About the Show

Don Wildman embarks on an epic quest to solve the world's greatest mysteries. From historical institutions to unexplored archives, Don unearths extraordinary relics and sinister artifacts, each with an incredible story to tell and a secret to be revealed.

About the Host

Don Wildman

An impassioned history enthusiast and adventurer, Don Wildman’s myriad of on-camera investigations have carried him far and wide to mankind’s greatest legends and lore. Whether descending the underground cities of Cappadocia or slogging through London’s labyrinthine sewer system or hiking red-rock ridges in Ethiopia, Wildman has traveled around the globe to history’s hardest places, where visceral tales are set against ancient backdrops and human intrigue is carved into walls.

All About Don

Season 16, Episode 6

Eisenhower's Crazy Convoy, Criminal Measures and Canyon Adventure

Don Wildman investigates a president's cross-country road trip, a detective's plan to cut down on crime and an explorers dangerous quest to be the first to uncover the secrets of the Grand Canyon.

Sunday
May 5
2pm | 1c
Season 21, Episode 6

Roosevelt's War on Words, Dragon Slayer and Cheese Puffs

Don Wildman investigates a president's solution to his problem with the English language, examines the story of a crafty engineer and a fearsome dragon and finds out how a favorite snack food was born out of a happy accident.

Monday
May 6
8am | 7c
Season 21, Episode 11

Geostorm Inferno, The Typo That Won the War and The Death of Princess Di

Don Wildman examines one of the eeriest atmospheric events of all time, the fortuitous error that turned the tides of war and the shocking secret behind the death of an international icon.

Monday
May 6
9am | 8c
Season 21, Episode 7

Titanic Baker, Psychic Scammer and Cuban Swimmer Crisis

Don Wildman showcases the death-defying tale of a brave baker, reveals the shocking secret behind a sinister psychic and investigates the world's most dangerous swim.

Monday
May 6
10am | 9c
Season 21, Episode 12

Spacecraft Heist, A Brush With Anthrax and Lift Like an Egyptian

Don Wildman investigates a CIA mission to steal a Soviet spacecraft, a battle in the trenches with a deadly microbe and the amazing solution to an ancient Egyptian riddle.

Monday
May 6
11am | 10c
Season 10, Episode 5

The Father of the American Cavalry, Rosa Parks of NY and Black Knight UFO

Don Wildman examines the man who saved George Washington, a civil rights pioneer and the bizarre sighting of a UFO.

Monday
May 6
12pm | 11c
Season 10, Episode 1

Dancing Plague, Tracking Santa and Annie Londonderry

Don Wildman examines a town gripped by a bizarre plague, the mix-up that spawned a holiday tradition and a woman's quest to take on the world.

Monday
May 6
1pm | 12c
Season 10, Episode 3

Yellow Fever Fiend, Angel in Bordeaux and Invention of Jaywalking

Don Wildman examines a barrel connected to a daring World War II plot, a traffic light that sparked an urban revolution and the portrait of a doctor who was embroiled in a nineteenth century tale of biological warfare.

Monday
May 6
2pm | 1c
Season 14, Episode 5

The Goliath Bone, Money to Burn and Self-Serve Superstore

Don Wildman inspects a mysterious prehistoric bone, investigates an incendiary war plot to help defend America and unearths the origins of a strategy that revolutionized the shopping industry.

Monday
May 6
3pm | 2c
Season 14, Episode 8

Demon Potato, Boozy Ballot and Ouija Believe It

Don Wildman inspects a seemingly possessed potato, examines an old chair connected to an intoxicating chapter in the life of George Washington and investigates the surprising origins of the world's most famous paranormal communication device.

Monday
May 6
4pm | 3c
Season 14, Episode 13

The Girl Who Fell to Earth, the Real Ghostbusters and Eclipsed by Columbus

Don Wildman explores the story of a young girl who survived a fall from a damaged aircraft, a battle between the great Harry Houdini and spiritualists, and a lunar event that saved Christopher Columbus.

Monday
May 6
5pm | 4c
Season 21, Episode 1

Columbus and the Mermaid, Skyscraper Snafu and Stealing the Show

Don Wildman investigates a famous explorer's encounter with a fabled sea creature, a death-defying mission atop the nation's tallest building and the abduction of a jazz musician by a notorious gangster.

