Dark Tourist’s walk on the wild side...

Thrilling series takes viewers to zones of war and disaster

series rides on the titillating trend of making a show in a trouble spot that most won’t want to visit but are happy to watch someone else’s experience there.

But what draws you in is that the people are not portrayed as exploiters but as people trying to get by. In Burma (where Farrier is offered to shoot a cow with a rocket launcher), the people are not portrayed as gun-toting basket cases but as real people trying to make a living.

The obsession with crime is explored in both US episodes, with obsessors of infamous serial killers Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer interviewed as Farrier tries to wrap his head around the obsession.

At times, it is sordid in delivery and leaves you feeling uneasy but there are some emotional moments that leave you concerned for the people giving these tours and living in these areas.

A trip to “The Lost City” of Varosha is a highlight where Farrier and his crew break rules to get footage from inside the ghost town that has been occupied by the Turkish armed forces since 1974. Farrier has run-ins with soldiers who seize any recording equipment, including a cheap pair of “spy glasses” that he uses.

Getting a look into a nuclear wasteland, a forbidden city, meeting Pablo Escobar’s ex-hitman and watching a “vampire” feed from a host, these are experiences that the average person will never experience and credit has to be given to Farrier for bringing the opportunity in the way he has in Dark Tourist.