In Search of...
Ghostly Stakeout
TV Flash files “Ghostly Stakeout” as hour 69 of 152 in the TV Flash guide — In Search of... (1977–1982) on Syndicated, season 3, episode 21, aired 1979-02-22, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E21: listed hour 69 of 152 in the In Search of... guide, hour 21 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1979-02-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Diamond Curse” (S03E20). Next is “Brain Power” (S03E22).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
California psychics visit two purportedly haunted properties and attempt, with mixed results, to contact and exorcise ghosts located within the structures.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Ghostly Stakeout sit in the In Search of... guide?
S03E21 is listed hour 69 of 152 — hour 21 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 21.
When did In Search of... S03E21 air?
Ghostly Stakeout aired 1979-02-22 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this a skeptical documentary?
It investigates with serious tone and does not require a closed answer. Nimoy's calm is the gravitas; the hypothesis can stay open.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Leonard Nimoy narrates Bigfoot, Atlantis, and every late-night rabbit hole with Spock-grade calm. Syndicated paranormal documentary as mass habit, occult-chic 1970s meeting proto-cable mystery television. The voice, the grainy reenactments, and the pleasure of a hypothesis that never has to close.
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- Leonard Nimoy as Narrator / Host
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