Cities of the Underworld - Season 1

Cities of the Underworld - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes13
DatesApr 23, 2007 - Jul 30, 2007
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Scotland's Sin City
Season 1Episode 160 min

Scotland's Sin City

Travel beneath the streets of Edinburgh and discover what has been forgotten, including the remains of body snatchers, outlaw distilleries, and castle dungeons.

 

Apr 23, 2007
Hitler's Underground Lair
Season 1Episode 260 min

Hitler's Underground Lair

This program reviews Adolf Hilter's and Albert Speer's plans for a building boom that would turn Berlin into the capital city of the world. The plan included substantial below ground structures. They built strong and despite the bombing campaigns of World War II a substantial part of the underworld survives for host Eric Geller to explore.

Apr 30, 2007
Rome's Hidden Empire
Season 1Episode 360 min

Rome's Hidden Empire

Host Eric Geller discovers what life was like during Nero's tyranny and Augustus' reforms.

May 7, 2007
Catacombs of Death
Season 1Episode 460 min

Catacombs of Death

Snaking quarries, hidden catacombs, and mushroom-harvesting tunnels lie beneath the city of Paris.

May 14, 2007
City of Caves: Budapest, Hungary
Season 1Episode 560 min

City of Caves: Budapest, Hungary

Explore the caves beneath the city of Budapest, Hungary.

May 21, 2007
New York
Season 1Episode 660 min

New York

Explore beneath New York City, a living, breathing complex of engineering, history, and secrets that could only exist in America's largest city.

Jun 4, 2007
London's Lost Cities: London, England
Season 1Episode 760 min

London's Lost Cities: London, England

For thousands of years, London has been among the most influential cities in the world. Below the busy streets and marketplaces, another city hides--a city of Roman baths, secret crypts, lost rivers, indestructible bunkers that could hold up to 8,000 people, and Winston Churchill's hidden war-rooms; host Eric Geller.

Jun 11, 2007
Beneath Vesuvius
Season 1Episode 860 min

Beneath Vesuvius

Naples, Italy narrowly escaped meeting the same fate as its neighboring city, Pompeii in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius wiped out everything around it. The wind saved Naples that day, but life in the shadow of this massive volcano is unlike any other--and so is it's underground. Explore the neighborhoods, banks, bakeries, and other structures carved beneath Naples by ancient Neopolitans.

Jun 18, 2007
Freemason Underground
Season 1Episode 960 min

Freemason Underground

Boston and Philadelphia are renowned for their part in America's revolutionary saga, but these cities harbor an unseen connection ... the Freemasons. From the whispers of hidden tunnels and tombs beneath Boston's North End to the incredible waterworld still intact under Philadelphia, the legendary secret society has left behind the blueprints to America's rise. And their enigmatic influence stretches from the Revolutionary Battles of Fort Mifflin to the secret struggles of the Underground Railroad. Host Don Wildman receives exclusive access to newly discovered sites and clues and delves into a part of America's past that can only be revealed in the underworld. We're peeling back the layers of time on Cities of the Underworld: The Freemason Underground.

Jun 25, 2007
Dracula's Underground: Bucharest, Romania
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Dracula's Underground: Bucharest, Romania

Visit the city of Bucharest, Romania and learn about its most famous citizen, Vlad the Impaler, more commonly known as Dracula. Travel underground as host Don Wildman explores secret prisons, caves, and dungeons. Only through the bleak subterranean stretches can one come face-to-face with the truth about this infamous Romanian ruler.

Jul 9, 2007
Secret Pagan Underground
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Secret Pagan Underground

Four thousand years ago, a mysterious pagan society called the Hittites dug deep into the soft volcanic rock, called tufa, to carve out an intricate underworld. But after almost 800 years of rule, the Hittite Empire vanished without a trace. Where did their people go and what clues have they left behind in their complex subterranean world of Cappadocia?

Jul 16, 2007
Underground Bootleggers
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Underground Bootleggers

One hundred years ago, Portland, Oregon was a city full of vice, considered the most dangerous port in the world. It was a place where you could get drugs or booze or wake up trapped in a cell beneath the earth.

Jul 23, 2007
Rome: The Rise
Season 1Episode 1360 min

Rome: The Rise

What was the secret to the success of ancient Rome? Aqueducts, underground neighborhoods, and one of the oldest sewer systems reveal many secrets. The largest and most influential empire in history leaves clues to her greatness under nearly every street.

Jul 30, 2007

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