History's Mysteries

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The Death of Marilyn Monroe

The 1962 death of actress Marilyn Monroe remains a source of controversy.

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Project Underworld: the Military and the Mafia

The government/mafia liaison during World War II.

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Navajo Code Talkers

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The Wright Brothers Controversy

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.

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Prophecies

Civilizations seek their destinies through prophetic visions.

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Hell's Angels

Historical interviews with George Christie and Sonny Barger provides an in-depth overview of the motorcycle club's fifty year history.

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Japan's Mysterious Pyramids

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Ancient Aliens

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Sodom and Gomorrah

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?

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UFOs Then and Now

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The Mormon Rebellion

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China's Boxer Rebellion

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Spies Among Us

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The Missing Princes of England

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The Dreyfus Affair

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The Knights Templar

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Ishi, the Last of His Kind

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The Pirates' Lost City

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Frontier Doctors

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Seven Wonders of the World

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Riddle of the Zodiac

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Beyond the Grave: The Afterlife

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The Night Tulsa Burned

Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to an end.

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The Monkey Trial

A high school teacher is put on trial for teaching evolution in 1925 Tennessee.

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Meriwether Lewis: Suicide or Murder?

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The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart

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Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

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World Series Fixed! The Black Sox Scandal

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Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme

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The Plot to Overthrow FDR

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Fountain of Youth

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Pompeii

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Viking Explorers

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The Sphinx of Egypt

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Rome's Lost Harbor

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Rome's Eternal Wonders

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Rome's Glorious Cities

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Tombs of Sipan

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The Holy Lance

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The Hope Diamond

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History's Great Revolutionarie: The Twelve Apostles

A handful of fishermen, an angry tax collector. But united by a charismatic Jewish preacher, this ragtag gang shaped into history's most famous revolutionaries.