This is a list of episodes of the paranormal reality series Destination Truth.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | June 6, 2007 | July 18, 2007 | |
2 | 13 | March 5, 2008 | October 15, 2008 | |
3 | 15 | September 9, 2009 | April 21, 2010 | |
4 | 14 | September 9, 2010 | April 19, 2011 | |
5 | 7 | July 10, 2012 | August 14, 2012 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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1 | 1 | "Iguanodon & Ri" | June 6, 2007 | |
In Papua New Guinea, Josh searches for an Iguanadon in the jungles near the village of Tinganavudu. Next Josh hunts a mermaid-like creature called the Ri in the waters off New Ireland. The premiere of this episode was watched by 1.40 million households. [1] | ||||
2 | 2 | "Haunted Village & Naga" | June 13, 2007 | |
Josh joins a team of paranormal investigators in
Thailand's Khon Kaen province to hunt ghosts reported by villagers, and later he hunts for the
Phaya Naga, a
nāga-like serpent lurking in the
Mekong River near the
Laos border. | ||||
3 | 3 | "Ropen & Chupacabra" | June 20, 2007 | |
Josh returns to Papua New Guinea, this time he is in search of a nocturnal,
Pterodactyl-like creature called the
Ropen. Next, he heads to
Chile to find the legendary
Chupacabra, a blood-sucking creature with glowing red eyes. | ||||
4 | 4 | "Bigfoot & Nahuelito" | June 27, 2007 | |
Josh goes to
Malaysia's
Endau Rompin National Park to look into reports of Bigfoot sightings, then later, he goes to
Argentina to find a lake monster called
Nahuelito, reminiscent of
Nessie that is supposedly lurking in
Nahuel Huapi Lake. | ||||
5 | 5 | "Mamlambo & Tokeloshe" | July 11, 2007 | |
Josh goes to
South Africa and investigates the banks of the Mzintlava River where a horse-headed fish creature called the Mamlambo reportedly lurks. Then, Josh is off to
Lesotho in search of the
Tokoloshe, an ape-like being with enormous eyes said to appear and vanish like a ghost. | ||||
6 | 6 | "El Lobizon & El Pombero" | July 18, 2007 | |
In Argentina, Josh searches for
werewolves, which are of such a concern that the Argentinian president supposedly baptizes the seventh son born in a family to purge the curse. Afterward, Josh checks out reports near the same area, of a dwarf-like creature called El Pombero which is said to impregnate women with a single touch on the belly. |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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7 | 1 | "The Yeti" | March 5, 2008 | |
Josh and team head to
Mount Everest in
Nepal to search of the
Bigfoot-like creature known as the
Yeti. | ||||
8 | 2 | "Haunted Island & Devil Worm" | March 12, 2008 | |
Josh and team go to the African island of
Pemba which is reportedly haunted by the tortured spirits of former slaves. Then, he's off to the
Gobi Desert to hunt for the
Mongolian Death Worm, a creature, 4 feet (1.2 m) long, that reportedly secretes acid and shoots electricity. | ||||
9 | 3 | "Wild Man & Swamp Dinosaur" | March 19, 2008 | |
Josh goes to
Cambodia in search of ape-like wild man that supposedly held a local village girl captive for 18 years. Next, he ventures to
Zambia to hunt down a
sauropod
dinosaur called the
Mokele-Mbembe, said to be living in the swamps around
Lake Bangweulu. | ||||
10 | 4 | "Sea Monster & Bat Demon" | March 26, 2008 | |
Josh goes to Vietnam's
Halong Bay in search of the
Tarasque, a sea serpent described to be 98 feet (30 m), and later he goes to the African island of
Zanzibar in search of the
Popobawa, a bat-like creature that is said to attack people at night. | ||||
11 | 5 | "Flying Dinosaur & Sloth Monster" | April 2, 2008 | |
Josh goes into the
Amazon Rainforest in search of the
Mapinguary, a giant
ground sloth-like creature that is depicted as having a single eye, a mouth located on its stomach, and emitting a foul odor. Afterward, he returns to Zambia in search of the Kongamato, a
Pterodactyl-like creature that reportedly attacks people in their homes at night. | ||||
12 | 6 | "Giant Anaconda" | April 9, 2008 | |
Josh and team spend two nights along the
