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Premier :: 2006-03-02

Genre :: Documentary
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Cities of the Underworld - Show Summary

Peel back the layers of history with hosts Don Wildman and Eric Geller, as they explore underneath the cities of the world to find the hidden engineering feats and dark histories buried beneath. Travel though a maze of tunnels, hidden water supplies, hideouts, and tombs lost to time.

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+ Series 3

+ Episode 13 - Alcatraz Down Under
Aired - 09 February 2009

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+ Episode 12 - Gods of War
Aired - 02 February 2009

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This episode focuses on the underworld of Turkey, including remaining tunnels from invaders and travelers on a trade route. Also included is the legend and lore of the Trojan War. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 11 - Tomb of the Lost Mummies
Aired - 26 January 2009

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An exploration of the city of Cairo, and ancient structures which have withstood time and invasions. Included are a step pyramid which was built before the Giza pyramids, and a tomb which contains over 2,000 mummies. Also, an examination of the Book of the Dead. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 10 - Under the Rock
Aired - 12 January 2009

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An examination below San Fransisco includes an ammunition's depot, a former repository for nuclear missiles, Civil War fortifications below Alcatraz, and the tunnels which run below Chinatown. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 9 - Secret Holy Land
Aired - 22 December 2008

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Ethiopia is home to some of the oldest settlements in the world. This cradle of mankind is a country born from legend and shrouded in mystery. An ancient home to both Jews and Muslims, Ethiopia is also the world's second oldest Christian nation. But if you were a Christian during ancient times, and if you wanted to stay alive, the only place to practice your faith was underground. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 8 - Gladiators: Blood Sport
Aired - 15 December 2008

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The gladiators of ancient Rome were the ultimate fighting machines. They waged bloody battles to the death for the entertainment of the masses--and to earn their freedom. From the depths of the vicious and magnificent Flavian amphitheater, to the buried brothel where they lived their last days, these are the secret lives of Rome's famed slave warriors. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - Land of Manson
Aired - 07 December 2008

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He was the mastermind of the most notorious murders in U.S. history. He terrified the world and plunged the city of Los Angeles into a state of paranoia and fear. He's Charles Manson, and the deserts around Los Angeles were his home--where he hoped the underground would be his haven. But Manson and his followers weren't the only dangers lurking beneath the streets of LA. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - Barbarian's Lair
Aired - 01 December 2008

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After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was plunged into chaos for centuries, with vicious carnage and rampant disease regularly raging through the streets. However, below the streets was another world designed to keep the people alive and the enemy guessing. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - Hitler's Trenches
Aired - 23 November 2008

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World War I was the bloodiest war the world had ever seen. A young Adolf Hitler served in the trenches and tunnels of Belgium's Western Front. Explore the subterranean web where 24,000 Allied soldiers waited to ambush the enemy, to the indestructible fortress that endured thousands of bombs daily. Discover the underground that made World War I one of the most brutal wars in history and turned Hitler into the terrifying madman of World War II. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Secret Sin City
Aired - 16 November 2008

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Journey to the secret underground of Las Vegas. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - Real Mafia Underground
Aired - 09 November 2008

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Travel to Sicily to trace the mafia's roots back to a vigilante secret society in an underground network that was created to hold trials against corrupt city officials and execute the accused. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - Tunnels of Hell
Aired - 02 November 2008

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Discover the tunnels that made the Battle of Okinawa so difficult. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - City of Blood
Aired - 26 October 2008

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Travel back to London and the tunnel network that has existed since Victorian times. Add your review
+ Series 2

+ Episode 13 - Secret Soviet Bases
Aired - 05 May 2008

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Deep within the former Soviet Union lays a classified, subterranean world of Cold War secrets. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 12 - Katrina Underground
Aired - 29 April 2008

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The New Orleans underground after Hurricane Katrina No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 11 - Stalin's Secret Lair
Aired - 22 April 2008

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A look at the underground of Moscow, including the areas relating to the Cold War and Stalin's ruthless reign. Includes a glimpse of hidden bunkers, escape tunnels used to hide from Stalin's henchmen. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 10 - Washington D.C.: Seat of Power
Aired - 15 April 2008

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A look underneath Washington D.C., including the national defense and the areas which have been created which are intended to keep the country safe from wars and natural disasters. Included is a look at secret bunkers and the world created below the Capital Mall. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 9 - New York: Secret Societies
Aired - 31 March 2008

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New York City is the biggest city in the country, but it's got some dark secrets. Founded by covert groups, overrun with gangs and mob bosses, and ruled by secret societies, this is the true foundation of the city that never sleeps. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 8 - Prophecies from Below
Aired - 24 March 2008

