''Kindred Spirits'' is an American

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and documentary

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series. The series premiered on October 21, 2016 on

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and

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, airing there until 2018. It has aired on

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since the beginning of the third season in 2019. The program stars investigators Adam Berry and Amy Bruni, formerly from the '' Ghost Hunters'' and ''

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'' television series, which aired on Syfy at the time of Berry and Bruni's departure. Berry and Bruni investigate residences to determine if recurring paranormal activity is tied to the families living there. For the fourth season, psychic medium Chip Coffey joined the cast. The Perron family returned in the second episode of the fourth season, with

Amy Bruni ''Ghost Hunters'' is an American paranormal and reality television series. The original series aired from October 6, 2004 until October 26, 2016 on Syfy. The original program spanned eleven seasons with 230 episodes, not including 10 special ...

giving direction to James Wan's franchise On December 15, 2022, a seventh season was announced, which premiered on January 20, 2023.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

*Note: Season 1 premiered on

, but also aired on

Season 2 (2017–18)

*Note: Season 2 premiered on

, but also aired on

Season 3 (2019)

Season 4 (2020)

Season 5 (2021)

Season 6 (2021–22)

Season 7 (2023)

Notes

Production

The first season premiered on

and

on October 21, 2016, and concluded December 9, 2016. On March 8, 2017, TLC renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on September 15, 2017. The third season premiered on the

on January 24, 2019. On December 5, 2019, it was announced that the fourth season will premiere on January 3, 2020. Medium Chip Coffey was announced to be joining the main cast along with Bruni and Berry for the fourth season. On November 18, 2021, a sixth season was announced, which premiered on December 18, 2021.

Popular culture

Guest appearances

Berry, Bruni, and Coffey all appeared in Travel Channel's October 4, 2019 live 4 hour special titled ''Haunted Salem: Live'' which teamed them with investigators from other Travel Channel series (such as

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and

Katrina Weidman Katrina Weidman (born March 2, 1983) is an American paranormal investigator who began her career appearing on the A&E series ''Paranormal State'' (2007–2011) while a student at Pennsylvania State University. She has since co-starred with Nick Gr ...

of ''Portals to Hell'') for an extensive paranormal investigation of

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and its ties to the

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References

External links

''Kindred Spirits'' webpage
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''Kindred Spirits'' webpage
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