Season 16
All Episodes
Episode 1
Alone in the Arctic, Space Shuttle MacGyver and Angelic Organ
August 3, 2017
Don Wildman examines a pocket calendar that belonged to a woman stranded in the Arctic, a space shuttle that was at the center of a harrowing ordeal more than 200 miles above Earth and a musical instrument which produced heavenly sounds.
Episode 2
Transatlantic Zeppelin, Potato Pool and the Lost Inca City
August 10, 2017
Don Wildman examines an engineer's daring mission to save a high-flying zeppelin, a pint-sized prodigy's plan to play pool and an explorers life-long quest to uncover an ancient lost Inca City.
Episode 3
Miss Unsinkable, Crop Circles and Detective Goodwi
August 17, 2017
Don Wildman investigates a Titanic survivor plagued by disaster, the cause of mysterious crop circles in England and the case that created the first NYPD female detective.
Episode 4
Project Vortex, Diamond Heist and Tinseltown, NJ
August 24, 2017
Don Wildman investigates a scientist's attempt to document the life cycle of a tornado, a record-breaking $100 million heist and a pioneering filmmaker who went head-to-head against Thomas Edison.
Episode 5
Mystery of Silence, Fearless Flyer and Fifty Stars
August 31, 2017
Don Wildman examines a printing press connected to a founding father's secret identity, a model plane with the propeller in the back flown by a record-setting aviatrix and an American flag designed by a high school kid.
Episode 6
Eisenhower's Crazy Convoy, Criminal Measures and Canyon Adventure
September 7, 2017
Don Wildman investigates a president's cross-country road trip, a detective's plan to cut down on crime and an explorers dangerous quest to be the first to uncover the secrets of the Grand Canyon.
Episode 7
Dewey Defeats Truman, the Real Jekyll and Hyde and Sunken Steamship Treasure
September 14, 2017
Don Wildman examines how an iconic headline came to be, the real-life inspiration for a literary villain and the search for millions of dollars of sunken treasure.
Episode 8
Winnie the Bear, Frozen Miracle and Whiskey Galore
September 21, 2017
Don Wildman examines a stuffed bear that inspired one of the greatest children's books of all time, a fireman's pike used in a icy rescue mission and a bottle of whiskey that was once at the center of an illegal escapade.
Episode 9
Rikers Island Rescue, She Sells Sea Shells and Weathering the War
September 28, 2017
Don Wildman examines a well-worn fire hose connected to an astonishing tale of unlikely heroes, fossilized remains found by a young paleontologist who inspired an iconic tongue twister and an unusual vehicle used in the D-Day invasion.
Episode 10
Beethoven's Mysterious Malady, the Great Raid and Planet X
October 5, 2017
Don examines the mysterious illness behind a composer's untimely death, investigates a daring wartime rescue of 500 POWs and recalls an out-of-this-world discovery that changed what scientists knew about the universe.
Episode 11
Channel Champion, the Forger and Harper Method
October 12, 2017
Don Wildman investigates a record-breaking long-distance swimmer, a teenage war hero on Nazi-occupied France and the transformative tonic that lead to a franchise of salons.
Episode 12
Stagecoach Mary, Alaska Firestarter and Mummy Mystery
October 19, 2017
Don investigates a harrowing escape by stagecoach in the Wild West, an Alaskan town plagued by a mysterious arsonist and the tale of a missing mummy.
Episode 13
Undercover Informant, the Black Beetle and Unexpected Artist
October 26, 2017
Don Wildman examines the insider who took down Al Capone, a jet engine that was used in a daring railroad experiment and a portrait painted by a woman who overcame insurmountable odds to ...