Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe Season 1, Episode 17: Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles

1

Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men

Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?

2

On the Trail of the Big Cats

The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations

3

Where Giants Walked

Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island

4

Relics of the Saints

Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics

5

Mysteries of the Sea

The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck

6

The Psychic Detectives

Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?

7

Keys to the Past

The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain

8

The Burning Question

Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion

9

A Crop of Circles

Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?

10

At Death's Door

Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death

11

Callers from the Cosmos

Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions

12

The Evil Eye

Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation

13

Secrets of the Pyramids

What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids

14

Mysteries of the Maya

The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization

15

Squaring the Bermuda Triangle

Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle

16

Doom of the Dinosaurs

Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter

17

Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles

Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone

18

Zombies, The Living Dead?

Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?

19

The Strange Powers of Animals

Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.

20

Into Thin Air

Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.

21

Baffling Bombardments

Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.

22

Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin

Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.

23

Secrets Of Ancient Worlds

Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir

24

Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres

Topics include Spirit photography.

25

True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?

Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.

26

Mysteries Of The North

Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.