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In Search of... is a TV series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour TV documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg:

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    In Search of... Season 3 Episode 16 - The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)
    8.8/10(49 votes)

    #1 - The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)

    S3:E16

    Was a secret treasure buried on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia? This episode examines the possibilities that it was and also covers some of the searches for it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. In Search of... Season 5 Episode 16 - The Castle of Secrets (aka Coral Castle)
    8.8/10(40 votes)

    #2 - The Castle of Secrets (aka Coral Castle)

    S5:E16

    Edward Leedskalnin built a Coral Castle in Florida City, Florida during modern times. The stones weigh up to 5 tons. Yet he used simple tools and a tripod. The mystery he once said "it is all there in the Egyptian texts" . Join Leonard Nimoy In Search of The Castle of Secrets to see and marvel at what one man accomplished.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. In Search of... Season 4 Episode 16 - Vincent Van Gogh
    8.4/10(35 votes)

    #3 - Vincent Van Gogh

    S4:E16

    An examination of the legendary, but troubled, painter Vincent Van Gogh - was he really mentally ill?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. In Search of... Season 5 Episode 3 - Lee Harvey Oswald
    8.4/10(36 votes)

    #4 - Lee Harvey Oswald

    S5:E3

    New information on President Kennedy's assassination, including a police tape revealing a fourth shot, expert handwriting analysis on Oswald's diary, and a possible Oswald lookalike as a stealth assassin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. In Search of... Season 4 Episode 11 - D.B. Cooper
    8.3/10(44 votes)

    #5 - D.B. Cooper

    S4:E11

    Follows the incredible hijacking commited by D.B. Cooper, who parachuted out of an airplane with the ransom money and was never seen again. It offers some evidence about Cooper's possible fate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. In Search of... Season 2 Episode 18 - Troy
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #6 - Troy

    S2:E18

    Was Homer's account of the Trojan War in "The Illiad" based-upon historical fact? Heinrich Schliemann, a self-made millionaire and amateur archaeologist, unearthed Troy and its treasures in 1873, thereby confirming Homer's classic tale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. In Search of... Season 3 Episode 8 - The Great Lakes Triangle
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #7 - The Great Lakes Triangle

    S3:E8

    An examination of strange disappearances of ships and planes in an area of the Great Lakes that is considered to be more dangerous than the fabled Bermuda Triangle.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. In Search of... Season 3 Episode 18 - The Angel of Death (aka Joseph Mengele)
    8.2/10(39 votes)

    #8 - The Angel of Death (aka Joseph Mengele)

    S3:E18

    The hunt for the fugitive sadistic Nazi doctor and his most famous pursuer, Simon Wiesenthal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. In Search of... Season 5 Episode 10 - Jimmy Hoffa
    8.2/10(38 votes)

    #9 - Jimmy Hoffa

    S5:E10

    Jimmy Hoffa was the president of the powerful Teamsters' Union. He only cared about himself. He fought to the top, but eventually got killed, although his body was never found.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. In Search of... Season 6 Episode 12 - Hiroshima Survivors
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #10 - Hiroshima Survivors

    S6:E12

    A contemplative look at Hiroshima, before and after 1945. The city has proved resilient, yet those exposed to the bombing were damaged physically and mentally and questions linger regarding effects caused by massive doses of radiation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. In Search of... Season 3 Episode 2 - Tornadoes
    8.1/10(35 votes)

    #11 - Tornadoes

    S3:E2

    Scientists at the National Severe Storms Laboratory work to detect and mitigate the impact of tornadoes, which are the most ferocious storms of all, often striking with little warning and inflicting massive amounts of damage.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. In Search of... Season 4 Episode 23 - Glenn Miller
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Glenn Miller

    S4:E23

    An examination of the mysterious disappearance of the big band leader.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. In Search of... Season 6 Episode 7 - Jim Jones
    8.1/10(35 votes)

    #13 - Jim Jones

    S6:E7

    An examination of cult leader, Jim Jones, and his People's Temple following that culminated into a horrific mass suicide in Guyana.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. In Search of... Season 6 Episode 11 - Houdini's Secrets
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #14 - Houdini's Secrets

