S5 E1 • Edison’s Electric Pen, Vanishing Carroll Deering, Lizard Man

An electric pen invented by Thomas Edison. Don investigates the mysterious disappearance of the captain and crew of the Carroll A. Deering; and explores the legend of a lizard-like creature believed to roam the swamps of South Carolina.

Première diffusion : 15 août 2013

S5 E2 • Boston Strangler, Operation Pastorius, Nellie Bly

Host Don Wildman examines a weapon that belonged to a secret network of spies, a bag that belonged to a pioneering journalist, and a switchblade that belonged to a man some believed was Boston's most notorious killer.

Première diffusion : 22 août 2013

S5 E3 • Squeaky Fromme, Hodag, Typhoid Mary

Don Wildman examines a weapon involved in a twisted plot to assassinate a US president, a beast that some believed terrorized people in Wisconsin, and a file that speaks of a notorious woman whose illness brought fear to New York City.

Première diffusion : 29 août 2013

S5 E4 • The Dance That Seduced a City, Vanishing Lake, Mysterious Death of Bugsy Siegel

At the Chicago History Museum, a pair of ostrich-feather fans tells of a risque dancer who scandalized the Chicago's World Fair. At the Joseph Jefferson Mansion and Gardens on Lake Peigneur in Louisiana, an antique urn is one of few relics to survive a terrifying earth-shaking disaster. And at the Los Angeles Police Museum, twisted bullet fragments are all that remain of a notorious gangster's brutal slaying that remains shrouded in mystery.

Première diffusion : 5 septembre 2013

S5 E5 • Don Bolles' Quest for the Truth, Stanley's Miraculous Snake Oil, The Infamous Northfield Raid

Don visits an exhibit devoted to investigative journalist Don Bolles at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.; examines an alleged miracle elixir at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.; and learns about the Northfield Raid during a trip to Minnesota.

Première diffusion : 12 septembre 2013

S5 E6 • The Infamous Jersey Devil, Tank Rampage, The Mysterious Death of President Harding

Don examines a plaster cast of hoof prints allegedly made by the Jersey Devil. Also: a colossal tank; and a railroad car used by President Harding.

Première diffusion : 19 septembre 2013

S5 E7 • Margery The Medium, Everest Ascent, The Pastor and The Choir Singer

Host Don Wildman investigates a strange wooden box used in a ritual, a weather beaten oxygen tank which tells of a daring ascent and the torn hat of a local pastor found at the scene of a crime.

Première diffusion : 26 septembre 2013

S5 E8 • Jack the Ripper in New York, Jim the Penman, Locust Swarm

Don investigates an aged dossier's connection to Jack the Ripper. He also explores the story of a counterfeit $20 bill; and examines a specimen of a locust.

Première diffusion : 3 octobre 2013

S5 E9 • East River Blowout, The Day it Rained Meat, The Mysterious Michigan Triangle

Don examines a piece of industrial machinery that played a part in a disaster on New York City's Easter River. Also: a glass medical jar containing a strange substance that fell from the sky; and a tattered shirt recovered from the so-called Lake Michigan Triangle.

Première diffusion : 10 octobre 2013

S5 E10 • The Death William Wood, Hacker Spy, Skunk Ape

Don Wildman investigates a set of tattered and chipped ventriloquist dummies, a rudimentary electronic device and a plaster cast that may prove the existence of a creature thought only to exist in myths.

Première diffusion : 24 octobre 2013

S5 E11 • Prison Experiment, The Real Noah's Ark, The Informant

Don Wildman investigates a tattered briefcase belonging to an eccentric doctor who went to gruesome lengths in search of the fountain of youth, a massive chunk of stone which some believe is the fossilized remains of a biblical ship, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder used by one of the FBI's most prolific and notorious informants.

Première diffusion : 14 novembre 2013

S5 E12 • Asylum Poisoning, Naked Joe, The Mad Bomber

Host Don Wildman investigates a pair of timeworn, everyday dining implements that were at the center of an event that shocked and terrified a psychiatric ward, a charcoal portrait of a scantily clad man once embroiled in a notorious news expose and an aged dossier from the 1950s whose pages tell of one madman’s reign of terror.

Première diffusion : 21 novembre 2013

S5 E13 • Pioneers

A vial of strange liquid used to stop a deadly outbreak.

Première diffusion : 28 novembre 2013

S5 E14 • Tingling

An antique cooking pot; a ragged childhood doll; a bizarre collar-like contraption.

Première diffusion : 5 décembre 2013

S5 E15 • Secrets of D.C.

While in Washington, D.C., Don examines the link between a mailbox and a spy case; and looks at the role brass knuckles played in protecting a president. Also: A hollow coin exposes a Cold War mystery.

Première diffusion : 12 décembre 2013

S5 E16 • Unbelievable

Proof of alien intelligence; an antique fire truck; a damaged airplane part.

Première diffusion : 19 décembre 2013