- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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".