Scariest Places on Earth explained

Genre:Paranormal
Reality
Horror
Presenter:Linda Blair
Starring:Linda Blair
Alan Robson
Narrated:Zelda Rubinstein
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:5
Num Episodes:41
Executive Producer:Steve Kroopnick
Camera:Multiple-camera
Runtime:44–46 minutes
Company:Triage Entertainment
Channel:Fox Family

Scariest Places on Earth is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000, to October 29, 2006, on Fox Family, and later ABC Family. The show was hosted by Linda Blair, with narration by Zelda Rubinstein. The show featured reported cases of the paranormal by detailing the location's history, and then sending an ordinary family to visit the location in a reality television-style vigil.

Synopsis

The series is hosted by Linda Blair, and narrated by Zelda Rubinstein.[1] Alan Robson acted as an on-site correspondent.[2] While the show is set in numerous locations around the world, the interstitials featuring Blair and Robson were shot in Los Angeles, California.[2]

In a 2001 interview with Larry King, host Blair explained the series:

When we were kids, we used to tell ghost stories, but as we've gotten older -- I have friends who are scientific researchers, and I ask them questions. My mother has passed on. I choose to think she is in a wonderful, other place that we all will go. But I think that some people are trapped here... Well, these are the places that people have talked about for years, and years, that they go in, and you physically feel something is wrong. Some people do see things. Whether it's in a mind, we don't know.[2]

Syndication

Reruns were aired on Syfy, which is a part of NBC Universal. It then aired on NBC Universal's now defunct horror- and suspense-themed cable channel Chiller.

Episodes

See main article: List of Scariest Places on Earth episodes.

Featured locations

North America

LocationCityState or
province		Country
Alcatraz IslandSan FranciscoCaliforniaUnited States[3]
Alton Military PrisonAltonIllinoisUnited States
Death Valley JunctionCaliforniaUnited States[4]
Athens Lunatic AsylumAthensOhioUnited States
Borden HouseFall RiverMassachusettsUnited States[5]
FairfaxVirginiaUnited States[6]
DenverColoradoUnited States
Dixmont State HospitalSewickleyPennsylvaniaUnited States[7]
SpringerNew MexicoUnited States[8]
Eastern State PenitentiaryPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUnited States
First Unitarian ChurchAltonIllinoisUnited States
Cockspur IslandGeorgiaUnited States[9]
GoldfieldNevadaUnited States[10]
Guanajuato CryptsGuanajuato CityGuanajuatoMexico
Hot LakeOregonUnited States
Lake Shawnee Amusement ParkPrincetonWest VirginiaUnited States
AltonIllinoisUnited States
DerryLouisianaUnited States[11]
MansfieldOhioUnited States[12]
WalthamMassachusettsUnited States
Mineral Springs HotelAltonIllinoisUnited States
LompocCaliforniaUnited States[13]
New Jersey Pine BarrensPine BarrensNew JerseyUnited States[14]
New London Ledge LightNew LondonConnecticutUnited States
Rose HallMontego BaySaint James ParishJamaica
Long BeachCaliforniaUnited States
Savannah UndergroundSavannahGeorgiaUnited States
ManistiqueMichiganUnited States[15]
Sloss FurnacesBirminghamAlabamaUnited States
Lake TahoeNevadaUnited States[16]
Schilling farmhouseJohnstownMissouriUnited States[17]
AlamedaCaliforniaUnited States
VilliscaIowaUnited States[18]
LouisvilleKentuckyUnited States
MoundsvilleWest VirginiaUnited States
BaltimoreMarylandUnited States
AthensOhioUnited States[19]

Europe

LocationCityCounty or
region		Country
Abbey of ThelemaCefalùSicilyItaly
Balgonie CastleMilton of BalgonieFifeScotland[20]
Bran CastleBranBrașovRomania [21]
Cachtice CastleČachticeTrenčínSlovakia[22]
Catacombe dei CappucciniPalermoSicilyItaly
Catacombs of ParisParisÎle-de-FranceFrance
Charleville CastleTullamoreCounty OffalyIreland[23]
Chillingham CastleChillinghamNorthumberlandEngland [24]
ColosseumRomeLazioItaly
Dalhousie CastleCockpenMidlothianScotland[25]
Edinburgh VaultsEdinburghCity of Edinburgh council areaScotland
Greyfriars KirkyardEdinburghCity of Edinburgh council areaScotland
Haydon BridgeHaydon BridgeNorthumberlandEngland
Hunedoara CastleHunedoaraHunedoaraRomania[26]
Leap CastleCoolderryCounty OffalyIreland
Lucedio AbbeyTrinoVercelliItaly[27]
Montpelier HillWicklow MountainsDublinIreland
Old Bell HotelMalmesburyWiltshireEngland
Oranmore CastleOranmoreGalwayIreland
PovegliaPovegliaVeniceItaly[28]
Walls of GenoaGenoaLiguriaItaly
Woodchester MansionWoodchesterGloucestershireEngland[29]

