About this season
Don Wildman unearths relics from the world's greatest institutions to reveal secrets from the past. He examines each artifact to illuminate history's most incredible triumphs, sensational crimes and bizarre encounters.
Episodes (13)
1. Alone in the Arctic, Space Shuttle MacGyver and Angelic Organ
Aired 3 August 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman examines a pocket calendar that belonged to a woman stranded in the Arctic, a space shuttle that was at the center of a harrowing ordeal more than 200 miles above Earth and a musical instrument which produced heavenly sounds.
2. Transatlantic Zeppelin, Potato Pool and the Lost Inca City
Aired 10 August 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman examines an engineer's daring mission to save a high-flying zeppelin, a pint-sized prodigy's plan to play pool and an explorers life-long quest to uncover an ancient lost Inca City.
3. Miss Unsinkable, Crop Circles and Detective Goodwi
Aired 17 August 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman investigates a Titanic survivor plagued by disaster, the cause of mysterious crop circles in England and the case that created the first NYPD female detective.
4. Project Vortex, Diamond Heist and Tinseltown, NJ
Aired 24 August 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman investigates a scientist's attempt to document the life cycle of a tornado, a record-breaking $100 million heist and a pioneering filmmaker who went head-to-head against Thomas Edison.
5. Mystery of Silence, Fearless Flyer and Fifty Stars
Aired 31 August 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman examines a printing press connected to a founding father's secret identity, a model plane with the propeller in the back flown by a record-setting aviatrix and an American flag designed by a high school kid.
6. Eisenhower's Crazy Convoy, Criminal Measures and Canyon Adventure
Aired 7 September 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman investigates a president's cross-country road trip, a detective's plan to cut down on crime and an explorers dangerous quest to be the first to uncover the secrets of the Grand Canyon.
7. Dewey Defeats Truman, the Real Jekyll and Hyde and Sunken Steamship Treasure
Aired 14 September 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman examines how an iconic headline came to be, the real-life inspiration for a literary villain and the search for millions of dollars of sunken treasure.
8. Winnie the Bear, Frozen Miracle and Whiskey Galore
Aired 21 September 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman examines a stuffed bear that inspired one of the greatest children's books of all time, a fireman's pike used in a icy rescue mission and a bottle of whiskey that was once at the center of an illegal escapade.
9. Rikers Island Rescue, She Sells Sea Shells and Weathering the War
Aired 28 September 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman examines a well-worn fire hose connected to an astonishing tale of unlikely heroes, fossilized remains found by a young paleontologist who inspired an iconic tongue twister and an unusual vehicle used in the D-Day invasion.
10. Beethoven's Mysterious Malady, the Great Raid and Planet X
Aired 5 October 2017 • 60 min
Don examines the mysterious illness behind a composer's untimely death, investigates a daring wartime rescue of 500 POWs and recalls an out-of-this-world discovery that changed what scientists knew about the universe.
11. Channel Champion, the Forger and Harper Method
Aired 12 October 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman investigates a record-breaking long-distance swimmer, a teenage war hero on Nazi-occupied France and the transformative tonic that lead to a franchise of salons.
12. Stagecoach Mary, Alaska Firestarter and Mummy Mystery
Aired 19 October 2017 • 60 min
Don investigates a harrowing escape by stagecoach in the Wild West, an Alaskan town plagued by a mysterious arsonist and the tale of a missing mummy.
13. Undercover Informant, the Black Beetle and Unexpected Artist
Aired 26 October 2017 • 60 min
Don Wildman examines the insider who took down Al Capone, a jet engine that was used in a daring railroad experiment and a portrait painted by a woman who overcame insurmountable odds to ...