5.8/10126 votesLoading...#1 - The Final Hunt For D.B. Cooper
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2020
will investigate a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Each program within the franchise will showcase fresh, new evidence and perspectives including never-before-released documents to the general public, personal diaries and DNA evidence to unearth brand-new information about these infamous and enigmatic chapters in history.
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6.0/1089 votesLoading...#2 - The Escape of John Wilkes Booth
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/2020
He was the actor whose most famous role was assassinating a president. But was John Wilkes Booth also an escape artist? Did Booth evade justice and live for decades after killing Abraham Lincoln? For the first time, Booth family members share family lore, and what they believe is evidence of the assassin's escape, passed down through generations.
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6.1/1075 votesLoading...#3 - Hunting Hitler’s U-Boats
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/2021
An investigation into the unshakable claims of Roger Miklos, one of America's most eccentric, controversial, and accomplished treasure hunters. Decades before his death in 2018, Roger believed he discovered a modified Nazi U-boat loaded with a fortune in artwork, antiquities, and gold off the coast of Turks and Caicos. Before he passed, Roger gave an exclusive interview that revealed clues about the possible position of the U-boat and left behind a trove of documents, maps, and photographs. Now, armed with this evidence, celebrated diver Mike Fletcher and his team will take to the high seas in search of the special U-boat.
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6.3/10114 votesLoading...#4 - Endurance: The Hunt for Shackleton's Ice Ship
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/2020
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton led an expedition to Antarctica but soon after arrival, Shackleton's ship--The Endurance--was destroyed by shifting glaciers, and he was tasked with leading his 27 men across the tundra, on an epic struggle for survival. Shackleton's battle against the odds and his unfailing commitment to bring all his men out alive turned him into a legend. The ship's final resting ground remains one of the greatest polar mysteries. Led by maritime archeologist and shipwreck expert, Mensun Bound, follow a new ground-breaking expedition heading back into the frozen seas to hunt down Shackleton's lost ship.
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6.3/1064 votesLoading...#5 - The Phoenix Lights Phenomenon
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 2/27/2023
In 1997, thousands of people in Phoenix witnessed strange lights; this could be an UFO sighting.
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6.3/1042 votesLoading...#6 - The Mysterious Havana Syndrome
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 6/10/2023
In 2016 a mysterious illness strikes dozens of government officials in Cuba. Over the next few years, hundreds more are afflicted. But investigations raise more questions than answers about this bizarre epidemic. What is the true cause of the strange phenomenon known as "Havana Syndrome?"
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6.4/1090 votesLoading...#7 - Roswell: The First Witness - The Journal
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/2020
A cryptic journal sparks an unprecedented investigation into whether a UFO crashed at Roswell, NM in 1947. Major Jesse Marcel, the first government official on the scene, believed to his dying day that an extraterrestrial spaceship plummeted to earth and the U.S. government covered it up. Now, the Marcel family has come forward with a journal found among Marcel's possessions. The journal may contain coded-clues to the truth behind Roswell. Former CIA operative Ben Smith embarks on a new investigation that includes a cryptographic analysis of the journal, a high tech geological study of the crash site, and interviews with witnesses who have never spoken publicly. What really crashed in Roswell? The US government claimed it was a weather balloon and then changed its story. Others spoke of alien bodies, and extreme government intimidation.
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6.4/1059 votesLoading...#8 - The Search for Noah's Ark
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 5/7/2023
It's one of the most famous stories from the Bible; for thousands of years the tale of Noah's Ark is shared, but little is known about what happened to the ark.
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6.4/1028 votesLoading...#9 - Captain Kidd's Treasure
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2024
It's a mystery from the golden age of piracy. In 1698, Captain William Kidd raids a ship on the high seas and seizes its vast treasure... but Kidd is hanged before revealing where he stashed the loot. What happened to Captain Kidd's lost booty... and where is it now?
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6.5/1077 votesLoading...#10 - Roswell: The First Witness – The Memo
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/2020
A former CIA operative's investigation into the Roswell crash arrives at a critical moment when the mysterious journal found among the possessions of Major Jesse Marcel undergoes a crucial test. As a US Army intelligence officer, Marcel was the first government official at the crash site. Investigator Ben Smith is taken to a secret location believed to be the real resting place of the airborne object, as a local archeologist finds evidence that a military cleanup may have taken place. A leading code-breaker continues his attempt to decipher the journal which may be written in a home-brewed code and contain hidden information about what happened at Roswell. And witnesses describe a series of bizarre events surrounding the now legendary crash, while an incredible new technology attempts to read words on a 70 year old photograph that may hold clues to the mystery: Did an extraterrestrial spaceship crash at Roswell?
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6.5/1078 votesLoading...#11 - Roswell: The First Witness – The Writer
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/2020
Investigator Ben Smith travels to Jesse Marcel's hometown on Louisiana's Gulf Coast to speak with family members who reveal information that supports Marcel's story of a government coverup. Smith speaks with Leslie Kean, the investigative journalist who broke The New York Times story about a clandestine U.S. government program to investigate UFOs. Smith also digs deeper into the mystery of the journal as he studies writing samples to determine if the journal might have been written by one of Marcel's fellow officers who later claimed he was ordered to oversee the military's coverup. Back in Marcel's hometown, Smith meets with a man who swears Marcel confided in him about alien bodies-- something Marcel had never mentioned to the press or family. As the results come back from soil, metal and forensic handwriting analysis, Smith shares his findings with the Marcel grandchildren.
