Each episode opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history, brought to life through dynamic recreation, compelling graphics, and arresting archival. From Boston’s Great Molasses Flood to a man who survived being struck by lightning not once, not twice, but SEVEN times, these seemingly tall tales all actually happened, and our cast of experts dives into the historical record to tell you how and why.
Strange Places
A look at unexplained phenomena including shipwrecks, plane crashes and UFO sightings in the Lake Michigan Triangle; a doll filled island's dark history; deadly explosive gas lakes; caves with viruses; haunted places in the U.S.
Bizarre Deaths
Searching the world for strange deaths, a Boston 25-foot molasses tidal wave. A dancing plague taking 100 lives. Surgery with 300% mortality. The 1814 London beer flood. Spontaneous human combustion.
Astonishing Bodies
From a headless chicken that lives over one year, to an out-of-this-world "celestial body" where it rains molten glass...We explore the most astonishing bodies through these truly unbelievable stories. Here are the true tales of not only the tallest human ever measured, but also the shortest person on record. What about the man who survived an iron bar through his head, or a Medusa-like body of water that turns its victims to stone? Brace yourself for the extraordinary.
Weird Weapons
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to get attacked by a million bats with tiny bombs strapped to their chests? What about inflatable tanks, robot assassins, bazooka Vespas, war dolphins...The list of outrageous weapons goes on. These weapons, and others, pushed the boundaries of "possible" in the weirdest ways ever.
E5 ∙ Outlandish Inventions
Odd innovations like infant gas masks, movie smell addition devices, robotic slug consumption, airplane inflation technology, hidden contact lens cameras, and coffin security systems featured.
E6 ∙ Superhumans
A blind man who uses bat-like powers of echolocation to navigate his surroundings? A samurai with reflexes faster than a speeding bullet? A man who's immune to electrocution? These are the strange tales of humans with superhuman powers, including the man who's a human lightening rod
E7 ∙ Unusual Rituals
Human bones as a "miracle cure" for gout? Living mummies buried alive? A truly bizarre Victorian way to lose weight-with tapeworms? From daily rites to once-in-a-lifetime rituals, the stranger side of human nature is revealed in these surprising rituals.
Strange Experiments
Monkey glands for immortality, hypnotized assassins, and a brain-linked cyborg couple. We investigate some of the strangest experiments on record. From two-headed dogs and testicle transplants...These are the bizarre but real experiments that boggle the mind. Prepare to be astounded-and a little grossed out.
.E9 ∙ What Lies Beneath
Sometimes the strangest things on Earth...are happening just below its surface. From tunnels carved by giant sloths to desperate attempts to stop the dead from rising again-these are the weird and wonderous tales of the sea beasts, hidden cities and impossible creatures that lurk beneath us.
E10 ∙ Surviving the Impossible
Imagine free falling 30,000 feet without a parachute, or being buried alive and living to tell the tale. Or... what about getting trapped in a tiny room inside a sunken ship on the ocean floor...For three days? These are improbable yet true-life tales of surviving the most extraordinary conditions.
