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  • Premiered: Apr 1977
  • Episodes: 167
  • Followers: 6
  • Ended
  • Syndication
  • Friday at 22
  • Documentary Science-fiction

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Season 5
5x1
UFO Coverups
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 20, 1980
Examines charges that the U.S. Air Force is hiding alien corpses and the remains of crashed space craft in Hangar 18 of Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.
5x2
Faith Healing
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Air date
Sep 27, 1980
Is faith healing hoax or holistic medicine?
5x3
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Air date
Oct 04, 1980
The assassination of John F. Kennedy: was there visual proof of two guns in Dallas and possibly two Oswalds?
5x4
Daredevil Death Wish
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Air date
Oct 11, 1980
A look at some of the impossible stunts daredevils attempt, and why they keep trying even after suffering near-fatal injuries
5x5
Life After Life
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Air date
Oct 18, 1980
The stories of people who claim they have had after-life experiences and say they no longer fear death.
5x6
Moon Madness
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Air date
Oct 25, 1980
Violence and passion are commonplace when the moon is full. Is there any truth to the Werewolf legends? Leonard Nimoy hosts this historical look at lunacy.
5x7
Dangerous Volcanoes
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Air date
Nov 01, 1980
Scientists wonder whether California's Mount Shasta, Washington's Mount St. Helens, and other American volcanoes will soon erupt again.
5x8
The Lindbergh Kidnapping
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Air date
Nov 08, 1980
Digs for the facts behind the controversy that still rages today, the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's baby. Was the wrong man executed for the crime?
5x9
Acupuncture
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 1980
A study of the healing technique which may cure incurable diseases. Leonard Nimoy investigates the power of the ancient Chinese healing art.
5x10
Jimmy Hoffa
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 22, 1980
Jimmy Hoffa was the president of the powerful Teamsters' Union. He only cared about himself. He fought to the top, but eventually got killed, although his body was never found.
5x11
Fountain of Youth
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Air date
Nov 29, 1980
A look at the various scientific ways people use to stay young for years longer.
5x12
Laugh Therapy
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Air date
Dec 06, 1980
Can laughter combat disease? A Nobel-prize winner says he cured himself after doctors gave up hope.
5x13
Salem Witches
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Air date
Dec 13, 1980
Are the witches of Salem still casting spells in Massachusetts?
5x14
Super Children
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Air date
Dec 27, 1980
Super Children: Investigates scientific efforts to produce a generation of child prodigies; are they born or made?
5x15
The Great Wall of China
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Air date
Jan 10, 1981
The Great Wall of China: The story of the one of the world's greatest wonders - who built it and why?
5x16
The Castle of Secrets (aka Coral Castle)
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Air date
Jan 24, 1981
The saga of the Coral Castle, said to have been built by Edward Leedskalnin, a frail hermit who allegedly carved and lifted 1,100 tons of solid stone blocks weighing up to 30 tons each using the secrets of Atlantis.
5x17
Great Lovers
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 31, 1981
A look at some of history's famous lovers. What drove certain men to pursue sensual pleasure above all else? The program compares the legends of Don Juan and Casanova. Host Leonard Nimoy wrote this installment.
5x18
The Holy Grail
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Air date
Feb 07, 1981
The Holy Grail: Explores the claims that the chalice used by Jesus at the Last Supper may have been found.
5x19
The Death of Marilyn Monroe
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Air date
Feb 14, 1981
The Death of Marilyn Monroe: Examines evidence that suggests that the Hollywood star may not have committed suicide.
5x20
The Chinese Explorers
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Air date
Feb 21, 1981
Did the Chinese discover America 1,000 years before Columbus? Leonard Nimoy explores evidence that a Buddhist monk named Hu-Shen arrived on the American continent in 458 AD.
5x21
The Hindenburg Mystery
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Air date
Feb 21, 1981
A probe into the theory that the famed Nazi "lighter-than-air" ship, which exploded while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937, was destroyed by political saboteurs.
5x22
The End of the World
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 30, 1981
Will an asteroid or comet on a collision course with earth end it all?
5x23
The Lusitania
Episode overview
Air date
May 16, 1981
An in-depth examination into the sinking of the British liner by a German submarine in 1915, killing over 1,000 passengers, including 114 Americans. Was it really all part of a plot to involve the U.S. in World War I?
5x24 Season finale
Sun Worshippers
Episode overview
Air date
May 19, 1981
Will solar energy free us from dependence on foreign oil? Leonard Nimoy analyzes how solar energy stacks up against fossil fuel and nuclear energy.

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