# A Haunting (2005)

> Dramatized first-person accounts of families haunted by the lingering psychic traces of tragedy, suicide and murder.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/3839

## Facts

- Seasons: 12
- Episodes: 115
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: documentary, horror
- Network: Discovery, Destination America
- Cast: Anthony D. Call, Grant Gustin, Lia McHugh, Pierce Pope, Arne Cheyenne Johnson, Jason Alan Cook, Chase Anderson, A.J. Lister
- TMDB rating: 7.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484243/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: eerie, somber, unsettling, melancholic

## What critics say

Critics generally find the series atmospheric and eerie in its best episodes, but note that its reenactment formula grows repetitive and its quality varies from season to season.

## Synopsis

A Haunting is a United States paranormal anthology series broadcast on Discovery and Destination America, presented as a documentary-style horror drama. Each episode dramatizes a separate true-based account narrated by its witnesses, with a narrator who introduces the case and the people who lived through it. The engine is the same in every story: ordinary families and individuals find their homes, possessions or bodies pulled into a haunting, and the episode follows their attempts to understand and escape it. Stories are self-contained, so each season is a fresh batch of cases rather than one continuing plot, and the run spans more than a decade. The format sits between reenactment and testimony, with first-person accounts that reveal how tragedy, suicide and murder leave psychic impressions behind. Tone is eerie, somber and unsettling, with dread built through quiet domestic scenes and a lingering sense that death is stronger than anyone imagined. Fans of Ghost Adventures, Unsolved Mysteries and Are You Afraid of the Dark? will find resonance in its blend of true-story framing and supernatural unease. The series was canceled, leaving its later cases without a formal conclusion.

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