Series synopsis
William Shatner's Weird or What? is an American documentary drama talk television series that premiered on Discovery on April 21, 2010. It ended on August 14, 2012. It stars William Shatner.
Weird or What? is a series on the Discovery Channel and History hosted by William Shatner. Each episode contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained. As the show unfolds, it weighs various supernatural and scientific theories that attempt to explain the story, and sometimes features tests conducted as proof of a theory's plausibility. The show features strange occurrences such as ghosts, aliens, monsters, medical oddities and natural disasters.
Premise
Weird or What? is a series on the Discovery Channel and History hosted by William Shatner. Each episode contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained. As the show unfolds, it weighs various supernatural and scientific theories that attempt to explain the story, and sometimes features tests conducted as proof of a theory's plausibility. The show features strange occurrences such as ghosts, aliens, monsters, medical oddities and natural disasters.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
Guest cast
- Charles Hall
- Louis Turi as Himself
- Garry Stenson as Self - Research Scientist, Canadian Department of Fisheries
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 42 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 10 | October 13, 2010 | |
| Season 1 | 10 | April 21, 2010 | June 30, 2010 |
| Season 2 | 10 | September 12, 2011 | November 21, 2011 |
| Season 3 | 10 | May 28, 2012 | August 14, 2012 |
| Season 4 | 2 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Strange Survival (International-version) A man miraculously survives a fall from a 50-story building. Killer ice balls fall from the sky. |
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| 2 |
Ghost Ship (International-version) US Air Force planes in hot pursuit of UFOs One of the loudest sounds in the natural world from the depths of the ocean. ("The Bloop") A fishing trawler vanishes in calm waters. |
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| 3 |
Cocaine Mummies (International-version) Thousands of sea lions disappear before a major San Francisco earthquake. A mysterious medieval manuscript written in a secret code (Voynich Manuscript) Evidence of cocaine in mummies - a substance not found in Egypt until thousands of years later. |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Strange Survival Following a catastrophic malfunction in New York City, a highrise window washer’s platform plummets nearly 50 stories and miraculously, he survives. In Death Valley, rocks and boulders appear to be moving around on their own. Can this strange and seemingly impossible phenomenon be explained? And, seven dismembered human feet wearing trainers wash up on the beaches of Vancouver. Can science determine the sinister force behind this macabre mystery? |
April 21, 2010 |
| 2 |
Ghost Ship Residents of a Texas town report strange lights in the night sky and claim to have seen US Air Force planes in hot pursuit of UFOs. Did they witness an alien visitation? From the depths of the ocean, scientists record one of the loudest sounds in the natural world. Can they determine its mysterious source? And, a fishing trawler vanishes in perfectly calm waters off the Northern California coast only to be found mysteriously undamaged on the ocean floor. What happened? |
April 28, 2010 |
| 3 |
Cocaine Mummies Before a major San Francisco earthquake, thousands of sea lions disappear from the harbour. Did they sense the impending disaster? A century after its discovery, experts remain baffled by a mysterious medieval manuscript written in a secret code. What secrets does it contain? And, while testing ancient mummies, forensic scientists find evidence of cocaine — a Peruvian product not found in Egypt until thousands of years later. Was there trans-Atlantic travel long before Columbus? |
May 5, 2010 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alien Encounters All over the planet, strange events suggest that aliens are among us: In Colorado, a farmer discovers a cow mysteriously mutilated by unknown forces, and it’s a phenomenon that’s been reported by farmers around the globe; a Texas man is repeatedly abducted from his bed and, like thousands of people worldwide, claims he is the subject of extraterrestrial experiments; and, in Ohio, an astronomer’s powerful telescope intercepts a mysterious message from outer space that could be the most important broadcast in history. |
September 12, 2011 |
| 2 |
Life After Death Three eerie stories that suggest there is indeed life after death: An emotional visit to a Civil War battlefield and a series of bizarre circumstances lead a Connecticut man to believe he is the reincarnation of a dead general; hoping to communicate with spirits and uncover genuine proof of the afterlife, scientists in England conduct a series of groundbreaking séances and what they find defies logic; and, in Haiti, a man dies after a sudden and mysterious illness but returns from the grave 20 years later! |
September 19, 2011 |
| 3 |
Monsters Three bizarre stories about monsters: A West Virginia town is terrorized by the ‘mothman’, a seven-foot winged demon with glowing red eyes; in Newfoundland, a fisherman discovers the remains of an unidentified sea creature on a local beach sparking theories of the monsters that lurk in the oceans’ unexplored depths; and, there’s panic in the streets of New Delhi when thousands report being attacked by the ‘monkey man’, a sinister hairy creature with metallic claws! |
September 26, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Amazing Survival Three incredible stories of people who cheated death: On 9/11, a man survives impossible odds in the collapse of the World Trade Center; a Texas man is cut in two by a freak rail accident; a safari guide in Zimbabwe is savagely attacked by a hippo but lives to tell his story. |
May 28, 2012 |
| 2 |
Man Beasts Three stories of mysterious creatures that are seemingly half-man and half-beast: a New Jersey woman and her son come face to face with the legendary Jersey Devil; a sleepy South Carolina town is terrorized by a giant reptile; in Wisconsin, a bloodthirsty werewolf-like creature appears on a remote country road. |
June 4, 2012 |
| 3 |
Aliens Walk Among Us Three stories that suggest aliens are among us: a Mexican rancher slays a terrifying and mysterious creature; an Arizona woman claims to have been fathered by an alien; a young serviceman befriends a colony of extraterrestrials. |
June 11, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | |
| 2 | Episode 2 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Discovery |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 21, 2010 |
| Last aired | August 14, 2012 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday at 20:00:00 |