# Most Terrifying Places in America

Most Terrifying Places in America was an American paranormal documentary television series that premiered on October 9, 2009 on the Travel Channel as a stand-alone special. The special was subsequently broken down into an episodic series. Each episode featured the legends and stories of several reportedly haunted locations throughout America.
In October 2018, a five-episode special series aired on the Travel Channel which gave the show episode titles instead of numbered volumes.

## Synopsis

The series was narrated by Mason Pettit. Each episode started off showing haunted "hotspots" on a map of the United States.A particular haunted location was then selected by each of the series' "ghost hunters," and investigated by them and their team. Paranormal investigators, historians, psychics, and mediums all presented commentary on these sites. Historical footage was often shown, and any eyewitnesses interviewed. The show reported on the paranormal as told from purported personal encounters with the supernatural. At the beginning of each episode a parental advisory was shown: "Warning: What you are about to see may be too extreme for the young, the impressionable, and the faint of heart. Parental discretion is advised."

## Series overview

| Part | Title | Airdate |
| 1 | Most Terrifying Places in America 1 | October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09) |
| 2 | Most Terrifying Places in America 2 | October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09) |
| 3 | Most Terrifying Places in America 3 | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) |
| 4 | Most Terrifying Places in America 4 | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) |
| 5 | Most Terrifying Places in America 5 | October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08) |
| 6 | Most Terrifying Places in America 6 | October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) |
| 7 | Most Terrifying Places in America 7 | October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22) |

## Specials

Each episode tells the tales of haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural

### Part 1 (Special)

| Part | Title | Original Airdate |
| 1 | Most Terrifying Places in America 1 | October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09) |
| Locations | Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio Lincoln Theater, Decatur, Illinois Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana Waverly Hills Sanitorium, Louisville, Kentucky St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana Axe Murder House, Villisca, Iowa | Stanley Hotel, Estes Park, Colorado Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio Lincoln Theater, Decatur, Illinois Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana Waverly Hills Sanitorium, Louisville, Kentucky St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana Axe Murder House, Villisca, Iowa |
| Overview | In this one-hour special premiere, the episode tells the tales of seven haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. | In this one-hour special premiere, the episode tells the tales of seven haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. |

### Part 2 (Special)

| Part | Title | Original Airdate |
| 2 | Most Terrifying Places in America 2 | October 9, 2009 (2009-10-09) |
| Locations | Shanghai Tunnels, Portland, Oregon Old Town Tatu (haunted tattoo parlor), Chicago, Illinois Lemp Mansion, St Louis, Missouri Bobby Mackey's Music World, Wilder, Kentucky Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California The Whaley House, San Diego, California Clinton Road, West Milford, New Jersey | Shanghai Tunnels, Portland, Oregon Old Town Tatu (haunted tattoo parlor), Chicago, Illinois Lemp Mansion, St Louis, Missouri Bobby Mackey's Music World, Wilder, Kentucky Winchester Mystery House, San Jose, California The Whaley House, San Diego, California Clinton Road, West Milford, New Jersey |
| Overview | In the second one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of seven more haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. | In the second one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of seven more haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. |

### Part 3 (Special)

| Part | Title | Original Airdate |
| 3 | Most Terrifying Places in America 3 | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) |
| Locations | Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Devil's Tree, Bernards Township, New Jersey Manresa Castle, Port Townsend, Washington Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Rhode Island Archer Avenue, Justice, Illinois Stone's Public House, Ashland, Massachusetts Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, Fall River, Massachusetts | Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Devil's Tree, Bernards Township, New Jersey Manresa Castle, Port Townsend, Washington Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Rhode Island Archer Avenue, Justice, Illinois Stone's Public House, Ashland, Massachusetts Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast, Fall River, Massachusetts |
| Overview | In the third one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of eight haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. | In the third one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of eight haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. |

### Part 4 (Special)

| Part | Title | Original Airdate |
| 4 | Most Terrifying Places in America 4 | October 1, 2010 (2010-10-01) |
| Locations | Liar's Club, Chicago, Illinois Watseka Wonder (Roff Family Homestead), Watseka, Illinois Manteno State Hospital, Manteno, Illinois Miss Molly's Bed & Breakfast, Fort Worth, Texas Georgetown Castle, Seattle, Washington USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, New York | Liar's Club, Chicago, Illinois Watseka Wonder (Roff Family Homestead), Watseka, Illinois Manteno State Hospital, Manteno, Illinois Miss Molly's Bed & Breakfast, Fort Worth, Texas Georgetown Castle, Seattle, Washington USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, Texas Oak Alley Plantation, Vacherie, Louisiana Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, New York |
| Overview | In the fourth one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of eight more haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. | In the fourth one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of eight more haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. |

