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The Best Episodes of River Monsters

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Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the hunt for fish with a taste for human flesh. This rip-roaring ride mixes action and adventure with mysteries, edge-of-the-seat chase and a battle of wills between man and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    River Monsters Season 1 Episode 3 - Alligator Gar
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Alligator Gar

    S1:E3

    In the Deep South is a river monster with the reputation of a devil. Blamed for a series of violent attacks on humans, this creature is said to be as vicious as a shark and as big as an alligator. The authorities said it should be annihilated, but not all are so quick to condemn it. Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Texas on its trail in an attempt to uncover the facts behind this animal's notoriety. Helped by local expertise and with his own wits honed sharp, he finds new ways to reveal the truth about the monster alligator gar.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. River Monsters Season 2 Episode 2 - Killer Snakehead
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Killer Snakehead

    S2:E2

    Angler Jeremy Wade sets his sights on an aggressive Far Eastern predator that's now invading America's backyards. Accused of homicide, and said to breathe air and crawl on land, the Snakehead is a monster that sounds more like a gangster than a fish.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. River Monsters Season 1 Episode 1 - Piranha
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Piranha

    S1:E1

    In 1976 a packed coach crashed into the Amazon killing 39 people. By the time the bodies were pulled out by rescuers some had been so viciously mutilated by piranha they could only be identified by their clothes. Tracking down survivors and eyewitnesses of piranha attacks, Jeremy Wade reveals why the piranha fills our nightmares.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. River Monsters Season 1 Episode 2 - Killer Catfish
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Killer Catfish

    S1:E2

    Two years ago, on the treacherous Kali River, high in the mountains of Northern India, Jeremy Wade unearthed the mother of all fisherman's tales and the ultimate freshwater horror: a super-sized freshwater fish turned man-eater. Jeremy takes on the biggest, toughest challenge he's ever faced as he heads back to the Himalayas to separate fact from fiction and track down the monstrous beast.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. River Monsters Season 9 Episode 4 - Return of the Killer Catfish
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Return of the Killer Catfish

    S9:E4

    Jeremy Wade investigates a case in Nepal that sounds strangely familiar - a lone fisherman dragged off his feet & into a mountain river by an unseen creature. Is the original river monster, the goonch catfish, back from the brink?

    Director:Unknown
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  6. River Monsters Season 5 Episode 2 - Atomic Assassin
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Atomic Assassin

    S5:E2

    Jeremy Wade searches for a monster that leads him to the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, Chernobyl. In a nerve-shredding race against radiation & time, he searches for the perpetrator of a series of grizzly attacks.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. River Monsters Season 4 Episode 1 - American Killers
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - American Killers

    S4:E1

    In the suspense-filled two-hour premiere, Jeremy Wade treks across the United States in search of deadly river monsters living in the nation's waterways. Wade ventures from the popular Indian River Lagoon in Florida where unsuspecting water enthusiasts are faced with what could become a modern day Jaws, to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, where underwater hunters have reached man-eating proportions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. River Monsters Season 1 Episode 4 - European Maneater
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - European Maneater

    S1:E4

    Reports of an attack on a swimmer in a lake close to Berlin is the starting point for an intense and shocking investigation. Wade travels to Germany where he meets modern-day victims of a beast that has been raising its snout above the surface of fresh waters in Europe regularly over the past 700 years. Investigations travel to Spain where Wade discovers firsthand that the wels catfish is a living, breathing aggressive predator growing to man-eating proportions capable of everything depicted in medieval records and more.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. River Monsters Season 1 Episode 5 - Amazon Assassins
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Amazon Assassins

    S1:E5

    In the darkest depths of the Amazon lurks a dinosaur. Legends tell of an evil spirit inhabiting an enormous fish. Taller than a man, it is covered in scales and crushes its prey with a tongue made of bone. Jeremy Wade has encountered this creature once before, and he came out second best. He's taking no chances in the rematch.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. River Monsters Season 1 Episode 6 - Amazon Flesh Eaters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Amazon Flesh Eaters

    S1:E6

    A man swallowed whole by a fish. A body eaten alive from within. Another penetrated in a most unnatural fashion, and yet more with multiple stab wounds. Jeremy Wade is in pursuit of these notorious killers to discover the facts — to determine if their crimes are real and their methods as gruesome as reported.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. River Monsters Season 1 Episode 7 - Freshwater Shark
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Freshwater Shark

    S1:E7

    No fish inspires the same terror as the shark, a creature with an insatiable hunger for brutal violence. But at least these killers are confined to the oceans. Or are they? Expert angler Jeremy Wade investigates whether it's possible for sharks to live in freshwater, and if so just how far inland these vicious predators will bring their reign of terror.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. River Monsters Season 2 Episode 1 - Death Ray
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Death Ray

    S2:E1

    Jeremy Wade heads to the Mekong River in search of one of the world's largest, most terrifying river fish, the giant freshwater stingray. Armed with a venomous 10-inch barbed tail, this 700-pound monster pushes Jeremy to his limit.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. River Monsters Season 2 Episode 3 - Congo Killer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Congo Killer

    S2:E3

    Jeremy Wade travels to one of the few rivers left on earth that will still test a fisherman. The Congo, a river steeped in legends... and soaked in violence. One spirit in particular is said to lure fishermen from their boats to their death.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. River Monsters Season 2 Episode 4 - Alaskan Horror
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Alaskan Horror

    S2:E4

    Extreme angler Jeremy Wade searches for the lethal lake monster of native legend that's been dragging people down to an icy grave for centuries. He ends up landing the largest fish he's ever caught, but is this the monster?

