'Trending Fear': Release date, plot, cast, and everything you need to know about the paranormal docuseries on Travel Channel

This paranormal docuseries follows #DearDavid author Ellis, researcher Jen Lewis and paranormal investigator Paul Bradford, on a cross-country journey to help people that have encountered unknown entities
UPDATED DEC 2, 2019

From a Twitter thread to Twitter trend, the Travel Channel has announced that 'Trending fear' a six-part series paranormal docuseries from author Adam Ellis will premiere this December. Originally beginning in 2017, Ellis captured an image of a ghost in his apartment leading to his eerie tweets - he continued to document the haunting under the hashtag #DearDavid with about 14 million viewers following his fearful journey.

Release date

'Trending fear', a paranormal docuseries will premiere on December 20.

Plot

Buzzfeed author and illustrator Adam Ellis first tweeted about his now well known haunting tweeting, “My apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he’s trying to kill me.” With a social media following that were eager for answers about this little boy that was haunting Ellis, he continued to document the ongoing haunting becoming the author of #DearDavid stories.

This series will follow Ellis along with researcher Jen Lewis and paranormal investigator Paul Bradford who travel cross-country to help people understand paranormal encounters - a topic most consider taboo. Getting the attention of millions on social media following his haunting and the unfolding of the #DearDavid stories, he now voluntarily dives into the supernatural in 'Trending Fear.' While some speculate that he is on this hands-on journey in order to understand his own haunting, he and his friends have said that using social media to crowdsource evidence, theories, and stories will help build a community and spark up a conversation about unknown entities that have affected lives.

Cast

Adam Ellis is a former BuzzFeed writer and illustrator and is well known for his twitter documentation of his haunting called #DearDavid stories. He is joined by researcher Jen Lewis, a researcher, and documentarian and paranormal investigator Paul Bradford.

'Trending Fear' (Travel Channel)

Creators

The six-episode series is produced by Texas Crew Productions with executive producers David Karabinas, Rick Cikowski, Bill Hochhauser and Brad Bernstein and Christine Shuler.

Where to watch

The six-part docuseries will premier on December 20, 2019, at 11/10c. For updates on the show, follow the Travel Channel on Instagram or Twitter.

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