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.

Last Updated: 11/1/2024Network: HistoryStatus: Ended
star
0.00
0 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
star
6.00
1 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Freemason Underground
star
6.80
15 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Mob Underground
star
6.94
32 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Catacombs of Death
star
6.97
39 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Alcatraz Down Under: Sydney, Australia
star
7.00
9 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Gladiators: Blood Sport
star
7.03
32 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Rome's Hidden Empire
star
7.04
48 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
New York
star
7.08
40 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
star
7.08
13 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
London's Lost Cities: London, England
star
7.13
64 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
City of Caves: Budapest, Hungary
star
7.14
64 votes

#12 - City of Caves: Budapest, Hungary

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/21/2007

Explore the caves beneath the city of Budapest, Hungary.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Under the Rock
star
7.17
6 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Gods of War
star
7.18
11 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Vietnam
star
7.27
37 votes

#15 - Vietnam

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/2008

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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Scotland's Sin City
star
7.27
96 votes

#16 - 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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Secret Sin City: Las Vegas, USA
star
7.29
38 votes

#17 - 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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
New York: Secret Societies
star
7.30
37 votes

#18 - 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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
star
7.33
9 votes

#19 - America's Ancient Ancestors

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2021

Don goes deep beneath the great lakes and explores flooded caves as he searches for evidence of a mysterious, cave-dwelling society that may have been the first people to reach America.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Underground Bootleggers
star
7.40
5 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Prophecies from Below
star
7.45
11 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Underground Apocalypse
star
7.45
11 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Beneath Vesuvius
star
7.46
13 votes

#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.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Secret Pagan Underground
star
7.50
10 votes

#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?

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Land of Manson
star
7.63
8 votes

#25 - Land of Manson

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/7/2008

Underground Los Angeles is explored. Included: Charles Manson's subterranean hideaways; tunnels used by corrupt cops; the subway system; and military bunkers.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV