Scariest Places on Earth
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| Scariest Places on Earth | |
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 Title screenshot of Scariest Places on Earth. |
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| Genre | Paranormal / Documentary / Reality / Horror |
| Developed by | Triage Entertainment |
| Starring | Linda Blair |
| Narrated by | Zelda Rubinstein |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 48 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steve Kroopnick |
| Running time | 44-46 minutes (without commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC Family |
| Original run | October 23, 2000 – October 29, 2006 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Scariest Places on Earth was an American paranormal documentary reality television series that aired from October 23, 2000, to October 29, 2006. The program featured reported cases of the paranormal by sending an ordinary family to visit the haunted location in a "reality TV"-style investigation. It was produced by Triage Entertainment for Fox Family Channel, which is now ABC Family and owns the rights to the show. The show was recently shown in reruns on SCI FI which is a part of NBC Universal. It currently airs on NBC Universal's horror and suspense-themed cable channel Chiller.
The show was hosted by Linda Blair of the film The Exorcist. The show was narrated by Zelda Rubinstein, who is most famous for her role as the busty clairvoyant Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Alan Robson, a well known UK radio DJ and writer, acted as an on-site correspondent.
Sites investigated include Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Sloss Furnaces in Alabama, the Villisca Ax Murder House in Iowa, Leap Castle, Ohio University, The Anchor Hotel, the Jersey Devil[1], Mansfield Reformatory in Ohio, Poveglia Island in Italy, Metropolitan State Hospital (unnamed in the episode: "an abandoned mental asylum with such a terrible past we are not allowed to mention its name," Blair narrated).
The main controversy with the show was that it was accused of fabricating some of the aired events.[1][2]
A rare video has been released. It is currently out-of-print.[citation needed]
[edit] Episodes
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.(2001) Poveglia - a small island located between Venice and Lido in Italy
- Island of No Return: The Venice Dare
- Island of No Return: The Untold Stories
(2006) Elizabeth Báthory - Čachtice Castle
- "Legendary Haunts" (2006)
- Dixmont State Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Manresa Castle in Port Townsend, Washington - Investigated by one man who was a guest of the hotel as a child and using 2 of his friends as "bait".
- Moundsville Penitentiary - Actually, the former West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia. Investigated by untrained college students.
- USS Hornet - Investigated by Beyond Investigation Magazine.
- Hunedoara Castle (Transylvania, Romania), where Dracula was kept prisoner for seven years. The show claimed that an inscription in a well read "you have water, but not soul", while it actually just stated the name of the slave who dug it.
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Devil Hunters - Official Researchers of the Jersey Devil
- ^ http://www.villiscamovie.com/scariest_places.htm
[edit] External links
- Scariest Places On Earth at scaryforkids.com
- Episode guide at tv.com
- Scariest Places on Earth at the Internet Movie Database
- Scariest Places on Earth at TV.com
