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Destination Truth

TV·2007–2012·5 seasons, 55 episodes·Syfy·Adventure, Mystery, Supernatural·1h·7.7·Created by Michael Mandt, Neil Mandt

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Led by intrepid world adventurer Josh Gates, each episode of Destination Truth takes viewers on a trek across the globe as Josh investigates stories of the unexplained. Accompanied by his small crew, Josh dives into the local cultures and searches for clues to the existence of strange creatures and paranormal phenomena.

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Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2007AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Destination Truth S01E01Iguanodon and R.I. MermaidJune 6, 2007Spurred by news reports of SWAT teams searching the jungles of Papua New Guinea for a dinosaurlike beast, Josh travels to the little-explore
  2. S01E02Destination Truth S01E02Thia Haunting and NagaJune 13, 2007The crew visit Thailand to investigate a dragon like monster and Khon Kaen, which has been a source for paranormal activity.
  3. S01E03Destination Truth S01E03Ropen and El ChupacabraJune 20, 2007The team investigates Chupacabra sightings in Chile. Meanwhile, a giant bird is reported to live in Papua New Guinea, the crew investigates.
  4. S01E04Destination Truth S01E04Big Foot and NahuelitoJune 27, 2007Josh and his crew visit Buenos Aires to investigate claims of a serpentine monster. Meanwhile, a Bigfoot-like creature is investigated in Ma
  5. S01E05Destination Truth S01E05Mamlambo and TokelosheJuly 11, 2007The crew visit South Africa in search for the half-horse, half-fish Mamlambo and the bear-like Tokeloshe.
  6. S01E06Destination Truth S01E06Lobizon and PomberoJuly 18, 2007The crew visit Argentina to investigate the Lobizon and an imp-like El Pombero.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes2008AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Destination Truth S02E01YetiMarch 5, 2008Josh travels to Asia, trailing an outbreak of recent sightings of the abominable snowman in the mountains of Nepal. High in the Himalayas, J
  2. S02E02Destination Truth S02E02Haunted Island / DeathwormMarch 12, 2008Josh travels to East Africa to investigate mysterious haunted ruins in search of ghosts.
  3. S02E03Destination Truth S02E03Wild Man / Swamp DinosaurMarch 19, 2008Josh travels to the northern jungles of Cambodia on the trail of a half-man, half-ape creature that is terrorizing small villages. Next, the
  4. S02E04Destination Truth S02E04Sea Monster / Bat DemonMarch 26, 2008Josh goes to Vietnam's Halong Bay in search of the Tarasque, a sea serpent described to be 30 meters long, and later he goes to the African
  5. S02E05Destination Truth S02E05Flying Dinosaur / Sloth MonsterApril 2, 2008Josh travels to Africa in search of a flying dinosaur that has reportedly been harassing the locals from overhead. Next, the crew travels to
  6. S02E06Destination Truth S02E06Giant AnacondaApril 9, 2008Josh travels to South America following reports of giant Anacondas slithering in the jungles of Brazil.
  7. S02E07Destination Truth S02E07Yowie / Haunted MosqueSeptember 3, 2008In the Australian wilderness, a so-far unidentified something creeps around. This creature, the Yowie, resembles the Himalayan Yeti and the
  8. S02E08Destination Truth S02E08Orang Pendek / Worm MonsterSeptember 10, 2008Orang Pendek, which means "short person", is the most common name given to an unconfirmed animal that reportedly inhabits remote, mountainou
  9. S02E09Destination Truth S02E09Haunted Cave / BurrunjorSeptember 17, 2008In the most remote corner of Indonesia is a mysterious cave that is both revered and reviled by local villagers. In one of the two entrances
  10. S02E10Destination Truth S02E10Ahool / Pinatubo MonsterSeptember 24, 2008According to mainstream science, the world's biggest bat is the Bismark flying fox, an animal that never gets larger than six feet from wing
  11. S02E11Destination Truth S02E11Haunted Forest / AswangOctober 1, 2008Aswangs are ghoulish creatures in Philippines, and, in fact, are the most feared supernatural creatures in a nation already rich in colorful
  12. S02E12Destination Truth S02E12Issie / Icelandic ElvesOctober 8, 2008Said to inhabit the depths of Lake Ikeda, Issie is Japan's answer to Nessie. Legends of a mythical creature in the lake have been swirling f
  13. S02E13Destination Truth S02E13Ninki Nanka / KikiyaonOctober 15, 2008Ninki Nanka is a legendary creature based in West African folklore. Descriptions of the creature vary, but the consensus is that the animal

