The Haunted Locations “Destination Fear” Will Explore

Destination Fear premiers on Travel Channel Saturday, October 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Dakota Laden, his sister and his best friend embark on a terrifying road trip in search of America’s most haunted abandoned places. But which haunted places will they jaunt to?

There are 10 hour-long episodes scheduled. Here’s the four places we know they go so far:

“Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary“

Series Premiere Saturday, October 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Dakota surprises Chelsea and Tanner with the news that they’re headed to Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee, known as the “Alcatraz of the South.” It bore witness to more than 10,000 deaths, and housed James Earl Ray, a.k.a. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassin. Brushy is rife with paranormal activity. But when Chelsea has a shocking confrontation with an entity inside Ray’s cell, and something unknown threatens Tanner, Dakota’s “fear” experiment takes a terrifying turn.

“Old South Pittsburg Hospital”

Premieres Saturday, November 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Dakota, Chelsea and Tanner explore one of the most haunted locations in America: the Old South Pittsburg Hospital in Tennessee. There are hundreds of paranormal accounts at Old South Pittsburg, but the most frightening entity is a specter on the third floor that is said to attack only women. Dakota must prepare his sister, Chelsea, for this confrontation as he attempts to test her and the limits of her fear. Can Chelsea’s relationship with Dakota withstand this challenge? After a startling encounter, Chelsea courageously faces what is no doubt one of the most stressful experiences of her life.

“Sweet Springs Sanitarium”

Premieres Saturday, November 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Sweet Springs Sanitarium in West Virginia may be one of the darkest and most terrifying locations the team has explored thus far. The site of a horrific massacre of a Native American tribe by one of George Washington’s colonels, the property has allegedly been cursed ever since. But before the team members even get to Sweet Springs, they have a haunting experience at an unusual pit stop: an abandoned amusement park in Lake Shawnee, West Virginia. The team members’ visit here is so unsettling, it sets them on edge. Almost instantly upon their arrival at Sweet Springs, they come face-to-face with some of the most unusual paranormal activity ever caught on tape, including unexplained screams, voices and terrifying chanting. With such a devastating emotional effect on the team, will they make it through the night?

“St. Albans Sanatorium”

Premieres Saturday, November 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

The team revisits a location they have been to before, a location so awful that Chelsea vowed she would never return. St. Albans Sanatorium in Radford, Virginia, is a looming monument and the site of a horrific colonist massacre, a brutal Lutheran boys school and a sanatorium that tortured its patients. Considered by many to be the most haunted place on the East Coast, it is said to be filled with hundreds of paranormal entities, including something so demonic that it allegedly possesses people. Chelsea is stunned by their return to St. Albans and fiercely objects, but Dakota refuses to let the team walk away from the location without overcoming it and seeking redemption. Can they finally conquer St. Albans? Or will St. Albans conquer them?

Courtney Mroch

Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.

Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.