Syfy Orders More Paranormal Witness

NEW YORK: Syfy has placed a 12-episode pick-up order for season two of the docudrama series Paranormal Witness, which is set to premiere in August 2012.

Paranormal Witness debuted in September and is produced by Raw TV (Locked Up Abroad, Gold Rush Alaska). Executive producers are Dimitri Doganis and Bart Layton. The series features a mixture of first-hand testimony, actual footage and gritty realistic drama surrounding paranormal events.

"Paranormal Witness is an edge-of-your-seat television experience and we’re thrilled that viewers made it a standout hit for us this fall,” said Mark Stern, the president of original content at Syfy and co-head of original content at Universal Cable Productions. "We look forward to working with Dimitri and Bart as we showcase another terrifying round of true-life hauntings."

"We’re thrilled this series is returning,” commented Layton and Doganis. “We think it is unlike anything else out there. The stories are totally gripping, visually arresting and genuinely very scary. We approach these shows as individual horror movies. We love making them and we’re convinced the series will continue to grow from its highly successful first season.”