Encounters With the Unexplained — Season 1, Episode 4: Is It the Burial Cloth of Jesus? [The Shroud of Turin]

Episode synopsis

Shroud of Turin: Is It the Burial Cloth of Jesus? It is just an ordinary piece of old linen cloth, but it has been subjected to thousands of hours of intense scientific study and is the subject of heated and controversial debate. Is the Shroud of Turin the silent witness to the greatest event in human history? And is the face so hauntingly etched into the fabric the face of Jesus Christ?

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Historians and scientists explore myths, legends and mysterious phenomena.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1What's Behind the Door in the Pyramid?
• E2Is It Really Noah's Ark?
• E3What Really Happened at Roswell?
• 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?
• E13What Really Happened at Kecksburg? [Kecksburg UFO Crash]