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The Best Episodes of Destination Fear

Every episode of Destination Fear ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Destination Fear!

The Best Episodes of Destination Fear

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...

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  1. Background image for Old Historic Harriman Hospital
    9.7/10(66 votes)

    #1 - Old Historic Harriman Hospital

    S4:E4

    Tanner may have found the G.O.A.T. of all haunted locations when he picks out a deserted Tennessee hospital for the next stop. Rumors of bizarre hauntings swirl around this eerie, unexplored facility, but nobody can explain why. Can the team unlock its disturbing secrets?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Mid-Orange Correctional Facility
    9.7/10(66 votes)

    #2 - Mid-Orange Correctional Facility

    S4:E7

    The team falls deeper into the darkness at a deteriorating juvenile detention center near a quiet New York village. Dakota Laden is eager to establish a close bond with the youthful spirits, but quickly discovers to be careful what you wish for in this nightmarish facility.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Cresson Sanatorium and Prison (2)
    9.6/10(60 votes)

    #3 - Cresson Sanatorium and Prison (2)

    S4:E2

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Ashmore Estates
    9.5/10(52 votes)

    #4 - Ashmore Estates

    S4:E6

    Alex has a big surprise in store for Dakota, Chelsea, and Tanner when he takes them back to a decrepit Illinois poorhouse so scary that they swore never to return. But will tragic new information about this location force the team to re-evaluate the haunting?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Cresson Sanatorium and Prison (1)
    9.4/10(66 votes)

    #5 - Cresson Sanatorium and Prison (1)

    S4:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Defiance Junior High School
    9.4/10(62 votes)

    #6 - Defiance Junior High School

    S4:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Winchester Mystery House
    9.3/10(56 votes)

    #7 - Winchester Mystery House

    S4:E5

    Chelsea pulls the team out of the darkness and into the California sunshine … but only for a minute as she plunges them into the haunted madness of a legendary mansion. The crew takes a shot in the dark to see what energy is at play behind its walls.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Norwich State Hospital
    9.3/10(59 votes)

    #8 - Norwich State Hospital

    S4:E8

    Dakota saves the darkest, bleakest location for the last stop of one twisted road trip. This infamous psychiatric hospital in rural Connecticut is so diseased with dark history and demonic energy that it may be the final nail in the coffin for the “Destination Fear” team.

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Old Hospital On College Hill
    8.9/10(55 votes)

    #9 - Old Hospital On College Hill

    S2:E14

    Dakota has saved the best for last as the team rolls up to an abandoned West Virginia hospital. Known for its brutal deaths and grisly amputations, the blood-stained grounds have a chilling prescription in store for them that may shatter the team forever.

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
    8.7/10(64 votes)

    #10 - Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

    S2:E12

    The team heads to West Virginia to explore the most haunted asylum in America. Dakota has doubts about their ability to combat the bloodthirsty souls lurking in the shadows of the cursed property, but Tanner believes they are up for the challenge!

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Saratoga County Homestead
    8.6/10(70 votes)

    #11 - Saratoga County Homestead

    S2:E7

    Dakota leads Chelsea, Tanner and Alex to a decaying sanitarium where some patient corpses were unclaimed due to a flu pandemic. Screams and darting shadows play mind games with the team as they struggle to pin the activity on the living or the dead.

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Joliet Prison
    8.6/10(60 votes)

    #12 - Joliet Prison

    S2:E10

    It's sweet revenge for Chelsea when she takes the team to Chicago's historic and utterly terrifying Joliet Prison. Terrible things happen once they separate inside its imposing walls, and one member experiences their most sickening night ever.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Rolling Hills Asylum
    8.6/10(57 votes)

    #13 - Rolling Hills Asylum

    S2:E11

    Tanner confronts his greatest fear when the team explores an upstate New York asylum said to be haunted by the spirit of a 7-foot-tall man. The unique investigation causes them to completely re-evaluate everything they've ever believed about fear.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Old Idaho Prison
    8.5/10(55 votes)

    #14 - Old Idaho Prison

    S2:E13

    After many nights of torment by the paranormal, Alex finally gets his chance to pick a haunted location for the team to investigate. And he is ready to get even. He has planned the most terrifying experiment for Dakota yet at an infamous Idaho prison.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Nopeming Sanatorium
    8.4/10(73 votes)

    #15 - Nopeming Sanatorium

    S2:E1

    Dakota, Chelsea and Tanner head home to face the horror of their childhood nightmares, Minnesota's most-notorious sanatorium.

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  17. Background image for Yorktown Memorial Hospital
    8.4/10(71 votes)

    #16 - Yorktown Memorial Hospital

    S2:E2

    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!

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Old Montana Prison
    8.4/10(67 votes)

    #17 - Old Montana Prison

    S2:E3

    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.

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  19. Background image for Hill View Manor
    8.4/10(65 votes)

    #18 - Hill View Manor

    S2:E4

    The team heads to Pennsylvania to investigate a former home for the destitute and elderly, determined to conquer the terror inside, but things go horribly wrong during a dire paranormal-induced emergency.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Randolph County Infirmary
    8.4/10(64 votes)

    #19 - Randolph County Infirmary

    S2:E9

    The team returns to Indiana to explore an abandoned facility that has haunted Tanner’s nightmares for the past five years. He has only now mustered up the courage to confront who -- or what -- terrorized him during their first investigation.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Cambria County Jail
    8.2/10(64 votes)

    #20 - Cambria County Jail

    S2:E5

    Convinced total isolation and disorientation is the only way to push fear to its absolute limits.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Sheboygan County Asylum
    8.2/10(64 votes)

    #21 - Sheboygan County Asylum

    S2:E6

    Dakota brings the road trip to its most chilling overnight yet, inside a shuttered Wisconsin asylum.

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  23. Background image for Old Bourbon Distillery
    8.0/10(65 votes)

    #22 - Old Bourbon Distillery

    S2:E8

    The team heads to Kentucky to explore one of America's oldest bourbon distilleries. Dakota has a theory that quick and violent deaths cause some of the most intense hauntings, and he believes this sprawling house of horrors is just the place to test it.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Old South Pittsburg Hospital
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Old South Pittsburg Hospital

    S1:E2

    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.

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  26. Background image for Sweet Springs Sanitarium
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Sweet Springs Sanitarium

    S1:E3

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Old Historic Harriman Hospital" is the best rated episode of "Destination Fear". It scored 9.7/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/16/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mid-Orange Correctional Facility".