—An exploration of strange and inexplicable mysteries; contributions from scientists, historians and witnesses as they seek to shed light on how the impossible can happen.

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For decades, UFO sightings have been reported by military pilots, civilians, and even entire communities—and while many have been explained, some continue to defy conventional answers. From close encounters with strange beings to alleged abductions, mysterious metallic spheres, and reports of an entire town terrorized by what witnesses described as an alien attack, the evidence remains tantalizing but incomplete.
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For millennia, cultures around the world built pyramids--from Egypt and Sudan to Mexico, the Canary Islands, and beyond. Some were tombs, some were temples, and some may have been aligned with the heavens or built above hidden chambers and underground complexes. But why did so many ancient people, separated by oceans and centuries, return to the same monumental shape? Were pyramids simply the most practical way to build toward the sky--or could they reveal a deeper pattern of sacred knowledge?
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Across the deserts of North Africa and the Near East--the region often called one of the Cradles of Civilization--entire armies, cities, and cultures have vanished beneath shifting sands. From a Persian force lost in the Great Sand Sea to buried Sumerian and Arabian cities that may have inspired enduring legends, new discoveries continue to challenge what we know about humanity's earliest empires, sacred stories and ancient beliefs.
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Season 116 of 16 Episodes

Deadly forests, haunted houses, and mountains where visitors never return alive; a look at what constitutes an evil place and whether these locations are imbued with dark energy that is currently beyond understanding.
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.
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.
Probing the Windsor Hum and Old Faithful; visiting a Venezuelan lake where lightning rains down 300 nights a year; sizing up the massive underground fire that's been burning in Centralia, Pa., since 1962.
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.
The age-old question of what happens after death and the clues to the answer may lie in unusual cases of near-death experience, reincarnation, and how memories can be passed from organ donors to transplant recipients.
After centuries of study, the human mind remains inscrutable; examining how the brain can be more powerful than humans realize.
A look at how some people live through the impossible such as plane crashes, freezing temperatures, or performing superhuman feats while in danger; remarkable tales of human survival force others to reconsider what is known about the will to live.
For more than 200 years, treasure hunters have been coming to Oak Island in search of a treasure that has so far eluded them all, and has even cost six men their lives, could it be, as legend suggests, the treasure is protected by a deadly curse.
Can humans predict the future by use of prophets and dreams, if so, can humankind harness this knowledge to avoid future deadly events.
A look at what could cause once-thriving groups of people to just abandon their great cities, never to return; modern scientific knowledge may be able to help answer the unsolved questions surrounding these lost civilizations.
Many of the world's deadliest cults venture down dark, dangerous rabbit holes of twisted ideologies, with deadly dances, manipulation, mass suicides, and murder.
A house that narrowly dodges the path of a tornado; rain that falls from the sky like blood; lightning that follows into the home.
A miraculous meteorite falling from the heavens and a chunk of sandstone considered so sacred that wars have been fought to protect it; throughout history, many have insisted that simple stones can do everything from choosing a king to causing death.
Dracula, Lycaon of Arcadia, the Beast of Gévaudan; these are the names of grotesque monsters who have reared their terrifying heads throughout history, unearthly creatures that thrived on human blood and flesh.
A dog that can detect cancer faster than doctors can do it by using sophisticated equipment; a horse that can read minds; birds that can sense disaster days before it happens.

Beneath our feet lie hidden ancient tunnels, sacred caves and shadowy passages into a world of darkness shaped by nature, carved by man and steeped in myth; seeing if the underground realms are mere remnants of the past, or they guard secrets.
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From 1861-1865, the United States of America found itself in a bloody four-year struggle known as the Civil War.
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There are many bizarre tales involving U.S. presidents that defy explanation and are still shrouded in mystery.
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All over the world stand ancient structures so massive, precise, and baffling that they seem impossible for not just their time, but ours as well; from colossal walls and giant stone tombs to temples carved from solid rock, how did ancient civilizations achieve feats of engineering that still defy modern understanding?
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Throughout history, people have feared that ancient curses can bring misfortune, madness and even death to those who defy them. Are these deadly warnings powered by supernatural forces — or by the terrifying ability of belief itself to shape reality?
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Exploring the center of the Earth.
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An exploration of strange and inexplicable mysteries; contributions from scientists, historians and witnesses as they seek to shed light on how the impossible can happen.

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