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The Best Episodes of In Search of... Season 3

Every episode of In Search of... Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of In Search of... Season 3!

The Best Episodes of In Search of... Season 3

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 UFO Captives
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #1 - UFO Captives

    S3:E1

    An examination of claims made by a family in Utah, a man in Wyoming on a hunting excursion, etc. of being abducted (kidnapped) and held captive on UFOs: A close encounter of the fourth kind.

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

    #2 - 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
  3. Background image for Cloning
    7.5/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Cloning

    S3:E3

    A review of the benefits and concerns of producing genetically identical individuals artificially.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Water Seekers (aka Dowsing)
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #4 - Water Seekers (aka Dowsing)

    S3:E4

    The ancient art of dowsing is reviewed, specifically the accuracy and reliability of water dowsers. Do they possess a psychic ability to detect water or can successful dowsing be learned? Further, can science prove or disprove dowsing?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Jack the Ripper
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #5 - Jack the Ripper

    S3:E5

    An investigative report on the unsolved mystery of London's notorious serial killer. The episode reveals the killer's connection with contemporary media and the possible involvement with the Masons. Various identities are suggested as being that of the killer, including a duke who was second in line to the British throne.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Cryogenics
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Cryogenics

    S3:E6

    Scientists have frozen and successfully revived animals in laboratory settings. In addition, some human beings have opted to be frozen at death in hopes of being revived at a future time. Can cryogenics permit humans to live forever?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Siberian Fireball
    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #7 - 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?

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

    #8 - 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
  10. Background image for Monster Hunters (aka Sasquatch)
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    #9 - Monster Hunters (aka Sasquatch)

    S3:E9

    Examines various "monster hunters" including Peter Byrne and Tim Dinsdale as well as the "Bay Area Group". Subjects such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster are covered.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Bermuda Triangle Pirates
    7.5/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Bermuda Triangle Pirates

    S3:E10

    Explores the possibility that modern pirates involved in drug smuggling may be a factor in the disappearances of luxury yachts in the Bermuda Triangle off Florida. Scenes are dramatized involving the takeover of ships by pirates.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Indian Astronomers (aka Mayan Legacy)
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #11 - Indian Astronomers (aka Mayan Legacy)

    S3:E11

    Many pre-Columbian cultures possessed a sophisticated understanding of the heavens. Did they share this knowledge, even across great distances? Similar insights of the Cahokia, Ancestral Puebloans, and Mayans appears to confirm they did.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Sherlock Holmes
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    #12 - Sherlock Holmes

    S3:E12

    An examination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, and how the author emulated his fictional detective in many respects.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Lost Vikings
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #13 - Lost Vikings

    S3:E13

    What happened to the Vikings, led initially by Erik the Red, who had settled in Greenland? Did they perish due to some unforeseen calamity? Or did they relocate to Newfoundland, thus becoming the first European settlers in the New World?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Dreams and Nightmares
    7.4/10(30 votes)

    #14 - Dreams and Nightmares

    S3:E14

    "In Search of ..." explores the mysteries of dreams and nightmares: why we have them and what they do for us.

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

    #15 - 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
  17. Background image for The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)
    8.9/10(42 votes)

    #16 - 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
  18. Background image for Psychic Sea Hunt
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #17 - Psychic Sea Hunt

    S3:E17

    Various individuals with psychic abilities are given a map of the ocean floor and asked to identify areas that may contain long-forgotten shipwrecks and perhaps even treasure. A submarine travels to the selected spots to gauge the results.

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

    #18 - 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
  20. Background image for Noah's Flood
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    #19 - Noah's Flood

    S3:E19

    This episode looks into the scientific methods used to prove the Flood as described in The Bible.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Diamond Curse
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #20 - The Diamond Curse

    S3:E20

    Does the possession of diamonds carry an inherent curse? In particular, how has the Hope Diamond, as well as other significant diamonds, affected its possessors?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Ghostly Stakeout
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #21 - Ghostly Stakeout

    S3:E21

    California psychics visit two purportedly haunted properties and attempt, with mixed results, to contact and exorcise ghosts located within the structures.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Brain Power
    7.2/10(24 votes)

    #22 - Brain Power

    S3:E22

    A survey of the brain, its mysteries and potential, and how it may be trained to overcome cerebral birth defects as well as move beyond its current, limited usage.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Sodom & Gomorrah
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #23 - Sodom & Gomorrah

    S3:E23

    Scientists look into the theory that the remains of these wicked cities are on the very site of a crater now filled by the Dead Sea.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for King Tut
    8.0/10(27 votes)

    #24 - King Tut

    S3:E24

    The brief life and reign of Tutankhamen were mostly unremarkable, yet upon his death he was entombed with a collection of astonishing riches and his decision to restore Egypt's ancient religion may have galvanized monotheistic practice.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"UFO Captives" is the best rated episode of "In Search of..." season 3. It scored 7.8/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/14/1978. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Tornadoes".