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In Search of... is an American television series that was broadcast weekly from 1976 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg: In Search of Ancient Astronauts in 1973 (based on the 1968 book/ 1970 film Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken), In Search of Ancient Mysteries (1974), and The Outer Space Connection in 1975 (later adapted into popular paperbacks written by Landsburg), all of which featured narration by Rod Serling, who was the initial choice to host the spin-off show. Serling died before production started, and Leonard Nimoy was then selected to be the host.^[1] The series was revived with host Mitch Pileggi in 2002 and again in 2018 with Zachary Quinto for the History channel.

The original series was shown in Australia in the 1980s under the title Great Mysteries of the World, with each episode having an introduction and conclusion presented by television presenter Scott Lambert.

Format

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The show was originally hosted by Leonard Nimoy.

Each episode of the program explored a general or specific topic in one of several general categories as given in the opening titles: Extraterrestrials, Magic & Witchcraft, Missing Persons, Myths & Monsters, Lost Civilizations, and Special Phenomena (changed to Strange Phenomena from season 3 onward).^[2] The program conducted investigations into the controversial and paranormal (e.g., UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster). Additionally, it featured episodes about mysterious historical events and personalities such as Anna Anderson, the Lincoln Assassination, the Jack the Ripper murders, infamous cults (e.g., Jim Jones), and missing persons, cities, and ships (e.g., Amelia Earhart, Jimmy Hoffa, D. B. Cooper, the Mary Celeste, the Titanic, the lost Roanoke Colony). Each episode's opening credits included a verbal disclaimer about the conjectural nature of the evidence and theories to be presented:^[3]

This series presents information based in part on theory and conjecture. The producer's purpose is to suggest some possible explanations, but not necessarily the only ones, to the mysteries we will examine.

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The program included interviews, reenactments, and host segments including Nimoy on location or in studio, and each episode featured voiceovers by Nimoy. The music was composed by Laurin M. Rinder and W. Michael Lewis. A soundtrack album was released on AVI (American Variety International) Records in 1977.^[4]

Nimoy wrote an episode about the turbulent life of artist Vincent van Gogh, having earlier played the artist's brother Theo in a one-man show.^[5] As part of his research, Nimoy found records in the archives of the hospital where Van Gogh was treated that suggested that he suffered from epilepsy rather than insanity.

The show also spawned at least six spin-off books, all written by Landsburg with forewords by Nimoy: In Search of Lost Civilizations, In Search of Extraterrestrials, In Search of Magic and Witchcraft, In Search of Strange Phenomena, In Search of Missing Persons, and In Search of Myths and Monsters, with an additional book that collected the best segments from these existing volumes.

In 1978, Landsburg produced a Bigfoot documentary using portions of two In Search of... episodes ("The Monster Hunters" and "The Yeti") called Manbeast! Myth or Monster, based on his book In Search of Myths and Monsters. Though Nimoy had written the foreword to Landsburg's book, he did not narrate this documentary.^[6]

Reruns of the In Search of... series aired during the early 1990s on the A&E Network. In the later 1990s, the show aired on another of the A&E Television Networks' properties, the History Channel. The licensing agreement with MCA Television/Universal Domestic Television expired in the early 2000s, ending the show's run. When the show aired on A&E, a re-recording of the original theme music was used plus a new alternate theme. The original opening titles were also modernized. In this incarnation virtually all of Nimoy's on-camera appearances in the series were replaced with reused footage, so viewers could hear Nimoy but not see him.

A short-lived revival of the show, featuring Mitch Pileggi, aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002.

In January 2018, it was announced that Zachary Quinto, who, like Nimoy, stars as Spock in the rebooted Star Trek films, would host the revived version of the show on History Channel.^[7] On March 27, 2019, History Channel announced the series was renewed for a second season.^[8]

Episodes

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Specials

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Original Series

The original series ran for six seasons, hosted by Leonard Nimoy.

Sci-Fi Channel revival (2002)

A revival of the series aired on The Sci-Fi Channel for one season, hosted by Mitch Pileggi.

