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Sunday 19 February 2023

MonsterQuest

 






Episode Guide

MonsterQuest (sometimes written as Monsterquest or Monster Quest) is an American television series that originally aired from October 31, 2007 to March 24, 2010 on the History channel. Produced by Whitewolf Entertainment, the program deals with the search for various monsters of interest to the cryptozoology subculture and paranormal entities reportedly witnessed around the world. A spin-off show, MysteryQuest, which focuses on unsolved mysteries, premiered on September 16, 2009.

MonsterQuest
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GenreParanormal
Narrated byStan Bernard
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes68
Production
Executive producerDale Bosch
ProducersDoug Hajicek
Will Yates
Camera setupMultiple
Running time45 minutes
Production companyWhitewolf Entertainment
DistributorA&E Television Networks
Release
Original networkHistory
Original releaseOctober 31, 2007 –
March 24, 2010
Chronology
Followed byMysteryQuest (2009)
RelatedIn Search of... (1976–82)

The purpose of the show is best described by the narrator, Stan Bernard, in the introduction:

Witnesses ("People" for Season 4) around the world report seeing monsters. Are they real or imaginary? Science searches for answers...on MonsterQuest.

History channel revived the MonsterQuest series for special episodes beginning on August 28, 2020.

ReceptionEdit

Rich Rosell of Digitally Obsessed gave the show a "B−", stating, "The good news is that this isn't a trashy reality show, eager to make everything overblown and sinister. Instead, it takes a seemingly well-researched approach, leaving viewers the opportunity to make up their own minds." He also believed that the "content is certainly nerd-worthy in an I-want-to-believe/Mulder kind of way".[1]

Cinematic Happenings Under Development (CHUD) gave the show a 5.9/10 review, saying that the show is "basically a rehashing of the 1970s/1980s TV show, In Search Of..." and "it leaves you with a sense of either 'been there, done that' or just a feeling of incompleteness because it basically raises as many questions as it tries to answer."[2]

Diablo Cody gave the show high praise in the October 24, 2008 issue of the magazine Entertainment Weekly. She says, "I found a minotaur in that labyrinth of suck: MonsterQuest...on the History Channel."[3]

Academics have noted that media often uncritically disseminates information from the pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology, including newspapers that repeat false claims made by cryptozoologists or television shows that feature cryptozoologists as monster hunters (such as Monsterquest). Media coverage of purported "cryptids" often fails to provide more likely explanations, further propagating claims made by cryptozoologists

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