Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• True or False : More than Meets the Eye

  How experts identify treasures as either genuine or fake

• Meeting Mary

  Alleged sightings of the Virgin Mary, questioning if such events are the result of religious fervour or have a more calculated origin

• Baffling Bombardments

  Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.

• A Crop of Circles

  Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?

• Secrets of the Pyramids

  What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids

• The Evil Eye

  Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation

• At Death's Door

  Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death

• The Burning Question

  Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion

• Keys to the Past

  The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain

• On the Trail of the Big Cats

  The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations

• Monsters of the Deep
• Mysteries of the North

  The sci-fi writer traces the development and folklore of northern cultures, asking what caused whole settlements to disappear

• Fakes or Phenomena?

  Museum curators must recognize fake works of art.

• Spirits of Place: Hauntings and Ghosts

  Investigations into paranormal activity

• Secrets of Ancient Worlds

  Baffling archaeological enigmas, including the legendary lost city of Atlantis and the stone monuments of Carnac in northern France

• Visions of the Virgin

  Religious and nonreligious Virgin Mary sightings.

• Falling Phenomena

  People report of fish falling from the sky.

• Into Thin Air

  People who claim to have seen ancient buildings which no longer exist

• Cracking Codes: Writings and Riddles

  Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone

• Strange Powers of Animals

  Strange animal abilities, including the possibility that some could possess psychic powers

• Mysterious India

  Phenomena of Indian culture; snake charmers; children raised by wolves.

• Zombies: The Living Dead

  Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?

• Doom of the Dinosaurs

  Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter

• Squaring the Bermuda Triangle

  Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle

• Mysteries of the Maya

  The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization

• Giants of Easter Island

  Stone statues of Easter Island.

• Mysteries From Heaven

  Shroud of Turin; religious phenomena.

• The Missing Apeman
• Are Aliens Trying to Contact Us?

  Alleged accounts of encounters with aliens.

• The Puzzle of the Pyramids

  New insights into the pyramids and ancient mounds.

• Curses and Omens

  Tales of curses and omens reject logical explanation.

• Near Death Experiences

  Near-death and out-of-body experiences.

• Circles in the Corn

  Controversy surrounds the formation of crop circles.

• Mysteries of the Sea

  The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck

• Psychic Detectives

  Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?

• Prehistoric Puzzles

  The brochs of Scotland; Phaistos of Crete; Plain of Jars in Laos; Chinese aluminum.

• Spontaneous Human Combustion

  Theories of spontaneous human combustion.

• Relics of the Saints

  Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics

• Snake Charmers, Wolf Children & Holy Men

  Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?

• Where Giants Walked

  Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island

• Mystery Cats

  Sightings of the Tasmanian tiger, thought extinct.

• Callers from the Cosmos

  Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions

• Indo-Chinese Keys to the Past

  Possible origins of strange giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain