National Geographic Channel: Explorer
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Episode 12
The 400 Million Dollar Emerald
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Emeralds. Their green fire has captivated for centuries. In high stakes game of emerald deals - it's a bidding war coupled with raw obsession, where a million dollars can fit in a pocket. And in California, the world's largest emerald is caught in a caper of kidnapping, arson, and deception.
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Episode 8
8. Confederate Flying Machine
aired: Thu, May 17, 2012
R.O. Davidson tries to convince the Confederate War department to finance his flying machine.
Episode 7
7. Extreme Civil War Reenactors
aired: Thu, May 10, 2012
Watch as a handful of the most hard-core Civil War reenactors, eat, sleep and breathe the gun smoke of history.
Episode 4
4. Secret Lives of the Apostles
aired: Thu, Apr 5, 2012
Before the church ... before the Gospels ... before the word "Christian," there were the Apostles. This is their story.
Episode 3
3. Omens of Apocalypse
aired: Thu, Mar 22, 2012
A wide-ranging investigation of animal die-offs, including the thousands of blackbirds that died in Arkansas on New Year's Eve, 2010, leads to an exploration of how the human mind is inspired, or derailed, by seeming patterns or coincidences in nature.
Episode 2
2. Narco Bling
aired: Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Using the wealth, culture and seized bounty of Mexican drug traffickers - narco bling - as a jumping off point, correspondent Mariana van Zeller explores the strange and dangerous netherworld of the largest and most successful of the Mexican drug cartels, led by one of the world's most wanted criminals.
Episode 1
1. Finding the Lost da Vinci
aired: Sun, Mar 18, 2012
Scientist and art enthusiast Maurizio Seracini is on a quest to find Leonardo da Vinci's "The Battle of Anghiari", which vanished 500 years ago.
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Episode 14
14. Sex for Sale: American Escort
aired: Wed, Feb 22, 2012
The worlds oldest profession is now a thriving black market economy, with an underground workforce thats just an Internet connection and a phone call away.
Episode 13
13. The Man Who Can Fly
aired: Sun, Feb 12, 2012
One of the world's most renowned rock climbers, Dean potter leaps off cliffs and mountains while wearing a special "wingsuit" that helps him soar before deploying a parachute and then landing.
Episode 12
12. The 400 Million Dollar Emerald
aired: Sun, Jan 29, 2012
The world's largest emerald is unearthed in Brazil in 2001, sparking an epic tale of deceit, obsession, and folly.
Episode 11
11. Guerrilla Gold Rush
aired: Sun, Jan 15, 2012
Navigating the front lines, National Geographic examines how left wing guerillas, criminal organizations and international mining companies are all staking their claim to Colombia's gold.
Episode 10
10. Marijuana Gold Rush
aired: Fri, Dec 2, 2011
Is marijuana the next big emerging industry? Despite the fact that it remains illegal under federal law and in 35 states, the new generation of "ganja-preneurs" are no longer hiding in the shadows.
Episode 9
9. To Catch a Smuggler
aired: Sun, Nov 27, 2011
To Catch a Smuggler
Episode 8
8. How to Build an Ancient Man
aired: Wed, Nov 23, 2011
From 4,000-year-old threads of evidence, scientists attempt the impossible to be the first to reconstruct the identity of a Stone Age human being.
Episode 7
7. Psychic Gold Hunt
aired: Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Three psychics put a new spin on an old story - by searching for lost treasure using only the power of their minds.
Episode 6
6. Hostage Crisis Massacre
aired: Fri, Oct 28, 2011
National Geographic goes deep inside a high-stakes hostage negotiation that offers lessons on what can go wrong when police negotiators lose control and the media takes over.
Episode 5
5. Australia's Great Flood
aired: Thu, Oct 27, 2011
A freak inland tsunami smashes through towns and cities, bringing widespread destruction and claiming lives across the Australian state of Queensland.
Episode 4
4. Murder in the Roman Empire
aired: Thu, Oct 20, 2011
Using forensics, archaeology and criminal investigation, experts look to solve the mystery of who murdered a 10-year-old child in an ancient Roman garrison in 213 AD.
