Decoding the Past (2005)
Decoding the Past is a History Channel paranormal television series that "decodes" the past by looking for unusual, and mysterious things written about throughout history that may give clues as to what will happen in the future.
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Episode 1 - Bible Mysteries
Release Date: 2006-01-09Noah's Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, the Shroud of Turin and messages and codes within the text of the Old Testament.
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Episode 2 - Mysteries of the High Seas
Release Date: 2006-01-23The Bermuda Triangle, the Great Lakes, ghost ships and the New Jersey shoreline.
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Episode 3 - Opus Dei Unveiled
Release Date: 2006-01-26Opus Dei encourages Christians to live consistently with their faith.
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Episode 4 - The Doomsday Clock
Release Date: 2006-01-29The University of Chicago maintains the Doomsday Clock.
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Episode 5 - Prophecies, Miracles & Mystics
Release Date: 2006-01-29Prophets and their visions for the future.
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Episode 6 - Prophecies
Release Date: 2006-01-29The accuracy of past predictions.
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Episode 7 - Cover-Up?
Release Date: 2006-01-30Area 51, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy.
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Episode 8 - Monsters
Release Date: 2006-02-06The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman.
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Episode 9 - Lost Worlds
Release Date: 2006-02-16Atlantis, Amazon women, Stonehenge and Easter Island.
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Episode 10 - Secrets of the Koran (1)
Release Date: 2006-03-02The Quran plays a major role in Islamic history.
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Episode 11 - Secrets of the Koran (2)
Release Date: 2006-03-02Explaining the text of the Quran.
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Episode 12 - Secret Brotherhood of Freemasons
Release Date: 2006-03-23The secretive, mystical organization of Freemasons.
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Episode 13 - The Abominable Snowman
Release Date: 2006-03-28A search for the Abominable Snowman, including camera clips.
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Episode 14 - Hitler and the Occult
Release Date: 2006-04-03Ancient prophecy and occult ritual fascinate Nazi Germany.
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Episode 15 - Disaster of Napoleon's Fleet
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Episode 16 - The Real Dracula
Release Date: 2006-04-04Vampires in folklore and Vlad the Impaler.
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Episode 17 - Sodom & Gomorrah
Release Date: 2006-04-05Near the Dead Sea, archaeologists find the ruins of two ancient cities.
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Episode 18 - The End of the World
Release Date: 2006-04-23The apocalypse.
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Episode 19 - 666: The Sign of Evil
Release Date: 2006-05-13The number 666 and its effects on society.
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Episode 20 - Angels: Good or Evil
Release Date: 2006-05-13Some believe angels carry out God's orders.
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Episode 21 - Heaven and Hell
Release Date: 2006-05-16The origins of heaven and hell and the symbols that represent them.
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Episode 22 - Fatima: Secrets Unveiled
Release Date: 2006-06-01The Virgin Mary reveals three prophecies to children in 1917 Portugal.
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Episode 23 - The Antichrist: Zero Hour
Release Date: 2006-06-06The agenda of the Antichrist; the Apocalypse. A historical look at the biblical antichrist, what it has meant in the past and references to what it means in the present day. The search for who the antichrist might be, stems according to the documentary, primarily from the US, and includes such past figures as Popes, Hitler, Mussolini, Napoleon, to the more present day figures of Nixon, Bush, Bill Gates.
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Episode 24 - Monsters of the Sea
Release Date: 2006-06-08Sea monsters may be figments of the imagination or living relics of prehistoric times.
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Episode 25 - The Ten Commandments
Release Date: 2006-07-13Legal, religious and historical scholars reveal ways in which people have viewed the issues the Ten Commandments have raised throughout history.
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Episode 26 - Giganto: The Real King Kong
Release Date: 2006-07-15The prehistoric Gigantopithecus, a real giant ape.
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Episode 27 - Strange Behavior
Release Date: 2006-07-15Taboos in human society.
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Episode 28 - Countdown to Armageddon
Release Date: 2006-07-22Recent world events lead some to believe that the end is near.
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Episode 29 - Secrets of the Dollar Bill
Release Date: 2006-07-27The meanings behind the symbols and numbers on the U.S. dollar bill.
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Episode 30 - The Ten Commandments
Release Date: 2006-07-27The Commandments translate into modern legal systems.
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Episode 31 - Mysteries of the Freemasons: America
Release Date: 2006-08-01Freemasonry's effects on America.
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Episode 32 - Mayan Doomsday Prophecy
Release Date: 2006-08-03Archaeologists, astrologers and historians speculate on the meaning of the 2012 doomsday prophecy.
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Episode 33 - Secrets of the Playing Card
Release Date: 2006-09-14Playing cards possess mystical properties.
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Episode 34 - The Real Doctor Frankenstein
Release Date: 2006-10-26The 18th-century scientist Johann Conrad Dippel.
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Episode 35 - The Real Sorcerer's Stone
Release Date: 2006-11-16The "Sorcerer's Stone'' of "Harry Potter'' fame has a basis in history.
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Episode 36 - Seven Wonders of the World
Release Date: 2006-12-07Examining the Seven Wonders of the World and explanations on why they were chosen and what is revealed about the builders who left them behind.
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Episode 37 - Secrets of Kabbalah
Release Date: 2006-12-17The history and philosophy of Kabbalah.
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Episode 38 - The Spear of Christ
Release Date: 2006-12-21Any of four artifacts may be the Holy Lance.