- A Bizarre Collection of Skinned Bodies
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Fragonard – A terrifying and weird collection of skinned bodies.
- A Mummy who had an Impossible Surgery
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The Neiman Marcus Mummy – Where do you go shopping for a mummy? The Neiman Marcus Catalogue of course! But then, you may get more than you bargained for!
- Medical Anomalies, an Enormous Colon and other gross stuff...
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Mutter Museum – The College of Physicians in Philadelphia houses one of the weirdest collections in the world—skeletons, abnormal internal and external body parts, bones, eyes, a lady who has turned to soap, and even Chang and Eng, the first Siamese twins. We’ll show you some real stomach churning stuff!
- The First Alien Abductees
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Alien Abductions – Betty and Barney Hill were the first people to have been abducted by aliens. 30 years after the event, we meet Betty and hear her remarkable story.
- The REAL Frankenstein
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Castle Frankenstein really exists and one of its 17th century occupants really did try to tamper with nature and create life!
- Preserved Human Bodies and Body Parts
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Leiden Anatomical Museum – Never before seen footage of one of the most extraordinary museums in the world. The works of Ruysch and Albinus, who developed revolutionalry techniques for preserving human body parts are on display here. There is also a complete orchestra made of mouse skeletons, and the grotesque head of a woman with an oversized tongue.
- The Strange Story of the Mummified Town Mascot
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Speedy – When Speedy Atkins died in Paducah in 1928, the local funeral directory decided to test out his new embalming formula. The results were so spectaculary good, it seemed a shame to bury Speedy. So he remained above ground for another 60 years, and eventurally became the town mascot!
- A Sick Love Affair
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Elena Hoyas – Elena suffered from two things—TB and an obsessive radiographer.
- A Haunted Restaurant
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Stella Cohen – Stella is still in her beloved home, many years after her death. Patrons, employees and workmen have all experienced Stella’s presence – as did our crew filming the piece.
- Macabre Church of Bones
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Church of Bones – The macabre church of All Saints in Sedlec, Czech Republic, is all bones – it contains the bones of over 40,000 people, which have been arranged in bizarre designs, including a chandelier which is 8 feet tall and 9 feet wide. This chandelier is made up of at least one of every bone in the human body.
- The Man Who Painted a Mountain
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Salvation Mountain – When Leonard Knight found a mountain in Slab City, he found God at the same time. Now, he has painted the mountain as a giant testament to his love for life.
- The Ghost of Mad Anthony Wayne
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When General Wayne died far from his Pennsylvania home, his family decided to bring him back – but a very large corpse and a very small wagon proved incompatible!
- More Weird Anatomical Stuff, including some Unbelievable "art"
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Boerhaave Museum – One of Europe’s largest anatomical museums, containing the first replicas of the human body made out of wax and papier mache, and a unique revolving anatomical theatre, containing some artistic souvenirs of some of the unfortunate people dissected there!
- St. Bernadette's Body
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She has been dead for nearly 150 years and although not embalmed, looks as beautiful now as she did the day she died.
- A Castle Built by Aliens?
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Coral Castle – Rejected by his sweetheart, Ed Leedskalin constructed a huge coral castle in her memory, crafted entirely by hand. The task was so monumental, that many believe he was helped by aliens.
- A Mailman's Dream
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Palais Ideal – A French postman wanted to be remembered – so he built this weird, awesome monument and tomb out of stone and glass fragments. Too remarkable for words.
- This English Ghost Story has a Pay Off
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John Style’s Heart – A real English ghost story with a pay-off.
- A Spine Chilling Collection of Hitler Memorabilia
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Hitler Collection – A rarely seen collection of extraordinary Hitler memorabilia, including items from his bunker. See Hitler in a kimono!
- Jim, the Psychic Dog
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Jim the Wonder Dog – An amazing dog with psychic powers, who even convinced the entire Missouri state senate that he truly was a wonder dog. And his mysterious powers didn’t stop when he died… We will also meet the extraordinary woman who decided to make it her life’s work to ensure Jim received a suitable monument.
- A Stuffed English Philosopher
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Jeremy Bentham – The famous utilitarian philosopher had himself stuffed when he died so he could continue attending board meetings at his beloved University College of London.
- Air Dried Monks on Display in the Czech Republic
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Capuchin monks – An extraordinary monastery on Brno, Czech Republic, containing the mummified bodies of dozens of monks and local dignitaries.
- Paintings from Beyond the Grave
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The most extraordinary and disturbing art museum in the world. While many museums contain the work of dead artists, this one has the work of artists who were dead when they created these pictures…
- Bone Lined Tunnels Beneath Paris
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Catacombs – Visit the bone lined tunnels beneath Paris.
- Robert the Possessed Doll
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The Key West dummy that became an alter ego of its owner – who was convinced it was alive.
- Another Spooky Doll (who won't allow her picture to be taken)
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A possessed doll who hates the camera so much, she ensures every picture taken of her is unusable. But the real trouble started when a film crew arrived…
- The Most Haunted HOUSE in the USA
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Whaley House – One of the most haunted houses in the United States – even the U.S. government admits it.
- Gettysburg Ghosts
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The tragic fields of Gettysburg were the scene of over 50,000 injuries and deaths – and even now, ghostly soldiers can be seen wandering the battlefield, and entire units of soldiers are regularly heard – still fighting the battles which killed them.
- A Chilling Collection of Torture Instruments
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Torture Museum – A chilling collection of ghastly torture equipment in the heard of Prague.
- Disappearing Heads
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Two great men, and the stories of their heads.
When Joseph Haydn died, he was buried without his head. It was nearly 150 years before his head and body were reunited in Austria.
Oliver Cromwell was hanged and beheaded 2 years after he died. The head disappeared and reappeared in peepshows, pawnbrokers and even on the mantelpiece. It was finally buried 300 years later, somewhere in England. We’ll show the head as it looked the day it was buried.
- The Murdering Butcher
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An English Lord, a famous writer and a murdering butcher all have something in common – their final resting places were not so final!
- The Real Jekyll and Hyde
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Few people realize that Robert Louis Stevenson based his novel on the exploits of a real life schizophrenic, the well respected Scottish Deadon Brodie.
- Body Snatchers
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Burke and Hare – After a year of murdering their lodgers and selling their bodies to a local medical school, these so-called resurrectionists were caught in Edinburgh, Scotland. Burke was hanged for his crimes – and ironically, ended up as an anatomy subject himself!
- The Most Haunted TOWN in the USA
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Haunted Decatur – We’ll visit the most haunted town in the US. Townsfolk believe that because the town was built over old Native American burial grounds, the spirits will not leave the place. And somehow, once you have a few spirits, the other ghosts just seem to linger, too!
- The Theatre Ghost (who visited us while we were filming)
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State Theatre – The long dead manager still takes an active part in its management. In fact, this ghost is so determined to make his presence known, he even showed up when we were filming!
- A Haunted Jail and an Inn with a Ghostly Guest
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The Handprint on the Wall – A hanged man proclaimed his innocence by leaving his handprint on the wall of the jail as he went to his execution. It’s still there, 150 years later.
Ghost at the Jim Thorpe Inn – The chilling history of the town makes the presence of ghosts not just understandable, but quite inevitable. From the famous hand-print on the wall to the permanent guest at the hotel, Jim Thorpe is certainly a spirited town.