Bill and Tom buy a former dance hall in Springfield, Illinois and, after much renovation, reopen it as a club for live rock 'n roll. The customers in 1974 love the historic place, but the staffers feel differently. Music seems to emanate from nowhere and chilling blasts of air frighten the owners and workers after hours. One bartender has direct contact with a threatening spirit that informs her that one of the owners is soon going to die. Through old photographs, she identifies him as a troubled former bartender who had committed suicide on the premises. This is the first episode of the regular series.
Ginger is immediately drawn to Summerwind, a 50-year-old home by the shores in West Bay Lake, Wisconsin. The house's history of hauntings do nothing to discourage her or her husband from moving in with their family. A malevolent force soon overtakes the home, turning her husband into a deranged and violent madman who quits working and sits at the organ pounding out chilling music. With the family now broke and her children living in constant terror, Ginger must find a way to free them from the evil of Summerwind.
Bonnie moves her family into a century-old farmhouse in rural Connecticut. They quickly sense they're not alone as various members repeatedly feel they're being watched, though no living person is with them. This presence soon manifests itself as violence with two of her children being inexplicably attacked. After contacting psychic investigators for help, Bonnie begins to transform as a spirit from the past begins to take over her thoughts and actions.
While shopping for a new home in Tuscon, Romie is strangely attraced to an abandoned house. She feels right at home at first--until the nightmares begin. After sighting a threatening spectre walking in the hallway, she decides it's time to get help. The psychic she contacts tells her to reach out to the spirit and try and discover out what it wants.
Ron and Nancy move into a large, older Baltimore house with their large brood. They think nothing of the fact that all the windows have been nailed shut by the previous owner, or that the seller says to them, "I hope you're good fighters". They're simply happy to have all the space room at the surprisingly low price. They soon realize what he meant as the lights and faucets turn themselves on and off and objects are moved around by an unseen force. Nancy becomes genuinely alarmed, however, following a dream in which an elderly woman cackles with delight as her family tries to escape the house, alight in flames.
Al, Kellie, and her young daughter are drawn to a renovated Montreal townhome. Soon after moving in, supernatural events begin with unseen footsteps being heard and the sighting of a young woman. While Al is fascinated by the phenomena, Kellie is becoming increasingly terrified. Determined to explain the events, Al and two psychic friends use a Ouija board to contact the spirits. They learn that the house is not only haunted by a distraught young woman, but also the man who'd murdered her following a botched abortion. The men become convinced that the key to the haunting lies buried in the basement.
Bobby Mackey owns a country music nightclub in the small town of Wilder, Kentucky. The building was once home to a slaughterhouse. The Licking River, which runs next door, is said to have attracted Satanists and murderers over the years. Bobby initially pays no attention to the legends, even though his pregnant wife Jackie and an employee had been attacked by spirits. With the eerie violence escalating, an ancient well in the basement is discovered; it seems to be the source of the dark force. It seems intent on harming Jackie's unborn child and taking someone's soul.
Marie's daughter suffers from a mental condition that keeps her from speaking. During the three years they've lived in their home, Marie has witnessed her communicating with someone she could not see. Marie was unworried, having decided it was positive angels. But upon his first visit, Marie's boyfriend, Chris, feels a dark presence in the house. Using a Ouija board, the two unintentionally open up the home to a diabolical that is using Julie as a portal. A team of paranormal investigators soon decide the case is more serious than they can handle and arrange with the Church for an exorcism.
Jan's is unconcerned that her seven-year-old son Cody talks with an imaginary friend. It becomes clear the "friend" is quite real when the child's behavior becomes belligerent and hateful. Jan is frightened into action when Cody tells her he lives in a box in the cemetery. She calls upon a Native American shaman to help rid her son of this demonic spirit.
A young couple, Tony and Deb, are expecting their first child as they move into a home in Atchinson, Kansas. After their son is born, Deb begins to suspect their house is haunted. Her son's toys start to rearrange themselves; Tony hears voices and is subjected to painful wounds. Initially, they believe they're being terrorized by the ghost of a young girl. Tony and Deb consult a psychic who tells them it's not simply the girl that's causing the problems but a much darker entity is at work.
A wealthy American family, the Bishops, move into a luxurious mansion in the Yangmin mountains of Taiwan. Soon, strange events begin to plague various family members in their new home. Candice sees lights out of the corner of her eye; her teen daughters hear voices and footsteps. They finally give up their disbelief in ghosts when their youngest daughter is attacked. The family consults a Catholic Taoist priest who says, according to feng shui, their house was physically designed to give power to spirits from the beyond.
Arnie and Debbie move into a home with her 12-year-old brother in tow. Immediately, the boy is tormented by visions of an evil old man who eventually morphs into a hooved demon. The family is forced to take action when they witness the child being attacked by an unseen force. It's soon clear that the "beast" is trying to take over the boy's soul. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren determine that there are several demons after young David and that only the Church can help them.
Lisa discovers a photograph that her ex-boyfriend has left. It's a black and white picture of his brother who died fighting in Vietnam. She has the photo framed, thinking it would make a thoughful birthday gift. Lisa is stunned by her ex-boyfriend's cold refusal of the gift; he seems practically frightened of the photograph. Hanging it in her own home, Lisa becomes obsessed with the picture and the man in it. Despite waking in the middle of the night and seeing the dead soldier in her home, Lisa refuses to listen to reason and dispose of the soldier's picture.
Now in his thirties, Billy Bean is still haunted by the years he spent growing up in a home being torn apart by dark forces. In 1970, his loving parents move their brood of three small children into an unassuming home in Glenn Burnie, Maryland. His mother quickly believes their home is haunted, but his father will hear nothing of it. Eventually, Glen and his sister find themselves being pinned to their beds in frightening nighttime attacks. In the meantime, their father becomes increasingly sullen and drunken before abandoning the family altogether. After years of horror, his mother finally turns to the Church for help in ridding their home of the evil that has destroyed their family.
Clara and Phil Dandy move with their two young teens into an old farmhouse in rural New York, looking forward to the quiet life of the country. Son Mike takes to exploring the nearby woods with the local boys and encounters a disappearing hunter, eerie lights and a woman's screams. Clara is unnerved by ghostly chanting emanating from the forest. It's just a matter of time until these spirits make their presence known inside their home. When they do, Clara contacts both a priest and a psychic. Through them, the family learns of their house's history of death and murder.
Within weeks of moving into a ranch home with their young daughter, unnerving entities start appearing to the Dunhams. Beth awakens to see the ghostly figure of an old woman standing in the doorway and Edd encounters a menacing man sitting on one of their beds. Bizarre sounds become a regular event around the house, including a ghostly tapping that responds to Edd's knocks. Fearing for themselves and their infant, they consult a team of paranormal investigators. Disembodied voices and dark figures captured on tape leads to one conclusion: the Dunhams' home is a portal for spirits and is raging with negative energy.
