In Search of History - Season 1999
1 - Hell's Angels
Air Date: February 15, 1999
Behind the scenes interviews with Hell's Angels leaders and members reveal the fascinating life and danger of the Hell's Angels. Hunter S. Thompson shares his notorious experiences and ultimate betrayal by the Angels, and law enforcement gang specialists provide perspective on the gang's violence and criminal activities.The story of how the Angels got their start in the 1940s how the 1954 film The Wild One made them famous. See the Angel's explain their point of view about many of most controversial incidents, including the infamous Rolling Stones concert at Altamont where the club was hired to provide security, with explosive results.
2 - The Night Tulsa Burned
Air Date: February 19, 1999
Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa.
3 - Hitler and the Occult
Air Date: February 25, 1999
4 - The Art of Tattooing
Air Date: March 4, 1999
5 - Curse on the Gypsies
Air Date: March 11, 1999
6 - The Loch Ness Monster
Air Date: March 18, 1999
7 - Lincoln: The Untold Stories
Air Date: March 25, 1999
8 - Ancient Drugs
Air Date: April 1, 1999
9 - The Enduring Mystery of Stonehenge
Air Date: April 8, 1999
10 - The End of the World
Air Date: April 15, 1999
11 - Fountain of Youth
Air Date: April 22, 1999
12 - Pueblo Cliffdwellers
Air Date: April 29, 1999
13 - World Series Fix! The Black Sox Scandal
Air Date: May 6, 1999
14 - Athens Triumph and Tragedy
Air Date: May 13, 1999
15 - Secrets of the Aztec Empire
Air Date: May 20, 1999
16 - Spies Among Us
Air Date: May 27, 1999
The hunt for Communists in the United States clearly reached the point of hysteria by the early 1950s, but what is often overlooked is that it had its origins in a very real phenomenon. The opening of the Soviet archives in the 1990s, and the declassification of certain intercepted Soviet messages from the late 1940s, indicates that Soviet agents had penetrated the U.S. government before and during World War II, in some cases at very high levels, including the Office of Secret Services, the Los Alamos nuclear lab, the State Department and the U.S. Congress. Now evidence gleaned from declassified secret Russian cables and newly opened KGB files shows that Soviet penetration indeed ran deep; even the Congressman who set up House Un-American Activities Committee was on the KGB payroll!
17 - Legends of the Werewolves
Air Date: June 3, 1999
18 - The Celts
Air Date: June 10, 1999
19 - Beyond the Grave: The Afterlife
Air Date: June 17, 1999
20 - The Sphinx of Egypt
Air Date: June 24, 1999