# Scariest Places on Earth

Scariest Places on Earth is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from October 23, 2000, to October 29, 2006, on Fox Family, and later ABC Family. The show was hosted by Linda Blair, with narration by Zelda Rubinstein. The show featured reported cases of the paranormal by detailing the location's history, and then sending an ordinary family to visit the location in a reality television-style vigil.

## Synopsis

The series is hosted by Linda Blair, and narrated by Zelda Rubinstein. Alan Robson acted as an on-site correspondent. While the show is set in numerous locations around the world, the interstitials featuring Blair and Robson were shot in Los Angeles, California.
In a 2001 interview with Larry King, host Blair explained the series:
   When we were kids, we used to tell ghost stories, but as we've gotten older -- I have friends who are scientific researchers, and I ask them questions. My mother has passed on. I choose to think she is in a wonderful, other place that we all will go. But I think that some people are trapped here... Well, these are the places that people have talked about for years, and years, that they go in, and you physically feel something is wrong. Some people do see things. Whether it's in a mind, we don't know.

## Syndication

Reruns were aired on Syfy, which is a part of NBC Universal. It then aired on NBC Universal's now defunct horror- and suspense-themed cable channel Chiller.

## Featured locations
### North America

| Location | City | State or province | Country |
| Alcatraz Island | San Francisco | California | United States |
| Alton Military Prison | Alton | Illinois | United States |
| Amargosa Opera House and Hotel | Death Valley Junction | California | United States |
| Athens Lunatic Asylum | Athens | Ohio | United States |
| Borden House | Fall River | Massachusetts | United States |
| Bunnyman Bridge | Fairfax | Virginia | United States |
| Cheesman Park | Denver | Colorado | United States |
| Dixmont State Hospital | Sewickley | Pennsylvania | United States |
| Dorsey Mansion | Springer | New Mexico | United States |
| Eastern State Penitentiary | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | United States |
| First Unitarian Church | Alton | Illinois | United States |
| Fort Pulaski | Cockspur Island | Georgia | United States |
| Goldfield Hotel | Goldfield | Nevada | United States |
| Guanajuato Crypts | Guanajuato City | Guanajuato | Mexico |
| Hot Lake Resort | Hot Lake | Oregon | United States |
| Lake Shawnee Amusement Park | Princeton | West Virginia | United States |
| McPike Mansion | Alton | Illinois | United States |
| Magnolia Plantation | Derry | Louisiana | United States |
| Mansfield Reformatory | Mansfield | Ohio | United States |
| Metropolitan State Hospital | Waltham | Massachusetts | United States |
| Mineral Springs Hotel | Alton | Illinois | United States |
| Mission La Purísima Concepción | Lompoc | California | United States |
| New Jersey Pine Barrens | Pine Barrens | New Jersey | United States |
| New London Ledge Light | New London | Connecticut | United States |
| Rose Hall | Montego Bay | Saint James Parish | Jamaica |
| RMS Queen Mary | Long Beach | California | United States |
| Savannah Underground | Savannah | Georgia | United States |
| Seul Choix Light | Manistique | Michigan | United States |
| Sloss Furnaces | Birmingham | Alabama | United States |
| Thunderbird Lodge | Lake Tahoe | Nevada | United States |
| Schilling farmhouse | Johnstown | Missouri | United States |
| USS Hornet | Alameda | California | United States |
| Villisca Ax Murder House | Villisca | Iowa | United States |
| Waverly Hills Sanatorium | Louisville | Kentucky | United States |
| West Virginia State Penitentiary | Moundsville | West Virginia | United States |
| Westminster Hall and Burying Ground | Baltimore | Maryland | United States |
| Wilson Hall | Athens | Ohio | United States |

### Europe

| Location | City | County or region | Country |
| Abbey of Thelema | Cefalù | Sicily | Italy |
| Balgonie Castle | Milton of Balgonie | Fife | Scotland |
| Bran Castle | Bran | Brașov | Romania |
| Cachtice Castle | Čachtice | Trenčín | Slovakia |
| Catacombe dei Cappuccini | Palermo | Sicily | Italy |
| Catacombs of Paris | Paris | Île-de-France | France |
| Charleville Castle | Tullamore | County Offaly | Ireland |
| Chillingham Castle | Chillingham | Northumberland | England |
| Colosseum | Rome | Lazio | Italy |
| Dalhousie Castle | Cockpen | Midlothian | Scotland |
| Edinburgh Vaults | Edinburgh | City of Edinburgh council area | Scotland |
| Greyfriars Kirkyard | Edinburgh | City of Edinburgh council area | Scotland |
| Haydon Bridge | Haydon Bridge | Northumberland | England |
| Hunedoara Castle | Hunedoara | Hunedoara | Romania |
| Leap Castle | Coolderry | County Offaly | Ireland |
| Lucedio Abbey | Trino | Vercelli | Italy |
| Montpelier Hill | Wicklow Mountains | Dublin | Ireland |
| Old Bell Hotel | Malmesbury | Wiltshire | England |
| Oranmore Castle | Oranmore | Galway | Ireland |
| Poveglia | Poveglia | Venice | Italy |
| Walls of Genoa | Genoa | Liguria | Italy |
| Woodchester Mansion | Woodchester | Gloucestershire | England |

## Controversies

The main controversy with the show was that it was accused of fabricating some of the aired events. According to the documentary crew for a film on the Villisca axe murders, the segment which profiled the murder site—the Josiah B. and Sara Moore House—contained numerous falsities; among the allegations were that it featured a fake newspaper reproduction, photos of an unknown family presented as the murder victims, and an actress posing as a town resident.
Additionally, the "Devil Hunters" crew featured in the segment on the Jersey Devil claimed that the segment which ran thirteen minutes in length, had been edited from two days' worth of footage, and that numerous details were sensationalized and/or added in post-production.