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(Change Layout)Cities of the Underworld  
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Season 3
27 :03x01 - City Of Blood (Oct/26/2008)
London, England is the site for many haunting ghost stories, but behind each myth lies the truth. Victorian times brought with it violent crimes, extreme poverty and lawlessness which forced the Londoners to bond to survive. As the church felt challenged by the medical and scientific advances at the time, and disease and overpopulation drove the poverty stricken to do the jobs only the devil could endure. From body snatchers to serial killers to occult clubs and pagan rituals, Londoners lived both above and below ground to their own set of rules. Don Wildman explores London from the bottom up and tells the stories most would rather remain buried.
 
28 :03x02 - Tunnels Of Hell (Nov/02/2008)
In 1945, the U.S. Navy unleashed the "Typhoon of Steel " on the Japanese island of Okinawa, the largest naval armada ever used by the U.S.. Instead of the quick victory in which was supposed to happen, it started the bloodiest battle ever seen in the Pacific, which lasted over 3 months and saw thousands more killed on both sides than in both post-atomic Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. But the battle didn't just happen above ground, it was fought underneath it too in a beehive of tunnels in which the American troops faced down the entrenched Japanese army, to the caves in which thousands of civilians fled to hide and hundreds ended up perishing. This episode shows Don Wildman what it was like to live through the Battle of Okinawa. He heads underground to the subterranean tunnels, caves, and bunkers, where few have gone, and dives to explore the lost naval destroyer sunken deep in the waters off Okinawa's coast.
 
29 :03x03 - Real Mafia Underground (Nov/09/2008)
The world fears the mafia and that includes Sicily, where it's presence cannot be ignored. But did you know the mafia got their start underground? Don travels to Sicily where a secret society once held meetings underground in which corrupt city officials were put on trial and the guilty were executed. Don tracks down ancient subterranean waterways where mob bosses used to make their escape, and discovers a bone-crypt that holds the key to Sicily's violent past. He'll also expose how the mafia teamed up with the Allies during WWII, undermining the Axis' line of bunkers deep within the hillside and embedding themselves into Sicilian society for good.
 
30 :03x04 - Secret Sin City (Nov/16/2008)
Welcome to Las Vegas, where fortunes are made and lost each day through gambling. Casino's first priority has always been to keep it's money safe by use of an intricate security system. From underground vaults to secret surveillance nerve centers, Don Wildman uncovers how the latest technology beats the cheaters. But in the early days, things were not so hi-tech. Don shows how a sandy desert was built up into a mobster metropolis where the show was run by running through tunnels underground since the days of Prohibition. And just as it seemed the city would die and all the thugs were behind bars, Vegas made a stellar comeback. It's the only city in the world where you can be in Egypt one moment and Italy the next, thanks to a secret underground that allows the show to get bigger and better every time.
 
31 :03x05 - Hitler's Trenches (Nov/23/2008)
A trip to Belgium's Western Front where Adolph Hitler served in the German army in trenches and tunnels. Host Don shows us the areas where 24,000 Allies would await the enemy for an ambush, to the indestructible fortress that endured thousands of bombs daily. Discover the underground which helped make WWI one of the bloodiest and brutal war in history...and turned Hitler into the terrifying madman of World War II.
 
32 :03x06 - Barbarians' Lair (Dec/01/2008)
Europe's darkest days lasted 1,000 years, from the swords of barbarian hordes to the guns of the Spanish Empire. After the Roman Empire fell, Europe saw chaos for centuries, with mass bloodshed, rampant disease, and vicious carnage along the streets. But what laid below them was an area cut out by man to help keep people alive...and alert for their enemies. From the immense quarries of a secret society to Templar torture chambers and the tunnels of medieval "ghost knights," Don searches for the darkest secrets of the Dark Continent, which lays beneath Europe's streets.
 
33 :03x07 - Land of Manson (Dec/08/2008)
Los Angeles was a city which was kept in fear and paranoia as the most notorious murders in U.S. history roamed around free. It was Charles Manson and he lived on the deserts of Los Angeles and hoped that the underground would be his safe haven. But Manson and his followers weren't the only dangers lurking beneath the streets of LA. Corrupt cops secretly ran the city, and a subway system laid in waste. The 9-million plus who live there are ready for anything, along with shores which have military bunkers for protection and subterranean disaster-relief war rooms surveying the next big quake, LA's underground holds the key to its survival.
 
34 :03x08 - Gladiators: Blood Sport (Dec/15/2008)
An examination of Ancient Rome, focusing on gladiators and the areas they were associated in, including the Colosseum, brothels and crypts. Also, a school in which the gladiators trained to fight and survive.
 
35 :03x09 - Secret Holy Land (Dec/22/2008)
Ethiopia is home to some of the world's oldest settlements and is born in legend and shrouded in mystery. A home to both Jews and Muslims, it is also home to the second oldest of Christian nations. But in order to practice your Christian faith it would had to have been underground or face a chance of death. From underground engineering marvels to remote, cliff-hanging caves, Ethiopia's hidden churches allowed Christianity in ways no others ever could. From tombs of vanished emperors and subterranean cathedrals, the orthodox priests had worshiped there for thousands of years, from the burial place of Queen of Sheba to the believed resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, the clues of Ethiopia's lost legends and tribes are there...hidden in the African underground.
 
36 :03x10 - Under the Rock (Jan/12/2009)
An examination below San Fransisco includes an ammunition's depot, a former repository for nuclear missiles, Civil War fortifications below Alcatraz, and the tunnels which run below Chinatown.
 
37 :03x11 - Tomb of the Lost Mummies (Jan/26/2009)
An exploration of the city of Cairo, and ancient structures which have withstood time and invasions. Included are a step pyramid which was built before the Giza pyramids, and a tomb which contains over 2,000 mummies. Also, an examination of the Book of the Dead.
 
38 :03x12 - Gods of War (Feb/02/2009)
This episode focuses on the underworld of Turkey, including remaining tunnels from invaders and travelers on a trade route. Also included is the legend and lore of the Trojan War.
 
39 :03x13 - Alcatraz Down Under (Feb/09/2009)
An exploration of the underworld of Sydney, including a 19th century prison, caves which were used by fugitive outlaws, and gold mines. Also, tour of a WWII chemical weapons storage facility, along with the people who once lived there.
 
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