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- 1998–201142m9.2 (11)TV EpisodeThe tragic story of the World War II-era B-24 Liberator bomber "Lady Be Good", which mysteriously disappeared after its first bombing mission over Naples, Italy in April 1943. The plane was discovered 15 years later, without its crew, in the Libyan desert 400 miles south of its air base.
- An examination of smallpox as a biological weapon investigates intelligence reports that claim Iraq, North Korea and Russia have stocks of smallpox virus intended for military use.
- 1998–201143mTV-148.3 (20)TV EpisodeOn Friday, November 13, 1942, all five Sullivan brothers from Iowa were serving aboard the U.S.S. Juneau when a Japanese torpedo hit. 400 died instantly; 150 or so bobbed helplessly in shark-infested water. When rescue forces finally arrived, only 10 survived--none named Sullivan. Could their deaths have been avoided?
- How Washington's spies Nathan Hale, John Honeyman, Benjamin Tallmadge, his spy network in New York known as the Culper Ring, and British spies Thomas Hickey, John Andre and Benedict Arnold played key roles in the Revolutionary War.
- 1998–20111h 28mTV-G8.1 (21)TV EpisodeHistory's Mysteries looks at the life of Abraham Lincoln by examining the collected papers of his former law partner William Herndon. Troubled by the mythologizing after Lincoln's death, William Herndon collected interviews and letters to compile a detailed biography of the real man Abraham Lincoln. The documents result in a controversial biography and are later placed in the Library of Congress where they are largely forgotten until modern scholars publish them. They offer crucial insights into Lincoln's life especially his early family life with his family.
- 1998–201145mTV-PG7.9 (19)TV EpisodeThe whaler Essex sailed from Nantucket in 1819 and met its doom in the middle of the Pacific in 1820, when a sperm whale attacked, causing the ship to sink.
- Lizzie Andrew Borden took an ax, and gave her mother 40 whacks; when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41. Most of us know the grisly rhyme, but not the whole story.
- To this day, the identity of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer who terrorized back alleys of Victorian-era London, remains a mystery, despite an unparalleled investigation for the times and the ongoing work of criminologists, scholars and hobbyists. This program visits the scenes of Jack the Ripper's bloody crimes, presents shocking photos of his victims and examines experts' theories regarding the killer's identity. [From Netflix]
- 1998–20111h7.5 (8)TV Episode
- In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual deep-ocean habitat and headed in the direction of the New Jersey shoreline. There, near the towns of Beach Haven and Spring Lake--and, incredibly, a farming community eleven miles inland--the most ferocious and unpredictable of predators began a deadly rampage: the first shark attacks on swimmers in U.S. history.
- Bodies preserved in time by the environment... by the cold of a glacier, acid of a peat bog, dryness of desert sand. Join us as we travel the globe to unravel the secrets.
- A criminal history of the infamous slum in New York City that evolved as a cradle of modern gangsterism from the 18th to 20th centuries.
- History Mysteries follows an expedition of scientists into the Andes of northeastern Peru in search of the famous cliff mummies of the Chachapoya culture. It talks about the people of the Chachapoya and discusses what the mummies can teach us about their culture. It also examines the problem posed by looters in the Peruvian Andes.
- The 1962 death of actress Marilyn Monroe remains a source of controversy.
- 1998–201145mTV-PG7.1 (24)TV EpisodeThey began as slaves, prisoners of war, the damned of ancient Roman society. Yet a few would become wealthy and famous--the sports stars of their day.
- In a country torn by bloody civil war, a Romanian prince seizes power, becoming known across Europe for both breathtaking courage and terrifying cruelty.
- 1998–201145m7.0 (15)TV Episode
- Ships sailing without a crew? Phantom destroyers? Boats that disappear, then reappear? Ships sailing without a crew? Phantom destroyers? Boats that disappear, then reappear?
- Lesser known than its Caribbean cousin, the Alaska Triangle has just as many puzzling mysteries. At least one person a month is reported MIA -- missing in Alaska. The most famous disappearance in the Alaska Triangle was in 1972, when a plane carrying House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and Representative Nick Begich disappeared.
- A trip through the bizarre world of midgets, giants, tattooed ladies, and other human curiosities as we trace the colorful history of a distinctly American form of entertainment-the circus sideshow.
- In a mystery that still baffles historians 300 years after the event, French King Louis XIV orders a prisoner shut away for 34 years.
- An investigation into the fateful voyages of the Titanic's two sister ships, the Olympic and the Britannic.
- History's Mysteries looks the the life of the mysterious monk Grigori Rasputin who is widely regarded as one of Russian history's most enigmatic figures.
- In 1944 in Brussels, the Gestapo loaded 1,500 prisoners on a train bound for Germany and almost certain death.
- History's Mysteries looks at the Roswell UFO crash and presents the definitive government explanation for the incident.
- 1998–201145m6.7 (26)TV EpisodeA dangerous experiment with time and space. A mystery more live than ever.
- 1998–201143mNot Rated6.6 (104)TV EpisodeExplores the controversy surrounding the supposed haunting of Amityville's most famous house.
