Destination Truth (2007)

Name: Destination Truth
Genre: Reality-TV
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Josh Gates, Jael de Pardo, Jarrod Tomassi, Casey Brumels, Erin Ryder

Reality-TV

Destination Truth is a weekly American paranormal reality television series that premiered on June 6, 2007, on Syfy. Produced by Mandt Bros. Productions and Ping Pong Productions, the program follows paranormal researcher Josh Gates around the world to investigate claims of the supernatural, mainly in the field of cryptozoology.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (3,408 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2007)

7.43 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 44 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ri/Iguanodon	7.4	51
2	Haunted Village/Naga	7.7	43
3	Ropen/Chupacabra	7.4	39
4	Bigfoot/Nahuelito	6.9	37
5	Mamlambo/Tokoloshe	7.8	38
6	El Lobizon/El Pombero	7.4	42

Season 2 (2008)

7.68 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 7.2 45 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Yeti	7.8	37
2	Haunted Island & Devil Worm	7.6	33
3	Wild Man & Swamp Dinosaur	7.3	28
4	Tarasque/Popobawa	7.6	29
5	Flying Dinosaur & Sloth Monster	7.5	29
6	Giant Anaconda	7.7	29
7	The Yowie & Haunted Mosque	7.7	36
8	Orang Pendek & Worm Monster	7.9	31
9	Haunted Cave & Burrunjor	7.8	32
10	Ahool & Pinatubo	7.6	34
11	Aswang & Haunted Forest	8.5	48
12	Issie & Icelandic Elves	7.6	33
13	Ninki Nanka & Kikiyaon	7.2	30

Season 3 (2009)

7.43 avg 15 episodes 8.0 → 7.8 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Haunted Forest/Alux	8.0	56
2	Island of the Dolls/Lusca	8.2	50
3	King Tut's Curse/Swamp Ape	7.7	32
4	Ghosts of Chernobyl/Sal'awa	7.2	46
5	Alien Monsters/Lake Van Monster	7.9	35
6	Chullachaqui/Bermuda Triangle	7.5	30
7	Haunted Lost City/Thunderbird	6.9	31
8	Werewolf/Arica Monster	7.6	33
9	The Bhutan Yeti	7.4	33
10	Ghosts of Masada/The Leprechaun	7.5	28
11	Ghosts of the Great Wall/Israeli Mermaid	7.5	30
12	The Jersey Devil/The Yeren	6.6	26
13	Haunted Mining Town/The Taniwha	6.7	29
14	Ghost of Petra/The Lizard Man	6.9	33
15	Spirits of Easter Island/The Moa	7.8	30

Season 4 (2010)

7.33 avg 14 episodes 7.8 → 7.9 44 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Poltergeists of Pompeii/Nandi Beast	7.8	37
2	Spirits of Angkor Wat/Canadian Lake Monster	7.2	33
3	Ghosts of Haboro/Mngwa	7.6	26
4	Ghost Fleet/Japanese River Monster	7.5	30
5	Siberian Snowman	7.6	29
6	Ghosts of Menengai Crater/Kalanoro	7.2	28
7	Haunted Island Ruins/Moroccan Succubus	6.5	29
8	Guam Zombies/Fangalobolo	7.2	31
9	Live from Ireland: The Search for the Banshee Ghost	7.9	41
10	Haunted Island Prison/Ucumar	7.2	26
11	Sandstorm Spirits/Cerro Azul Monster	7.0	26
12	Jungle Temple Ghosts/Namibian Night Stalker	7.0	27
13	Thai Tree People/Aiya Napa Monster	7.0	27
14	Ghosts of Antarctica	7.9	37

Season 5 (2012)

7.19 avg 7 episodes 7.4 → 7.6 43 min avg

Big finale

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Vietnam's Bigfoot	7.4	35
2	Return to the Haunted Forest/Belize Goblin	6.8	33
3	Ghosts of Cannibal Village/Kapre	6.5	28
4	Alien Invaders/Swedish Lake Monster	7.3	26
5	Spirits of Tikal/Creature From the Black Lagoon	7.3	21
6	Vampire Monsters/Island of the Damned	7.4	27
7	Hanging Coffins/Kazakh Monster	7.6	21