History's mysteries

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Did Atlantis exist?

2015
Discusses a number of mysteries and presents what is known about the lost city of Atlantis.

The curse of King Tut's tomb

2015
Explores mysteries related to Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb.

Hitler's perfect children

2000
Blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin Aryans were the objectives of Hitler's program known as Lebensborn which was established to create the "ideal" German and breed out their inpurities. Hear the stories of Steinhering, one of the birth places of the children born to this program.

Buried secrets

digging for DNA
1998
Five different stories look at the use of DNA and other forensic techniques to examine clues to the past. (50 min.).

Raoul Wallenberg

missing diplomat
1992
A biography of the Swedish diplomat who helped save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Nazis before mysteriously disappearing when the Russians occupied Budapest.

Why buy Quantrill's bones?

1992
A biography of William Quantrill, who was killed after fighting in Kansas-Missouri border battles during the Civil War. Examines why, twenty years later, his mother wanted to dig up his bones and sell them.

Montezuma's missing treasure

1992
Discusses the mystery surrounding the lost treasure of the Aztec king Montezuma and presents three possible solutions.

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