History's Greatest Mysteries

On December 5, 1945, five American WW2 torpedo bombers took off from Florida with all men and planes disa...

An investigation into the unshakable claims of Roger Miklos, one of America's most eccentric, controversi...

On 20th July 1973, martial arts superstar Bruce Lee died under mysterious circumstances in Hong Kong. Bru...

Harry Houdini left behind a diary that had been kept from the public, held under lock and key by a wealth...

One of World War II's greatest unsolved mysteries: an incomparable work of art worth half a billion dolla...

A powerful union activist disappears from a Detroit suburb; 45 years later, it remains one of the most no...

An infamous Cold War cold case involving nine hikers found mutilated on a remote mountain slope; for over...

As the Cold War ramps up, a well-dressed man is found dead within miles of a nuclear testing site on a tr...

After a series of dark and ominous events, an unassuming family home on Long Island becomes the most noto...

It's a treasure coveted by everyone from Roman Emperors to Adolf Hitler--a sacred object said to hold inc...

One of the most chilling aviation mysteries in modern day: a Boeing 777, carrying 239 people, vanishes ov...

A cold case that ignites every parent's worst fears: on Christmas morning, 1945, five siblings vanish fro...

It might be the world's most mysterious book: a medieval manuscript filled with unidentifiable drawings,...

A spree of gruesome murders shocks Victorian England--and the world. The homicidal maniac responsible rem...

When the infant son of an aviation legend is snatched from his crib at home, it ignites a media firestorm...

A series of unexplained deaths near Chicago in 1982 starts a nationwide panic; the victims are connected...

Despite centuries of sightings and searches, one of the most infamous deep-sea monsters remains unidentif...

In 1969, one of history's most elusive serial killers terrorizes Northern California. He taunts investiga...

On November 22, 1963, President John F Kennedy is assassinated, shaking the nation to its core; while an...

In 1587, a group of settlers land off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island to establish the firs...

In 1997, thousands of people in Phoenix witnessed strange lights; this could be an UFO sighting.

One of the holiest and most powerful relics from the Bible has been missing for over 2,000 years. While s...

In 1930, a New York Supreme Court justice with close ties to Tammany Hall, and future president Franklin...

One of history's most notorious pirates, Blackbeard, is said to have had a treasure worth millions of dol...

An ancient mechanical device found on a 2,000-year-old shipwreck has become known as the world's first co...

Awe-inspiring and mysterious, the pyramids of Egypt are significant wonders of the ancient world; more th...

During World War Two, the Nazis stole vast amounts of art, gold, silver and currency, and stashed it acro...

A look at what could cause mysterious vanishings in the Bermuda Triangle, a 500,000 square mile area of t...

It's one of the most famous stories from the Bible; for thousands of years the tale of Noah's Ark is shar...

It's the only unsolved air piracy case in history; in 1971, a man hijacks a Northwest Orient Airlines fli...

Thousands of people swear they've encountered the legendary North American creature Bigfoot, but Bigfoot...

It's one of the most famous prehistoric monuments on Earth -- a mysterious arrangement of stones that hav...

It is a legendary ancient city, said to be overflowing with gold. For centuries, explorers put their live...

In 2016 a mysterious illness strikes dozens of government officials in Cuba. Over the next few years, hun...

They've been called the world's greatest archaeological enigma. 2,000-year-old geoglyphs made in the Peru...

She was the last pharaoh of Egypt and one of the most famous queens of all time, but her death in 31 B.C....

In July 1996, one of the worst aviation disasters in American history leaves 230 people dead and countles...

The history books say Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the final days of World War II, but not everyone...

During World War II, Japan plunders a fortune worth hundreds of billions of dollars from occupied countri...

It's one of the most infamous crimes in American history: the gruesome murder of a young beauty, unsolved...

In a perfectly planned robbery, thieves steal half a billion dollars in masterpieces from the Gardner Mus...

An Aztec king's glittering treasure vanishes into thin air, inspiring a 500-year search that spans contin...

Most people know it as the biblical birthplace of man -- the Garden of Eden; investigating if the Garden...

A look at what happened to the secret hoard of the Knights Templar, a treasure of gold, silver, gems and...

The haunting image of the Shroud of Turin has captivated millions around the world; scientists and theolo...

It's a mystery from the golden age of piracy. In 1698, Captain William Kidd raids a ship on the high seas...

A perfectly masterminded plot leads to one of the most brazen prison breaks in American history. With onl...

On February 24, 1942, less than three months after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, military radar picks...