Amazon River in Brazil, in search of
giant anacondas reportedly 60 feet (18 m) or more in length, and powerful enough to kill an
ox. | ||||
13 | 7 | "The Yowie & Haunted Mosque" | September 3, 2008 | |
Josh and team explore the
Blue Mountains region near
Sydney, Australia to find evidence of a Bigfoot-like creature called the
Yowie. Afterward, the team camps out at an allegedly haunted mosque deep in the
Malaysian jungle to record evidence of paranormal activity. | ||||
14 | 8 | "Orang Pendek & Worm Monster" | September 10, 2008 | |
Josh and team search for the elusive
Orang Pendek, a 3-foot-tall (0.91 m), bipedal, primate said to lurk somewhere on the
Indonesian island of
Sumatra. Later, he searches for the monstrous
Lagarfljót Worm supposedly lurking in
Iceland's Lake
Lagarfljót. | ||||
15 | 9 | "Haunted Cave & Burrunjor" | September 17, 2008 | |
In Indonesia, Josh and team go ghost hunting in a cave that is rumored to be haunted and that local villagers are afraid to enter. Afterward, they go in search of the Burrunjor, what local aborigines and cattle ranchers claim is a carnivorous bipedal lizard, 25 feet (7.62m) long that stalks the Australian outback. | ||||
16 | 10 | "Ahool & Pinatubo" | September 24, 2008 | |
Josh and team explore the Indonesian island of
Java in search of the Ahool, a giant bat creature that reportedly has a 12 feet (3.7 m) wingspan. Next, he enters the rain forests of the
Philippines, risking capture by armed rebels and exposure to
mercury-contaminated water to find the Pinatubo, a strange river creature. | ||||
17 | 11 | "Aswang & Haunted Forest" | October 1, 2008 | |
Josh and team go on the hunt in the
Philippines for the mythical
Aswang, devilish ghouls that are said to haunt an old tree, take the form of various animals, and attack those who enter a nearby church. Later, Josh goes to the
Aokigahara forest of Japan, located at the base of
Mount Fuji, where countless people have gone to commit suicide. | ||||
18 | 12 | "Issie & Icelandic Elves" | October 8, 2008 | |
Josh goes in search of Japan's version of the
Loch Ness Monster which is called
Issie and supposedly lurks in
Kyūshū Island's
Lake Ikeda. Then, on to Iceland in search of the
Icelandic Elves, rock dwelling
little people, first appearing in
Viking legends and still believed by some of Iceland's population to exist today. | ||||
19 | 13 | "Ninki Nanka & Kikiyaon" | October 15, 2008 | |
Josh and team conduct a simultaneous investigation in
The Gambia as they try to hunt down two mythical creatures at once; the
Ninki Nanka – a giant, dragon-headed lizard and the Kikiyaon – a giant owl creature. |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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20 | 1 | "Haunted Forest/Alux" | September 9, 2009 | |
Josh and his team conduct their first investigation into ghosts said to haunt
Romania's
Hoia Baciu Forest, and the evidence is later analyzed by
TAPS founders,
Jason Hawes and
Grant Wilson, of
Ghost Hunters. Afterward, Josh investigates the legend of the goblin-like
Alux in
Mexico's state of
Yucatán. | ||||
21 | 2 | "Island of the Dolls/Lusca" | September 16, 2009 | |
Josh ventures to a Mexican island to investigate a haunting attributed to a drowned girl and the evidence is later analyzed by TAPS members Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango of Ghost Hunters. Next, Josh goes in search of the
Lusca, a
giant octopus rumored to lurk in the
blue holes of
Andros Island in the
Bahamas. | ||||
22 | 3 | "King Tut's Curse/Swamp Ape" | September 23, 2009 | |
Josh and team conduct the first ever nighttime, ghost hunting investigation of
King Tutankhamun's Tomb in
Egypt's
Valley of the Kings near
Luxor. Next he conducts the show's first
stateside investigation into the swamps of
Florida's
Big Cypress National Preserve to search for a legendary primate creature called the
Skunk Ape. | ||||
23 | 4 | "Ghosts of Chernobyl/Sal'awa" | September 30, 2009 | |
Josh goes on a dangerous ghost hunting investigation into the
radioactive ruins of
Pripyat,
Ukraine near the
