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The Best Episodes of In Search of... Season 2

Every episode of In Search of... Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of In Search of... Season 2!

In Search of... is a television series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Syfy

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Lost Dutchman Mine (aka Mother Lode)" is the best rated episode of "In Search of..." season 2. It scored 7.8/10 based on 36 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/24/1977. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "The Man Who Would Not Die".

  • The Lost Dutchman Mine (aka Mother Lode)
    7.8/1036 votes

    #1 - The Lost Dutchman Mine (aka Mother Lode)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/24/1977

    The Lost Dutchman Mine: An investigation into why hundreds of gold hunters have died searching for a lost treasure ever since a German prospector wandered out of Arizona's Superstition Mountains in the 1860s. Is there really cursed gold hidden there, as Apache lore suggests?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Man Who Would Not Die
    6.9/1037 votes

    #2 - The Man Who Would Not Die

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 12/31/1977

    The fascinating saga of the Count of St. Germain, who dazzled the courts of Europe for over 100 years, leading some to believe he was immortal.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Firewalkers
    6.9/1024 votes

    #3 - Firewalkers

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/5/1978

    How do people walk on red-hot coals without being burned?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mayan Mysteries
    7.9/1030 votes

    #4 - Mayan Mysteries

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/7/1978

    The Mayans of Mexico carved an advanced civilization out of the jungles, then disappeared. Where did they come from? Where did they go?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Astrology
    7.1/1026 votes

    #5 - Astrology

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/1978

    Can astronomical movements affect the affairs of man? Leonard Nimoy as he reviews the long history of astrology and looks at its attraction today.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Michael Rockefeller
    7.4/1032 votes

    #6 - Michael Rockefeller

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/1978

    Did he drown or was he murdered? An investigation into the disappearance of Nelson Rockefeller's youngest son who vanished without a trace among some of the most primitive peoples in the world. Film found in a camera suggested they were the victim of headhunters, or was it staged?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hurricanes
    8.0/1027 votes

    #7 - Hurricanes

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 1/26/1978

    Take a close-up look at these violent killers that have taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Can they be controlled or prevented?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ogopogo Monster
    7.8/1035 votes

    #8 - The Ogopogo Monster

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 1/28/1978

    This large beast, similar to Scotland's Loch Ness Monster, is claimed to have been seen by thousands of people in western Canada.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pyramid Secrets
    7.9/1027 votes

    #9 - Pyramid Secrets

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/1978

    Examines the theory that the pyramids of Egypt were built to provide shelter from a holocaust, not as tombs for the pharaohs.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Sea Scrolls
    7.4/1029 votes

    #10 - Dead Sea Scrolls

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/1978

    The story of the 2,000-year-old scrolls, discovered by a shepherd, that revolutionized religious thought.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reincarnation
    6.7/1028 votes

    #11 - Reincarnation

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 2/11/1978

    Reviews case histories of people who claim to have lived in previous lifetimes.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Shark Worshippers
    7.3/1028 votes

    #12 - The Shark Worshippers

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 2/18/1978

    A trip to remote parts of the Pacific where man-eating sharks are considered gods. Adults pray to them and children swim unafraid among them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Anastasia
    7.1/1028 votes

    #13 - Anastasia

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/23/1978

    An examination of evidence that the youngest daughter of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II Aleksandrovich Romanov survived the family executions, and settled in Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Secrets of Life
    7.2/1023 votes

    #14 - The Secrets of Life

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1978

    Explores the possibility that human life can be created in laboratories engaged in DNA research.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Immortality
    7.3/1023 votes

    #15 - Immortality

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/1978

    Looks at scientific discoveries of new methods of prolonging human life, such as cryonics, which can suspend life for centuries.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Swamp Monster
    7.7/1033 votes

    #16 - The Swamp Monster

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/1978

    An investigation of reports that a huge man-like beast is living in the swamps of Louisiana's bayou.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hypnosis
    7.2/1024 votes

    #17 - Hypnosis

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/1978

    A look back at the great scientist Mesmer, whose hypnotic techniques are being used in modern surgery, teaching, and police investigations.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Troy
    8.4/1023 votes

    #18 - Troy

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1978

    The story of Heinrich Schliemann, an eccentric self-made millionaire obsessed with discovering the ruins of Troy at a time when the city was considered a fable that never existed. He discovered not one but nine ancient cities in Turkey, and recovered a hoard of spectacular relics.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Witch Doctors
    6.8/1026 votes

    #19 - Witch Doctors

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1978

    Leonard Nimoy hosts this look at ancient folk medicines that are being re-instituted today in modern mental institutions and are yielding positive results.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Haunted Castles
    8.1/1030 votes

    #20 - Haunted Castles

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/1978

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Butch Cassidy
    8.0/1028 votes

    #21 - Butch Cassidy

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired Unknown

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Ants
    7.9/1027 votes

    #22 - Deadly Ants

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired Unknown

    A look at the billions of fire ants that march across the southern United States and the failure so far of all attempts to stop them.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Coming Ice Age
    7.4/1041 votes

    #23 - The Coming Ice Age

    Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired Unknown

    An inquiry into whether the dramatic weather changes in America's northern states mean that a new ice age is approaching.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Garden of Eden
    7.3/1029 votes

    #24 - The Garden of Eden

    Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 6/1/1978

    Using the Old Testament as a road map, researchers attempt to trace the possible site of the original Garden to India, China, and an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A