Monsters and Mysteries in America

Episode Guide 

Monsters and Mysteries in America is an American documentary television series that premiered March 24, 2013 to April 1, 2015 on Destination America.^[1] Repeats air on the network's sister-station, the Discovery Channel. It also sometimes airs on Animal Planet, particularly during one of their "Monster weeks". In the United Kingdom, the series airs on the Sky-owned television channel Pick as Monsters and Mysteries.

Monsters and Mysteries in America
Genre	Reality
Narrated by	Roger Rose
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	28
Production
Executive producers	Fay Yu Mike Sinclair
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	M2 Pictures
Release
Original network	Destination America
Original release	March 24, 2013 – April 1, 2015

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OverviewEdit

Unlike predecessors such as In Search Of... and MonsterQuest, the series includes numerous legends in each episode and features first-person witness encounters. Each episode is split into three segments, all focusing on one particular monster, legend, or phenomenon. Ron Bowman has served as show runner and writer since the series' launch. In Season 1 episodes focused on a specific region in the United States; in later seasons, stories within episodes were based on a variety of towns all around the country. Lyle Blackburn of Rue-Morgue.com has served as consultant and expert. AmericanMonsters.com co-founder Rob Morphy has served, among others, as a consultant and illustrator for the program

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
Genre	Paranormal
Narrated by	Stan Bernard
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	68
Production
Executive producer	Dale Bosch
Producers	Doug Hajicek Will Yates
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Whitewolf Entertainment
Distributor	A&E Television Networks
Release
Original network	History
Original release	October 31, 2007 – March 24, 2010
Chronology
Followed by	MysteryQuest (2009)
Related	In 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.

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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