Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe was a popular eighteen part television series looking at unexplained phenomena across the universe. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom by independent television network ITV. It premiered on July 15, 1994. It was the sequel to Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World and Arthur C. Clarke's World of Strange Powers. The series is introduced by acclaimed science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke in short sequences filmed at his home in Sri Lanka. However, individual episodes are narrated by Carol Vorderman. The series was produced by John Fairley and directed by Peter Jones, Michael Weigall and Charles Flynn.
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Episode 1
Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?
Episode 2
The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations
Episode 3
Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island
Episode 4
Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics
Episode 5
The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck
Episode 6
Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?
Episode 7
The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain
Episode 8
Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion
Episode 9
Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?
Episode 10
Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death
Episode 11
Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions
Episode 12
Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation
Episode 13
What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids
Episode 14
The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization
Episode 15
Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle
Episode 16
Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter
Episode 17
Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone
Episode 18
Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?
Episode 19
Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.
Episode 20
Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.
Episode 21
Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.
Episode 22
Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.
Episode 23
Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir
Episode 24
Topics include Spirit photography.
Episode 25
Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.
Episode 26
Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.
