Zak Bagans

Born: 1977-04-05

Zachary "Zak" Bagans is an American paranormal investigator, actor, TV personality, museum operator, producer, director, and author. He is the principal host of the Travel Channel paranormal investigation series Ghost Adventures. A graduate of the Motion Picture Institute of Michigan, Bagans moved to Las Vegas to become a documentary filmmaker and explorer of the paranormal. In 2004, Bagans teamed up with Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin to produce a documentary-style film called Ghost Adventures. The film aired on the SciFi Channel in 2007. A successor series premiered in 2008 on the Travel Channel and has aired for 19 seasons as of 2019. Ghost hunting shows in general, and Ghost Adventures in particular, have been accused of fakery. From 2014 to 2016, Bagans helmed a spin-off series titled Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks, which focused on changes to people's lives after prior Ghost Adventures investigations. On April 2, 2016, Deadly Possessions premiered on the Travel Channel; the show featured Bagans finding items for a prospective "haunted museum" in Las Vegas, Nevada. The museum opened to the public in October 2017. It consists of 33 rooms with various artifacts on display. Visitors are given guided tours of the rooms. Some of the items on display include Bela Lugosi's mirror, the Dybbuk box, Peggy the Doll, and Jack Kevorkian's "Death Van". In 2018, the museum received Las Vegas Mayor's award for historic preservation and adaptive reuse. In 2021, the transaxle salvaged from the American actor James Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder was added to the museum's collection. In May 2021, Discovery+ Channel announced its plans to broadcast The Haunted Museum, an upcoming horror anthology show for which Zak Bagans will be the host and an executive producer. Bagans co-wrote a book with author Kelly Crigger titled Dark World: Into the Shadows with the Lead Investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew. On September 23, 2011, the book debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list at No. 18. In December, 2019, Bagans published the book Ghost-Hunting For Dummies.


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Demon House

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Released: 2019-12-01

As mass hysteria breaks-out over an alleged demonic possession in an Indiana home, referred to...

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Ghost Adventures

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Released: 2007-07-25

In 2007, The Sci-Fi Channel premiered "Ghost Adventures," a raw documentary in which 3 men go to...

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Ghost Adventures: Cecil Hotel

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Released: 2023-10-04

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Ghost Adventures: Devil's Den

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Released: 2023-10-03

The Ghost Adventures crew visit the shuttered Los Padrinos Juvenile Detention Center, a facility...

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Ghost Adventures: Lake of Death

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Released: 2023-05-31

Zak and the crew comb the receding shores of Nevada's Lake Mead for clues about its deadly past....

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NetherWorld: Exploring Paris Catacombs

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Released: 2014-04-04

Zak Bagans heads to the catacombs of Paris to investigate numerous of paranormal stuff.

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Ghost Adventures: Goldfield Hotel

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Released: 2023-10-03

The "Ghost Adventures" crew returns to where it all began to settle the score with sinister...

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Ghost Adventures: Horror at Joe Exotic Zoo

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Released: 2020-10-29

The GAC investigates allegations of murder and tortured spirits at the Greater Wynnewood Animal...

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Demon House: The Lost Footage

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Released: 2019-09-27

Zack Bagans investigates a home he purchased, sight unseen, after learning of its demonic...

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Ghost Adventures

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First aired: 2008-10-17

Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for...

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The Haunted Museum

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First aired: 2021-10-02

Follow the frightening and hellish tales behind the spooky relics on display in Zak Bagans' Las...

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Halloween Wars

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First aired: 2011-10-02

Cake decorators, sugar artists and pumpkin carving experts battle it out as they create...

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Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room

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First aired: 2020-01-01

Paranormal investigators Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Jay Wasley and Billy Tolley are opening up...

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Ghost Adventures: House Calls

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First aired: 2022-05-19

Disembodied voices, objects moving on their own, shadow figures and apparitions – all are often...

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Ghost Adventures: Aftershocks

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First aired: 2014-04-26

Zak helps a young filmmaker, and survivor of a brutal attack, who has become obsessed with...

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Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans

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First aired: 2024-10-02

Zak Bagans sends documentary crews to capture true tales of twisted terror, local lore and...

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Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits

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First aired: 2019-10-05

Exploring haunted locations associated with infamous serial killers, Zak Bagans and the Ghost...

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Ghost Adventures: Quarantine

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First aired: 2020-06-11

The fearless four quarantine themselves for two weeks in Bagans' famed 'Haunted Museum' in Las...

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Deadly Possessions

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First aired: 2016-04-02

Zak Bagans is fulfilling a lifelong dream of opening a museum in downtown Las Vegas, full of the...

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Ghost Adventures: Top 10

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First aired: 2021-01-03

Zak Bagans counts down fans' favorite moments from Ghost Adventures. It's a fun yet terrifying...

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Paranormal Challenge

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First aired: 2011-06-17

Paranormal Challenge is an American competitive paranormal reality television series that...

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Ghost Adventures: Where Are They Now?

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First aired: 2019-09-30

Zak revisits some of Ghost Adventures' most chilling paranormal investigations. He follows up...

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Ghost Adventures: Demon House

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First aired: 2018-03-16

Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans documents the most authenticated case of possession in...

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