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The Best Episodes of In Search of...

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...

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  1. Background image for The Castle of Secrets (aka Coral Castle)
    9.1/10(34 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)
    8.9/10(42 votes)

    #2 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for D.B. Cooper
    8.6/10(36 votes)

    #3 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Lee Harvey Oswald
    8.6/10(31 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for The Great Lakes Triangle
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Vincent Van Gogh
    8.4/10(29 votes)

    #6 - Vincent Van Gogh

    S4:E16

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Jim Jones
    8.4/10(26 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Hiroshima Survivors
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Troy
    8.3/10(26 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Angel of Death (aka Joseph Mengele)
    8.3/10(33 votes)

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

    S3:E18

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Houdini's Secrets
    8.3/10(23 votes)

    #11 - 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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Tornadoes
    8.2/10(31 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Animal ESP
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #13 - 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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Missing Heir
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Jimmy Hoffa
    8.2/10(34 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Holy Grail
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #16 - The Holy Grail

    S5:E18

    "In Search of..." explores the claims that the chalice used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper may have been found.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Lusitania
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for The Elephant Man
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Lincoln Conspiracy
    8.2/10(27 votes)

    #19 - The Lincoln Conspiracy

    S6:E6

    An examination of the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln including a theory that the assassin John Wilkes Booth may not have been killed in a shoot-out with Union troops.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Haunted Castles
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #20 - Haunted Castles

    S2:E20

    Probe into one of the world's most haunted places.

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Lost Colony of Roanoke
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for John the Baptist
    8.1/10(25 votes)

    #22 - John the Baptist

    S4:E20

    "In Search of..." investigates to determine whether the legendary holy man's remains are in Europe or Egypt.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Glenn Miller
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    #23 - Glenn Miller

    S4:E23

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for UFO Coverups
    8.1/10(36 votes)

    #24 - UFO Coverups

    S5:E1

    An investigation into UFO sightings with an emphasis on the 1947 Roswell, New Mexico sightings, Project Blue Book, and Hangar 18 at Wright-Patterson AFB.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Salem Witches
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    #25 - Salem Witches

    S5:E13

    A celebration of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts featuring rare looks at coven rituals and an initiation ceremony. A scientist suggests a rational explanation lurks behind the hysteria that sparked the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-93.

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    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Castle of Secrets (aka Coral Castle)" is the best rated episode of "In Search of...". It scored 9.1/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/24/1981. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)".