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26 episodes

Vanishings! - Season 1

First aired Jul 12, 2003Season 1

From Glen Miller and Amelia Earhart to Leslie Howard and Agatha Christie, this series investigates in detail some of the most famous names who disappeared in the 20th century.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Lost in the Bermuda Triangle

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Jul 12, 200322 min

On December 5, 1945, Flight 19 had disappeared without a trace into the area that would become known as the Bermuda Triangle.

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Episode 2

Foo Fighters

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Jul 12, 200322 min

Foo Fighters maneuvered in and around bomber formations. Some believe that the 1943 U.S. Navy experimented with making ships disappear.

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Episode 3

Die Another Day: Surviving The Andes

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Jul 19, 200322 min

In October 1972, a rugby team and friends en route from Uruguay to Chile boarded a plane in Argentina for a 90-minute flight to Santiago.

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Episode 4

Lost in the Amazon

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Jul 19, 200322 min

On April 20, 1925, British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, his son Jack, and friend Raleigh Rimmel set off from a Brazilian frontier town into the Amazon jungle in search of a lost ancient city.

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Episode 5

Whatever Happened to Jimmy Hoffa?

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Jul 26, 200322 min

At 2 p.m. on July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa arrived at the Red Fox, a suburban Detroit restaurant, to meet two former colleagues to discuss winning back his old position.

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Episode 6

Lost in Libya

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Jul 26, 200322 min

On April 4, 1943, a flight of US B-24 Liberator bombers took off from a desert airbase in Libya. Their target was the harbor of Naples--750 miles away.

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Episode 7

Wrong Way Corrigan

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Aug 2, 200322 min

In 1938, Douglas Corrigan climbed into a single-engine plane for a nonstop flight.

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Episode 8

WWI Ace Balloon Buster

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Aug 2, 200322 min

In 1918, US Lieutenant Frank Luke took off to destroy German observation balloons.

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Episode 9

Mystery of the Missing Comet

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Aug 9, 200322 min

On the morning of January 10, 1954, a British Comet, one of the first turbojet airliners, took off from Rome headed to London with six crew and 29 passengers.

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Episode 10

Movie Star or Spy?

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Aug 9, 200322 min

June 1943, a civilian plane took off from Portugal, heading for England.

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Episode 11

Disappearance of Donald Campbell

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Aug 16, 200322 min

In 1967, Donald Campbell attempted to break the world water speed record of 276 miles per hour--one he set three years earlier.

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Episode 12

Disappearance of Donald Crowhurst

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Aug 16, 200322 min

On October 31, 1968, Donald Crowhurst set sail from southwest England on a round-the-world solo yacht race in a newly-built 41-foot trimaran named the Teignmouth Electron.

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Episode 13

The Kursk Lost At Sea

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Sep 13, 200322 min

In August 2000, one of the biggest maritime disasters of modern times struck the Russian fleet in the Barents Sea.

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Episode 14

The Gaul Lost At Sea

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Sep 13, 200322 min

In 1974, the Gaul had vanished! Built to withstand, why did she disappear?

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Episode 15

The pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932. In the summer of 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan attempted to fly around the world.

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Sep 20, 200322 min

The pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1932. In the summer of 1937, she and her navigator Fred Noonan attempted to fly around the world.

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Episode 16

The Disappearance Of Amy Johnson

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Sep 20, 200322 min

In January 1941, 37-year-old Amy Johnson, a world-famous record-breaking pilot, took off in an Airspeed Oxford from an RAF base in northern England.

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Episode 17

Lost In The Arctic

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Sep 27, 200322 min

In 1928, Umberto Nobile, an Italian pioneer of aerial exploration of the Arctic, set off for the North Pole aboard the airship Italia, along with a crew of 16 men.

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Episode 18

Stardust Lost In The Andes

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Sep 27, 200322 min

On August 2, 1947, the British airliner Stardust took off from Buenos Aires heading to Santiago in a flight that would take the six passengers and five crew members over the Andes.

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Episode 19

USS Scorpion Lost At Sea

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Oct 4, 200322 min

On May 17, 1968, the nuclear submarine USS Scorpion was making her way through the Mediterranean returning to base at Norfolk, Virginia, when she received top-secret orders.

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Episode 20

Mallory And Irvine

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Oct 4, 200322 min

On June 7, 1924, George Mallory, a 38-year-old English schoolmaster, and Andrew Irvine, a 22-year-old university student, stopped to rest on Mount Everest, at 26,800 feet, before making the final ascent.

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Episode 21

Mallory and Irvine

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Oct 25, 200322 min

A pair of explorers vanish while climbing Mount Everest in 1924.

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Episode 22

The Disappearance Of Charles Kingsford Smith

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Oct 25, 200322 min

On November 6, 1935, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith took off from an airport near London in a Lockheed Altair monoplane, the Lady Southern Cross.

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Episode 23

Disappearance of Buster Crabb

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Dec 13, 200322 min

Commander Lionel "Buster" Crabb disappears during a mission to spy on a Russian ship in a British harbor.

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Episode 24

Lord Lucan: Murderer on the Run

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Dec 13, 200322 min

A British aristocrat disappears after being accused of murder.

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Episode 25

The Missing Prime Minister

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Dec 27, 200322 min

Australia's Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming at the beach.

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Episode 26

Disappearance of John Stonehouse

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Dec 27, 200322 min

A member of the British government walks into the ocean and disappears.