TV Schedule for Discovery Channel (US) - Eastern Feed
Wednesday, May 20th TV listings for Discovery Channel (US) - Eastern Feed
Conspiracies and Cover-Ups Programmed by AI
Using a real-world test and expert insights, Andrew asks a frightening question; have we already crossed the dangerous point of no return where artificial intelligence is capable of independently manipulating our reality without us knowing it?
Expedition Files Strange but True
A real-life child whose possession inspired "The Exorcist"; a con artist leaves a trail of deception and perhaps, even murder; an ancient army is defeated by hallucinogenic honey; these three stories prove that truth can outmatch fiction.
Expedition Files History Got It Wrong
Was the Hindenburg truly destroyed by accident or by sabotage?; could the famous Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot footage hold clues that only modern analysis can define?; what really happened when 50,000 Persian soldiers disappeared in 524 B.C.?
Expedition Files Mysteries of American History
Josh Gates explores American history, including a theory that John Wilkes Booth escaped justice -- only to meet a stranger fate; learn myth-busting truths behind Paul Revere's midnight ride and a U.S. Navy sub that vanished in the Cold War.
Expedition Files Fateful Coverups
From a secret World War II unit that deceived Nazis, to the alleged crimes of the Knights Templar and a royal death tied to a scandal, Josh Gates explores mysteries built on coverups; was the truth buried to protect power, reputation and empires?
Expedition Files Truth Vs. Tabloids
Josh Gates investigates sensationalistic stories, seeking the truth behind the unexplained: rock legend Jim Morrison's mysterious death, a bizarre, preserved mermaid found in a Japanese temple, and claims of alien abduction from a U.S. Airman.
Expedition Unknown Dive for America's Pirate Loot
Josh braves the frigid, shark-infested waters off Cape Cod to dive the world's only confirmed pirate wreck; joining a high-tech recovery mission, Josh chases the multi-million-dollar treasure of Black Sam Bellamy, including coins, gold and jewels.
Expedition Unknown America's First Train Robbers
Josh tracks down the legend and treasure of an outlaw posse, who terrorized the Midwest's railroads; Josh tracks the Reno Gang's lost loot to a cave hideout that could hold millions.
Expedition Unknown Traitors' Treasure of 1776
Josh chases the fortune stolen by loyalists to Britain's crown during the American Revolution; investigations of the infamous Doan Gang; Josh helps dig up a cache of plundered coins; a cave search pinpoints the turncoats' hideout.
Expedition Unknown Mystery Ruins of the Stone Age
Josh investigates the rumors swirling around a Turkish dig site that is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge; separating fact from fiction, the team uncovers evidence of tribal skull rituals, debunking the legend of an alien-constructed observatory.
Expedition Unknown Hitler's Amerikabomber
Josh hunts for the truth about the Third Reich's Amerikabomber, a warplane designed to obliterate New York City; ruins of a mysterious Nazi underground city and top-secret weapons factories provide clues about Hitler's dream killing machine.
Expedition Unknown Shipwreck Triangle of Greece
Josh dives into a mysterious Greek sea passage known as the ancient world's shipwreck capital; chasing truth and treasure, Josh separates fact from myth and learns what makes these waters as deadly as the Bermuda Triangle.
Expedition Files Who Done It? New
Josh Gates uncoversthe culprits behindthree ofhistory's mostbaffling mysteries:thesuspected murder ofexplorer Meriwether Lewis, a possible U.N. plot aroundDag Hammarskjld's 1961 planecrash, and thevanishing of New York judge Joseph Crater.
Conspiracies and Cover-Ups New
Ex-CIA officer Andrew Bustamante conducts an active investigation to pressure-test conspiracies in pop culture today.
Conspiracies and Cover-Ups Weather Weapons
Are weather control fears fact, or just modern fiction?; Andrew tests theories about chemtrails, cloud seeding, space lasers, and government weather weapons.
Expedition Unknown Shipwreck Triangle of Greece
Josh dives into a mysterious Greek sea passage known as the ancient world's shipwreck capital; chasing truth and treasure, Josh separates fact from myth and learns what makes these waters as deadly as the Bermuda Triangle.
Expedition Files Who Done It?
Josh Gates uncoversthe culprits behindthree ofhistory's mostbaffling mysteries:thesuspected murder ofexplorer Meriwether Lewis, a possible U.N. plot aroundDag Hammarskjld's 1961 planecrash, and thevanishing of New York judge Joseph Crater.
Ex-CIA officer Andrew Bustamante conducts an active investigation to pressure-test conspiracies in pop culture today.
Conspiracies and Cover-Ups Weather Weapons
Are weather control fears fact, or just modern fiction?; Andrew tests theories about chemtrails, cloud seeding, space lasers, and government weather weapons.
Gold Rush New Levels of Chaos
Parker unleashes chaos as the team tries to get four wash plants running. Tony splurges on a new wash plant to get more gold. Kevin tries to broker a deal with his dad. Rick fires up at Vegas Valley.
Fatal Engineering Plane Crashes New
Look back at the Tenerife, Kegworth, and Paris Concorde air disasters; investigate the design defects that made these aircraft vulnerable; look at the role air traffic miscommunications played; relive the terrible moments before disaster struck.
Fatal Engineering Bridge Collapses New
Bridge collapses have etched hard lessons into the history of engineering; Tacoma, Minneapolis, Genoa, symbols of innovation that have become stark reminders of what happens when flaws go unchecked.
Fatal Engineering Dam Collapses New
When dams break, devastation follows; Derna, Malpasset, Brumadinho, three disasters that turned engineering failures into mass tragedies.
