The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (titled The Curse of Skinwalker Ranch in the UK) is a multi-season reality television series that follows a team investigating Skinwalker Ranch, located in Uintah County, Utah, United States. The show began airing on the History Channel in March 2020 and to date has run for seven seasons. Season Seven premiered May 19, 2026.
Overview The series is set at Skinwalker Ranch, a 500-acre ranch that is the site of purported paranormal and UFO-related activities, and follows a team of investigators and skeptics investigating the reports. Team members include Brandon Fugal, the ranch's owner, and aerospace engineer Travis S. Taylor.
The show features the team utilizing technologies such as ground-penetrating radar to investigate purported anomalies such as ionizing radiation, dire wolves, UFOs and cattle mutilation. The Pentagon UFO videos are also frequently featured. Guests on the show include SETI scientist Seth Shostak, journalist Linda Moulton-Howe, Colonel John B. Alexander, former Governor of Utah Gary Herbert, Utah senator Mike Lee, Attorney General of Utah Sean Reyes, Lunasonde CEO Jeremiah Pate, and others.Why Utah's Brandon Fugal Bought an Otherworldly Ranch, and What He's Seen There: Part 1 TechBuzz, 3 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021
Season four premiered with Travis Taylor revealing that he had secretly been working as chief scientist on the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF).
Cast members Name Title The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch Beyond Skinwalker Ranch Season 1 2020 Season 2 2021 Season 3 2022 Season 4 2023 Season 5 2024 Season 6 2025 Season 7 2026 Series 1 2023 Series 2 2024 Series 3 2025 Travis S. Taylor Aerospace engineer colspan="10" Erik Bard Principal investigator colspan="10" Bryant "Dragon" Arnold Security chief colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="3" Tom Winterton Ranch superintendent colspan="7" colspan="3" Jim Segala Scientist colspan="1" colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="3" Brandon Fugal Owner of Skinwalker Ranch colspan="10" Cameron Fugal Pilot and Brandons Brother colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="3" Jim Morse Ranch Manager colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="3" Tom Lewis Ranch caretaker colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="5" Kandus Linde Anthropologist / Ranch caretaker colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="5" Kaleb Bench Security colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="3" Seth Shostak SETI colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="2" Linda Moulton-Howe Investigative Journalist colspan="1" colspan="5" colspan="1" colspan="3" Ryan Skinner Author of Digging Into Skinwalker colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="3" Cameron Prince Founder of Tesla Universe colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Casey Smith Qal-Tek Radiation Expert colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="4" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="2" Ariel Bar Tzadok Rabbi colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="8" John B. Alexander Colonel colspan="1" colspan="2" colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="3" James Keenan Former military specialist colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="3" colspan="3" Jenn Rook Station manager and radio DJ at KCUA colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="7" Gary Herbert Former Governor colspan="2" colspan="5" colspan="3" George Knapp television journalist colspan="2" colspan="1" colspan="7" Sean Reyes Attorney General of Utah colspan="3" colspan="1" colspan="3" colspan="3" Jim Royston CEO of Omniteq colspan="4" colspan="3" colspan="3" Mocean Melvin Narrator colspan="7" colspan="3" Andy Bustamante Ex–CIA Intelligence Officer colspan="7" colspan="3" Paul Beban Investigative Journalist colspan="7" colspan="3" John Bradshaw Bob Brandshaw's Son colspan="7" colspan="1" colspan="2" Mason Bradshaw Bob Brandshaw's Grandson colspan="7" colspan="1" colspan="2" Robert Leonard Terra Exploration Group colspan="7" colspan="1" colspan="2"
Development The series was developed by Letter 10 Productions and the producers of The Curse of Oak Island for the History Channel, which green-lit the show for air in 2019.History Greenlights Paranormal Nonfiction Series ‘The Secret Of Skinwalker Ranch’ Deadline, 21 June 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2021 The first season premiered on March 31, 2020, and ran for eight episodes, concluding on June 2, 2020. A second season was greenlit and began airing on May 4, 2021. Season 3 followed with more publicity on January 26, 2022. Season 4 premiered April 18, 2023. Season 5 premiered April 23, 2024. Season 6 premiered June 3, 2025.
Reception Jason Colavito, an American author who studies fringe theories, characterized the myths about the ranch as "entirely a modern creation, fabricated in the late twentieth century". He described the Secret of Skinwalker Ranch series as "a slow-paced effort to reproduce Curse of Oak Island", a show that had been running since 2014 on the same network.
Science writer Russell Moul criticized the show as presenting no actual evidence to support claims about the ranch. According to Moul, "The show is presented as attempting to bring a scientific approach to prove the existence of all the things that have apparently occurred at the ranch. And while it may be very entertaining to watch and has caused much excitement on social media, the team have yet to provide anything to back up their supposed experiences."
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2020)
Season 2 (2021)
Season 3 (2022)
Season 4 (2023)
Season 5 (2024)
Season 6 (2025)
Season 7 (2026)
Beyond Skinwalker Ranch On June 6, 2023, the History Channel added a new series, Beyond Skinwalker Ranch, where investigators such as ex-CIA agent Andy Bustamante and journalist Paul Beban join Erik Bard, Travis Taylor, Dragon and Brandon Fugal to investigate ranches in other parts of the world and compare them to the one in Utah. The first season aired 9 episodes in 2023. A second season of 8 episodes aired June 4, 2024. Season 3 premiered June 3rd, 2025. The program was cancelled after 3 seasons.
Season 1 (2023)
Season 2 (2024)
Season 3 (2025)
See also List of topics characterized as pseudoscience Skinwalker Ranch (film)
References
Further reading Skinwalker Ranch - Spookiest Place on Earth Robert Bigelow's Ranch Archived Skinwalker Ranch Newspaper Why a millionaire real-estate mogul bought Skinwalker Ranch Brandon Fugal – Supercar owner & Steward of Skinwalker Ranch University of Alabama in Huntsville scientists at Skinwalker Ranch
External links
Mystery Of Utah’s Skinwalker Ranch Very Much Alive at KSL-TV History On Demand