The BEST episodes of River Monsters
Every episode of River Monsters ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of River Monsters!
Extreme angler, Jeremy Wade, is on the hunt for freshwater fish with a taste for human flesh. This rip-roaring ride through the dark side of nature mixes action and adventure with mysteries, edge of the seat chase and a battle of wills between man and almost supernatural beasts who lurk in the serpentine waterways of the planet, mooching murderously underwater, growing to truly awesome sizes. Watch as Jeremy Wade deconstructs exactly how these river monsters are constructed to kill.
#1 - Terror in Paradise
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/5/2016
Jeremy travels to the Bahamas after hearing tales of swimmers being ripped from the surface of blue holes surrounding THE PARADISE island. The locals attribute the tragic disappearances to the legendary Lusca monster and it's up to Jeremy to unravel the myth of this horrifying hybrid MONSTER FISH by diving deep into its underwater lair.
#2 - Body Snatcher
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2014
From the extreme north of South America, freshwater detective Jeremy Wade hears rumors of a body-snatching spirit said to drag men deep into the river, never to be seen again. A predatory freshwater mermaid, locals call her the Water Mama. She may be a beast of mythology, but the carnage she leaves in her wake is all too real. People are disappearing without trace, one-by-one from these waters and Jeremy is convinced there is a flesh and blood River Monster lurking behind the legend of the Killer Mermaids.
#3 - Death Down Under
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2016
Jeremy travels to the scene of an ocean aircraft crash in Australia that left a group of Aboriginal elders brutally murdered almost without a trace. He embarks on one of his toughest investigations ever, taking on some of the deadliest animals on the planet in order to track down this elusive killer.
#4 - Malaysian Lake Monster
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/29/2017
When two men mysteriously vanish on a remote lake in Malaysia, Wade sets out to track down the possible killer. Amid rumors of a giant fish on the loose, he follows the evidence into the last stronghold of an old adversary: the one river monster that he’s failed to catch.
#5 - Killer Torpedo
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2013
Angler Jeremy Wade ventures deep into the heart of Central America in search of a man-sized killer said to leap into boats and cause fatal injuries as it knocks fishermen unconscious and smashes their bones.
#6 - Africa's Deadliest
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2015
Jeremy Wade returns to Africa's Okavango Delta to investigate a pack-hunting carnivore blamed for mauling the victims of a capsized boat. This time, Jeremy decides to put on his dive gear and offer himself as live bait in croc-infested waters.
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#7 - Razorhead
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2016
Investigating reports of a creature terrorizing the Florida Keys that is so violent it slices through flesh and breaks bones.
#8 - Killers from the Abyss
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/24/2017
Fishing detective, Jeremy Wade, embarks on the biggest and most complex investigation of his career; to unravel the mystery of what happened to the passengers of a ship torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic during World War II.
#9 - Prehistoric Terror
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/2015
Wade calls on the same instincts he uses to catch living monsters to uncover the most deadly underwater giants of all time. He must read the water (and in some cases the land) for clues in order to bring long-forgotten beasts to light. Using Wade's keen understanding of modern-day monsters, top scientific discoveries and state-of-the-art CGI, the apex killers of the prehistoric era such as the 25-foot, buzz saw-toothed Helicoprion and the bone-crushing Dunkleosteus, come to life as ancient monsters are featured on River Monsters for the first time.
#10 - Return of the Killer Catfish
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/15/2017
Jeremy Wade investigates a case in Nepal that sounds strangely familiar - a lone fisherman dragged off his feet and into a mountain river by an unseen creature. Could the original river monster, the goonch catfish, be back from the brink?
#11 - River of Blood
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/20/2014
A brutal underwater mutilation of a young man leads Wade to a face-to-face confrontation with one of South America’s greatest freshwater fighting fish that slashes and stalks its prey while living in one of Argentina’s most dangerous waterways.
#12 - Man-Eating Monster
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2014
All over the Amazon, Jeremy Wade has heard stories of a monster fish that grows so large, it’s said to swallow men whole. Locals call it the lau-lau but after 20 years of searching, from Peru to Brazil and Colombia, the evidence Jeremy needs - a single colossal specimen - stills eludes him. Now though, he’s discovered a secret, untouched location deep in Guyana’s remote rainforests where he suspects they may be thriving. Embedding himself in the wild jungle, this time it’s different: he’s not coming back until he catches it.
