The WORST episodes of Cities of the Underworld
Every episode of Cities of the Underworld ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Cities of the Underworld!
Right beneath our feet, there are cities hidden by time that may hold clues that could rewrite history. In “Cities of the Underworld,” Don Wildman travels to the farthest and deepest reaches of the globe, using cutting-edge technology to explore mysteries buried deep underground. Across the season, Don will follow in the footsteps of treasure hunters to search for a lost Aztec colony, travel to Croatia to learn about the lost history of a little known pirate queen who supposedly ruled her empire from a muddy cave, and explore tunnels below the city of Los Angeles that may hold the clues to solving one of the most infamous cold cases in American history.
#1 - The Lost Aztec Colony
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/2021
Don follows the clues hidden underground as he searches for evidence of 10,000 Aztecs who fled Mexico and disappeared somewhere in America.
#2 - The Pirate Queen's Lair
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/2021
Don explores newly discovered ruins and caves in Croatia as he uncovers the true story of a formidable queen who dared to defy the powerful Roman Empire.
#3 - Freemason Underground
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/25/2007
Discover the fascinating and unknown history that lies below major cities around the world today. Explore these layers, which are often hundreds of feet deep. Discover everything form dank dungeons to underground shipwrecks that have been lost for centuries.
#4 - Mob Underground
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/17/2008
Chicago was once a playground for mobsters and corrupt politicians. It wouldn't be the third largest city in the U.S. today if it weren't for the shady dealings that went on just beneath its streets.
#5 - Catacombs of Death
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/14/2007
Snaking quarries, hidden catacombs and mushroom-harvesting tunnels lie beneath the city of Paris.
#6 - Alcatraz Down Under: Sydney, Australia
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2009
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 - Gladiators: Blood Sport
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/15/2008
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.
#8 - Rome's Hidden Empire
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/7/2007
Discovering what life was like during Nero's tyranny and Augustus' reforms; host Eric Geller.
#9 - New York
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/4/2007
Explore beneath New York City, a living, breathing complex of engineering, history and secrets that could only exist in America's largest city.
#10 - Mayan Apocalypse
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2021
Don Wildman explores deep below ancient ruins as he searches for clues pointing to the true fate of the once-mighty Mayan empire.
#11 - London's Lost Cities: London, England
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/11/2007
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.
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#12 - City of Caves: Budapest, Hungary
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2007
Explore the caves beneath the city of Budapest, Hungary.
#13 - Under the Rock
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2009
Underground San Francisco is explored. Included: an ammunitions depot; a former repository for nuclear missiles; Civil War fortifications beneath Alcatraz; and tunnels below Chinatown.
#14 - Gods of War
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2009
Underground Turkey is explored, focusing on the remnants from invasions and travelers on the trade routes. Included: the lore of the Trojan War.
#16 - Secret Sin City: Las Vegas, USA
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/16/2008
Underground Las Vegas is explored. Included: secret surveillance centers for casinos; underground vaults; and tunnels used during the Prohibition era.
#17 - New York: Secret Societies
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/31/2008
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.
#18 - Scotland's Sin City
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2007
Travel beneath the streets of Edinburgh and discover what has been forgotten, including the remains of body snatchers and outlaw distilleries.
#20 - Underground Bootleggers
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/23/2007
100 years ago Portland, Oregon was a city full of vice, considered the most dangerous port in the world. It was a place where you could get drugs or booze or wake up trapped in a cell beneath the earth.
#21 - Prophecies from Below
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/24/2008
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.
#22 - Underground Apocalypse
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/28/2008
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.
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#23 - Beneath Vesuvius
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/18/2007
Naples, Italy narrowly escaped meeting the same fate as its neighboring city, Pompeii in 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius wiped out everything around it. The wind saved Naples that day, but life in the shadow of this massive volcano is unlike any other--and so is its underground.
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#24 - Secret Pagan Underground
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/16/2007
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?
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