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The rare successful escape from Devil's Island depended on cash so Olly investigates how prisoners earned and stashed money.
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Olly Steeds examines the horrors of prison life at the notorious Devil’s Island prison and tests first-hand whether tales of great escapes could be true.
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Watch how Olly's investigation of the roots of Nazi racial theories leads to a series of fascinating, and often bizarre, encounters with a sinister legacy.
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Olly tracks down Nazi hideouts to see what he can discover about the final hiding place of the missing Amber Room and other stolen treasures.
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Olly Steeds investigates the truth behind the legend of Atlantis.
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UFO's in Ancient Peru?Olly explores the popular theory that space aliens may have created the Nazca Lines.Solving History with Olly... (02:10)
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Master Race HQAt the former SS center in Wewelsburg, Germany, Olly sets out to investigate the far-fetched claims of Nazi racial theories.
Solving History with Olly... (01:13)
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The Atlantis MysteryPlato wrote the first account of this mighty city brought down by nature's fury and Olly is determined to test the truth behind the tale.Solving History with Olly... (01:17)
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Armed White ActivistOlly meets with John de Nugent, a pistol-packing white civil rights activist whose own views support many Nazi race theories.Solving History with Olly... (02:45)
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Solomon's TempleOlly travels to Jerusalem, the last certain location of the Ark of the Covenant and the place where he begins his search for the sacred relic.Solving History with Olly... (02:36)
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Amazing Inca BridgesRoads and bridges were the key to the power of the Inca empire and the only trails that may lead to El Dorado.Solving History with Olly... (02:18)
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The Real Temple of DoomOlly explores the ruins of Chavin de Huantar, Peru where the ancient Nazcans conducted underground rituals fueled by hallucinogens and the terrifying visage of a fanged god.Solving History with Olly... (03:07)
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Lost Inca RoadJust as they are about to turn back from their expedition in the high Andes, Olly's team finds a road at the distant edge of the Inca realm.Solving History with Olly... (02:17)
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Solving The Nazca PuzzleWith the help of the latest research, Olly proposes a simple explanation for the origin of the mysterious Nazca Lines.Solving History with Olly... (01:40)
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Nazca WondersOlly travels to southern Peru to investigate the enormous, mysterious depictions of animals and geometric forms in the Nazca Desert.Solving History with Olly... (01:42)
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The Ruins of AtlantisStanding atop the island of Santorini, Olly makes a strong case that this site matches Plato's description of where a great city was swallowed by the sea.Solving History with Olly... (02:22)
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Aryan Purity MythIn a Copenhagen laboratory, a Danish genetic specialist reveals research that overturns theories of Aryan racial purity.Solving History with Olly... (02:50)
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Investigative journalist Oliver "Olly" Steeds travels the world in Discovery Channel's Solving History to seek out the truth behind some of the world’s biggest historical mysteries.
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