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The ancient world was shaped by people who believed they foresaw the will of God. Jerusalem is at the heart of all their fiery prophecies. From bloody wars to the birth of saviors, Jerusalem has been at the center of prophetic revelations. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - Mob Underground
Aired - 17 March 2008

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Chicago was once a playground for mobsters and corrupt politicians. It wouldn't be the third largest city in the U.S. today if it weren't for the shady dealings that went on just beneath its streets. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - Maya Underground
Aired - 10 March 2008

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Visit the center of Mayan civilization. Hundreds of ruins scatter the landscape & reveal clues to bloody rituals, advanced architecture & belief in an unforgiving underworld of Mayan gods. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - Hitler's Last Secret
Aired - 03 March 2008

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Prague is a city cloaked in mystery, with an underground to match. Medieval castles line the streets & dark dungeons lie deep below them. From quarries where Hitler may have stored his secret weapons to mines that doubled as Communist slave camps, Prague has surprising stories to tell. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Viking Underground
Aired - 25 February 2008

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Dublin, Ireland is much more than a city full of pubs and pints. Burial tombs, defense tunnels, and mysterious burial crypts line the underground below the rolling hills. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - A-Bomb Underground
Aired - 11 February 2008

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Tokyo, Japan is a city straight out of the future, above ground and below. Go beneath the busy streets to see the latest technology that will save the city from the many natural disasters ready to strike. From there go back in time to World War II to see how Hiroshima's underground offered protection from the most powerful bombs. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - Vietnam
Aired - 04 February 2008

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See a Vietnam that you've never seen before. During the Vietnam War the media flooded the world with images of soldiers and jungles. What wasn't seen were the tunnels, caves and passageways. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - Underground Apocalypse
Aired - 28 January 2008

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For billions across the globe, Jerusalem is considered ground zero for Armageddon. While most of the world's population considers it a holy land, it's also one of the bloodiest cities the world has ever known. From a hidden occult city built by the Knights Templar to the hiding place for the Dead Sea Scrolls, the evidence of the apocalypse is buried all over the holy city. Add your review
+ Series 1

+ Episode 99 - TO DELETE
Aired - Air date unknown.

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+ Episode 13 - Rome: The Rise
Aired - 30 July 2007

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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. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 12 - Underground Bootleggers
Aired - 23 July 2007

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100 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. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 11 - Secret Pagan Underground
Aired - 16 July 2007

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4000 years ago, a mysterious pagan society called the Hittites dug deep into the soft volcanic rock 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? No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 10 - Dracula's Underground
Aired - 09 July 2007

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Visit the city of Bucharest, Romania and learn about its most famous citizen, Vlad the Impaler, more commonly known as Dracula. Travel underground as secret prisons, caves and dungeons are revealed. Only through the bleak subterranean stretches can one come face-to-face with the truth about this infamous Romanian ruler. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 9 - Freemason Underground
Aired - 25 June 2007

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Discover the fascinating and unknown history that lies below major cities around the world today. Explore these layers, which are often hundreds of feet deep. Discover everything form dank dungeons to underground shipwrecks that have been lost for centuries. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 8 - Beneath Vesuvius
Aired - 18 June 2007

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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 its underground. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 7 - London's Lost Cities
Aired - 11 June 2007

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For thousands of years London has been among the most powerful 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, Winston Churchill's hidden war-rooms; host Eric Geller. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 6 - New York
Aired - 04 June 2007

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Explore beneath New York City, a living, breathing complex of engineering, history and secrets that could only exist in America's largest city. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 5 - City of Caves
Aired - 21 May 2007

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Explore the caves beneath the city of Budapest, Hungary. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 4 - Catacombs of Death
Aired - 14 May 2007

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Snaking quarries, hidden catacombs and mushroom-harvesting tunnels lie beneath the city of Paris. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 3 - Rome's Hidden Empire
Aired - 07 May 2007

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Discovering what life was like during Nero's tyranny and Augustus' reforms; host Eric Geller. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 2 - Hitler's Underground Lair
Aired - 30 April 2007

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Go beneath the streets of Berlin and unearth the remains of the Nazi bunkers. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 1 - Scotland's Sin City
Aired - 23 April 2007

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Travel beneath the streets of Edinburgh and discover what has been forgotten, including the remains of body snatchers and outlaw distilleries. No Reviews. Add your review
+ Episode 0 - Extras
Aired - Air date unknown.

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+ Series Specials

+ Episode 4 - season 1 extras
Aired - Air date unknown.

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+ Episode 3 - Season 3 Extras
Aired - Air date unknown.

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+ Episode 2 - Season 2 Extras
Aired - Air date unknown.

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+ Episode 1 - Istanbul
Aired - 02 March 2006

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Journey beneath the streets of Istanbul and discover the hidden world left by the Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans. No Reviews. Add your review

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