Episodes

• Vampires

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Bermuda Triangle

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Atlantis

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Miracle Cures

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Russian Bigfoot

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  Science books say Neanderthals went extinct around 30,000 years ago but what if they still exist today? Rumors swirl that a stone-age man called "wildman" or "man of the forest" survives in the remote mountains of Russia and Mongolia, and a hominologist claims to have skulls and hair samples to prove it. Join the National Geographic Channel as Is it Real? investigates the evidence with believers and skeptics alike.

• Ancient Astronauts

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Jack The Ripper

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Hauntings

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Life On Mars

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Feral Child

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• King Arthur

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Shroud of Turin

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Ghost Ships

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  Ignoring common sense and reason, people continue to believe in a host of supposed "supernatural phenomena". In a brand new series, National Geographic Channel exposes the myths and malarkey behind these enduring modern-day tales of the unexpected.

• Ghost

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  Since the dawn of time, disturbing tales have emerged from some of the most haunted places in the world. Folks with a penchant for the supernatural claim that disembodied voices, sudden temperature changes, and wisps of ectoplasm are irrefutable proof of ghostly stomping grounds. Time to call in the ghostbusters? Or maybe just have our heads examined?From phantom images caught on tape to strange orbs of light that careen through creepy places, we'll follow scientists who probe the minds of the haunted... and dissect the most compelling evidence of ghostly visitations with paranormal detectives.Believers and scientists roll up their sleeves for...

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Ghosts

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• Crop Circles

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  Across the English countryside, a decades-old mystery refuses to die. Are crop circles highly complex messages from the outer limits… or a man-made hoax of profound proportions? When two artists admitted in 1991 to creating hundreds of crop circles as a practical joke, it seemed the case was finally closed. But Instead, the circles started appearing more often - and in spectacularly intricate patterns. From balls of light caught on tape to baffling crop deformities, "croppies" come armed with a slew of evidence supporting their claim that the circles are the marks of UFOs or weird weather patterns. But skeptics have their own weapon - critical...

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Crop Circles

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• Bigfoot

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  Is there really a giant primate running around the world's wilderness areas? Or are Bigfoot and his cousins around the world figments of our imagination? Examine the evidence for yourself with believers and skeptics alike: listen to tales of terrifying encounters, take a look at giant footprints, and examine the famous 1967 film. Follow the forensic trail - and a real sasquatch stakeout - as science goes after that most elusive of legendary creatures.

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Bigfoot

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• UFOs

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  Do flying saucers really make interstellar pit-stops on planet Earth? The evidence abounds... videotape and photographs depict large, glowing, disc-like objects hovering over the countryside... mysterious, perfectly circular rings in the grass are discovered all over the globe... and real-life testimonies of close encounters are a dime a dozen. And each year, millions of people claim to be abducted by curious little aliens, who whisk them away in their mother ship and conduct terrifying experiments on them. Are extra-terrestrials plotting a take-over? Or, have we all just seen one too many science fiction films? We'll analyze the claims and dissect...

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), UFOs

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• Spontaneous Human Combustion

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  Is Spontaneous Human Combustion (SHC) the gruesome result of a mysterious fire within the body, or the misinterpretation of a rare - but very real - type of external fiery burn. Paranormal Investigators, Forensic Biologists, Physicists and Fire Experts examine the evidence and the theories: from pyrotrons in the body run awry, to poltergeists; ball lightning to the wick effect. These theories are applied to a documented SHC case, and are used to investigate the story of a recent survivor of a mysterious fire.

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Spontaneous Human Combustion

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• Monsters of The Deep

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  Is it possible that remnants of pre-historic Plesiosaurs and sea creatures still exist - living in the shadows where science has yet to reach? To find out, we join cryptozoologists and witnesses on a monster hunt stretching from the San Francisco Bay to British Columbia's Lake Okanagan; examine the video and photographic evidence with a forensic analyst; attempt to capture the beast with our own cameras and animators; and visit a marine invertebrate expert to test the perplexing globsters for monster DNA.

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Exorcism

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• Exorcism

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  Exorcists have been waging an epic battle of good verse evil since before Homo sapiens even had written language. Every culture, race, and religion has tried to cleanse their resident damned of malicious spirits with witch doctors, shamans, or clergymen. Then, in 1973, the world was given a spiritual wake-up call with the release of "The Exorcist"… a film that fueled a panic about what wickedness could lurk in the depths of the human soul. Ever since, a renewed obsession with Satan and his unwitting human hosts has thrived in popular culture, leading us to wonder… is the notion of exorcism just the fanciful imagination of Hollywood screenwriters?...

