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Mysteries at the Monument

Don Wildman investigates the world's most impressive -- and sometimes obscure -- structures, statues and national parks to uncover the incredible tales hidden in their history.
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  1. S1 E1 - Sickness of Brooklyn Bridge
    May 15, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don investigates a mysterious disease connected to an iconic bridge, examines a beautifully twisted sculpture that commemorates an out-of-this-world event and exposes a strange plot involving the body of a legendary rock star.
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  2. S1 E2 - Vampire, Cons, Alcatraz
    May 8, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don investigates the tombstone of a young woman who some say haunted a small New England town, the man behind one of New York City's most elaborate scams and a series of grisly crimes committed by a madman.
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  3. S1 E3 - Smoky the Yorkie
    May 22, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don visits the memorial to the dog that became a celebrated war hero, an iconic bridge shrouded in tragedy and a state forest where a unidentified substance threatened an entire community.
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  4. S1 E4 - Grand Central Occult
    May 29, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don examines the strange occult imagery on the ceiling of New York's most famous train station, the exciting life of the father of modern surfing and the grim chambers of one of America's most haunted prisons.
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  5. S1 E5 - Chrysler Building, Stanford
    June 5, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don sits one of New York City's most iconic skyscrapers and the epicenter of a bitter rivalry, explores an unsolved murder mystery and examines the very spot where a majestic airship crashed to the ground.
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  6. S1 E6 - Ellis Island, Sailing Stones
    June 12, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don visits a 27-acre island one mile from Lower Manhattan, examines a mysterious set of stones and heads to a legendary 300-year-old fortress.
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  7. S1 E7 - The Real Rocky
    June 19, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don visits a memorial to a fictional boxing legend who is based on a real-life fighter, travels to the tombstone of a murdered dentist and examines a monument to an iconic kiss.
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  8. S1 E8 - Real Poltergeist
    June 26, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don visits the grave marker of a mysterious psychic, examines a bust of one the greatest composers of all time who may have been a murder victim and explores a city park that is haunted by a ghastly episode from its past.
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  9. S1 E9 - American Venus, Buffalo Wings
    July 10, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don investigates a stunning muse whose beauty inspired a crime of passion, visits a forest that was the site of a bizarre and possibly supernatural abduction and tracks down the real creator of a famous American food.
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  10. S1 E10 - Devil's Music
    July 17, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don visits the spot where a legendary bluesman made a deal a with the devil, examines a city wharf that lead to a massive case of fraud and explores a national forest where two of the country's most powerful men vanished.
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  11. S1 E11 - First Circus Elephant
    July 24, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don visits a monument to the first circus elephant, looks at the tombstone of a young woman whose ghost allegedly helped convict her husband of murder and examines a statue of a explorer who met a violent demise.
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  12. S1 E12 - Eureka Springs Cancer Hotel
    July 31, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don visits a landmark town where a con man preyed on desperate cancer patients, examines a statue of a teenage girl on horseback, and looks inside a storage shed that has inspired media frenzies and legal battles.
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  13. S1 E13 - Ames Pyramid, Straus Titanic
    August 7, 2013
    43min
    TV-PG
    Don examines a strange pyramid, visits a statue that commemorates a love story and explores an island nicknamed for a California serial killer.
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