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History's Greatest Mysteries - Season 5

Series: History's Greatest Mysteries
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Episodes
13
Rating
TV14
Year
2024
Language
English
Publisher
History

About

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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Episodes

1. Montezuma's Lost Treasure

42m

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An Aztec king's glittering treasure vanishes into thin air, inspiring a 500-year search that spans continents. What really happened to Montezuma's lost treasure?

2. The Garden of Eden

42m

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Most people know it as the biblical birthplace of man--The Garden of Eden. But is the Garden of Eden really just a story to explain human creation? Or could it be a real place?

3. The Lost Fortune of the Knights Templar

42m

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Over seven hundred years ago, a medieval religious order protected a vast treasure of gold silver, precious gems, and religious relics... and then it all mysteriously vanished. What happened to the secret hoard of the Knights Templar?

4. The Shroud of Turin

42m

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The haunting image of the Shroud of Turin has captivated millions around the world. But what exactly is it that we are seeing, and how did it come to be?

5. Captain Kidd's Treasure

41m

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It's a mystery from the golden age of piracy. In 1698, Captain William Kidd raids a ship on the high seas and seizes its vast treasure... but Kidd is hanged before revealing where he stashed the loot.

6. Escape from Alcatraz

41m

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A perfectly masterminded plot leads to the most brazen prison break in American history. With only a handful of clues left behind, the search for the infamous Alcatraz escapees continues to this day.

7. The Battle of Los Angeles

41m

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On February 24, 1942, less than three months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, military radar picks up what appears to be enemy aircraft over Los Angeles.

8. The Mystery of Machu Picchu

41m

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With 500-year-old secrets, hidden in skeletons and stone, Machu Picchu is one of the most puzzling archaeological sites on earth. It's among the ancient world's most enduring riddles: Who built this astonishing complex, and why?

9. Who Killed King Tut?

42m

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The death of one of history's most enigmatic rulers--Egypt's King Tutankhamun--remains shrouded in mystery 3300 years later. Who, or what, killed King Tut?

10. The Hindenburg Disaster

41m

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For decades, experts believed they knew what caused the Hindenburg disaster: that leaking hydrogen ignited--causing the airship to burst into flames. But there may be more to this story. What caused the Hindenburg Disaster?

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