The Dead Files

The Dead Files
Genre	Paranormal Documentary
Starring	Amy Allan Steve Dischiavi Matthew Anderson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	150 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jim Casey Rob Rosen David E. Gerber (co-executive) Ross Kaiman
Producers	Joseph Bradley, Angela Root, Brian Kniffel, Rob Mancini, Ashley Laub, Tracy Weatherby, Cameron Dieterich (line prod.) Carrie Paul (story prod.) Oliver Becker, Phil Abatecola, Tyler Jenkins, Brian Paterson
Production location	United States
Cinematography	Rob Toth
Editors	Jason Kothmann, Stephen Carr, Vasan Insixiengmay, Patrick Reilly, Michele Gitomer
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Painless Entertainment, Inc.
Original release
Network	Travel Channel
Release	September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23) – present
Related
Paranormal Cops

The Dead Files is an American paranormal television series that premiered on September 23, 2011, on the Travel Channel. The program features psychic medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi as they investigate locations that are reported to be haunted. The show initially airs new episodes on Fridays at 10:00 pm EST.

Summary

Partners Amy Allan and Steve DiSchiavi investigate purportedly haunted locations to provide proof of paranormal activity. The partners each explore the case individually and then meet at the end of the episode to compare their findings with one another as well as to the occupant of the location to determine "whether it is safe for them to stay or time to get out".

Criteria:

1. Location
2. "Amy's Arrival" (walk-through)
3. "X Hours Earlier" (Steve's arrival)
4. Rooms/Floors (Amy's investigation)
5. Interviewees (names)
6. Research (Steve's investigation)
7. "The Sketch"
8. "The Reveal"

(possible)

1. "Revisited"

Each episode begins with Amy's initial walk-through of the investigation site. Amy's assistant, Matt (her former husband), visits the location prior to her arrival and removes anything that might distract or influence Amy during her "channeling" session, e.g. items such as family pictures, trinkets, or personal effects. In her walk-through, Amy appears to communicate with ghosts and spirits and gathers information to be used throughout the course of the episode. This walkthrough is inter-cut with footage of Steve gathering facts by researching the history of the location, and interviewing witness who claim to have experienced paranormal phenomena. Amy collaborates with a sketch artist to describe the entities she claims to have channeled during her walkthrough. In the episode's climax, Amy and Steve together meet with their client for the reveal of evidence.

Opening introduction:

[Amy]: My name is Amy Allan. I see dead people. I speak to dead people. And they speak to me. But there's only one way to know if my findings are real. I rely on my partner.

[Steve]: I'm Steve DiSchiavi. I'm a retired New York city homicide detective. And I know every person, every house, has secrets. It's my job to reveal them.

[Amy]: But Steve and I never speak.

[Steve]: We never communicate during an investigation.

[Amy]: Until the very end.

[Steve]: Then we uncover whether it's safe for you to stay...

[Amy]: ... Or time to get out.

Warning message:

The following program contains material that may be disturbing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. Any evidence gathered during the show is inadmissible in a Court of Law.

Cast and crew

• Amy Allan - A psychic communicator and medium who claims to have a sixth sense for channeling and communicating with the dead. She comes into a location unaware of its past and begins channeling during an initial walk-through. Amy was born in Denver, Colorado, moved to Long island, NY when she was approximately between 12-14 years of age. Amy has a psychologist degree, went to school for acupuncture and oriental medicine. then derived onto Western massage and Tioga massage. she also worked with at-risk teenagers in foster homes and shelters. While dating a previous boyfriend, Amy also lived in the former Yugoslavia (Belgrade in Serbia) during the war, in which she helped with the refugee effort.

• Steve DiSchiavi - A retired, twenty-one year veteran of the New York City Police Department and licensed private detective. Steve gathers facts pertaining to the investigation in the form of historical research and eyewitness interviews.
• Following his retirement from the NYPD, Steve worked as a senior investigator for Merrill Lynch’s fraud department, as well as a special investigator for the city of New York. He is a licensed New York state private investigator and a licensed armed guard. He also owns his own private-investigation company, Paragon Investigations.

• Matthew Anderson - Amy's assistant/interviewer/collaborator. Known as a "cleaner", Matt will visit the investigation site before Amy appears, to remove any information that he feels might unwittingly distract her from communicating with spirits during a case. He also provides video evidence by recording Amy during her channeling session. Matthew is also Allan's former husband.

Series overview

Episodes

Main article: List of The Dead Files episodes

Seasons	Air date	Number of episodes
1	2011	8
2	2012	14
3	2012	25
4	2013	14
5	2014	10
6	2014	3
7	2015	13
8	April 2016	13
9	Aug 2016	TBA

See also

• Apparitional experience
• Parapsychology
• Ghost hunting
• Paranormal television
• Haunted locations in the United States

External links

• Official website of The Dead Files
• The Dead Files at IMDb
• The Dead Files at TV.com
• The Dead Files at TV Guide
• The Dead Files at TheTVDB
• "Watch The Dead Files Online | Seasons Episode". Watch The Dead Files Online | Seasons Episode.