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First Aired: April 17th, 1977

Status: Ended

Network: Syfy

Summary: In Search of... is a television series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour TV documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg: In Search of Ancient Astronauts in 1973, In Search of Ancient Mysteries and The Outer Space Connection, both in 1975. All three featured narration by Rod Serling, who was the initial choice to host the spin-off show. After Serling's death, Leonard Nimoy was selected to be the host.

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Episode 1: The Lost Dutchman Mine (aka Mother Lode)

Air Date: December 24th, 1977

Summary: The Lost Dutchman Mine: An investigation into why hundreds of gold hunters have died searching for a lost treasure ever since a German prospector wandered out of Arizona's Superstition Mountains in the 1860s. Is there really cursed gold hidden there, as Apache lore suggests?

Episode 2: The Man Who Would Not Die

Air Date: December 31st, 1977

Summary: The fascinating saga of the Count of St. Germain, who dazzled the courts of Europe for over 100 years, leading some to believe he was immortal.

Episode 3: Firewalkers

Air Date: January 5th, 1978

Summary: How do people walk on red-hot coals without being burned?

Episode 4: Mayan Mysteries

Air Date: January 7th, 1978

Summary: The Mayans of Mexico carved an advanced civilization out of the jungles, then disappeared. Where did they come from? Where did they go?

Episode 5: Astrology

Air Date: January 12nd, 1978

Summary: Can astronomical movements affect the affairs of man? Leonard Nimoy as he reviews the long history of astrology and looks at its attraction today.

Episode 6: Michael Rockefeller

Air Date: January 21st, 1978

Summary: Did he drown or was he murdered? An investigation into the disappearance of Nelson Rockefeller's youngest son who vanished without a trace among some of the most primitive peoples in the world. Film found in a camera suggested they were the victim of headhunters, or was it staged?

Episode 7: Hurricanes

Air Date: January 26th, 1978

Summary: Take a close-up look at these violent killers that have taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Can they be controlled or prevented?

Episode 8: The Ogopogo Monster

Air Date: January 28th, 1978

Summary: This large beast, similar to Scotland's Loch Ness Monster, is claimed to have been seen by thousands of people in western Canada.

Episode 9: Pyramid Secrets

Air Date: February 4th, 1978

Summary: Examines the theory that the pyramids of Egypt were built to provide shelter from a holocaust, not as tombs for the pharaohs.

Episode 10: Dead Sea Scrolls

Air Date: February 9th, 1978

Summary: The story of the 2,000-year-old scrolls, discovered by a shepherd, that revolutionized religious thought.

Episode 11: Reincarnation

Air Date: February 11st, 1978

Summary: Reviews case histories of people who claim to have lived in previous lifetimes.

Episode 12: The Shark Worshippers

Air Date: February 18th, 1978

Summary: A trip to remote parts of the Pacific where man-eating sharks are considered gods. Adults pray to them and children swim unafraid among them.

Episode 13: Anastasia

Air Date: February 23rd, 1978

Summary: An examination of evidence that the youngest daughter of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II Aleksandrovich Romanov survived the family executions, and settled in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Episode 14: The Secrets of Life

Air Date: February 25th, 1978

Summary: Explores the possibility that human life can be created in laboratories engaged in DNA research.

Episode 15: Immortality

Air Date: February 27th, 1978

Summary: Looks at scientific discoveries of new methods of prolonging human life, such as cryonics, which can suspend life for centuries.

Episode 16: The Swamp Monster

Air Date: March 4th, 1978

Summary: An investigation of reports that a huge man-like beast is living in the swamps of Louisiana's bayou.

Episode 17: Hypnosis

Air Date: March 9th, 1978

Summary: A look back at the great scientist Mesmer, whose hypnotic techniques are being used in modern surgery, teaching, and police investigations.

Episode 18: Troy

Air Date: March 11st, 1978

Summary: The story of Heinrich Schliemann, an eccentric self-made millionaire obsessed with discovering the ruins of Troy at a time when the city was considered a fable that never existed. He discovered not one but nine ancient cities in Turkey, and recovered a hoard of spectacular relics.

Episode 19: Witch Doctors

Air Date: March 18th, 1978

Summary: Leonard Nimoy hosts this look at ancient folk medicines that are being re-instituted today in modern mental institutions and are yielding positive results.

Episode 20: Haunted Castles

Air Date: April 27th, 1978

Summary: Probe into one of the world's most haunted places.

Episode 21: Butch Cassidy

Air Date: -

Summary: Examines the possibility that Butch Cassidy was not killed in Bolivia along with the Sundance Kid, but actually lived a full life and died peacefully in 1937.

Episode 24: The Garden of Eden

Air Date: June 1st, 1978

Summary: Using the Old Testament as a road map, researchers attempt to trace the possible site of the original Garden to India, China, and an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia.

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