History's Mysteries
Explore the stories, events, legends and myths that have incited debate throughout the ages.
- 1998-2011
- 16 seasons
- History Channel
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-PG
Explore the stories, events, legends and myths that have incited debate throughout the ages.
Season 1 Episode Guide
41 Episodes 1998 - 2001
Episode 1
The Death of Marilyn Monroe
Thu, Dec 21, 2000 60 mins
The 1962 death of actress Marilyn Monroe remains a source of controversy.
Episode 2
Project Underworld: the Military and the Mafia
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
The government/mafia liaison during World War II.
Episode 3
Navajo Code Talkers
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 4
The Wright Brothers Controversy
Thu, Oct 1, 1998 42 mins
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.
Episode 5
Prophecies
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Civilizations seek their destinies through prophetic visions.
Episode 6
Hell's Angels
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Historical interviews with George Christie and Sonny Barger provides an in-depth overview of the motorcycle club's fifty year history.
Episode 7
Japan's Mysterious Pyramids
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 8
Ancient Aliens
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 9
Sodom and Gomorrah
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 43 mins
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?
Episode 10
UFOs Then and Now
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 11
The Mormon Rebellion
Fri, Dec 18, 1998
Episode 12
China's Boxer Rebellion
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 13
Spies Among Us
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 14
The Missing Princes of England
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 15
The Dreyfus Affair
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 16
The Knights Templar
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 17
Ishi, the Last of His Kind
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 18
The Pirates' Lost City
Thu, Oct 1, 1998 44 mins
Episode 19
Frontier Doctors
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 20
Seven Wonders of the World
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 21
Riddle of the Zodiac
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 22
Beyond the Grave: The Afterlife
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 23
The Night Tulsa Burned
Fri, Feb 19, 1999
Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to an end.
Episode 24
The Monkey Trial
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
A high school teacher is put on trial for teaching evolution in 1925 Tennessee.
Episode 25
Meriwether Lewis: Suicide or Murder?
Fri, Oct 1, 1999
Episode 26
The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 27
Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 28
World Series Fixed! The Black Sox Scandal
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 29
Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 30
The Plot to Overthrow FDR
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 31
Fountain of Youth
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 32
Pompeii
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 33
Viking Explorers
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 34
The Sphinx of Egypt
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 35
Rome's Lost Harbor
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 36
Rome's Eternal Wonders
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 37
Rome's Glorious Cities
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 38
Tombs of Sipan
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 39
The Holy Lance
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 40
The Hope Diamond
Thu, Oct 1, 1998
Episode 41
History's Great Revolutionarie: The Twelve Apostles
Mon, Dec 20, 1999 90 mins
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.