Season 2 Episodes
21 episodes1
The Search for Alexander the Great
Archaeologist Liana Souvaltzis searches for the tomb of Alexander the Great.
2
The Hidden Treasure of the Templars
A French priest finds clues to the treasure of the Knights Templar.
3
Leonardo's Shroud
Some say the Shroud of Turin was created by Leonardo da Vinci.
4
A Rough Crossing
In the summer of 1940, eight British children flee to safety in Canada.
5
The Lucky Ones: Allied Airmen and Buchenwald
Allied airmen shot down over France recall atrocities at Buchenwald.
6
Haig: The Unknown Soldier
Field Marshal Douglas Haig is lambasted as "the butcher of the Somme."
7
Piercing the Reich: American Spies Inside Nazi Germany
Operation Iron Cross planned for a group of U.S. officers to infiltrate Nazi Germany without any underground assistance and capture Adolf Hitler.
8
Hitler: The Final Chapter
Adolf Hitler's final days.
9
Hiroshima: The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Documents offer evidence of military opposition to Truman's decision to drop an A-bomb on Hiroshima.
10
Beria: Stalin's Creature
Lavrenti Beria, Stalin's chief of the secret police is profiled.
11
Hess: An Edge of Conspiracy
Some think the last prisoner in Spandau was Rudolf Hess' double.
12
Spying for Love
In the 1970s, East Germany's secret service penetrates West Germany's government.
13
The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping: The Crime That Won't Go Away
Bruno Hauptmann's trial for the Lindbergh kidnapping causes a media frenzy.
14
Evidence of Vikings
The Viking's navigational system.
15
Before Columbus
New evidence suggests others may have discovered North America before Christopher Columbus.
16
The Last Mass Execution
Seven German prisoners of war are hanged in August 1945 after a U.S. trial.
17
The Jazz Age
The "Roaring '20s."
18
The Myth of the Spanish Inquisition
New information arises about the Spanish Inquisition.
19
Human Torpedoes: The Kamikaze
With the kamikaze, Japan turns suicide into military strategy.
20
Kovno Ghetto: A Buried History
The Kovno ghetto in Lithuania.
21
Roswell: An Alien Obsession
The debate over a possible UFO crash in 1947 Roswell, N.M.