Episode 3
3. Gang War USA
aired: Mon, Oct 17, 2011
Could the American government's war on transnational gangs, ironically, be making them stronger and more deadly?
Episode 2
2. Crime Lords of Tokyo
aired: Fri, Oct 14, 2011
National Geographic takes you inside the secretive underworld of the Yakuza, Japan's infamous organized crime syndicates.
Episode 1
1. Taking Down the Mob
aired: Fri, Sep 30, 2011
It's one of the most explosive Mob investigations in New York City history, told by the detectives who hunted the mobsters involved--and two members of their own police force who were willing to kill for the Mafia.
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Episode 18
18. Stormageddon
aired: Sun, May 29, 2011
National Geographic reveals powerful images and personal stories from 2010 -- one of the most destructive years in history.
Episode 17
17. Mega Piranha
aired: Tue, May 17, 2011
Explore the fossil from an ancient piranha that was seven times the size of today's species.
Episode 16
16. Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes
aired: Tue, May 10, 2011
Can the discovery of a human skull in the cold depths of Lake Superior lead a team of shipwreck hunters to solve two of the Great Lakes most enduring mysteries?
Episode 15
15. The Angel Effect
aired: Wed, Apr 27, 2011
Survivors tell similar stories of a presence that guided them to safety in a time of great peril.
Episode 14
14. Mystery of the Murdered Saints
aired: Tue, Apr 19, 2011
Witness the first-ever testing of the veracity of the remains of reported saints.
Episode 13
13. Man Vs. Volcano
aired: Thu, Apr 7, 2011
Scientists brave deadly obstacles to collect samples from the active volcano, Mt. Nyiragongo, in order to predict future eruptions and potentially help the 2 million people who live in its path.
Episode 12
12. Clash of the Americas
aired: Mon, Feb 14, 2011
National Geographic joins a quest to discover how evolutionary history changed forever when animals from North and South America came face to face for the first time.
Episode 11
11. How to Build a Beating Heart
aired: Mon, Feb 7, 2011
National Geographic explores the latest science that may be on the verge of producing a limitless supply of replacement body parts.
Episode 10
10. Lost Cannibals of Europe
aired: Mon, Jan 24, 2011
National Geographic explores a Neolithic burial pit that challenges our understanding of cannibalism in man's history.
Episode 9
9. American Hostage
aired: Mon, Jan 17, 2011
On the 20th anniversary of his release, National Geographic investigates Terry Anderson's near-death ordeal as a hostage.
Episode 8
8. Born to Rage
aired: Tue, Dec 14, 2010
With the help of Henry Rollins, Buddhist monks and former gang members, National Geographic examines if there is a warrior gene that causes violent behavior.
Episode 7
7. How Man Tamed the Wild
aired: Tue, Nov 23, 2010
National Geographic explores how the dramatic shift from wild to tame happened for some animals.
Episode 6
6. Lost Mummies of New Guinea
aired: Tue, Nov 16, 2010
National Geographic's team of anthropologists and researchers trek through caves, villages, and mountains in Papua New Guinea to uncover clues about the ancient tradition of human mummification.
Episode 5
5. Can the Gulf Survive?
aired: Tue, Sep 28, 2010
National Geographic joins the front lines of the cleanup efforts from one of the worst environmental disasters of all time.
Episode 4
4. Inside Bioterror
aired: Tue, Aug 31, 2010
National Geographic reveals a surprising picture of what could happen during a biological attack by examining potential scenarios, vulnerabilities and steps we can take to protect ourselves.
Episode 3
3. Albino Murders
aired: Tue, Aug 24, 2010
With whitish hair and skin, as well as pale, light-sensitive eyes, people with albinism usually suffer more from social stigma than from their actual physical disabilities. And while this condition is found in all races around the globe, nowhere is it more dangerous to be an albino than in Tanzania. Here, it's deadly. In the last year alone, more than 50 albinos have been murdered, some as young as six months old. Many more have been attacked with machetes, their limbs cut off while alive. Their body parts are used by witchdoctors in potions and remedies as they are believed to bring wealth and success in business.
