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NEW SEASON OF DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S 'EXPEDITION X' KICKS OFF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 AT 9PM ET/PT WITH SPECIAL GUEST JACK OSBOURNE, AS JOSH GATES, PHIL TORRES AND HEATHER AMARO EXPLORE CHILLING NEW SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES

Season Premiere Launches with a Haunting Investigation in the Heart of the Old West

Descend into the eerie side of the unknown when an all-new season of EXPEDITION X premieres Wednesday, January 7 at 9PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel. Adventurer Josh Gates teams up with paranormal investigator Heather Amaro and scientist Phil Torres once again for all-new spine-tingling quests that push the boundaries of the strange and supernatural, as they explore reports of a colossal cat-like ape-beast lurking in the Pacific Northwest, as well as Trinidadian demons said to crave human souls and ghostly unrest enveloping the historic town of Gettysburg, PA, among others.

In the season premiere, special guest and paranormal investigator Jack Osbourne teams up with Heather Amaro in Vulture City, AZ - a former old west gold mining village that brings new meaning to the term "ghost town." With its violent and bloody past, Vulture City is rife with paranormal activity from phantom voices to shadow figures, poltergeist activity and even a possessed doll. Inside the haunted ruins, Amaro and Osbourne capture bone-chilling activity indicative of the town's horrendous history. But an ancient legend surrounding the land unveils another layer of fear and darkness. Do the vengeful spirits of the town's brutal past still linger or has something bigger and even more evil taken over, driving them into hiding?

This season, Torres and Amaro's search for answers takes them to:

· A towering cliffside castle in Slovenia shrouded in dark history and frightening paranormal activity

· The coast of North Carolina's Ocracoke Island, where the spirit of legendary pirate Blackbeard is believed to still wield power over his treasure

· Rural Pennsylvania, as an uptick in unusual sightings and physical attacks may be proof of a legendary and powerful shapeshifting bird

· La Mancha, Spain, where locals fear the spirit of a famous guerrilla fighter is haunting their land and giant windmills

· The USS Hornet, a decommissioned WW2 aircraft carrier docked in San Francisco that's reportedly still active... with ghosts

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