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Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe

Season 1

1994 · 26 episodes

  1. 1. Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men

    1994-07-15

    Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?

  2. 2. On the Trail of the Big Cats

    1994-07-22

    The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations

  3. 3. Where Giants Walked

    1994-07-29

    Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island

  4. 4. Relics of the Saints

    1994-08-05

    Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics

  5. 5. Mysteries of the Sea

    1994-08-12

    The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck

  6. 6. The Psychic Detectives

    1994-08-19

    Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?

  7. 7. Keys to the Past

    1994-08-26

    The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain

  8. 8. The Burning Question

    1994-09-02

    Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion

  9. 9. A Crop of Circles

    1994-09-09

    Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?

  10. 10. At Death's Door

    1994-09-16

    Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death

  11. 11. Callers from the Cosmos

    1994-09-23

    Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions

  12. 12. The Evil Eye

    1994-09-30

    Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation

  13. 13. Secrets of the Pyramids

    1994-10-07

    What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids

  14. 14. Mysteries of the Maya

    1994-10-14

    The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization

  15. 15. Squaring the Bermuda Triangle

    1994-10-21

    Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle

  16. 16. Doom of the Dinosaurs

    1994-10-28

    Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter

  17. 17. Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles

    1994-11-04

    Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone

  18. 18. Zombies, The Living Dead?

    1994-11-11

    Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?

  19. 19. The Strange Powers of Animals

    1994-11-18

    Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.

  20. 20. Into Thin Air

    1994-11-25

    Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.

  21. 21. Baffling Bombardments

    1994-12-02

    Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.

  22. 22. Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin

    1994-12-09

    Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.

  23. 23. Secrets Of Ancient Worlds

    1994-12-16

    Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir

  24. 24. Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres

    1994-12-23

    Topics include Spirit photography.

  25. 25. True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?

    1994-12-30

    Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.

  26. 26. Mysteries Of The North

    1995-01-06

    Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.

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