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==== Season 5 (1980β1981) ==== {{Episode table |background=#ff9900 |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |prodcode= |country=US |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 97 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = UFO Coverups | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|09|20}} | ProdCode = 856 | ShortSummary = UFO [[Cover-up|Cover-Up]]s: Examines charges that the [[U.S. Air Force]] is hiding alien corpses and the remains of crashed space craft in [[Hangar 18 (conspiracy theory)|Hangar 18]] of [[Wright-Patterson Air Force Base]] in [[Ohio]]. '''NOTE:''' This was one of the first nationally broadcast programs to discuss the so-called [[Roswell Incident]]. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 98 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Faith Healing | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|09|27}} | ProdCode = 852 | ShortSummary = [[Faith Healing]]: Is faith healing a [[hoax]] or [[holistic medicine]]? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 99 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Lee Harvey Oswald | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|04}} | ProdCode = 854 | ShortSummary = [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]: The assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]]: was there visual proof of two guns in Dallas and possibly two Oswalds? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 100 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Daredevil Death Wish | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|11}} | ProdCode = 859 | ShortSummary = Daredevil Death Wish: A look at some of the impossible stunts daredevils attempt, and why they keep trying even after suffering near-fatal injuries. This reflected and echoed one of the ''[[That's Incredible!]]'' segments, "Incredibly Dangerous," which itself became embroiled in controversy when some of the stuntmen/daredevils it featured were injured severely enough to ruin their careers as such. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 101 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Life After Life | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|18}} | ProdCode = 855 | ShortSummary = Life after Life: The stories of people who claim they have had [[Near-death experience|after-life experience]]s and say they no longer fear death. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 102 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Moon Madness | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|25}} | ProdCode = 853 | ShortSummary = [[Moon]] Madness: Violence and passion are commonplace when the moon is full. Is there any truth to the [[Werewolf]] legends? Leonard Nimoy hosts this historical look at lunacy. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 103 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Dangerous Volcanoes | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|01}} | ProdCode = 868 | ShortSummary = Dangerous [[Volcano]]es: Scientists wonder whether California's [[Mount Shasta]], Washington's [[Mount St. Helens]], and other American volcanoes will soon erupt again.<ref>[[Mount St. Helens]] eventually did erupt, an eruption that covered the nearby community in volcanic ash but ultimately did little lasting damage.</ref> | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 104 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Lindbergh Kidnapping | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|08}} | ProdCode = 864 | ShortSummary = The [[Lindbergh kidnapping|Lindbergh Kidnapping]]: Digs for the facts behind the controversy that still rages today, the kidnapping of [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s baby. Was the wrong man executed for the crime? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 105 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Acupuncture | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|15}} | ProdCode = 870 | ShortSummary = [[Acupuncture]]: A study of the healing technique which may cure incurable diseases. Leonard Nimoy investigates the power of the ancient Chinese healing art. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 106 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Jimmy Hoffa | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|22}} | ProdCode = 862 | ShortSummary = [[Jimmy Hoffa]]: A probe into the disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa, the mob-connected President of the [[International Brotherhood of Teamsters]]. Was he killed, kidnapped, or did he go underground? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 107 | EpisodeNumber2 = 11 | Title = Fountain of Youth | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|29}} | ProdCode = | ShortSummary = The [[Fountain of Youth]]: A look at the various scientific ways people use to stay young for years longer. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 108 | EpisodeNumber2 = 12 | Title = Laugh Therapy | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|06}} | ProdCode = 858 | ShortSummary = [[Laughter#Therapeutic effects of laughter|Laugh Therapy]]: Can laughter combat disease? A Nobel Prize winner says he cured himself after doctors gave up hope. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 109 | EpisodeNumber2 = 13 | Title = Salem Witches | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|13}} | ProdCode = 865 | ShortSummary = [[Salem witch trials|Salem]] [[Witches]]: Are the witches of [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]] still casting spells in [[Massachusetts]]? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 110 | EpisodeNumber2 = 14 | Title = Super Children | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|12|27}} | ProdCode = 867 | ShortSummary = Super Children: Investigates scientific efforts to produce a generation of [[child prodigies]]; are they born or made? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 111 | EpisodeNumber2 = 15 | Title = The Great Wall of China | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|01|10}} | ProdCode = 869 | ShortSummary = The [[Great Wall of China]]: The story of one of the world's greatest wonders - who built it and why? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 112 | EpisodeNumber2 = 16 | Title = The Castle of Secrets | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|01|24}} | ProdCode = 876 | ShortSummary = The Castle of Secrets: The saga of the [[Coral Castle]], said to have been built by [[Edward Leedskalnin]], a frail hermit who allegedly carved and lifted 1,100 tons of solid stone blocks weighing up to 30 tons each using the secrets of Atlantis. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 113 | EpisodeNumber2 = 17 | Title = The Great Lovers | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = [[Leonard Nimoy]] | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|01|31}} | ProdCode = 878 | ShortSummary = The Great Lovers: A look at some of history's famous lovers. What drove certain men to pursue sensual pleasure above all else? The program compares the legends of [[Don Juan]] and [[Casanova]]. Host Leonard Nimoy wrote this installment. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 114 | EpisodeNumber2 = 18 | Title = The Holy Grail | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|02|07}} | ProdCode = 879 | ShortSummary = The [[Holy Grail]]: Explores the claims that the chalice used by Jesus at the [[Last Supper]] may have been found. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 115 | EpisodeNumber2 = 19 | Title = The Death of Marilyn Monroe | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|02|14}} | ProdCode = 860 | ShortSummary = The Death of [[Marilyn Monroe]]: Examines evidence that suggests that the Hollywood star may not have committed suicide. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 116 | EpisodeNumber2 = 20 | Title = Chinese Explorers | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|02|21}} | ProdCode = 871 | ShortSummary = [[China|Chinese]] Explorers: Did the Chinese discover America 1,000 years before Columbus? Leonard Nimoy explores evidence that a [[Buddhist]] monk named [[Fusang|Hu-Shen]] arrived on the American continent in AD 458. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 117 | EpisodeNumber2 = 21 | Title = The Hindenburg Mystery | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|02|21}} | ProdCode = 873 | ShortSummary = The [[LZ 129 Hindenburg|Hindenburg]] Mystery: A probe into the theory alleging that the famed Nazi "lighter-than-air" ship, which exploded while landing at [[Lakehurst, New Jersey]], in 1937, was destroyed by political saboteurs. | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 118 | EpisodeNumber2 = 22 | Title = The End of the World | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|04|30}} | ProdCode = 877 | ShortSummary = The [[Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth|End of the World]]: Will an [[asteroid]] or [[comet]] on a collision course with Earth end it all? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 119 | EpisodeNumber2 = 23 | Title = The ''Lusitania'' | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|05|16}} | ProdCode = 874 | ShortSummary = The ''[[RMS Lusitania|Lusitania]]'': An in-depth examination into the sinking of the British liner by a German submarine in 1915, killing over 1,000 passengers, including 114 Americans. Was it really all part of a plot to involve the U.S. in World War I? | LineColor = FF9900 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 120 | EpisodeNumber2 = 24 | Title = Sun Worshippers | DirectedBy = | WrittenBy = | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|05|19}} | ProdCode = 866 | ShortSummary = [[Sun Worshipper]]s: Will [[solar energy]] free us from dependence on foreign oil? Leonard Nimoy analyzes how solar energy stacks up against [[fossil fuel]] and [[Nuclear power|nuclear energy]]. | LineColor = FF9900 }} }}
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