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Codes and Conspiracies
Codes and Conspiracies

Codes and Conspiracies

—An exploration of the mysterious activities of clandestine groups throughout history.
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Season 15 of 6 Episodes

  • Secrets involving the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, including the escape of three prisoners and the remnants of a strange military outpost with ties to President Abraham Lincoln.

  • Some motorcycle clubs are viewed not as social clubs for nonconformists but as organized crime syndicates.

  • Investigating UFOs and the strange stories surrounding them, including the existence of a "shadow government" and the rumor of a Nazi flying saucer that crashed in New Mexico.

  • An examination of underground bunkers, from their use in ancient wartime planning to the hidden survival complexes found beneath modern American cities.

  • Bordellos, which have endured for thousands of years, hold secrets involving famous patrons, governments and religion.

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15 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Outlaw Bikers
    The UFO Cover-Up
    Bunkers
    Gold
    The Vatican
    Code Wars
    Civil War
    Freemasons
    Brothels
    Alcatraz
  • Outlaw Bikers

    Some motorcycle clubs are viewed not as social clubs for nonconformists but as organized crime syndicates.
    Upcoming
  • The UFO Cover-Up

    Investigating UFOs and the strange stories surrounding them, including the existence of a "shadow government" and the rumor of a Nazi flying saucer that crashed in New Mexico.
    Upcoming
  • Bunkers

    An examination of underground bunkers, from their use in ancient wartime planning to the hidden survival complexes found beneath modern American cities.
    Upcoming
  • Gold

    Since ancient times, man has gone to extreme and often deadly lengths to get gold, one of the rarest treasures on Earth; looking at where the gold is today and who owns it.
    Upcoming
  • The Vatican

    The secrets and scandals surrounding the Vatican are some of the darkest in all of history.
    Upcoming
  • Code Wars

    American code breakers have given the United States an edge in every conflict in American history.
    Upcoming
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An exploration of the mysterious activities of clandestine groups throughout history.

Starring

Dan Nachtrab, Craig Bauer, Michio Kaku, Geoff Schumacher, James Hardy, Richard Dolan

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