Destination Fear

Destination Fear
Genre	Paranormal Reality TV
Written by	Kevin Healey
Directed by	Kevin Healey
Starring	Killian Gray Lindsay Lyon Andy King Ayumi Iizuka Colin Munch
Narrated by	Brad Adamson
Composer(s)	Trevor MacGregor
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Kevin Healey Jesse Fawcett Lori Rothchild
Producer(s)	Jonathan Dueck
Cinematography	Adam Gladstone
Editor(s)	James Villeneuve Michael P. Mason Rob Brunner
Camera setup	Single
Running time	45 minutes
Production company(s)	11 Television
Distributor	GlassBox Media Inc. Travel Channel
Release
Original network	Travel Channel
Original release	May 5 – July 23, 2012 (Canada)
Chronology
Related shows	Paranormal Cops
External links
Website

Destination Fear is a Canadian paranormal television series that premiered on May 5, 2012 in Canada. The program features wannabe ghost hunters who visit paranormal hotspots that are reported to be haunted, unaware that they've been set up by their loved ones to experience staged frightening encounters. The show's premiere episode aired in the United States on September 30, 2012 on the Travel Channel at 10:00pm EST.

Summary

Every episode features two unsuspecting ghost hunting enthusiasts who are given the chance by a close friend or relative to investigate or take a tour in haunted locations in Canada and America. These enthusiasts think that they're just traveling to a supposedly haunted hotspot. However, they are actually set up by the show's cast of characters to a staged performance of paranormal activity in the already haunted location, scaring them to the bone. At the end of the episode, the host replays the enthusiasts encounters during their spooky run-through. Then the host lets them in on the joke when their friends or family are exposed and they find out they have selected them for their frightening experiences.

Opening introduction:

“

There are places in this world so mysterious that they challenge everything you know. Locations so terrifying they could only exist on the edge of reason. Each week, our team takes ordinary people to extraordinary places courtesy of someone they know. This is where fact and fiction collide. This is...Destination Fear.

”

Cast and crew

• Killian Gray (host)
• Lindsay Lyon
• Andy King
• Ayumi Iizuka
• Colin Munch

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally aired		DVD and Blu-ray release date
	Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2
	1	13[1]	May 5, 2012 September 30, 2012	July 23, 2012 October 25, 2013	N/A	N/A

