MEDIA ALERT: OLN AND BIO TURN UP THE SCREAMS WITH HALLOWEEN THEMED PROGRAMMING AND A LIVE SIX-HOUR GHOST HUNTERS EVENT, STARTING SATURDAY, OCT. 29 - Start the chills and thrills early with the two-day Ghost Hunters International marathon, starting Saturday, Oct. 29 on OLN – - Feed your brain with spook-tacular biographies including The Exorcist star, Linda Blair and best-selling suspense writer, Stephen King, Sunday, Oct. 30 on Bio – - Follow Josh Gates and the TAPS team for six, frightening hours of Ghost Hunters Halloween LIVE, Oct. 31 on OLN – - Break out in goose bumps with the 10-hour My Ghost Story marathon, Monday, Oct. 31 on Bio – (Toronto – October 19, 2011) Canadians everywhere will be sleeping with the lights on as OLN and Bio celebrate Halloween with spooky biographies, spine chilling marathons and six LIVE hours of ghost hunting. Starting Saturday, Oct 29 with a two-day Ghost Hunters International marathon on OLN, celebrate all hallows eve with a spook-tacular lineup of Halloween-themed biographies on Bio (Oct. 30) and a My Ghost Story marathon on October 31st. Then prepare to expect the unexpected with the six-hour special, Ghost Hunters Halloween LIVE (Oct. 31). A ghostly apparition caught on camera in My Ghost Story Images and additional program information available at: www.rogersmediatv.com To tweet this alert: http://bit.ly/nVngTq OLN Ghost Hunters International Marathon Saturday, October 29 and Sunday October 30 from 12 to 6pm ET/PT They ain’t afraid of no ghosts. Ghost Hunters International features a squad of paranormal investigators who use their principles of scientific techniques to explore some of the most legendary haunted spots around the world. In this two-day marathon, the team travels to the far corners of the globe, searching for answers to bizarre supernatural mysteries. Ghost Hunters Halloween LIVE **six hour special** Monday, October 31 at 7pm ET Tune in for six terrifying hours of LIVE ghost hunting as host, Josh Gates (Destination Truth) and team members from both Ghost Hunters and Ghost Hunters International visit Pennhurst Asylum in Pennsylvania for Ghost Hunters Halloween LIVE. Anything can happen when the lights go out and no one can predict what the team and viewers will find, hear or see. A sprawling maze of buildings constituting a former state mental institution, the asylum has been abandoned for decades and is now one of the country's most notoriously haunted locales. At least 100 people have reportedly died on the Pennhurst State School and Hospital property and the TAPS team is on a mission to search the 1,400 acres of terror to see how many souls remain. Bio Linda Blair Biography Sunday, October 30 at 12pm ET/PT Profile of the actress who suffered bad press, unfounded rumours and death threats after she starred in the ultimate horror movie, The Exorcist. Determined to escape the dark side of fame, Blair would be nominated for an Academy Award and star in highly- rated TV movies of the week. However after the failure of The Exorcist II, countless "B" films, and publicity stunts, Blair finally walked away from the limelight and redirected her attention to the fight for animal rights. Stephen King Biography Sunday, October 30 at 1pm ET/PT Looking into the amazing life of the "master of macabre," whose stories have terrified readers and movie fans worldwide. The biography of Stephen King starts from his earlier days as a Maine school teacher, moves to his prolific work as author of Cujo, The Shining, Carrie, Misery and other terror classics, and finishes with the 1999 accident that nearly ended his writing career. Fred Gwynne Biography Sunday, October 30 at 2pm ET/PT A look into the life of Fred Gwynne, the multi-talented stage and screen star, radio performer, musician, singer, painter, and writer and illustrator of children's books. This in-depth biography features clips from Fred's most beloved TV series and movies, including Car 54, Where Are You?, The Munsters, and My Cousin Vinny, as well as talks with Al "Grandpa Munster" Lewis. TV-OGRAPHY: The Munsters Sunday, October 30 at 3pm ET/PT The story of the ‘60s TV hit, The Munsters, that featured a family of lovable monsters who had no idea they were scaring their suburban neighbours. The show featured Fred Gwynne as the good-hearted dad who looked like Frankenstein; Yvonne DeCarlo as the loving vampire mother; and Al Lewis as the fun-filled, Dracula-resembling grandpa. Witches Sunday, October 30 at 4pm ET/PT Shriveled ladies conjuring spells over a boiling cauldron with a few wisps of cattail, it's an image of witches that appear in the minds of most people. This program investigates a movement that commanded veneration for centuries, and then became linked with evil intentions. This biography starts in the present, interviewing modern day practitioners of Wicca - a 20th century pagan cult grounded in nature - and dips into the past, exploring the movement's origins, and its most famous practitioners. My Ghost Story Marathon Monday, October 31 from 5pm to 3am ET/PT Everybody has a ghost story, but how many people have filmed theirs? Welcome to My Ghost Story, the 10-hour marathon, where true and unbelievable stories of the paranormal are told by the people who lived through them - and actually captured their haunting on tape. From moving furniture to dark apparitions to violent poltergeists, these harrowing eye-witness accounts of the unexplainable are transformed into more than tales with terrifying visual evidence. About OLN OLN is a specialty television station in Canada offering viewers a one-stop destination for adrenaline pumping action and adventure entertainment. Larger than life personalities take viewers on intense and rugged journeys across Canada and the world in pursuit of knowledge, competition and prey. Original Canadian reality, adventure, and travel series along with US acquired programming provides viewers with different perspectives on the world around them unearthing new and exhilarating adventures at every turn. OLN is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For more information visit www.OLN.ca The Biography Channel is a specialty television station in Canada that showcases real people, real drama, 24-hours a day. Distinct programming blocks (Famous Faces, The A-List and Celebreality) offer an entertaining mix of biographies, reality series, documentaries and films; giving viewers behind-the-scenes and up close and personal access to today’s hottest celebrities, movers and shakers and pop culture icons. Available to digital cable and satellite customers, The Biography Channel in Canada is owned by Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For more information visit www.thebiographychannel.ca. For more information, contact: Meghan Hardy, 416.764.3197, [email protected] Sónia Brum, 416.764.3194, [email protected] .