#13 - Vampires of the Deep
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/12/2013
On the Canadian-U.S. border lies a vast and brooding lake that hides a dark history. For Native Americans, it’s an ancient and sacred site home to underwater spirits. But recently, something has risen from the murky depths to attack swimmers and stories abound of a nightmarish invasion of primordial bloodsuckers. In a journey that will take him to the heart of a thundering waterfall in the Pacific Northwest, extreme angler Jeremy Wade embarks on a punishing mission to battle the most ancient river monster he’s ever encountered, and reveal the true identity of the Vampires of the Deep.
#14 - Deep Sea Demon
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2016
Jeremy Wade is on a quest to find the one, true, legendary sea serpent; he treks from a horrifying attack in the English Channel, all the way to the darkest depths of the Mediterranean Sea.
#15 - Mekong Mutilator
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/2015
Jeremy is on the shores of the Mekong River in Cambodia to look for a monstrous fish that has blinded, killed and recently sliced clean through a man's testicle.
#16 - Devil of the Deep
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/26/2016
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade's cases usually involve freshwater culprits, but with multiple reports of a deep water serial killer in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, he must step out of his comfort zone and into uncharted depths in search of the red devil.
#17 - South Pacific Terrors
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2015
Jeremy goes to Fiji to investigate reports of people being attacked underwater and tries to find out if there are multiple culprits or if a single perpetrator is to blame.
#18 - Alaska's Cold Water Killer
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/2015
Recent reports of fishermen vanishing without a trace on Alaska's south coast leads Jeremy to America's Last Frontier on a mission that takes him on the hunt for one fish he's never hooked before -- the mighty king salmon. When the investigation takes an unexpected turn, Jeremy finds himself in shark-infested waters, observing the salmon shark! Jeremy makes himself shark bait to prove that these fish won't attack a human - even if that human is diving right into the middle of their feeding frenzy.
#19 - Canadian Horror
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/2015
Ontario locals tell unbelievable tales of a stealthy, 20-foot serpent lurking in Canada's expansive waters. Jeremy seeks to find the reason why boaters and fisherman are vanishing into thin air.
#20 - Invisible Executioner
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2012
It's common knowledge that crocodiles and hippos are deadly predators in Zambian waterways, but it seems there's another monstrous beast stalking the treacherous Zambezi River. The locals call this river monster "the Mazunda" but Jeremy Wade is unfamiliar with any fish by that name. Will he uncover what the sinister creature — said to be able to swallow a child — really is?
#21 - Amazon Apocalypse
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/6/2014
Looks back at one of the Amazon’s largest maritime disasters, the sinking of the Sobra Santos. Witnesses and surviving passengers retell the story of the event, in which as many as 200 passengers lost their lives. Something in the water is being blamed for many of the deaths, and Jeremy Wade wants to find out what that might have been
#22 - Ice Cold Killer
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/1/2017
When a sea monster washes up on an English beach, Jeremy Wade sets off to unmask the beast. His journey will take him to the ice sheets of Greenland and the fjords of Norway, where he races against the Arctic storm threatening to end his quest.
#23 - American Killers
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2012
In the suspense-filled two-hour premiere, Jeremy Wade treks across the United States in search of deadly river monsters living in the nation's waterways. Wade ventures from the popular Indian River Lagoon in Florida where unsuspecting water enthusiasts are faced with what could become a modern day Jaws, to the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, where underwater hunters have reached man-eating proportions.
#24 - Face Ripper
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2013
Angler Jeremy Wade investigates his most disturbing case yet - the story of a man who had his face ripped off in a remote Bolivian river. The journey through dangerous jungle ends with a confrontation with one of his oldest adversaries.
#25 - Volcanic Island Terror
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/22/2017
On a volcanic Pacific island, an ancient fishing community is being terrorized by something unknown in the water that’s been leaving behind mysterious puncture wounds on its victims. Can Wade uncover the identity of this fanged assailant?