The UnXplained with William Shatner – History

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Veteran actor William Shatner looks at some of the mysteries that have baffled us for centuries in The UnXplained with William Shatner on History

William Shatner (pictured above) hosts and is executive producer on The UnXplained with William Shatner, History’s new series delving into some of the greatest unexplained mysteries of the world.

He begins by asking if places can be cursed.

In Russia, 1959, a team of nine experienced hikers embarked on an expedition to a remote mountain… and never returned.

When their bodies were eventually found, some had succumbed to hypothermia, while others had bizarre injuries, including burns and crushed bones.

Hikers The UnXplained with William Shatner — The mystery of what happened to a group of Russian hikers in 1959 is explored in The UnXplained with William Shatner on History

There are also stories of multiple deaths of children at an amusement park, haunted houses and a forest in Japan that’s a magnet for people wanting to end their own life.

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TV Times rating: ****

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Next came nearly 10 years at TV Times magazine as a writer and then deputy features editor. Here she spent many happy days interviewing the biggest names in entertainment and visiting the sets of some of our most popular shows including Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing.

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