The BEST episodes of In Search of... season 2
Every episode of In Search of... season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of In Search of... season 2!
Leonard Nimoy hosts this documentary television show devoted to mysterious phenomena, legends, conspiracy theories, as well as other curiosities and intrigues.
#5 - Firewalkers
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/5/1978
How do people walk on red-hot coals without being burned?
Watch Now:Apple TV#6 - The Swamp Monster
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/1978
The Swamp Monster: An investigation of reports that a huge man-like beast is living in the swamps of Louisiana's bayou.
#7 - Butch Cassidy
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/1978
Butch Cassidy: Examines the possibility that Butch Cassidy was not killed in Bolivia along with the Sundance Kid, but actually lived a full life and died peacefully in 1937.
#8 - Dead Sea Scrolls
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/1978
The story of the 2,000-year-old scrolls, discovered by a shepherd, that revolutionized religious thought.
Watch Now:Apple TV#9 - The Shark Worshippers
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/18/1978
A trip to remote parts of the Pacific where man-eating sharks are considered gods. Adults pray to them and children swim unafraid among them.
#10 - The Garden of Eden
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/1/1978
Using the Old Testament as a road map, researchers attempt to trace the possible site of the original Garden to India, China, and an island off the coast of Saudi Arabia.
Watch Now:Apple TV#11 - Astrology
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/1978
Can astronomical movements affect the affairs of man? Leonard Nimoy reviews the long history of astrology and looks at its attraction today.
Watch Now:Apple TV#12 - Pyramid Secrets
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/4/1978
Pyramid Secrets: Examines the theory that the pyramids of Egypt were built to provide shelter from a holocaust, not as tombs for the pharaohs.
Watch Now:Apple TV#13 - The Lost Dutchman Mine (aka Mother Lode)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/24/1977
An investigation into why hundreds of gold hunters have died searching for a lost treasure ever since a German prospector wandered out of Arizona's Superstition Mountains in the 1860s. Is there really cursed gold hidden there, as Apache lore suggests?
Watch Now:Apple TV#14 - Haunted Castles
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/1978
Haunted Castles: Probe into one of the world's most haunted places.
#15 - Hurricanes
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/26/1978
Take a close-up look at these violent killers that have taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Can they be controlled or prevented?
Watch Now:Apple TV#16 - The Secrets of Life
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1978
Secrets of Life: Explores the possibility that human life can be created in laboratories engaged in DNA research.
#17 - Michael Rockefeller
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/1978
Did he drown or was he murdered? An investigation into the disappearance of Nelson Rockefeller's youngest son who vanished without a trace among some of the most primitive peoples in the world. Film found in a camera suggested they were the victim of headhunters, or was it staged?
Watch Now:Apple TV#18 - Witch Doctors
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1978
Leonard Nimoy hosts this look at ancient folk medicines that are being reinstituted today in modern mental institutions and are yielding positive results.
#19 - The Ogopogo Monster
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/28/1978
This large beast, similar to Scotland's Loch Ness Monster, is claimed to have been seen by thousands of people in western Canada.
Watch Now:Apple TV#20 - Troy
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1978
The story of Heinrich Schliemann, an eccentric self-made millionaire obsessed with discovering the ruins of Troy at a time when the city was considered a fable that never existed. He discovered not one but nine ancient cities in Turkey, and recovered a hoard of spectacular relics.
Watch Now:Apple TV#21 - Hypnosis
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/1978
A look back at the great scientist Mesmer, whose hypnotic techniques are being used in modern surgery, teaching, and police investigations.
#22 - Reincarnation
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/11/1978
Reincarnation: Reviews case histories of people who claim to have lived in previous lifetimes.