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0315Episodes2009–10AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Destination Truth S03E01Haunted Forest / AluxSeptember 9, 2009In one of their most hair-raising experiences to date, Josh and team travel to Romania to investigate paranormal activity in the Hoia Baciu
  2. S03E02Destination Truth S03E02Island of the Dolls / LuscaSeptember 16, 2009South of Mexico City in the last of the old Aztec canals, there is an island that visitors claim is overrun by thousands of haunted dolls. J
  3. S03E03Destination Truth S03E03King Tut's Curse / Swamp ApeSeptember 23, 2009Josh and team head to Egypt, where they set out to make history as one of the only production crews in the world permitted to investigate in
  4. S03E04Destination Truth S03E04Ghosts of Chernobyl / Sal'awaSeptember 30, 2009Special Guest Appearances by Ghost Hunters' Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson! In this chilling episode, the team embarks on a paranormal investi
  5. S03E05Destination Truth S03E05Alien Mummies / Van Lake MonsterOctober 7, 2009Josh and team embark on their first UFO investigation in Chile, where, according to experts, an alien mummy was exhumed in the desert thousa
  6. S03E06Destination Truth S03E06Chullachaqui / Bermuda TriangleOctober 14, 2009Joined by special guest stars Robb Demarest and Dustin Pari from Ghost Hunters International, Josh and team make their way to the jungles of
  7. S03E07Destination Truth S03E07Haunted Lost City / ThunderbirdOctober 21, 2009The team heads into the rugged mountains of Peru to investigate claims that the Incan ruins there are haunted. The investigation yields such
  8. S03E08Destination Truth S03E08Werewolf / Arica MonsterOctober 28, 2009The team travels to Romania, chasing recent reports about werewolf sightings. Then, the team flies to northern Chile to track down what some
  9. S03E09Destination Truth S03E09Bhutan YetiNovember 4, 2009Josh and the rest of the Destination Truth crew travel to Bhutan, Nepal to continue their search of the Yeti, after their exciting discovery
  10. S03E10Destination Truth S03E10Ghosts of Masada / The LeprechaunMarch 17, 2010Josh and the crew head to Jerusalem in search of ghosts at Masada. Next they'll head to the green hills of Ireland to investigate the legend
  11. S03E11Destination Truth S03E11Ghosts of the Great Wall / Israeli MermaidMarch 24, 2010The Destination Truth team travels to the Great Wall of China to investigate reports of ghostly encounters with soldiers and over a million
  12. S03E12Destination Truth S03E12The Jersey Devil / The YerenMarch 31, 2010The Destination Truth team travels stateside in order to investigate one of the oldest legendary creatures in the country. For over 300 year
  13. S03E13Destination Truth S03E13Haunted Mining Town / The TaniwhaApril 7, 2010The Destination Truth team heads to an abandoned mining town in northern Chile to investigate leads of its haunting history. Next on the iti
  14. S03E14Destination Truth S03E14Ghosts of Petra / The Lizard ManApril 14, 2010The Destination Truth team makes their way to the beautiful city of Petra, Jordan, where they explore sightings of what the locals call Djin
  15. S03E15Destination Truth S03E15Spirits of Easter Island / The MoaApril 21, 2010The crew heads down to Easter Island to conduct the world's most remote paranormal investigation. Before the investigation even begins, the

