| Encounters | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Encounters: The Hidden Truth |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Directed by | John Jopson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | 24 June 1994 – 23 January 1996 |
| Related | |
| Sightings Unsolved Mysteries | |
Encounters: The Hidden Truth is an hour-long TV series that featured real life stories of paranormal phenomena. The format featured a host (John Marshall) and a team of reporters presenting 3 or 4 stories per episode dealing with UFOs, crop circles, exorcism, prophets, psychics, reincarnation, and other supernatural phenomena, in a news/documentary film style. The stories unfolded through witness interviews and reenactments of the events. The host and reporters discussed their reactions to some of the stories.[1]
Encounters aired on the Fox network and was used mainly as a summer replacement series and fill-in show for other canceled series. The show first aired Fridays at 8:00 pm during the summer of 1994. The show then aired sporadically with different nights and times. In the final 3 editions of the show, Steven Williams (The X-Files) replaced John Marshall as the host. Two of those episodes aired in November 1995 and the final episode aired on January 23, 1996.[2][3]
| Season | Time |
|---|---|
| 1993–94 | Friday at 8:00 pm |
| 1994–95 | Sunday at 7:00 pm |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | "UFO Conspiracy" | February 22, 1994 | 7.3 | |
| UFO Conspiracy. | |||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Alien Contact" | June 24, 1994 | 5.5 | |
| Investigative reports on paranormal phenomena begin with alleged alien contacts. Included: mysterious crop circles; revelations by pilots and air-traffic controllers. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Cattle Mutilations" | July 1, 1994 | 4.6 | |
| Investigations into cattle mutilations; and an allegedly psychic family. | |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Exorcisms" | July 8, 1994 | 4.2 | |
| Pilot reports UFO, then disappears; events surrounding The Exorcist. | |||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Earthquake Sensitive" | July 15, 1994 | 4.9 | |
| Talks with people who claim to be earthquake sensitive. Also: modern-day prophets with predictions for the future. | |||||
| 5 | 5 | "UFO Home Videos" | July 22, 1994 | 5.5 | |
| Home videos of alleged UFOs; people who claim to have received implants from aliens; a UFO-investigation organization. | |||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | "Mars Formations" | October 9, 1994 | 4.9 | |
| Near-death experiences; formations on Mars that appear to have been constructed; research indicates an asteroid contains simple forms of life. | |||||
| 7 | 2 | "Bigfoot" | October 16, 1994 | 7.2 | |
| A search for Bigfoot; a mass UFO sighting by a group of schoolchildren; a haunted murder site. | |||||
| 8 | 3 | "Mars Wants Marilyn" | October 23, 1994 | 5.2 | |
| Allegations that Marilyn Monroe was killed to cover up her knowledge of extraterrestrials. Also: segments on exorcisms; children who claim to recall past lives; and a pilot who vanished after reporting a UFO sighting. | |||||
| 9 | 4 | "Astronaut UFO Encounters" | December 4, 1994 | 5.7 | |
| Alleged astronaut encounters with UFOs; a gravesite reported to contain the remains of an alien; a woman who claims to be Camelot's Guinevere reincarnated. Also: interest in the birth of a white buffalo. | |||||
| 10 | 5 | "Ghost Attack" | December 18, 1994 | 5.2 | |
| Reports of a ghost attack; film of alleged UFOs; a couple who claim to have contacted their murdered son; the continuing quest for the Loch Ness Monster. | |||||
| 11 | 6 | "Swarms of Birds and Bees" | January 13, 1995 | 5.6 | |
| People who experience constant low-pitched humming sounds; incidents involving swarming birds and bees. Also: a man who built a house shaped like a spaceship. | |||||
| 12 | 7 | "New England Vampires" | March 19, 1995 | 4.5 | |
| Alleged remains of a vampire; a house reportedly haunted by Elvis Presley; stones said to bring bad luck when removed from a volcano site in Hawaii. | |||||
| 13 | 8 | "Texas Schoolchildren Ghosts" | June 2, 1995 | 4.6 | |
| Stories about the alleged ghosts of schoolchildren who died in the 1930s; a segment on psychic hotlines; UFOs and aliens. | |||||
| 14 | 9 | "Genetic Hybrids" | June 9, 1995 | 4.4 | |
| Segments on genetic engineering; a California tourist attraction that's said to be haunted; and alleged clues to the location of Noah's Ark. | |||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | "Psychics Among Us" | November 11, 1995 | 4.8 | |
| Psychics seek the Unabomber; forensic artist uses only skulls and bones to sculpt images; psychics' superhuman feats. | |||||
| 16 | 2 | "Future Fear" | November 18, 1995 | 4 | |
| Prospects for the next millennium, including technological and military developments. Also: Timothy Leary on cryogenics. | |||||
| 17 | 3 | "Mysteries of the Mind" | January 23, 1996 | 4.2 | |
| Rituals involving venomous snakes; instances of violent dreams; and the case of a handicapped woman struck by lightning. | |||||
Encounters: The Hidden Truth has yet to be released on DVD or Blu-ray through Fox.
