Secrets involving the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, including the escape of three prisoners and the remnants of a strange military outpost with ties to President Abraham Lincoln.
Some motorcycle clubs are viewed not as social clubs for nonconformists but as organized crime syndicates.
Investigating UFOs and the strange stories surrounding them, including the existence of a ``shadow government'' and the rumor of a Nazi flying saucer that crashed in New Mexico.
Secret bunkers exist under every American city, but only a lucky few know about these hidden survival complexes. CODES AND CONSPIRACIES examines the underground bunkers that have been a feature of warfare planning since the dawn of time.
Bordellos, which have endured for thousands of years, hold secrets involving famous patrons, governments and religion.
The most secret of secret societies, The Freemasons, are intertwined with American history. Most of the Founding Fathers and 14 Presidents were Freemasons. Some say Washington DC is laid out as a Masonic code. What other secrets are the Masons hiding?
Fascinating facts about America's Founding Fathers reveal which one used sex as a weapon of diplomacy, and which one engaged in the nation's greatest cover-up.
From the rallies held at Madison Square Garden, to the plots to steal the secrets to the nation's weapons of war, the American Nazis terrorized the USA in the 1930s.
Did extraterrestrial beings lay the foundation for human civilization? Followers of the so-called pre-astronautics are convinced of this and refer to alleged references in old writings and representations. Ancient religions and cultures are the result of extraterrestrial influence - our ancestors, so the theory goes, believed the prehistoric astronauts to be gods.
Unravel the seamy secrets of Las Vegas. Where Mobsters once ruled. Where casinos suck you in to keep you playing and losing. Why was this a Nazi target for wartime sabotage, a test ground for Atomic Bombs, and a meeting place for 9/11's terrorists?
Whether it is religious fire-and-brimstone, Armageddon, or visitors from outer space, the US has no shortage of people coming together in cults to get swept up in the fervor.
LSD as a truth serum or mind control warfare? What sounds like a spy thriller script was part of US defense strategy in the 1950s and 1960s! Above all, the controversial and top secret CIA project "MK-Ultra" caused a stir. Because in the service of the government not only soldiers were abused as guinea pigs …
Exploring whether the attack on Pearl Harbor was really a surprise, if FDR knew about the attack beforehand, and who really fired the first shots of the Pacific War.
A secret society gathers in the dead of night and plots the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln; U.S. spymaster Allan Pinkerton stops Confederate agents before they can topple the Union.
the secrets and scandals surrounding the Vatican are some of the darkest in all of history.
Since ancient times, man has gone to extreme and often deadly lengths to get gold, one the most rare treasures on Earth; looking at where the gold is today and who owns it.
A secret part of history has remained hidden, locked away for centuries in the hulls of ships in New York or in the depths of an abandoned copper mine.
American code breakers have given the United States an edge in every conflict in the history of America.
