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Mysteries at the Museum

Blast From the Past

Don Wildman investigates the revolutionary ideas and iconic inventions that helped shape the modern world, including a man who turned a pile of rocks into a gold mine and the woman who made Tupperware the life of the party.

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  • Project Vortex, Diamond Heist and Tinseltown, NJ

    39:19|
    Don investigates a scientist's attempt to document the life cycle of a tornado, a record-breaking $100 million heist and a pioneering filmmaker who went head-to-head against Thomas Edison.
  • Miss Unsinkable, Crop Circles and Detective Goodwin

    39:04|
    Don investigates a Titanic survivor plagued by disaster, the cause of mysterious crop circles in England and the case that created the first NYPD female detective.
  • Transatlantic Zeppelin, Potato Pool and the Lost Inca City

    39:27|
    Don examines an engineer's daring mission to save a high-flying zeppelin, a pint-sized prodigy's plan to play pool and an explorers life-long quest to uncover an ancient lost Inca City.
  • Alone in the Arctic, Space Shuttle MacGyver and Angelic Organ

    38:55|
    Don examines a pocket calendar that belonged to a woman stranded in the Arctic, a space shuttle at the center of a harrowing ordeal more than 200 miles above Earth and a musical instrument which produced heavenly sounds.
  • Hoaxes

    38:08|
    Don examines a culinary caper that fooled the world, a legendary radio broadcast from outer space and a car that promised an automotive revolution.
  • Animal Heroes

    39:03|
    Don examines a bear cub that captured the heart of America, a horse that could allegedly solve math problems and a heroic canine that saved a village.
  • Lost Civilizations

    38:23|
    Don examines an enigmatic canoe that unlocked the origins of a forgotten civilization, the tale of a colony that vanished into thin air and an army buried underground in pursuit of eternal life.
  • Record Breakers

    38:10|
    Don Wildman investigates the men and women who pushed the limits, including a thrill seeker who reached new heights as a real-life Batman and one woman who went over Niagara Falls and into the history books.