Channel # 53 HISTORY entertains and moves you to the edge of your seat through incredible true stories. HISTORY, like history is bursting with extraordinary characters and full of exciting stories, inspired by yesterday, lived out today, shaping tomorrow. Read more
One of the world’s best UFO hotspots is very close to home. Craig and Sarah examine the Scottish UFO phenomena — a myriad of extraordinary cases, including the 1991 sighting of a glowing red disc. This programme contains some flashing images.
On 13 March 1997 in the night sky over Phoenix, Arizona one of the most spectacular mass UFO sighting of all time took place. Thousands witnessed bright orange orbs moving in formation. This programme contains some flashing images.
For thousands of years, human ingenuity has shaped awe-inspiring structures as testaments to faith. From a grand basilica in Vatican City and towering monuments of ancient Egypt to a legendary Biblical tower and a lost city in the clouds of Peru.
For millennia, plagues, curses, droughts, and the violent destruction of cities have been blamed on the wrath of angry gods. But were these divine punishments mere myth, or is there proof they are based on real events?
Ancient human remains believed to belong to a great hunter are discovered in the Peruvian highlands. A huge collection of human and animal bones is discovered in a cave in Saudi Arabia.
Have you ever wondered about the most bizarre things that have fallen from the sky? From meteorites to seafood, and even bathtubs, these are some truly unbelievable stories of what comes from above. Don't believe it? Just look up!
Have you heard about the warrior bear who helped the allies win WWII? Or how about the real-life hobbit humans in ancient Indonesia? What if I told you gerbils were recruited to fight crime in Canadian jails?
Some of history's most brilliant innovations are also the most bizarre. Like a fully functioning car that hovers in midair. Or clothing made out of everyone's favourite source of calcium. These are the tales of history's most bizarre inventions.
We've heard the tales of great wars fought with groundbreaking weaponry, but what about everything else in between? From missiles manned by pigeons to an incendiary device made to look like one of America's favourite pastimes.
This episode explores the strangest and most ghastly gigs ever. From night soil men cleaning excrement off the streets of Victorian London to professional mourners hired to weep at funerals.
When governments ally with enemies - CIA and the Mob vs. Castro, U.S. troops with Nazis, Putin’s killer-for-hire the lines blur for the bigger picture.
..., Motorcycle Vs. Flood & The Indian Ocean Tsunami Of 2004: A woman survives being sucked into a tornado. An out-of-control elevator reveals a long history of mishaps. A motorcyclist fights for his life as he is knocked down and swept away by a raging flood.
...When Trees Attack & Stuck in a Cave: A pilot activates his ejector seat at the last second during a landing. The harrowing moment a motorist tries to escape a forest full of falling trees. A spelunker must use all his skill to escape when he gets stuck.
In a world without humans, water turns from life-giver to destroyer flooding cities, collapsing dams, and triggering ancient forces long kept at bay.
When humanity disappears, the global retail machine collapses—malls rot, shipping lanes turn explosive, and ghostly grocery stores become battlefields for rodents, predators, and time.
In the absence of humanity, the world’s most iconic cities from New York, to Orlando, to Rio de Janeiro are reclaimed by nature, as forests rise, animals roam free, and fire and flood undo centuries of construction.
On Chicago's North Side, Mike and Jersey get VIP access to a sprawling historic home that features four floors of dazzling high-end antique toys. And though collector Lou says he's ready to pare down his stock, striking a deal will take patience.
Mike meets a passionate Connecticut picker with major inventory but getting access to his collection means dismantling a massive, layered wall of stuff. Meanwhile, Robbie and Jersey comb through a California collector's old-timey General Store.
On the coast of Southern California, Mike is hot for a bonanza of out-of-reach surfboards and rare signs--but he'll have to dismantle the garage to get at them. Down the road in Vermont, Robbie and Jersey visit an historic homestead.
The Hanoi Hilton is perhaps the most famous American POW prison of the Vietnam War located in the city of Hanoi. In Vietnamese its name literally means "hell hole" but even hell cannot break the will of some American POWS like John McCain.
A maximum-security prison on the banks of the Hudson, just 30 miles north of New York City, it gave rise to the term "being sent up the river". Home of the "Old Sparky", one of the first electric chairs in the world, which took over 600 lives.
On the orders of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi invaders of Alderney, a tiny island in the English Channel, shipped in more than 5,000 slave labourers to build an astonishing series of fortifications designed to protect the island from attack.
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