Destination Fear

For the 2019 series of the same name, see Destination Fear (2019 TV series).

Destination Fear was a Canadian paranormal television series that premiered on May 5, 2012, in Canada and September 3, 2012, in the United States. The program features ghost hunters and practical jokers who visit paranormal hotspots reported to be haunted. Guests are unaware they were set up by friends or loved ones to experience staged, frightening encounters. The show was cancelled in July 2012.

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	Trevor MacGregor
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Kevin Healey Jesse Fawcett Lori Rothchild
Producer	Jonathan Dueck
Cinematography	Adam Gladstone
Editors	James Villeneuve Michael P. Mason Rob Brunner
Camera setup	Single
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	11 Television
Original release
Network	Travel Channel
Release	May 5 (2012-05-05) – July 23, 2012 (2012-07-23)
Related
Paranormal Cops

Summary

Each episode features two unsuspecting ghost-hunting enthusiasts given the chance by a close friend or relative to investigate or tour a haunted location in Canada or America. Under the impression their ventures are real encounters, guests are actually set up to experience paranormal activity, scaring them to the bone. At the end of the episode, the host replays the encounters, lets them in on the joke and exposes the real perpetrators, their friends or family.

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 (2012-05-05) September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)	July 23, 2012 (2012-07-23) October 25, 2013 (2013-10-25)	—	—

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Ep. no.	Title	Location	Original air date
1.1	"Sleepy Hollow/America's Stonehenge"	Sleepy Hollow, New York America's Stonehenge, Salem, New Hampshire	May 5, 2012 (2012-05-05) September 23, 2012 (2012-09-23)
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 (2012-05-12) September 30, 2012 (2012-09-30)
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 (2012-05-17) October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)
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 (2012-05-22) October 14, 2012 (2012-10-14)
Former Camp counselor Kevin used to scare his young campers with "boogeyman" stories but he finds out he'll be a part 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 (2012-05-27) October 11, 2013 (2013-10-11)
Doan, mother who needs to get out more investigates a plantation built in 1835 and tangles with a 200-year-old voodoo curse unleashed 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 (2012-06-02) October 4, 2013 (2013-10-04)
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 (2012-06-09) October 4, 2013 (2013-10-04)
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 (2012-06-23) October 25, 2013 (2013-10-25)
Jennifer, a UFO enthusiast visits a Canadian 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 (2012-07-09) October 25, 2013 (2013-10-25)
Ramsey, an extraterrestrial enthusiast believes he has 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 (2012-07-16)
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 (2012-07-16) September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27)
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 (2012-07-23) October 21, 2012 (2012-10-21)
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 (2012-07-23) September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27)
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