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Strangest Things

History · 2021 · Rated 6.9/10

Last aired: S3 E10, The Lost Language, the Beauty Machine and the Disk of Strangeness · 2023-03-06

Using new research and 3D technology, this UK production explores some of the most perplexing and unusual artefacts from ancient and modern history. Objects are pulled apart, with even the smallest details examined, and lost or damaged artefacts are rebuilt to uncover their secrets. Strangest Things reveals the unbelievable, the ancient, and the truly bizarre currently hidden away in museums, laboratories, and storage rooms around the world.

Cast

Corey Johnson Narrator

Season 3

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3

E1 The Stone Ball, the Electrocution Belt and the Cat Mummy That Wasn't 2023-01-02 · 60 min A 5,000-year-old carved stone object is shaped into four symmetrical lobes covered in unique markings. Why people believed an electrocution device could cure. And a 3,000-year-old cat mummy with no cat inside.

E2 The Skull That Changed Science, The Bat Bomb and the Stone Age Mulitool 2023-01-09 · 60 min

E3 The King's Mask, The Nazi Plate And The Stonehenge Drums 2023-01-16 · 60 min Exploring the origin of a death mask, three carvings which could shed light on Stonehenge and a plate found in Austria.

E4 The Psychograph, The Blood Mask And The Cursed Chicken Pot 2023-01-23 · 60 min Investigate a machine which can supposedly read personalities, a mask painted with human blood and a cursed pot.

E5 The Sphere, The Prophesy Machine And The Canary 2023-01-30 · 60 min Examine claims Nostradamus predicted Hitler. Plus, learn about the canary resuscitator and a tiny object with the power to kill.

E6 The Pyramid Tool Kit, The Killer Foot Machine And The Lost Head 2023-02-06 · 60 min Examine an ancient pyramid toolkit, a device that unleashes lethal X-rays and a divisive terracotta sculpture.

E7 The Jericho Head, The Cloudbuster And The Map 2023-02-13 · 60 min Examine a 9,000-year-old clay head, a 1950s machine built to control the weather and a map which could be the oldest ever found.

E8 The Lost Standard, The Steam Gun and the Sacrificial Throne 2023-02-20 · 60 min This latest collection of objects comprises an intriguing 35,000-year-old box, a steam-powered gun and a monument that may have been an Aztec throne.

E9 The Hat of Teeth, The Killer Shockbox and the Amazonian Quiver 2023-02-27 · 60 min A look at perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.

E10 The Lost Language, the Beauty Machine and the Disk of Strangeness 2023-03-06 · 60 min A look at perplexing and unusual objects. This episode focuses on a lost language, a beauty machine and something called the Disk of Strangeness.

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