Plot Synopsis

Hosted and executive produced by Dan Aykroyd, THE UNBELIEVABLE WITH DAN AYKROYD is a one-hour documentary series that highlights the weirdest people, places, objects, and events in human history. From Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919, when a 25-foot tidal wave of syrup demolished an entire neighborhood and the killer dancing plague of 1518 to a surgery with a 300% mortality rate and a falling poodle that killed three people, these seemingly tall tales may seem unbelievable, but they are 100% true. Aykoryd takes viewers on a mind-blowing ride to reveal history's strangest-but-true stories brought to life through re-creations, archival footage, and expert commentary. This series' cast of experts that dive into the historical record to explain the "how" and "why" include food author and tv personality Adam Richman, JEOPARDY! All-Star Austin Rogers, animal expert Jeff Musial, writer and historian Mitch Horowitz, TV host Don Wildman, sportswriter Karitha A. Davidson, Egyptologist and award-winning documentarian Ramy Romany and activist and Professor of History at the University of St. Thomas Dr. Yohuru Williams to name a few.

The series opener, "Strange Places," explores the Lake Michigan Triangle and many other wild and weird places, including a creepy doll-filled island with a dark past, deadly gas-filled explosive lakes, caves that harbor deadly viruses, and the most haunted place in the United States.
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On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 10pm ET/PT, History Channel premiered "Surviving the Impossible," the season finale of THE UNBELIEVABLE WITH DAN AYKROYD. Imagine free falling 30,000 feet without a parachute, or being buried alive and living to tell the tale. Or... what about getting trapped in a tiny room inside a sunken ship on the ocean floor...For three days? These are improbable yet true-life tales of surviving the most extraordinary conditions.