​DESTINATION AMERICA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL GUEST INVESTIGATORS
TO JOIN NICK GROFF AND KATRINA WEIDMAN IN THEIR PARANORMAL LOCKDOWN
By Christiane Elin
February 25, 2016
Destination America announces Paranormal Lockdown hosts Nick Groff (Ghost Adventures) and Katrina Weidman (Paranormal State, Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies) will have special guest investigators to join them in their six-part series that begins airing on Friday, March 4th a 10/9c.

Special guest investigators include, Amy Bruni (Ghost Hunters) and Adam Berry (Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy) join Nick and Katrina at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Episode Teaser:
For Katrina, it’s her first time inside Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, the enormous, abandoned and historically haunted facility in Weston, West Virginia. For Nick, it is a return to the place where he had one of his most profound paranormal experiences. Back in 2009 during a one-night investigation, Nick encountered what he would late describe as a shadow figure on the fourth floor. Returning now for 72 hours will give him a chance to encounter that spirit once again. But as they say, be careful what you wish for. What Nick and Katrina capture on their third night of confinement can only be described as groundbreaking, incredible and completely terrifying.​​ (via DestinationAmerica.com)
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Special guest investigator, John E. L. Tenney formerly of Ghost Stalkers in which Nick Groff executive produced will join Paranormal Lockdown at Franklin Castle.

Franklin Castle Episode Teaser:
Nick and Katrina arrive in Cleveland, Ohio to investigate a Victorian mansion’s haunted secrets. Built in 1880, the Franklin Castle was home to wealthy immigrant, Hannes Teidemann, and his wife Louise. The couple had already buried three of their children before moving in. When another child dies, and then Louise, the house took on a darkness that remains to this day. Reports of a crying girl and a woman cloaked in black send the home’s future residents fleeing. Over the course of their 72-hour investigation, Nick and Katrina capture unnerving voices pleading for help. But it’s when the ghostly residents take on a physical form that the true tragedy of the Franklin Castle is revealed. ​(via DestinationAmerica.com)

Grant Wilson formerly co-team lead of the long running Syfy series, Ghost Hunters joins Paranormal Lockdown at Randolph County Infirmary in Winchester, Indiana.

Randolph County Infirmary Episode Teaser:
A plot of farmland in rural Winchester, Indiana was once a safe haven for those unable to care for themselves. A 16-room poor house once occupied the site, sheltering the mentally and physically disabled, unwed mothers, orphans and destitute families. After a fire destroyed the original wooden home, the Randolph County Infirmary, a brick residence, was erected and took over the task until it closed in 2009. The grand building still stands, but inside, the lives of the broken residents – and their shattered dreams – are said to haunt its halls. Nick and Katrina face frigid conditions and unknown forces during their 72-hour confinement. (via DestinationAmerica.com)
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World Renowned Psychic Researcher, Loarraine Warren, known for the Amityville, Annabelle, The Haunting in Connecticut, and Enfield Poltergeist cases gets lock down in the Hinsdale House.

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Hinsdale House Episode Teaser:
Hidden in the Adirondack Mountains is Hinsdale, a rural community in Northwestern New York. On the road out of town, one house stands apart in a clearing. For more than a hundred years, a dark infestation has possessed the surrounding hills and forests, while something more sinister has driven families from the home for generations. The tales, or a dangerous negative force, have drawn Nick Katrina to seek their own answers on what’s haunting Hinsdale. During their 72-hour confinement, Nick wages a psychological battle against good and evil that lingers long after he leaves. (via DestinationAmerica.com)

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Anderson Hotel Episode Teaser:
When the Anderson Hotel in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky closed its doors, not everyone checked out. The spirits of some of the former flophouse residents, whose tragic suicides mirrored their bleak lives, are said to haunt the rooms. But among these spirits resides a dark entity, unleashing vicious attacks on the living. Over their 72-hour confinement, their mental state deteriorates. They risk physical and psychological harm to cast out the negative spirit, when suddenly something lashes out! (via DestinationAmerica.com)
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My Take: As a person actively involved in the paranormal field and community, I'm happy to see a woman as a co-lead in a paranormal show. Kudos to Destination America for a more equal paranormal pairing. Katrina Weidman was previously a team member on A&E's Paranormal State. I hope to see networks produce more paranormal shows with females in lead positions.

I have yet to see the new paranormal series, but when the show only has a six-episode run, why does it need to be padded with special guests? Don't get me wrong, nothing against the special guest investigators, but you would think that the 72-hour lockdown would be enough to fill an episode. I'll keep this at TBD.
If you'd like to know more about Destination America's Paranormal Lockdown check it out on facebook and the hosts on twitter: @Nick_Groff and @KatrinaWeidman. #ParanormalLockdown See the video teaser below.