History's Mysteries (1998)

Documentary · History · Mystery

History's Mysteries was an American documentary television series on the History Channel.

IMDb rating: 7.9 (275 votes)
Seasons: 13
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel · HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 13 seasons indexed

Cast

Arthur Kent Narrator

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

6.59 avg 9 episodes 7.2 → 6.2 49 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Death of Marilyn Monroe	7.2	21
3	Navajo Code Talkers	6.6	11
4	The Wright Brothers Controversy	6.7	12
5	Prophecies	6.2	8
7	Japan's Mysterious Pyramids	7.0	12
8	Ancient Aliens	7.2	20
9	Sodom and Gomorrah	6.1	24
16	The Knights Templar	6.1	9
18	The Pirates' Lost City	6.2	7

Season 2 (1998)

7.19 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 6.8 49 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ghost Ships	7.3	14
2	Doomed Sisters of the Titanic	6.8	24
4	The True Story of Gladiators	7.4	24
5	Cain and Abel: A Murder Mystery	7.0	9
6	Shark Attack 1916	7.6	13
7	America's Stonehenge	7.3	14
10	Five Points Gangs	7.6	8
12	Roswell: Secrets Unveiled	6.8	11
13	Spies of the Revolutionary War	8.3	9
19	The Man in the Iron Mask	7.0	8
20	The True Story of Marco Polo	6.7	11
21	The True Story of Robin Hood	6.9	9
24	The Truth About Science Fiction	6.8	8

Season 3 (2000)

7.00 avg 8 episodes 6.5 → 6.0 59 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Catacombs of Rome	6.5	9
2	Secrets of Fatima	6.2	16
3	The Essex: The True Story of Moby Dick	8.2	20
8	Buried Treasure	7.3	10
10	The Abominable Snowman	7.1	10
14	Lincoln: The Untold Stories	8.1	22
15	America's Psychic Past	6.6	8
18	The History of Prostitution: Sex in the City	6.0	8

Season 4 (2000)

7.31 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 6.7 52 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	The Shroud of Turin	7.1	24
3	Monsters of the Sea	7.2	12
4	Killer Submarine	7.0	8
5	The True Story of the Fighting Sullivans	8.3	20
6	The Search for Noah's Ark	6.8	20
7	Drake's Secret Voyage	7.9	13
8	The True Story of Mutiny on the Bounty	7.5	8
13	Petra: Lost City of Stone	6.7	11

Season 5 (2000)

7.04 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 43 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Salem Witch Trials	7.8	10
2	The True Story of the Philadelphia Experiment	7.0	28
3	Secret Brotherhood of Freemasons	6.4	11
6	The Cavemen	6.8	8
7	Secret Plunder: G.I. Looters	6.6	12
9	Werewolves	7.5	14
10	Roman Roads: Paths to Empire	6.6	7
18	Hidden Tomb of Antiochus	7.6	6

Season 6 (1999)

7.17 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 6.9 68 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	The Bloody Tower of London	7.5	12
4	Ghost Plane of the Desert: Lady Be Good	9.4	14
5	Jack Ruby on Trial	7.8	8
8	Hitler and The Occult	6.4	8
9	Witchcraft	5.0	8
10	Amityville: Horror or Hoax	6.9	109

Season 7 (2000)

7.26 avg 5 episodes 6.6 → 7.5 52 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Amityville: The Haunting	6.6	154
3	The Real Dracula	7.4	8
5	Hitler's Perfect Children	7.3	26
9	Natural Mummies	7.5	11
10	Cliff Mummies of the Andes	7.5	16

Season 8 (2000)

6.83 avg 4 episodes 6.2 → 7.0 53 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	The FBI's 10 Most Wanted	6.2	9
4	Lost City of Atlantis	7.3	10
5	Dr. Guillotin and His Execution Machine	6.8	16
10	Lost Colony of Roanoke	7.0	8

Season 9 (1999)

7.10 avg 3 episodes 7.2 → 6.0

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Secret UFO Files	7.2	8
6	Vanished!	8.1	13
7	A Question of Conspiracy: The RFK Murder	6.0	7

Season 11 (2000)

6.98 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.4 42 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	The Mysteries of Devil's Triangles	7.4	7
3	England's Lost Castles	7.2	11
4	The Knights of Camelot	6.5	18
7	The Spanish Armada	8.2	15
8	Asteroids	5.2	8
10	Bigfoot and Other Monsters	7.4	12

Season 12 (2000)

6.70 avg 7 episodes 6.4 → 7.3 50 min avg

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The True Story of Braveheart	6.4	18
2	The Hunt for Jack the Ripper	7.5	40
4	The Crop Circle Controversy	6.9	12
6	The Loch Ness Monster	7.3	8
7	Secret Societies	6.2	58
8	Exorcising the Devil	5.3	9
10	Crypts, Coffins and Corpses	7.3	12

Season 14 (2000)

6.73 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 6.3 46 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	The Strange Case of Lizzie Borden	7.5	27
4	Circus Freaks and Sideshows	6.9	20
5	The True Story of Rasputin	6.9	32
8	The Bible Code: Predicting Armageddon	6.1	33
9	Nazi Ghost Train	6.7	13
10	Cults	6.3	18

Season 15 (1999)

6.82 avg 4 episodes 6.5 → 6.5 89 min avg

Slow burn

Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Silent Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Murder	6.5	8
3	Vikings, Fury from the North	6.1	15
4	Smallpox: Deadly Again?	8.2	9
6	The Inquisition	6.5	26

History's Mysteries (1998)

Cast

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