The BEST Episodes of Cities of the Underworld
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Oct 28, 2019
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
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
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
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 - A-Bomb Underground
Season 2 - Episode 3
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.
8.00 
#5 - Secret Sin City: Las Vegas, USA
Season 3 - Episode 4
Underground Las Vegas is explored. Included: secret surveillance centers for casinos; underground vaults; and tunnels used during the Prohibition era.
8.00 
#6 - Hitler's Underground Lair
Season 1 - Episode 2
Go beneath the streets of Berlin and unearth the remains of the Nazi bunkers.
7.91 
#7 - Tomb of the Lost Mummies
Season 3 - Episode 11
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 
#8 - Dracula's Underground: Bucharest, Romania
Season 1 - Episode 10
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 
#9 - City of Blood: London, England
Season 3 - Episode 1
The third-season opener explores Victorian-era London, when hard times forced many to take extreme measures to procure food and shelter.
7.81 
#10 - Secret Pagan Underground
Season 1 - Episode 11
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 
#11 - Hitler's Last Secret
Season 2 - Episode 5
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 
#12 - Scotland's Sin City
Season 1 - Episode 1
Travel beneath the streets of Edinburgh and discover what has been forgotten, including the remains of body snatchers and outlaw distilleries.
7.74 
#13 - Vietnam
Season 2 - Episode 2
See a Vietnam that you've never seen before. During the Vietnam War the media flooded the world with images of soldiers and jungles. What wasn't seen were the tunnels, caves and passageways.
7.67 
#14 - New York: Secret Societies
Season 2 - Episode 9
New York City is the biggest city in the country, but it's got some dark secrets. Founded by covert groups, overrun with gangs and mob bosses, and ruled by secret societies, this is the true foundation of the city that never sleeps.
7.67 
#15 - Gods of War
Season 3 - Episode 12
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 
#16 - London's Lost Cities: London, England
Season 1 - Episode 7
For thousands of years London has been among the most powerful cities in the world, below the busy streets and marketplaces another city hides--a city of Roman baths, secret crypts, lost rivers, indestructible bunkers that could hold up to 8,000 people, Winston Churchill's hidden war-rooms; host Eric Geller.
7.60 
#17 - Underground Apocalypse
Season 2 - Episode 1
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 
#18 - Prophecies from Below
Season 2 - Episode 8
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 
#19 - Land of Manson
Season 3 - Episode 7
Underground Los Angeles is explored. Included: Charles Manson's subterranean hideaways; tunnels used by corrupt cops; the subway system; and military bunkers.
7.60 
#20 - Maya Underground
Season 2 - Episode 6
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 
#21 - Alcatraz Down Under: Sydney, Australia
Season 3 - Episode 13
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 
#22 - Gladiators: Blood Sport
Season 3 - Episode 8
Ancient Rome is explored, focusing on places associated with gladiators, including the Colosseum, brothels and crypts. Also: a school where gladiators learned how to fight and survive.
7.50 
#23 - Rome: The Rise
Season 1 - Episode 13
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 
#24 - Stalin's Secret Lair
Season 2 - Episode 11
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 
#25 - Katrina Underground
Season 2 - Episode 12
The New Orleans underground after Hurricane Katrina
7.50