Destination Truth

 

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Destination Truth

 is an 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. The third season concluded on April 21, 2010, and holds the highest ratings ever for the series, which continued with a fourth season, beginning on Thursday, September 9, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.^[1] The fifth season began July 10, 2012.^[2] On March 27, 2014, Gates confirmed via his Facebook account that Destination Truth had ended its run and would not be returning for a sixth season.

Destination Truth
Title screenshot of Season 3
Also known as	The Monster Hunter (UK)
Genre	Documentary Reality Paranormal Mystery Travel Adventure Outdoors
Developed by	Michael Mandt Neil Mandt
Presented by	Josh Gates
Starring	Josh Gates
Narrated by	Josh Gates Jerry Bishop (intro only)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	55 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Michael Mandt (S1–S5) Neil Mandt (S1–S5) Lucia Gervino (S1) Rob Swartz (S1) Casey Brummels (S2) Brad Kuhlman (S2–S5) Bischa Gholam (S3) Bobby Pura (S3.5–S5) Josh Gates (S5)
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Mandt Bros. Productions Ping Pong Productions
Distributor	NBC Universal Television Distribution Discovery Channel (UK)
Release
Original network	Syfy
Picture format	NTSC (2007–09) HDTV 1080i (2009–12)
Original release	June 6, 2007 – August 14, 2012
Chronology
Related	Expedition Unknown Stranded Ghost Hunters Ghost Hunters International Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files Legendary Locations