with the ghosts of young boys who made as much trouble when they were living as they're making dead.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Ghost Hunters Season 5 Episode 6 - Titanic Terror
    6.4/10(29 votes)
    S5:E6

    TAPS heads over to Atlanta, Georgia at the Pemberton Place to investigate claims of paranormal activities at a local aquarium. The Georgia Aquarium is the home of a large exhibit of rare RMS Titanic artifacts that have been linked to paranormal activities in the aquarium.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Ghost Hunters Season 9 Episode 4 - Permanent residents
    6.3/10(19 votes)
    S9:E4

    An investigation into the 1890 House in Cortland, N.Y., delves into the background of the mansion's original owner, businessman Chester F. Wickwire, and his ancestors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Ghost Hunters Season 1 Episode 2 - Altoona, PA (2)
    6.6/10(56 votes)
    S1:E2

    The team investigates the historic Mishler Theatre and the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum. At the theater, the owner and employees have seen the late owner walking into the wall where his old office used to be, sitting in the seats, and have heard him walking on the catwalk above the stage. At the museum, the spirit of a railroad worker has been seen. Despite some orb activity in the theater, neither site presents any good evidence of paranormal activity. During the investigation, Jason complains to Grant about missing equipment that Brian was in charge of.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Ghost Hunters Season 9 Episode 9 - Ghost Friends Forever
    6.4/10(20 votes)
    S9:E9

    The TAPS team travels to Little Rock, AR to investigate a bungalow and the neighboring residence in which strange happenings are affecting the Jones family. What will the TAPS team find there? Will they be able to ease the fears of the Jones family?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Ghost Hunters Season 8 Episode 13 - A Serial Killer's Revenge
    6.5/10(26 votes)
    S8:E13

    Tonight the team investigates Old City Jail, a historic location in Charleston, South Carolina that's one of the most haunted locations in the country. The jail dates back to the 1700s and imprisoned Lavinia Fisher, a violent female serial killer who was executed (reportedly wearing her wedding dress).

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Ghost Hunters Season 7 Episode 19 - Stage Fright
    6.4/10(19 votes)
    S7:E19

    The Rapids Theater in Niagra Falls, NY was built in 1921, but the suicide of an actress years ago has placed a paranormal shadow over the building. Claims include apparitions crossing the stage, a woman's voice and female whistling and high heels clicking. Doors also tend to open and close on their own, including a fire door in the front tunnels, a type of basement. In the Orchestra Pit, people see legs walking around in the auditorium when there is no one there.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Ghost Hunters Season 1 Episode 8 - Fortuna Apartment / Topton's House
    6.6/10(39 votes)
    S1:E8

    Reports of disturbances in a college student group house are easily explained as acoustics and encounters with neighbors who were drunk at the time. At the Topton House Pub, witnesses have reported that the ghost of a little girl sometimes trips people on the steps and has moved glasses of soda on one table. The daughter of the owner has also smelled roses while in the cellar and heard murmurring voices. The smells and voices are explained, and no evidence is found of any other paranormal activity. Jason shows Frank DeAngelis the footage from the Armory.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Ghost Hunters Season 1 Episode 1 - Altoona, PA (1)
    6.7/10(82 votes)
    S1:E1

    We are introduced to Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, co-founders and lead investigators for The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS). Their Technical Manager, Brian Harnois, tells them of an interesting case. The home they are to investigate is in Altoona, PA which is several hours away, but because of the dramatic nature of the case they decide to make the long drive. They investigate reports of poltergeist activity in a home with a very young girl who seems to see the spirits. After uncovering some dramatic Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) they return to the site and inform Brenda, the girl's mother, of their findings. Due to the long distance traveled, they decide to investigate two other sites while they are in the area. That investigation is continued in the next episode.

    Director:Unknown
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  26. Ghost Hunters Season 6 Episode 19 - The Chopping Block
    6.4/10(17 votes)
    S6:E19

    Things were all hunky-dorey between the spirits and the staff at The Bissman Building, in Mansfield, Ohio. That is, until a paranormal force tried to choke a manager to death. Needless to say, TAPS is rushing to the site to make sure everyone in Mansfield - living or dead -is safe and happy.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Ghost mission" is the worst rated episode of Ghost Hunters. It scored 5.8/10 from 23 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 23, 2013. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Haunted Church House".

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