Hotel Secrets & Legends
Two million hotel rooms are occupied every night in America, so it's no wonder that some of the most captivating tales from America's history have occurred in hotels. Join us as we explore these secrets and legends.
- 2014-2014
- 1 season
- Travel Channel
- Suspense, Reality
Two million hotel rooms are occupied every night in America, so it's no wonder that some of the most captivating tales from America's history have occurred in hotels. Join us as we explore these secrets and legends.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Mad Scientist; Hollywood Scandal; Outlaw's End
Sun, Apr 6, 2014 42 mins
Tesla and the Hotel New Yorker: An FBI raid of a famous inventor's New York hotel room, The Shining Comes to Life: Find out the inspiration behind one of America's greatest horror novels and The Assassination of Jesse James: A guest room involved in the plot to assassinate an American President is revealed.
Episode 2
Deceptive Doctor, Portland Underground, Civil War Smackdown
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 42 mins
Explores a bogus cancer treatment facility; a hotel bar where unsuspecting patrons were forced into slave labor; the escape of Wild West outlaws; the murder of a civil war general; and the exploration of an odd cave system.
Episode 3
Dueling Politicians; Nuclear Intel; Seattle Scammers
Sun, Apr 13, 2014 43 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends invites viewers inside the hotel restaurant where a political showdown ended in America's most infamous duel and the southwestern hotel where one guest sold our nation's nuclear secrets to the enemy.
Episode 4
Munchkin Mayhem; Undercover President; the Real Gatsby
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 43 mins
On this episode see Munchkins amok, a bulletproof president, a standoff, covert Abe and the real Gatsby.
Episode 5
Sports Scandal, Explorer Murder Mystery, Slave Escape
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 43 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends checks out America's greatest sports scandal, a double-crossed iconic outlaw, a slave couple's daring escape, an American explorer's unsolved murder, and the secret hunting trip that saved the U.S. economy.
Episode 6
Space Race, Ghosts of Silver City, Surviving the Everglades
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 42 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends checks into the NASA launch that nearly triggered a war, the birth of an Idaho ghost town, a harrowing Florida road trip, a Revolutionary War game of cat and mouse, and a president's potentially fatal duel.
Episode 7
Imperfect Crime, Stagecoach Shocker, People's President
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 43 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends serves up an infamous Chicago murder, the hotel meal that decided an election, a stagecoach driver's secret, the man behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the shocking campaign of "The People's President."
Episode 8
Dangerous Lottery; Yosemite's Hero; Shady Sheriff
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 43 mins
Exploring a scandal-prone president's death; the history of the lottery; the creation of Yosemite National Park; the dark secret of a Montana sheriff; and efforts to split the U.S. in two.
Episode 9
Scandalous Televangelist, Dream Speech, British Invasion
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 42 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends reveals the tryst that toppled a televangelist's empire, the hotel owned by a serial killer, the speech that sparked a movement, a hotel saved by popstars, and the secret affair that helped end WWII.
Episode 10
Vampire Outbreak; American Traitor; Corporate Retreat
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 43 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends explores the FBI takedown of a notorious gang, a tech giant's rowdy corporate retreat, a wild west bank robbery foiled by townsfolk, America's most infamous traitor, and a deadly illness blamed on vampires.
Episode 11
Confederate Conspiracy; Psycho Surgeon; Jersey Man-Eater
Sun, May 25, 2014 42 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends exposes a conspiracy to eliminate Lincoln's administration, a power lunch that prevented WWIII, a surgeon-turned- predator, a great white shark attack, and a man who stole $200 million from the president.
Episode 12
LSD Lab Rats; Portrait of a Con Man; Presidential Ransom
Sun, Jun 1, 2014 42 mins
Montana's 'Crow-Killer' Jeremiah Johnson. After his Native American wife is brutally killed, the Crow Killer, John "Liver-Eating" Johnson, goes on a rampage for revenge, and frequented The Pollard Hotel.
Episode 13
Deadwood Duel; Subterranean Suite; Billionaire Bucket List
Tue, Sep 8, 2026 42 mins
Hotel Secrets & Legends exposes a showdown for gold in Deadwood, a luxurious hotel suite, a booze-fueled rebellion in Pennsylvania, the escapades of three business titans, and the court case that cost a famous lawyer his life.