Nostradamus

S1 E4: In an age of magic and superstition, the medieval physician Nostradamus became renowned for healing victims of a deadly plague. But it is his prophetic visions in the series of 900 cryptic poems collectively entitled "The Centuries" that have fascinated generation after generation of curious readers. Did he, as his believers claim, predict some of history's most monumental events, including the Great Fire of London and the destruction of the space shuttle The Challenger? And what about his terrifying apocalyptic prophecies? In this remarkable presentation, Biography interviews believers and non-believers alike to paint a comprehensive and in-depth portrait of this mysterious historical figure.