13: Fear Is Real is a reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series which premiered on January 7, 2009.

About the show

Thirteen people compete to stay alive as they face their deepest fears in an all-out elimination competition and scarefest. Pitted against each other in situations straight from the horror movies, the 13 will face shocking surprises, psychological scares and lots of "beware of the dark" moments, all designed by a "mastermind" of terror. In addition to frightening them, he will also entice individuals to work in concert with him and against the others, creating a situation in which the 13 will not only look over their shoulders but will also never be certain who is real before them. The death box was introduced, in which whoever possessed it had the power to kill off one to three other players. The death box had to be hidden, used and found in safety, for if someone else knew they had the box, they could accuse them and be sent to the execution ceremony. If there was a false accusation made, the accuser would then have to go to the execution ceremony.

Each week, one or two unlucky victims will be "killed off" via frightening challenges and game-playing until only one person is left to win the grand prize of—fittingly—$66,666.

13: Fear Is Real is produced by Magic Molehill Productions, Inc. and Warner Horizon Television Inc.

Warner Bros. Television

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 in association with Jay Bienstock Productions and Ghost House Pictures with executive producers Jay Bienstock

Jay Bienstock

Jay Bienstock is an American television producer. His credits include Behind the Music, Survivor, The Apprentice, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, 13: Fear is Real, and There Goes the Neighborhood....

 (Survivor

Survivor (U.S. TV series)

Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality television game show, itself derived from the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1997 by Charlie Parsons. The series premiered on May 31, 2000 on CBS...

, The Apprentice), Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi

Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The...

 (the Spider-Man films, the Evil Dead films) and Robert Tapert

Robert Tapert

Robert Gerard Tapert , sometimes credited as Rob Tapert, Robert G. Tapert, or Rip Tapert, is an American film producer, best known for his co-founding of, and his subsequent work with, the Renaissance Pictures company....

 (the Evil Dead films, The Grudge films

The Grudge (film series)

The Grudge series is the American movie quadrilogy from Sony Pictures which is based on the Japanese Ju-on series created by Takashi Shimizu...

).

The Mastermind

Not much is known about the mastermind.
In the last episode, it is revealed he had a brown bag with the prize-$66,666.
When Ted stumbles to the cabin, he sees the "supposed" mastermind, but it is
really a dummy wearing a solid white mask covering the face.

Contestants

Elimination Chart

Name	|Age	|Hometown	|Episodes
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ted Kirner	26	Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	RISK	WINNER
Nasser Goins	26	Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...	SAFE	RISK	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	KILLED
Erica Johnson	24	Waycross, GA Waycross, Georgia Waycross is the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 14,725 at the 2010 Census. A small portion of the city extends into Pierce County. According the U.S...	SAFE	IMMUNE	RISK	RISK	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE
Melyssa Nocar	24	Columbus, OH Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	KILLED
Adam Wood	25	Seattle, WA Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...	SAFE	RISK	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	RISK
Leah Lucas	21	Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	RISK	KILLED
Cody Minshew	22	Austin, TX Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...	IMMUNE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE
Rodney Craft	26	Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	KILLED
Kelly Marquardt	23	San Diego, CA San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...	RISK	SAFE	SAFE	KILLED
Ryan Norys	24	Yorba Linda, CA Yorba Linda, California Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, approximately northeast of Downtown Santa Ana, and southeast of Downtown Los Angeles....	SAFE	SAFE	KILLED
	29		SAFE	SAFE
Laura Paul	27	Medford, OR Medford, Oregon Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...	SAFE	KILLED
Lauren Harris	24	Cherry Hill, NJ Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, representing an increase of 1,080 from the 69,965 residents enumerated during the 2000 Census...	KILLED

The contestant was killed by the death box while another contestant possessed it.

The contestant lost the execution ceremony and therefore died (was eliminated).

The contestant won the execution ceremony, saving themselves from being executed.

The contestant was forced into the execution ceremony due to falsely accusing another contestant of possessing the death box.

The contestant was immune

Immunity (reality television)

Immunity in reality television is a concept that is widely used in weekly elimination-type reality television shows by which a contestant participating in such a show may not be "kicked off" or eliminated from competition in a particular time period...

from the execution ceremony.

The contestant became the killer.

The contestant was executed while in possession of the death box.

The contestant became the killer, and was later executed.

The contestant won 13: Fear is Real.

Challenges

#	Ritual	Execution Ceremony	Type of Death	Killed By Death Box	Contestant Killed Off	Contestant(s) Survived
1	MEET THE MASTERMIND. The contestants paired up and had to locate their partner, who was tied up in the woods.	"Buried Alive" The first contestant out of the ground is saved from being executed.	Suffocated from being buried alive	Death box introduced	Lauren	Kelly
2	THE ACCUSED. The contestants paired up and one had to scoop water out of a boat while the other held up two snakes.	"Rat-Hat Cage" The first two contestants to escape steel chains and a mask containing rats are saved from being executed.	Face eaten alive by rats	No one, but Laura falsely accused by Nasser	Laura	Adam and Nasser
3	A KILLER AMONGST US. The contestants paired up and one looked for pieces of a pentagram in scary locations while the other gave directions.	"Ropes that Bind" The first contestant to break free of ropes while distracted by dogs, falling trees, and explosions is saved from being executed.	Crushed by a falling tree taken down by a chainsaw	Steffinie- killed by Rodney	Ryan	Erica
4	FORT FEAR. The contestants headed to an old, abandoned military fort. They individually searched for keys for a box.	"The Crucible" The first contestant to unlock the word lock (password: fried) and free themselves is saved from being executed.	Chained and burned alive at the stake	No one	Kelly	Erica
5	A LESSON IN TERROR. The contestants were transported to an abandoned high school. They individually searched for rings, which would be found in the favorite classrooms of the school's students who had been murdered.	"Slice and Dice" The first contestant to untie him/herself before the swinging pendulum chops him/her in half is saved from death.	Sliced in half by a pendulum	No one – Rodney revealed as the killer	Rodney	Leah
6	A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL. The contestants were transported to a slaughter house. Partners were chosen by who was sitting in the room with them at the time of the ritual. One partner was locked in a cage, and the other partner had to find him/her. The partner then had to find a key to unlock the cage, which could have been in any of the holes in the wall marked "?".	"Snakes in a Bathroom" The first contestant to unlock the handcuffs and solve the clues before the bathroom is fully flooded is saved from being executed.	Drowned and attacked by snakes in a locked bathroom filling with water	Cody – killed by Erica	Leah	Adam
7	ALONE. The contestants are put into a dark room with a large snake. They were then put into straight jackets, and had to escape them.	"The Car and the Compactor" The first contestant to escape from the trunk of their car and get out of the car compactor is saved from being executed.	Crushed to death in the trunk of a car	Adam – killed by Erica	Melyssa	Ted
8	BOOM. The final three contestants are taken to an isolated part of the woods in the Bayou and forced to outwit each other in the final ceremonies.	"Alone in the Woods" Part One – Contestants had to locate one of three death boxes hidden in the woods and kill off another contestant. Part Two – The first contestant to find bolt cutters in an animal grave, find a barrel, cut it open, and get the key covered in body organs inside is saved from execution. Part Three – The final remaining contestant has to unlock a hut with the prize money and escape before the hut explodes.	Killed by a minion wielding an axe	Erica- killed by Nasser	Nasser	Ted