About this season
Mysteries at the castle tells historically based stories about castles and other historical buildings.
Episodes (15)
1. Hostage Standoff, Making of an Artist, Irish Art Heist
Aired 8 January 2016 • 43 min
2. Fall of the Knights Templar, Resurrecting Sherlock, Weeping Stones Curse
Aired 15 January 2016 • 42 min
Epic tales from castles around the world are unveiled, including the conspiracy in Paris that brought down the Knights Templar and a wizard's curse upon the Fyvie Castle in Scotland.
3. Good King Wenceslas; Prison Painter; Butlers's Secret
Aired 22 January 2016 • 42 min
The dramatic origins of the Christmas carol, go back to a citadel in Prague; within an opulent Parisian palace, a doomed painter uses art for salvation; and a jealous butler learns a dangerous secret at an idyllic English estate.
4. The Brothers Grimm; Savior of Fort Jefferson; Missing Head of State
Aired 29 January 2016 • 42 min
The origins of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales are found in a German palace; within a Floridian fort, an imprisoned doctor battles a deadly virus; an antiques dealer traces a mummified head to a King born at a French chateau.
5. Betrayal of William Wallace; Casanova's Greatest Love; Astronomical Whodunnit
Aired 5 February 2016 • 42 min
William Wallace's demise is traced back to a fortress in England; at a chateau in the Czech Republic, the legendary Casanova suffers from a broken heart; in the shadow of a Danish stronghold, an astronomer meets an untimely end.
6. Queen Victoria Assassination Attempt; Lucky Lindy; Affair of the Poisons
Aired 12 February 2016 • 42 min
7. Prince's Plight; Mad King Ludwig; Falling for Love
Aired 19 February 2016 • 42 min
Bonnie Prince Charlie, leader of the Jacobite Uprising, escapes imprisonment in Dunstaffnage Castle in Oban, Scotland, and flees the country, disguised him as a maid-servant, with help from his supporter Flora MacDonald. After being in debt by building fairy tale castles, the eccentric King Ludwig II is forced out of his beloved Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Germany
8. Pink Diamond Heist; Bloody Baron; Samlesbury Witches
Aired 26 February 2016 • 42 min
A valuable diamond is stolen from a remote French chateau, a monstrous Italian fortress is home to a twisted tyrant and an English manor reveals a harrowing case of the occult that isn't what it seems.
9. Deadliest Chess Game; Gustav III Assassination; Shot in the Heart
Aired 4 March 2016 • 42 min
"The Wolf of Badenoch", the nickname given to medieval Scottish nobleman, Alexander Stewart, whose terrible reign of pillage and slaughter leads to a legend that he played chess with the Devil for his soul in Ruthven Barracks - presented by Dr Leo Ruickbie.
10. Savior of Flamenco; Murderous Mathelda; Bickerstaff Hoax
Aired 11 March 2016 • 42 min
An aging singer gives the performance of a lifetime at a Spanish citadel, an ominous Italian castle conceals the murderous plot of a lonely countess and a charming English estate was the scene of a scintillating literary hoax.
11. Aussie Adam and Eve; Corpse Queen; Voyage of the Clermont
Aired 18 March 2016 • 42 min
A pair of lovers imprisoned at an English fortress go on to transform Australia, a Portugese palace is the site of forbidden romance and murder, and a trailblazing invention gets its name from a stately American mansion.
12. Witchfinder General; Isabella and Ferdinand; Poisoned Rice
Aired 25 March 2016 • 42 min
The victims of a crazed witch hunt are imprisoned at an English castle, a sprawling palace is home to two royals who helped form modern-day Spain and two schemers plot the murder of a millionaire living in a Texas mansion.
13. Jack the Giant Killer; Last Emperor of Mexico; Saving Britain's Art
Aired 1 April 2016 • 42 min
14. Aussie Adam and Eve; Corpse Queen; Voyage of the Clermont
Aired 4 March 2016 • 42 min
15. The Diamond Necklace Affair, Topless Duel, Abseiling Escape
Aired 8 January 2016 • 42 min