The BEST Episodes of Cities of the Underworld
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Feb 15, 2021
Network: History
Peel back the layers of history with hosts Don Wildman and Eric Geller, as they explore underneath the cities of the world to find the hidden engineering feats and dark histories buried beneath. Travel though a maze of tunnels, hidden water supplies, hideouts, and tombs lost to time.
#1 - Real Mafia Underground
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired Nov 9, 2008
Underground Sicily and the origins of the Mafia are explored. Included: the escape route of a mob boss; a bone crypt; and bunkers used during World War II by the Axis powers.
8.22 
#2 - Viking Underground
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired Feb 25, 2008
Dublin, Ireland is much more than a city full of pubs and pints. Burial tombs, defense tunnels, and mysterious burial crypts line the underground below the rolling hills.
8.20 
#3 - Washington D.C.: Seat of Power
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired Apr 15, 2008
A look underneath Washington D.C., including the national defense and the areas which have been created which are intended to keep the country safe from wars and natural disasters. Included is a look at secret bunkers and the world created below the Capital Mall.
8.14 
#4 - Hitler's Underground Lair
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Apr 30, 2007
Go beneath the streets of Berlin and unearth the remains of the Nazi bunkers.
7.97 
#5 - Tomb of the Lost Mummies
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired Jan 26, 2009
Underground Cairo is explored, focusing on ancient structures that have withstood time and countless invasions. Included: a step pyramid built a century before the Giza pyramids; and a tomb containing 2000-year-old mummies. Also examined: the Book of the Dead.
7.91 
#6 - Dracula's Underground: Bucharest, Romania
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired Jul 9, 2007
Visit the city of Bucharest, Romania and learn about its most famous citizen, Vlad the Impaler, more commonly known as Dracula. Travel underground as secret prisons, caves and dungeons are revealed. Only through the bleak subterranean stretches can one come face-to-face with the truth about this infamous Romanian ruler.
7.89 
#7 - A-Bomb Underground
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Feb 11, 2008
Tokyo, Japan is a city straight out of the future, above ground and below. Go beneath the busy streets to see the latest technology that will save the city from the many natural disasters ready to strike. From there go back in time to World War II to see how Hiroshima's underground offered protection from the most powerful bombs.
7.89 
#8 - City of Blood: London, England
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired Oct 26, 2008
The third-season opener explores Victorian-era London, when hard times forced many to take extreme measures to procure food and shelter.
7.82 
#9 - Secret Pagan Underground
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Jul 16, 2007
4000 years ago, a mysterious pagan society called the Hittites dug deep into the soft volcanic rock to carve out an intricate underworld. But after almost 800 years of rule, the Hittite Empire vanished without a trace. Where did their people go and what clues have they left behind in their complex subterranean world?
7.75 
#10 - Hitler's Last Secret
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired Mar 3, 2008
Prague is a city cloaked in mystery, with an underground to match. Medieval castles line the streets & dark dungeons lie deep below them. From quarries where Hitler may have stored his secret weapons to mines that doubled as Communist slave camps, Prague has surprising stories to tell.
7.75 
#11 - Gods of War
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired Feb 2, 2009
Underground Turkey is explored, focusing on the remnants from invasions and travelers on the trade routes. Included: the lore of the Trojan War.
7.64 
#12 - Underground Apocalypse
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired Jan 28, 2008
For billions across the globe, Jerusalem is considered ground zero for Armageddon. While most of the world's population considers it a holy land, it's also one of the bloodiest cities the world has ever known. From a hidden occult city built by the Knights Templar to the hiding place for the Dead Sea Scrolls, the evidence of the apocalypse is buried all over the holy city.
7.60 
#13 - Prophecies from Below
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Mar 24, 2008
The ancient world was shaped by people who believed they foresaw the will of God. Jerusalem is at the heart of all their fiery prophecies. From bloody wars to the birth of saviors, Jerusalem has been at the center of prophetic revelations.
7.60 
#14 - Land of Manson
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired Dec 7, 2008
Underground Los Angeles is explored. Included: Charles Manson's subterranean hideaways; tunnels used by corrupt cops; the subway system; and military bunkers.
7.60 
#15 - Maya Underground
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired Mar 10, 2008
Visit the center of Mayan civilization. Hundreds of ruins scatter the landscape & reveal clues to bloody rituals, advanced architecture & belief in an unforgiving underworld of Mayan gods.
7.56 
#16 - Alcatraz Down Under: Sydney, Australia
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired Feb 9, 2009
Underground Sydney is explored. Included: a 19th-century prison; caves that were once home to fugitive outlaws; gold mines. Also: a secret World War II storage place for chemical weapons is toured by those who once worked there.
7.56 
#17 - Rome: The Rise
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired Jul 30, 2007
What was the secret to the success of ancient Rome? Aqueducts, underground neighborhoods and one of the oldest sewer systems reveal many secrets. The largest and most influential empire in history leaves clues to her greatness under nearly every street.
7.50 
#18 - Stalin's Secret Lair
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired Apr 22, 2008
A look at the underground of Moscow, including the areas relating to the Cold War and Stalin's ruthless reign. Includes a glimpse of hidden bunkers, escape tunnels used to hide from Stalin's henchmen.
7.50 
#19 - Katrina Underground
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired Apr 29, 2008
The New Orleans underground after Hurricane Katrina
7.50 
#20 - Hitler's Trenches
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired Nov 23, 2008
Underground Belgium is explored, focusing on the trenches and tunnels of World War I.
7.50 
#21 - Secret Holy Land
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired Dec 22, 2008
Underground Ethiopia is explored. Included: tombs of emperors; subterranean cathedrals; and the palace of the Queen of Sheba. Also: theories regarding the possible resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.
7.50 
#22 - Under the Rock
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired Jan 12, 2009
Underground San Francisco is explored. Included: an ammunitions depot; a former repository for nuclear missiles; Civil War fortifications beneath Alcatraz; and tunnels below Chinatown.
7.50 
#23 - Barbarian's Lair
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired Dec 1, 2008
Exploring life beneath the streets in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.
7.45 
#24 - Secret Soviet Bases
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired May 5, 2008
Deep within the former Soviet Union lays a classified, subterranean world of Cold War secrets.
7.40 
#25 - Tunnels of Hell
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired Nov 2, 2008
Exploring the Japanese island of Okinawa and its complex system of subterranean tunnels, caves and bunkers that was used during World War II.
7.40