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Throughout human history, how the dead are treated is as important as how the living are treated, and questions of both death and the afterlife have been at the heart of every known culture.

The UnXplained Special Presentation

Beyond Death

While many believe that there is some darkness in our world, people wonder if it's something that emanates from strange locations, something that tempts humanity, or a feeling that invades.

Encountering Evil

Believers have researched texts and studied histories throughout centuries, not only to strengthen their faith, but to find deeper meanings and profound answers to existence itself.

The Mystery of Faith

The fascination with lost treasures has captured mankind's curiosity for centuries, and new evidence and research have led many across the globe in the quest for vast riches.

The Quest for Lost Treasures

Deep within the recesses of the US government archives are secrets that will never see the light of day; but thanks to eyewitness encounters and devoted research many odd events are being uncovered and re-examined.

National Secrets

World War II was a large and deadly conflict; from 1939 until 1945, more than fifty nations engaged in harrowing combat, and while the Axis Powers were eventually defeated, plenty of mysteries emerged from the rubble.

Enigmas of World War Two

For centuries, mankind has wondered what lies hidden in the depths of the Earth; for instance, the military secrets that underground bases like Area 51 and the Cheyenne Mountain Complex hold.

Dangerous Depths

Looking at what else could be uncovered from ancient sites.

Ancient Ruins Revealed

Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has been fixated on predictions of the end times and their own demise.

The End of Days

Phenomena and undefinable events in the natural world that continue to pique interest and stoke fears; powerful earthquakes that might have a human-involved origin; balls of energy that are proven to exist, but without any answer of its creation; strange accounts of fish falling from the sky; a seemingly endless darkness recorded in the 6th century.

Strange Forces of Nature

Analyzing if monsters exist, creatures who lurk in dense forests or fly over large cities; for centuries, monsters like Mothman, the Thunderbird, and Bigfoot have mystified witnesses, skeptics, and scientists alike; disucssing what people can learn from encounters reported around the globe with beasts they don't yet understand.

Monster Mayhem

Humanity has long been fascinated with the galactic worlds beyond our planet; analyzing what mysteries are yet to be solved about the surface of the Moon and what would happen to Earth if the Moon disappears; discussing if the impact craters and massive scar on Mars reveal a cataclysmic history on the barren Red Planet.

Beyond Earth

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Uncovering the secrets behind ancient cultures and civilizations such as the Mayan empire, the Khmer people at Angkor Wat and the Roman city of Pompeii.

S1 E11 | Secrets of Ancient Civilizations

E25 | Beyond Death

E24 | Encountering Evil

E23 | The Mystery of Faith

E22 | The Quest for Lost Treasures

E21 | National Secrets

E20 | Enigmas of World War Two

E19 | Dangerous Depths

E18 | Ancient Ruins Revealed

E17 | The End of Days

E16 | Strange Forces of Nature

E15 | Monster Mayhem

E14 | Beyond Earth