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8. The Hill Family
19:19||Season 1, Ep. 8After Red Hill's death, his children carry on the daredevil legacy, sometimes with deadly results.
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7. Red Hill
30:09||Season 1, Ep. 7The stories about Red Hill read like hyperbole, like Paul Bunyon or Mike Fink stories. Commended by the Canadian government for a life-saving rescue at the age of nine, rescuing a tourist from a collapsing ice bridge, wounded in World War 1, several trips through the Niagara rapids in a barrel, bootlegging runs from Canada to the United States, the daring rescue of two men stuck on a grounded boat on the brink of the horseshoe falls, and an interstate chase after a stolen turtle.6. Annie Edson Taylor Part 2
20:40||Season 1, Ep. 6After becoming the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Annie Edson Taylor looks to capitalize and travel the world. Unfortunately, she is not the heroic image people want to see, and her managers make things even more difficult for her.5. Annie Edson Taylor Part 1
32:05||Season 1, Ep. 5After deciding she'd rather be dead than be poor, 63-year-old teacher Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to attempt going over Niagara Falls in a barrel,4. Charles Blondin Part 2
23:34||Season 1, Ep. 4After conquering Niagara Falls, Charles Blondin went on to become so famous, that he was referenced by Abe Lincoln, was written about by Charles Dickens, and incited a Woodstock ''99-style riot while performing.3. Charles Blondin Part 1
23:59||Season 1, Ep. 3Charles Blondin walked over Niagara gorge on a tightrope, sometimes stopping to cook an omelet, sometimes carrying a man on his back or wearing a monkey suit, but always wowing audiences.2. Sam Patch Part 2
16:40||Season 1, Ep. 2Even after his death, Sam Patch lives on in songs, poems, folklore, and in children's books.