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Monsters of The Deep

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• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Super Human Powers

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• Superhuman Powers

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  Is it possible for karate masters to zap each other with invisible energy, for Indian "miracle men" and Sufi mystics to mutilate their bodies and feel no pain, for masters of Hindu Transcendental Meditation to fly? From India to Iraq, from Italy to a sideshow in LA, Is It Real? investigates the claims of so-called "superhumans."

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), 9

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• Police Psychics

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  Do police psychics really help the police solve crimes… or just waste precious investigation time? Examine the evidence for yourself with believers and skeptics alike: historical cases, police and psychic testimonials, a current investigation and a controlled experiment.

• Is It Real? (Aka Bunk), Psychic Detectives

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• Chupacabra

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  Is it a prehistoric animal emerging from its shadowy den for the first time in a millennia? Perhaps it is a product of a top-secret genetic experiment gone awry? There are hundreds of theories for what is viciously sucking the blood from goats, horses, and other livestock in Central and South America. Whatever it is, locals call it just one thing "el chupacabra", in English, "the goatsucker". A farmer in Nicaragua decides to take action after the chupacabra claim 25 of his sheep in just weeks. On a night watch he sees the goatsuckers' glowing eyes and fires his rifle into the darkness. Is the fanged creature that lay before him the chupacabra?...

• Extreme Sleepwalking

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  Some people eat in their sleep. Some lash out at their spouses. But is it possible that people can commit complex crimes even murder while they are sleepwalking? Join us in an intriguing investigation at the crossroads of science and the law, with results that just might keep you up at night.

• Stigmata

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  It is a religious mystery that continues to captivate the imagination, stigmata wounds that duplicate those that Christ endured at his crucifixion. The Catholic Church has beatified or canonized some stigmatics. Are these wounds really gifts from God? Or is it more likely they are self-inflicted? The wounds bleed from the places the stigmata appears for an unknown amount of time and then without warning, heal and disappear. The person is in pain when the bleeding occurs and often the wounds emit a perfumed odor. Some theologians who have studied the stigmata phenomenon weave a compelling argument that these wounds are real. However, it is well...

• Ape-Man

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  Is It Real? investigates the much-debated existence of the Orang Pendek a strange two-legged ape-creature hiding the jungles of Sumatra. Camera traps and DNA tests will reveal the truth does Orang Pendek really exist, or is it just like Bigfoot, only real in the imaginations of believers?

• Nostradamus Effect

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  For centuries humans have sought to predict the future, consulting oracles and seers. Whether it is the Bible Code, the Mayan Code or the Celestine Prophesy, books claiming to foretell the future continue to be popular. Nostradamus, one of the world's most widely known and read prophets, is probably more famous today than was in his own time, 500 years ago. But one thing Nostradamus didn't predict was that he would become a one-man industry in the 20th century. Mathematicians examine how the Bible Code can predict anything from the dates of wars and assassinations to the name of your dog. Track the prophesies of today's premier "seers" like Sylvia...

• Davinci's Code

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  Did Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene marry and have children? Did Leonardo da Vinci hide coded messages about the conspiracy in his most famous masterpieces? Is The Da Vinci Code real? Or is it a wacky web of mangled research and speculation? Dan Brown's religious thriller has enthralled millions, breaking sales records and spawning an inevitable Hollywood adaptation. Explore Brown's allegations and meet other conspiracy theorists who believe Jesus descendants still exist. Supposedly, the secret was passed through generations of believers, including Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Leonardo da Vinci. Is It Real? finds gaping holes in this romantic...

• Vampires

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  Everyone knows Count Dracula is the product of Bram Stokers imagination, but is this enduring pop-culture icon based in reality? With the help of historians, folklorists, forensic science and modern medicine we investigate the enduring vampire myth. We travel to the Carpathian Mountains in Romania to find out whether the fictional count was based on a real-life historical figure. We meet a modern-day vampire who drinks human blood to replenish his energy. And a forensic scientist explains why a family might be convinced that a recently deceased relative has turned into vampire and is feasting on the blood of the living.

• Bermuda Triangle

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  Boats vanish, planes disappear. Theres rarely a mayday, never a trace. What exactly is going on in the sinister sea known as the Bermuda Triangle? A dedicated cadre of believers thinks they may have dredged an answer from the deadly waters. Experts think they might need to throw it back. Join us on an intriguing investigation as Is It Real? examines the evidence with results that might just make you rethink that tropical vacation.

