Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers — Season 1, Episode 4: Stigmata: The Wounds of Christ

Episode synopsis

Arthur C. Clarke invesitigates the history of stigmata, which are wounds that appear on people as the wounds did on Christ when he was crucified.

About Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers

Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers is a popular thirteen-part British television series looking at strange worlds of the paranormal. It was produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and first broadcast in 1985. It was the sequel to the 1980 series Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World. The series is introduced by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in short sequences filmed at his home in Sri Lanka. Individual episodes are narrated by Anna Ford. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn. It was followed by Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe, broadcast in 1994.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Warnings from the Future?
• E2Things That Go Bump in the Night
• E3From Mind to Mind
• E5Ghosts, Apparitions and Haunted Houses
• E6Have We Lived Before?
• E7Fairies, Phantoms and Fantastic Photographs
• E8An Element of the Divine
• E9Walking on Fire
• E10Messages from the Dead?
• E11The Roots of Evil
• E12Metal Bending, Magic and Mind Over Matter
• E13Strange Powers: The Verdict