Scariest Places On Earth
Encyclopedia
Scariest Places on Earth is an American paranormal
documentary
reality
television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000 to October 29, 2006. The program was produced by Triage Entertainment for the Fox Family
Channel, which is now ABC Family
and owns the rights to the show. The show featured reported cases of the paranormal
by sending an ordinary family to visit the location in a reality TV-style vigil.
of the film The Exorcist
, and narrated by Zelda Rubinstein
, who is most famous for her role as the clairvoyant Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist
film series. Alan Robson
, a well known UK radio DJ and writer, acts as an on-site correspondent.
The main controversy with the show was that it was accused of fabricating some of the aired events.
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Mexico
Romania
United Kingdom
Venezuela
, which is a part of NBC Universal
. It currently airs on NBC Universal's horror- and suspense-themed cable channel Chiller
.
(Episodes 11 through 16 are re-edits of the originals)
(Episodes 18 through 22 are returns to previous locations)
(Episode 6 is a best of...locations)
Paranormal television
Paranormal television is a genre of popular reality television programming. Its scope comprises purportedly factual investigations of paranormal phenomena, rather than fictional representations found in such shows as The Ghosts of Motley Hall and Ghostbusters, or cartoon/children's series such as...
documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
reality
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...
television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000 to October 29, 2006. The program was produced by Triage Entertainment for the Fox Family
Television networks preceding ABC Family
The cable television network ABC Family has gone through several different owners during its history. Stipulations in sales terms for the network require that the network maintain the word "Family" in its name.-CBN Cable :...
Channel, which is now ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
and owns the rights to the show. The show featured reported cases of the paranormal
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...
by sending an ordinary family to visit the location in a reality TV-style vigil.
Synopsis
The series is hosted by Linda BlairLinda Blair
Linda Denise Blair is an American actress. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the 1973 film The Exorcist, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, winning one. She reprised her role in 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic.-Biography:Blair...
of the film The Exorcist
The Exorcist (film)
The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty and based on the exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim, dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s desperate attempts to win back her...
, and narrated by Zelda Rubinstein
Zelda Rubinstein
Zelda Rubinstein was an American actress and human rights activist, best known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the movie Poltergeist and its sequels, Poltergeist II: The Other Side , and Poltergeist III . Playing 'Ginny', she was a regular on David E...
, who is most famous for her role as the clairvoyant Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist
Poltergeist (film series)
The Poltergeist movies are a trilogy of American horror films distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the 1980s. The films revolve around the members of the Freeling family, who are stalked and terrorized by a group of ancient ghosts that are attracted to the youngest daughter, Carol Anne. The...
film series. Alan Robson
Alan Robson
Alan Robson MBE is an English radio DJ who presents the late-night Night Owls phone-in show on Metro Radio, a regional commercial station in North East England, owned by Bauer Radio. He has written many books and starred in many TV shows...
, a well known UK radio DJ and writer, acts as an on-site correspondent.
The main controversy with the show was that it was accused of fabricating some of the aired events.
United States
Rest of the world
France- Catacombs of ParisCatacombs of ParisThe Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris are an underground ossuary in Paris, France. Located south of the former city gate , the ossuary holds the remains of about 6 million people and fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of Paris' stone mines...
Ireland
- Charleville Castle
- Leap CastleLeap CastleLeap Castle is an Irish castle in County Offaly, about four miles north of the town of Roscrea on the R421. It was built in the late 15th century by the O'Bannon family and was originally called "Léim Uí Bhanáin," or "Leap of the O'Bannons." The O'Bannons were the "secondary chieftains" of the...
Italy
- Lucedio AbbeyLucedio AbbeyLucedio Abbey is a 12th century former Cistercian foundation near Trino, which is now in the province of Vercelli, north-west Italy...
- PovegliaPovegliaPoveglia is a small island located between Venice and Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. A small canal divides the island into two parts. It is off-limits to visitors.-History:...
