T+E Annual 'Spring Shivers' Programming Event Unveils A Spooktacular Must-See TV Lineup

March 20, 2024

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It's halfway to Halloween and television network T+E have announced that their annual 'Spring Shivers' programming event will return bringing Canadians a full week of spine-tingling programming from April 1 to April 7. The must-see lineup, including new season of the hit paranormal series, 'Haunted Hospitals', plus all new seasons of 'Social Media Murder', 'Close Encounters', 'Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted' and 'Unexplained Caught On Camera'.

Now in its third year, 'Spring Shivers' is set to deliver more ghosts than ever before with over 150 hours of chilling programming, featuring all-new premieres and themed marathons of T+E viewers' favourite ghostly series.

The lineup will include the season five world broadcast premiere of the hit original series 'Haunted Hospitals', bringing viewers fresh eyewitness accounts of paranormal encounters in hospital facilities recounted by nurses, medical staff and patients.

Audiences will find themselves immersed in hair-raising stories with the premiere of 'Social Media Murder', featuring one of the most shocking murders in recent years, a tragic tale played out through social media of teenage infatuation and repressed sexuality. The week also brings viewers new 'Close Encounters', focusing on unique, often untold and unsolved UFO sightings, known to captivate experts and researchers for decades. 'Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted' and 'Unexplained Caught On Camera' also return with new seasons.

From April 1 to 7, T+E's 'Spring Shivers' will be airing daily paranormal programming marathons, including episodes of 'Paranormal Caught On Camera', 'Haunted Gold Rush', 'History's Most Haunted', 'Ghost Hunters' and more.

Spring Shivers Programming Highlights

'Social Media Murder' Season 1

April 1

When schoolboy Alex Rodda received a flirty message from an older man he was flattered and excited. Unaware he was being groomed he thought this would be his first taste of love. Yet just six weeks later he was brutally murdered in a dark wood. 18-year-old Matthew Mason was not openly gay and after grooming 15-year-old Alex on social media he wanted to keep their relationship secret - and knew there was only one way he could really silence his young lover. Experts observe how social media acted as a catalyst for this dreadful crime and share their views on how the older killer’s grooming of Alex played out.

'Close Encounters' Season 1
April 2

Every year countless UFO sightings are reported from thousands of regions around the globe. Many of these sightings are documented and investigated. Most of them can be accounted for by weather patterns, flight schedules or extraordinary imagination. But a select few are still considered unsolved–extraterrestrial puzzles that police investigators, government officials and even medical communities cannot explain. These are the unique, often untold stories that have captivated UFO experts and researchers imaginations for decades.

'Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted' Season 3
April 3
'Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted' is back with six new celebrities allowing three of the UK’s leading paranormal investigators; Ian Lawman, Barri Ghai and Jayne Harris into their homes to investigate, cleanse and exorcize spirits that have left them living in perpetual fear. From royal revenants to lifelong spiritual attachments, our six celebrities including, Paul Chuckle, Chloe Ferry, Paul Burrell and Tina Malone, come face to face with terrifying supernatural entities, forcing the team to do whatever it takes to return their homes back to the land of the living.

'Unexplained Caught On Camera' Season 4

April 4

The most eye-opening unexplained videos caught on camera around the world – from poltergeists caught on mobile phones, UFOs on dash cams or apparitions on CCTV. This series uncovers a multitude of weird and wonderful phenomena; all caught on camera.

'Haunted Hospitals' Season 5
April 5

'Haunted Hospitals' showcases eyewitness testimonies of paranormal activity inside hospitals and medical facilities. These chilling stories of ghostly experiences are first-hand accounts from nurses, health care staff and patients. It’s real people and their terrifying encounters in spaces occupied by the ailing, the recovering, and the undead.