Explores the American Revolution through experts, re-enactments, and animations. Include John Glover's role in crossing the Delaware, Salem Poor's bravery despite enslavement, and Nancy Hart's daring espionage disguised as a man.
From soaring cathedrals to intimate chapels, sanctuaries of all faiths provide a beacon for seekers and a stage for astonishing mysteries. From divine intervention to unholy terror, we uncover the mysteries of the world's greatest houses of worship.
A North Carolina storekeeper is tormented by a countdown to his demise; a New Orleans teen is trapped in a waking nightmare; an Atlanta police station is the battleground for a serial killer and a vengeful spirit.
Two aging ranch hands battle a flying maneater in the Arizona desert; a young Theodore Roosevelt trespasses into the lair of a half-human predator; and demonic entities prey upon villagers in rural Pennsylvania.
Inexplicable phone calls torment the manager of a New Jersey cemetery; a foolhardy citizen taunts an insane serial killer in New Orleans; and love and obsession drive a Florida scientist to desperate lengths.
The roots of America can be traced to the first settlers that came there. In this episode of America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn that the Pilgrim Â"ThanksgivingÂ" was about fasting and the only Â"witchcraftÂ" in Salem was done by a group of young girls.
There is more to the explorers who discovered America than we have been told. On the next episode of America's Facts Vs. Fiction learn Christopher Columbus never stepped foot in North America and Hernán Cortés didn't defeat the Aztecs by himself.
We don't always know the truth behind what scares us. On the next episode of America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn that our Halloween's origins aren't all that ancient and that Edgar Allan Poe is not the madman that others have made him out to be.
Flying devices have been created to take us all around the world and even into space. On America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn how Apollo 11 only made it home thanks to a pen and that Air Force One is a code name and not the actual name of the plane.
We don't always know the truth behind the inventors that create the devices we use every day. On America's Facts Vs. Fictions, learn that Thomas Edison didn't actually invent the light bulb and Benjamin Franklin never Â"discoveredÂ" electricity.
With our greatest Presidents, we have to differentiate between the man and the legend. On the next episode of America's Facts Vs. Fiction learn FDR may have never had polio and Abraham Lincoln and JFK don't have all that much in common.
A whole other story is behind the roads and bridges that cross the United States. On this episode of America's Facts Vs. Fictions learn a woman was the driving force behind completing the Brooklyn Bridge and Route 66 wasn't built from scratch.
We think we know the true story of the birth of the United States but there is a whole other story. In this episode of America's Facts Vs. Fiction, we learn who else rode with Paul Revere and that George Washington wasn't really our first President.
At the world's largest cathedral, St. John the Divine, sculptures appear to foretell the destructive events of 9/11. Also, learn the true story of the Salem Witch Trials and how the Grand Mosque of Paris secretly protected Jews from Nazi terror.
An 1840s Episcopal church is built over long-forgotten tunnels housing a secret network, Father Hans Schmidt shocks the world with a bloody crime in a house of God, and a dark secret of unspeakable taboo unravels at Notre Dame Cathedral.
The celebrity-filled Church of Scientology falls into the crosshairs of the FBI, "Dagger" John Hughes fights for Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, and mystery surrounds the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte, leading some to believe it's not his actual final resting place.
The true stories of the Alamo and Custer's Last Stand are very different from the way we remember them. Find out how Davy Crockett really died - and why General Custer might have been court-martialed if he hadn't attacked the Indians that outnumbered him.
The real facts behind America's biggest economic boom and biggest bust will shock you. On this episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction, discover a treasure of nuggets about the California gold rush and the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Myths cloud the real facts of history on the high seas. Find out what pirates really did with their treasure instead of burying it - and discover the truth behind the seemingly baffling disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle.
Our memories of the roaring twenties and lawless thirties are more myth than truth. Learn the shocking realities about prohibition and that rogue's gallery of gangsters including John Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde.
The stories of pioneering aviators are often not the truth but flights of fancy. In this episode of America: Facts vs. Fiction, we expose the myths about the Wright brothers' invention of the airplane and America's favorite missing person, Amelia Earhart.
The truth about America's greatest generals is obscured by myth. Learn that George Patton's nickname "Blood and Guts" doesn't mean what you might think and that Ulysses S. Grant's reputation as a drunk and a butcher is undeserved.
Myths and misconceptions surround our most revered patriotic symbols. Learn how the Statue of Liberty was originally intended to stand in Egypt, how the American Flag wasn't designed by Betsy Ross, and that Mount Rushmore is actually uncompleted.
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