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the evidence is later analyzed by Jason and Grant from Ghost Hunters. Afterward he goes to an
Egyptian village in search of a wolf-like creature called the Sal'awa that locals claim is responsible for attacks upon children. | ||||
24 | 5 | "Alien Mummies/Lake Van Monster" | October 7, 2009 | |
Josh and team explore a mine in northern
Chile that is connected with
UFO activity where tiny, unidentified, humanoid corpses are claimed to have been found. They themselves find an unrecognizable corpse and give it to local authorities. Later, the team journeys to
Van, Turkey following recent reports and an eye-witness video of a
large creature living in
Lake Van. | ||||
25 | 6 | "Chullachaqui/Bermuda Triangle" | October 14, 2009 | |
Josh goes to
Peru to hunt for a devil-like creature called the
Chullachaqui with
Ghost Hunters International investigators, Robb Demarest and Dustin Pari joining the expedition. Next, he investigates magnetic anomalies in the
Bermuda Triangle that focus the team on the mysterious and widely shunned island of
Bimini. | ||||
26 | 7 | "Haunted Lost City/Thunderbird" | October 21, 2009 | |
Josh and his team travel to
Peru to investigate a lost
Incan city with reports of ghostly activity and the video evidence is later reviewed by Steve and Tango of Ghost Hunters. Next, the team searches the arctic wilderness near the remote village of
Manokotak, Alaska for a giant avian locals describe as a
Thunderbird. | ||||
27 | 8 | "Werewolf/Arica Monster" | October 28, 2009 | |
Josh goes to the
Transylvania forests of
Romania in search of a legendary werewolf creature. Next, the team travels to
Arica, Chile to hunt down an alleged
Velociraptor-like dinosaur. | ||||
28 | 9 | "The Bhutan Yeti" | November 4, 2009 | |
Josh returns to
Himalayas, this time to the
Kingdom of Bhutan, on another hunt for the
Yeti. Hair samples gathered during the investigation revealed DNA from an unknown primate adding to some of the best evidence yet for the existence of the creature. | ||||
29 | 10 | "Ghosts of Masada/The Leprechaun" | March 17, 2010 | |
Josh and team go ghost hunting in the ruins of
Masada,
Israel; a place where in 1st century AD, nearly 1,000 Jews committed mass-suicide to prevent capture by the Romans. The evidence is later analyzed by Jason and Grant from Ghost Hunters. Later, Josh journeys to
Doolin, Ireland on the hunt for
Leprechauns. | ||||
30 | 11 | "Ghosts of the Great Wall/Israeli Mermaid" | March 24, 2010 | |
Josh and team go ghost hunting along a portion of the
Great Wall of China near
Beijing and the evidence is reviewed by Jason and Grant from Ghost Hunters. Next, he and his team go looking for
mermaids off the coast of
Kiryat Yam,
Israel, which offers a $1,000,000 reward for proof of the creature. | ||||
31 | 12 | "The Jersey Devil/The Yeren" | March 31, 2010 | |
Josh heads into
New Jersey's
Wharton State Forest and teams up with
Kris Williams from Ghost Hunters to search for the legendary
Jersey Devil. In the next segment, he and his team go to China's
Hubei provence in search of a
Bigfoot-like creature called the
Yeren. | ||||
32 | 13 | "Haunted Mining Town/The Taniwha" | April 7, 2010 | |
Josh teams up with guest
Allison Scagliotti of Syfy's
Warehouse 13 and goes ghost hunting in two abandoned mining towns, Humberstone and La Noria, in northern Chile. Next, Josh goes to
Rotorua, New Zealand to search for an eel-like monster called the
Taniwha. | ||||
33 | 14 | "Ghost of Petra/The Lizard Man" | April 14, 2010 | |
Josh hunts for
Djinn (
Arabic for ghosts) that are said to haunt the ancient ruins of
Petra in
Jordan, and the evidence is reviewed by Jason and Grant from Ghost Hunters. In the next part, Josh visits
Bishopville, South Carolina in search of the
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp. | ||||
34 | 15 | "Spirits of Easter Island/The Moa" | April 21, 2010 | |
Josh and his team seek out the spirits that are said to haunt the
Moai statues of
Easter Island. In the next segment, the team travels to New Zealand's
South Island to investigate reported sightings of the extinct