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0414Episodes2010–11AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Destination Truth S04E01Poltergeists of Pompeii / Nandi BeastSeptember 9, 2010A brand new season of Destination Truth begins in Naples, Italy, where Josh and his team set out on a bold adventure to conduct the world's
  2. S04E02Destination Truth S04E02Spirits of Angkor Wat / Canadian Lake MonsterSeptember 16, 2010Josh and the team head to Cambodia to see what's lurking within the 800 year old temple of Angkor Wat. Then the team turns to Canada to inve
  3. S04E03Ghosts of Haboro / MngwaSeptember 23, 2010Josh and the team travel to Haboro, Japan, an abandoned mining town on the northern island of Hokkaido. Rotting vestiges are all that remain
  4. S04E04Ghost Fleet / Japanese River MonsterSeptember 30, 2010Josh and the team travel to Micronesia in what will be the world's first underwater paranormal investigation. Next, the crew heads to Tono,
  5. S04E05Siberian SnowmanOctober 7, 2010Josh and the team traverse the globe to investigate the famed Siberian Snowman -- better known as "Bigfoot."
  6. S04E06Ghosts of Menengai Crater / KalanoroOctober 14, 2010The Destination Truth team journeys to East Africa to investigate the Menengai Crater. According to legend, the spirits of 60,000 warriors k
  7. S04E07Haunted Island Ruins / Moroccan SuccubusOctober 21, 2010Josh and the Destination Truth crew check out the ancient Nan Madol ruins of Pohnpei Island, Micronesia. Formerly a place of worship, the si
  8. S04E08Guam Zombies / FangaloboloOctober 28, 2010Josh and the team journey to Madagascar in search of the famed Fangalobolo beast. Deemed a deadly predator, this alleged monster bat has inc
  9. S04E09Live from Ireland: The Search for the Banshee GhostMarch 17, 2011In the very first live broadcast of Destination Truth, Josh Gates and his Truth Team set out to find the "Irish angel of death," better know
  10. S04E10Haunted Island Prison / UcumarMarch 22, 2011Coiba Island, fifteen miles off the coast of Panama, was once the site of the infamously brutal Coiba penitentiary. Locals claim that the si
  11. S04E11Sandstorm Spirits / Cerro Azul MonsterMarch 29, 2011In Kolmanskop, a remote southern province of Namibia, Germans once erected a small diamond-mining town. The town has been uninhabited for mo
  12. S04E12Jungle Temple Ghosts / Namibian Night StalkerApril 5, 2011In Bangkok, Thailand, reports of a giant ghost called the Phret are not unusual but recently, an amateur recording of this phantom climbing
  13. S04E13Thai Tree People / Aiya Napa MonsterApril 12, 2011Josh and the crew head to Cyprus to investigate a massive sea creature.
  14. S04E14Ghosts of AntarcticaApril 19, 2011Josh heads to Antarctica, a place he describes as, "the coldest and most unforgiving place on earth." Even though the continent has no perma

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season057Episodes2012AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01Vietnam's BigfootJuly 10, 2012The Destination Truth team undertakes a groundbreaking expedition to South East Asia, traveling deep into uncharted wilderness and pushing t
  2. S05E02Return to the Haunted Forest / Belize GoblinJuly 10, 2012Josh's former cameraman, Evan, returns two years later to the woods where he believes he was assaulted by an angry, dark spirit. The forest
  3. S05E03Ghosts of Cannibal Village / KapreJuly 17, 2012Josh and his team journey across Fiji looking for the ghosts of men devoured by a former cannibal tribe. Josh finds that the former cannibal
  4. S05E04Alien Invaders / Swedish Lake MonsterJuly 24, 2012It's hard to believe, but Kazakhstan (in Central Asia) is home to the greatest number of UFO sightings in the world. In fact, villagers in t
  5. S05E05Spirits of Tikal / Creature from the Black LagoonJuly 31, 2012Deep in the forests of Guatemala lie the ancient ruins of a city named Tikal, where human sacrifice was once common. Now, locals claim to ha
  6. S05E06Vampire Monsters / Island of the DamnedAugust 7, 2012Since time immemorial, Transylvania has been the home to vampire myths and legend. There are many in the area, however, who believe that tru
  7. S05E07Hanging Coffins / Kazakh MonsterAugust 14, 2012In the Philippines, there is a strange place called Echo Valley. In this valley, which is located on Luzon Island, the local Igorot tribe cl

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