History HD

David Duchovny exposes a clandestine nuclear blast set off deep below Mississippi soil, secret experiments conducted on citizens in the New York subway system, and a wartime bunker built to trap British spies underground during a Nazi invasion.

Desperation breeds invention - and not all of it conventional. From a British scheme to launch airborne balloons against Nazi Germany, to American bats fitted with incendiary devices, to a covert effort to manipulate monsoon rains in Vietnam, newly unearthed documents reveal how far nations were willing to bend reality to their will. In the risky calculus of war, nothing is too strange to try.

When governments strike dark deals with cults, mobs and even sworn enemies, frosty relationships and mounting tensions are tested head on.

Add this 5-Coin Set of Walking Liberty Half Dollars from 1941 to 1945 graded in MS64 and MS65. These silver coins represent the resilience of the United States of America during the hardships of WWII and are beloved by collectors.

Add this 5-Coin Set of Walking Liberty Half Dollars from 1941 to 1945 graded in MS64 and MS65. These silver coins represent the resilience of the United States of America during the hardships of WWII and are beloved by collectors.

Add this 5-Coin Set of Walking Liberty Half Dollars from 1941 to 1945 graded in MS64 and MS65. These silver coins represent the resilience of the United States of America during the hardships of WWII and are beloved by collectors.

Add this 5-Coin Set of Walking Liberty Half Dollars from 1941 to 1945 graded in MS64 and MS65. These silver coins represent the resilience of the United States of America during the hardships of WWII and are beloved by collectors.

Pastor Doug Batchelor reveals facts about biblical events and brings new insight to frequently asked questions in Christianity.

In this weekly program, Dr. David Jeremiah delivers practical messages to the congregation at the Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego. Also featured is music from the Shadow Mountain Community Church Choir and Orchestra, as well as performances by musical guests that have included Steve Green and Charles Billingsley. Men and women who have been impacted by the Turning Point ministry also

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.

Every year, thousands of people report looking up at the sky and witnessing unidentified flying objects; a vast majority of these strange incidents take place in the same locations on Earth.

According to the Greek philosopher Plato, the lost continent of Atlantis was once home to an advanced civilization before it was destroyed in a cataclysm; for centuries, archaeologists have tried to uncover evidence to prove that this legend is true.

The world is full of displays of natural phenomena; seeing if science can explain Earth's mysteries or if human knowledge of the Earth has only scratched the surface.

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.

Through records in historical texts, oral tradition and folklore, exploring how a once-thriving community becomes a lost city; what secrets found in the ruins reveal about human history.

Throughout history and across the globe, there have been many sacred relics believed to be imbued with mystical powers.

All over the world, there are places and objects that are thought to be cursed; many people avoid these locations and things, believing they will bring harm, while others think that curses are nothing more than superstition and folklore.

Whether the ancients had scientific knowledge lost to time; how and why they fashioned remarkable feats of engineering.

Throughout history, humans have buried their dead in caves or chambers, in pyramids or in some form of a tomb; ancient tombs were visual memorials for the dead; in China, a vast necropolis was constructed as a way to connect to the afterlife.

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.

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.

Throughout history, powerful nations around the world have enlisted spies to serve as unique tools of warfare; these secret agents are often tasked with infiltrating organizations, gathering sensitive information and even performing the act of assassination; the most successful spies are the ones whose secrets are only revealed years after their mission has ended, or sometimes, never at all.

Every year, people risk their lives to enter places the world has marked off-limits, and in most cases, no one fully understands why. From the psychological forces that compel climbers to press on through the Death Zone of Mount Everest, to a stretch of New Mexico wilderness where at least 15 people have vanished without a trace, to a remote island in the Indian Ocean where trespassers are killed

From demonic possession and cursed homes to battlefield apparitions and ancient pacts with the Devil, history is filled with chilling accounts of supernatural forces said to be working against humanity. Are these terrifying encounters simply the product of fear and belief... or could they point to a hidden war between good and evil-one that continues to this day?

During The Golden Age of Piracy, thousands of buccaneers terrorized the high seas and became legends; their exploits spawned stories of larger-than-life characters, billion dollar heists, and buried treasure that to this day, has never been found.

Bizarre, mysterious tales ran rampant and are still being told to this day; are these strange tales of the American frontier simply legend, or was the west far stranger than one could possibly imagine?

From demonic possession and cursed homes to battlefield apparitions and ancient pacts with the Devil, history is filled with chilling accounts of supernatural forces said to be working against humanity. Are these terrifying encounters simply the product of fear and belief... or could they point to a hidden war between good and evil-one that continues to this day?