Controversies

The main controversy with the show was that it was accused of fabricating some of the aired events. According to the documentary crew for a film on the Villisca axe murders, the segment which profiled the murder site—the Josiah B. and Sara Moore House—contained numerous falsities; among the allegations were that it featured a fake newspaper reproduction, photos of an unknown family presented as the murder victims, and an actress posing as a town resident.[30]

Additionally, the "Devil Hunters" crew featured in the segment on the Jersey Devil claimed that the segment which ran thirteen minutes in length, had been edited from two days' worth of footage, and that numerous details were sensationalized and/or added in post-production.[31]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gray, Rich. 72. Click or Treat!: The Best of Halloween and Horror on the Internet. McFarland. 2004. 978-0-786-41862-6. Jefferson, North Carolina.
  2. Web site: Are There Ghosts?. Larry King Live. CNN. Transcript. April 13, 2001. Blair, Linda. September 28, 2017.
  3. 1. 4. Ghost Ship. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. October 26, 2000.
  4. 1. 3. Fortress of Blood. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. October 25, 2000.
  5. 3. 8. Urban Legends 2. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. October 22, 2002.
  6. 2. 1. Curse of the Roman Gladiators. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. March 26, 2001.
  7. 3. 10. Legendary Haunts. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. March 29, 2001.
  8. 2. 4. Cemetery of the Angry Undead. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. October 29, 2002.
  9. 2. 2. Village of the Damned. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. March 27, 2001.
  10. 2. 24. Goldfield Ghost Hunt. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. October 25, 2001.
  11. 2. 5. Magnolia Lane Plantation. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. March 30, 2001.
  12. 2. 3. White Witch. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. March 28, 2001.
  13. 2. 8. Lair of the Wickedest Man on Earth. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. April 20, 2001.
  14. 1. 2. Eastern State Penitentiary. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. October 24, 2000.
  15. 2. 22. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. Contagion of Fear. October 23, 2001.
  16. 3. 4. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. Fear Force. October 22, 2002.
  17. 2. 6. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. A House Possessed. April 6, 2001.
  18. 2. 13. Scariest Places on Earth. Fox Family. Haunting the Heartland. May 25, 2001.
  19. Scariest Places on Earth. Satan's Dormitory. October 23, 2000. 1. 1. Fox Family.
  20. Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Scariest Places on Earth. 3. 11. October 30, 2002. Fox Family.
  21. A Night in Dracula's Castle: The Transylvania Dare. Scariest Places on Earth. October 26, 2001. 2. 25. Fox Family.
  22. Scariest Places on Earth. Castle of the Blood Countess. October 29, 2002. 9. 3. Fox Family.
  23. Charleville: Haunted Irish Castle Dare. Scariest Places on Earth. April 13, 2001. 7. 2. Fox Family.
  24. Chillingham. Scariest Places on Earth. October 27, 2000. 1. 1. Fox Family.
  25. Castle of the Cursed Souls. Scariest Places on Earth. July 20, 2001. 17. 2. Fox Family.
  26. Return to Transylvania. Scariest Places on Earth. October 21, 2002. 3. 3. Fox Family.
  27. Lucedio: Cursed Italian Monastery Dare. Scariest Places on Earth. April 27, 2001. 9. 2. Fox Family.
  28. Island of No Return: The Venice Dare. Scariest Places on Earth. August 19, 2001. 18. 2. Fox Family.
  29. Woodchester Mansion. Scariest Places on Earth. October 20, 2002. 2. 3. Fox Family.
  30. Web site: Regarding Fox's "Scariest Places" Program and Home Video and the Villisca Murders. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913194025/http://villiscamovie.com/scariest_places.htm. September 13, 2016. Villiscamovie.com.
  31. Web site: Hunt #10. The Devil Hunters - Official Researchers of the Jersey Devil. August 11, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20081228031303/http://www.njdevilhunters.com/trip10.html. December 28, 2008.

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