I first heard about the Celebrity Paranormal Project a year ago, when they first announced that it was going to be aired on VH1. Thinking it was going to be another gimmicky reality show, I didn’t bother watching it. Today, as I was looking for a topic to write about, I saw a plug from the Montreal Gazette but couldn’t access the article because it was subscription-based only. A quick search brought me to the VH1 website, where I was able to watch the videos of past episodes.

I wound up watching Episode 8: Dead Men Walking first because that link was a the top of the list. The beginning was a short and interesting documentary of the former Tennessee State Penitentiary. Then the video cuts to aging actors Christopher Knight (Peter Brady), Danny Bonaduce (Danny of the Partridge Family) and their wives. They spent so much time talking that I barely heard what was going on (if anything) in the infamous Cell 3.

I was ready to pan this show when I saw the link for Episode 7: Cult Commune. This piqued my interest, so I watched the show, expecting more talking, vulgarity and drama. There was no background information about what cult this was or its exact location. The producers jumped right in with the actors, who were more interested in the paranormal than themselves.

Nikki Ziering got freaked out in the beginning and spent the rest of the episode inside the control room. Debra Wilson was perhaps the most eager to find the spirits inside the commune because she wanted to get away from there. What happened to her after she came back to the control room gave me the chills. This was the original, never-before-aired pilot episode.

Celebrity Paranormal Episode List