Tuesday
May 7
8am | 7c
Season 21, Episode 9

Killer Space Germs, The Yeti's Hand and The Bug That Changed History

Don Wildman investigates the mysterious bacteria that imperiled the NASA space program, the decrepit remains of a mythical beast and a hidden insect that painted the world in a whole new color.

Tuesday
May 7
9am | 8c
Season 21, Episode 3

Sandwich in Space, Watergate Crash and Blenda's Banquet

Don Wildman investigates an epicurean escapade in space, a White House conspiracy and the brave woman who cooked up a stunning military victory.

Wednesday
May 8
8am | 7c
Season 21, Episode 4

Titanic Hustle, Sherlock to the Rescue and America's Greatest Athlete

Don Wildman explores a clever con onboard the RMS Titanic, investigates a murder mystery solved by the real-life Sherlock Holmes and examines the reinvention of an iconic Olympian.

Wednesday
May 8
9am | 8c
Season 8, Episode 10

Alligators in the Sewers, Unstoppable Car, Founding Forensics

Don Wildman uncovers a sculpture of a monster lurking beneath the Big Apple, visits San Diego to check out a car customized with everything including a kitchen sink, and discovers in Boston that Paul Revere was a forensic hero.

Friday
May 10
8am | 7c
Season 9, Episode 1

Indestructible Mike, Bubble Trouble, The Penny Man

Don Wildman investigates an electric chair related to a bizarre crime, a marble table from a scientific experiment gone wrong and a yearbook that tells one determined student's ingenious scheme.

Friday
May 10
9am | 8c
Season 4, Episode 10

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.

Saturday
May 11
7am | 6c
Season 4, Episode 1

Edison’s Electric Pen, Vanishing Carroll Deering, Lizard Man

Don Wildman examines a failed invention that helped create a multi-billion dollar industry, the bell of a ship whose crew vanished at sea, and a footprint of a lizard-like creature that roams the swamps of South Carolina.

Saturday
May 11
8am | 7c
Season 4, Episode 5

Don Bolles' Quest for the Truth, Stanley's Miraculous Snake Oil

Don Wildman examines a mangled car which tells of an intrepid journalist's quest for the truth, a vile of liquid containing what was believed to be a miracle cure and an iron safe which played a key role in a heist.

Saturday
May 11
9am | 8c
Season 16, Episode 7

Dewey Defeats Truman, Real Jekyll and Hyde and Sunken Steamship Treasure

Don Wildman examines how an iconic headline came to be, the real-life inspiration for a literary villain and the search for millions of dollars of sunken treasure.

Sunday
May 12
12pm | 11c
Season 16, Episode 8

Winnie the Bear, Frozen Miracle and Whiskey Galore

Don Wildman examines a stuffed bear that inspired one of the greatest children's books of all time, a fireman's pike used in a icy rescue mission and a bottle of whiskey that was once at the center of an illegal escapade.

Sunday
May 12
1pm | 12c
Season 16, Episode 9

Rikers Island Rescue, She Sells Sea Shells and Weathering the War

Don Wildman examines a well-worn fire hose connected to an astonishing tale of unlikely heroes, fossilized remains found by a young paleontologist who inspired an iconic tongue twister and an unusual vehicle used in the D-Day invasion.

Sunday
May 12
2pm | 1c
Season 21, Episode 8

The Ghost of Katie King, Lake Erie Monster and Secret Stowaway

Don Wildman investigates a mysterious medium who conjured a ghost, a terrifying sea monster lurking in one of America's Great Lakes and the strange tale of an audacious stowaway.

Monday
May 13
8am | 7c
Season 21, Episode 13

Saving Private Lynch, Gulf Breeze UFO and I Would Walk 5,000 Miles

Don Wildman showcases the death-defying tale of a brave American soldier, the real story behind a mysterious UFO sighting and a young man's epic quest to win his true love's hand in marriage.

Monday
May 13
9am | 8c
Season 2, Episode 2

Annabelle Doll, Bridge Collapse, Whale Attack

Don investigates the sinister secrets to a child's rag doll, studies a blueprint that holds the key to a deadly engineering disaster, and he examines a journal that inspired a fascinating work of American literature.

Monday
May 13
10am | 9c