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History Channel revival (2018–2019)

A second revival of the series aired on The History Channel for two seasons, hosted by Zachary Quinto.^[9]

Season 1 (2018)

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Season 2 (2019)

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Home media releases

In February 2012, it was announced that Visual Entertainment, under license from Universal Studios, had acquired the home video rights to the original series for the United States and Canada. In Search of: The Complete Collection was released in Canada and the U.S. on December 11, 2012, from VEI's website.^[10]

The 21-DVD set includes all 144 installments hosted by Leonard Nimoy. Also included are two Rod Serling specials: In Search of Ancient Astronauts and In Search of Ancient Mysteries which aired prior to the start of the regular Nimoy series. Three Landsburg specials The Outer Space Connection (1975), Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle (1978), and Manbeast! Myth or Monster (1978), are not included. VEI also included all eight episodes of the short-lived 2002 series hosted by Mitch Pileggi.^[11]

Homages

The style of the original In Search of... has been paid homage to and parodied by many productions. Examples include Mysteries in History, a show-within-a-show that plays a part in the plotline to Men in Black II (the faux series is hosted by Peter Graves in the film; coincidentally, Graves once co-starred with Nimoy in Mission: Impossible). Two other examples are Truth from Legend and Fact from Myth, two nearly identical series existing in alternate universes for which "mini-episodes" were created for YouTube as part of the viral marketing campaign for the two-part video game BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea. The series also served as inspiration for The Blair Witch Project, whose directors Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick watched the show as children.^[12]