### Part 5 (Special)

| Part | Title | Original Airdate |
| 5 | Most Terrifying Places in America 5 | October 8, 2010 (2010-10-08) |
| Locations | Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, Lake Shawnee, West Virginia Sorrel Weed House, Savannah, Georgia Mount Misery, Long Island, Huntington, New York Whispers Estate Bed & Breakfast, Mitchell, Indiana Stepney Cemetery, Monroe, Connecticut St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine, Florida Willard Library, Evansville, Indiana Jerome Grand Hotel, Jerome, Arizona Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, Texas | Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, Lake Shawnee, West Virginia Sorrel Weed House, Savannah, Georgia Mount Misery, Long Island, Huntington, New York Whispers Estate Bed & Breakfast, Mitchell, Indiana Stepney Cemetery, Monroe, Connecticut St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine, Florida Willard Library, Evansville, Indiana Jerome Grand Hotel, Jerome, Arizona Presidio La Bahia, Goliad, Texas |
| Overview | In the fifth one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of nine haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. | In the fifth one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of nine haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. |

### Part 6 (Special)

| Part | Title | Original Airdate |
| 6 | Most Terrifying Places in America 6 | October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15) |
| Locations | Mineral Springs Hotel, Alton, Illinois Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York Morse Mill Hotel, Morse Mill, Missouri Lotz House, Franklin, Tennessee The Holly Hotel, Holly, Michigan Burlington County Prison, Mount Holly, New Jersey St. Paul's Church, Key West, Florida Hull House, Chicago, Illinois | Mineral Springs Hotel, Alton, Illinois Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York Morse Mill Hotel, Morse Mill, Missouri Lotz House, Franklin, Tennessee The Holly Hotel, Holly, Michigan Burlington County Prison, Mount Holly, New Jersey St. Paul's Church, Key West, Florida Hull House, Chicago, Illinois |
| Overview | In the sixth one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of eight haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. | In the sixth one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of eight haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. |

### Part 7 (Special)

| Part | Title | Original Airdate |
| 7 | Most Terrifying Places in America 7 | October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22) |
| Locations | Route 44, Rehoboth, Massachusetts Octagon Hall, Franklin, Kentucky Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Midlothian, Illinois Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio Marjim Manor, Appleton, New York Captain Grant's Inn, Preston, Connecticut White Eagle Saloon & Hotel, Portland, Oregon One If By Land, Two If By Sea Restaurant, New York City, New York | Route 44, Rehoboth, Massachusetts Octagon Hall, Franklin, Kentucky Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, Midlothian, Illinois Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio Marjim Manor, Appleton, New York Captain Grant's Inn, Preston, Connecticut White Eagle Saloon & Hotel, Portland, Oregon One If By Land, Two If By Sea Restaurant, New York City, New York |
| Overview | In the seventh one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of nine haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. | In the seventh one-hour special, the episode tells the tales of nine haunted locations, which are reportedly haunted by the supernatural. |

## Special

A Halloween special named Most Terrifying Places in America: Top 13 aired on Friday October 29, 2010. This special episode counted-down the 13 most terrifying places from past episodes.
| Title | Original Air Date |
| Most Terrifying Places in America: Top 13 | October 29, 2010 |
| Haunted Locations | 13 The Devil's Tree, Bernards Township, New Jersey 12 Manteno State Hospital, Manteno, Illinois 11 Slater Mill Pawtucket, Rhode Island 10 Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, Lake Shawnee, West Virginia 9 Georgetown Castle, Seattle, Washington 8 Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee 7 Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado 6 Morse Mill Hotel, Morse Mill, Missouri 5 Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4 Whispers Estate Bed & Breakfast, Mitchell, Indiana 3 Liar's Club, Chicago, Illinois 2 Lotz House, Franklin, Tennessee 1 Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York |

