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Season 1 – I Was There

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A trip back in time, placing host Theo Wilson -- the grandson of a Tuskegee Airman with a passion for history -- at the center of some of the world's most impactful events, to deconstruct how they truly unfolded. Through original archival material, expert testimony and dramatic re-creations using CGI technology to place Wilson in the scene, the series features perspectives on some of the most pivotal moments in history. Wilson is a fly on the wall as he breaks down the barrier between the audience and the action to revisit a series of critical historical events, disasters, triumphs and true stories to learn unexpected facts in an engaging, fast-moving, and often unpredictable way.
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Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media 03/01/2022
3/5
I Was There offers some brief but surprisingly detailed historical interpretations that you can learn something from. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert P @RT42775929 Nov 21 If the goal is to make the viewer feel like they were actually in the thick of things, they should have taken their cues by the That Built brand. You get the reenactments, but without a "narrator" in modern clothing. See more Melanie S @RT51886394 01/21/2025 A different take on events of historical importance. The very engaging host steps the audience through the events as they happened with re-enactments of key moments. Definitely worth a watch and I hope to see more seasons. See more Ian M @RT00627668 07/24/2023 Very knowledgable series. Very enjoyable. Hoping we get a series 2 See more 04/26/2022 Great take on historical events. The host is a great story teller and tells parts of historical events that you probably haven't already heard. Highly recommend for any history fans out there. See more 04/03/2022 I find this is a great new way to tell history.  I find it riveting, informative and corrects beliefs that were once held in specific details of history e.g., The witches of Salam were NOT burned at the stake.  I wish it was longer...maybe two topics in an hour long show, but hey, as the saying goes; "Leave them wanting more".  Definitely worth watching. See more 03/17/2022 Nothing new. same old stories being retold. I don't understand why it's called "I was there" when many where not. "Theo Wilson travels back in time", it's pointless to have someone walk in front of the screen and say a comment or two if they themself were not there on that time and date. See more Read all reviews
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Theo E.J. Wilson

Host

Luke Harger

JOhn Parke

John Edel

Actor

David Coral

Elias Unger

Catherine J. Justice

Emma Ehrenfeldt

Ryan Maddux

Actor

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 20, 2022 Hindenburg Disaster Theo Wilson finds himself aboard the world's most luxurious airship, the Hindenburg, where he must solve the mystery of what leads to its fiery fall from the sky. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 21, 2022 Johnstown: America's Deadliest Flood Theo Wilson time-travels back to 1889 to the bucolic river shores of Johnstown, Pa., where the biggest flood in U.S. history is about to be unleashed. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 28, 2022 Chernobyl Disaster Theo Wilson time-travels to Russia on April 26, 1986, as workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant are in the throes of a disaster that will put the lives of millions of Soviet citizens and Europeans in jeopardy. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 7, 2022 Salem Witch Trials Theo Wilson travels back in time to Salem, Mass., in 1692, where the village is self-destructing over allegations of witchcraft among dozens of its citizens. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 14, 2022 The Death of Jesse James Theo Wilson time-travels to the mid-1800s, where he finds Jesse James; Wilson separates myth from reality in Jesse's career and charts how a thirst for fame, riches and revenge led James toward his fated murder by a member of his own gang. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 21, 2022 Killer in the White City Theo Wilson finds himself in the lair of America's first famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes; Theo follows Holmes' dark road from con man to the owner of a fiendishly engineered murder castle. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 28, 2022 Lincoln's Assassination Theo Wilson time travels to 1865 and immerses himself in the events that lead John Wilkes Booth to hatch a plan to kill President Abraham Lincoln. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 11, 2022 Challenger Disaster With an audience of 2.5 million school children, the Challenger exploded in the sky, taking the lives of seven astronauts; with red flags and multiple chances to stop it, exploring why the Challenger ever took off. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 18, 2022 Bloody Sunday How John Lewis led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 25, 2022 St. Valentine's Day Massacre Al Capone and a turf war triggered by American thirst for liquor turns into the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which was a bloody execution in a garage in downtown Chicago in 1929. Details Episode 11 Aired May 2, 2022 Oklahoma City Bombing Theo Wilson travels back in time to April 19, 1995, when Oklahoma City is rocked by a two-ton fertilizer bomb shortly after 9 a.m. ; Theo investigates the layers of this complicated story. Details Episode 12 Aired May 9, 2022 Battle of Stalingrad Theo Wilson time-travels to the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, where the underdog Russian army is about to pull off a victory that will turn the tide of the war in favor of Allied forces. Details

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I Was There — Season 1

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Season Info

Executive Producer
George Stephanopoulos, Andy Awes, Maria Awes
Network
History
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Release Date
Feb 20, 2022