• Atlantis

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  Is there such a thing as a perfect society? In the 4th century BC, Plato described a utopia called Atlantis and ever since then, people cant stop looking for it….but where? He wrote that it was the most fertile of plains with a mountain in the middle, surrounded by alternating moats of land and sea. A continent the size of Asia and Libya combined located outside the Pillars of Heracles. Hmmm…any ideas? Oh..and it disappeared without a trace in a cataclysmic explosion in one day and one night, partly due to its citizens getting greedy. We join a scientist in Greece, an anthropologist in Mexico and an investigative mythologist in Egypt in search...

• Miracle Cures

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  Miracle Cures these powerful words suggest the unexplained, the supernatural, and, most importantly, the divine. Nowadays, the term has taken on a less-than-holy connotation; just another tool in the ad execs arsenal to describe the latest "stamina" pill, hair loss solution, or multivitamin. But these are merely miracles of science, if they are to be called miracles at all. What, then, happened to divinely inspired old-fashioned miracle cures? And does science have an answer for those as well? Join us as we travel the globe in search of sites and people with purported powers to cure the sick and heal the lame will we see the light?

• Ancient Astronauts

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  Evolution, intelligent design or alien visitation? A dedicated group of believers insist that we were visited by aliens thousands of years ago and we owe our existence to them. Some experts arent so sure. Join the National Geographic Channel as Is It Real? examines the evidence and separates the science from the science fiction.

• Russian Bigfoot

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  Is it possible that Paleolithic people still walk this planet? In Mongolia and Russia, rumors about a hairy, ape-like creatures swirl the remote mountains. Here, many locals say a wildman called an "Almas" lives and breathes. Other believers say this stone-age survivor could be a relic Neanderthal. Could some Neanderthals still live and breathe today?

• Jack The Ripper

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  He terrorized the streets of London's East End for three months in the autumn of 1888. He did this by killing, and then butchering, five women… at least. This brief murder spree earned the killer the grand daddy of all nicknames. That name, and the grotesque way he dispatched his victims has made Jack the Ripper the most notorious serial killer of all time. But no one knows who he was. In the years since the Ripper plied his grisly trade, the search for his identity has practically become a cottage industry. And it's still going on. But is the search getting any closer to the truth?

• Hauntings

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  What if your wife began to levitate and your house suddenly started oozing green slime? Would you think it was haunted? Join us in an intriguing investigation at the crossroads of science and the supernatural, with results that just might scare you to death. OR From the famous Amityville Horror case to a country and western bar to an English castle, hauntings appear all around the world. But are they real? Join us in an intriguing investigation at the crossroads of science and the supernatural, with results that might leave you quaking in your boots

• Life On Mars

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  As long as we have lifted eyes into space, we have dreamed one day finding life on another planet. Scientists believe Mars may be the planet in our solar system that has life. But is there really life on Mars? Join Is it Real?: Life on Mars as the National Geographic Channel analyzes the data of the foremost minds in planetary science and amateur "researchers" who have dedicated their lives to the subject, scrutinizes pictures of the surface of Mars and explores Mars-like terrain here on earth. NGC separates soaring scientific triumphs from flights of pure fancy.

• Feral Children

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  Green monkeys, wild dogs, grey wolves…chickens? Would any of these animals be capable of raising or caring for a child? What kind of world do we live in when a child has a wild animal for a caretaker? Can history confirm these phenomena or dispel them all to be a farce? Experts join in to share their knowledge as Is It Real? takes you on a fascinating journey to near and far to get to the bottom of this monkey business.

• King Arthur

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  He is a gallant and noble warrior. With the guidance of Merlin, the magician, he leads the people of England to victory and freedom. He marries a beautiful and elegant Cornish woman name Guinevere and together, they rule the land of Camelot. But war continues for the young Arthur and he is forced to establish his knights of the round table, men willing to fight for Britain's independence. ONE PARAGRAPH: King Arthur is the greatest of British literary heroes, celebrated by poets and writers for over a thousand years. From the twelfth century to the twentieth, his exploits have been celebrated in prose, verse, film, video games and comics. But is...

• Secrets of The Shroud

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  It is one of Christendoms most priceless treasures: revered for centuries, worshiped by thousands of the faithful, or perhaps the work of a cunning 14th century forger. What do we really know about the Shroud of Turin? Can science unlock the mystery once and for all? Scientists from both sides of the debate investigate in an attempt to understand the mysterious origin of this precious relic, or priceless work of art, called the Shroud of Turin.

• Ghost Ships

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  Tales of GHOST SHIPS, ghastly and cursed, have intrigued and haunted us for centuries. From phantom ships manned by the souls of the damned to the Queen Mary, an ocean liner that echoes at night with the moans of dead sailors and the Mary Celeste, a ship whose crew vanished into thin air. It seems there's more supernatural activity on the open ocean than in all the graveyards in the world. Could these legends be real? Can they be explained away by science and logic or is there something unexplainable going on?