Episode 2
2. Electronic Armageddon
aired: Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Investigate what could happen if a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse surged to earth crippling every aspect of modern society's infrastructure, including our vulnerable electrical grid.
Episode 1
1. Talibanistan
aired: Tue, Jun 8, 2010
National Geographic takes you inside "Talibanistan," a Taliban-controlled forbidden zone that straddles Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Episodes
Episode 38
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: T. Rex Walks Again
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
How could a tiny Tyrannosaurus rex baby grow into a six-ton super carnivore? Dinosaur builder Hall Train and renowned paleoartist Jason Brougham team up with top scientists to uncover the truth about this fascinating creature and to create the world's most accurate, fully skinned, mechanical replica of a walking juvenile T. Rex. Join National Geographic as the hidden secrets of the Tyrannosaurus Rex are revealed.
Episode 37
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Italy's Mystery Mummies
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Scattered across the island of Sicily, beneath picturesque churches, are thousands of mummified bodies. And most mysterious of all is one of the last to be enshrined: she's known as the "sleeping beauty"-Rosalia Lombardo. A child barely two years old when she died nearly a century ago, Rosalia's corpse remains flawlessly preserved. Now, for the first time, a scientific team of mummy hunters is on the case, unearthing hundreds of Sicily's miraculous dead, exploring how this baffling culture of mummification could operate within the Catholic Church itself, and finally, revealing the secret formula behind Rosalia's perfect preservation.
Episode 36
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Virus Hunters
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
To many people, viruses are simply agents for disease, but they may possess far greater power than originally thought. Some experts now believe that viruses helped give rise to the first complex cells, played a role in the diversification of life, drove evolution, and perhaps gave us emotions. National Geographic investigates a provocative new theory that suggests that all life-including humans-is descended from viruses.
Episode 35
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Guns In America
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Three hundred million citizens, 270 million guns, five stories, and one common thread: all are a part of Guns in America. National Geographic tells the story of America's connection to guns through the eyes of its citizens. From gangs to local law enforcement to gun hobbyists to a young mother, this documentary explores the lives of people with guns.
Episode 34
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Moment of Death
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Death: it fascinates, it frightens, and those who face it and survive often look at life in a whole different way. National Geographic's Moment of Death looks at what happens to us when we die, why dead isn't always dead, and how mind and the body sometimes challenge science when it comes to the tipping point between life and death.
Episode 33
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Zoo Tiger Escape
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
On Christmas Day 2007, a 243-pound Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped from her open-air enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo and mauled three young men. Before long, one 17-year-old boy and the 4-year-old tigress lay dead. Zoo Tiger Escape investigates the how and why of what really happened that night-from the possible motivational factors that led the tiger to escape, to the complex evolution of enclosure design.
Episode 32
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Tunnel to a Lost World
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
During excavation for the deepest submerged tunnel in the world, engineers in Istanbul uncovered a hidden past: a preserved ancient harbor. It is the biggest maritime discovery in history, and to date, more than 30 shipwrecks from the Byzantine era have been recovered. With new findings every day-including stone foundations from a settlement dating back 8,000 years-construction of the tunnel has come to a halt, and the delay is costing the engineers millions. Now, National Geographic goes on site to one of the largest archaeological excavations ever undertaken and grants viewers behind-the-scenes access to this heated battle between modernizers and historians.
Episode 31
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Mammoth Mystery
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Scientists have long debated one of the greatest mysteries of science: What caused the mass extinction of mammoths around 13,000 years ago? A look at science in the making, National Geographic follows a team of investigators as they assemble one theory for what might have happened to the mammoths, which reigned over the landscapes of North America for more than 1 million years. Could the clues point to the biggest cosmic impact humans have ever witnessed?
Episode 30
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Lockdown: Total Control
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
In prison, inmates do whatever it takes to outwit officers. It's an ongoing game of cat and mouse-a game for control. And the more rules and regulations that are imposed on the prisoners, the farther they'll go to get an upper hand. At North Carolina's Alexander Correctional Institution, the game is never ending.
Episode 29
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Lockdown: Gang War
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Violence is escalating between two rival prison gangs - the Whites and the Southern Mexicans - and prison staff fear they're on the brink of war.
