7.6/10117 votes#1 - Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/26/2019
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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8.2/1095 votes#2 - Old South Pittsburg Hospital
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/2/2019
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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8.9/10111 votes#3 - Sweet Springs Sanitarium
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2019
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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8.6/1086 votes#4 - St. Albans Sanatorium
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/2019
The team reveals a terrifying twist when they revisit St. Albans Sanatorium in Radford, Virginia, a location so awful that Chelsea quit last time and vowed she would never return. Can the trio conquer St. Albans before it conquers them again?
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8.3/1081 votes#5 - Eloise Psychiatric Hospital
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/23/2019
Dakota, Chelsea and Tanner investigate one of the most-haunted locations in Michigan — Eloise Psychiatric Hospital. The team begins to lose its grip on reality as it is subjected to unexplained screams, slamming doors and rampant poltergeist activity.
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8.5/1079 votes#6 - Madison Seminary
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/30/2019
Dark forces conspire against the team as they investigate the Madison Seminary, one of the most-haunted locations in Ohio. Terrifying voices, shadow figures and physical contact with a demonic entity leaves them stunned and shaken to the core.
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8.4/1074 votes#7 - Statler Hotel
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/2019
Dakota's team is pushed to their limits when they check into a historic hotel in Buffalo, NY. Disembodied voices and shadows are everywhere, but the haunted elevators prove most terrifying when communications fail and they each find themselves alone.
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8.5/1075 votes#8 - West Virginia State Penitentiary
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/14/2019
The team heads to Moundsville, West Virginia, to investigate what was once one of the top ten most-violent prisons in America. Dakota fears he may have to leave some part of his soul behind after he is targeted in a horrific physical attack.
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8.3/1072 votes#9 - Fairfield County Infirmary
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/21/2019
The team's terrifying road trip takes them to a house of horrors in Lancaster, Ohio. When Dakota tasks each member to explore the property all alone, Alex encounters something so evil it wouldn’t be believed if not caught on video.
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8.3/1071 votes#10 - Pennhurst State School
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/28/2019
The team faces their biggest paranormal challenge yet when they roll up to an abandoned asylum in Spring City, Pa.; hissing, violent entities within the asylum leave them wondering if they'll ever return home from their terrifying road trip.
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The Best Episodes of Destination Fear Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary" is the best rated episode of "Destination Fear" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/26/2019. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Old South Pittsburg Hospital".