History's Mysteries Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

The Death of Marilyn Monroe

Thu, Dec 21, 200060 mins

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

Episode 2

Project Underworld: the Military and the Mafia

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

The government/mafia liaison during World War II.

Episode 3

Navajo Code Talkers

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 4

The Wright Brothers Controversy

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

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

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Civilizations seek their destinies through prophetic visions.

Episode 6

Hell's Angels

Fri, Jul 10, 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

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 8

Ancient Aliens

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 9

Sodom and Gomorrah

Fri, Jul 10, 202643 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

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 11

The Mormon Rebellion

Fri, Dec 18, 1998

Episode 12

China's Boxer Rebellion

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 13

Spies Among Us

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 14

The Missing Princes of England

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 15

The Dreyfus Affair

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 16

The Knights Templar

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 17

Ishi, the Last of His Kind

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 18

The Pirates' Lost City

Fri, Jul 10, 199844 mins

Episode 19

Frontier Doctors

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 20

Seven Wonders of the World

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 21

Riddle of the Zodiac

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 22

Beyond the Grave: The Afterlife

Fri, Jul 10, 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

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

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

Episode 25

Meriwether Lewis: Suicide or Murder?

Sat, Jul 10, 1999

Episode 26

The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 27

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 28

World Series Fixed! The Black Sox Scandal

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 29

Mr. Ponzi and His Scheme

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 30

The Plot to Overthrow FDR

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 31

Fountain of Youth

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 32

Pompeii

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 33

Viking Explorers

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 34

The Sphinx of Egypt

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 35

Rome's Lost Harbor

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 36

Rome's Eternal Wonders

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 37

Rome's Glorious Cities

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 38

Tombs of Sipan

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 39

The Holy Lance

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 40

The Hope Diamond

Fri, Jul 10, 1998

Episode 41

History's Great Revolutionarie: The Twelve Apostles

Mon, Dec 20, 199990 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.