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All Episodes of Mystery Hunters

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Teenage hosts Araya and Christina investigate real-life reports of mysteries such as spirits, legendary creatures, monsters, dinosaurs and UFOs. They use scientific rigour to try to find plausible explanations for the sightings and eye-witness accounts

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Season 1

  • Skunk Ape / Bigfoot
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    Skunk Ape / Bigfoot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/2002

    Skunk Ape Pictures with the sheriff's department show something very strange walking in a Florida forest. Christina is on the lookout for a giant, smelly ape-man lurking in Florida Everglades. Big Foot Araya searches for the elusive Big Foot in the Oregon Forest. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave makes a footprint cast out of plaster. V-File What are those strange objects I spotted over the skies of Mexico? (Rodrigo Velasco Fuhrken - 15 years - Tetelpan, Mexico)

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Prison Inn / Seeing-Ghost Dogs
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    The Prison Inn / Seeing-Ghost Dogs

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2002

    The Prison Inn Christina stays overnight in a hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, converted from a notorious prison on the very night (Feb. 11) a man was hanged in his cell. Using the latest hi-tech ghost hunting equipment, she investigates. Seeing-Ghost Dogs Araya goes with a dog on a ghost hunt in North Carolina. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave shows how to see your very own aura. V-File Why do black holes swallow all that is near them? (Valentina Aracil, 11 years - Mar-del-Plata Argentina)

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ogopogo Lake Monster / Mummy Case
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    Ogopogo Lake Monster / Mummy Case

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/2002

    Ogopogo Lake Monster There have been so many recent sightings of a strange creature in the waters of Lake Okaganagan in British Columbia, that Christina decides to go and investigate the legend of one of the world's best known lake monsters: the Ogopogo. Mummy Case Araya discovers the secrets behind a thousand year old mummy in Toronto, Ontario. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave mummifies a chicken. V-File Is my house haunted because it creeks? (Matthew Rogers - 9 years - Manchester, England)

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • New England Vampires / Aurora Borealis
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    New England Vampires / Aurora Borealis

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/2002

    New England Vampires Christina visits the supposed grave of an alleged vampire. Aurora Borealis Araya experiences the Aurora Borealis. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave shows how images can persist long after we have seen them.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Hypnosis / Pet Psychics
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    Hypnosis / Pet Psychics

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2002

    Hypnosis Christina subjects herself to mind control in Toronto, Ontario in an effort to exercise control over Araya and ends up getting to the truth about hypnosis. Pet Psychics Araya investigates the possibility of talking to pets telepathically in California. A psychic shows how she found a family's a lost dog. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave demonstrates hypnotic illusions. V-File How do magicians make people levitate? (Joseph Rowe, 11 years - London, UK)

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ice Mummy / Cryonics
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    Ice Mummy / Cryonics

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2002

    Ice Mummy Dead bodies have been found on a mountaintop in Lima, Peru. They were brought down for examination, and ever since, some bad things have happened in the town. Christina's investigation takes her to a lab where she discovers the bodies brought down are ice mummies. Cryonics Araya learns about Cryogenics - bringing frozen people back to life without any aging, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave constructs an igloo. V-File Why do people see a ""light"" when they're about to die? (Nicolas Cruces Pastorino - 11 years - Buenos Aires)

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Brown Mountain Lights / Spoon Bending
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    Brown Mountain Lights / Spoon Bending

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/2002

    Brown Mountain Lights Christina visits a hilltop in North Carolina with mysterious brown lights. Spoon Bending Araya attends a spoon-bending workshop in San Francisco. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave moves objects with his mind.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Nazca Lines / Trophy Heads
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    Nazca Lines / Trophy Heads

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/22/2002

    Nasca Lines Christina heads to Peru and nearby graves to investigate mysterious lines etched into the earth that stretch on and on, and twist in all directions. These humongous line drawings take on the familiar shapes of animals and people, forming a lost civilization. Mystery Lab Araya and Doubting Dave make giant chalk drawing drawings. V-File A black cat crossed my path is it true I will have bad luck? (Blanca Diaz Chavez, 12 years old, Ajijic, Mexico)

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bermuda Triangle / Cave Ghost
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    Bermuda Triangle / Cave Ghost

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/23/2002

    Bermuda Triangle Araya investigates this most enduring of marine legends - the Bermuda Triangle in Florida. Reputed to swallow boats giant and small, and suck airplanes out of the sky, Araya is undaunted by this most dangerous area of the sea and heads out to do what he must. Cave Ghosts Christina moves on to Pennsylvania to discover cave ghosts. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave tries to make Ghost Photographs. V-File Does space have a limit? (Modestino Orsini - 9 years - Alife, Italy)

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mexican Mummies / Secret Animal Talk
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    Mexican Mummies / Secret Animal Talk

