About this season
Fear is an American paranormal reality television series that originally aired from 2000 to 2002 on MTV. The program follows a group of five or more contestants being left at an allegedly haunted location and led them on a series of dares over two nights to explore and confirm whether or not the place is haunted. The show was created by Martin Kunert and Eric Manes. The pilot episode was Co-Executive Produced and directed by George Verschoor. The series aired the first two episodes in a pilot run, which received outstanding reviews and a full season was ordered. After eight more episodes, another season was ordered. The second season ended after 6 episodes aired. The series was not cancelled due to a lack of interest, but due to the high cost of producing each episode. A DVD, MTV's Inside Fear, was released on November 6, 2001. Fear was named #6 on Entertainment Weekly's "15 Taboo-Breaking TV Moments." The show brought several innovations to the reality show genre, including having contestants film their own experience as no video crew followed them into the 'haunted' locations, use of night vision cameras, and use of body mounted cameras to have contestants film their own close-ups.
Episodes (10)
1. West Virginia State Penitentiary
Aired 20 September 2000 • 43 min
a small number of young adults spending the night in the penitentiary, attempting to document any paranormal activities. The West Virginia State Penitentiary's design is similar to the facility at Joliet with its castellated Gothic, stone structure, complete with turrets and battlements, except only half the size.[1][2] Unfortunately, the original architectural designs have been lost.
2. St. Agnes Hospital
Aired 26 October 2000 • 43 min
The location and real name of St. Agnes Hospital were closely guarded secrets to keep away curiosity seekers. Once the show aired though, word quickly got out. The fate of the real "St. Agnes" is being decided. Will it be a golf course? An amusement park? An office complex? Time will tell.The Real Location was released after season 1 came out it is Fairfield State Hospital, CT
3. Duggan Brothers Cement Factory
Aired 17 February 2001 • 43 min
The members have to visit and hear about the Curse of the Concrete Company and the Blood Moon, while participating in dares such inthe Boiler Room, Basement, Storage Room, Sunken Crusher/Rat Tunnel, Cricket/Elevator Room, the Scrubber, the Cement Catwalk, the Furnace/Kiln Tunnel, and the Suicide Ramp.
4. Hopkins Military Academy
Aired 24 February 2001 • 43 min
The teams visit the Hopkins Military Academy, built in 1864 and complete dares in The Boiler Room, Science Laboratory, The Pool, The Barracks, The Stockade, The Cabinet, and The Barracks room #333.
5. Camp Spirit Lake
Aired 3 March 2001 • 43 min
The teams visit Camp Panther Lake and compete in dares at the Hopi Cabin, Lakota Ruins, Psychomanthium, Chopping block, Hollow Site, Pawnee Cabin, Lakeside Burial Ground, and the Pet Cemetery.
6. Buck Hill Inn
Aired 10 March 2001 • 43 min
The teams visit the Buck Hill Inn, a place possessed by evil with a long history of violence, murders, suicides and multiple reports of ghost sightings and strange noises. The teams compete in dares at the East Room/The Lamp Room, Main Lobby/Corridor Of Arches, Kitchen, Room 354, Basement Men's Washroom, Washroom Junction, Staff Quarters 3rd Floor, and the Basement Office.
7. Eastern State Penitentiary
Aired 17 March 2001 • 43 min
A new batch of contestants face their worst fears in the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary, one of the most haunted places in the US. How many of them will make it through the dares and collect their prize money, and how many will run from the prison in terror?
8. USS Hornet
Aired 31 March 2001 • 43 min
The teams visit the USS Hornet, a 41,000-ton aircraft carrier and compete in dares in the Officer's Berth, Catapult Room, The Brig, Central Intelligence Center Deck, and the Engine Room.
9. Fort Gaines
Aired 7 April 2001 • 43 min
Welcome to Fort Gaines on Massacre Island. This week's dares take place in the West Bastion Cistern, Quarter Master's Room, Ammunition Room, Infirmary, The Collapsed Bastian Tunnel, and the POW Cell.
10. La Guerre Plantation
Aired 14 April 2001 • 43 min
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