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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
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  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
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  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
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  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 Spike Island
    9.1/10(59 votes)

    #9 - Spike Island

    S3:E16

    The team's epic overseas investigation takes them to Ireland's most haunted prison. The dark forces on the island are overwhelming, and terror hits Tanner like a ton of bricks. But something else lights up Dakota with a fear he's never experienced before.

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

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for Villisca Axe Murder House
    8.9/10(61 votes)

    #11 - Villisca Axe Murder House

    S3:E8

    In an unprecedented move, Dakota takes the team to not one, but two locations … at the same time! Combined, it will make for an exploration of one of the most gruesome events in American history. A family was brutally murdered in the now-infamous Villisca Axe Murder House, and many believe that a dark and nefarious entity haunts the home. But it’s the seemingly paranormal connection to a hotel 40 miles away that has intrigued Dakota, and he and the team are the first to explore it.

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  13. Background image for Phelps Dodge Hospital
    8.9/10(56 votes)

    #12 - Phelps Dodge Hospital

    S3:E11

    The team digs deep as they mine their darkest fears at an abandoned Arizona hospital. Faced with a vicious entity that hates men, they get more evidence than they dared hope for. But hope turns to horror when one of them gets a ghostly death threat.

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Old Nazareth Hospital
    8.8/10(57 votes)

    #13 - Old Nazareth Hospital

    S3:E10

    The team rolls into a Texas town to investigate one of the most haunted hospitals in America. Chelsea is unhappy to discover a haunted doll room on the premises, and the team is not prepared when a wave of pent-up paranormal energy is unleashed upon them.

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

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for Edinburgh Manor
    8.7/10(62 votes)

    #15 - Edinburgh Manor

    S3:E7

    Six years ago, Dakota and Alex attempted to explore Iowa’s menacing Edinburgh Manor, where it’s said that residents literally slit their own throats to escape the misery. Without a plan, they were chased away by something in the basement. Now they return with the entire team, armed with a new understanding of the paranormal. But they once again encounter something in the basement. Can Dakota turn the tables on the poltergeist known as The Joker?

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Old Adrian Hospital
    8.7/10(55 votes)

    #16 - Old Adrian Hospital

    S3:E13

    It's Tanner's turn to pick the next stop, and his plans for revenge take a truly dark turn at a deserted Pennsylvania hospital. Dark entities, doppelgangers and poltergeists lurk around every corner, but what the team hears is the most terrifying of all.

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  18. Background image for Saratoga County Homestead
    8.6/10(70 votes)

    #17 - 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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  19. Background image for Joliet Prison
    8.6/10(60 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Background image for Rolling Hills Asylum
    8.6/10(57 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. Background image for Waverly Hills Sanatorium
    8.6/10(67 votes)

    #20 - Waverly Hills Sanatorium

    S3:E1

    The team confront their childhood fears at the infamous Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, KY, reputed to be America’s most haunted location.

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  22. Background image for Odd Fellows Home
    8.6/10(64 votes)

    #21 - Odd Fellows Home

    S3:E6

    Alex has a diabolical plan for revenge that quickly turns to regret once he realizes he has unleashed something terrifying on the team. His location, once home to a mysterious secret society that entombed skeletons in the walls of its buildings, will reveal things to the team about their fear threshold that they may wish they never knew.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Nevada State Prison
    8.6/10(58 votes)

    #22 - Nevada State Prison

    S3:E12

    Still reeling from a ghostly warning, Dakota and the team heads to one of America's deadliest prisons -- a place packed with tortured entities. True fear strikes their hearts when a spirit reaches out to the team for an unimaginable request.

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  24. Background image for Indiana State Sanatorium
    8.6/10(54 votes)

    #23 - Indiana State Sanatorium

    S3:E14

    Alex pushes new fear boundaries with his pick for the next stop. Not only has the Indiana State Sanatorium never been explored, nobody in the world knows what lurks within its walls.

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  25. Background image for Nopeming Sanatorium
    8.5/10(72 votes)

    #24 - 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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  26. Background image for Yorktown Memorial Hospital
    8.5/10(69 votes)

    #25 - 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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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".