| Duration: | 3600 min |
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| Genres: | History, Documentary |
History's Greatest Mysteries is a one-hour documentary series that examines the top theories surrounding the world’s most enigmatic unsolved mysteries.
Hosted and narrated by Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award® winner Laurence Fishburne.
It's one of the most infamous and unsolved mob murders--notorious mobster Bugsy Siegel is gunned down in his Beverly Hills living room. Although Siegel's killing becomes front page news, no arrest is ever made. Bugsy Siegel made a lot of enemies across the country, but who killed him, and why?
One of the most famous explorers in the world, Percy Fawcett, becomes obsessed with a lost city deep in the Amazon jungle, a place he names the City of Z. Fawcett vanishes trying to locate it, and despite numerous missions to find him, no one has ever succeeded. What happened to Percy Fawcett... and where is the Lost City of Z?
Rising from the sands of the Egyptian desert is one of the ancient world's greatest wonders--the mighty Sphinx. This mythological creature, with the head of a human and the body of a lion, looks like it's standing guard at the great pyramids of Giza. But surprisingly, little is known about this 240-foot-tall structure. Who created this massive, mysterious figure? And for what purpose?
One of the most infamous pirates to prowl America's Gulf Coast--Jean Lafitte--led what may have been the largest pirate fleet in the world. Known as "The Terror of the Gulf" he was more than a pirate... he was a crime boss, rich beyond belief, and just as ruthless. But the whereabouts of Jean Lafitte's treasure remain unknown. The swamps and bayous were his base, and likely also his hiding place. But treasure hunters have found very little of Lafitte's stash. What really happened to Jean Lafitte's lost millions?
The gigantic statues of Easter Island have mystified humanity for centuries. These enormous otherworldly monoliths exist nowhere else on earth. How in the world did an ancient civilization, with only primitive tools, carve and then move thousands of these rock monuments around the island... and why?
The Tower of Babel, Sodom and Gomorrah, Mount Sinai are some of the greatest Old Testament stories ever told. Yet these iconic places have seemingly vanished from the map. If found, these venerated sites could reveal much about humanity's ancient past. And many scholars believe the Book of Genesis is filled with clues...if you know where to look. Where are the Old Testament's legendary lost places--and what might they reveal?
