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Dark Tourist

Dark Tourist

Description: Most tourists like to visit popular sites and attractions, like beaches, stadiums and museums, while on vacation. There is a subset of tourism, however, that involves visiting places that are historically associated with death and tragedy. Journalist David Farrier focuses on that area of travel, known as dark tourism, in this docuseries. In each episode, Farrier travels to a different locale to visit destinations and have experiences that wouldn't be on most vacationers' bucket lists. He embeds himself in a death-worshipping cult in Mexico, sees tourists soaking up radiation left behind in Fukushima, meets vampires in New Orleans, and travels to the most-nuked place on Earth for atomic swimming and fishing.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2018
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 8
First episode air date: July 20, 2018
Written By: David Farrier
Executive Producers: Carthew Neal, David Farrier
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