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Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files is a paranormal investigation series produced by Base Productions that began airing July 15, 2010, on SyFy. The show follows a team of investigators, led by former FBI agent Ben

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    Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 1 - The Grim Sleeper/The Real Mr. Freeze
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    #1 - The Grim Sleeper/The Real Mr. Freeze

    S3:E1

    Among the cases brought in by the team this week are two Fact or Faked firsts: A video of a paranormal force causing a woman to levitate from her bed, and a case of a human performing paranormal feats. To investigate the levitating woman, Bill, Devin, and Lanisha head to Atlanta, GA to the home of JoMarie, with whom the woman in the video, Diane, was staying at the time. The bedroom has since been converted to an office, but JoMarie arranges the space so that Bill, Devin, and Lanisha can build a model bed and run some experiments with the original camera used. The first experiment is a simple lever that will lift Lanisha up from underneath, making it look like a force is suspending her by her torso. The movement is wrong, however, and Lanisha has to strain and use her muscles in order to make it look smooth. Next, they try a cantilever arm, which is the mechanism magicians use to make it look like people are levitating. The movement still looks choppy, and the direction of the force is wrong. The only choice is to build a multiple anchor point pulley system. After hours of work, Lanisha lies down in the rig as Devin and Bill work the pulleys and lift her off the bed. It's an excellent match – the movement, the positioning - the only problem is the visibility of the wires, but with a little video manipulation, they're able to make the wires disappear. Additionally, voice analysis of Diane reveals high stress levels, indicating a hoax. The next case regards superhuman abilities. Wim Hof, a Dutch man known as The Ice Man, has been setting records for years for his ability to endure extreme cold, including submerging himself in a tub of ice on a crowded New York City street, and running a half marathon near the arctic circle. Ben, Jael, and Austin all find it difficult to believe, so they set up a tank filled halfway with a material called polysorb II, a powder which, when mixed with water, looks like ice but is nowhere near as cold. But when they fill the rest of the tank with ice, it's clear that any passerby would have noted the difference. Next, Ben and Austin run, shirtless and barefoot, around an ice rink in an attempt to recreate Wim's arctic run. But, they only last a few minutes before frostbite and mild hypothermia set in. The Ice Man has bested them on two tests so far - it's time to meet him in person. Wim tells them that, over years of training, he's been able to condition the muscles that control his blood vessels to relax in extreme situations, making him impervious to cold. He and Austin go head-to-head in their own tanks of ice, with a medic close by to monitor their temperature and heart rates. After about five minutes, Austin's vital signs start to fluctuate, while Wim's hold steady. Austin manages to stick it out to the twenty-minute mark, but they leave the experiment with the clear understanding that The Ice Man is not a hoax, but a paranormal human being.

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  2. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 2 - Bay Area Hysteria/Jersey Shore Haunting
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    #2 - Bay Area Hysteria/Jersey Shore Haunting

    S3:E2

    A mystery over California's Bodega Bay is probed. Also: a purported ghost encounter captured on a thermal camera at New Jersey's Paramount Theatre is scrutinized.

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  3. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 3 - Vanishing Victim/Sky Serpent
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    #3 - Vanishing Victim/Sky Serpent

    S3:E3

    The team visits England to examine footage of an alleged alien abduction and a flaming, serpentine object in the sky.

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  4. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 4 - Pride House Specter/Bluegrass Bigfoot
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    #4 - Pride House Specter/Bluegrass Bigfoot

    S3:E4

    Photographic evidence of paranormal activity at the Pride House in Jefferson, Texas, is scrutinized. Also: Tests are conducted in Kentucky concerning the state's purported Bigfoot sightings.

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  5. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 5 - Battleship UFO
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    #5 - Battleship UFO

    S3:E5

    Evidence of a ghost lurking on the USS North Carolina is examined, also A purported UFO sighting in Michigan is investigated.

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  6. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 6 - Reptile Rampage/Gasoline Ghoul
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    #6 - Reptile Rampage/Gasoline Ghoul

    S3:E6

    Evidence to support sightings of a reptilian creature in South Carolina is sought. Also: Footage of alleged paranormal activity captured at a gas station in Ohio is scrutinized.

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  7. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 7 - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline
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    #7 - Glowing Gargoyle/Phantom Feline

    S3:E7

    Josh Gates helps the team examine evidence of a gargoyle sighting in the U.K. Also: Claims concerning a spectral cat are investigated in Kentucky.

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  8. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 8 - Florida Woodland UFO; Black Forest Entity
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    #8 - Florida Woodland UFO; Black Forest Entity

    S3:E8

    A purported UFO sighting in Florida is investigated. Also: Evidence of a haunting in Colorado is scrutinized.

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  9. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 9 - Graveyard Lightning; Truck Stop Terror
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    #9 - Graveyard Lightning; Truck Stop Terror

    S3:E9

    Evidence of purported paranormal activity documented at a Mississippi graveyard and an abandoned Missouri truck stop is scrutinized.

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  10. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 10 - Into the Vortex; Tavern Shapeshifter
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    #10 - Into the Vortex; Tavern Shapeshifter

    S3:E10

    The Oregon Vortex is probed. Also: An English pub is visited after a security camera captures the image of what may be a ghost.

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  11. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 11 - Surveillance Specter; Morgue Mystery
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    #11 - Surveillance Specter; Morgue Mystery

    S3:E11

    Probes in England and Kentucky unfold. (First episode of a two episode season finale, with a special 8 pm start time.)

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  12. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 3 Episode 12 - Stonehenge Secrets; Iceland Worm Monster
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    #12 - Stonehenge Secrets; Iceland Worm Monster

    S3:E12

    Josh Gates joins the team in Iceland to examine footage of what may be an aquatic creature. Also: Pro wrestler Kofi Kingston helps with a Stonehenge investigation in the Season 2 finale.

