Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that surrounds a scientific team that deals with all manner of paranormal phenomena around the world; from alien abductions to possessions. The organization depicted in the series is loosely inspired by a real-life scientific organization. While locations in the series took place worldwide, the series was primarily filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000.
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Episode 1 - Dream House / UFO Encounter
Release Date: 1996-09-28Case 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.
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Episode 2 - Possession / Man Out of Time
Release Date: 1996-10-05Case 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.
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Episode 3 - Reptilian Revenge / Ghostly Voices
Release Date: 1996-10-12Case File #99101: ""Reptilian Revenge"" After an elderly man dies, his pet snakes escape Case File #44114: ""Ghostly Voices"" A voice calls a woman home.
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Episode 4 - Creeping Darkness / The Power
Release Date: 1996-10-19Case File #77110: ""Creeping Darkness"" Impenetrable darkness threatens to engulf an Argentine town Case File # unknown: ""The Power"" Stress boosts a woman's psychokinesis.
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Episode 5 - Free Fall / The Presence
Release Date: 1996-10-26Case File #47129: ""Free Fall"" A sky diver tells of defying gravity Case File #92109: ""The Presence"" A child fears a destructive force.
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Episode 6 - The Infestation / Human Apportation
Release Date: 1996-11-02Case 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.
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Episode 7 - The Underneath / Phantom Limb
Release Date: 1996-11-09Case 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.
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Episode 8 - The Transient / Two Lost Old Men
Release Date: 1996-11-16Case 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.
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Episode 9 - UFO Duplication / Clara's Friend
Release Date: 1996-11-23Case File #623119: ""UFO Duplication"" Extraterrestrials clone farm inhabitants Case File #847117: ""Clara's Friend"" An apparition communicates with a girl.
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Episode 10 - The Hunter / The Healer
Release Date: 1996-11-30Case File #702134: ""The Hunter"" A werewolf is suspected in cattle mutilations Case File #969121: ""The Healer"" Teen is credited with healing powers.
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Episode 11 - The Curse / Angel on a Plane
Release Date: 1997-01-18Case 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.
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Episode 12 - Anasazi Cave / Devil's Triangle
Release Date: 1997-01-25Case 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.
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Episode 13 - The Undead / Stalker Moon
Release Date: 1997-02-01Case 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.
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Episode 14 - Forbidden North / Reincarnation
Release Date: 1997-02-08Case 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.
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Episode 15 - The Greenhouse Effect / The Buzz
Release Date: 1997-02-15Case File #213127: ""The Greenhouse Effect"" Plants attack a family Case File #213127: ""The Buzz"" Mysterious buzzing coincides with unexplained deaths.
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Episode 16 - The Light
Release Date: 1997-02-22Case File #206132: ""The Light"" As wounded Rollins lies near death, his evil doppelganger stalks the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research.
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Episode 17 - The 13th Floor / The Believer
Release Date: 1997-04-12Case 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.
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Episode 18 - The Fog / House on Garden Street
Release Date: 1997-04-19Case 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.
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Episode 19 - Second Sight / Chocolate Soldier
Release Date: 1997-04-26Case File #295143: ""Second Sight"" A kidney-transplant recipient has frightening visions Case File #734138: ""Chocolate Soldier"" A cult leader has power over women.
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Episode 20 - The Fire Within / Fate
Release Date: 1997-05-03Case 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.
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Episode 21 - Death at Sunset / Collision
Release Date: 1997-05-10Case 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.
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Episode 22 - Perestroika
Release Date: 1997-05-17Case 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.