Mysteries at the Museum 5
2013-08-14 | Documentary | 12 episodes24 Seasons
Episode
Edison’s Electric Pen, Vanishing Carroll Deering, Lizard Man (2013)
Don Wildman examines a failed invention that helped create a multi-billion dollar industry, the bell of a ship whose crew vanished at sea, and a footprint of a lizard-like creature that roams the swamps of South Carolina.
Boston Strangler, Operation Pastorius, Nellie Bly (2013)
Don Wildman examines a weapon that belonged to a secret network of spies, a bag that belonged to a pioneering journalist, and a switchblade that belonged to a man some believed was Boston's most notorious killer.
Squeaky Fromme, Hodag, Typhoid Mary (2013)
Don Wildman examines a weapon involved in a twisted plot to assassinate a US president, a beast that some believed terrorized people in Wisconsin, and a file that speaks of a notorious woman whose illness brought fear to New York City.
The Dance That Seduced a City, Vanishing Lake, Mysterious Death of Bugsy Siegel (2013)
At the Chicago History Museum, a pair of ostrich-feather fans tells of a risque dancer who scandalized the Chicago's World Fair. At the Joseph Jefferson Mansion and Gardens on Lake Peigneur in Louisiana, an antique urn is one of few relics to survive a terrifying earth-shaking disaster. And at the Los Angeles Police Museum, twisted bullet fragments are all that remain of a notorious gangster's brutal slaying that remains shrouded in mystery.
Don Bolles' Quest for the Truth, Stanley's Miraculous Snake Oil (2013)
Don Wildman examines a mangled car which tells of an intrepid journalist's quest for the truth, a vile of liquid containing what was believed to be a miracle cure and an iron safe which played a key role in a heist.
