About the Show

Don Wildman embarks on an epic quest to solve the world's greatest mysteries. From historical institutions to unexplored archives, Don unearths extraordinary relics and sinister artifacts, each with an incredible story to tell and a secret to be revealed.

About the Host

An impassioned history enthusiast and adventurer, Don Wildman’s myriad of on-camera investigations have carried him far and wide to mankind’s greatest legends and lore. Whether descending the underground cities of Cappadocia or slogging through London’s labyrinthine sewer system or hiking red-rock ridges in Ethiopia, Wildman has traveled around the globe to history’s hardest places, where visceral tales are set against ancient backdrops and human intrigue is carved into walls.

All About Don

Season 20, Episode 3

China Clipper, Phantom Island and Dueling Dandy

Don Wildman examines letters that crossed an ocean on a treacherous plane ride, a map of an island shrouded in mystery and a French sword similar to one that inspired a literary masterpiece.

Tuesday
Jan 21
8am | 7c
Season 20, Episode 4

Presidential Cheese, Spying Space Shuttle and Liberty in the Lake

Don Wildman investigates a pestilent stench that almost overpowered a president, a dangerous incident aboard the very first space shuttle and the most incredible college prank of all time.

Tuesday
Jan 21
9am | 8c
Season 20, Episode 6

Hollywood Dog, Legend of Zorro and Up in Arms

Don Wildman examines the rise of Hollywood's most famous four-legged star, the origins of the greatest folk hero in the Wild Wild West and an extraordinary battle of the biceps.

Wednesday
Jan 22
8am | 7c
Season 20, Episode 7

Missing Toe Murderer, Air Locked Out and Trenches Terror

Don Wildman examines the unusual case of a murderer with a missing digit, a harrowing near-death experience on the edge of space and the wartime exploits of a courageous canine.

Wednesday
Jan 22
9am | 8c
Season 20, Episode 8

Terror Ship, Wicked Stepmother and Message in a Bottle

Don Wildman examines the truth behind a legendary ghost ship and its fateful SOS, the devious crime spree of a truly evil stepmother and the unlikely discovery of a message in a bottle sent more than a century ago.

Thursday
Jan 23
8am | 7c
Season 20, Episode 11

Buffalo Bill Burial Riddle, First Dino Egg and Arctic Murder Mystery

Don Wildman examines the mysterious burial of one of the Wild West's most famous showmen, a strange oblong fossil that completely altered the way scientists thought about dinosaurs and a journey to the North Pole tainted by murder.

Thursday
Jan 23
9am | 8c
Season 20, Episode 12

Skyscraper Seance, Frozen Woman and Black Widow

Don Wildman investigates a seance to contact the spirit of Thomas Edison, the harrowing near-death experience of a woman found frozen in the snow and the explosive end to a black widow's murder spree.

Friday
Jan 24
8am | 7c
Season 20, Episode 13

Smoking Guns

Don Wildman cracks open the case files from some of America's most notorious crimes to investigate the key pieces of evidence that brought the perpetrators to justice.

Friday
Jan 24
9am | 8c
Season 23, Episode 1

Ball of Mystery, Dark Side of the Moon and Fakespeare

Don Wildman investigates an ominous orb that mystified the nation, an interstellar sound from the dark side of the moon and the true identity of the world's most celebrated writer.

Monday
Jan 27
8am | 7c
Season 23, Episode 2

Ancient Alien, Killer's Curse and Ground Zero Ship

Don Wildman examines an ancient carving that could tell of aliens visiting Earth, a scalpel used by America's first serial killer and a piece of wood from a ship mysteriously buried beneath the World Trade Center.

Monday
Jan 27
9am | 8c
Season 19, Episode 1

Invention of the Doughnut, Cleopatra in a Carpet and Flight of Fancy

Don Wildman investigates the high seas drama behind the invention of one of the country's favorite treats, a plot unrolled by Egypt's most iconic queen and the world's most dangerous balloon race.

Monday
Jan 27
10am | 9c
Season 19, Episode 2

Real Life Lassie, Spy Who Went Cold and Sinking of the Andrea Doria

Don Wildman examines a heroic hound, a Soviet agent hiding in plain sight and the disastrous voyage of a luxury liner.

Monday
Jan 27
11am | 10c
Season 19, Episode 3

Million Dollar Dinner, Thing in the Woods and Cornstalk Colonel

Don Wildman examines an ancient queen who drank a very expensive cocktail, an unusual box discovered by a farmer in the woods and an American colonel who routed the British with corn.

