S1 E1 • Real Frankenstein, Mummy Curse, Man in the Iron Mask

On a rocky outcrop in central Germany stands the forbidding ruins of a monstrous castle where a scientist conducted a series of sinister experiments. Hidden within one of England's most famous country manors is the story of long-buried Egyptian treasure. And half a mile from the coast of France is the tiny island of Sainte-Marguerite, home to the forbidding Fort Royal, where a mysterious masked prisoner was locked up for decades.

Première diffusion : 19 janvier 2014

S1 E2 • Crown Jewels Heist, Marquis De Sade, Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Learn about the legendary heist that took place inside the iconic Tower of London, explore an impenetrable bastion in France where a controversial literary giant was jailed, and visit an ancient German castle that may hold a centuries-old secret.

Première diffusion : 26 janvier 2014

S1 E3 • Hound of the Baskervilles, Lord Gordon Gordon, Escape from Colditz

Visit a British manor house that inspired a literary masterpiece, tour a sprawling New York mansion that belonged to a railroad baron and explore a German castle that served as a prisoner-of-war camp in World War II.

Première diffusion : 9 février 2014

S1 E4 • The Tichborne Claimant, Washington Resurrection, Loch Ness Hoax

Explore an English country estate that was at the heart of a bizarre inheritance dispute, tour a colonial mansion in Virginia with a grisly medical past, and visit the ruins of a Scottish castle.

Première diffusion : 16 février 2014

S1 E5 • The Black Dinner; Voynich Manuscript; Seward Attack

Visit a giant fortress in Scotland where a 15th-century power struggle climaxed, explore an Italian villa that housed a mysterious manuscript, and tour an upstate New York mansion that belonged to one of Abraham Lincoln's closest advisors.

Première diffusion : 23 février 2014