Steve Abolt
Major Russell
In Search of History (1996)
Season 1999
In Search of History was a series that aired on the History channel in the late 1990's. These television programs featured topics on history, historical settings, historical dramas, historical subjects and historical individuals.
Released Jan. 4, 1996
Episode 42 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Watch Providers: A&E Crime Central Apple TV Channel, HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel, HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel
Production Companies: FilmRoos Productions
Network: History
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - Hell's Angels
Behind the scenes interviews with Hell's Angels leaders and members reveal the fascinating life and danger of the Hell's Angels. Hunter S. Thompson shares his notorious experiences and ultimate betrayal by the Angels, and law enforcement gang specialists provide perspective on the gang's violence and criminal activities.The story of how the Angels got their start in the 1940s how the 1954 film The Wild One made them famous. See the Angel's explain their point of view about many of most controversial incidents, including the infamous Rolling Stones concert at Altamont where the club was hired to provide security, with explosive results.
Feb. 15, 1999, midnight
S4E2 - The Night Tulsa Burned
Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa.
Feb. 19, 1999, midnight
S4E3 - Hitler and the Occult
None
Feb. 25, 1999, midnight
S4E4 - The Art of Tattooing
None
March 4, 1999, midnight
S4E5 - Curse on the Gypsies
None
March 11, 1999, midnight
S4E6 - The Loch Ness Monster
None
March 18, 1999, midnight
S4E7 - Lincoln: The Untold Stories
None
March 25, 1999, midnight
S4E8 - Ancient Drugs
The 60's weren't the first time people tried to turn on and tune out. Since the beginning of mankind, civilizations have searched for two ways to reach a higher plane of existence. The program examines ancient rituals that demonstrate some of the frightening - and often lethal - means humans have employed in search of altered consciousness. What drives the human psyche on this never-ending quest to find deeper meaning than what reality presents? Are there commonalities to the ancient practices and today's methods?
April 1, 1999, midnight
S4E9 - The Enduring Mystery of Stonehenge
None
April 8, 1999, midnight
S4E10 - The End of the World
None
April 15, 1999, midnight
S4E11 - Fountain of Youth
Why did Ponce de Leon search the ends of the earth and ultimately lose his life in a bid to find the fountain of youth? Travel back to India, considered the source of magical waters of healing, and learn the importance of water mythology.
April 22, 1999, midnight
S4E12 - Pueblo Cliffdwellers
The Pueblo Cliff Dwellers: High in the cliffs of New Mexico in an area called Chaco Canyon, the mysterious Anasazi built elaborate dwellings known as Great Houses.
April 29, 1999, midnight
S4E13 - World Series Fix! The Black Sox Scandal
World Series Fix!: The Black Sox Scandal: In 1919, when players couldn't strike, baseball saw one of its greatest scandals. Eight Chicago White Sox, self-dubbed "Black Sox" due to the greedy owner's refusal to launder uniforms, plotted to fix the World Series.
May 6, 1999, midnight
S4E14 - Athens Triumph and Tragedy
Athens: Triumph and Tragedy: After the Persians' defeat in 479 B.C., Athens entered a Golden Age when her democratic assembly ruled supreme.
May 13, 1999, midnight
S4E15 - Secrets of the Aztec Empire
The Aztec Empire: Review the history of the Aztec Empire--from the 1200s, when the nomadic tribe first inhabited the Valley of Mexico, to 1519.
May 20, 1999, midnight
S4E16 - Spies Among Us
The hunt for Communists in the United States clearly reached the point of hysteria by the early 1950s, but what is often overlooked is that it had its origins in a very real phenomenon. The opening of the Soviet archives in the 1990s, and the declassification of certain intercepted Soviet messages from the late 1940s, indicates that Soviet agents had penetrated the U.S. government before and during World War II, in some cases at very high levels, including the Office of Secret Services, the Los Alamos nuclear lab, the State Department and the U.S. Congress. Now evidence gleaned from declassified secret Russian cables and newly opened KGB files shows that Soviet penetration indeed ran deep; even the Congressman who set up House Un-American Activities Committee was on the KGB payroll!
May 27, 1999, midnight
S4E17 - Legends of the Werewolves
None
June 3, 1999, midnight
S4E18 - The Celts
None
June 10, 1999, midnight
S4E19 - Beyond the Grave: The Afterlife
None
June 17, 1999, midnight
S4E20 - The Sphinx of Egypt
The brooding figure of the Great Sphinx stands guard over the pyramids of Giza. With the head of a man and body of a lion, this 240-foot ruin may depict Pharaoh Khafre, son of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid. But speculation still abounds as to its birth. We'll use computers to flesh out its possible original face.
June 24, 1999, midnight
History
42 min/ep
4242 min
Jan. 4, 1996
April 8, 2021, midnight
Returning Series
NR
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