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Season 3 – Cities of the Underworld

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A camera crew descends hundreds of feet below the streets of major cities -- such as New York, Cairo, London and Tokyo -- to explore the layered remnants of civilizations left buried deep under modern metropolitan centers.

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Cities of the Underworld — Season 3

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Don Wildman

Host

Lauren Lexton

Executive Producer

Christopher Meindl

Writer

Emre Sahin

Director

Tom Rogan

Executive Producer

Emre Sahin

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 26, 2008 City of Blood Don Wildman explores London, England, above and below ground to uncover its violent crimes, extreme poverty and lawlessness during the chaotic Victorian period. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 2, 2008 Tunnels of Hell Host Don Wildman discovers what it was like to live through World War II's Battle of Okinawa by exploring the Japanese defenders' tunnels, caves and bunkers; diving to a destroyer sunk off Okinawa's coast. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 9, 2008 Hunting The Original Mafia Host Don Wildman travels to Sicily to trace the Mafia's roots back to a vigilante secret society in an underground network that was created to put corrupt city officials on trial and execute the guilty. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 16, 2008 Secret Sin City Host Don Wildman explores the secret underground that helped transform Las Vegas from a barren desert into a mobster metropolis; underground vaults; secret surveillance nerve centers. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 24, 2008 Uncovering A New Kind Of War Host Don Wildman explores the trench systems and fortifications that made World War I one of the most brutal wars in history and helped shape Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 1, 2008 Hiding Beneath The Fall Of Rome Host Don Wildman tracks down subterranean secrets from Europe's Dark Ages, including a secret society's immense quarries, Templar torture chambers and the tunnels of medieval "ghost knights." Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 8, 2008 Land of Manson Underground Los Angeles includes a haven for killer Charles Manson and his followers, tunnels where corrupt cops secretly ran the city, a dormant subway system, coastal military bunkers and war rooms ready for the next big quake. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 15, 2008 Fighting In The Depths Of Hell Digging into the secret lives of ancient Roman gladiators, ranging from the depths of the Flavian amphitheater to a buried brothel where they lived their last days; host Don Wildman visits ancient crypts and chambers used for pagan worship. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 22, 2008 Secrets Of The Holy Land Christianity evolves in unique ways in Ethiopia's ancient underground engineering marvels and remote, cliffhanging caves; emperors' tombs; subterranean cathedrals; the Queen of Sheba's buried palace; possible site of the Ark of the Covenant. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 12, 2009 Under the Rock San Francisco is one of the nation's largest military defense installations with a huge underground ammunition depot, a former nuclear arsenal and Civil War fortifications buried under Alcatraz; human trafficking tunnels in Chinatown. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 26, 2009 Tomb of the Lost Mummies Host Don Wildman explores ancient structures buried beneath the desert sands of Egypt and the streets of Cairo, examines how these engineering marvels survived invasions, and discovers a tomb filled with 2,000-year-old mummies. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 2, 2009 Gods of War A history marked by conquest and conflict leaves a rich mythology of gods and men beneath the soil of Turkey; host Don Wildman investigates the truth behind legends of the Trojan War. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 9, 2009 Underneath Australia's Alcatraz Australia's past had convicts transported from Britain, gold miners and outlaws; a 19th-century prison housed Sydney's most-dangerous criminals; a cave complex sheltered outlaws. Details
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Season Info

Director
Emre Sahin
Executive Producer
Lauren Lexton, Tom Rogan, Emre Sahin, Sarah Wetherbee
Screenwriter
Christopher Meindl, Elizabeth Massie, Carolyn Townsend
Network
History
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Documentary, History, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 26, 2008