The BEST episodes of The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd season 1

Every episode of The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd season 1!

Uncover some of the most mysterious and bizarre inventions, creatures, people, and things throughout history.

Last Updated: 7/5/2026Network: HistoryStatus: Continuing

7.47

55 votes

#1 - Outlandish Inventions

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/2/2024

Picture this: a full-body gas mask for babies. How about Smell-o-Vision? Or a robot powered by eating slugs? These are all real inventions, and we've got them covered.

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7.44

43 votes

#2 - Surviving the Impossible

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/2024

Imagine free falling 30,000 feet without a parachute, or being buried alive and living to tell the tale. These are improbable yet true-life tales of surviving the most extraordinary conditions.

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7.29

48 votes

#3 - What Lies Beneath

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2024

Sometimes the strangest things on Earth...are happening just below its surface. These are the weird and wonderous tales of the sea beasts, hidden cities and impossible creatures that lurk beneath us.

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7.28

105 votes

#4 - Strange Places

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/1/2023

Shipwrecks, plane crashes, disappearances, and UFO sightings, oh my! This episode explores the Lake Michigan Triangle and many other wild and weird places, including a creepy doll-filled island with a dark past, deadly gas-filled explosive lakes, caves that harbor deadly viruses, and the most haunted place in the U.S.

Directors: Jeffy Can

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7.27

74 votes

#5 - Bizarre Deaths

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/8/2023

In Boston, a 25-foot tidal wave of...Molasses? A dancing plague that kills 100 people? A surgery with a 300% mortality rate? We search the globe for the strangest and most bizarre deaths on record.

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7.26

65 votes

#6 - Astonishing Bodies

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/15/2023

From a headless chicken that lives over one year, to an out-of-this-world "celestial body" where it rains molten glass...We explore the most astonishing bodies through these truly unbelievable stories.

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7.24

55 votes

#7 - Strange Experiments

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/19/2024

Monkey glands for immortality, hypnotized assassins, and a brain-linked cyborg couple. We investigate some of the strangest experiments on record.

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7.18

49 votes

#8 - Superhumans

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/5/2024

A blind man who uses bat-like powers of echolocation to navigate his surroundings? A samurai with reflexes faster than a speeding bullet? A man who's immune to electrocution?

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7.14

51 votes

#9 - Unusual Rituals

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/12/2024

Human bones as a "miracle cure" for gout? Living mummies buried alive? A truly bizarre Victorian way to lose weight--with tapeworms? From daily rites to once-in-a-lifetime rituals, the stranger side of human nature is revealed in these surprising rituals.

7.10

59 votes

#10 - Weird Weapons

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/22/2023

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to get attacked by a million bats with tiny bombs strapped to their chests? What about inflatable tanks, robot assassins, bazooka Vespas, war dolphins...The list of outrageous weapons goes on!