Smithsonian Channel Learning how displaced artifacts spark fresh investigations and rewrite timelines; unearthing a forgotten tragedy in a remote mountain lake in India, checking out footprints that change human migration stories; reopening an ancient cold case. 2026-07-17 Revisit the crimes of Jack the Ripper as investigators try to ID his first victim; chase the Mad Gasser, who terrorized an Illinois town in 1944, then hunt for the Servant Girl Annihilator, a killer who stalked Austin, Texas, in the darkness. 2026-07-17 Deploy futuristic lidar technology to map the Amber Road, an ancient trade network linking the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. Follow researchers as they retrace the route and reshape our understanding of historical trade and cultural exchange. 2026-07-17 Learning how displaced artifacts spark fresh investigations and rewrite timelines; unearthing a forgotten tragedy in a remote mountain lake in India, checking out footprints that change human migration stories; reopening an ancient cold case. 2026-07-17 Revisit the crimes of Jack the Ripper as investigators try to ID his first victim; chase the Mad Gasser, who terrorized an Illinois town in 1944, then hunt for the Servant Girl Annihilator, a killer who stalked Austin, Texas, in the darkness. 2026-07-17 Germany's selection of strange bedfellows in the form of despots and dictators comes back to haunt them. 2026-07-18 The overlooked underdog of British fighter planes; fast and versatile, the dogfighter doubled as a bomber and ground support aircraft in every theatre of WWII. 2026-07-18 Join intense manhunts for the world's most wanted terrorists and outlaws. Investigate the covert raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, trace the tragic trap set for a dissident journalist, and track a notorious arms dealer nabbed in a huge DEA sting. 2026-07-18 Germany's selection of strange bedfellows in the form of despots and dictators comes back to haunt them. 2026-07-18 The overlooked underdog of British fighter planes; fast and versatile, the dogfighter doubled as a bomber and ground support aircraft in every theatre of WWII. 2026-07-18 Join intense manhunts for the world's most wanted terrorists and outlaws. Investigate the covert raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, trace the tragic trap set for a dissident journalist, and track a notorious arms dealer nabbed in a huge DEA sting. 2026-07-18 Germany's selection of strange bedfellows in the form of despots and dictators comes back to haunt them. 2026-07-18 Exploring some of the most cavernous places on the planet, including an expansive Siberian crater with no explainable origin, Greenland's bizarre black holes, an ancient forbidden well in the Yemeni desert, and a voluminous void in Antarctica. 2026-07-18 Salvaging a 50-foot motor yacht in Islamorada, Fla.; a 44-foot launch hung up on a dam on the Mississippi River; repairing a major storm gate in the British Isles. 2026-07-18 The St. Lawrence River is one that forged North America, allowing ships to traverse the continent; the adventure begins in Canada's first capital city of Kingston and near Canada's second-largest city of Montreal. 2026-07-18 Navigating the historic Potomac River from West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay, passing through Washington, D.C. and the national monuments and ending at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. 2026-07-18 A perfect circle carved around an ancient peak; a scary phenomenon in the Pacific; strange shapes in a Middle Eastern desert; a formation below the ocean's surface. 2026-07-18 Jeremy Birch takes on a salvage to raise a vessel with a concrete hull; it's been in the Fraser River for a month, collecting silt and mud, adding 30 tons to its deadweight. 2026-07-18 Navigating the historic Potomac River from West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay, passing through Washington, D.C. and the national monuments and ending at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. 2026-07-18 A perfect circle carved around an ancient peak; a scary phenomenon in the Pacific; strange shapes in a Middle Eastern desert; a formation below the ocean's surface. 2026-07-18 Using computer simulations, it is possible to fly over other worlds and see how galaxies interact. 2026-07-18 Paid programming. 2026-07-18 Examining the chilling precision of three high-profile assassinations, uncovering the technology behind a bladed missile, investigating a deadly car bomb in the American capital and reviewing CCTV footage of a nerve agent attack in a crowded airport. 2026-07-18 Reliving the daring 17-minute hostage rescue at the Iranian Embassy in London that was caught on live TV; learning how US teams ran deniable missions in Southeast Asia, then seeing the global threat of a Russian nuclear cruise missile with limitless range. 2026-07-18 Witnessing the fierce urban combat of the Battle of Mogadishu after a quick mission spirals out of control; exploring the fallout from a downed Cold War spy plane; cheering on the commandos who crippled the Nazi atomic program in a daring raid. 2026-07-18 Examining the chilling precision of three high-profile assassinations, uncovering the technology behind a bladed missile, investigating a deadly car bomb in the American capital and reviewing CCTV footage of a nerve agent attack in a crowded airport. 2026-07-18 Reliving the daring 17-minute hostage rescue at the Iranian Embassy in London that was caught on live TV; learning how US teams ran deniable missions in Southeast Asia, then seeing the global threat of a Russian nuclear cruise missile with limitless range. 2026-07-18 Witnessing the fierce urban combat of the Battle of Mogadishu after a quick mission spirals out of control; exploring the fallout from a downed Cold War spy plane; cheering on the commandos who crippled the Nazi atomic program in a daring raid. 2026-07-18 The overlooked underdog of British fighter planes; fast and versatile, the dogfighter doubled as a bomber and ground support aircraft in every theatre of WWII. 2026-07-18 Join intense manhunts for the world's most wanted terrorists and outlaws. Investigate the covert raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, trace the tragic trap set for a dissident journalist, and track a notorious arms dealer nabbed in a huge DEA sting. 2026-07-18 Relive the Flight of the Crow, a trek across Nazi-occupied Europe; find out how two Austrian mountaineers hiked their way out of the Himalayas, then learn why 378 Japanese POWs risked it all in Australia's bloody Cowra Breakout. 2026-07-19