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  • Effigy Poison and the City

    Movie

    1828 in the German port city of Bremen, a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on the true story of female serial killer Gesche Gottfried.

  • Jesus In India

    Movie

    A former Fundamentalist from Texas is ousted from his church for asking unwelcome questions about the "missing years" of Jesus - the years from 12 to 30 unaccounted for in the Bible. The Texan, author Edward T. Martin, undertakes a seeker's question across 4,000 miles of India in search of eviden...

  • Bass Reeves

    Movie

    Bass Reeves was the first black deputy marshal in the Old West and, with over 3,000 arrests, could be the greatest lawman ever.

  • The Book of Genesis

    Movie

    Based on the first book of the Bible, The Book of Genesis is a sweeping and poetic look at the beginning of man’s relationship with God. While Jochebed (Venus Monique) hides in a shelter to protect her infant son from being murdered, she tells him the story of her people over the course of a dang...

  • Mexico's Knockout Artist

    Movie

    Mexico is a country rich with boxing history. They have produced numerous outstanding fighters such as Julio Cesar Chavez, Salvador Sanchez and Canelo Alvarez among others. But Pipino Cuevas remains supreme as the country's hardest puncher of all-time.

  • World War Two HD

    1 season

    A collection of documentaries from the U.S. National Archives.

  • The Road Dance

    Movie

    A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy befalls her.

  • 15 Minutes of War

    Movie

    Based on the 1976 true story of the Somalian rebel hijacking of a school bus of 21 French children and an American teacher. The rebels drive the bus to the border between the French colony and Somalia. French captain Andre Gerval is called to lead a small team of elite snipers to secretly prepare...

  • Kobe Bryant the Greatest of All

    Movie

    The sudden and tragic passing of basketball legend Kobe Bryant alongside his beloved daughter and protege Gianna shocked and devastated fans around the world. Relive a career like none other as we pay tribute to the incredible life and accomplishments of NBA royalty.

  • Marco Polo: The China Mystery Revealed

    Movie

    Marco Polo became a legend after his 24 year trek across Asia. Was he the world’s greatest overland explorer? Or the biggest liar? National Geographic’s own legend & master photographer, Michael Yamashita, used Polo's book as a guide to find the truth.

  • Raymond Lewis: L. A. Legend

    Movie

    Tells the hard-to-believe story of the mythical basketball legend from Watts California who was blackballed from the NBA in the early 70's following an ugly contract dispute with the Philadelphia 76ers.

  • The Guardians

    Movie

    Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.

  • The Bridgewater Triangle

    Movie + 1 extra

    The Bridgewater Triangle hosts an unusually high volume of reports involving strange happenings, baffling mysteries, and sinister deeds. This region in Southeastern Massachusetts serves as one of the world’s most diverse hotspots for paranormal activity.

  • Walnut Tree

    Movie

    Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in western Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by the Saddam regime. On June 28th, 1987 Iraqi air fighters dropped mustard gas bombs on the city.

  • Neurons to Nirvana

    Movie

    A stylish, in depth look at the renaissance in psychedelic drug research in light of current scientific, medical and cultural knowledge.

  • An Honest Liar

    Movie

    The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.\

  • Esther

    Movie

    The Bible story of Esther starring Louise Lombard, F. Murray Abraham and Jurgen Prochnow.

  • A2Z: History of the Beatles

    Movie

    a detailed timeline behind the history and story of when and what happened in the life of The Beatles from the conception of the band when they were the Quarrymen, then the Silver Beatles to the final days.

  • Reparando

    Movie

    On the morning of June 18. 1954, the US CIA dropped leaflets in Guatemala City demanding the resignation of the president. Guatemala was ravaged by Civil War for the next 36 years. But hope is rising. In the midst of incredible odds, victims have been transformed into champions who willfully embr...

  • A Tuba to Cuba

    Movie

    A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined.

  • Bonhoeffer

    Movie

    Bonhoeffer is the compelling true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was imprisoned and killed by the Nazis for his connection to the German Resistance and their failed attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Heavily influenced by the death of his brother in World War I and the...

  • Alistair1918

    Movie

    A World War One soldier accidentally time travels to present-day Los Angeles. Filthy, penniless, with no way to prove his identity, he struggles to find a way back to his wife in 1918.

  • Dark Passages

    1 season

    Exploring lesser-known conspiracy theories, the supernatural, and urban legend. From the creatures surrounding us to serial killers who have never been captured. Each episode gives accounts and theories surrounding these debates.

  • Effigy Poison and the City

    1828 in the German port city of Bremen, a female law clerk tries to prove her worth during the investigation of multiple poisonings. Based on the true story of female serial killer Gesche Gottfried.