Deadly Intelligence
TV Show · Biography · Documentary

Knowledge often equates to power, but knowledge also can be tightly aligned with mystery, conspiracy and perhaps even murder. That link is explored in "Deadly Intelligence," which investigates whether the deaths of brilliant scientists and inventors were the results of unfortunate coincidences or if they were murdered for knowing too much. Each hourlong episode unravels cases that have either been deemed closed or cold, while others are viewed as ongoing conspiracies based on bizarre circumstances, significant holes in investigations, and possible motives for murder. CIA biological research scientist Frank Olson, "Death Ray" father Nikola Tesla, Jet Propulsion Lab co-founder Jack Parsons, and American researcher Shane Todd are among those whose stories are told.

2018 · 42m
Starring Dan Nachtrab

Season 1

  • CIA Drug Conspiracy
    EPISODE 1
    CIA Drug Conspiracy
    When a CIA scientist mysteriously dies, his death raises suspicions that he was killed because he knew too much about secret government drug experiment.
    42m
  • Anthrax Killer: FBI's Unsolved Mystery
    EPISODE 3
    Anthrax Killer: FBI's Unsolved Mystery
    After U.S. Army scientist Bruce Ivins dies, the FBI names him as the person responsible for using anthrax to kill five people in the wake of 9/11; many experts dispute Ivins' guilt, believing he was framed in an FBI cover-up.
    38m
  • The Genius Who Loved Satan
    EPISODE 4
    The Genius Who Loved Satan
    A former FBI investigator investigates the death of Jack Parsons, a brilliant mind who helped lead the United States into space, but who had a dark obsession with Satan and the occult.
    42m
  • Enemy of the State
    EPISODE 6
    Enemy of the State
    When an American computer engineer is found dead in Singapore, police rule it a suicide, but his parents suspect he was assassinated because he discovered a deadly secret that could threaten national security.
    40m
  • Nazi Revenge Mystery
    EPISODE 7
    Nazi Revenge Mystery
    A former Nazi rocket scientist mysteriously vanishes while working on Egypt's missile program, and new evidence of his suspicious death reveals an international conspiracy of assassins and double-agents.
    40m
  • Soviet Assassination Plot
    EPISODE 8
    Soviet Assassination Plot
    When dozens of scientists with links to a top-secret American missile defense program die suspiciously, some suspect an undercover operation by Soviet assassins.
    42m

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Cast & Crew

  • D‌N
    Dan Nachtrab
    Narrator
  • M‌I
    Martyn Ives
    Producer

About

Deadly Intelligence

Biography

Knowledge often equates to power, but knowledge also can be tightly aligned with mystery, conspiracy and perhaps even murder. That link is explored in "Deadly Intelligence," which investigates whether the deaths of brilliant scientists and inventors were the results of unfortunate coincidences or if they were murdered for knowing too much. Each hourlong episode unravels cases that have either been deemed closed or cold, while others are viewed as ongoing conspiracies based on bizarre circumstances, significant holes in investigations, and possible motives for murder. CIA biological research scientist Frank Olson, "Death Ray" father Nikola Tesla, Jet Propulsion Lab co-founder Jack Parsons, and American researcher Shane Todd are among those whose stories are told.

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SCIENCE
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2018
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E
© 2018 Discovery Communications Inc.

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