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The search for the mysterious "Afghan Girl," whose haunting, green-eyed gaze captivated the world in a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine cover photograph, takes EXPLORER on a world-wide journey in an attempt to solve the case of a missing person. In January 2002, photographer Steve McCurry, who took the 1984 photograph and has been searching for the girl ever since, traveled to Pakistan with a National Geographic EXPLORER team to search one last time. The refugee camp where the original encounter took place was about to be demolished. War in Afghanistan continues. The plight of refugees there and in Pakistan is worsening. Has the "Afghan Girl" survived? With a lot of detective work and a little luck, the EXPLORER team, together with McCurry, finds a woman who could be the "Afghan Girl." How can they confirm that this is the same person as the child photographed nearly 20 years ago? National Geographic uses several methods, including state of the art iris recogn...
Narrated by Peter Coyote, OUT OF THE BLUE is widely considered one of the best documentary films ever made about UFOs and was directed by celebrated filmmaker James Fox. The films producers traveled around the world to investigate some of the most famous UFO events on record. Through exclusive interviews with high-ranking military and government personnel, this award-winning film supports the theory that some UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin.
Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military wasn't done for any reason other than he felt it was the right thing to do. The fact that the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool is unfathomable and thoroughly explored in Amir Bar-Lev's riveting and enraging documentary
History series which sees skeletons of everyday people from across the ages analysed in staggering detail, opening new windows on the history of our forebears Professor Sue Black OBE and her team use forensic science to shed light on the past. Episode guide - Crossbones Girl 4/4 A skeleton unearthed in London is found to be covered with disfiguring scars. FIRST BROADCAST: 27 May 2010 Stirling Man 3/4 The team open up the case of a mysterious skeleton discovered in Stirling Castle. FIRST BROADCAST: 20 May 2010 Mummified Child 2/4 The subject is the bizarre mummified body of a 19th-century child. FIRST BROADCAST: 13 May 2010 Ipswich Man 1/4 An apparently African skeleton is unearthed near a medieval monastery. FIRST BROADCAST: 06 May 2010
History series which sees skeletons of everyday people from across the ages analysed in staggering detail, opening new windows on the history of our forebears Professor Sue Black OBE and her team use forensic science to shed light on the past. Episode guide - The Woman and Three Babies 4/4 The team is called in to investigate the discovery of a skeleton dating from around 100AD. FIRST BROADCAST: 21 Jul 2011 The Bodies in the Well 3/4 The team try to identify the remains of 17 people discovered in a medieval well in Norwich FIRST BROADCAST: 28 Jun 2011 The York 113 2/4 The team spots an incredibly rare genetic peculiarity in two skeletons. FIRST BROADCAST: 07 Jul 2011 The Skeletons of Windy Pits 1/4 The team try to identify bones discovered in caves on the North York Moors. FIRST BROADCAST: 30 Jun 2011
Of all the many documentaries that have been made about the Titanic disaster, this two-part, 192-minute film, produced in 1994 for the Arts & Entertainment network, remains the most thorough, authoritative, and fascinating chronicle of the Titanic tragedy. Written, produced, and directed by Melissa Jo Peltier and elegantly narrated by actor David McCallum, the film utilizes thorough research, archival films and documents, and expert testimony to span the entire history of the legendary S.S. Titanic. From blueprint design and construction in Ireland, to the ill-fated maiden voyage and the lasting legacy of Titanic's fateful sinking, no detail has been neglected in the film's meticulous description of events. Part 1, "The Death of a Dream," builds dramatic momentum to the ship's collision with an iceberg in the freezing North Atlantic, including detailed accounts of the agonizing two-hour sinking and the rescue of survivors. Part 2, "The Legend Lives On,...
The Revelation Of The Pyramids takes an in depth look into one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Mystery has surrounded these epic structures for centuries with theories varying from the scientific to the bizarre. However with over thirty-seven years of in depth research taking in sites from China, Peru, Mexico and Egypt, one scientist has as at last managed first to understand and then to reveal what lies behind this greatest of archaeological mysteries: a message of paramount importance for all mankind, through time and space.
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on stone monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. Because the invading Spanish suppressed nearly all knowledge of how the script worked, unlocking its meaning posed one of archaeology's fiercest challenges. Until now.
What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real? In the Philippines, this isn't far from the truth. Over the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has come to represent everything that is 'vile, disgusting and evil in Philippine society'. It has become the most controversial, and popular, creature in Philippine Mythology and is the main subject in hundreds of movies, television programs, comics, and books. The aswang can appear in many forms- a young woman, a witch, a large black pig or dog, a corpse stealing ghoul, or the Manananggal - a self segmenting beast with a long hollow tongue that will feed on the fetus of pregnant woman. Where did this word come from?
Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) describes reported cases of the burning of a living human body without an apparent external source of ignition. There have been about 200 cited cases worldwide over a period of around 300 years. There are also many hypotheses which attempt to explain the various cases of human spontaneous combustion: Paranormal explanations (e.g., a ghost or divine intervention) Natural explanations based on an unknown and otherwise unobserved phenomenon (e.g., production of abnormally concentrated gas or raised levels of blood alcohol cause spontaneous ignition) Natural explanations that involve an external source of ignition (e.g., the victim dropped a cigarette) Objections to natural explanations typically refer to the degree of burning of the body with respect to its surroundings. Indeed, one of the common markers of a case of SHC is that the body — or part of it — suffered an extraordinarily large degree of burning, with surroundings or lower limbs comparati...
What distinguishes a body subject to spontaneous combustion of one burned in the fire of life? One of the investigators Larry Arnold, describes the phenomenon as "the process by which a person comes on suddenly without coming into contact with an external heat source and then can be turned into ashes, when flammable materials nearby, paradoxically barely escapes unburned. " When explaining this phenomenon is simple underlying causes of continuing to leave a speculation. Scientists could not ignore the many spontaneous human combustion evidence accumulated over time. What is spontaneous human combustion? Spontaneous human combustion has a number of characteristics that distinguishes it from any other fuel: Burning has ever occurred without trigger (in theory lamp, an ignition source is always present in the vicinity of the victim); Body subject to spontaneous combustion has usually more severe burns, burns are not distributed evenly on the body, extremities can be maintai...
Is It Real? - (The Complete Series)-this program examines popular or persistent mysteries to determine whether the featured cryptozoological creature (cryptid) or supernatural phenomenon is real or not. The show typically includes interviews with believers or proponents of the featured paranormal claims, and then with scientists and skeptics who attempt to find rational explanations for such phenomena using a scientific approach. The common and uncommon phenomena: Bigfoot, UFOs, Bermuda Triangle and spontaneous human combustion. But are these legends bona fide or bogus? NGC chases down more of the hard-to-find truths on an extraordinary journey to separate fact from fiction in this mega playlist.It’s time to find the answer to the question, Is it Real? (26 videos, 20:15:12 hrs duration)
In this Timewatch special, historian Bettany Hughes unravels one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. She presents a series of geological, archaeological and historical clues to show that the legend of Atlantis was inspired by a real historical event – the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world. She is tracing the origins of the Atlantis myth and presenting evidence that the Thera eruption inspired Plato’s account of the mystical land.
This is a balanced and thought-provoking documentary about the connection between the mind and body, and how we can take a much more direct approach to managing our health and our world generally. It begins with the premise that we have more power over our lives than has been previously understood, and focuses on the keys to taking more responsibility in being well, rather than allowing stress from our environment and our upbringing to create illness. The documentary is in three parts. It begins with The Make-up of Man a discussion with a number of internationally-respected experts such as Dr Joe Dispenza and Bruce Lipton on how the size of our frontal lobe, where we create and dream and make decisions, makes us unique as humans. Their studies show that our 50 trillion cells are like mini-individuals, each with a consciousness which is controlled by our attitudes and perceptions, which in turn are programmed by our upbringing and our environment.
Are Aliens real? Check out the Anomalies that exists in our world and decide for yourself, in this two series put together by Johnny Wishbone.Anomalies investigated were around Lake Titicaca featuring Aramu Muru, Sillustani, Tiwanaki, Puma Punku and The Island Of The Sun. See it for real: check out: www.hiddenincatours.com.
This Swedish madman, the mysterious unidentified Ghost Rider, is supposed to be in his fifties, owns a Mitsubishi dealership, has a professional black racing bike that can top 280km (before tuning) and sets off around Stockholm at unbelievable, dangerous, suicidal, breakneck speeds, weaving traffic with millimetres to spare, while being filmed via POV cameras on his bike and additional crew members filming at the sides of the freeway. It is all very illegal but because the guy has such a fast bike, and is obviously a professional with probably forty years experience, no one, not even the police can catch him.
Vampire Secrets is a 2006 docudrama about the mythology and lifestyle of vampires, produced by Indigo Films for the History Channel, and narrated by Corey Burton. The documentary features the history of vampires from Indian (Hindu goddess Kali), Greek, and Chinese origins, and references to the Bible and ancient Mesopotamia. At the mention of the word “vampire,” images of bloody fangs, dark capes, and a man with a hideous, spooky laugh immediately come to mind.