In Search of... (1977)
In Search of... is a TV series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour TV documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg: In Search of Ancient Astronauts in 1973, In Search of Ancient Mysteries and The Outer Space Connection, both in 1975. All three featured narration by Rod Serling, who was the initial choice to host the spin-off show. After Serling's death, Leonard Nimoy was selected to be the host.
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Episode 1 - UFO Captives
Release Date: 1978-09-14An examination of claims made by a family in Utah, a man in Wyoming on a hunting excursion, etc. of being abducted (kidnapped) and held captive on UFOs: A close encounter of the fourth kind.
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Episode 2 - Tornadoes
Release Date: 1978-09-21Scientists at the National Severe Storms Laboratory work to detect and mitigate the impact of tornadoes, which are the most ferocious storms of all, often striking with little warning and inflicting massive amounts of damage.
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Episode 3 - Cloning
Release Date: 1978-09-28A review of the benefits and concerns of producing genetically identical individuals artificially.
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Episode 4 - Water Seekers (aka Dowsing)
Release Date: 1978-10-05The ancient art of dowsing is reviewed, specifically the accuracy and reliability of water dowsers. Do they possess a psychic ability to detect water or can successful dowsing be learned? Further, can science prove or disprove dowsing?
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Episode 5 - Jack the Ripper
Release Date: 1978-10-12An investigative report on the unsolved mystery of London's notorious serial killer. The episode reveals the killer's connection with contemporary media and the possible involvement with the Masons. Various identities are suggested as being that of the killer, including a duke who was second in line to the British throne.
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Episode 6 - Cryogenics
Release Date: 1978-10-19Scientists have frozen and successfully revived animals in laboratory settings. In addition, some human beings have opted to be frozen at death in hopes of being revived at a future time. Can cryogenics permit humans to live forever?
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Episode 7 - Siberian Fireball
Release Date: 1978-10-26The Tunguska event of 1908 was eerily similar to the Trinity nuclear test in 1945. How could a nuclear-like blast have occurred prior to the atomic age? Was a comet or asteroid the cause? Or was extraterrestrial technology responsible?
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Episode 8 - The Great Lakes Triangle
Release Date: 1978-11-02An examination of strange disappearances of ships and planes in an area of the Great Lakes that is considered to be more dangerous than the fabled Bermuda Triangle.
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Episode 9 - Monster Hunters (aka Sasquatch)
Release Date: 1978-11-09Examines various "monster hunters" including Peter Byrne and Tim Dinsdale as well as the "Bay Area Group". Subjects such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster are covered.
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Episode 10 - Bermuda Triangle Pirates
Release Date: 1978-12-07Explores the possibility that modern pirates involved in drug smuggling may be a factor in the disappearances of luxury yachts in the Bermuda Triangle off Florida. Scenes are dramatized involving the takeover of ships by pirates.
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Episode 11 - Indian Astronomers (aka Mayan Legacy)
Release Date: 1978-12-14Many pre-Columbian cultures possessed a sophisticated understanding of the heavens. Did they share this knowledge, even across great distances? Similar insights of the Cahokia, Ancestral Puebloans, and Mayans appears to confirm they did.
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Episode 12 - Sherlock Holmes
Release Date: 1978-12-21An examination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, and how the author emulated his fictional detective in many respects.
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Episode 13 - Lost Vikings
Release Date: 1978-12-28What happened to the Vikings, led initially by Erik the Red, who had settled in Greenland? Did they perish due to some unforeseen calamity? Or did they relocate to Newfoundland, thus becoming the first European settlers in the New World?
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Episode 14 - Dreams and Nightmares
Release Date: 1979-01-04"In Search of ..." explores the mysteries of dreams and nightmares: why we have them and what they do for us.
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Episode 15 - Animal ESP
Release Date: 1979-01-11Do animals, including humans, possess extrasensory perception? If so, are we humans and our companion animals able to communicate on a deeper level? Further, do humans have the ability to converse telepathically with companion animals?
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Episode 16 - The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)
Release Date: 1979-01-18Was a secret treasure buried on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia? This episode examines the possibilities that it was and also covers some of the searches for it.
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Episode 17 - Psychic Sea Hunt
Release Date: 1979-01-25Various individuals with psychic abilities are given a map of the ocean floor and asked to identify areas that may contain long-forgotten shipwrecks and perhaps even treasure. A submarine travels to the selected spots to gauge the results.
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Episode 18 - The Angel of Death (aka Joseph Mengele)
Release Date: 1979-02-01The hunt for the fugitive sadistic Nazi doctor and his most famous pursuer, Simon Wiesenthal.
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Episode 19 - Noah's Flood
Release Date: 1979-02-08This episode looks into the scientific methods used to prove the Flood as described in The Bible.
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Episode 20 - The Diamond Curse
Release Date: 1979-02-15Does the possession of diamonds carry an inherent curse? In particular, how has the Hope Diamond, as well as other significant diamonds, affected its possessors?
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Episode 21 - Ghostly Stakeout
Release Date: 1979-02-22California psychics visit two purportedly haunted properties and attempt, with mixed results, to contact and exorcise ghosts located within the structures.
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Episode 22 - Brain Power
Release Date: 1979-03-17A survey of the brain, its mysteries and potential, and how it may be trained to overcome cerebral birth defects as well as move beyond its current, limited usage.
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Episode 23 - Sodom & Gomorrah
Release Date: 1979-05-10Scientists look into the theory that the remains of these wicked cities are on the very site of a crater now filled by the Dead Sea.
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Episode 24 - King Tut
Release Date: 1979-05-17The brief life and reign of Tutankhamen were mostly unremarkable, yet upon his death he was entombed with a collection of astonishing riches and his decision to restore Egypt's ancient religion may have galvanized monotheistic practice.