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Lost Monster Files

Lost Monster Files

Founder of Cryptozoology Ivan Sanderson builds an extensive file archive of unexplained creature evidence on Earth, but it mysteriously vanishes after his death; a team of experts analyzes compelling cryptids using modern tech.
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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

  • The team investigates a series of livestock mutilations in the Great Smoky Mountains that some link to the infamous chupacabra; using evidence journals from Sanderson's archive plus new clues, the team attempts to confront the killer canine.

  • The team investigates recent encounters with a monstrous apex predator in the wilderness of British Columbia; using never-before-seen clues from Ivan Sanderson's lost archive, they uncover new evidence that may finally distinguish fact from fiction.

  • The team makes a discovery while investigating sightings of a large bird of prey terrorizing Chestnut Ridge, Pennsylvania; Sanderson believes it to be the mysterious thunderbird, a razor-clawed predator documented in Native folklore.

  • The team investigates a stranger-than-fiction murder mystery involving the Wildman of Minnesota; known as the Ice Man, its body became a sideshow attraction that Sanderson examined himself before it mysteriously disappeared.

  • A mysterious apex predator is stalking orcas and boats off the coast of Kodiak, AK; sea monster sightings, first studied by Sanderson before his death, have spiked in that area recently.

  • When Ozarks locals report frightening encounters with a mysterious, dragon-like beast, the team conducts their most ambitious hunt yet.

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6 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Snow Beast of Ruby Creek
    Kodiak Sea Monster
    Mystery of the Minnesota Wildman
    Thunderbird of Pennsylvania
    Carolina Chupacabra
    Cave Dragon of Arkansas
  • Snow Beast of Ruby Creek

    The team investigates recent encounters with a monstrous apex predator in the wilderness of British Columbia; using never-before-seen clues from Ivan Sanderson's lost archive, they uncover new evidence that may finally distinguish fact from fiction.
    Upcoming
  • Kodiak Sea Monster

    A mysterious apex predator is stalking orcas and boats off the coast of Kodiak, AK; sea monster sightings, first studied by Sanderson before his death, have spiked in that area recently.
    Upcoming
  • Mystery of the Minnesota Wildman

    The team investigates a stranger-than-fiction murder mystery involving the Wildman of Minnesota; known as the Ice Man, its body became a sideshow attraction that Sanderson examined himself before it mysteriously disappeared.
    Upcoming
  • Thunderbird of Pennsylvania

    The team makes a discovery while investigating sightings of a large bird of prey terrorizing Chestnut Ridge, Pennsylvania; Sanderson believes it to be the mysterious thunderbird, a razor-clawed predator documented in Native folklore.
    Upcoming
  • Carolina Chupacabra

    The team investigates a series of livestock mutilations in the Great Smoky Mountains that some link to the infamous chupacabra; using evidence journals from Sanderson's archive plus new clues, the team attempts to confront the killer canine.
    Upcoming
  • Cave Dragon of Arkansas

    When Ozarks locals report frightening encounters with a mysterious, dragon-like beast, the team conducts their most ambitious hunt yet.
    Upcoming
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Founder of Cryptozoology Ivan Sanderson builds an extensive file archive of unexplained creature evidence on Earth, but it mysteriously vanishes after his death; a team of experts analyzes compelling cryptids using modern tech.

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