References

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External links

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+| company              = [[Alan Landsburg Productions]] (original)<br />Kaos Entertainment (first revival)<br />The Landsburg Company (first revival)<br />Studios USA (first revival)<br />[[Universal Television Alternative Studio]] (second revival)
-| network              = [[broadcast syndication|Syndicated]]<br />[[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]]<br />[[History (American TV channel)|History]]
+| network              = [[broadcast syndication|Syndicated]]<br />[[Sci-Fi Channel]]<br />[[History (American TV channel)|History]]
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 == Format ==
 [[File:Leonard nimoy 1980.jpg|thumb|right|The show was originally hosted by [[Leonard Nimoy]].]]
-Each episode of the program explored a general or specific topic in one of several general categories as given in the opening titles: Extraterrestrials, Magic & Witchcraft, Missing Persons, Myths & Monsters, Lost Civilizations, and Special Phenomena (changed to Strange Phenomena from season 3 onward).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-08 |title=Theory and Conjecture: 'In Search of…' and the Golden Age of Paranormal TV |url=https://wearethemutants.com/2018/02/08/theory-and-conjecture-in-search-of-and-the-golden-age-of-paranormal-investigation/ |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=We Are the Mutants |language=en}}</ref> The program conducted investigations into the controversial and [[paranormal]] (e.g., [[unidentified flying object|UFO]]s, [[Bigfoot]], and the [[Loch Ness Monster]]). Additionally, it featured episodes about mysterious historical events and personalities such as [[Anna Anderson]], the [[Abraham Lincoln#Assassination|Lincoln Assassination]], the [[Jack the Ripper]] murders, infamous cults (e.g., [[Jim Jones]]), and missing persons, cities, and ships (e.g., [[Amelia Earhart]], [[Jimmy Hoffa]], [[D. B. Cooper]], the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'', the ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]'', the lost [[Roanoke Colony]]). Each episode's opening credits included a verbal disclaimer about the conjectural nature of the evidence and theories to be presented:<ref>{{Citation |title=In Search Of... Intro/Outro Music, Season 1 vs 2-6 | date=January 14, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCGocLDrR4 |access-date=2023-12-04 |language=en}}</ref>
+Each episode of the program explored a general or specific topic in one of several general categories as given in the opening titles: Extraterrestrials, Magic & Witchcraft, Missing Persons, Myths & Monsters, Lost Civilizations, and Special Phenomena (changed to Strange Phenomena from season 3 onward).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-08 |title=Theory and Conjecture: 'In Search of…' and the Golden Age of Paranormal TV |url=https://wearethemutants.com/2018/02/08/theory-and-conjecture-in-search-of-and-the-golden-age-of-paranormal-investigation/ |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=We Are the Mutants |language=en}}</ref> The program conducted investigations into the controversial and [[paranormal]] (e.g., [[UFO]]s, [[Bigfoot]], and the [[Loch Ness Monster]]). Additionally, it featured episodes about mysterious historical events and personalities such as [[Anna Anderson]], the [[Abraham Lincoln#Assassination|Lincoln Assassination]], the [[Jack the Ripper]] murders, infamous cults (e.g., [[Jim Jones]]), and missing persons, cities, and ships (e.g., [[Amelia Earhart]], [[Jimmy Hoffa]], [[D. B. Cooper]], the ''[[Mary Celeste]]'', the ''[[Titanic]]'', the lost [[Roanoke Colony]]). Each episode's opening credits included a verbal disclaimer about the conjectural nature of the evidence and theories to be presented:<ref>{{Citation |title=In Search Of... Intro/Outro Music, Season 1 vs 2-6 | date=January 14, 2013 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZCGocLDrR4 |access-date=2023-12-04 |language=en}}</ref>
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 Nimoy wrote an episode about the turbulent life of artist [[Vincent van Gogh]], having earlier played the artist's brother Theo in a one-man show.<ref>{{Citation |last=Nimoy |first=Leonard |title=Vincent |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0937245/ |type=Biography |access-date=2023-12-04 |others=Leonard Nimoy |publisher=Petunia Productions, Plenty to Do Productions, ABC Video Enterprises}}</ref> As part of his research, Nimoy found records in the archives of the hospital where Van Gogh was treated that suggested that he suffered from [[epilepsy]] rather than insanity.
-The show also spawned at least six spin-off books, all written by Landsburg with forewords by Nimoy: ''In Search of Lost Civilizations,'' ''In Search of Extraterrestrials,'' ''In Search of Magic and Witchcraft,'' ''In Search of Strange Phenomena,'' ''In Search of Missing Persons,'' and ''In Search of Myths and Monsters,'' with an additional book that collected the best segments from these existing volumes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alan Landsburg |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/503411.Alan_Landsburg |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>
+The show also spawned at least six spin-off books, all written by Landsburg with forewords by Nimoy: ''In Search of Lost Civilizations,'' ''In Search of Extraterrestrials,'' ''In Search of Magic and Witchcraft,'' ''In Search of Strange Phenomena,'' ''In Search of Missing Persons,'' and ''In Search of Myths and Monsters,'' with an additional book that collected the best segments from these existing volumes.
 In 1978, Landsburg produced a Bigfoot documentary using portions of two ''In Search of...'' episodes ("The Monster Hunters" and "The Yeti") called ''Manbeast! Myth or Monster,'' based on his book ''In Search of Myths and Monsters.'' Though Nimoy had written the foreword to Landsburg's book, he did not narrate this documentary.<ref>{{Citation |last=Webster |first=Nicholas |title=Manbeast! Myth or Monster? |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248977/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |type=Documentary, Mystery |access-date=2023-12-04 |others=Celia Byrne, Peter Byrne, Don Hood}}</ref>