Episode 28
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Iraq's Lost Treasures
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Follow Lisa Ling and a National Geographic film crew through the wreckage of post-invasion Iraq as they search for the Treasure of Nimrud-one of the world's most spectacular caches of golden jewels and dazzling crowns. Discovered in the late 1980s and then hidden away in 1990, many feared this collection was lost forever until it was finally located in the flooded vaults and burned out wreckage of Iraq's Central Bank.
Episode 27
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Lost Cities of the Amazon
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Over the centuries, explorers traded tales of a lost civilization amid the dense Amazonian rainforest. Scientists dismissed the legends as exaggerations, believing that the rainforest could not sustain such a huge population—until now. A new generation of explorers armed with 21st-century technology has uncovered remarkable evidence that could reinvent our understanding of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples who lived there. Using CGI and dramatic re-creations, National Geographic re-imagines the banks of the Amazon 500 years ago, teeming with inhabitants living in the Lost Cities of the Amazon.
Episode 26
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Super Copter
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
In the brief but brilliant "Age of the Helicopter," there have been many contenders for the title of "Super Copter," but one of the newest copters that brings it all home is the EH101. Recently chosen to be the next "Marine One"—the Presidential Helicopter, the EH101, will be specially outfitted as the new Oval Office in the sky. Helicopters are a monumental human achievement, a technological feat that's become so common place we don't blink an eye at them anymore. But National Geographic takes you for a ride on the EH101 to see why you might want to take a second look.
Episode 25
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Iraq's Guns for Hire
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
For up to $600 a day, private security contractors in Iraq's war zone put their lives on the line to protect V.I.P.s and to transport critical supplies. Now, National Geographic travels alongside three teams on missions in the "kill zone" to reveal street rules of defense, tools for surviving ambushes and preparedness for the unexpected. Learn how specially designed vehicle armor and customized weapons help these mercenaries survive being targeted by insurgents.
Episode 24
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Secret History of Gold
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Gold's appeal and value span time and cultures, but there is a little-known secret to the story of gold. Most of the gold mined throughout history remains in circulation today—even the gold closest to your heart may have dark origins. From the Amazon jungle to the markets of Dubai, National Geographic examines the underbelly of the modern gold trade with a treasure hunter and an illegal miner to expose its volatile history.
Episode 23
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Monster Fish of the Congo
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Deep in the heart of Africa, an elusive man-sized predator known as the tiger fish prowls the waters of one of the most powerful rivers. While locals believe this ravenous relative of the piranha is cursed, scientists believe the fearsome fish may hold the key to understanding the evolution of an extraordinary array of bizarre creatures found throughout the Congo. Journey into Africa’s Congo River Basin as National Geographic embarks on a treacherous expedition to find out what powerful environmental forces created the tiger fish and to reveal the array of fantastic creatures that also inhabit this underwater Eden.
Episode 22
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Marijuana Nation
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
National Geographic goes inside the cannabis industry with Lisa Ling, reporting from secret farms and not-so-secret grow houses of marijuana cultivators—into a world where marijuana is not just a drug but a way of life. Learn what's behind the increased potency of a new designer crop and how growers circumvent law enforcement while creating a more perfect plant—sometimes literally in their living rooms. Then explore the controversial medical uses of marijuana in some states, permitting personal use in violation of federal law and creating a tangled web of enforcement conflicts. Ling conducts revealing interviews with the self-proclaimed "Prince of Pot," law enforcement, growers, scientists and everyday users who offer insight into this complex set of issues.
Episode 21
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Inside the Body Trade
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Across the United States, some 95,000 people desperately wait for a new organ, and often a second chance at life. But this year, fewer than half of those people will receive an organ, and many will die waiting. The overwhelming desperation and demand have given rise to a global black market in body parts, and National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling investigates this illegal and growing practice.
Episode 20
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Heroin Crisis
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on earth. Stronger, purer and easier to get than ever before. The newest forms of heroin can be snorted or smoked--rather than injected--attracting millions of new users. National Geographic investigates how the war in Afghanistan has inadvertently unleashed a deluge of heroin, feeding addicts from Kabul to Europe to America's heartland.
