
Historical and factual series celebrating pivotal moments in history.

Termites, mosquitos, rats, mice, ants and cockroaches have spread damage, disease and death for millions of years.

The assembly and surprising history behind the airboat; a wild ride on a big-tired swamp buggy; local delicacies that bring new meaning to acquired taste; a massive engineering project to divert the mighty Mississippi River; pythons and alligators.

A journey back to an unruly era examining the complexity of their construction and the multipurpose they served; homes to kings and nobles, economic centers, courthouses, treasuries, prisons, and torture chambers.

The human body is host to a multitude of hidden secrets even after death; coroner; funeral home director; forensic anthropologist; engineers.

More than two million people die in the U.S. annually, creating 5,500 daily burials with 80 percent choosing caskets and 20 percent cremation; explore dealing with death throughout centuries and today's $20-billion funeral industry.

The celebration of Halloween has become a $6 billion economic powerhouse; the annual Halloween Haunt at Knott's Berry Farm; the production of monster makeup, masks and costumes; carving pumpkins; making fake blood; haunted house.

Some activities occur only when the world is dark; fishermen use lights to lure squid to their nets; finding night crawlers in Toronto; military night-vision gear; police helicopter's Spectrolab spotlight; baseball stadium.

Rats are some of the most dangerous, destructive and useful animals on the planet; an exterminator comes face to face with the rodents; hundreds of thousands of rats are bred and raised in a high-tech facility.