- Abbey of ThelemaAbbey of ThelemaThe Abbey of Thelema refers to a small house which was used as a temple and spiritual centre founded by Aleister Crowley and Leah Hirsig in Cefalù, Sicily in 1920....
, in CefalùCefalùCefalù is a city and comune in the province of Palermo, located on the northern coast of Sicily, Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea about 70 km east from the provincial capital and 185 km west of Messina...
Jamaica
- Rose HallRose HallRose Hall is a community in the East Berbice-Corentyne Region of Guyana, located at . Rose Hall is 14 miles east of New Amsterdam, and is the smallest town in Guyana.-History:...
in Montego BayMontego BayMontego Bay is the capital of St. James Parish and the second largest city in Jamaica by area and the fourth by population .It is a tourist destination with duty free shopping, cruise line terminal and the beaches...
Mexico
- GuanajuatoGuanajuatoGuanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....
Romania
- Bran CastleBran CastleBran Castle , situated near Bran and in the immediate vicinity of Braşov, is a national monument and landmark in Romania. The fortress is situated on the border between Transylvania and Wallachia, on DN73...
- Hunyad CastleHunyad CastleThe Huniad Castle is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara , present-day Romania.- History :...
United Kingdom
- Chillingham CastleChillingham CastleChillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham in the northern part of Northumberland, England. It was the seat of the Grey family and their descendants the Earls of Tankerville from the 13th century until the 1980s. The Chillingham Wild Cattle, formerly associated with the...
- Dalhousie CastleDalhousie CastleDalhousie Castle is a castle in Midlothian, Scotland. Dalhousie Castle is situated near the town of Bonnyrigg, 8 miles south of Edinburgh. The castle was the seat of the Earls of Dalhousie, the chieftains of Clan Ramsay.-History:...
- Greyfriars KirkyardGreyfriars KirkyardGreyfriars Kirkyard is the graveyard surrounding Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located at the southern edge of the Old Town, adjacent to George Heriot's School. Burials have been taking place since the late 16th century, and a number of notable Edinburgh residents are interred at...
- Woodchester MansionWoodchester MansionWoodchester Mansion is an unfinished, Gothic revival mansion house located in Woodchester Park near Nympsfield in Woodchester, Gloucestershire, England...
Venezuela
- PetarePetarePetare is a city in Miranda, Venezuela, and is part of the urban area of Caracas. It is the located in the Sucre Municipality, one of the five divisions of Caracas. The city was founded in 1621 under the name of San Jose de Guanarito...
in CaracasCaracasCaracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
Syndication
Reruns were aired on SyfySyfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
, which is a part of NBC Universal
NBC Universal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...
. It currently airs on NBC Universal's horror- and suspense-themed cable channel Chiller
Chiller (TV channel)
Chiller is a 24-hour American cable and satellite television channel specializing in horror and suspense programming. conglomerate NBCUniversal.- Origin :...
.