Giant Moa. |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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35 | 1 | "Poltergeists of Pompeii/Nandi Beast" | September 9, 2010 | N/A | |
Josh explores the volcanic ruins of
Pompeii in search of spirits that may still echo the terrified screams of those who died during the 79 AD eruption of
Mount Vesuvius. He later reviews the evidence with Jason and Grant from
Ghost Hunters. In the next part, Josh and team visit
Kenya in search of the brain-eating predator known as the
Nandi Bear. | |||||
36 | 2 | "Spirits of Angkor Wat/Canadian Lake Monster" | September 16, 2010 | N/A | |
Josh and team try to attract paranormal activity with a sacred offering in the
Cambodian temple of
Angkor Wat. In the next segment, the team heads to Canada's
Okanagan Lake in
British Columbia, on the hunt for a famous lake monster known as
Ogopogo. | |||||
37 | 3 | "Ghosts of Haboro/Mngwa" | September 23, 2010 | N/A | |
Josh goes ghost hunting in
Haboro, an abandoned mining town on Japan's
Hokkaidō Island. He later reviews the evidence with Jason and Grant from Ghost Hunters. In the next part, he travels to
Tanzania in search of a
Saber-toothed cat-like beast called the Mngwa. | |||||
38 | 4 | "Ghost Fleet/Japanese River Monster" | September 30, 2010 | 0.936 [2] | |
Josh and team go to the
Chuuk Islands of
Micronesia to conduct the world's first underwater ghost hunt in the wrecks of Japanese warships sunk during World War II. The evidence is later reviewed with Jason and Grant from Ghost Hunters. In the next part, Josh goes to Japan in search of a turtle-like river monster called the
Kappa which is popular in Japanese folklore. | |||||
39 | 5 | "Siberian Snowman" | October 7, 2010 | N/A | |
40 | 6 | "Ghosts of Menengai Crater/Kalanoro" | October 14, 2010 | N/A | |
Josh and team head to
Kenya's volcanic
Menengai Crater; an ancient tribal battleground that locals say is haunted with the restless spirits of native warriors. In the next part, the team goes to the island of
Madagascar to look for a 3-foot (0.91 m) tall, humanoid creature, said to have backward feet, called the
Kalanoro. | |||||
41 | 7 | "Haunted Island Ruins/Moroccan Succubus" | October 21, 2010 | N/A | |
By viewer request, Josh and team search for ghosts in the ruins of
Nan Madol on the
Micronesian island of
Pohnpei. In the next part, the team travels into the
Atlas Mountains of
Morocco in search of a
Succubus named Aisha Kandisha, who is said to appear as a beautiful woman with camel-like legs and a pair of bat-like wings. | |||||
42 | 8 | "Guam Zombies/Fangalobolo" | October 28, 2010 | N/A | |
Josh and team return to the island of Madagascar on the hunt for a giant bat-like creature called the Fangalobolo. Afterward, they go to the island of
Guam to investigate sightings of ancestral spirits that live in banyan trees, which locals call the
Taotao Mona. (These spirits are incorrectly portrayed as zombie-like in this episode.) | |||||
43 | 9 | "Live From Ireland — The Search for the Banshee Ghost" | March 17, 2011 | 0.926 [3] | |
Josh conducts a live, four-hour ghost hunt at Duckett's Grove Castle in
Carlow, Ireland with special guest investigators Kris Williams and Barry Fitzgerald of
Ghost Hunters International, Jael de Pardo of
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files and
Allison Scagliotti of
Warehouse 13. | |||||
44 | 10 | "Haunted Island Prison/Ucumar" | March 22, 2011 | 0.849 [4] | |
Josh and team go ghost hunting in an abandoned prison with a notorious history on the
Panamanian island of
Coiba and the evidence is reviewed by Kris Williams and Barry Fitzgerald of
Ghost Hunters International. In the next segment, the team travels to
Argentina on the search for a bear-like creature called the Ucumar. | |||||
45 | 11 | "Sandstorm Spirits/Cerro Azul Monster" | March 29, 2011 | 0.910 [5] | |
Josh and team go ghost hunting in the abandoned desert town of
Kolmanskop,
Namibia with former team member and guest investigator Jael de Pardo of
Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files. In the next part, Josh goes to