    S6:E11

    A look at the life of Harry Houdini including his efforts to debunk phony psychics and spiritualists of the time. Also attempts of his wife to contact him after his death

    Director:Unknown
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  15. In Search of... Season 1 Episode 15 - Amelia Earhart
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    #15 - Amelia Earhart

    S1:E15

    This episode investigates the life and mysterious death of Amelia Earhart, one of the most famous women aviators who disappeared while trying to become the first woman to fly around the world. After compiling records as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, the first woman to fly across the United States, and from Hawaii to California, she set her sights on a trip around the world. Tragically, she disappeared, along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, on one of the last legs of her flight, in the South Pacific, somewhere near her destination of Howland Island. Or did she? Theories abound that she was really a spy for the U.S. and was on a spy mission of Japanese bases and the build up leading to World War II. Others say she was just as she appeared, a woman aviator trying to be the first woman to fly around the world, and died in the effort. Others claim there is evidence that she was captured and killed by the Japanese as a spy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. In Search of... Season 3 Episode 15 - Animal ESP
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    #16 - Animal ESP

    S3:E15

    Do animals, including humans, possess extrasensory perception? If so, are we humans and our companion animals able to communicate on a deeper level? Further, do humans have the ability to converse telepathically with companion animals?

    Director:Unknown
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  17. In Search of... Season 4 Episode 15 - The Missing Heir
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    #17 - The Missing Heir

    S4:E15

    At the time, there were over $20 billion unclaimed in USA banks from those who died intestate. This show focuses on a stock certificate in a San Francisco vault of Wells Fargo Bank worth $3.2 million.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. In Search of... Season 5 Episode 23 - The Lusitania
    8.0/10(34 votes)

    #18 - The Lusitania

    S5:E23

    An examination of the British ocean liner torpedoed during World War I and possible reasons for why she sank so quickly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. In Search of... Season 6 Episode 5 - The Elephant Man
    8.0/10(31 votes)

    #19 - The Elephant Man

    S6:E5

    An examination of the life of John Merrick, a catastrophically deformed man in Victorian London, and the possible medical cause of his condition.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. In Search of... Season 1 Episode 16 - Dracula
    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #20 - Dracula

    S1:E16

    In this episode we investigate Dracula, the fictional character from Bram Stoker's novel. But was there a real Dracula? Was this character based on a real person? The life of Vlad "The Impaler", the Romanian Count who lived in the Transylvania's during the 18th century must have surely been the model for Bram Stoker's Count Dracula. The Order of Dracul, the meaning of the word Dracula is included, as well as the presence today of the ruins of Vlad's castle. Local legends and historical evidence is reviewed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. In Search of... Season 1 Episode 20 - The Loch Ness Monster
    7.9/10(59 votes)

    #21 - The Loch Ness Monster

    S1:E20

    A hunt for the leviathan which has so far eluded all expeditions to prove that it truly exists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. In Search of... Season 2 Episode 21 - Butch Cassidy
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    #22 - Butch Cassidy

    S2:E21

    Examines the possibility that Butch Cassidy was not killed in Bolivia along with the Sundance Kid, but actually lived a full life and died peacefully in 1937.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. In Search of... Season 3 Episode 7 - Siberian Fireball
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #23 - Siberian Fireball

    S3:E7

    The Tunguska event of 1908 was eerily similar to the Trinity nuclear test in 1945. How could a nuclear-like blast have occurred prior to the atomic age? Was a comet or asteroid the cause? Or was extraterrestrial technology responsible?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. In Search of... Season 4 Episode 6 - The Lost Colony of Roanoke
    7.9/10(37 votes)

    #24 - The Lost Colony of Roanoke

    S4:E6

    A look at new evidence which offers an intriguing theory about where the colonists of the ill-fated Roanoke colony went.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. In Search of... Season 4 Episode 10 - Pompeii
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #25 - Pompeii

    S4:E10

    Pompeii: The great Roman city was a wealthy resort and mecca for fun-lovers before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Were early Christians among the Roman revelers?

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)" is the best rated episode of "In Search of...". It scored 8.8/10 based on 49 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/18/1979. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Castle of Secrets (aka Coral Castle)".