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  13. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 11 - Lunar Landing Hoax / Tropical Intruder
    2.9/10(26 votes)

    #13 - Lunar Landing Hoax / Tropical Intruder

    S1:E11

    The Fact or Faked crew have two out of this world assignments this week. One team attempts to determine from video evidence whether or not the Apollo moon landings were really a spectacular hoax, as some would say. The other team investigates an alleged UFO caught on camera in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

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  14. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 6 - The Caretaker / Cutter
    6.5/10(28 votes)

    #14 - The Caretaker / Cutter

    S1:E6

    The team splits up, with Ben, Jael and Austin investigating an alleged ghost of a Civil War deserter videoed in an Indiana cemetery, while Bill, Chi-Lan and Larry head to Colorado where livestock are being mutilated by an unknown predator, while strange lights appear in the night sky.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 3 - Off the Deep End / Houseguest
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    #15 - Off the Deep End / Houseguest

    S1:E3

    Ben, Jael and Austin investigate Pennsylvania's version of the Loch Ness Monster, while Bill, Chi-Lan and Larry travel to California, where a man claims that a ghost communicates with him through messages which mysteriously appear on Polaroid photographs taken within his home.

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  16. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 2 Episode 5 - Dashcam Chupacabra / Nightly News Alien
    6.7/10(30 votes)

    #16 - Dashcam Chupacabra / Nightly News Alien

    S2:E5

    Ben, Chi-Lan and Devin head to Texas on a hunt for the blood-sucking cryptid known as the chupacabra. The local sherrif saw a strange, unidentifiable animal running down a country road, and murmurs of the chupacabra swelled up around the video she shot from her vehicle. Jael, Austin and Bill, meanwhile, are looking into what seems to be an alien walking plainly through a shot from a local news segment in Patagonia, Argentina, where UFO and alien sightings are frequent.

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  17. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 1 - Burning Rubber / Hyperjump
    6.8/10(44 votes)

    #17 - Burning Rubber / Hyperjump

    S1:E1

    The team investigates stories of a ghost car which was seen by a policeman driving through a chainlink fence, and apparent UFOs that were filmed flying through the Arizona desert skies.

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  18. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 4 - Predator / Red Sky At Night
    7.0/10(34 votes)

    #18 - Predator / Red Sky At Night

    S1:E4

    A predator is caught on video in Dartmoor, U.K.; sightings of a large triangular aircraft over El Cajon, Cal., pique the interest of the UFO community.

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  19. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 7 - Haunted Mansion Mist / Starlight Intruder
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Haunted Mansion Mist / Starlight Intruder

    S1:E7

    Ben, Chi-Lan and Austin travel to Alton, Illinois to investigate the McPike Mansion, a well known haunted house where some local ghost hunters caught what appears to be an apparition on their cameras. Meanwhile, Jael, Bill and Larry go to Fremont, California to attempt to debunk an alleged UFO.

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  20. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 5 - Blazing Horizon / Rollover
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    #20 - Blazing Horizon / Rollover

    S1:E5

    Bill, Austin and Jael travel to Michigan to look into the mysterious "Paulding Lights", while Ben, Larry and Chi-Lan head to San Antonio, Texas, where ghostly children are said to push cars over the railroad tracks where they themselves met their fatal end.

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  21. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 2 - Unwanted Visitors / Strange Sightings
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    #21 - Unwanted Visitors / Strange Sightings

    S1:E2

    The team splits up to investigate yet another group of Arizona UFO sightings (this time, near Lake Havasu); in addition to a pair of Tall Skinny Things caught on night-vision video by a Fresno, California, homeowner.

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  22. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 9 - Sasquatch Sprint / Alien Attacker
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Sasquatch Sprint / Alien Attacker

    S1:E9

    The one half of the team travels to Washington to track down Bigfoot and while the other half dissects what appears to be a classic alien encounter.

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  23. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 2 Episode 1 - The Real Battle of LA / Queen Mary Menace
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #23 - The Real Battle of LA / Queen Mary Menace

    S2:E1

    After reviewing the week's finds, Devin goes with Ben and Jael to attempt to unearth the truth behind a famous photo taken by an LA Times photographer in 1942, just after the Pearl Harbor attack and five years before the Roswell incident, of an object flying through the night sky. Chi-Lan, Bill and Austin, meanwhile, investigate the Queen Mary Ghost in Long Beach, where the famous ship has been moored since the '60s.

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  24. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 2 Episode 3 - Raining Ufo's / Ectoplasmic Pic
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #24 - Raining Ufo's / Ectoplasmic Pic

    S2:E3

    Ben, Jael and Austin head to Long Beach, CA, where the video of an unidentified object flying over the harbor, seeming to drop glowing seeds into the water, was recorded. Chi-Lan, Bill and Devin, meanwhile, have been digging into a decades-old mystery of a Winnipeg man who claimed to have captured ectoplasm - a ghostly substance said to be produced by a medium during a séance - on camera at the turn of the last century.

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  25. Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Season 1 Episode 10 - Mystery Mermaid / Ghostly Guardian
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #25 - Mystery Mermaid / Ghostly Guardian

    S1:E10

    Ben, Jael and Austin undertake an underwater investigation of alleged mermaids at the Great Barrier Reef, while Bill, Chi-Lan and Larry go hunting for a family ghost who seems to appear as a mist in the family photos.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Grim Sleeper/The Real Mr. Freeze" is the worst rated episode of "Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/17/2012. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bay Area Hysteria/Jersey Shore Haunting".