Encounters With the Unexplained — Season 1, Episode 18: What Really Happened at the Little Bighorn?

Episode synopsis

Custer's Last Stand: What Really Happened at the Little Big Horn? The battle of the Little Bighorn, or Custer's Last Stand is familiar to everyone. But, what really happened that tragic day? Was there a government conspiracy designed to get rid of George Armstrong Custer by sending him to certain death? Why was Custer's cavalry provided with inferior weapons? Why weren't they given accurate information about the Indian force they would confront? Why were the Indians chased off the reservation in the first place? Have the facts of what happened to Custer and his men been deliberately concealed for over a century? Why?

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Historians and scientists explore myths, legends and mysterious phenomena.

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• E1What's Behind the Door in the Pyramid?
• E2Is It Really Noah's Ark?
• E3What Really Happened at Roswell?
• E4Is It the Burial Cloth of Jesus? [The Shroud of Turin]
• E5Secret Messages from Space? [Crop Circles]
• E6Is There Really Power in Prayer?
• E7America's Hidden Spaceport? [Area 51]
• E8Are End Time Warnings True?
• E9What Is So Mysterious About Easter Island?
• E10Golden Ark With Incredible Power? [Ark of the Covenant]
• E11The Mystery of Oak Island [Oak Island Treasure]
• E12Adam & Eve: Fact or Fiction?