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Explore the world’s most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries. Each episode features compelling contributions from scientists, historians, witnesses and experiencers—each seeking to shed light on...
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Season 1

  • Evil Places
    7.1/10221 votes
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    Evil Places

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/19/2019

    Deadly forest. Haunted houses. Mountains where visitors never return alive. Are there such things as "evil places"? Places where bad things seem to repeatedly -- and inexplicably -- happen? And if so, is it possible that these locations are imbued with dark energy that is currently beyond our understanding?

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  • Mysterious Structures
    7.5/10178 votes
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    Mysterious Structures

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/26/2019

    For centuries, archaeologists have tried to unravel the mysteries of how – and why – certain incredible structures like the Great Pyramid at Giza, the staircase at Loretto Chapel, and Coral Castle were built. Will we ever find the answers? Or, might these structures have been intentionally constructed to perpetually mystify us?

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  • Strange Creatures
    6.9/10156 votes
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    Strange Creatures

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/2/2019

    Millions of people around the world claim to have had an encounter with a creature unlike any recognized by mainstream science – such as the Mothman, Chupacabra, and Mongolian Death Worm. Could these incredible creatures be real? And if so, what could possibly explain these freaks of nature?

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  • Unnatural Nature
    7.4/10144 votes
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    Unnatural Nature

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/9/2019

    Many mysteries of planet Earth are far from understood. How was Devil’s Tower formed? Or why do some people get struck by lightning multiple times? While some may write off these as random occurrences, might they instead point to a new understanding of not only our planet’s past – but also its future?

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  • Bizarre Rituals
    6.5/10131 votes
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    Bizarre Rituals

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/16/2019

    Ancient practices such as prayer, blood sports, voodoo, and exorcism are often thought to be relics of bygone superstition – but there is evidence they have an impact on the physical world. Is it possible that the mind and body can use the power of ritual to tap into hidden forces that lie just beyond the grasp of conventional explanation?

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  • Life Beyond Death
    7.2/10137 votes
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    Life Beyond Death

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/23/2019

    Perhaps the greatest unexplained mystery of all is: what happens to us after we die? Perhaps clues to the answer lie in unusual cases of near-death experience, reincarnation, and how memories can be passed from organ donors to transplant recipients. Are these phenomena figments of our collective imagination, or could they be real?

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  • Mysteries of the Mind
    7.3/10123 votes
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    Mysteries of the Mind

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/30/2019

    Even after centuries of study, the human mind remains as inscrutable as ever. Could the quintessential human machine, the brain, be even more powerful than we realize? And does that suggest that fantastic abilities such as Remote Viewing will one day be recognized not as science fiction, but as science fact--even if, for the moment, they remain UnXplained?

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  • Incredible Survivors
    7.1/10120 votes
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    Incredible Survivors

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/6/2019

    How do some people live through the impossible? Whether it's plane crashes, bearing freezing temperatures, or performing superhuman feats while in danger ? remarkable tales of human survival force us to reconsider what we know about our own will to live. Do we have a hidden reserve of inexplicable energy locked away inside us ? that only gets released when the situation calls for it?

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  • The Oak Island Curse
    7.2/10114 votes
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    The Oak Island Curse

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/29/2020

    Could a cache of fantastic riches have been buried centuries ago on a tiny island in the North Atlantic'.

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  • Dark Prophecies
    7.2/10112 votes
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    Dark Prophecies

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2020

    Modern prophets. Catastrophic premonitions. Dreams of future crimes. Can people really predict the future. If so, could this knowledge help us avoid deadly events waiting in days to come or is the future a mystery unfolding all the time.

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  • Lost Civilizations
    7.4/10114 votes
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    Lost Civilizations

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/2020

    Abandoned cities. Ancient cultures nearly erased by time. And colossal empires that simply vanished without a trace. How does a civilization become "lost"' What could cause once-thriving groups of people to just abandon their great cities, never to return' Can modern scientific knowledge help answer the unsolved questions surrounding these lost civilizations, or is there something more mysterious at work'

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  • Deadly Cults
    7.4/10115 votes
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    Deadly Cults

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/2020

    Deadly dances. Masters of manipulation. Mass suicides. Murder. Many of the world's deadliest cults ventured down dark, dangerous rabbit-holes of twisted ideologies, persuading their members to kill--sometimes other people, sometimes themselves. Is there any sense to these sinister groups' Or will the unreckoned forces behind such Deadly Cults remain...UnXplained?

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  • Extreme Weather Mysteries
    7.2/10107 votes
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    Extreme Weather Mysteries

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/2020

    A house that narrowly dodges the path of a tornado. Rain that falls from the sky like blood. And lightning that follows you...into your home.

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  • Mysterious Stones
    6.9/10102 votes
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    Mysterious Stones

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/11/2020

    A meteorite falling from the heavens. A gemstone with a deadly curse. A sandstone so sacred that wars have been fought to protect it. Stones that can choose a king or cause death. What's it about stones that inspire people to worship them?

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  • Vampires and Werewolves
    6.6/1097 votes
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    Vampires and Werewolves

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/18/2020

    Dracula. Lycaon of Arcadia. The Beast of G vaudan. These are the names of grotesque monsters who have reared their terrifying heads throughout history. Unearthly creatures that, according to legend, thrived on human blood - and feasted on flesh. Vampires and Werewolves are human monsters, creatures of the night. But, could they actually be... real'

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  • Amazing Animal Abilites
    7.4/10100 votes
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    Amazing Animal Abilites

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/25/2020

    A dog that can detect cancer faster than doctors using sophisticated equipment. A horse that can read your mind. And birds that can sense disaster days before it happens. What gives animals these extraordinary powers? We like to think of ourselves as the peak of evolution--but what if we're wrong?

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