SYFY'S "PARANORMAL WITNESS" RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD SEASON ON JUNE 5 AT 10 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK - May 24, 2013 - Syfy's original series Paranormal Witness returns on Wednesday, June 5 at 10 PM ET/PT with the first of 20 new episodes featuring chilling first-person accounts of real-life hauntings told through terrifying dramatic reenactments.

Season 3 begins with "The Long Island Terror," featuring intense demonic activity at a house in Long Island, NY. Following the tragic death of her husband, the widow of a New York City Fire Department lieutenant killed in the line of duty, attempts to rebuild her life in a newly constructed home. Unbeknownst to her and her family, the property's original owners were cultists and they soon find themselves being haunted by an evil spirit awakened by the renovations.

Upcoming episodes of Paranormal Witness include "The Lost Boy" (airing June 12), a spine-tingling domestic haunting in a Gardner, MA mansion; "The Curse of the Lonergan Farm" (June 19), where siblings are haunted by the family boogeyman on their ancestral farm in Nebraska; and "Dining with the Dead" (June 26), in which restless spirits descend upon a family-run restaurant in El Paso, TX.

Paranormal Witness is produced by Raw TV (Locked Up Abroad and Gold Rush: Alaska). Series producers are Sam Starbuck and Sam Hobkinson. Executive Producers are Mark Lewis and Bart Layton.

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