Episode 19
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Testosterone Factor
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
NGC gets to the science behind what makes a man manly -- his Testosterone Factor. It's one of the most important and powerful hormones in a man’s body, but how does it really impact the men in your life? Explorer presents the latest insights from leading researchers in psychology, biology and anthropology to reveal testosterone’s fascinating influence on strength, status, success and even commitment.
Episode 18
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Super Carrier
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
The USS Eisenhower is the pinnacle of aircraft carrier technology. The 97,000-ton steel monster boasts next-generation radar and combat capabilities and is run by 6,000 personnel. See it in action during her final trials before combat.
Episode 17
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Science of Evil
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Evil. Is it a spiritual force, a meaningless superstition, or does it lay in the depths of our conscience? In Science of Evil, encounter the soul of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer through the eyes of the priest who baptized him. Travel to war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo with a UN official charged with administering food and medical help. And join scientists as they use cutting-edge fMRI imaging techniques in an effort to isolate the brain's mechanics of moral judgment.
Episode 15
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Finding Anastasia
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Did Romanov Princess Anastasia survive a Bolshevik firing squad or did she and her brother Crown Prince Alexis perish with their father, Tsar Nicholas II, before another firing squad in 1918? The chance find of human remains in a Siberian forest brings forensic anthropologist Dr.Anthony Falsetti to in search of the truth. Marshalling DNA, ballistics and the very latest forensic analysis, an international team works to dispel the greatest myth of the 20th century and tell a real story more remarkable than any fiction.
Episode 14
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Aryan Brotherhood
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
In the maximum-security prison world of murderers, they are the most feared. With nicknames like "The Beast" and "The Hulk," The Aryan Brotherhood are the most violent criminals behind bars. National Geographic goes behind bars to unveil the secrets of the vicious gangs of white supremacists in prisons. Jailhouse interviews and surveillance footage reveal their deadly tactics.
Episode 13
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Alaska's Last Oil
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
The world is addicted to oil. But now the easy pockets of oil are gone and the race is on to find new sources. Nowhere is the battle more intense than in Alaska - source of nearly 15% of America's domestic production, and home to the nation's largest wildlife preserve, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where companies are pushing to drill. National Geographic travels back millions of years to see how oil was created, and looks to the future to ask how far we'll go to find every last barrel and at what cost.
Episode 12
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Attack of the Killer Bees
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Their armies of suicide bombers can bring down a creature as large as a horse. Killer bees have already overrun vast regions of South and Central America. Now they threaten to invade the southern U.S., heading for both coasts of the country. Can scientists, beekeepers and exterminators stop the invading hordes before it’s too late?
Episode 11
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Secret Lives of Jesus
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
More than 1,500 years ago, ancient writings were buried that offered alternative narratives about Jesus of Nazareth. Many of these alternative gospels were considered scandalous and deemed heretical. Rediscovered within the last century, these texts offer more questions than answers. Secret Lives of Jesus examines these mysterious lost stories of Christ. Who wrote them and why? How do they compare to the accepted New Testament gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? And why were the stories forgotten for so long?
Episode 10
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Ultimate Cat
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Equipped with 3-inch long canines and retractable claws like switchblades, big cats are among the fiercest and most fascinating four legged beasts on the planet - capable of taking down fleet footed antelope, two - ton elephants and even human beings. National Geographic treks through the African grassland and the swamps of India to track and study the ultimate engineering and stealth ambush tactics of lions, tigers and leopards.
Episode 9
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Violent Earth
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Where and when the next mega disaster will strike - volcanic eruption, earthquake, tsunami or hurricane - is the focus of scientists around the world. Join tsunami scientist Jose Borrero of the University of Southern California on his trip to visit Banda Aceh with a National Geographic film team, one week after the December 26, 2004, tsunami - a tsunami so strong it actually moved the island of Sumatra a hundred feet.
