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In Search Of

In Search Of

Inspired by the original series from the 1970s and '80s, Zachary Quinto revives "In Search Of" to investigate the paranormal. Quinto delves into the unexplained mysteries from all around the world and even looks into the secret UFO program that the Pentagon just acknowledged. Such topics include alien encounters, mysterious creatures, UFO sightings, time travel, and artificial intelligence. Using experiments and immersive demonstrations, scholars and witnesses attempt to tell the stories.
2 seasonsDocumentary, ParanormalTV-14

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Season 18 of 10 Episodes

  • Zach sets out to discover whether aliens exist and what evidence we have to prove it; Zach meets with the world's leading scientists at SETI, and they show him the methods they employ to communicate with potential other-worldly visitors.

  • Zach wants to understand how one can be Superhuman; he meets a man who bent the metal frame of a car door with his bare hands in a moment of crisis; a Shaolin warrior monk who shows Zach some of the secrets to his training.

  • Zach sets out to research strange creatures from the depths of the ocean and to see how much they lend to monsters depicted in myth and legend; a teenager who was savagely attacked by a swarm of mysterious flesh-eating monsters.

  • Zach charts a journey to determine whether time travel is possible; he meets a man who claims to have traveled back in time due to a secret government program; a group of people living in Liverpool known as time slippers.

  • Zach visits a Florida man whose brother was killed when their family home was literally swallowed whole by the Earth as well as a series of sinkholes that are forming a series of caves right below the houses of a quaint suburban neighborhood.

  • Zach explores the dark world of psychological mind control; he meets with a victim who was surgically implanted with an electronic harassment device in his head and neck, proving that this is a very real and terrifying phenomenon.

  • Zach tackles the ultimate existential question as he explores what happens when we die and whether we can have life after death; he meets with a Texas man who actually died and came back to life after a horrific kayaking accident.

  • Zach continues his journey to find the lost civilization of Atlantis and proof that it was a real and thriving empire; on the island of Sardinia, he uncovers compelling evidence of an advanced civilization matching Plato's description of Atlantis.

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2 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    The Loch Ness Monster, Part 1
    The Loch Ness Monster, Part 2
  • The Loch Ness Monster, Part 1

    Comparing decades of encounters with the Loch Ness Monster across Europe as well as using modern science to create a brand-new profile of it; a look into the depths of the loch for a potential history-making encounter.
    Upcoming
  • The Loch Ness Monster, Part 2

    The Loch Ness Monster could be a legend, but it could be so much more; there are decades of encounters across Europe where modern science is used to create a brand-new profile of the beast.
    Upcoming
In Search Of

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Inspired by the original series from the 1970s and '80s, Zachary Quinto revives "In Search Of" to investigate the paranormal. Quinto delves into the unexplained mysteries from all around the world and even looks into the secret UFO program that the Pentagon just acknowledged. Such topics include alien encounters, mysterious creatures, UFO sightings, time travel, and artificial intelligence. Using experiments and immersive demonstrations, scholars and witnesses attempt to tell the stories.

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Zachary Quinto

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  • Zach sets out to discover whether aliens exist and what evidence we have to prove it; Zach meets with the world's leading scientists at SETI, and they show him the methods they employ to communicate with potential other-worldly visitors.

  • Zach wants to understand how one can be Superhuman; he meets a man who bent the metal frame of a car door with his bare hands in a moment of crisis; a Shaolin warrior monk who shows Zach some of the secrets to his training.

  • Zach sets out to research strange creatures from the depths of the ocean and to see how much they lend to monsters depicted in myth and legend; a teenager who was savagely attacked by a swarm of mysterious flesh-eating monsters.

  • Zach charts a journey to determine whether time travel is possible; he meets a man who claims to have traveled back in time due to a secret government program; a group of people living in Liverpool known as time slippers.

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