About this season
A series that explores secret societies, mysterious symbols and notorious locations.
Episodes (6)
1. Las Vegas
Aired 16 February 2015 • 44 min
Unravel the seamy secrets of Las Vegas. Where Mobsters once ruled. Where casinos suck you in to keep you playing and losing. Why was this a Nazi target for wartime sabotage, a test ground for Atomic Bombs, and a meeting place for 9/11's terrorists?
2. American Nazis
Aired 23 February 2015 • 45 min
From the rallies held at Madison Square Garden, to the plots to steal the secrets to the nation's weapons of war, the American Nazis terrorize the United States in the 1930s and wage a battle against the FBI and an undercover team of amateur spies.
3. Ancient Astronauts
Aired 2 March 2015 • 45 min
Did aliens help build the Pyramids and other monuments? Or does the "ancient astronauts" idea go back to Swiss author Erich von Daniken, whose books challenge religion and science? Who were his enemies? What were his influences? Why was he jailed?
4. Founding Fathers
Aired 9 March 2015 • 45 min
Discover which of America's founding fathers was a master of deceit, which one used sex as an instrument of diplomacy, which one secretly scoffed at the divinity of Jesus, and which one engaged in the greatest cover-up in all of American history?
5. Deadly Cults
Aired 16 March 2015 • 45 min
Discover some of America's most infamous cults. Whether its religious fire-and -brimstone, Armageddon, or visitors from outer space, the US has no shortage of like-minded people coming together to get swept up in the fervor.
6. Experimental Soldiers
Aired 23 March 2015 • 45 min
At the height of the Cold War, the United States of America searches for a way to create a generation of "Supersoldiers" who use telepathy to win battles. In the 1950s gangster Whitey Bulger volunteers for the CIA's LSD project known as MK-Ultra.