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Ep.#	Title	Location	Original Airdate
1.1	"Sleepy Hollow/America's Stonehenge"	Sleepy Hollow, New York America's Stonehenge, Salem, New Hampshire	May 5, 2012 September 23, 2012
In the series premiere, Nick, a paranormal enthusiast who's always been fascinated in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow discovers the truth behind the mystery of the Headless Horseman and look for the exact spot where he was killed. Meanwhile, Kelly, an adventure seeker skeptic explores the ancient origins of America's Stonehenge and attempts to uncover its mysterious origins.
1.2	"Sleeping Giant/Rockwood Asylum"	Rockwood Asylum, Kingston, Ontario, Canada	May 12, 2012 September 30, 2012
A paranormal enthusiast investigates Canada's haunted Rockwood Asylum and encounters what she believes is the ghost of a former mentally ill patient.
1.3	"Lift Lock/Split Rock ("Lift Locks")"	Peterborough Lift Lock, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Split Rock Quarry, Onondaga, New York	May 17, 2012 October 14, 2012
Canada's oldest lift lock may be haunted by a woman who was burned as a witch and Nic a member of the Peterborough Historic Society tends to find out. Also thrill seeker Jelena searches for a mass grave at a former limestone quarry turned munitions plant in Upstate New York where the ghost of a disfigured worker is seen roaming the grounds.
1.4	"Camp Boogeyman/Wendigo"	(summer camp), Dunnville, Ontario, Canada Northern Woods, Kenora, Ontario, Canada	May 22, 2012 October 14, 2012
Former Camp counselor Kevin used to scare his young campers with "boogeyman" stories but he finds out he'll be apart of the real hauntings behind these legends. Meanwhile, Denika a horticulturalist doesn't believe in anything supernatural including the wendigo, a mythical creature said to be created when a human resorts to cannibalism.
1.5	"Magnolia Plantation/Fort Warren"	Magnolia Lane Plantation, Derry, Louisiana Fort Warren, Georges Island, Massachusetts	May 27, 2012 October 11, 2013
Doan, mother who needs to get out more investigates a plantation built in 1835 and tangles with a 200-year-old voodoo curse unleased by the plantation's former slaves. Also, Christine, a skeptic visits a haunted Civil War fort near Boston Harbor, where the "Lady in Black" roams the ramparts.
1.6	"Rougarou/USS Salem"	City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.S. Salem, Salem, Massachusetts	June 2, 2012 October 4, 2013
Albert, a hard-working chef and horror movie buff encounters a vicious werewolf creature Native American folklorists call "Rougarou" that makes its home in swamp-like habitats such as the Louisiana bayou. Meanwhile, Greg, a skeptic salesman gets a one-way ticket to meet the ghost of a former sailor who served aboard the U.S.S. Salem, a World War II heavy cruiser.
1.7	"Holy Trinity Church/Gothic Jail"	Most Holy Trinity Church, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York Beauregard Parish Jail, DeRidder, Louisiana	June 9, 2012 October 4, 2013
Ayeisha, a paralegal who's fascinated with unsolved mysteries investigates a century-old murder at a historic church and get more than she bargained for when she thinks she solved the crime. Meanwhile, Autumn a local who's a big history buff visits an old jail which is said to be haunted by the ghost of two former inmates who robbed and murdered a taxi driver then hanged for the crime.
1.8	"Opera House Ghost"	Carp, Ontario, Canada Sterling Opera House, Derby, Connecticut	June 23, 2012 October 25, 2013
Jennifer, a UFO enthusiast visits a Candaian town home to a huge Cold War bomb shelter that was the site of a well-documented UFO sighting on November 4, 1989 that was filmed by a shadowy figure named "The Guardian." Also, Bambi, an amateur psychic investigator is hired to help find a missing person and her search leads to an opera house that's haunted by a murderous miner.
1.9	"UFO Landing/Ghost Road"	Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Texas Road, (near) Windsor, Ontario, Canada	July 9, 2012 October 25, 2013
Ramsey, a extraterrestrial enthusiast believes he's uncovered a UFO landing site on Martha's Vineyard where John F. Kennedy and his family reported a close encounter seeing a UFO while sailing off the coast of the island in 1963. Meanwhile, Jason, a jack-of-all trades fearless kind of guy is visited by what he thinks is a ghost on a legendary road near the Detroit River.
1.10	"Ridgeway Phantom/Custom House"	Custom House, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	July 16, 2012
A paranormal investigator explores an abandoned farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, a skeptic turns into a believer when she visits a haunted house in Canada.
1.11	"Fort Erie/Riverside Theatre"	Fort Erie, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	July 16, 2012 September 27, 2013
Mike, a skeptic soon believes in ghosts when he encounters the ghost of a fallen soldier known as "Red Eyes" in Canada's haunted Fort Erie. Also Tayla, a single mother and paranormal enthusiast investigates a 19th century haunted theater where an opera singer named Esmeralda perished in a fire.
1.12	"Pigman Road/Willard Asylum"	Pigman Road, Angola, New York Willard Asylum, Willard, New York	July 23, 2012 October 21, 2012
An exorcism is performed on a teenager who got possessed by the infamous "Pigman". Also a paranormal enthusiast helps two psychic mediums in their investigation with a spirit of a past patient at an old insane asylum in Upstate New York.
1.13	"Lafayette Cemetery/Hermitage"	Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana The Hermitage, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada	July 23, 2012 September 27, 2013
A paranormal enthusiast tries to make contact with voodoo priestess Marie Laveau by her grave in an historic cemetery. Meanwhile, Tim, a blue collar worker curious about the paranormal explores the ruins of the Hermitage, said to be one of the most haunted locations in Canada.

See also

• Apparitional experience
• Parapsychology
• Ghost hunting
• Paranormal television
• Haunted locations in the United States

References

1. http://www.travelandescape.ca/shows/destination-fear/#

External links

• Official website of Destination Fear
• Destination Fear at the Internet Movie Database
• Destination Fear at TheTVDB.com