## Episodes

| Ep. # | Episode Title | Original Airdate |
| 1.1 | Haunted Roadtrips | June 30, 2018 (2018-90-30) |
| Locations | Ernestine & Hazel's Bar, Memphis, Tennessee Old Man Stuckey's Bridge, Meridian, Mississippi Marshall House, Savannah, Georgia Donner Lake, Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee, California "The Dead Zone", Interstate 4, Lake Monroe, Florida Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas | Ernestine & Hazel's Bar, Memphis, Tennessee Old Man Stuckey's Bridge, Meridian, Mississippi Marshall House, Savannah, Georgia Donner Lake, Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee, California "The Dead Zone", Interstate 4, Lake Monroe, Florida Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Arkansas |
| Overview | This episode tells the tales of the open road by exploring terrifying roadside attractions and the haunted roads less traveled that will make drivers want to lock their doors and roll up their windows. A Memphis juke joint that featured blues and a brothel, an old bridge in Mississippi where a murderer was hanged for his crimes, Savannah's oldest operating hotel built before to the Civil War that was used as a hospital for amputations, a ghostly lake that tells the tale of what really happened to the Donner party, Florida's highway to hell locals call the 'Dead Zone' and an Arkansas hotel that was operated as a cancer hospital run by a charlatan. | This episode tells the tales of the open road by exploring terrifying roadside attractions and the haunted roads less traveled that will make drivers want to lock their doors and roll up their windows. A Memphis juke joint that featured blues and a brothel, an old bridge in Mississippi where a murderer was hanged for his crimes, Savannah's oldest operating hotel built before to the Civil War that was used as a hospital for amputations, a ghostly lake that tells the tale of what really happened to the Donner party, Florida's highway to hell locals call the 'Dead Zone' and an Arkansas hotel that was operated as a cancer hospital run by a charlatan. |
| 1.2 | Cursed Towns | October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) |
| Locations | New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana The Black Veil Tattoo Studio, (former Odd Fellows lodge), Beverly, Massachusetts The Christmas Shootout of 1927, (Cedar Avenue and 3rd Street) South Pittsburg, Tennessee Emily's Bridge, Stowe, Vermont West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia Fort Knox, Prospect, Maine | New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana The Black Veil Tattoo Studio, (former Odd Fellows lodge), Beverly, Massachusetts The Christmas Shootout of 1927, (Cedar Avenue and 3rd Street) South Pittsburg, Tennessee Emily's Bridge, Stowe, Vermont West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia Fort Knox, Prospect, Maine |
| Overview | The episode ventures into towns across America that are reportedly haunted by their dark pasts. A museum dedicated to experimental medicine located in America's first apothecary is haunted by the spirit of a sadistic doctor, a tattoo parlor that was formally home to a secretly odd organization, a dangerous intersection in Tennessee which was the site of a deadly shoot out, an infamous bridge in Vermont where a heart-broken teenage girl leaped to her death, a prison near an ancient burial ground that its inmates believed cursed them to stay there for all eternity, and a Revolutionary War fort where visitors report the ghosts of long-dead soldiers still march on the grounds. | The episode ventures into towns across America that are reportedly haunted by their dark pasts. A museum dedicated to experimental medicine located in America's first apothecary is haunted by the spirit of a sadistic doctor, a tattoo parlor that was formally home to a secretly odd organization, a dangerous intersection in Tennessee which was the site of a deadly shoot out, an infamous bridge in Vermont where a heart-broken teenage girl leaped to her death, a prison near an ancient burial ground that its inmates believed cursed them to stay there for all eternity, and a Revolutionary War fort where visitors report the ghosts of long-dead soldiers still march on the grounds. |
| 1.3 | Devil's Playground | October 14, 2018 (2018-10-14) |
| Locations | The Clown Motel, Tonopah Cemetery, Tonopah, Nevada "Annabelle", Warrens' Occult Museum, Monroe, Connecticut Bonnie Springs Ranch, Blue Diamond, Nevada Glenwood Cemetery, True Addiction Tattoo Studio, Yazoo, Mississippi The Strand Cinema, Skowhegan, Maine Fear Factory SLC (former Portland Cement Co. factory), Salt Lake City, Utah | The Clown Motel, Tonopah Cemetery, Tonopah, Nevada "Annabelle", Warrens' Occult Museum, Monroe, Connecticut Bonnie Springs Ranch, Blue Diamond, Nevada Glenwood Cemetery, True Addiction Tattoo Studio, Yazoo, Mississippi The Strand Cinema, Skowhegan, Maine Fear Factory SLC (former Portland Cement Co. factory), Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Overview | This episode explores scary attractions across the nation: a motel next to a cemetery that's a Coulrophobia's worst nightmare, a morbid