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Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

Season 2

  • Air date:1977-12-24
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  • Number of episodes:24
Leonard Nimoy hosts investigations into various mysteries.

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The Lost Dutchman Mine (aka Mother Lode)
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Air date: 1977-12-24

Runtime: 30 min

The Lost Dutchman Mine: An investigation into why hundreds of gold hunters have died searching for a lost treasure ever since a German prospector wandered out of Arizona's Superstition Mountains in the 1860s. Is there really cursed gold hidden there, as Apache lore suggests?

The Man Who Would Not Die
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Air date: 1977-12-31

Runtime: 30 min

The fascinating saga of the Count of St. Germain, who dazzled the courts of Europe for over 100 years, leading some to believe he was immortal.

Firewalkers
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Air date: 1978-01-05

Runtime: 30 min

How do people walk on red-hot coals without being burned?

Mayan Mysteries
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Air date: 1978-01-07

Runtime: 30 min

The Mayans of Mexico carved an advanced civilization out of the jungles, then disappeared. Where did they come from? Where did they go?

Astrology
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Air date: 1978-01-12

Runtime: 30 min

Can astronomical movements affect the affairs of man? Leonard Nimoy as he reviews the long history of astrology and looks at its attraction today.

Michael Rockefeller
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Air date: 1978-01-21

Runtime: 30 min

Did he drown or was he murdered? An investigation into the disappearance of Nelson Rockefeller's youngest son who vanished without a trace among some of the most primitive peoples in the world. Film found in a camera suggested they were the victim of headhunters, or was it staged?

Hurricanes
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Air date: 1978-01-26

Runtime: 30 min

Take a close-up look at these violent killers that have taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Can they be controlled or prevented?

The Ogopogo Monster
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Air date: 1978-01-28

Runtime: 30 min

This large beast, similar to Scotland's Loch Ness Monster, is claimed to have been seen by thousands of people in western Canada.

Pyramid Secrets
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Air date: 1978-02-04

Runtime: 30 min

Examines the theory that the pyramids of Egypt were built to provide shelter from a holocaust, not as tombs for the pharaohs.

Dead Sea Scrolls
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Air date: 1978-02-09

Runtime: 30 min

The story of the 2,000-year-old scrolls, discovered by a shepherd, that revolutionized religious thought.

Reincarnation
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Air date: 1978-02-11

Runtime: 30 min

Reviews case histories of people who claim to have lived in previous lifetimes.

The Shark Worshippers
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Air date: 1978-02-18

Runtime: 30 min

A trip to remote parts of the Pacific where man-eating sharks are considered gods. Adults pray to them and children swim unafraid among them.

Anastasia
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Air date: 1978-02-23

Runtime: 30 min

An examination of evidence that the youngest daughter of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II Aleksandrovich Romanov survived the family executions, and settled in Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Secrets of Life
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Air date: 1978-02-25

Runtime: 30 min

Explores the possibility that human life can be created in laboratories engaged in DNA research.

Immortality
S2E15
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Air date: 1978-02-27

Runtime: 30 min

Looks at scientific discoveries of new methods of prolonging human life, such as cryonics, which can suspend life for centuries.

The Swamp Monster
S2E16
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Air date: 1978-03-04

Runtime: 30 min

An investigation of reports that a huge man-like beast is living in the swamps of Louisiana's bayou.

Hypnosis
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Air date: 1978-03-09

Runtime: 30 min

A look back at the great scientist Mesmer, whose hypnotic techniques are being used in modern surgery, teaching, and police investigations.

Troy
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Air date: 1978-03-11

Runtime: 30 min

The story of Heinrich Schliemann, an eccentric self-made millionaire obsessed with discovering the ruins of Troy at a time when the city was considered a fable that never existed. He discovered not one but nine ancient cities in Turkey, and recovered a hoard of spectacular relics.

Witch Doctors
S2E19
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Air date: 1978-03-18

Runtime: 30 min

Leonard Nimoy hosts this look at ancient folk medicines that are being re-instituted today in modern mental institutions and are yielding positive results.

Haunted Castles
S2E20
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Air date: 1978-04-27

Runtime: 30 min

Probe into one of the world's most haunted places.

Butch Cassidy
S2E21
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Air date: 1978-05-04

Runtime: 30 min

Examines the possibility that Butch Cassidy was not killed in Bolivia along with the Sundance Kid, but actually lived a full life and died peacefully in 1937.

Deadly Ants
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Air date: 1978-05-11

Runtime: 30 min

A look at the billions of fire ants that march across the southern United States and the failure so far of all attempts to stop them.

The Coming Ice Age
S2E23
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Air date: 1978-05-18

Runtime: 30 min

An inquiry into whether the dramatic weather changes in America's northern states mean that a new ice age is approaching.

The Garden of Eden
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Air date: 1978-06-01

Runtime: 30 min

Using the Old Testament as a road map, researchers attempt to trace the possible site of the original Garden to India, China, and an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

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