Secrets of the Viking Stone
Actor Peter Stormare's personal and often humorous journey through Minnesota to learn the truth about the Kensington Runestone, a disputed proof that vikings discovered America, through meetings with scholars, skeptics and sensationalists.
- 2020-2021
- 1 season
- Discovery Communications
- Documentary, Action & Adventure, Suspense
Actor Peter Stormare's personal and often humorous journey through Minnesota to learn the truth about the Kensington Runestone, a disputed proof that vikings discovered America, through meetings with scholars, skeptics and sensationalists.
Season 1 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Relic of Mystery
Sun, Jan 3, 2021 42 mins
A relic could be evidence of a Viking settlement in America before Columbus.
Episode 2
Curses and Ghosts
Sun, Jan 10, 2021 42 mins
The man accused of forging evidence of Vikings in America is investigated. Peter and Elroy visit Elroy's cousin, who has a skull that may be related to the Viking Stone mystery.
Episode 3
Viking Confidential
Sun, Jan 17, 2021 42 mins
Hollywood actor Peter Stormare and Elroy Balgaard need to find more artifacts to support their case, so they arrange to meet a mysterious man with knowledge of the runestone at a secret location where he has something important to show them.
Episode 4
Mysteries in the Vault
Sun, Jan 24, 2021 42 mins
Peter and Elroy investigate a lake where an anchor stone was found and hope to discover evidence of an ancient docking site. The duo get some bad news about the ancient skull, while Peter receives a mysterious bone fragment from an anonymous fan. Peter tries to convince the rune-stone museum to allow another geological test.
Episode 5
Discovery on the Edge
Sun, Jan 31, 2021 42 mins
Peter and Elroy find professional archaeologists willing to investigate the code-stone site, but first they need to get permission from the state. The duo take a Viking historian to visit the rune stone, and later an energy practitioner. Peter and Elroy find out that the historic marker is not located on the spot where the rune stone was actually discovered.
Episode 6
The Breakthrough
Sun, Feb 14, 2021 43 mins
Peter and Elroy find professional archaeologists to investigate an alternate site where the runestone may actually have been discovered. A forensic geologist runs some tests to prove that Olaf Ohman could not have planted the runestone within the tree roots. Scott Wolter posits the theory that the Knights Templar created the runestone.
Episode 7
Mystery on Runestone Hill
Sun, Feb 21, 2021
Peter and Elroy join in an archaeological dig on Runestone Hill.
Episode 8
The Secret Evidence
Sun, Feb 28, 2021
The archaeologists investigate charred wood remains at the original discovery site. Peter and Elroy compare Olof Ohman's hand-copied rune text to the text on the runestone. Peter and Elroy ask Scott to perform geologic tests on a whetstone found deeper in the ground beneath the runestone.
Episode 9
Expedition Viking
Sun, Mar 7, 2021
Peter, Elroy, and Sturla visit the coast and islands of Maine to view possible Viking trading sites.
Episode 10
Relics of Intrigue
Sun, Mar 14, 2021
Episode 11
Mystery of the Knights Templar
42 mins
Peter and Elroy investigate a theory that the Knights Templar were in America as they visit the Newport Tower, the Westford Knight carving, and the Narragansett Runestone.
Episode 12
Journey to Enigma Island
Sun, Mar 28, 2021 42 mins