museum that houses haunted artifacts like a demonic Raggedy Ann doll, an old western ranch with a 19th-century schoolhouse that's reportedly haunted by a schoolmarm and her students, a historic Mississippi town that locals claim is cursed by a witch who killed its citizens, a movie theater in Maine where a sorrowful woman starred in her own horror film when she leaped off the theater's balcony to her death, and a sinister cement factory-turned-haunted attraction that scares its patrons with real ghosts. | This episode explores scary attractions across the nation: a motel next to a cemetery that's a Coulrophobia's worst nightmare, a morbid museum that houses haunted artifacts like a demonic Raggedy Ann doll, an old western ranch with a 19th-century schoolhouse that's reportedly haunted by a schoolmarm and her students, a historic Mississippi town that locals claim is cursed by a witch who killed its citizens, a movie theater in Maine where a sorrowful woman starred in her own horror film when she leaped off the theater's balcony to her death, and a sinister cement factory-turned-haunted attraction that scares its patrons with real ghosts. |
| 1.4 | Restless Dead | October 21, 2018 (2018-10-21) |
| Locations | St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine, Florida Madison Seminary, Madison, Ohio Squirrel Cage Jail, Council Bluffs, Iowa David Whitney Mansion, Detroit, Michigan The Speakeasy (former General Store), Sacramento, Nebraska Smallwood Store, Chokoloskee, Florida | St. Augustine Lighthouse, St. Augustine, Florida Madison Seminary, Madison, Ohio Squirrel Cage Jail, Council Bluffs, Iowa David Whitney Mansion, Detroit, Michigan The Speakeasy (former General Store), Sacramento, Nebraska Smallwood Store, Chokoloskee, Florida |
| Overview | This episode features locations where the restless souls of the dead never sleep. A Florida lighthouse that's filled with darkness of those who died there, a former Victorian-era asylum for women where the insane were experimented on, one of the few remaining Rotary Jails where inmates tried to escape by severing their limbs, a majestic mansion in Detroit built by a lumber baron is claimed to be haunted by his two wives, a restaurant that was once a remote outpost in Nebraska where a scorned woman killed her unfaithful husband is reportedly haunted by a ghost called "Faceless Fred", and a small country store in the Florida Everglades is the site of a deadly shootout of a bloody outlaw who hid his victims in the swampy waters. | This episode features locations where the restless souls of the dead never sleep. A Florida lighthouse that's filled with darkness of those who died there, a former Victorian-era asylum for women where the insane were experimented on, one of the few remaining Rotary Jails where inmates tried to escape by severing their limbs, a majestic mansion in Detroit built by a lumber baron is claimed to be haunted by his two wives, a restaurant that was once a remote outpost in Nebraska where a scorned woman killed her unfaithful husband is reportedly haunted by a ghost called "Faceless Fred", and a small country store in the Florida Everglades is the site of a deadly shootout of a bloody outlaw who hid his victims in the swampy waters. |
| 1.5 | Unnatural World | October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28) |
| Locations | Seven Sisters Road, Nebraska City, Nebraska Bennington Triangle, Glastenbury, Bennington County, Vermont Hinsdale House, Hinsdale, New York Colorado Grande Hotel and Casino, Cripple Creek, Colorado Pierce Mansion, Gardner, Massachusetts Wildwood Sanitarium, Salamanca, New York | Seven Sisters Road, Nebraska City, Nebraska Bennington Triangle, Glastenbury, Bennington County, Vermont Hinsdale House, Hinsdale, New York Colorado Grande Hotel and Casino, Cripple Creek, Colorado Pierce Mansion, Gardner, Massachusetts Wildwood Sanitarium, Salamanca, New York |
| Overview | This episode explores supernatural locations linked to terrifying tales. A ghostly road in Nebraska where local legend suggests a farmer hanged his entire family that included seven daughters and his wife, a mysterious forest where hikers reportedly vanish without a trace, an Upstate New York farmhouse where it's claimed a demon resides, a creepy mining town in Colorado that was once called 'the wickedest town' in America, a New England Victorian-style mansion where its former owners possesses the living tenants, and a former sanitarium that performed medical experiments with electricity to cure its patients' ailments. | This episode explores supernatural locations linked to terrifying tales. A ghostly road in Nebraska where local legend suggests a farmer hanged his entire family that included seven daughters and his wife, a mysterious forest where hikers reportedly vanish without a trace, an Upstate New York farmhouse where it's claimed a demon resides, a creepy mining town in Colorado that was once called 'the wickedest town' in America, a New England Victorian-style mansion where its former owners possesses the living tenants, and a former sanitarium that performed medical experiments with electricity to cure its patients' ailments. |