History's Greatest Mysteries, Secrets Of The Copper Scroll
Season 6, Episode 14
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It's one of America's most mythic UFO incidents. Some believe it was aliens, others that it was a government experiment. So what crashed in 1947?
The Franklin ExpeditionThe quest for the elusive Northwest Passage ends in mystery as the Franklin Expedition vanishes into a labyrinth of ice. What really happened?
The Valentine's Day MassacreOn February 14th 1929, one of the most shocking murders in mob history goes down in Chicago and becomes known as the Valentine's Day Massacre.
What Is The Yeti?Yeti sightings have been reported for centuries in the Himalayas. Could this seven-foot, shaggy grey creature be hiding in plain sight?
The Final Flight Of Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart, the world's most famous female pilot, takes off on the final leg of a record-breaking flight.
The Death And Fortune Of Pablo EscobarDiscover the life of Pablo Escobar, the influential drug lord whose impact spanned the globe in the 1980s.
The Lost Loot Of Jesse JamesCash, jewels, and two million dollars in gold bars. Jesse James and his gang robbed trains, stagecoaches and banks, and buried the spoils but only a fraction of the millions has actually been found.
The Rendlesham Forest IncidentA surreal event outside a US Air Force base near the Rendlesham Forest in England becomes an international legend, and one of history's strangest unidentified encounters.
The Amazing Events Of The Book Of ExodusThe burning bush, the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. These biblical events in the Book of Exodus have shaped Judeo-Christian beliefs for centuries.
The Search For AtlantisIt's history's most famous lost city: Atlantis, the island kingdom that's baffled explorers for centuries. Some say Atlantis is a myth, while others insist it was a very real place wiped out thousands of years ago.
The Death Of DillingerHe was the first Public Enemy Number One, the legendary outlaw John Dillinger. His life consisted of brazen bank robberies across the country, but his death remains shrouded in mystery. What really happened to John Dillinger?
The Missing Riches Of Genghis KhanThe ancient ruler who amassed a fortune estimated to be worth 120 trillion in today's dollars. Genghis Khan hides his riches so well that to this day no one has unearthed them. 800 years later the fate of his treasure remains a mystery.
The Missing Tesla PapersNicola Tesla had revolutionary ideas. When he died, Tesla allegedly had hidden papers that have never been found. But do these really exist?
Secrets Of The Copper ScrollThis is the most mysterious of the Dead Sea Scrolls. An ancient treasure map, recorded on a rare Copper Scroll, could lead to billions of dollars of buried treasure in gold, in silver, in jewels, hidden away thousands of years ago from Roman invader.
The Killing Of Bugsy SiegelIt'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.
Percy Fawcett And The Lost City Of ZOne of the most famous explorers in the world, Percy Fawcett, becomes obsessed with a lost city deep in the Amazon jungle.
Secrets Of The SphinxRising from the sands of the Egyptian desert is one of the ancient world's greatest wonders, the mighty Sphinx.
The Lost Pirate Treasure Of Jean LafitteKnown as "The Terror of the Gulf," the whereabouts of Jean Lafitte's treasure remain unknown. The swamps and bayous were his base and likely also his hiding place, treasure hunters have found very little of Lafitte's stash.
The Secrets Of Easter IslandHow did an ancient civilization, with only primitive tools, carve and then move thousands of these rock monuments around the island and why?
Lost Places Of The Old TestamentThe Tower of Babel, Sodom and Gomorrah and Mount Sinai have seemingly vanished from the map, where are the Old Testament's legendary lost places and what might they reveal?
Show more- About this episode
- Laurence Fishburne takes a look at historically important mysteries, well-known myths, and modern legends using new evidence.
- CastRobert R. Cargill, Caroline Cory, Michael Dennin
- GenreFeatures
- Seasons2
- StudioSky History