Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996 – 2000)
1996 • 4 seasons • Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • TV-14
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Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal — Season 3
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01Jaunt (2)Case File #898750
As the third season begins, physicist Peter Axon is the only remaining member of the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research team. Dr. Anton Hendricks is apparently dead, having disappeared into a mysterious apportation device known as the Arch, case manager Matt Praeger has tendered his resignation after differences with the O.S.I.R.'s Director of Operations Frank Elsinger and senior data analyst Lindsay Donner has left the team after running afoul of Praeger and revealing confidential information.
Axon and Curtis Rollins, the case manager assigned to the Arch case, take their investigation to a remote area of northern Quebec after an RCMP officer finds a woman wandering alone in the sub-tundra. It turns out the woman had vanished into the Arch and then re-appeared 2,000 miles away.
Lindsay Donner and Matt Praeger rejoin the team to recover Hendricks from the Arch.Sep 27, 1998Sep 27, 199802Comings and Goings (3)Case File #751718
Following a memorial service for Dr. Anton Hendricks the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research team members receive an anonymous phone call informing them that Hendricks is at a nearby hospital unconscious and on a ventilator.Oct 4, 1998Oct 4, 199803HeartlandCase File #898777
When a forest area turns into a bone-dry wasteland virtually overnight, a government agriculture official turns to the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research for help.Oct 11, 1998Oct 11, 199804The KissCase File #145345
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research is called into action when the mutilated corpse of a police detective who gunned down an escaped convict is found in a dumpster.Oct 18, 1998Oct 18, 199805AbsolutionCase File #569-977
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research case manager Matt Praeger is institutionalized after a case goes tragically wrong. Working undercover as an arms dealer in order to gain access to a teenager with ESP Praeger gets caught in the middle of a double cross and apparently fires the bullet that kills the youth.Oct 25, 1998Oct 25, 199806All Hallows EveCase File #659-311
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research case manager Matt Praeger, security co-ordinator Ray Donahue, chief science analyst Peter Axon and senior data analyst Lindsay Donner visit the scene of a grisly, pre-Halloween murder of two college students who died after having their faces torn off.Nov 1, 1998Nov 1, 199807PalimpsestCase File #600-001
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research investigates after the body of an elderly woman is found in the basement of a soon-to-be demolished apartment building.Nov 8, 1998Nov 8, 199808ReturnCase File #965-789
Dr. Anton Hendricks' wife has recently returned from a mysterious apportation device called the Arch, into which she vanished 12 years ago. Hendricks has become increasingly suspicious that she is not the Catherine he knew.Nov 15, 1998Nov 15, 199809HarlequinCase File #828-456
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research investigates the unusual death of a large South American rodent called a capybara at the Windsor Animal Hospice.Nov 22, 1998Nov 22, 199810Little PeopleCase File #790-002
Matt Praeger's daughter, Dana, is sleeping over at the country home of her friend, Vanessa, when the girls hear a strange noise coming from the bedroom of Vanessa's adopted brother. The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research team arrives at the house to conduct an ""unofficial"" investigation.Nov 29, 1998Nov 29, 199811The Winding ClothCase File #340-872
Archaeologist and former lover of Lindsay Donner finds a 13th century burial shroud inside an ancient Druid coffin. At his request, Donner and the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research team join him in London to verify the authenticity of the ""winding cloth"" and identify the man buried in it.Jan 24, 1999Jan 24, 199912ChangoCase File #500-208
A senior data analyst of the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research dies of an apparent heart attack at a Cuban-style neighborhood party. The rabbi who's conducting the funeral suddenly hears scratching sounds coming from coffin, opens the lid and finds out the man is alive.Jan 31, 1999Jan 31, 199913Solitary ConfinementCase File #226-051
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research senior data analyst Lindsay Donner and pathologist Claire Davison are called to the Newgate Correctional Facility after an inmate dies mysteriously while in solitary confinement.Feb 7, 1999Feb 7, 199914ValentineCase File #443-987
Alone on Valentine's Day, Lindsay Donner visits a neighborhood after-hours club, where she catches the attention of the bartender. Despite the attraction Donner leaves and is called back to the vicinity the following morning when a body is found in the alley.Feb 14, 1999Feb 14, 199915Old WoundsCase File #392-101
Tessler Industries, a video-game giant, is testing one of its new virtual-reality war games at the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research Central Lab. When a woman is knocked to the floor with a very real head wound, Elsinger calls for the O.S.I.R. team to investigate.Feb 21, 1999Feb 21, 199916The Observer EffectCase File #222-989
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research investigates after a UFO is sighted in the woods near the private community of Poplar Glen.Feb 28, 1999Feb 28, 199917School of ThoughtCase File #333-016
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research team investigates after an auto shop teacher at Royalton Custodial School is crushed against a wall by a car. The ""accident"" could be the work of a student with telekinetic ability.Apr 18, 1999Apr 18, 199918Y2KCase File #009-873
Two computer programmers trying to develop a solution to the Y2K problem enter a sealed lab and begin work. Later, they go into convulsions and, with blood pouring from their eyes and ears, fall to the ground dead. The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research team arrives at the lab to investigate.Apr 25, 1999Apr 25, 199919The TribunalCase File #899-997
The Office of Scientific Investigation and Research is transporting a young woman who's had an alien encounter, when their van is engulfed in a bright light from a UFO, temporarily blinding the investigator, and the woman disappears.May 2, 1999May 2, 199920John DoeCase File #098-509
Peter Axon and Frank Elsinger run tests on an electromagnetic field (EMF) laser cannon in the lab at Tessler Industries to destroy a missile guidance system. After the experiment fails when the laser device overheats, a janitor resets the cannon and destroys the missile guidance system.May 9, 1999May 9, 199921Forever and a Day (1)Case File #298-321
Psychic healer has just successfully restored the sight of a blind woman when he is interrupted by the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research agents and taken to the central lab to test the man's healing powers.May 16, 1999May 16, 199922Forever and a Day (2)Case File #298-321
Peter Axon is working on a secret project for the Office of Scientific Investigation and Research head Frank Elsinger that seems to have special and very personal significance for Elsinger, who assigns case manager Curtis Rollins to provide security for Axon as he finishes the project, which involves mapping out an anonymous individual's genetic code.May 23, 1999May 23, 1999
