Weird U.S.
The History Channel
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Season 1
10/3/05Strange houses and the strange people who built them.
9/26/05When it comes to American history, how do you go about separating fact from fiction? Did President Harding really die of a heart attack, or was he murdered? Did Aaron Burr really try to create a separate country in the American Southwest? Did the CIA really spend millions of dollars on psychic research?moreless
9/19/05Examining strange graves and death rituals, including preservation of bodies through cryonics for possible future resurrection.
8/29/05Stories of crime and punishment, including an annual Louisiana reenactment of Bonnie and Clyde's death, an Arizona chain gang where the criminals are forced to wear pink underwear, a Texas town that holds nine state prisons, a Philadelphia jail built by Quakers, and the career of robber and escape artist Willie Sutton.moreless
8/22/05Mark and Mark visit a pirate museum to learn about Blackbeard and the search for his head; Key West's attempted secession from the union to become the Conch Republic; San Francisco's Joshua Norton, America's only (self-proclaimed) emperor; and the attempt by war hero Smedley Butler to oust F.D.R.
8/15/05Unusual means of spiritual enlightenment are profiled: an adobe shrine in California; the Grotto of the Redemption shrine, made partly of geodes, in Iowa; and the Unarius Academy of Science where they're awaiting the arrival of their space "brothers", complete with a model of their headquarters on Uranus.
8/8/05coming soon.
8/1/05Unusual vacation destinations are spotlighted: above-ground tombs and a brief history of voodoo in New Orleans; a million dollar replica (in miniature) of the White House in Clermont, FL; a ventriloquists convention in Las Vegas; and a modern-day side show in a trip to Coney Island.
10/31/04A New Jersey man hanged in 1833 whose skin was cut up and made into wallets; people in Tennessee who claim to be descendants of the first American settlers called Melungeons; nuclear bunkers left over from the Cold War era; and a Florida retirement community for former circus sideshow freaks.
