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. Alan Robson acted as an on-site correspondent. While the show is set in numerous locations around the world, the interstitials featuring Blair and Robson were shot in Los Angeles, California.
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! scope="row"| Alton Military Prison
| Alton
| Illinois
| United States
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! scope="row"| Athens Lunatic Asylum
| Athens
| Ohio
| United States
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! scope="row"| Bunnyman Bridge
| Fairfax
| Virginia
| United States
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! scope="row"| Cheesman Park
| Denver
| Colorado
| United States
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! scope="row"| Dorsey Mansion
| Springer
| New Mexico
| United States
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! scope="row"| Eastern State Penitentiary
| Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
| United States
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! scope="row"| Goldfield Hotel
| Goldfield
| Nevada
| United States
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! scope="row"| Guanajuato Crypts
| Guanajuato City
| Guanajuato
| Mexico
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! scope="row"| Mansfield Reformatory
| Mansfield
| Ohio
| United States
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! scope="row"| Metropolitan State Hospital
| Waltham
| Massachusetts
| United States
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! scope="row"| New Jersey Pine Barrens
| Pine Barrens
| New Jersey
| United States
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! scope="row"| New London Ledge Light
| New London
| Connecticut
| United States
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! scope="row"| Sloss Furnaces
| Birmingham
| Alabama
| United States
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! scope="row"| Schilling farmhouse
| Johnstown
| Missouri
| United States
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! scope="row"| USS Hornet
| Alameda
| California
| United States
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! scope="row"| Waverly Hills Sanatorium
| Louisville
| Kentucky
| United States
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Europe
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! scope="row"| Abbey of Thelema
| Cefalù
| Sicily
| Italy
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! scope="row"| Bran Castle
| Bran
| Brașov
| Romania
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! scope="row"| Cachtice Castle
| Čachtice
| Trenčín
| Slovakia
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! scope="row"| Catacombe dei Cappuccini
| Palermo
| Sicily
| Italy
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! scope="row"| Chillingham Castle
| Chillingham
| Northumberland
| England
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! scope="row"| Colosseum
| Rome
| Lazio
| Italy
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! scope="row"| Edinburgh Vaults
| Edinburgh
| City of Edinburgh council area
| Scotland
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! scope="row"| Leap Castle
| Coolderry
| County Offaly
| Ireland
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! scope="row"| Montpelier Hill
| Wicklow Mountains
| Dublin
| Ireland
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! scope="row"| Walls of Genoa
| Genoa
| Liguria
| Italy
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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.
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.
See also
- Paranormal television
- Apparitional experience
- Parapsychology
- Ghost hunting
- Haunted locations in the United States