History's Most Shocking
Split-second choices between disaster and survival shape history. Watch shocking footage of accidents, disasters, and close calls, with survivor stories and expert insights revealing what went wrong and how to prevent it.
- 2025-2025
- 1 season
- History Channel
- Documentary
Split-second choices between disaster and survival shape history. Watch shocking footage of accidents, disasters, and close calls, with survivor stories and expert insights revealing what went wrong and how to prevent it.
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Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1
Exploding Whale, Alligator Attack, Dallas Airshow Disaster & Ski Lift Mayhem
Mon, Jan 27, 2025
Tony Harris breaks down the most shocking moments ever captured on camera. A dad leaps into action to try to save an animal handler from an alligator attack. Two vintage military aircraft collide at an airshow in Dallas. Skiers are flung from an out-of-control ski lift outside of Russia, in an event that's happened before in history. And what really happened in 1970 when authorities tried to dispose of a whale by exploding it with dynamite. Tony and his team of experts take a deep dive and make a determination about what really happened and why.
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