-Reruns of the ''In Search of...'' series aired during the early 1990s on the [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E Network]]. In the later 1990s, the show aired on another of the [[A&E Television Networks]]' properties, the [[History (U.S. TV network)|History Channel]]. The licensing agreement with [[MCA Television]]/Universal Domestic Television expired in the early 2000s, ending the show's run. When the show aired on A&E, a re-recording of the original theme music was used plus a new alternate theme. The original opening titles were also modernized. In this incarnation virtually all of Nimoy's on-camera appearances in the series were replaced with reused footage, so viewers could hear Nimoy but not see him.
+Reruns of the ''In Search of...'' series aired during the early 1990s on the [[A&E Network]]. In the later 1990s, the show aired on another of the [[A&E Television Networks]]' properties, the [[History Channel]]. The licensing agreement with [[MCA Television]]/Universal Domestic Television expired in the early 2000s, ending the show's run. When the show aired on A&E, a re-recording of the original theme music was used plus a new alternate theme. The original opening titles were also modernized. In this incarnation virtually all of Nimoy's on-camera appearances in the series were replaced with reused footage, so viewers could hear Nimoy but not see him.
-A short-lived revival of the show, featuring [[Mitch Pileggi]], aired on the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]] in 2002.
+A short-lived revival of the show, featuring [[Mitch Pileggi]], aired on the [[Sci-Fi Channel]] in 2002.
 In January 2018, it was announced that [[Zachary Quinto]], who, like Nimoy, stars as [[Spock]] in the rebooted [[Star Trek (film series)#Reboot (Kelvin Timeline) films|''Star Trek'' films]], would host the revived version of the show on History Channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2018/01/history-in-search-of-zachary-quinto/|title=Zachary Quinto investigates the paranormal on History's revival of In Search Of – reality blurred|date=January 30, 2018|access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref> On March 27, 2019, [[History Channel]] announced the series was renewed for a second season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://renewcanceltv.com/historys-in-search-of-renewed-for-season-2-new-series-the-unxplained-with-william-shatner/|title=History's 'In Search Of' Renewed For Season 2 + New Series 'The Unxplained' With William Shatner|date=March 29, 2019|publisher=RenewCancelTV|access-date=April 4, 2019}}</ref>
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   | WrittenBy    = S: Hans Holzer; W: Hans Holzer & Robert L. Long
-  | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|12|20}}<ref>https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/television-this-week/docview/122806077/se-2?accountid=196403</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-in-search-of-episode/157097012/ | title=The "In Search of..." episode "Strange Visitors" aired in NYC on 12/20/1976 | work=Daily News | date=December 19, 1976 | page=344 }}</ref>
+  | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|12|20}}<ref>https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/television-this-week/docview/122806077/se-2?accountid=196403 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-in-search-of-episode/157097012/ | title=The "In Search of..." episode "Strange Visitors" aired in NYC on 12/20/1976 | work=Daily News | date=December 19, 1976 | page=344 }}</ref>
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   | ShortSummary  = Strange Visitors: Was Oracle Chamber, which lies beneath New Hampshire's [[America's Stonehenge|Mystery Hill]], built by ancient [[Phoenicians]] who traveled to the continent thousands of years ago? Guests include Robert Stone, [[Hans Holzer]], and [[Barry Fell]].
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   | ProdCode    = 712
-  | ShortSummary  = [[Dracula]]: Investigates the life and recorded history of [[Vlad III the Impaler|Vlad the Impaler]] in Romania, with comparisons to the main character of the famous [[Bram Stoker]] novel.
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   | DirectedBy   = H. G. Stark
   | WrittenBy    = Hans Holzer & Robert L. Long
-  | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|04}}<ref>https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/television/docview/122860951/se-2?accountid=196403</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-in-search-of-episode/156860110/ | title=The "In Search of..." episode "Ghosts" aired in NYC on 10/4/1976 | work=Daily News | date=October 4, 1976 | page=48 }}</ref>
+  | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|04}}<ref>https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/television/docview/122860951/se-2?accountid=196403 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-in-search-of-episode/156860110/ | title=The "In Search of..." episode "Ghosts" aired in NYC on 10/4/1976 | work=Daily News | date=October 4, 1976 | page=48 }}</ref>
   | ProdCode    = 704
   | ShortSummary  = [[Ghosts]]: Studies specters and a [[parapsychologist]]'s theory that they are troubled earthbound souls in need of help.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|06|29}}
   | ProdCode    = 720
-  | ShortSummary  = [[Life after death|Life after Death]]: A visit to a soul research institute for firsthand accounts of people who claim they have died and come back to life.
+  | ShortSummary  = [[Life after Death]]: A visit to a soul research institute for firsthand accounts of people who claim they have died and come back to life.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|09|20}}<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|122926112}} |title=Television This Week |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/19/archives/television-this-week-of-special-interest.html |work=The New York Times |date=19 September 1976 |page=101 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-in-search-of-episode/155702200/ | title=The "In Search of..." episode "The Loch Ness Monster" aired in NYC on 9/20/1976 | newspaper=Daily News | date=September 20, 1976 | page=57 }}</ref>
