World's Greatest Mysteries

Easter Island is famous for its monumental statues called Moai. These eighty ton monolithic statues were transported several miles and arranged in rows on raised platforms. How did the Rapa Nui create and transport them? Most intriguing is ‘Why’?

Oak Island in Nova Scotia is the site of one of history’s most intense treasure hunts since this cryptic message was found: ‘Forty feet below two million pounds are buried.’ No one has been able to get to the treasure now worth billions of dollars.

December 9, 1965: The residents of Kecksburg near Pittsburgh see a fireball crash in the nearby woods. They find a copper object the size of a VW. The military takes it saying it is a meteorite. Eyewitnesses disagree. What fell from the sky that night?

The sophisticated Anasazi civilization emerged around 1200 BC. The mystery is why two millennia later they abandoned their cliff homes and leave everything behind and disappeared from history? This program examines that intriguing question.

Cave paintings found in France that depict the use of plants for medicinal purposes carbon-date to 25,000 BC. What did the ancients know? Are there methods and medicines they used that could eliminate some of the most life-threatening illnesses of today?

Why did General Custer, a seasoned commander who always relied on planning and reconnaissance before engaging, use such ill-conceived tactics at Little Bighorn in 1876? The question this program examines is: A mere blunder or a political conspiracy?

Dolphins are regarded as one of Earth's most intelligent animals and capable of sending information to each other. This program studies their intellectual similarities to humans and asks: Do dolphins have the capacity to understand human communication?

History records the words of men and women who seem to have an uncanny insight into future events. Could the ancient prophets really foretell the future? The program asks: Did ancient prophets have the ability to see events centuries before they happened?

There are over 31,000 known meteor impact sites on Earth with craters up to 186 miles in diameter. Some experts say an impact doomsday scenario is science fiction. Others say it is only a question of ’when’. Could humanity survive? Could Earth survive?

Mars has always fascinated humanity. Was there ever life on Mars? Is their life on Mars? This program examines photographic evidence of what appear to be manmade structures on our mysterious neighbor and asks could Mars be a link to another civilization

For centuries ships and aircraft have vanished without a trace in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle. What forces are at work in this mystery shrouded part of the ocean? An electromagnetic vortex? An extraterrestrial influence? What is the answer?

A phased array transmitter stands two hundred miles east of Anchorage, Alaska with the ability to beam more than 3 billion watts of energy into the ionosphere. What is its purpose? Why is this modern-day antennae farm located in this desolate spot?

The RMS Titanic sank April 14, 1912 on her maiden voyage after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic killing over 1,500 people. Or did a design flaw doom the ship before it sailed? Rumors of a German U-Boat attack still persist. What is the truth?