- 1998–20111h 28mNot Rated6.5 (148)TV EpisodeA two-part documentary of the infamous haunted house on Long Island that inspired the motion picture "The Amityville Horror."
- 1998–20116.5 (8)TV Episode
- The great flood that destroyed the world, except for Noah, his family, and herd, would probably be dismissed as legend.
- History's Mysteries looks the historical influences that shaped the story of King Arthur and the Knights of Camelot.
- Civilizations seek their destinies through prophetic visions.
- History's Mysteries examines the controversy over who was the first responsible for powered flight. A consensus of historians credit the Wright Brothers with this accomplishment, but some believe that others including a German immigrant named Gustave Whitehead were able to achieve fight several years before the historic 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk. It also looks at a controversy between the Wright Brothers and the Smithsonian.
- History's Mysteries investigates secret societies and the influence they have had on the world throughout history. Special attention is given to Skull and Bones, the Knights Templar, the Freemasons, Bilderbergers, and the Trilateral Commission.
- 1998–201140mTV-G6.1 (10)TV EpisodeFrom the secret initiation ceremony to the murderous ancient Egyptian legend that inspired their rituals, discover the true nature of the secret and mystical organization known as freemasons.
- 1998–201145m6.0 (31)TV Episode
- In March 2000, the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list turned 50. Shortly after a reporter wrote an article on fugitives.
- 1998–20111h6.0 (8)TV Episode
- They were cities of sin destroyed by God's wrath. The story of Sodom and Gomorrah had long been viewed as a cautionary tale of the evils of sin or a version of the apocalypse story. But is it possible that it was based on an actual event?
- 1998–20115.7 (8)TV Episode
- Asteroids have been colliding with earth since the beginning of time. Through computer recreations and interviews, we explore the long history of asteroids and what future threats they pose.
- 1998–201150mUnratedTV EpisodeThe Black Legion was a secret organization of the 1930s, responsible for hate crimes that terrorized the Midwest. Its demise was dramatized in the 1937 motion picture "The Black Legion" starring Humphrey Bogart.
- Discover one of the saddest and most shocking stories of the Crusades.
- This History Channel special details the creation of the world's first successful attack submarine, by the Confederate army in 1864. It also brings the story into the present-day by following underwater explorers as the search for, discover and raise the ship from the murky waters of the Charleston, South Carolina harbor in August 2000.
- Behind the familiar tales is a complicated figure whose real legacy may not resemble the legend.
- A history of chain gangs in the United States, from their origins in the late 19th century as a reform for convict labor; through their own corruption; the reform following "I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang" (1932); their ending in the 1960s; and their rebirth in the 1990s.
- This Travel Oz features the Upper reaches of Lake Hume: Paddling through forests of red gum and releasing water from the Hume Weir, all part an adventure down the Murray River, from source to sea. The Two Tims explore the sheer bluffs of the Kanangra Walls in the Blue Mountains. Then a taste of the Barossa Valley with its number one foodie Maggie Beer.
- 1998–20111h 30mTV-GTV EpisodeA handful of fishermen, an angry tax collector. But united by a charismatic Jewish preacher, this ragtag gang shaped into history's most famous revolutionaries.
- During WWI, stalemate on the Western Front produced a new kind of warfare--a network of trenches dug on both sides of the line.
- It has been called the most brutal land war in history: the clash in World War II between the armies of Adolf Hitler and Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
- 1998–201150mTV-14TV EpisodeThis program is part of the popular series from the History Channel that investigates some of civilization's unsolved mysteries and controversies. This episode investigates a controversial action taken by President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1906, a street shooting occurred in Brownsville, TX. Amid allegations that the culprits were black soldiers in the 1st Battalion of the 25th Infantry, Roosevelt took the unprecedented action of discharging without honor all 167 men. The documentary weighs old and newly discovered evidence in the case, using archival accounts and photographs and commentary by experts.
- In 1863, anti-conscription riots erupt in New York.
- From the earliest recorded references of the fighting sports to a modern octagon, where combatants beat each other to a bloody pulp.
- The first recorded U. S. extrasensory event occurred in 1848, when two girls from New York communicated with spirits behind their bed.
- Historical interviews with George Christie and Sonny Barger provides an in-depth overview of the motorcycle club's fifty year history.
- 1998–2011TV EpisodeThe government/mafia liaison during World War II.
- Presidential assassinations alter the course of history-but not all would-be killers get the job done.
- In 1943, less than 50 handpicked U. S. Army volunteers endured a top-secret training program that turned them into some of WWII's most specialized troops.
- In 1979, in Greensboro, North Carolina, while TV news cameras captured members of the Communist Worker's Party preparing for a "Death to the Klan" rally.
- In 1857, en route to New York from California, the steamship Central America vanished in a killer storm off North Carolina's coast.
- 1998–201143mTV-GTV EpisodeThe practice of bounty hunting dates back to medieval England.
- Investigators argue that the story of Frankenstein is based in reality.
- Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to an end.
- A high school teacher is put on trial for teaching evolution in 1925 Tennessee.