Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal
2024– · Hulu · 44 min · 1 season
S01E08 · Ghosts of Chinatown
Wed, 25 Sept, 2:00 am
In 2012, detectives in San Francisco's Chinatown uncover a wave of hauntings: female ghosts who threaten to kill elderly mothers' sons to marry them in the afterlife. What are these "ghost marriages," and why are they suddenly everywhere?
About
Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal takes you inside eight true crime cases with shocking encounters with the paranormal world - through eyewitness accounts, expert interviews, and all-new investigations. In each case, amidst an agonizing search for answers, one rumor emerges from the pack: something inhuman is afoot. These in-depth investigations transport us to towns and cities across North America where we speak to individuals with eyewitness accounts and first-person details about the extraordinary, supernatural events that changed their lives forever. A six-year-old boy in the Smoky Mountains disappears forever after being snatched by a mysterious ape-like beast. A UFO crash in Long Island sparks an assassination attempt and illuminates a massive political conspiracy. An occult coven of Satanic witches is implicated in a decades-old New Jersey murder. Lonely ghosts in San Francisco's Chinatown threaten to steal the lives of the unmarried. In these stories and more, "Out There" tracks down fresh leads and uncovers new evidence amid a labyrinth of twists and turns. At the end of the road, the investigations unearth new truths – about the power of mythology, the allure of the paranormal, and the monsters among us.
Episodes
- E01
Web of Lizard People
Wed, 25 Sept· 44 minA deadly explosion in Nashville shines a national spotlight on the strange, decades-long history of "lizard people," from the murky swamps of South Carolina to the darkest corners of the Internet.
- E02
Lights Over Long Island
Wed, 25 Sept· 50 minA UFO enthusiast in Long Island is arrested for allegedly attempting to poison elected officials. But he insists he's innocent – and alleges the real criminals are the officials covering up remains from a nearby alien crash landing.
- E03
The Pope Lick Goatman
Wed, 25 Sept· 41 minFor decades, on the outskirts of Louisville, KY, thrill-seeking teenagers have dared each other to walk the rickety Pope Lick Train Trestle in hopes of glimpsing an evil Goatman. But locals are horrified when the creature's death count becomes real.
- E04
Jersey Witch Hunt
Wed, 25 Sept· 41 minWhen the body of devout 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma is found near the site of rumored witch activity, police officers, reporters, and a local church leader insist that she fell prey to the deadly rituals of a local coven.
- E05
Interstellar Voyager
Wed, 25 Sept· 44 minWhen a space-obsessed mechanical genius mysteriously vanishes after building a UFO in his backyard, his friends and family are left to investigate the possibility of an intergalactic journey.
- E06
The Shape-Shifting Defense
Wed, 25 Sept· 46 minA Navajo woman named Sarah Saganitso is murdered in Flagstaff, AZ. When a local white man confesses, his attorney's explosive defense – that a "skinwalker" did it – forces the victim's family to fight centuries of anti-Native racism for justice.
- E07
Smoky Mountain Nightmare
Wed, 25 Sept· 46 minA family backpacking trip to the Smoky Mountains turns tragic when six-year-old Dennis Martin suddenly disappears, catalyzing a massive manhunt – and rumors of a kidnapping by a giant, hairy "wildman" believed to roam the region.
- E08
Ghosts of Chinatown
Wed, 25 Sept· 39 minIn 2012, detectives in San Francisco's Chinatown uncover a wave of hauntings: female ghosts who threaten to kill elderly mothers' sons to marry them in the afterlife. What are these "ghost marriages," and why are they suddenly everywhere?
