Original title
Decoding the Past
Released
7/18/2005
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary, News
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
80
Decoding the Past is a History Channel paranormal television series that "decodes" the past by looking for unusual, and mysterious things written about throughout history that may give clues as to what will happen in the future.
La Cosa Nostra exploits major cycles and crises throughout history.
Author Dan Brown puts forth astonishing hypotheses in his novel that tries to link a mystery to the life of Jesus.
Nostradamus lives in an age of superstition and magic and believes that he can foretell the future.
Nostradamus lives in an age of superstition and magic and believes that he can foretell the future.
Potential catastrophes threaten to wipe out life on Earth.
Potential catastrophes threaten to wipe out life on Earth.
A ghostly image appears on a burial cloth.
Using the Bible to predict events.
Some look for cryptograms in the Bible outlining the past and future.
Jesus' return from death.
The Book of Revelation has many prophecies and symbolism.
Clandestine organizations of the past and present.
Biblical prophecies and Nazi Germany.
Some presidents use psychics and experience visions.
John the Baptist has great meaning in Christianity.
Hitler recalls Erwin Rommel while the general is pursuing the British.
The origins of the Templar; actor Edward Herrmann narrates.
The treasure of the Templar populates blockbuster movie and book plots seven centuries after their demise; actor Edward Herrmann narrates.
The Greek cult of Dionysus, early Christians, the Church of Satan and the People's Temple.
Edgar Cayce predicts World War II, the deaths of U.S. presidents and the Great Depression.
Adventurers seek the cup Jesus used at the Last Supper.
Thousands of believers across the world report experiencing Marian apparitions.
Ancient Greeks believed that the Oracle of Delphi spoke on behalf of the gods.
Judas' childhood, his relationship with Jesus, and a monumental decision characterize him forever.
Global flooding, fiery destruction, plagues, earthquakes, epidemics and famine.
Researchers use current scientific knowledge and investigative techniques to study the riddle of the Bermuda Triangle.
Explorers search Mount Ararat and other targeted sites for the resting place of Noah's Ark.
Prophecies found in the Tanakh correlate with the birth, death, resurrection and possible future of Israel.
Sacred objects belonging to Jesus may be scattered around the globe.
Scientists test the Shroud of Turin.
Prophets predict the destruction of ancient Babylon.
Noah's Ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, the Shroud of Turin and messages and codes within the text of the Old Testament.
The Bermuda Triangle, the Great Lakes, ghost ships and the New Jersey shoreline.
Opus Dei encourages Christians to live consistently with their faith.
The University of Chicago maintains the Doomsday Clock.
Prophets and their visions for the future.
The accuracy of past predictions.
Area 51, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy.
The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman.
Atlantis, Amazon women, Stonehenge and Easter Island.
The Quran plays a major role in Islamic history.
Explaining the text of the Quran.
The secretive, mystical organization of Freemasons.
A search for the Abominable Snowman, including camera clips.
Ancient prophecy and occult ritual fascinate Nazi Germany.
Vampires in folklore and Vlad the Impaler.
Near the Dead Sea, archaeologists find the ruins of two ancient cities.
The apocalypse.
The number 666 and its effects on society.
Some believe angels carry out God's orders.
The origins of heaven and hell and the symbols that represent them.
The Virgin Mary reveals three prophecies to children in 1917 Portugal.
The agenda of the Antichrist; the Apocalypse. A historical look at the biblical antichrist, what it has meant in the past and references to what it means in the present day. The search for who the antichrist might be, stems according to the documentary, primarily from the US, and includes such past figures as Popes, Hitler, Mussolini, Napoleon, to the more present day figures of Nixon, Bush, Bill Gates.
Sea monsters may be figments of the imagination or living relics of prehistoric times.
Legal, religious and historical scholars reveal ways in which people have viewed the issues the Ten Commandments have raised throughout history.
The prehistoric Gigantopithecus, a real giant ape.
Taboos in human society.
Recent world events lead some to believe that the end is near.
The meanings behind the symbols and numbers on the U.S. dollar bill.
The Commandments translate into modern legal systems.
Freemasonry's effects on America.
Archaeologists, astrologers and historians speculate on the meaning of the 2012 doomsday prophecy.
Playing cards possess mystical properties.
Learn the true tale of the original mad scientist, Johann Konrad Dipple, whose efforts to brew a secret elixir of life intertwined with the dark world of alchemy and body-snatching.
The "Sorcerer's Stone'' of "Harry Potter'' fame has a basis in history.
Examining the Seven Wonders of the World and explanations on why they were chosen and what is revealed about the builders who left them behind.
The history and philosophy of Kabbalah.
Any of four artifacts may be the Holy Lance.
Scholars and survivors discuss the mystery of cults.
The truth behind the legend of the vampire.
Some believe that the Tibetan Book of the Dead provides answers to questions about the afterlife.
The mysterious ritual of exorcism.
Prophecies and oracles from around the world point to December 21, 2012 as doomsday.
Areas on Earth exhibit aspects of black holes, such as the Bermuda Triangle.
Theories on how paradise was lost and where it might be found.
An examination of the 1908 Tunguska event in Siberia, where a mysterious explosion destroyed nearly 1000 square miles of forest. Includes theories of what possibly happened to cause the explosion and whether it could ever happen again.
A look at regions where folklore exists around sightings of the Abominable Snowman, such as the mountainous regions of Tibet and Nepal.
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