Host Dan Aykroyd uncovers some of the most mysterious and bizarre inventions, creatures, people and things throughout history, by using dynamic visuals, archival images, and expert interviews.
EPISODE 1
Strange Places
Exploring the Lake Michigan Triangle and many other wild and weird places, including a creepy doll-filled island with a dark past, deadly gas-filled explosive lakes, caves that harbour deadly viruses, and the most haunted place in the United States.
EPISODE 2
Bizarre Deaths
Searching the world for strange deaths, including a 25-foot molasses tidal wave in Boston, a dancing plague taking 100 lives, surgery with 300% mortality, the 1814 London beer flood, and spontaneous human combustion.
EPISODE 3
Astonishing Bodies
From a headless chicken that lives over one year, to an out-of-this-world "celestial body" where it rains molten glass, we explore the most astonishing bodies through these truly unbelievable stories.
EPISODE 4
Weird Weapons
A million bats with tiny bombs strapped to their chests, inflatable tanks, robot assassins, bazooka Vespas, and war dolphins. These weapons, and others, pushed the boundaries of "possible" in the weirdest ways ever.
EPISODE 5
Outlandish Inventions
Looking at outlandish inventions, including a full-body gas mask for babies, Smell-o-Vision, a robot powered by slugs, inflatable airplanes, hidden cameras in contact lenses and coffin security systems.
EPISODE 6
Superhumans
A blind man who uses bat-like powers of echolocation to navigate his surroundings, a samurai with reflexes faster than a speeding bullet, and a man who's immune to electrocution.
Adam Richman
Hakeem Oluseyi
Mitch Horowitz
Don Wildman
Martin K.A. Morgan
Dan Aykroyd
Steve Ascher
Mary Donahue
Matt Pearl
Kristine Sabat