Presented by Linda Blair, star of The Exorcist, Scariest Places on Earth was a paranormal television show produced by Triage Entertainment for the Fox Family Channel. ABC Family now owns the rights to the episodes of the show originally produced for Fox.

 The format of this television show featured reported cases of paranormal activity in a reality TV style investigation. It originally took a family into a haunted location but the format was later changed. The hour long show was narrated by Zelda Rubenstein, most famous for her role as the psychic clairvoyant in the Poltergeist films.

The show began filming in 2000 and Darwin and Martha were contacted about including the Villisca House in an episode. Dave Christiansen, one of the first paranormal investigators to visit the Villisca House was invited to appear in the Fox segment. Ed Epperly, considered to be one of the foremost authorities on the Axe Murders and Paula Beebee, a local journalist were also interviewed during the show.

In October of 2006, the Villisca Segment of the Scariest Places on Earth was added to YouTube.