Episode 8
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Lockdown: Gangland
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
For the most violent, powerful, and infamous inmates, Pelican Bay State Prison is the last stop in prison purgatory. This is the prison where they lock up gang members too dangerous to keep anywhere else. For two decades it's been at the heart of California's war on one of the greatest scourges in America - prison gangs. Lockdown reveals the prison's innermost secrets and takes you to the frontline of California's new war.
Episode 7
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Lockdown: Predators Behind Bars
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Lockdown takes you inside Ohio's Lebanon Correctional Institution as a new inmate is thrown into a mix of nearly 2,200 of the state's most dangerous and conniving criminals. Can a new inmate learn the ropes fast enough to survive his first month behind bars? And the leader of the Crips, one of Lebanon's most powerful gangs, is up against something even he's never dealt with in prison. Lockdown takes you inside this prison that the public doesn't get to see.
Episode 6
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Lockdown: Inside Maximum Security
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Lockdown goes inside one of the country's most secure prisons - Oak Park Heights Supermax. This state-of-the-art fortress houses criminals other prisons can't handle. Built partially underground, the Supermax combines innovative architecture, cutting-edge technology and an expertly-trained staff to control some of the most violent prisoners in the system. But the system's most dangerous inmates are always looking for ways to fight back, and their criminal ingenuity puts the Supermax to the test.
Episode 5
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Race Against the Killer Flu
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
The H5N1 Bird Flu has today's scientists on edge. Some say it's only a matter of time before the virus mutates, recreating the 1918 pandemic. Others doubt the likelihood of any real danger. However, all experts agree that nobody is fully prepared for the consequences of a global outbreak. Join National Geographic as Race Against the Killer Flu follows a swat team of virus hunters and the world's leading scientists in a race to understand the latest threat and prevent it from spreading.
Episode 4
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: World's Most Dangerous Gang
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
You've spotted the graffiti. You've seen their tattoos. And you've read the shocking headlines documenting their brutality. But what is driving the rapid spread of the ultra violent gang MS-13, which has infected big cities and small towns across the country? National Geographic Channel’s Explorer and Lisa Ling take you deep inside a merciless world hidden in plain view - the shadowy culture of MS-13. It is an organization that recruits the most desperate, including children, and twists them into hardened criminals capable of the most heinous crimes. Explorer: World's Most Dangerous Gang reveals how MS-13 works from those who know it best - detailing its extreme culture and rituals through revealing interviews with active members, those struggling to break free and investigators dedicated to stemming the increasing tide of violence that now spills beyond our borders.
Episode 3
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Hogzilla
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman. These are creatures of myth and legend. But now, a new mystery known as Hogzilla has emerged from the swamps of southern Georgia. But this legend is different because one man claims he killed the creature, a purported 1,000 pound feral hog the size of a pick-up truck. He knows exactly where it is buried and his conquest is even celebrated in a town-wide festival. Explorer goes on a forensic investigation into this mysterious creature and find out the truth behind the legend of Hogzilla.
Episode 2
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Female Suicide Bombers
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
From Russia to Sri Lanka to the Middle East, women are increasingly turning their bodies into bombs, blowing up markets, schools and even jetliners. Who are these women and why are they dying to kill? Lisa Ling journeys to the war-torn streets of Chechnya and Israel's occupied territories for an intense and moving look at the line where hopelessness begets rage, murder fuels martyrdom and women are increasingly dying to kill.
Episode 1
National Geographic Channel: Explorer: Tornado Intercept
aired: Tue, Apr 3, 2012
This groundbreaking one-hour event takes you into the whirling devastation of a tornado’s heart as cutting-edge science meets over-the-edge filmmaking to capture incredible images of what happens inside one of nature's deadliest phenomena! Witness the construction and first deployment of the revolutionary Tornado Intercept Vehicle - 8,000 pounds of armor plating, bullet-proof windows, state-of-the-art camera, and a crew of hardcore, thrill-seeking filmmakers. Plunge into the killing zone of tornadoes capable of generating 300-mph-plus winds as researchers risk life and limb to shoot never-before-seen footage from within these monster storms. From stunning computer-generated imagery, to riding shotgun in the first vehicle ever to take a camera into a tornado’s vortex, it's extreme, adrenaline-driven science.