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6.5/1056 votesLoading...#12 - The Puzzling Pyramids of Egypt
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 4/16/2023
Awe-inspiring and mysterious, the pyramids of Egypt are significant wonders of the ancient world; more than 4,000 years old, they are celebrated architectural marvels, but no one fully understands how they were built or why.
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6.5/1035 votesLoading...#13 - The Hunt for Hitler
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 7/23/2023
The history books say Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the final days of World War II, but not everyone believes there's sufficient proof; questions have swirled for decades about his possible escape.
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6.6/1041 votesLoading...#14 - The Garden of Eden
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/5/2024
Most people know it as the biblical birthplace of man -- the Garden of Eden; investigating if the Garden of Eden was just a story to explain human creation or if it was a real place.
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6.7/1078 votesLoading...#15 - Expedition Bermuda Triangle
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/2021
On December 5, 1945, five American WW2 torpedo bombers took off from Florida with all men and planes disappearing without a trace. Hours later, the search plane dispatched to find them, also vanished, believed to be lost to the infamous Bermuda Triangle. The number of men tragically lost that day totaled 27 and 75 years later, it remains an unsolved mystery. No ship in history has searched the extreme depths of the Bermuda Triangle, thought to have claimed over 1,000 ships and planes, until now. The late Paul Allen's ship, R/V Petrel, the most advanced search vessel of its kind, will deploy a wide array of cutting edge technology including deep-diving submersibles to investigate three miles down, in an effort, to find the lost squadron and solve the mystery that began the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
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6.7/1064 votesLoading...#16 - The Assassination of JFK
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/13/2023
On November 22, 1963, President John F Kennedy is assassinated, shaking the nation to its core; while an initial suspect is captured, many believe there's more to the story; investigators and amateur sleuths alike have been searching for answers.
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6.7/1057 votesLoading...#17 - The "Missingest" Man in America
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/12/2023
In 1930, a New York Supreme Court justice with close ties to Tammany Hall, and future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, steps out of a steakhouse and disappears. For decades, the politically charged case dominates mainstream media and remains unsolved nearly 100 years later. But could a deathbed confession finally tell us what really happened to the notorious Judge Joseph Crater?
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6.7/1054 votesLoading...#18 - The Deadly Bermuda Triangle
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 4/30/2023
A look at what could cause mysterious vanishings in the Bermuda Triangle, a 500,000 square mile area of the Atlantic where ships, planes and unsuspecting travelers have been lost without a trace.
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6.8/1072 votesLoading...#19 - The Loch Ness Monster
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/30/2023
Despite centuries of sightings and searches, one of the most infamous deep-sea monsters remains unidentified. As evidence continues to mount, the mystery endures: does the Loch Ness Monster really exist? And if so, what could it be?
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6.8/1054 votesLoading...#20 - Blackbeard's Lost Treasure
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 3/19/2023
One of history's most notorious pirates, Blackbeard, is said to have had a treasure worth millions of dollars. After centuries of searching, the legendary hoard remains missing. As new evidence is unearthed, the mystery endures: what became of Blackbeard's lost treasure?
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6.8/1048 votesLoading...#21 - The Legend of Bigfoot
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 5/21/2023
Thousands of people swear they've encountered the legendary North American creature Bigfoot, but Bigfoot has never been officially identified; as evidence continues to mount, and photos are scrutinized, the mystery endures.
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6.8/1036 votesLoading...#22 - The Shroud of Turin
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/2024
The haunting image of the Shroud of Turin has captivated millions around the world; scientists and theologians are trying to figure out if the Shroud of Turin truly is an image of Jesus or something very different.
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6.9/1044 votesLoading...#23 - The Search for El Dorado
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 6/4/2023
It is a legendary ancient city, said to be overflowing with gold. For centuries, explorers put their lives on the line searching for it. As the endless quest to uncover this infamous city continues, will anyone ever find it?
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6.9/1032 votesLoading...#24 - The Lost Gold of WWII
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 7/30/2023
During World War II, Japan plunders a fortune worth hundreds of billions of dollars from occupied countries, but to this day its whereabouts are unknown.
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6.9/1034 votesLoading...#25 - Gardner Museum Robbery
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 8/13/2023
In a perfectly planned robbery, thieves steal half a billion dollars in masterpieces from the Gardner Museum in Boston; it's been three decades since the brazen heist, and an exhaustive search has failed to recover the stolen goods.
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The Worst Episodes of History's Greatest Mysteries
Every episode of History's Greatest Mysteries ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of History's Greatest Mysteries!
Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B. Cooper, Roswell, John Wilkes Booth, and more. Fresh,...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"The Final Hunt For D.B. Cooper" is the worst rated episode of "History's Greatest Mysteries". It scored 5.8/10 based on 126 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/14/2020. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Escape of John Wilkes Booth".