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Dark Tourist

Fri, Jul 20, 2018
  • Action & Adventure
  • Documentary
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

The definition of "tourism" is redefined as New Zealand filmmaker David Farrier sets his sights on the world of dark tourism. From nuclear tourism in Japan to Pablo Escobar-inspired tourism in Columbia to frontier tourism in Turkmenistan, David visits the world’s grisly and offbeat destinations, meeting travelers drawn to them, and the people telling these stories day after day.

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Cast

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  • S
    Sebastián Treviño
    as —
  • David Farrier
    David Farrier
    as Himself
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Episodes

1 season · 8 episodes

Ended · 8 aired
Season 1
8 episodes · 8 aired
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  • E1
    Latin America
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 41m

    David meets Pablo Escobar's enforcer in Colombia. Later, he witnesses an exorcism in Mexico and participates in a faux illegal border crossing.

  • E2
    Japan
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 41m

    David visits a town hit by heavy radiation, hikes through a supposedly haunted forest and explores an abandoned island with its former residents.

  • E3
    United States
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 42m

    David meets a Jeffrey Dahmer enthusiast in Milwaukee, takes two tours dedicated to JFK's assassination in Dallas and dines with vampires in New Orleans.

  • E4
    The Stans
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 42m

    In Kazakhstan, David and a fellow dark tourist swim in a lake formed by a nuclear blast. Later, David's trip to Turkmenistan doesn't go as planned.

  • E5
    Europe
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 41m

    After participating in a World War II reenactment, David visits a disturbing museum. He then travels to Cyprus in hopes of seeing a forbidden city.

  • E6
    South East Asia
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 39m

    In Cambodia, David is offered the chance to shoot a cow. Later, he tours Myanmar before witnessing the cleaning of a mummified corpse in Indonesia.

  • E7
    Africa
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 41m

    David attends a voodoo festival in Benin, visits an infamous area of Johannesburg and speaks with white South African separatists.

  • E8
    Back in the USA
    Aired · Fri, Jul 20, 2018 · 42m

    Charles Manson's pen pal gets confrontational in an interview. Also, David prepares for the end of the world and visits an extreme haunted house.