Auto/Biography - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Case of the Buried Dino

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2019

The Case of the Buried Dino

Donahue and May recount the story of a 1974 Ferrari Dino that was found buried in the backyard of a small home in South Central Los Angeles by two children in December 1978. No one knew how the rare car got there, who put it there or why it was buried. Just before the mystery could be solved the Ferrari Dino vanished again.

The Case of the Split Enzo

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 2, 2019

The Case of the Split Enzo

The world's most famous Ferrari crash happened on February 22, 2006, when a Ferrari Enzo split in half on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and both passengers emerged unharmed. The tale of the split Enzo quickly unraveled into an epic and bizarre story involving a video game company, 150 mph street races, million-dollar supercars and international criminals.

The Case of the Priceless Porsche

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 9, 2019

The Case of the Priceless Porsche

Just moments after finishing his first drive in the most famous racing Porsche on earth the car's new owner gets a visit from the last people he expected to see at Laguna Seca raceway: the DEA.

The Case of Hitler's Mercedes

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 16, 2019

The Case of Hitler's Mercedes

In the summer of 1984 retired Major General William Lyon and his son Bill knock on the door of an abandoned roller rink in suburban San Diego. What they find inside may be the former car of one of the most notorious, evilest men in history.

The Case of the Hidden Race Cars

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2019

The Case of the Hidden Race Cars

Two legendary, priceless cars - the Bugatti Type 57G Tank and the Prototype Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - have more than speed records and world championships in common. Both cars they were locked away under bizarre circumstances and then nearly forgotten.

The Case of the Sunken Chevys

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2019

The Case of the Sunken Chevys

Forty years after they went missing a 1969 Camaro and a 1952 Chevy Styleline are found side-by-side at the bottom of a Lake in western Oklahoma. No one knows how they ended up there or why the three people in each car didn't escape, but everyone wants to find answers.

The Ghosts of Mulholland

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2019

The Ghosts of Mulholland

Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles is one of the most famous and most treacherous roads in the world. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was home to movie stars, rock stars and some of the most dangerous illegal street racing in America.

The Case of the Missing Movie Cars

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2019

The Case of the Missing Movie Cars

Three famous movie cars - a submarine Lotus, an armed Aston Martin and a killer's Chevy Malibu - end up driving away from their fantasy big screen lives and into real experiences of James Bond level break-ins, underworld theft and high-tech modifications.

The Story of Ford vs Ferrari

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Nov 24, 2019

The Story of Ford vs Ferrari

Every car has a story. From the moment it was conceived, to its first road test, to where it is today. Auto/Biography tells the life story of the world's most fascinating cars. This Ford v Ferrari special episode pairs with the Disney/Fox movie release.

Season 2

The Case of the Movie Cars

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2020

The Case of the Movie Cars

An epic lineup of classic movie cars are pushed to the brink of mechanical failure on a sun-soaked road trip from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. From Knight Rider's K.I.T.T. to a time-traveling DeLorean, Tim and Michael find out quickly that air conditioning is not a standard feature in Hollywood.

The Case of the Cursed Cars

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2020

The Case of the Cursed Cars

World War I started in a car, James Dean's life ended in one. As the stories go, the famous cars involved in these tragedies are "cursed" -- causing harm for years beyond these horrible events. But if curses aren't real, how do we explain the incredible series of events that unfolded?

The Case of the Getaway Cars

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2020

The Case of the Getaway Cars

New information on how infamous gangster duo Bonnie and Clyde learned to evade the police leads Tim and Michael to connect with the FBI, investigating groundbreaking getaway techniques pioneered by a German bank robber that are still used in professional bank robberies today.

The Story of Dead Man's Curve

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 24, 2020

The Story of Dead Man's Curve

Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles holds an old secret -- a dangerous banked turn reshaped decades ago after an epic crash nearly killed Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny. The tale of what happened that night has only ever been a Hollywood rumor, until now.

The Case of the Hidden Innovation

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 31, 2020

The Case of the Hidden Innovation

Tim and Michael investigate the hidden innovations on the Traub motorcycle, the Brubaker Box and the Tucker 48 -- commercial failures, but brilliantly-engineered machines with technology years ahead of their time.

The Case of the Missing Mustangs

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2020

The Case of the Missing Mustangs

Tim and Michael investigate how Steve McQueen's long-missing Bullitt Mustang remained hidden in plain site for so long. Also, they look at the controversy surrounding the supposed recovery of Jim Morrison's Shelby GT500.

Porsche vs. Ferrari

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2021

Porsche vs. Ferrari

A fan service episode pits Porsche engineering against Ferrari engineering through the lens of Le Mans. How did two completely different approaches to car design result in strings of wins and losses at Le Mans? Who did it better, Porsche or Ferrari?

The Return of the Cunningham Corvettes

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2021

The Return of the Cunningham Corvettes

Before the epic clashes of Ford vs. Ferrari, legendary American driver, sailor, soldier and car designer Briggs Cunningham took an all-American team, using all-American cars, to Le Mans and won.

Manson Family Cars

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2021

Manson Family Cars

In a rarely told story, car crime helped finance and provide cover for the Manson family and their hidden compound. This on-location episode takes Tim and Michael seeking the Manson family's cars, stashed to this day in those remote mountain hills.

The Price of Speed

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2021

The Price of Speed

This episode is entirely about speed at any cost. Starting with belly tank racers and coming up through today, we learn about the deadliest sport in American history, and the very recent changes being made to save lives.

The Missing Meyers Manx

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Nov 2, 2021

The Missing Meyers Manx

The original kit car, the one that started the craze and made dune buggies a household name, the Meyers Manx has had an insane history. The original Manx was stolen in LA and has a bizarre tale.

The Paradise Aftermath

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2021

The Paradise Aftermath

We explore the tales of classic cars that did and did not escape the Paradise, California, fires.

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