''Dark Tourist'' is a New Zealand documentary series about the phenomenon of

dark tourism Dark tourism (also Thana tourism (as in Thanatos), black tourism, morbid tourism, or grief tourism) has been defined as tourism involving travel to places historically associated with death and tragedy (event), tragedy. More recently, it was sugg ...

, presented by journalist

David Farrier David Farrier (born 25 December 1982) is a New Zealand journalist and actor. He has worked in news and documentary, including features on New Zealand television and co-directing the internationally distributed documentary film ''Tickled'' (2016 ...

. The series, which was released by

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, has eight episodes. Due to the

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, a second season was not made.

Episodes

Reception

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the series has a 70% rating based on reviews from 20 critics.

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