Season 3
24 episodes · Sep 14, 1978
Leonard Nimoy hosts investigations into various mysteries.
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- S3E1
UFO Captives
Sep 14, 197830mAn examination of claims made by a family in Utah, a man in Wyoming on a hunting excursion, etc. of being abducted (kidnapped) and held captive on UFOs: A close encounter of the fourth kind.
- S3E2
Tornadoes
Sep 21, 197830mScientists at the National Severe Storms Laboratory work to detect and mitigate the impact of tornadoes, which are the most ferocious storms of all, often striking with little warning and inflicting massive amounts of damage.
- S3E3
Cloning
Sep 28, 197830mA review of the benefits and concerns of producing genetically identical individuals artificially.
- S3E4
Water Seekers (aka Dowsing)
Oct 5, 197830mThe ancient art of dowsing is reviewed, specifically the accuracy and reliability of water dowsers. Do they possess a psychic ability to detect water or can successful dowsing be learned? Further, can science prove or disprove dowsing?
- S3E5
Jack the Ripper
Oct 12, 197830mAn investigative report on the unsolved mystery of London's notorious serial killer. The episode reveals the killer's connection with contemporary media and the possible involvement with the Masons. Various identities are suggested as being that of the killer, including a duke who was second in line to the British throne.
- S3E6
Cryogenics
Oct 19, 197830mScientists have frozen and successfully revived animals in laboratory settings. In addition, some human beings have opted to be frozen at death in hopes of being revived at a future time. Can cryogenics permit humans to live forever?
- S3E7
Siberian Fireball
Oct 26, 197830mThe Tunguska event of 1908 was eerily similar to the Trinity nuclear test in 1945. How could a nuclear-like blast have occurred prior to the atomic age? Was a comet or asteroid the cause? Or was extraterrestrial technology responsible?
- S3E8
The Great Lakes Triangle
Nov 2, 197830mAn examination of strange disappearances of ships and planes in an area of the Great Lakes that is considered to be more dangerous than the fabled Bermuda Triangle.
- S3E9
Monster Hunters (aka Sasquatch)
Nov 9, 197830mExamines various "monster hunters" including Peter Byrne and Tim Dinsdale as well as the "Bay Area Group". Subjects such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster are covered.
- S3E10
Bermuda Triangle Pirates
Dec 7, 197830mExplores the possibility that modern pirates involved in drug smuggling may be a factor in the disappearances of luxury yachts in the Bermuda Triangle off Florida. Scenes are dramatized involving the takeover of ships by pirates.
- S3E11
Indian Astronomers (aka Mayan Legacy)
Dec 14, 197830mMany pre-Columbian cultures possessed a sophisticated understanding of the heavens. Did they share this knowledge, even across great distances? Similar insights of the Cahokia, Ancestral Puebloans, and Mayans appears to confirm they did.
- S3E12
Sherlock Holmes
Dec 21, 197830mAn examination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, and how the author emulated his fictional detective in many respects.
- S3E13
Lost Vikings
Dec 28, 197830mWhat happened to the Vikings, led initially by Erik the Red, who had settled in Greenland? Did they perish due to some unforeseen calamity? Or did they relocate to Newfoundland, thus becoming the first European settlers in the New World?
- S3E14
Dreams and Nightmares
Jan 4, 197930m"In Search of ..." explores the mysteries of dreams and nightmares: why we have them and what they do for us.
- S3E15
Animal ESP
Jan 11, 197930mDo animals, including humans, possess extrasensory perception? If so, are we humans and our companion animals able to communicate on a deeper level? Further, do humans have the ability to converse telepathically with companion animals?
- S3E16
The Money Pit Mystery (aka Captain Kidd)
Jan 18, 197930mWas a secret treasure buried on Oak Island off the coast of Nova Scotia? This episode examines the possibilities that it was and also covers some of the searches for it.
- S3E17
Psychic Sea Hunt
Jan 25, 197930mVarious individuals with psychic abilities are given a map of the ocean floor and asked to identify areas that may contain long-forgotten shipwrecks and perhaps even treasure. A submarine travels to the selected spots to gauge the results.
- S3E18
The Angel of Death (aka Joseph Mengele)
Feb 1, 197930mThe hunt for the fugitive sadistic Nazi doctor and his most famous pursuer, Simon Wiesenthal.
- S3E19
Noah's Flood
Feb 8, 197930mThis episode looks into the scientific methods used to prove the Flood as described in The Bible.
- S3E20
The Diamond Curse
Feb 15, 197930mDoes the possession of diamonds carry an inherent curse? In particular, how has the Hope Diamond, as well as other significant diamonds, affected its possessors?
- S3E21
Ghostly Stakeout
Feb 22, 197930mCalifornia psychics visit two purportedly haunted properties and attempt, with mixed results, to contact and exorcise ghosts located within the structures.
- S3E22
Brain Power
Mar 17, 197930mA survey of the brain, its mysteries and potential, and how it may be trained to overcome cerebral birth defects as well as move beyond its current, limited usage.
- S3E23
Sodom & Gomorrah
May 10, 197930mScientists look into the theory that the remains of these wicked cities are on the very site of a crater now filled by the Dead Sea.
- S3E24
King Tut
May 17, 197930mThe brief life and reign of Tutankhamen were mostly unremarkable, yet upon his death he was entombed with a collection of astonishing riches and his decision to restore Egypt's ancient religion may have galvanized monotheistic practice.