Season 1
- Ep 1. "Satan's Dormitory" (10/23/2000), Chillingham Castle dare (part 1), Villisca Axe Murder House, Hayden Bridge Exorcism
- Ep 2. "Eastern State Penitentiary" (10/24/2000), Chillingham Castle dare (part 2), The Jersey Devil, Paris Catacombs: City of Death, Eastern State Penitentiary
- Ep 3. "Italy's Fortress of Blood" (10/25/2000), Chillingham Castle date (part 3), Blood Red Lighthouse, Death Valley, New England mental hospital
- Ep 4. "Ghost Ship" (10/26/2000), Chillingham Castle dare (part 4), secret dungeons of Alcatraz, Satan's underground, RMS Queen Mary, Savannah Frankenstein
- Ep 5. "Chillingham" (10/27/2000), Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, England
Season 2
- Ep 1. "Curse of the Roman Gladitors" (3/26/2001), Roman Colosseum, Oranmore Castle in Ireland, Bunnyman's Bridge in Virginia, Magnolia Lane Plantation (part 1)
- Ep 2. "Village of the Damned" (3/27/2001), Village of Alton, Illinois, Fort Doom: Fort Pulaski in Georgia, Secret Mummies of Italy: Capuchin Catacombs, Magnolia Lane Plantation (part 2)
- Ep 3. "White Witch" (3/28/2001), Rose Hall Great House in Montego Bay, Jamica, poltergeist house, Ohio prison of lost souls: Mansfield Reformatory, Magnolia Lane Plantation (part 3)
- Ep 4. "Cemetery of the Angry Undead" (3/29/2001), House of Sin: Dorsey Mansion in New Mexico, living with the dead, Magnolia Lane Plantation (part 4)
- Ep 5. "Magnolia Lane Plantation" (3/30/2001) Magnolia Lane Plantation (part 5)
- Ep 6. "A House Possessed" (4/6/2001), haunted farmhouse, Charleville Castle in Ireland, Nevermore In Baltimore: Westminster Cemetery, The Devils of Derby
- Ep 7. "Charleville: Haunted Irish Castle Dare" (4/13/2001), Charleville Castle, Ireland
- Ep 8. "Lair of the Wickedest Man on Earth" (4/20/2001), Lair of Aleister Crowley, La Purisma, Thelema Abby Lucedio Monsatery, In the Belly of the Beast: Steel Mill of Sloss Furnace
- Ep 9. "Lucedio: Cursed Italian Monastery Dare" (4/27/2001), Themela Abby Lucedio Monsatery, Italy
- Ep 10. "Exorcism" (5/4/2001), Hayden Bridge, poltergeist infested house, Greyfriars Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland, Leap Castle
(Episodes 11 through 16 are re-edits of the originals)
- Ep 17. "Lost Souls" (7/6/2001), Capuchin Catacombs, Palermo, Sicily
(Episodes 18 through 22 are returns to previous locations)
- Ep 23. "Contagion of Fear" (10/23/2001), Waverly Hills Sanitarium in Kentucky, Seul Choix Lighthouse in Michigan, haunted resort in Oregon, 14th century castle in Scotland
- Ep 24. "Return to Charleville Castle" (10/24/2001), Charleville Castle, Ireland
- Ep 25. "Goldfield Ghost Hunt" (10/25/2001), Goldfield Hotel in Nevada, Irish Lodge: Hellfire Club, Mummies of Mexico: Mexican Cypt, Hot Lake Resort
- Ep 26. "A Night In Dracula's Castle: The Transylvania Dare" (10/26/2001), Vlad The Impaler: Dracula's Castle in Romania
Season 3
- Ep 1. "Return to Romania Dare" (4/21/2002), Dracula's Castle in Romania
- Ep 2. "Woodchester Mansion" (10/20/2001), 19th century manor house: Woodchester Mansion, Cotswald, England
- Ep 3. "Return to Transylvania" (10/21/2002), Vlad Dracula's Castle: Hunedoara Castle in Romania
- Ep 4. "Return to Magnolia Lane" (10/22/2002), Magnolia Lane Plantation in Louisiana
- Ep 5. "Fear Force" (10/23/2002), Thunderbird Lodge, Lake Tahoe, Arizona
(Episode 6 is a best of...locations)
- Ep 7. "Urban Legends 2" (10/24/2002), Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts, Indian Burial Ground Amusement Park in West Virginia, Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado
- Ep 8. "Castle of the Bloodcountess" (10/29/2002), Cachtice Castle
- Ep 9. "Legendary Haunts" (10/29/2002), Moundsville Prison in West Virginia, Dixmont State Hospital in Pennsylvania
- Ep 10. "Waverly Hills Sanatorium" (10/30/2002), Loney Lighthouse: Seul Chiox Lighthouse in Michigan, Scottish Castle Nightmare: Balgonie Castle in Scotland, Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky