Vanishings!

Episode 1

The Amazing Story of Shackleton

Sat, Jan 3, 2004 45 mins

A team of explorers vanishes for two years in Antarctica.

Episode 2

The Derbyshire: Disaster at Sea

Sat, Jan 3, 2004 45 mins

A giant bulk carrier disappears in a tropical storm off Japan in 1980.

Episode 3

Mystery of the Katyn Massacre

Sat, Jan 10, 2004 45 mins

Thousands of Polish army officers disappear without record of capture or death.

Episode 4

The Life of Reilly, Super Spy

Sat, Jan 10, 2004 45 mins

A successful British spy vanishes in Moscow.

Episode 5

Hijacker High Jinks

Sat, Jan 17, 2004 45 mins

A hijacker jumps out of a passenger jet with $200,000 in cash.

Episode 6

The Disappearance of Michael Rockefeller

Sat, Jan 31, 2004 45 mins

The son of New York's governor disappears in New Guinea.

Episode 7

Alfred Lowenstein: The Missing Millionaire

Sat, Jan 31, 2004 45 mins

One of the world's richest men vanishes while his private plane crosses the English Channel.

Episode 8

The Romanovs

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 45 mins

Russia's last czar and his family disappear during the Russian Revolution.

Episode 9

The King's Pals Missing!

Sat, Feb 21, 2004 45 mins

Employees of Britain's King George V vanish while fighting in World War I.

Episode 10

The Disappearing Lady Fliers

Sat, Mar 6, 2004 45 mins

Three women, each attempting to be the first of their sex to cross the Atlantic, are never seen again.

Episode 11

Corruption Killed the Judge

Sat, Mar 13, 2004 45 mins

A state judge and his wife go missing from their Florida beach-resort home.

Episode 12

Hunt for the Great Train Robber

Sat, Apr 24, 2004 45 mins

After being jailed for his role in the world's biggest robbery, Ronald Biggs manages to escape and disappear.

Episode 13

Champion Racehorse Kidnapped!

Sat, May 1, 2004 45 mins

Masked men kidnap one of the world's most celebrated racehorses in 1983.

Episode 14

Mystery of the Flannan Isles

Sat, May 1, 2004 45 mins

Three lighthouse keepers disappear without a trace in 1900.

Episode 15

Thai Silk King Disappears

Tue, May 4, 2004 45 mins

A Southeast Asian entrepreneur vanishes while on a walk.

Episode 16

Agatha Christie

Tue, May 4, 2004 45 mins

Crime novelist Agatha Christie goes missing in 1926.

Episode 17

Lost in the Sahara

Sat, May 8, 2004 45 mins

A British airliner's crew and passengers struggle to survive after it crash-lands in the Sahara in 1952.

Episode 18

The Suez Canal Disappears

Sat, May 8, 2004 45 mins

Episode 19

The Missing Airship Crew

Sat, May 8, 2004 45 mins

When a Navy dirigible crashes, its two-man crew is not aboard.

Episode 20

SS Farallon: Lost in Alaska

Sat, May 15, 2004 45 mins

A 1910 steamship becomes stuck on an Alaskan reef, stranding the passengers and crew.

Episode 21

The Disappearance of Roald Amundsen

Sat, May 15, 2004 45 mins

Polar explorer Roald Amundsen disappears while in search of survivors of an airship disaster.

Episode 22

Albert Ball: Missing Ace

Thu, May 20, 2004 45 mins

A World War I flying ace vanishes without a trace.

Episode 23

A Close Encounter

Thu, May 20, 2004 45 mins

After reporting an unidentified flying object, a pilot and his plane disappear.

Episode 24

The Duke Disappears

Thu, Jun 10, 2004 45 mins

A plane carrying King George VI's brother crashes in 1942.

Episode 25

The Lost Desert Flyer

Thu, Jun 10, 2004 45 mins

A doomed pilot's diary reveals his tragic end.

Episode 26

The Mystery of the Lady Be Good

Sat, Jul 31, 2004 45 mins

A U.S. bomber sets off on a mission to Libya in 1943 and never returns.

Episode 27

Stranded at Sea

Sun, Aug 22, 2004 45 mins

A man sailing alone seems to vanish without a trace.

Episode 28

The Andrea Gail

Sun, Aug 22, 2004 45 mins

A fishing boat vanishes at the center of the perfect storm.