S8 E • Special - Secrets of Las Vegas

A seared poker chip salvaged from the MGM Grand Hotel and casino; a 1950's era barber's chair; a small electronic device.

Première diffusion : 14 mai 2015

S8 E1 • Cellophane Start, Eruption Hoax, Parking Lot King

Don examines a transparent roll of film that revolutionized the retail industry; a jacket that belonged to a prankster with an explosive sense of humor; and an unconventional excavation that puts a 500-year-old mystery to rest.

Première diffusion : 27 mars 2015

S8 E2 • Mile-High Club, Attempted Assassination, Zip to Zap

Don explores an aeronautical device with a notorious claim to fame; a cane that thwarted a would-be presidential assassin; and a souvenir T-shirt from an outlandish event that became an all-out rampage.

Première diffusion : 3 avril 2015

S8 E3 • Opera Riot, Golfer Behind Enemy Lines, The Great Mail Train Robbery

A play that sparked one of the biggest riots in NYC; a monocular used by a soldier; wrapper from a pungent product that sparked a postal feud.

Première diffusion : 17 avril 2015

S8 E4 • Stolen Strad, Fall From Space, Czech Dream

The show takes a look at a concert program featuring the history of a music venue,; a space capsule used by a heroic astronaut and a DVD from an unusual film.

Première diffusion : 24 avril 2015

S8 E5 • Birth of the Road Map; Attack of the Killer Bees; Invention of the Gas Mask

Host Don Wildman examines the invention of an unusual gas mask. Also: a plan to bring order to America's roads; and a wave of panic unleashed on two continents by swarms of killer insects.

Première diffusion : 1 mai 2015

S8 E6 • Erno Rubik's Cube; World's First Factor; The Amphicar

A classic toy from a Hungarian genius; a delicate silk sample; a quirky car designed to travel on land and water

Première diffusion : 8 mai 2015

S8 E7 • Invention of Pop Rocks; Pinball Wizard; London Smog

Host Don Wildman learns the inside story of Pop Rocks candy. Also: a dark hour in the history of pinball; and a thick fog that wreaked havoc on London.

Première diffusion : 15 mai 2015

S8 E8 • Peanut Pusher, Hollywood Holdout, Lost Treasure

Don examines a peanut that played a role in an unusual fad that took 1 man on a daring adventure; a standoff that pitted a man against some of Hollywood's most powerful people; and a set of gold relics that became the subject of an intense battle between 2 rival nations.

Première diffusion : 22 mai 2015

S8 E9 • Peeping Butler, Beaver Bomb, Mother's Day Mother

Don examines a trinket that symbolizes the stormy evolution of a beloved holiday; a novel contraption deployed to save a bevy of wild beavers in Idaho; and a scandalous machine that titillated Victorian England.

Première diffusion : 29 mai 2015

S8 E10 • Cherry Sisters, President's Cow, Birth of a Riot

Don Wildman examines a painted wooden sign that once advertised a vaudeville act so bad it was good; a famous cow's-milk can from the White House; and a program from one of the most polemic films of the 20th century.

Première diffusion : 5 juin 2015

S8 E11 • Great Kipton Train Wreck, First Inoculation, Spanish Space Suit

The story behind a science fiction novel that seemed so realistic it caused some to believe that the top-secret plans behind the Manhattan Project had been stolen. Also: a little girl's struggle for civil rights; and an invasion of giant destructive snails in South Florida.

Première diffusion : 12 juin 2015

S8 E12 • Crossword Code, Ampelmann, Brushy Bill

A puzzling crossword; a set of traffic signals; a set of leg iron shackles.

Première diffusion : 19 juin 2015

S8 E13 • Sci Fi A Bomb, Ford v. Ferrari, Colorado Stain

Don examines a sleek American race car that took on a top Italian automaker; a pulp-fiction science magazine that threatened to expose an explosive World War II secret; and a set of teeth that was key in the biggest public health experiments of the 20th century.

Première diffusion : 26 juin 2015