High school can be a scary place, but Syfy’s taking the frightening experience to a whole new level with School Spirits. Debuting on June 20th at 10pm, School Spirits is a paranormal docu-series that examines reported hauntings in U.S. schools. The series is executive produced by Mark Burnett, Seth Jarrett, and Julie Insogna-Jarrett.
Season one consists of six one-hour episodes.
The Plot: School Spirits features chilling ghost stories from schools and universities across the country. Each tale is told through the first-person, eyewitness accounts of the students, alumni, faculty and historians who experienced the unexplained often terrifying phenomena, along with chilling dramatic reenactments.
Details on Season 1’s Episodes:
Wednesday, June 20 @ 10PM ET/PT
Episode 101 “Sorority House Terror” (University of Michigan)
Logline: In 2006, a group of students at the University of Michigan move into their new sorority house – a huge old house located just off campus. Almost immediately, unexplainable disturbances begin to occur. Girls fall mysteriously ill and fights erupt suddenly and without reason. A spectral figure of a man begins to terrorize them but they soon learn there may be a more sinister presence lurking in the house.
Wednesday, June 27 @ 10PM ET/PT
Episode 102 “Dorm Room Nightmare” (SUNY Geneseo, NY)
Logline: In the fall of 1985, a college sophomore and talented athlete with Olympic dreams begins the school year at SUNY Geneseo. He soon finds himself battling for his life and sanity when a horrifying apparition with a broken neck begins stalking him.
Episode 103 “Collision Curse/Deadly Dorm Games”
(Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA)
Logline: A woman is haunted by the victim of a deadly car crash that occurred near her Alma Mater. Two college roommates pull pranks in their dorm, but the spirit of a little girl hit by a train near their dorm gets the last laugh.
Wednesday, July 18 @ 10PM ET/PT
Episode 104 “Ghostly Girls’ School” (Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA)
Logline: A shadowy figure terrifies four friends at this idyllic campus, but is helped by the ghost of a mischievous little girl. Could the paranormal activity stem from a century old feud involving the college’s founding family?
Wednesday, July 25 @ 10PM ET/PT
Episode 105 “Frat House Phantom” (Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA)
Logline: Fraternity brothers share their house with the spirit of a local Native American who was hanged after a murderous rampage a century ago.
Wednesday, August 1 @ 10PM ET/PT
Episode 106 “Campus Warning Signs” (Eastern Kentucky University)
Logline: A ghostly visitor sends a warning to a pair of best friends, saving their lives.
