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Poltergeist: The Legacy
(1996 — 1999)
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POLTERGEIST: THE LEGACY
60 Minute Drama
Supernatural

ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION
1996 — 1999

BROADCASTER
Showtime (1996 — 1998)
Sci-Fi (1999)

SEASONS / EPISODES
Showtime: 3 Seasons / 65 Episodes
Sci-Fi: 1 Season / 22 Episodes

Despite the title the series had no connection to the Poltergeist series of films and followed the work of The Legacy, an organisation that investigates supernatural phenomena and the unexplained.

The series ran for four seasons and was basically just another series jumping on the X-Files bandwagon.
Original Novels
Poltergeist: The Legacy — The Hidden Saint

The Hidden Saint cover image
by Rick Hautala
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Ace Books
  • 1999
Back Cover Blurb
From the dawn of time they have fought evil in all its supernatural forms — holding back the unholy powers that threaten to consume the world and destroy humanity. A secret society, they operate in every corner of the globe, forever vigilant in their cause. They are warriors...philosophers...scientists — and the world's last hope against the darkness.

They are The Legacy

For Holly Brown, the horror begins with a bomb blast, shattering the joy of a Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Holly is gravely injured — and her young son Evan is killed. Overwhelmed with grief, she turns to her friend Alec Moreau for comfort. She tells Alex that Evan's spirit has appeared to her. He's told her the name of the terrorist behind the attack. And he's demanded that she avenge his death.

But Alex is a member of The Legacy. She has learned to be suspicious of ghostly visitations.

Can she discover the truth in time to prevent Holly from committing a terrible act of violence? An act that will endanger not only her soul — but the entire world...
Poltergeist: The Legacy — Maelstrom

Maelstrom cover image
by Matthew Costello
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Ace Books
  • 2000
Back Cover Blurb
From the dawn of time they have fought evil in all its supernatural forms — holding back the unholy powers that threaten to consume the world and destroy humanity. A secret society, they operate in every corner of the globe, forever vigilant in their cause. They are warriors...philosophers...scientists — and the world's last hope against the darkness.

They are The Legacy

You must remember... I am not lost...

A beautiful woman whose eyes burn with fire speaks these words to Father Philip — and then disappears.

Though he thought he was done with The Legacy, the priest knows that only they can help him find out who she is, and what she wants from him.

Their search uncovers more than just a missing woman — there are signs that something is loose in the world, something very old and very evil.

Derek and the others think that the secret to confining it rests at the bottom of the sea, in a ship wrecked fifty years before.

But they are wrong. They are being used. And with their unwitting help, an ancient nightmare is about to begin again...
Poltergeist: The Legacy — The Shadows Between

The Shadows Between cover image
by LA Liverakos
  • United States
  • Paperback
  • Ace Books
  • 2000