Series synopsis
Destination Fear is a Canadian reality documentary television series that premiered on Travel Channel on October 26, 2019. It ended on January 13, 2023. It stars Dakota Laden, Chelsea Laden, Tanner Wiseman and Alex Schroeder.
You saw him on Ghost Adventures, now, Dakota Laden takes his sister and best friend on a cross-country road trip to visit the most haunted locations in America.
Premise
You saw him on Ghost Adventures, now, Dakota Laden takes his sister and best friend on a cross-country road trip to visit the most haunted locations in America.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Dakota Laden as Himself
- Chelsea Laden as Herself
- Tanner Wiseman as Himself
- Alex Schroeder as Himself
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 50 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | June 18, 2020 | June 18, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 10 | October 26, 2019 | December 28, 2019 |
| Season 2 | 14 | April 29, 2020 | December 19, 2020 |
| Season 3 | 16 | July 24, 2021 | December 25, 2021 |
| Season 4 | 8 | November 25, 2022 | January 13, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Behind the Screams Dakota, Chelsea, Tanner and Alex discuss their most terrifying moments on the road with paranormal investigator Dave Schrader. Fan questions are answered, and the team reveals bonus footage and new evidence. |
June 18, 2020 |
| 2 |
Trail to Terror A real life documentary about Fear. Dakota Laden takes his sister, Chelsea, and best friends Tanner and Coalin on a five night journey to test their limits of fear. This real life experiment, and what they experience is like nothing ever captured on film before. What starts out as an experiment on fear, turns into the first ever real life horror film. Dakota does not tell anyone where they are going, just that it is a documentary on fear and they will be sleeping alone in what experts say are the most haunted locations in America. Feels scary, sounds scary, looks scary, but what they experienced night after night tested not only their beliefs but will test the beliefs of everyone that watches the film. This joyful group of friends on a road trip in a RV by day and sleeping alone at night in terrifying locations turns into something that still haunts them to this day. |
October 8, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary Dakota meets the team in Tennessee to investigate the dark corridors of Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Chelsea has a confrontation with an entity inside James Earl Ray's cell. Tanner is threatened. Dakota's fear experiment takes a turn. |
October 26, 2019 |
| 2 |
Old South Pittsburg Hospital The team pushes itself to the edge of sanity as they explore a notoriously haunted hospital in Tennessee. Dakota and Chelsea's sibling bond is tested when she is confronted by an aggressive entity with a grudge against women on the third floor. |
November 2, 2019 |
| 3 |
Sweet Springs Sanitarium The site of a horrific Native American massacre is the team's darkest, most-terrifying location yet. They are tormented by unexplained screams, terrifying chants and a voice that almost pushes them to the edge of madness. |
November 9, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nopeming Sanatorium Dakota, Chelsea and Tanner head home to face the horror of their childhood nightmares, Minnesota's most-notorious sanatorium. |
April 29, 2020 |
| 2 |
Yorktown Memorial Hospital The team investigates a Texas hospital with a gruesome history, including a brutal double homicide. Once under the direction of Catholic nuns, the abandoned building’s chapel may house a demonic entity with its sights set on Dakota! |
May 6, 2020 |
| 3 |
Old Montana Prison The team investigates a former Montana Prison haunted by dark entities known for choking, shaking and possessing visitors, one team member must overcome his fear of violent spirits to survive the night behind the walls of the vile place. |
May 13, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Waverly Hills Sanatorium The team confront their childhood fears at the infamous Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, KY, reputed to be America’s most haunted location. |
July 24, 2021 |
| 2 |
Missouri State Penitentiary Dakota blindsides the team when he decides to amp up the fear at a notorious prison. The ghost of a child kidnapper tries to communicate with Chelsea. |
July 31, 2021 |
| 3 |
Fort Knox The team is left with less-than-warm feelings for Dakota when he hatches a chilling plan to communicate with the dead at an abandoned fort in Prospect, Maine. Things get even more heated when a ghostly caretaker threatens to throw them all out into the cold. |
August 7, 2021 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Cresson Sanatorium and Prison (1) The team faces a trifecta of terror at a decaying sanatorium in rural Pennsylvania. If a ghostly mimic and child spirits aren’t enough to shake up the crew, Dakota has a dark and twisted experiment up his sleeve to amp up the fear at this foreboding facility. |
November 25, 2022 |
| 2 |
Cresson Sanatorium and Prison (2) Dakota diabolical dive into darkness continues when he blindsides the team with a double dose of terror at an abandoned Pennsylvania sanatorium. Can they handle a night in the cell block where one of America’s most horrific serial killers was housed? |
December 2, 2022 |
| 3 |
Defiance Junior High School The team learns the true meaning of “school spirit” at a vacant junior high school in Ohio. From jangling keys luring them to a killer custodian’s lair to a mind-boggling encounter in the gym, Dakota and crew are the victims of a non-stop haunted hazing. |
December 9, 2022 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Travel Channel |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 26, 2019 |
| Last aired | January 13, 2023 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 21:00:00 |