Monday
Jan 27
12pm | 11c
Season 22, Episode 10

Broken Arrow Hero, Heartbreak Haunt and Smoke Jumpers

Don Wildman investigates deadly explosion which threatened to wipe out half of the United States, the tragic and terrifying tale of a heartbroken ghost and one man's audacious plan to fight forest fires

Thursday
Jan 16
8am | 7c
Season 22, Episode 9

Dark Lighthouse, Possessed by Murder and Loveland Frogman

Don Wildman investigates the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers, a ghastly murder with a twist from beyond the grave and a terrifying monster said to stalk a small Ohio town.

Wednesday
Jan 15
9am | 8c
Season 22, Episode 8

Resurrection Mary, Nightclub Blaze Whodunit and Wedding Sting

Don Wildman investigates a ghostly siren who once haunted the dance halls of Chicago, a legendary leviathan that terrorized sailors in Maine's coastal waters and a horrifying nightclub inferno which claimed the lives of almost 500 people.

Wednesday
Jan 15
8am | 7c
Season 22, Episode 7

Borrego Sandman, Axeman of New Orleans and Arctic Ghost Ship

Don Wildman examines a terrifying ape-like beast that roams the desert, a jazz-loving serial killer's reign of terror and a doomed ghost ship found floating in the Arctic Ocean.

Tuesday
Jan 14
9am | 8c
Season 22, Episode 6

Demon Cat, Murderer On Board and Nevada Giant

Don Wildman examines how a spelling mistake created a holiday classic, a ferocious feline that reportedly stalks the halls of the US Capitol Building before national tragedies and a gruesome triple murder on the high seas.

Tuesday
Jan 14
8am | 7c
Season 6, Episode 11

Life Saving Kiss, Heist of the Century, Lorenzo's Oil

Host Don Wildman examines the beguiling cast of a woman who helped save thousands of lives after her death, a surfboard that speaks to one of the nation's most notorious capers, and a mysterious plant that offered unlikely hope to a family during their darkest hour.

Monday
Jan 13
5pm | 4c
Season 6, Episode 10

Dramatic Defection, Wrong Way Flight, Cowboy's Revenge

Host Don Wildman investigates a revolver that was once featured in a life or death situation with global consequences, a bare-bones plane that speaks to a perilous, record-breaking adventure, and a set of mug shots that represent a link between a notorious crime ring and an unlikely hero.

Monday
Jan 13
4pm | 3c
Season 6, Episode 9

Robber's Bride, The Night Disco Exploded, Escape By Sea

Host Don Wildman examines an old Concord stagecoach that symbolizes a broken dream, a collection of melted vinyl records that sparked the decline of a cultural marvel, and a ship model that represents a bid for freedom.

Monday
Jan 13
3pm | 2c
Season 21, Episode 12

Spacecraft Heist, A Brush With Anthrax and Lift Like an Egyptian

Don Wildman investigates a CIA mission to steal a Soviet spacecraft, a battle in the trenches with a deadly microbe and the amazing solution to an ancient Egyptian riddle.

Monday
Jan 13
2pm | 1c
Season 21, Episode 10

Murder at Greystone, Paulding Light and Tumbleweed Tycoon

Don Wildman investigates the hidden truth behind the murder of a wealthy oil heir, an ominous orb in the north Michigan night sky and a pesky plant that turned into a Kansas woman's cash crop.

Monday
Jan 13
1pm | 12c
Season 22, Episode 13

Oakland Poltergeist, King Tut's Alien Jewel and Cursed Castle

Don Wildman investigates a sinister haunting at a California mansion, an ancient Egyptian relic that some believe is from beyond the stars and a scorned ship captain's curse which may have ruined a family fortune.

Friday
Jan 17
9am | 8c
Season 22, Episode 12

Serial Mourner, Glacier Inferno and Desert Giants

Don Wildman investigates a mysterious family curse that terrified a small town, a father and son's desperate attempt to escape an out-of-control inferno and the story behind the more than 200 giant figures carved into the barren Colorado landscape.

Friday
Jan 17
8am | 7c
Season 22, Episode 11

Spaceship on the Beach, Boogie Bomb and Wyatt Earp's Great Escape

Don Wildman investigates an out-of-this-world object that washed up on a beach, the explosive story of how a WWII bomb ended up buried beneath New York City and a Wild West lawman's epic jailhouse escape.

Thursday
Jan 16
9am | 8c