6.9/1056 votes#1 - Dream House / UFO Encounter
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1996
Case File #34112: ""Dream House"" Blaine and Debbie McCallister summon the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research to investigate the cause of numerous strange occurrences at the site of their new home, after their teenage daughter is hospitalized as a result of a poltergeist encounter. Case File #52111: ""UFO Encounter"" Agents from the O.S.I.R. are summoned to a small town to investigate a double alien abduction of two boys and UFO sightings witnessed by many townspeople.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: N/A
7.8/1063 votes#2 - Possession / Man Out of Time
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1996
Case File #67102: ""Possession"" A software designer tells of demons attacking Case File #10103: ""Man Out of Time"" A disoriented man tells of being from the 17th century.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: N/A
7.0/1035 votes#3 - Reptilian Revenge / Ghostly Voices
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1996
Case File #99101: ""Reptilian Revenge"" After an elderly man dies, his pet snakes escape Case File #44114: ""Ghostly Voices"" A voice calls a woman home.
Director: Giles Walker, Allan Kroeker
Writer: N/A
7.1/1032 votes#4 - Creeping Darkness / The Power
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1996
Case File #77110: ""Creeping Darkness"" Impenetrable darkness threatens to engulf an Argentine town Case File # unknown: ""The Power"" Stress boosts a woman's psychokinesis.
Director: Allan Kroeker
Writer: N/A
5.5/1046 votes#5 - Free Fall / The Presence
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1996
Case File #47129: ""Free Fall"" A sky diver tells of defying gravity Case File #92109: ""The Presence"" A child fears a destructive force.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: N/A
7.0/1033 votes#6 - The Infestation / Human Apportation
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1996
Case File #33130: ""The Infestation"" NASA scientists die searching for a meteorite Case File #87105: ""Human Apportation"" A Californian and her daughter inexplicably find themselves in Toronto.
Director: Giles Walker
Writer: Damian Kindler
7.4/1033 votes#7 - The Underneath / Phantom Limb
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1996
Case File #28120: ""The Underneath"" A deadly creature lives in the sewers Case File #52113: ""Phantom Limb"" Strange events follow an accident that claimed a farmer's arm.
Director: Allan Kroeker, Milan Cheylov
Writer: Robert C. Cooper
6.4/1037 votes#8 - The Transient / Two Lost Old Men
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1996
Case File #64131: ""The Transient"" A dybbuk invades the souls of innocents Case File #86126: ""Two Lost Old Men"" Young people pass through a forest's barren zone and instantly age 50 years.
Director: Giles Walker
Writer: Damian Kindler
7.6/1029 votes#9 - UFO Duplication / Clara's Friend
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1996
Case File #623119: ""UFO Duplication"" Extraterrestrials clone farm inhabitants Case File #847117: ""Clara's Friend"" An apparition communicates with a girl.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert C. Cooper
7.5/1029 votes#10 - The Hunter / The Healer
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1996
Case File #702134: ""The Hunter"" A werewolf is suspected in cattle mutilations Case File #969121: ""The Healer"" Teen is credited with healing powers.
Director: John Bell
Writer: Damian Kindler
7.3/1032 votes#11 - The Curse / Angel on a Plane
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/1997
Case File #631136: ""The Curse"" Death strikes archaeologists who uncovered an Egyptian burial chamber Case File #260122: ""Angel on a Plane"" A mysterious woman safely lands a plane hit by lightning.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: N/A
6.6/1029 votes#12 - Anasazi Cave / Devil's Triangle
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/25/1997
Case File #288128: ""Anasazi Cave"" Deaths at an archaeological dig may explain the mystery of the lost Anasazi Case File #199137: ""Devil's Triangle"" A man claims he was adrift in the Devil's Triangle.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Damian Kindler
6.7/1026 votes#13 - The Undead / Stalker Moon
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/1997
Case File #763139: ""The Undead"" A homeless man revives during his autopsy and escapes Case File #569135: ""Stalker Moon"" A fan stalks an actress from the grave.
Director: Clay Borris
Writer: N/A
7.2/1026 votes#14 - Forbidden North / Reincarnation
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1997
Case File #26014: ""Forbidden North"" A humanoid beast approaches a leg-trapped logger Case File #610115: ""Reincarnation"" A man undergoing past-life regression predicts the future.
Director: Ken Girotti
Writer: Damian Kindler, Peter Aykroyd
7.2/1029 votes#15 - The Greenhouse Effect / The Buzz
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/1997
Case File #213127: ""The Greenhouse Effect"" Plants attack a family Case File #213127: ""The Buzz"" Mysterious buzzing coincides with unexplained deaths.
Director: Clay Borris
Writer: Damian Kindler
6.4/1028 votes#16 - The Light
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1997
Case File #206132: ""The Light"" As wounded Rollins lies near death, his evil doppelganger stalks the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: N/A
6.8/1026 votes#17 - The 13th Floor / The Believer
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/12/1997
Case File #957176: ""The 13th Floor"" A possessed woman takes a horrible vengeance on her philandering husband Case File #284145: ""The Believer"" A kidnapper transmits his extortion demands psychically.
Director: Clay Borris
Writer: Damian Kindler
6.8/1024 votes#18 - The Fog / House on Garden Street
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/1997
Case File #559146: ""The Fog"" A dense fog, mass hallucinations and a serial killer arrive simultaneously on death row Case File #810126: ""House on Garden Street"" An apparition appears to a couple under stress.
Director: Clay Borris
Writer: Robert C. Cooper, Chris Dickie
6.7/1028 votes#19 - Second Sight / Chocolate Soldier
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1997
Case File #295143: ""Second Sight"" A kidney-transplant recipient has frightening visions Case File #734138: ""Chocolate Soldier"" A cult leader has power over women.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: N/A
6.6/1028 votes#20 - The Fire Within / Fate
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1997
Case File #994124: ""The Fire Within"" Spontaneous human combustion Case File #232148: ""Fate"" A teen with psychic powers struggles to understand events leading to his best friend's death.
Director: N/A
Writer: Damian Kindler
7.2/1030 votes#21 - Death at Sunset / Collision
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1997
Case File #693142: ""Death at Sunset"" A mysterious illness claims its victims at sunset Case File #793144: ""Collision"" The soul of an accident victim possesses the driver who killed her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1035 votes#22 - Perestroika
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1997
Case File #321147: ""Perestroika"" The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research's Director of Operations Frank Elsinger orders Case Manager Doyle to lead a team of investigators to Archangelsk in Northern Russia. Having just viewed video footage of a team of Russian scientists examining a creature found frozen in a glacier by two gas plant caretakers, Elsinger does not reveal to Doyle that the last scene of the video showed scientist frightened and pleading for help.
Director: Giles Walker
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Season 1
Every episode of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Dream House / UFO Encounter" is the best rated episode of "Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Allan Kroeker and written by N/A, it aired on 9/28/1996. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Possession / Man Out of Time".