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Sir Isaac Newton is considered one of history's great geniuses, but did you know he also predicted the date of the apocalypse.

Speed has become a decisive feature in war's evolution: from the chariot that brought greater mobility to small handguns like Samuel Colt's revolver.

Victims and police discuss the shocking crimes of entertainer Rolf Harris, who was jailed for a number of sexual offences in 2014. Dermot Murnaghan presents.

From gunpowder to missiles, were these lethal weapons the product of human innovation or created with help from another, otherworldly source.

Experts investigate creepy places associated with death. Could otherworldly connections be responsible for strange disappearances and suicides.

when the Pharaohs ruled - to Anglo-Saxon England, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Bust of Nefertiti, the Staffordshire Hoard and more.

From medieval Britain to the Northwest Passage in the Arctic, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Stone of Destiny, Landseer's Man Proposes, God Disposes and more.

From an Anglo-Saxon Burial ground to the caves of the Judean Desert and Siberia in the Ice Age, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Sutton Hoo, Lyuba and more.

From the time of the Knights Templar to pre-historic Spain, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding the Turin Shroud, the Cave of Altamira and more.

From rural Spain in the 1800s to Russia during World War II, uncover the origins of the curses surrounding Goya's Black Paintings, the Amber Room and more.

Meet the man who paints cliffs bright green and explore Zimbabwe's abandoned places. Plus, visit India's largest vegetable market and a truly unique village in China.

Could history's most powerful men know more about extra-terrestrials than us? Experts explore the complex relationship between presidents and aliens.

Speed has become a decisive feature in war's evolution: from the chariot that brought greater mobility to small handguns like Samuel Colt's revolver.

Despicable duo Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck team up to con lonely women across the nation, posing as siblings to rob them of their riches.

Umberto 'Albert' Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious 'Murder Incorporated' crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

From gunpowder to missiles, were these lethal weapons the product of human innovation or created with help from another, otherworldly source.