A Haunting

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A Haunting is a ghost-related [[Docu Dram] series airing on the Discovery Channel from October 2005 to November 2007. Each episode features a story that [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story|ma] [[Based on a True Story|o] [[Blatant Lies|may no] be grounded in reality. The story is reenacted by actors on camera and interviews with the eyewitnesses are featured in the hour-long program. The locations and intensity of any given haunting varies from episode to episode. Sometimes features [[Spooky Seance|Spooky Seance] and Spirit Advisers.

Tropes used in A Haunting include:
  • [[Abandoned Laborator]
  • [[Big Fancy Hous]: Usually at low, low prices.
  • [[Cat Scar]
  • Christianity Is Catholic: Averted. Catholic priests do appear to perform exorcisms, but other types of ministers also help combat the hauntings.
  • [[Creepy Basemen]
  • [[Creepy Cemeter]
  • [[Crossove]: One of the episodes, "Gateway to Hell," features the location of Bobby Mackey's Music World. This location has been shown in multiple other paranormal investigative features, including [[Ghost Adventure].
  • Cruel and Unusual Death: Used as back story.
  • Cute Ghost Girl: Or young at least.
  • [[Don't Go in The Wood]
  • [[Electromagnetic Ghost]: In most of the episodes, ghosts mess with amplifiers, televisions, radios, drills, cars, and toys.
  • [[Extremely Dusty Hom]: Or dirty house, whichever.
  • Footprints of Muck
  • Ghostly Chill: Occasionally.
  • [[Ghost Stor]: The premise of the show.
  • [[Haunted Heroin]: Or Hero
  • [[Haunted Hous]: Well, yeah. About half the episodes are set in houses, including both of the pilot episodes.
  • [[Haunted House Historia]: They pop up in a lot of the episodes.
  • Indian Burial Ground
  • [[I See Dead Peopl]: Four or five of the episodes feature children who are shown conversing with the Ghost of the Week.
    • Several episodes also deal with people coming to accept their ability to see dead people.
  • [[Spooky Photograph]: used to tell what is present in the house.
  • Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: Several have been shown, usually demonic.

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