With 500-year-old secrets hidden in skeletons and stone, Machu Picchu is one of the most puzzling archaeo...

The death of one of history's most enigmatic rulers--Egypt's King Tutankhamun--remains shrouded in myster...

For decades, experts believed they knew what caused the Hindenburg disaster that leaking hydrogen and ign...

The story of the most celebrated warrior king in history still stirs fascination more than 2,000 years af...

The Titanic's tragic story captures the imagination of the public and experts of all kinds, who--decades...

The search for the most famous gold mine in the Old West has led many to perish in the pursuit of its elu...

Five years after John F. Kennedy is killed by gunshot, his brother Robert meets the same fate. An assassi...

A notorious tragedy leads to one of the darkest chapters in early American history. In 1692, fear rips th...

It's one of America's most mythic UFO incidents. A 200 yard swath of debris that landed near Roswell, New...

The search for the illusive Northwest Passage, leads to a historic expedition that sets sail into a labyr...

On February 14th 1929, one of the most shocking murders in mob history goes down in Chicago and becomes k...

Sightings of the Yeti, a creature of myth and legend, have been recorded for thousands of years throughou...

Amelia Earhart, the world's most famous female pilot, takes off on the final leg of a record breaking fli...

Pablo Escobar, the notorious narco trafficker who single handedly supplied most of America's cocaine in t...

Cash, jewels and two million dollars in gold bars. Jesse James and his gang robbed trains, stagecoaches a...

A surreal event outside a U.S. Air Force base near the Rendlesham Forest in England, becomes an internati...

The Burning Bush, the 10 Plagues, the Parting of the Red Sea... these legendary Biblical events in the Bo...

It's history's most famous lost city... Atlantis, the island kingdom that's baffled explorers for centuri...

He was the first Public Enemy Number One... the legendary outlaw, John Dillinger. His life consisted of b...

The legendary ancient ruler who amassed a fortune estimated to be worth 120 trillion in today's dollars,...

Nicola Tesla is the epitome of what some would call the "mad scientist" and also one of history's most in...

This is the most mysterious of the Dead Sea Scrolls. An ancient treasure map, recorded on a rare Copper S...

It's one of the most infamous and unsolved mob murders--notorious mobster Bugsy Siegel is gunned down in...

One of the most famous explorers in the world, Percy Fawcett, becomes obsessed with a lost city deep in t...

Rising from the sands of the Egyptian desert is one of the ancient world's greatest wonders--the mighty S...

Known as :The Terror of the Gulf"; the whereabouts of Jean Lafitte's treasure remains unknown; the swamps...

The gigantic statues of Easter Island have mystified humanity for centuries; how in the world did an anci...

The Tower of Babel, Sodom and Gomorrah, and Mount Sinai have seemingly vanished from the map; where are t...

Hidden in the Nevada desert, a top-secret military base remains one of the most heavily restricted sites...

At the end of World War II, many Nazi officials were captured and tried for their crimes. But one of the...

It's one of humanity's oldest nightmares-at the full moon, werewolves that once were men hunt human prey...

The world's most famous painting vanishes in a daring heist, sparking international outrage and a global...

It’s one of the most legendary monsters said to be lurking in the vast open seas. With stories going back...

The notorious mafia kingpin, Sam Giancana, is shot execution style in his own home. The larger-than-life...

A twisted mastermind uses homemade bombs to terrorize the nation. Despite one of the most extensive manhu...

A series of shocking murders shake the city of Boston to its core. Each victim, 13 women in all, bore the...

A shot rings out from the balcony of the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. and America's 16th president...

El Chapo is an untouchable drug lord who sat atop a criminal empire and became the most wanted man in the...

Bruce Lee was a seemingly invincible icon and the closest thing that we had to a real-life superhero. Wha...

Known for their seafaring skills and feared for their ferocity, the Vikings amassed gold, silver and othe...

On December 11, 1978, a gang of thieves lift around $5 million in cash and $800,000 in jewelry from a lux...

During World War II, a fiery phenomenon terrorizes American airmen in the night skies over Europe. The pi...

General Erwin Rommel captured territory, imprisoned local Jews in camps, and stole their gold and valuabl...

When the British Red Coats march into Lexington in 1775 prepared for a surprise attack, they are met with...

As one renowned military leader, his conquests were so decisive that some believed he was descended from...

In the final days of the Civil War, Confederate leaders fled south, rumored to be carrying the Confederat...

Deadly anthrax spores sent through the mail kill five people and spread authorities thin. The FBI works a...

Using new evidence to look at some of the most historically important mysteries of recent times.