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/24/2002

    Mexican Mummies Araya visits a Mexican cemetery full of mysteriously preserved bodies. Psychic Spy Christina explores the secret language of animals. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave creates a vegetable mummy.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ghettysburg Ghosts / Voodoo
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    Ghettysburg Ghosts / Voodoo

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/25/2002

    Gettysburg Ghosts Araya looks for ghosts from the American Civil War. Voodoo Christina learns how to perform voodoo. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave goes on the hunt for ghosts with low-tech equipment. V-File Why is yawning contagious?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • MacBeth / Salem Witches
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    MacBeth / Salem Witches

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/28/2002

    MacBeth Araya invokes the dreaded curse behind Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Salem Christina travels to Salem where she meets a modern day witch to learn the true story of witchcraft. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave creates his own curse and investigates fangs.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Sewer Gators / Dragons
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    Sewer Gators / Dragons

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/2002

    Christina investigates reports of alligators breeding underneath New York City. Araya walks the hill where a dragon was allegedly slain. Doubting Dave makes plastic fangs.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Desert Mummy / Remote Viewing
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    Desert Mummy / Remote Viewing

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/9/2002

    Araya tests his "PSI" abilities in a remote viewing facility. Christina unwraps an ancient mummy. Doubting Dave tests his own ESP.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Loch Ness / Whooper
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    Loch Ness / Whooper

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/2002

    Christina pursues some ghostly screams heard in the woods of New Brunswick. Araya travels to Loch Ness, Scotland in search of the legendary sea creature. Doubting Dave makes his own fake Nessie video.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ambrose Small / Missing Princes
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    Ambrose Small / Missing Princes

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/2002

    Christina investigates the haunting of Ambrose Small in The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. Araya explores the Tower of London where two young princes were imprisoned and never found. Doubting Dave constructs a Ouija Board.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Werewolves / Dracula
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    Werewolves / Dracula

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/30/2002

    Araya visits Count Dracula's homeland to investigate the truth behind the terrifying legend. Christina is on the hunt for a hairy wolf-beast roaming the roads and woods of Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Doubting Dave cooks up some fake blood and views a "V-File" e-mail about wolves.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Area 51
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    Area 51

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/6/2003

    Christina travels to a top-secret air force base in Rachel, Nevada where an alien spaceship is thought to be stored. Araya explores the alleged crash site of a UFO in the town of Roswell, New Mexico. Doubting Dave takes his own fake UFO photos. Why does the government want to keep aliens a secret?

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bell Witch / Anne Boleyn
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    Bell Witch / Anne Boleyn

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/13/2003

    Christina ventures to the former location of John Bell's farm in Adams, Tennessee to investigate a famous poltergeist. Araya visits the childhood home of a beheaded queen who is known to roam the grounds. Doubting Dave experiments with telekinesis.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Giant Squid / Cannibals
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    Giant Squid / Cannibals

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/27/2003

    Araya fishes for giant squid in Atlantic Canada and tries to find one for himself. Christina investigates the disappeared culture of the Chaco, who were said to be cannibals. Doubting Dave has fun with suction.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Pirates / Castle Ghosts
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    Pirates / Castle Ghosts

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/2003

    Christina investigates the wreckage and artifacts of an old pirate ship. Araya visits a haunted castle in northern England. Doubting Dave performs some ghostly magic tricks.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Dinos / Imhotep
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    Dinos / Imhotep

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/3/2003

    Christina explores the ancient homeland of the dinosaurs for clues to their extinction at Meteor Crater in Arizona. Araya travels to Saqqara, Egypt in search of the ancient pyramid builder Imhotep. Doubting Dave builds a pyramid. What happens when an asteroid hits the earth.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Alien Encounter / Crop Circles
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    Alien Encounter / Crop Circles

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/10/2003

    Araya witnesses some mysterious crop formations. Christina investigates the site of an alien encounter in Brazil. Doubting Dave creates his own alien hoax.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • King Tut Curse / King Tut Murder
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    King Tut Curse / King Tut Murder

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/24/2003

    Was a young pharaoh murdered in ancient Egypt and is his tomb cursed? Christina and Araya both explore this ancient legend. Araya explores Valley of the Kings. Christina travels to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children as well as the Royal Ontario Museum. Doubting Dave makes paper.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Mapinguari / Giant Sloth
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    Mapinguari / Giant Sloth

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/3/2003

    Does a huge prehistoric creature that was thought be extinct still lurk in the Amazon jungles? Christina and Araya investigate. Doubting Dave makes a fossil

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Best of Mystery Hunters
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    The Best of Mystery Hunters

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/10/2003

    Christina, Araya and Doubting Dave exchange their scariest, funniest and wackiest moments on Mystery Hunters.

    Director: Unknown

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