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History's Mysteries

Explore some of the mysterious questions Big History experts are still trying to solve.
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  1. S1 E1 - History's Great Revolutionarie: The Twelve Apostles
    December 20, 1999
    1 h 30 min
    TV-G
    A handful of fishermen, an angry tax collector. But united by a charismatic Jewish preacher, this ragtag gang shaped into history's most famous revolutionaries.
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  2. S1 E2 - Knights Of Camelot
    December 26, 1997
    42min
    TV-G
    King Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table--are they figures from fanciful fable or portraits from a pagan past?
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  3. S1 E3 - Man In The Iron Mask
    February 9, 1998
    43min
    TV-G
    In a mystery that still baffles historians 300 years after the event, French King Louis XIV orders a prisoner shut away for 34 years.
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  4. S1 E4 - The Wright Brothers Controversy
    April 11, 1996
    43min
    TV-PG
    Most people assume that Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first to make and fly an airplane. But other aviation pioneers built planes and flew around the same time. Why didn't they gain the recognition many experts think they deserve?
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  5. S1 E5 - The True Story Of Sacco And Vanzetti
    November 9, 1998
    44min
    TV-PG
    The execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in 1927 ignited worldwide protest. To those inspired by political philosophy of the left, they were martyrs. To conservatives, they were anarchists.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Damian Weyand
Producers
Susan Werbe
Cast
David Ackroyd
Studio
A+E Networks
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