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James Wan’s 'True Haunting' Debuts as a Top Netflix Title

The series blends present-day interviews with cinematic recreations to explore two reported hauntings.

Overview

  • The five-part docuseries premiered Oct. 7–8 and quickly ranked among Netflix’s most-viewed shows, reported as third at the time of early coverage.
  • Executive produced by James Wan of Saw, Insidious and The Conjuring fame, the series is positioned as a chilling, horror-forward nonfiction entry.
  • Episodes pair witness testimony with dramatic reenactments across two arcs titled “Eerie Hall” and “This House Murdered Me.”
  • The first story revisits alleged 1984 events at SUNY Geneseo’s Erie Hall through Chris Di Cesare’s account, with references to investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
  • The second arc follows April and Matt’s mid-2000s experience in a Victorian-style home, identified in later coverage as located in Salt Lake City, as viewers praise the scares and some question the dramatization.