We here at Spectral Review are not paranormal investigators, demonologists, or drama critics. We don’t even play any of those on TV! But we do watch most paranormal shows and can tell the good ones from the bad.

Paranormal State episode report card.

“The Woman in the Window”

Ryan and the team help a family whose home was once part of the underground railroad.

Paranormal State has one of their stronger episodes as they help a family who maybe being haunted from former owners of their home.

Client Credibility

The clients were a family living in Pittsburgh in a home that was built in the early 1800s. Larry is the boyfriend of the daughter of the people who owned the home. Larry lives with the family and he and his girlfriend have a child.

Larry had seen an apparition of a woman on a couple of occasions. Larry seemed very credible along with the rest of the family.

Investigation

The home was a stop on the underground railroad. The team determined that it was important to check the attic and the tunnels in the basement. The attic trek that Ryan took left him with just insulation on his back. The trek to the mostly closed tunnel entrance in the basement revealed some relics from the 19th century. He found a picture of a couple, most likely the former owners of the property.

The picture and other relics were brought to Jon Ford. Jon Ford is a historian and an expert on the underground railroad. He felt that the people in the picture were abolitionists. Ryan and his team really do a great job of historical research. We have to say that episode after episode, this is their strongest attribute.

Ryan brings in psychic CJ Sellers. She is able to verify a couple of points about the woman and suggests the spirit may be upset that Larry is living with the family yet unmarried to the daughter.

Dead time did not reveal much other than a mysterious phone ring. It was an odd thing to happen but we thought that there were not phones in the 1850s anyway so why would this spirit choose this way to communicate?

Evidence

The strongest evidence is that both Larry and CJ Sellers point out the woman in the found picture to be the spirit in the house. Ryan did give them several period photos to have them choose from and both were able to find the right one.

Conclusion

Overall one of the stronger episodes from this series. We definitely think this show does a consistent job on historical research and this episode was even better.