2024-09-17
The Battle of Castle Itter is the strangest WWII battle the world has never heard of and the only battle where the Allies joined forces with the Germans to defeat the Nazi's. (Repeat).
This episode of Mapping Disasters takes viewers on a journey through some of the most catastrophic events in human history. From the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, to the Great Smog of London, the Quebec Ice Storm of 1998, The destruction of Pompeii, and the 1138 Aleppo Earthquake. This episode explores disasters can forever impact and change communities, for the better or worse. (Repeat).
Erin is diagnosed with a Labral Tear in her hip after a pole-vaulting accident. (Repeat).
A mysterious well filled with bones reveals a strange practice in ancient Persia... Why were these ancients laid bare atop desert towers, their bodies picked clean by vultures before being consigned to the grave... Thousands of kilometers away, archaeologists digging in Mongolia uncovered a two-thousand-year-old textile that holds the key to solve the mystery of what soma, the mysterious elixir th
A headless skeleton is discovered on Australia's Beacon Island. Near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a huge undersea crater is discovered. In Mexico, an investigation into a bizarre island full of dolls reveals a grim history. Strange animal bones are found in a grave on an island in the English Channel. (Repeat).
From the outset of the Roman conquest of Britannia, the flame of rebellion is smouldering. Many of the Celtic tribes are forced to submit to Emperor Claudius, with the exception of the Iceni. Granted their local independence, all remains relatively quiet for over a decade. But with the death of the Iceni King, peace will be shattered. The brutal mistreatment and humiliation of the living monarch b
Witchcraft has been practiced for centuries around the world, persevering as sinister forces attempted to wipe it out or warp it into something evil. In Nazi Germany, mysterious questions about witchcraft swirled among SS leaders... (Repeat).
WWII was a war in the skies, and the Nazis pushed the limits of what was possible. The Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbe became the world's first jet engine-powered fighter. Nazi engineers pioneer liquid and rocket-powered aircraft, adding to a list of world firsts. How do the Nazis lose sight of the goal with their forays into early helicopters? Although the Nazis can't roll out technology fast enough t
Is the Illuminati a New World Order? Although the ultimate secret order was disbanded in 1785, some claim this elite group continues to control power from behind closed doors. What started as a Bavarian group of revolutionaries hellbent on infiltrating powerful institutions has now become the stuff of legend. Who were these powerful men? What strange rites brought them together? What kind of world
Featuring a top-secret military base hidden deep in the ice beyond the Arctic Circle, one of the Cold War's most elaborate cover-ups. Recently declassified documents reveal its deadly purpose, and the threat it might still pose to all humankind. (Repeat).
Iran's top nuclear scientist is assassinated in a brazen daylight attack that may involve remote controlled weaponry assisted by artificial intelligence. On a quiet night in Arizona, a driverless car is out for a test drive when it fails to recognize a pedestrian in its path. At a famous auction house, a French portrait created by an algorithm goes up for sale, stoking controversy in the art world
Raelene wants to know if she has a mystery sister, and Ingrid wants to know if she was adopted. (Repeat).
Long before the declaration of war, the world wanted the Fuhrer dead. In Germany, fellow politicians lodge their dissent after the horrific Night of the Long Knives. As the threat of war rises, a panic grows among German aristocrats and members of the Gestapo and Wehrmacht. Among them, a plan starts to take shape. Among German workers too, some are ready to take violent action. A bomb detonates in
In the mountains of Northern Italy, a grizzly discovery is made by a couple of mountaineers. In a nearly unreachable part of the world, human remains are found sticking out from a glacier. These remains turn out to be those of the oldest mummified human (ice mummy) ever found. Researchers are shocked by the man's cause of death and realize they are investigating a homicide that is thousands of yea
Travel by air, travel by sea or travel by land - it's all about Getting Around (Repeat).
WWII was a war in the skies, and the Nazis pushed the limits of what was possible. The Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbe became the world's first jet engine-powered fighter. Nazi engineers pioneer liquid and rocket-powered aircraft, adding to a list of world firsts. How do the Nazis lose sight of the goal with their forays into early helicopters? Although the Nazis can't roll out technology fast enough t
Is the Illuminati a New World Order? Although the ultimate secret order was disbanded in 1785, some claim this elite group continues to control power from behind closed doors. What started as a Bavarian group of revolutionaries hellbent on infiltrating powerful institutions has now become the stuff of legend. Who were these powerful men? What strange rites brought them together? What kind of world
Featuring a top-secret military base hidden deep in the ice beyond the Arctic Circle, one of the Cold War's most elaborate cover-ups. Recently declassified documents reveal its deadly purpose, and the threat it might still pose to all humankind. (Repeat).
Iran's top nuclear scientist is assassinated in a brazen daylight attack that may involve remote controlled weaponry assisted by artificial intelligence. On a quiet night in Arizona, a driverless car is out for a test drive when it fails to recognize a pedestrian in its path. At a famous auction house, a French portrait created by an algorithm goes up for sale, stoking controversy in the art world
Raelene wants to know if she has a mystery sister, and Ingrid wants to know if she was adopted. (Repeat).
Long before the declaration of war, the world wanted the Fuhrer dead. In Germany, fellow politicians lodge their dissent after the horrific Night of the Long Knives. As the threat of war rises, a panic grows among German aristocrats and members of the Gestapo and Wehrmacht. Among them, a plan starts to take shape. Among German workers too, some are ready to take violent action. A bomb detonates in
In the mountains of Northern Italy, a grizzly discovery is made by a couple of mountaineers. In a nearly unreachable part of the world, human remains are found sticking out from a glacier. These remains turn out to be those of the oldest mummified human (ice mummy) ever found. Researchers are shocked by the man's cause of death and realize they are investigating a homicide that is thousands of yea
WWII was a war in the skies, and the Nazis pushed the limits of what was possible. The Messerschmitt 262 Schwalbe became the world's first jet engine-powered fighter. Nazi engineers pioneer liquid and rocket-powered aircraft, adding to a list of world firsts. How do the Nazis lose sight of the goal with their forays into early helicopters? Although the Nazis can't roll out technology fast enough t
Is the Illuminati a New World Order? Although the ultimate secret order was disbanded in 1785, some claim this elite group continues to control power from behind closed doors. What started as a Bavarian group of revolutionaries hellbent on infiltrating powerful institutions has now become the stuff of legend. Who were these powerful men? What strange rites brought them together? What kind of world
Featuring a top-secret military base hidden deep in the ice beyond the Arctic Circle, one of the Cold War's most elaborate cover-ups. Recently declassified documents reveal its deadly purpose, and the threat it might still pose to all humankind. (Repeat).
Iran's top nuclear scientist is assassinated in a brazen daylight attack that may involve remote controlled weaponry assisted by artificial intelligence. On a quiet night in Arizona, a driverless car is out for a test drive when it fails to recognize a pedestrian in its path. At a famous auction house, a French portrait created by an algorithm goes up for sale, stoking controversy in the art world