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2011
2011x1
American Hostage
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Its everyone's worst nightmare. Kidnapped in a foreign country. Held indefinitely in horrific conditions, at the mercy of political forces and the will of extremists. Now, on the 20th .. show full overview
2011x2
Lost Cannibals of Europe
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Cannibalism has long been considered a dark chapter in man's history. Yet we think of it only as isolated occurrences. Now a Neolithic burial pit in Germany, found filled with expertly .. show full overview
2011x3
How to Build a Beating Heart
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Imagine the implications if we could regenerate damaged, aging or diseased body parts grown from our own cells custom made, and genetically indistinguishable from our own. Could it .. show full overview
2011x4
Clash of the Americas
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It may have been one of the most cataclysmic geologic events of the last 60 million years, which shaped America as we know it today. The narrow, 400-mile-long Isthmus of Panama, once .. show full overview
2011x5
Mystery of the Murdered Saints
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For the first time, the Catholic Church will allow scientific experts and historians to openly test the veracity of the remains of reported saints. NGC has exclusive access to the .. show full overview
2011x6
The Angel Effect
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A 9/11 survivor, an astronaut and a blue hole diver - all survived dramatically different traumatic events only to tell strikingly similar stories: each felt a mysterious presence that .. show full overview
2011x7
Megapiranha
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Piranhas - the stuff of nightmares and legends. Theyre infamous for how fast they can devour prey, and are known to attack in groups of up to 100. Now, a team of scientists is heading to .. show full overview
2011x8
Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes
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The discovery of a human skull in the depths of Lake Superior begins a story that will take historian and author Brendon Baillod across two Great Lakes and a century of history. It takes .. show full overview
2011x9
Crime Lords of Tokyo
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Explorer takes an evocative look at Tokyo's infamous organized crime syndicate known as the yakuza. We'll go inside this secretive underworld to meet the real yakuza, and the law .. show full overview
2011x10
Stormageddon
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Historic snows and bitter cold across North America. Massive floods in Australia and Pakistan. Deadly mudslides in Brazil. Epic drought and wildfires in Russia. 2010 was one of the most .. show full overview
2011x11
JFK: The Lost Bullet
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Join a team of pioneering investigators as they bring the eyewitness films of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to life, and expose the hidden secrets of the crime of the century.
2011x12
How to Build an Ancient Man
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A tuft of tangled human hair is dug out of Greenlands permafrost. From these 4,000-year-old threads of evidence, scientists attempt the impossible to be the first to reconstruct the .. show full overview
2011x13
To Catch a Smuggler
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2011x14
The Last Days of Osama Bin Laden
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CNN Correspondent Peter Bergen travels to Afghanistan to interview key players and reveals never-before-told facts that tell the real story of Bin Laden's final moments.
2011x15
Hitler's GI Death Camp
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Deep inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, newly discovered artifacts, photographs and journals tell the story of 350 American GIs who were held as prisoners of war in one .. show full overview

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