Season 9
Jun/17/2012
People who work with dead bodies are profiled. Included: a family of skull cleaners in Oklahoma City; body-collecting contractors in Maryland; a Florida man who buys and sells serial-killer souvenirs.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Jun/24/2012
People with uncontrollable medical conditions share their stories. Included: a father whose Tourette's syndrome makes him an outcast; a 17-year-old stigmatized by self-harm.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Jul/01/2012
A recovering alcoholic sends her 14-year-old son on a booze-fueled trip to Spain, believing a vacation of excess may teach him a lesson.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Jul/08/2012
Teen sex is the topic. The hour includes profiles of Mississippi teens who attend a purity ball, where daughters pledge their sexual purity to their fathers; and a 13-year-old mother in Australia.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Jul/15/2012
A look at bizarre collections, including a London man's eccentric array of objects, which range from human baby skeletons to shrunken heads.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Jul/22/2012
Standards of beauty and how they differ across cultures are examined. The hour spotlights a London modeling agency called Ugly, which shines light on beauty prejudices, and profiles America's first full-face-transplant recipient, Dallas Wiens.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Jul/29/2012
A team of heavy-duty house cleaners are followed on the job as they tackle a filthy foreclosed home in Minneapolis.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Aug/05/2012
Unusual weddings are the focus. Included: nine couples tie the knot in the buff in Jamaica; two dogs get hitched in California; an Indonesian man kidnaps his bride
Source: National Geographic Channel
Aug/26/2012
Profiling a 40-year-old virgin from Australia; a man from New Zealand who claims to have had sex with nearly 2000 women; and an Arkansas man who has a fetish for balloons.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Sep/02/2012
Welcome to Phoenix, home of the hardest approach to drink related crimes in the United States including tough DUI laws, zero tolerance and confronting anti-drinking campaigns.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Sep/23/2012
Extreme forms of body modification are examined. The hour profiles female bodybuilders and a woman with horn implants and pointed teeth. Also: a look at the rising "bagelhead" trend in Japan.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Sep/30/2012
Sex changes are discussed. Included: a profile of a married couple who both switched genders after meeting and falling in love.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Oct/02/2012
Bizarre collections are examined. Included: a Turkish man has a cave covered with locks of human hair; a man with a foot fetish collects photographs of feet.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Oct/09/2012
Unusual couples are the focus. Included: a pair who live off fruit they find in garbage bins; a man whose girlfriend is a sex worker; an engaged couple who enjoy wearing skintight Zentai bodysuits.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Oct/16/2012
Examining different cultures' perceptions of childhood. The hour looks at young snake charmers in India; young girls who are worshiped as living goddesses in Nepal; and an American teen who's considering a sex change.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Oct/23/2012
Sex changes are discussed. Included: a profile of a married couple who both switched genders after meeting and falling in love.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Oct/30/2012
Unusual death rituals are examined. Included: a nun in India who fasted to death; a Taiwanese man who hired exotic dancers to perform at his father's grave; a San Francisco man who collects human remains; and a woman in Alabama who honors her late husband with a patriotic gun salute using bullets filled with his ashes.
Source: National Geographic Channel
Nov/19/2012
Reports of demonic possession are investigated. Included: five teenage girls perform exorcisms in Phoenix; Bolivian miners make a deal with the devil in order to survive their working conditions; a Colombian man believes he is being tortured by demons and must choose between suicide or exorcism; a former prostitute and drug addict in Florida leads an evangelical ministry that teaches that salvation is gained through deliverance from demonic possession.
Source: National Geographic Channel