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 13

Coast Guard Courage, Pizza Margherita and Jump Jet

Don Wildman examines a life vest worn during a harrowing ocean rescue, an oven used to cook a pizza fit for a queen and a harrier jet that narrowly escaped disaster.

Sunday
Nov 26
10am | 9c
Season 16, Episode 12

Stagecoach Mary, Alaska Firestarter and Mummy Mystery

Don Wildman examines a daring Wild West escape by stagecoach,

Sunday
Nov 26
11am | 10c
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
Nov 26
12pm | 11c
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
Nov 26
1pm | 12c
Season 16, Episode 4

Project Vortex, Diamond Heist and Tinseltown, NJ

Don Wildman investigates a scientist's attempt to document the life cycle of a tornado, a record-breaking $100 million heist and a pioneering filmmaker who went head-to-head against Thomas Edison.

Sunday
Nov 26
2pm | 1c
Season 8, Episode 3

Fallen Robins, Romeo Spies, All In For Poker

Host Don Wildman examines a bird specimen, tiny camera, and popularity of poker.

Sunday
Dec 3
7am | 6c
Season 8, Episode 1

Dolley Madison, Christmas Truce, Exploding Whale

Host Don Wildman uncovers the heroics of a First Lady who fought to preserve Washington's treasures, travels to England to examine a soccer ball linked to a WWI game of peace, and studies an explosive tale of a whale in Oregon.

Sunday
Dec 3
8am | 7c
Season 8, Episode 5

Cellini Heist, Real Romeo and Juliet, Link to the Skies

Host Don Wildman studies the inspiration behind a famous play, examine a strange device, and visit a Renaissance sculpture.

Sunday
Dec 3
9am | 8c
Season 8, Episode 8

First Female Aviator, Mysterious Metronome, Army of Two

Don Wildman examines a plane, Beethoven's metronome, and a musical instrument.

Sunday
Dec 3
10am | 9c
Season 8, Episode 9

Aaron Burr Conspiracy, How Gatsby Became Great, Lady with the Lamp

Don Wildman examines a coded letter, a classic novel, and a legendary lamp.

Sunday
Dec 3
11am | 10c
Season 8, Episode 13

Revolutionary Suffragette, Tokyo Rose, Billion Dollar Will

Don Wildman examines a notebook with crucial information about an activist's controversial death, inspects a microphone linked to a tale of wartime treason and gazes upon an iconic sign tied to a battle for a billionaire's estate.

Sunday
Dec 3
12pm | 11c
Season 8, Episode 12

JFK Boat Rescue, Scheming Queen, Tiger Cage

Host Don Wildman inspects a presidential paperweight, jewelry, and a wartime cage.

Sunday
Dec 3
1pm | 12c
Season 8, Episode 7

Alcoholic Antidote, Reno Haven, Strange Death of President Taylor

Host Don Wildman examines in Louisiana a precious metal that reportedly cured alcoholism, discovers how Reno was once a destination for disgruntled spouses, and uncovers the mystery around a president's untimely death.

Sunday
Dec 3
2pm | 1c
Season 16, Episode 11

Channel Champion, the Forger and Harper Method

Don Wildman investigates a record-breaking long-distance swimmer, a teenage war hero on Nazi-occupied France and the transformative tonic that lead to a franchise of salons.

Sunday
Dec 10
7am | 6c
Season 19, Episode 4

Nuclear Nightmare, Badlands Bandits and The Movie Star and the Dead Man

Don Wildman investigates an accident that nearly caused a nuclear catastrophe, how a future president laid down the law in the Wild West and a shocking crime that rocked Hollywood.

Sunday
Dec 10
8am | 7c
Season 15, Episode 10

Terrible Tommy, Airplane Abduction and the Great Blondin

Don Wildman showcases a pocket watch used by a ruthless gangster in 1920s Chicago, an aircraft that disappeared over Australia after encountering a UFO and the first daredevil to brave Niagara Falls.

Sunday
Dec 10
9am | 8c
Season 19, Episode 13

Lost City of the Monkey God, Christmas Tree for Teddy and Bell Island Boom

Don Wildman investigates a lost city in Honduras protected by a deadly curse, the first family that changed Christmas forever and a devastating bang that wreaked havoc on a small Canadian town.

Sunday
Dec 10
10am | 9c
Season 20, Episode 4

Presidential Cheese, Spying Space Shuttle and Liberty in the Lake

Don Wildman investigates a pestilent stench that almost overpowered a president, a dangerous incident aboard the very first space shuttle and the most incredible college prank of all time.

Sunday
Dec 10
11am | 10c
Season 16, Episode 1

Alone in the Arctic, Space Shuttle MacGyver and Angelic Organ

Don Wildman examines a pocket calendar that belonged to a woman stranded in the Arctic, a space shuttle that was at the center of a harrowing ordeal more than 200 miles above Earth and a musical instrument which produced heavenly sounds.

Sunday
Dec 10
12pm | 11c
Season 19, Episode 7

Operation Paul Bunyan, The Nose Knows and The Night America Burned

Don Wildman highlights a tree-cutting mission that provoked a military standoff with North Korea, a subway stench with a surprising source and one scientist's out-of-this-world explanation for the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Sunday
Dec 10
1pm | 12c
Season 20, Episode 1

Lunar Fender Bender, Opera Angels and Billiard Balls

Don Wildman investigates a roadside repair on the surface of the moon, a pair of opera-loving sisters who took on the Nazis and the surprising story behind one of the world's most popular sports.

Sunday
Dec 10
2pm | 1c
Season 19, Episode 10

Betty Lou Had a Great Fall, Gurdon Ghost Light and Twitch and Shout

Don Wildman investigates a perilous plunge inside the nation's tallest building, a mysterious light from beyond the grave and a curious contagion plaguing a small town high school.

Sunday
Dec 17
7am | 6c
Season 13, Episode 4

King Neptune, Friday Night Bank Robber and Karluk's Last Voyage

Don Wildman examines a patriotic pig that helped fund World War II, a man's trek to rescue his crew during an brutal Arctic expedition and two activists who risked their lives to take down a superpower and save the whales.

Sunday
Dec 17
8am | 7c
Season 22, Episode 10

Broken Arrow Hero, Heartbreak Haunt and Smoke Jumpers

Don Wildman investigates deadly explosion which threatened to wipe out half of the United States, the tragic and terrifying tale of a heartbroken ghost and one man's audacious plan to fight forest fires

Sunday
Dec 17
9am | 8c
Season 10, Episode 8

Death of Michael Rockefeller, The 68 Salute and Andes Rugby Crash

Don Wildman investigates the disappearance of one of New York's elite, an Olympic Jersey tied to a pivotal moment for civil rights and a plastic knife wielded in a chilling survival story.

Sunday
Dec 17
10am | 9c
Season 12, Episode 12

Michelangelo the Forger, Finders Keepers, Brownie Wise and the Wonderbowl

Don Wildman examines a statue created by the world's best-known art forger, a mysterious cache of buried gold coins and a woman whose sales technique made Tupperware a household name.

Sunday
Dec 17
11am | 10c