    Director:Unknown
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  15. River Monsters Season 2 Episode 5 - Rift Valley Killer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Rift Valley Killer

    S2:E5

    Jeremy Wade is on a quest to Africa's Rift Valley to explore the roots of fishing and the monsters these first fishermen faced. It's a dangerous place, filled with killer crocs, hippos and warring gangs, but at its heart is a worthy prize: the Mputa, aka Nile perch, Africa's largest freshwater fish.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. River Monsters Season 2 Episode 6 - Hidden Predator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Hidden Predator

    S2:E6

    The biggest bull shark ever recorded was caught in South Africa, in a river. Was this monstrous freshwater catch a horrifying fluke, or are there more shark giants prowling this river? Jeremy Wade heads to South Africa to see if he can land a monster!

    Director:Unknown
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  17. River Monsters Season 2 Episode 7 - Demon Fish
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Demon Fish

    S2:E7

    Jeremy Wade journeys to the infamous Congo River in Africa in search of the world's most ferocious fish. This supernatural monster predator pushes Jeremy to his physical and mental limit. It requires all of his skills and the help of a witch doctor.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. River Monsters Season 3 Episode 1 - The Mutilator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Mutilator

    S3:E1

    Jeremy Wade travels to Papua New Guinea to investigate a spate of bizarre deaths on the Sepik River. An island renowned for cannibalism, macabre rituals, and head hunters, Wade is on the trail of a creature reported to devour certain male body parts.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. River Monsters Season 3 Episode 2 - Flesh Ripper
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Flesh Ripper

    S3:E2

    Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a mysterious man-eater described over 200 years ago by a famous explorer. Is the 8-ft beast in question a mere legend, or could it be the same, flesh & blood creature that has attacked divers & children?

    Director:Unknown
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  20. River Monsters Season 3 Episode 3 - Silent Assassin
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Silent Assassin

    S3:E3

    Jeremy Wade travels to the Paraná River in the remote corner of Argentina to investigate the death of a young girl. This creature is not armed with bone-crunching jaws or razor sharp teeth, but a razor-sharp blade tipped with tissue-destroying venom.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. River Monsters Season 3 Episode 4 - Chainsaw Predator
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Chainsaw Predator

    S3:E4

    Jeremy Wade heads to the Australian outback to try & catch the fearsome Freshwater Sawfish. This shadowy predator is said to be 18-feet long & attacks boats. But does the fact that it could slash Jeremy to shreds make it a killer?

    Director:Unknown
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  22. River Monsters Season 3 Episode 5 - Electric Executioner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Electric Executioner

    S3:E5

    Jeremy Wade travels to Brazil's "wild west" in search of a river monster that has killed three cowboys. The search for the culprit sends him deep into prospecting cattle country, where he discovers the shocking truth about a fish he's never caught before. He has to combat all his fears to catch this monster, and after a long chase, Jeremy finally corners his elusive prey in the most unexpected place. All he has to do then is catch it without getting killed.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. River Monsters Season 3 Episode 6 - Cold-Blooded Horror
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Cold-Blooded Horror

    S3:E6

    Having never been to Japan, Jeremy Wade is entering new territory in more ways than one. The river monsters there are like no others he ever has encountered, from the devastating "Namazu," which legend says causes earthquakes, to a child-snatching killer called the "Kappa." Can our extreme fisherman uncover the truth behind these legends? Can he catch a monster in the rivers of Japan that reveals the reality behind these horrific tales? He is about to find out.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. River Monsters Season 3 Episode 7 - Jungle Killer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Jungle Killer

    S3:E7

    Jeremy Wade sets out to discover the true river monster of South America. Piranhas get all the press, but is there a more fearsome predator lurking in its rivers? Tipped off by an account of an attack on a diver, Jeremy soon discovers that there is a real monster to find. Tipped off by the the local Amerindian tribe, Jeremy heads deeper and deeper into the remote jungles of Suriname to come face to face with a jungle killer like no other.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. River Monsters Season 4 Episode 2 - Pack of Teeth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Pack of Teeth

    S4:E2

    In Southern Africa there are rumors of a terrifying river monster lurking in the eerie waters of the Okavango Delta. Witnesses say the fish have shark-like teeth and hunt in frenzied packs on schools of fish — and maybe even on human bodies. It sounds mysteriously like the work of giant piranhas, but there's nothing like that here. Or is there? Jeremy Wade sets out to uncover the truth.

    Director:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Alligator Gar" is the best rated episode of "River Monsters". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/19/2009. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Killer Snakehead".