   | ProdCode    = 725
-  | ShortSummary  = [[Loch Ness Monster|The Loch Ness Monster]]: A hunt for the leviathan which has so far eluded all expeditions to prove that it truly exists. Includes footage of [[Bob Ballard]] as he performs underwater photography in an attempt to identify the monster.
+  | ShortSummary  = [[The Loch Ness Monster]]: A hunt for the leviathan which has so far eluded all expeditions to prove that it truly exists. Includes footage of [[Bob Ballard]] as he performs underwater photography in an attempt to identify the monster.
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-  | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|11}}<ref>https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/television/docview/122860207/se-2?accountid=196403</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-in-search-of-episode/156860410/ | title=The "In Search of..." episode "UFOs" aired in NYC on 10/11/1976 | work=Daily News | date=October 11, 1976 | page=236 }}</ref>
+  | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1976|10|11}}<ref>https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/television/docview/122860207/se-2?accountid=196403 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-the-in-search-of-episode/156860410/ | title=The "In Search of..." episode "UFOs" aired in NYC on 10/11/1976 | work=Daily News | date=October 11, 1976 | page=236 }}</ref>
   | ProdCode    = 702
   | ShortSummary  = [[UFO]]s: An evaluation of reports by people who have seen "saucers", and the growing body of evidence that America is regularly being visited by UFOs.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|02|04}}
   | ProdCode    = 746
-  | ShortSummary  = Pyramid Secrets: Examines the theory that the [[Egyptian pyramids|pyramids of Egypt]] were built to provide shelter from a holocaust, not as tombs for the pharaohs.
+  | ShortSummary  = Pyramid Secrets: Examines the theory that the [[pyramids of Egypt]] were built to provide shelter from a holocaust, not as tombs for the pharaohs.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|03|09}}
   | ProdCode    = 759
-  | ShortSummary  = [[Hypnosis]]: A look back at the great scientist [[Franz Mesmer|Mesmer]], whose hypnotic techniques are being used in modern surgery, teaching, and police investigations. (See also Learning ESP.)
+  | ShortSummary  = [[Hypnosis]]: A look back at the great scientist [[Franz Mesmer]], whose hypnotic techniques are being used in modern surgery, teaching, and police investigations. (See also Learning ESP.)
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-  | ShortSummary  = Indian Astronomers: Recent excavations in [[Southern Illinois]] provide tantalizing glimpses at [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] use of astronomy.
+  | ShortSummary  = Indian Astronomers: Recent excavations in [[Southern Illinois]] provide tantalizing glimpses at [[Native American]] use of astronomy.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|12|28}}
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-  | ShortSummary  = Lost Vikings: The story of [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Erik the Red]]'s descendants, who left [[Scandinavia]] and arrived in [[Northern Canada]] centuries before [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]].
+  | ShortSummary  = Lost Vikings: The story of [[Viking]] [[Erik the Red]]'s descendants, who left [[Scandinavia]] and arrived in [[Northern Canada]] centuries before [[Christopher Columbus|Columbus]].
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1979|05|17}}
   | ProdCode    = 780
-  | ShortSummary  = [[Tutankhamun|King Tut]]: Investigates the ancient Egyptian monarch's final days. Was he a beloved leader who died a natural death or did court intrigues lead to his assassination?
+  | ShortSummary  = [[King Tut]]: Investigates the ancient Egyptian monarch's final days. Was he a beloved leader who died a natural death or did court intrigues lead to his assassination?
 Years after this installment was transmitted, Egyptological historians became convinced that Tutankhamun was in atrocious health for almost his entire life due to birth deformities. These historians came to believe that his birth deformities resulted from inbreeding within the Pharaoh's family.
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   | ProdCode    = 832
-  | ShortSummary  = The [[Yeti|Abominable Snowman]]: Leonard Nimoy examines the experiences of the explorers who say they have actually sighted the legendary creature.
+  | ShortSummary  = The [[Abominable Snowman]]: Leonard Nimoy examines the experiences of the explorers who say they have actually sighted the legendary creature.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|01|10}}
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-  | ShortSummary  = [[Vincent van Gogh|Van Gogh]]: A look at the life and death of the great Dutch master—was he really mad? Host Leonard Nimoy, who wrote this installment partially to promote his one-man show ''Vincent'', found evidence that he was not.
+  | ShortSummary  = [[Van Gogh]]: A look at the life and death of the great Dutch master—was he really mad? Host Leonard Nimoy, who wrote this installment partially to promote his one-man show ''Vincent'', found evidence that he was not.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|02|21}}
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-  | ShortSummary  = The [[Bimini Road|Bimini Wall]]: The saga of the giant stones found at the bottom of the Caribbean. Leonard Nimoy probes whether they might be part of the ancient, supposedly mythical, empire of Atlantis.
+  | ShortSummary  = The [[Bimini Wall]]: The saga of the giant stones found at the bottom of the Caribbean. Leonard Nimoy probes whether they might be part of the ancient, supposedly mythical, empire of Atlantis.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|10|04}}
