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History's Greatest Mysteries is a series of investigative specials that take the world's most well-known mysteries, and challenges everything we know about them. Narrated and hosted by Laurence Fishburne.
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1. The Amber Room
41m
One of World War II's greatest unsolved mysteries: an incomparable work of art worth half a billion dollars, lost without a trace. Where is the famed Amber Room? And will a brand-new search finally reveal its true location?
2. The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
41m
A powerful union activist disappears from a Detroit suburb. 45 years later, it remains one of the most notorious missing person cases of all time.
3. The Dyatlov Pass Incident
41m
An infamous Cold War cold case: nine hikers found mutilated on a remote mountain slope. For over 60 years, authorities and amateurs alike have been trying to figure out what happened, in a place that's been called "Russia's Area 51."
4. The Body on Somerton Beach
40m
As the Cold War ramps up, a well-dressed man is found dead within miles of a nuclear testing site on a tranquil Australian beach. There are no clues to his identity. Who is the Somerton Beach man, and how did he die?
5. The Amityville Horror
41m
After a series of dark and ominous events, an unassuming family home on Long Island becomes the most notorious house in America. 50 years later, it's spawned a title wave of books, documentaries, and films; but do haunted houses really exist?
7. The Holy Grail
41m
It's a treasure coveted by everyone from Roman Emperors to Adolf Hitler--a sacred object said to hold incredible powers of healing, resurrection and immortality. It may be the world's most sought-after relic, but what is the Holy Grail?
8. Malaysia Flight 370
42m
One of the most chilling aviation mysteries in modern day: a Boeing 777, carrying 239 people, vanishes over the Indian Ocean. Nearly a decade later, the whole world still wonders--what really happened to Malaysia Flight 370?
9. The Sodder Children Disappearance
40m
A cold case that ignites every parent's worst fears: on Christmas morning, 1945, five siblings vanish from their family home in West Virginia during a raging fire. The devastated family spends the rest of their lives trying to find out what happened.
10. The Voynich Manuscript
42m
It might be the world's most mysterious book: a medieval manuscript filled with unidentifiable drawings, written in a secret language so complex that even the world's best code breakers can't crack it. What is the Voynich Manuscript?
11. Jack the Ripper
41m
A spree of gruesome murders shocks Victorian England--and the world. The homicidal maniac responsible remains a mystery. Can history's most notorious serial killer ever be identified? Who is Jack the Ripper?
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