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This documentary gathers together some of the toughest and most fascinating true crimes. Combining the latest forensic techniques plus old-fashioned police work, each episode takes a look at how a mystery is solved and the culprit apprehended.

This video investigates several early texts and their curious references to strange flying objects, while confronting the age-old question: Are we truly alone or have we been visited by travelers from other worlds for thousands of years? Examines the phenomenon of UFOs throughout history.

In 1866, the year immediately following the end of the war, America was supposed to be reuniting, healing its wounds, and moving past years of civil unrest. However, a closer look into this historic time reveals a sinister snapshot of a discordant nation caught in the midst of deadly race riots and angry insurgencies. This program examines the disturbing reality behind the murder, terrorism, and chaos that marked the uncertain period of Reconstruction...

From his early childhood in Manhattan to his role in the Lincoln County War, The History Channel delves deep to piece together a picture of Billy the Kid, the infamous frontier outlaw, whose real name was Henry McCarty.

Pushed by the need to haul ever longer and heavier trains, the United States's locomotive works responded with the invention of awe-inspiring articulated steam engines. See the Union Pacific's famed "Big Boy" in action and ride the rails of the Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western railways. Meet the men who drove engines like the Allegheny and Yellowstone, and visit the museums and yards where the largest steamers ever built remain.

Her story has been recorded by Roman historians, pondered by scholars, and examined by archaeologists who continue to dig for clues about the warrior queen who led a rebellion that changed the course of history.

Explores the life and legacy of the scholar Confucius whose timeless message remains deeply influential to this day.

Shows how leaders from the ancient world fared in some of the greatest conflicts in history, exposing the truths and myths behind the legendary feats of the epic heroes and villains who didn't just wage war, but invented it. Portrays some of the most exciting battles of ancient history, as well as the tales of betrayal, lust, conquest and brutality that often accompanied them. Uses computer graphics and live-action stunts to bring to life the battle...

Traces the history of the Hope diamond, a 45-carat blue gem, the world's largest and most valuable. Explores the legend that the diamond is a piece of a larger stone stolen from the eye of a Hindu idol, and a curse on those who own or wear it.

Five hundred years before Columbus landed on the shores of North America, Norse explorer Leif Ericson and the Vikings sailed from Greenland to a new land sighted farther west. In the early 1960s, archeologist Anne Stine Ingstad rewrote history when she made the remarkable discovery of Vinland, a Viking settlement on the northern tip of Newfoundland. Travel back to the Dark Ages to relive the story of one of the greatest explorers of all time.