   | ProdCode    = 854
-  | ShortSummary  = [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]: The assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]]: was there visual proof of two guns in Dallas and possibly two Oswalds?
+  | ShortSummary  = [[Lee Harvey Oswald]]: The [[assassination of John F. Kennedy]]: was there visual proof of two guns in Dallas and possibly two Oswalds?
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|11|08}}
   | ProdCode    = 864
-  | ShortSummary  = The [[Lindbergh kidnapping|Lindbergh Kidnapping]]: Digs for the facts behind the controversy that still rages today, the kidnapping of [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s baby. Was the wrong man executed for the crime?
+  | ShortSummary  = The [[Lindbergh Kidnapping]]: Digs for the facts behind the controversy that still rages today, the kidnapping of [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s baby. Was the wrong man executed for the crime?
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|19}}
   | ProdCode    = 912
-  | ShortSummary  = The [[Joseph Merrick|Elephant Man]]: From side-show freak to the friend of royalty, review the true story of the horribly disfigured Joseph Merrick.
+  | ShortSummary  = The [[Elephant Man]]: From side-show freak to the friend of royalty, review the true story of the horribly disfigured Joseph Merrick.
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|30}}
   | ProdCode    = 918
-  | ShortSummary  = ''[[RMS Titanic|Titanic]]'': Investigates the most perplexing question about the 1912 [[North Atlantic]] disaster that cost 1,496 lives: Why did the captain ignore the ice warnings and speed on into oblivion?
+  | ShortSummary  = ''[[Titanic]]'': Investigates the most perplexing question about the 1912 [[North Atlantic]] disaster that cost 1,496 lives: Why did the captain ignore the ice warnings and speed on into oblivion?
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|02|01}}
   | ProdCode    = 927
-  | ShortSummary  = [[Eva Braun]]: Explores the possibility that [[Adolf Hitler]]'s wife may not have died with him down in the bunker in April 1945. This episode features British historians [[David Irving]] and [[Hugh Trevor Roper]].
+  | ShortSummary  = [[Eva Braun]]: Explores the possibility that [[Adolf Hitler]]'s wife may not have died with him down in the bunker in April 1945. This episode features British historians [[David Irving]] and [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]].
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   | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1982|02|15}}
   | ProdCode    = 917
-  | ShortSummary  = [[James Pike|Bishop Pike]]: Was Bishop James Pike a minister, a martyr, or a madman?
+  | ShortSummary  = [[Bishop Pike]]: Was Bishop James Pike a minister, a martyr, or a madman?
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 === Sci-Fi Channel revival (2002) ===
-A revival of the series aired on [[Syfy|The Sci-Fi Channel]] for one season, hosted by [[Mitch Pileggi]].
+A revival of the series aired on [[The Sci-Fi Channel]] for one season, hosted by [[Mitch Pileggi]].
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 == Home media releases ==
-In February 2012, it was announced that [[Visual Entertainment]], under license from [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], had acquired the home video rights to the original series for the United States and Canada. ''In Search of: The Complete Collection'' was released in Canada and the U.S. on December 11, 2012, from VEI's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visual-entertainment-inc.myshopify.com/products/in-search-of-with-leonard-nimoy|title=In Search Of.. with Leonard Nimoy DVD: The Complete Collection #5580|website=Visual Entertainment Inc|access-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref>
+In February 2012, it was announced that [[Visual Entertainment]], under license from [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], had acquired the home video rights to the original series for the United States and Canada. ''In Search of: The Complete Collection'' was released in Canada and the U.S. on December 11, 2012, from VEI's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visual-entertainment-inc.myshopify.com/products/in-search-of-with-leonard-nimoy|title=In Search Of.. with Leonard Nimoy DVD: The Complete Collection #5580|website=Visual Entertainment Inc|access-date=June 13, 2018|archive-date=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210152725/http://visual-entertainment-inc.myshopify.com/products/in-search-of-with-leonard-nimoy|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 The 21-DVD set includes all 144 installments hosted by Leonard Nimoy. Also included are two Rod Serling specials: ''In Search of Ancient Astronauts'' and ''In Search of Ancient Mysteries'' which aired prior to the start of the regular Nimoy series. Three Landsburg specials ''The Outer Space Connection'' (1975), ''Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle'' (1978), and ''Manbeast! Myth or Monster'' (1978), are not included. VEI also included all eight episodes of the short-lived 2002 series hosted by Mitch Pileggi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Search-Complete-Collection/17470 |title=In Search of... DVD news: Box Art and Details for in Search of... - the Complete Collection &#124; TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=September 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909201926/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Search-Complete-Collection/17470 |archive-date=September 9, 2012}}</ref>

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Contents

Format

Episodes

Specials

Original Series

Season 1 (1976–1977)

Season 2 (1977–1978)

Season 3 (1978–1979)

Season 4 (1979–1980)

Season 5 (1980–1981)

Season 6 (1981–1982)

Sci-Fi Channel revival (2002)

History Channel revival (2018–2019)

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2019)

Home media releases

Homages

See also

References

External links

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