Weird or What?
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Actor and sci-fi-series legend William Shatner hosts an investigative series that explores some of the weirdest and most baffling stories around the world. Each episode features three of the bizarre stories, and Shatner works through each of them in an attempt to find hidden logic and scientific meanings to explain what appears to be unexplainable. Some of the oddities that are investigated include paranormal phenomena, medical mysteries, strange creatures, natural disasters and monster attacks.

2010 · 50m
Starring William Shatner

Season 2

  • EPISODE 1
    Alien Encounters
    Strange events suggest that aliens are among us. In Colorado, a farmer discovers a cow mutilated by unknown forces, a Texas man is repeatedly abducted from his bed, and in Ohio, an astronomer's powerful telescope intercepts a mysterious message.
    44m
  • EPISODE 2
    Life After Death
    Three eerie stories that suggest there is indeed life after death: An emotional visit to a Civil War battlefield and a series of bizarre circumstances lead a Connecticut man to believe he is the reincarnation of a dead general; hoping to communicate with spirits and uncover genuine proof of the afterlife, scientists in England conduct a series of groundbreaking séances and what they find defies logic; and, in Haiti, a man dies after a sudden and mysterious illness but returns from the grave 20 years later!
    44m
  • EPISODE 3
    Monsters
    Three bizarre stories about monsters: A West Virginia town is terrorized by the ‘mothman’, a seven-foot winged demon with glowing red eyes; in Newfoundland, a fisherman discovers the remains of an unidentified sea creature on a local beach sparking theories of the monsters that lurk in the oceans’ unexplored depths; and, there’s panic in the streets of New Delhi when thousands report being attacked by the ‘monkey man’, a sinister hairy creature with metallic claws!
    44m
  • EPISODE 4
    End of the World
    Three incredible stories that could spell the end of human life on Earth: Decoding ancient Mayan texts, a physicist predicts a huge cataclysm will destroy the world in 2012 and believes the culprit is a deadly super-volcano lurking beneath Yellowstone National Park; a NASA scientist makes an incredible alien discovery and believes a solar storm could destroy the planet; and, one of the world’s greatest minds makes a startling prediction about a sinister robot takeover — man and machine will merge by 2050.
    44m
  • EPISODE 5
    Parallel Worlds
    Three incredible stories about the parallel dimensions that may exist alongside our own: While hiking in a New York state park, a woman has a terrifying encounter with a mysterious human-shaped shadow she believes is an entity from another world; in a New Jersey suburb, a weird machine transports a six-year-old boy and his father hundreds of miles in a split second; and, discovered in Belize and Mexico, perfectly-carved ancient crystal skulls are thought to be cosmic gateways to another realm.
    44m
  • EPISODE 6
    Freaks of Nature
    Three mysterious freaks of nature: On the East Coast of Canada, a small community is devastated by an earth-shattering ‘boom’ that leaves scientists scratching their heads; swallowing ships and planes and terrorizing sailors and pilots, a paranormal fog haunts Lake Michigan and seems to alter the very fabric of time; and, a blinding double flash of light over the Indian Ocean sends a nation into panic and forces the US government to ask some serious questions.
    44m

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Weird or What?

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Actor and sci-fi-series legend William Shatner hosts an investigative series that explores some of the weirdest and most baffling stories around the world. Each episode features three of the bizarre stories, and Shatner works through each of them in an attempt to find hidden logic and scientific meanings to explain what appears to be unexplainable. Some of the oddities that are investigated include paranormal phenomena, medical mysteries, strange creatures, natural disasters and monster attacks.

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Studio
[HISTORY Channel]
Released
2010
Rated
TV-PG
Regions of Origin
United States, Canada
© Shaw Media 2011

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English (Canada)
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English (United States) (CC)

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