History Specials

1. S01E06Holy Grail in AmericaSeptember 20, 2009—In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that tell a story of land acq
2. S01E16The Crusades: Crescent & The Cross, Part 1January 31, 2008—The shadow of war between Christian and Muslim hangs over us today, but it is a war that began nearly a thousand years ago. By the close of
3. S01E17The Crusades: Crescent & The Cross, Part 2January 31, 2008—In 1099 the Crusaders took Jerusalem in the bloodiest of battles, wrenching it back from the Muslims for the first time in 400 years. But, o
4. S01E48The Real Face of JesusMarch 30, 2010—In May 2010, the Shroud of Turin will be put on public display for the first time in ten years. The Real Face of Jesus? documents a team of
5. S01E69Art of WarJune 18, 2009—All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable of attacking, feign incapacity; when active in moving troops, feign inactivity. W
6. S01E103Afraid of the DarkJuly 6, 2010—Go back to a time before the invention of artificial light and experience a world petrified in the pitch of darkness...when fear ruled the n
7. S01E104Most Extreme AirportsJuly 20, 2010—A strip of land fought over for centuries by England and Spain creates a nightmare of historic proportion for airline pilots. Gibraltar Airp
8. S01E113Third Reich: The RiseDecember 14, 2010—A unique perspective on the rise of Nazi Germany and how millions of people were so vulnerable to fascism, told through rare and never-befor
9. S01E114Third Reich: Third FallDecember 15, 2010—How did the Germans experience the Allied victory in WWII? Rarely-and never-before-seen amateur films recount the catastrophic downfall of t
10. S01E119It's Good to be PresidentFebruary 21, 2011—We Americans like to think we know our President. We followed him during the campaign, invited him into our living rooms during countless te
11. S01E122Weird WarfareApril 6, 2011—Throughout history, mankind's ingenuity has pursued better ways to kill enemies and win wars. But hidden by our more famous inventions lie s
12. S01E124Jesus: The Lost 40 DaysApril 1, 2011—According to the Bible, Jesus Christ spent 40 days on Earth after his resurrection that first Easter Sunday. Yet the New Testament devotes o
13. S01E136ScammedNovember 14, 2011—Get inside the world of cons as Paul Wilson, aka the "World's Greatest Con Man," exposes the complicated schemes and straightforward hustles
14. S01E137The Stoned AgesNovember 21, 2011—From the early cave dwellers who first stumbled upon psychedelic mushrooms to the over 6000-year-old tradition of opium cultivation in the E
15. S01E140Zombies: A Living HistoryOctober 25, 2011—Most people believe zombies are a recent phenomenon that grew out of comic books, movies and TV. The truth is very different. This two-hour
16. S01E141Engineering Evil: Inside The HolocaustNovember 15, 2011—A two-hour portrait of the evolution of the Holocaust--from the early days of persecution in Nazi Germany to the final days of wanton annihi
17. S01E142Pirate IslandNovember 20, 2011—Haven, graveyard, legend and lore. History was made and lies buried on Pirate Island - the coral ringed Isle Saint Marie off the coast of Ma
18. S01E143Pearl Harbor: 24 Hours AfterDecember 1, 2011—Discover the untold story of the events that occurred immediately after President Roosevelt received the call that Pearl Harbor had been att
19. S01E148National History BeeJune 1, 2012—Who was the first U.S. President from New York? What pre-Revolutionary event involved an unauthorized boarding of the Dartmouth, the Eleanor
20. S01E149Titanic At 100- Mystery SolvedApril 15, 2012 7.0On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the once "unsinkable" ship, HISTORY illustrates in CGI what happened structurally to the RMS Tita
21. S01E1539/11: The Days AfterSeptember 9, 2011—The world changed irrevocably on 9/11. HISTORY shows us how. Following in the storytelling tradition of the Emmy Award-winning 102 Minutes T
22. S01E159WWII from SpaceDecember 1, 2012 7.0This spectacular two-hour special delivers the tipping points of World War II as you've never seen them before. The key editorial feature of
23. S01E162101 Fasts Foods that Changed the WorldJanuary 5, 2013—Across borders, cultures and time, food is one thing that all people share. And from the time of the caveman to today's spaceman we like our
24. S01E163101 Objects that Changed the WorldJanuary 12, 2013—Our lives are so full of stuff these days that the average object is instantly forgettable. But, when fate and history combine, even the sim
25. S01E164InvisibleJanuary 27, 2013—As we look at the world around us, we think we're seeing things as they really are. But in fact, our human senses can only perceive less tha
26. S01E165Stories from the Road to FreedomFebruary 16, 2013—This 2-hour special, narrated by Deon Cole, gives a fresh perspective of the black movement in America, from Emancipation to the Civil Right
27. S01E169Ultimate WWII WeaponsMay 27, 2013—This countdown special reveals the weapons, inventions and vehicles that shaped and decided World War II. Counting down from 10 to 1, we ll
28. S01E170101 Weapons that Changed the WorldJune 16, 2013—From the catapult to the stealth fighter, the most basic and the most complex weapons alike have changed the course of history--and with it,
29. S01E171The Secret World of GoldJuly 13, 2013—Valued for its permanence, beauty and scarcity, people will lie, cheat, steal and kill in the name of gold. To finance the Third Reich, the
30. S01E1729/11: Relics from the WreckageSeptember 10, 2013—How do you honor the memory and legacy of over 3,000 lives lost to the terror attacks of 9/11? That is the challenge facing the creators of
31. S01E173Target EarthSeptember 13, 2013—On Target Earth, a 2-hour special on H2, scientists, government officials and other experts examine earth's infrastructures and life-support
32. S01E214The Definitive Guide to the MobApril 13, 2013—What is life really like in the American mafia? How do you get in, get made and make money? What happens when you get in too deep? This two-

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