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Season 5 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Disaster in the Desert

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jan 21, 2020

Disaster in the Desert

Scorched remains that speak of imprisonment and torture... the desert town that faced a disaster of biblical proportions... a rusting cab leway leading to a deadly site in the mountains of southern Africa... vast coastal ruins that reveal a past once wiped from history.

The Valkyrie Assassin

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2020

The Valkyrie Assassin

The underground base with the power to destroy a nation… the site linked with an attempt to kill a vicious dictator… an ancient world discovered in the open American wilderness... the tropical island with a history of violence.

Escape from Devil's Island

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2020

Escape from Devil's Island

Including an exploration of the claustrophobic prison cells of Devil's Island; Vemork, a vast mountainside complex that held the power to change the world; Salton Sea, where a string of crumbling towns are linked by a toxic secret; and Ralsko, a sprawling secretive base that's been left standing on deadly ground.

Top Secret Nuclear Arsenal

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2020

Top Secret Nuclear Arsenal

Including an exploration of a secretive underground base that concealed the power to destroy nations; Willamette Falls, a sprawling industrial relic clinging to the edge of an unforgiving waterfall; strange constructions, separated by a century, but joined together by war; and Pilgrim's Rest, a hauntingly silent town lost deep in hills of South Africa.

A Nation Torn Apart

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2020

A Nation Torn Apart

Including an exploration of a marooned iron-clad structure in Portland, off the coast of England, that hides a dramatic story of war and resilience; Pratt Cotton Gin Mill, a vast facility in the heart of America's deep south that helped tear apart a nation; and a Mediterranean island fortress at Spinalonga, Greece, that became the scene of a dark conspiracy.

Ghosts of the Swamp

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2020

Ghosts of the Swamp

Including an exploration of forgotten relics from the defence of America's homeland, at Fort Jackson, USA, concealed by the banks of the Mississippi River; a concrete behemoth at Lorient Sub Base, on the coast of France, that proved invulnerable to enemy bombardment; and a ghostly ruin at Gwrych that is now home to a haunting presence.

Death Behind Bars

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2020

Death Behind Bars

An American prison for the violent and deranged with links to an infamous cult leader, and a cavernous tunnel network in France offering shelter from unrelenting bombardment.

Behind Enemy Lines

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2020

Behind Enemy Lines

An Albanian village home to Allied secret agents, devastated for resisting the Nazi war machine, and a notorious asylum in America that enforced labotomies on a large scale.

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