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A miracle cure with a deadly catch; A romantic gesture explodes in a president's face; A simple home repair spirals wildly out of control; Sometimes the biggest disasters begin with the best intentions.

A bleeding house; a near-boiling river; a desert of unexplained encounters; these are peculiar places on Earth.

From donkey baseball and octopus wrestling to a scientist who swallows uranium, these are the jaw-dropping spectacles that left crowds in awe.

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Learn about the wonderful world of Coin Collecting with your host Mike Mezack and get the opportunity to build your own collection with the best coin deals on TV!

Awe-inspiring and mysterious, the pyramids of Egypt are significant wonders of the ancient world; more than 4,000 years old, they are celebrated architectural marvels, but no one fully understands how they were built or why.

Cash, jewels, and two million dollars in gold bars; Jesse James and his gang robbed trains, stagecoaches and banks, and buried the spoils; but only a fraction of the millions has actually been found.

It's the only unsolved air piracy case in history; in 1971, a man hijacks a Northwest Orient Airlines flight, demanding four parachutes and $200,000; he jumps out of the plane with the money and is never seen again.

A cryptic journal sparks an unprecedented investigation into whether a UFO crashed at Roswell, N.M., in 1947; Major Jesse Marcel's journal may contain coded clues to the truth behind Roswell.

A former CIA operative's investigation into the Roswell crash arrives at a critical moment when the mysterious journal found among the possessions of Maj. Jesse Marcel undergoes a crucial test.

Investigator Ben Smith travels to Jesse Marcel's hometown on Louisiana's Gulf Coast to speak with family members who reveal information that supports Marcel's story of a government cover-up.

The animal kingdom is full of deadly predators, and some of them attack in extraordinary and inexplicable ways; some animals strike back at humans for reasons beyond normal defense and hunger.

For centuries, fantastic tales of terrifying monsters have fascinated mankind; bizarre beasts of all shapes and sizes have been portrayed in some of history's most classic stories and folklore.

Whether ancient burial practices, like graves, tombs and cremations, can preserve the soul for eternity or bring the dead back to life.

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?

The question of the identity of Jack the Ripper has baffled police investigators, historians, and armchair detectives for over a century, even with media offering its own unique take on the killer's identity.

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.

Examining mankind's fascination with the dead, from ancient civilizations to 20th-century empires, and the possible reasons for that focus.

Many of the world's deadliest cults venture down dark, dangerous rabbit holes of twisted ideologies, with deadly dances, manipulation, mass suicides, and murder.

The question of the identity of Jack the Ripper has baffled police investigators, historians, and armchair detectives for over a century, even with media offering its own unique take on the killer's identity.