Cerro Azul, Panama to investigate sightings of a strange, hairless creature that was photographed by a group of boys. | |||||
46 | 12 | "Jungle Temple Ghosts/Namibian Night Stalker" | April 5, 2011 | 0.899 [6] | |
Josh and team go to
Thailand in search of giant underworld spirits called the
Phret that haunt the grounds of
Phanom Rung temple and the evidence is reviewed by Kris and Barry of Ghost Hunters International. In the next part, Josh and team join up with Jael of Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files in
Namibia's
Etosha National Park, on the hunt for a blood-sucking predator dubbed the Night Stalker. | |||||
47 | 13 | "Thai Tree People/Ayia Napa Monster" | April 12, 2011 | 1.018 [7] | |
Josh and team go to Thailand in search of the
Naree Pon which are described as 3 feet (0.91 m) tall humanoid creatures that local villagers say are both plant and animal. In the next part, Team Truth heads to the Mediterranean island of
Cyprus on the hunt for a sea monster in the waters around
Cape Greco near
Ayia Napa. | |||||
48 | 14 | "Ghosts of Antarctica" | April 19, 2011 | 0.971 [8] | |
Josh and team set sail from
Ushuaia, Argentina to
Antarctica for a frigid ghost hunt in the ruins of a whaling village on
Deception Island and an investigation inside the Wordie House; an abandoned British research building near
Port Lockroy. |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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49 | 1 | "Vietnam's Bigfoot" | July 10, 2012 | 1.066 [9] | |
Josh and team head into the dense jungles of
Vietnam in search of an alleged
Bigfoot-like creature locals call the Batutut. During the investigation, the team makes a cast of a footprint that is taken back to
Idaho State University and examined by noted Anthropologist, Dr.
Jeffrey Meldrum, who deems it a significant discovery. | |||||
50 | 2 | "Return to the Haunted Forest/Belize Goblin" | July 10, 2012 | N/A | |
Josh conducts a follow-up investigation into alleged spirits said to haunt the
Hoia Baciu Forest of
Romania. Former team member Evan, who was attacked by an unseen force in the first investigation (Season 3, Episode 1) returns to face his fears. In the next segment, the team travels to
Belize in search for the
Tata Duende, a small, goblin-like creature said to have backward-pointing feet. | |||||
51 | 3 | "Ghosts of Cannibal Village/Kapre" | July 17, 2012 | N/A | |
Josh and team travel to
Suva,
Fiji, to investigate the alleged spirits of Nabutautau, a former
cannibal village once visited by an English missionary,
Reverend Thomas Baker, who ended up as one of their victims. Next, the team heads to the
Philippines to track down a dangerous ape-like jungle monster called the "
Kapre" that has been terrorizing the native
Aeta people for generations. | |||||
52 | 4 | "Alien Invaders/Swedish Lake Monster" | July 24, 2012 | N/A | |
Josh and team search for
UFOs in the forests of
Kazakhstan, where villagers from nearby
Razdolnoye report seeing strange lights in the sky, vapor trails, flying saucers and mysterious creatures. In the next part, Team Truth tries to hunt down a 300-foot
serpentine-like creature,
Storsjöodjuret, that allegedly lurks in the frigid waters of
Lake Storsjön near
Svenstavik, Sweden. | |||||
53 | 5 | "Spirits of Tikal/Creature from the Black Lagoon" | July 31, 2012 | 1.134 [10] | |
54 | 6 | "Vampire Monster/Island of the Damned" | August 7, 2012 | 1.104 [11] | |
Josh and team travel to
Transylvania to seek out a vampire creature that is terrorizing the villagers and killing their livestock. Next, they head to the lonely island of
Blå Jungfrun in Sweden that is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of
witches. | |||||
55 | 7 | "Hanging Coffins/Kazakh Monster" | August 14, 2012 | 1.146 [12] | |
Josh and the team go to the remote village of
Sagada, in the
Philippines to investigate reports of paranormal activity around
hanging coffins that are located on the sides of cliffs and in burial caves. Next, they travel into the
Tien Shan Mountains in
Kazakhstan in search of the "Kiyik Adam", a Central Asian version of
Bigfoot. |