The Burning Question
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe - S1 - E8
Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious Universe: Season 1 - 26 Episode s
1x1 - Snake Charmers, Wolf Children and Holy Men
July 15, 1994
Indian mystics have long impressed with their snake-charming and rope tricks : but are they illusions or real magic?
1x2 - On the Trail of the Big Cats
July 22, 1994
The search for hard evidence to back up sightings of big cats in unlikely locations
1x3 - Where Giants Walked
July 29, 1994
Theories explaining the enormous carved heads on Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island
1x4 - Relics of the Saints
August 5, 1994
Scientists investigate the Turin Shroud and other myths surrounding religious relics
1x5 - Mysteries of the Sea
August 12, 1994
The intriguing Marie Celeste mystery, and an exploration of a Sri Lankan shipwreck
1x6 - The Psychic Detectives
August 19, 1994
Can psychic visions really aid police murder investigations?
1x7 - Keys to the Past
August 26, 1994
The mystery of giant stone jars discovered on an Indo-Chinese plain
1x8 - The Burning Question
September 2, 1994
Theories which attempt to explain the phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion
1x9 - A Crop of Circles
September 9, 1994
Are crop circles messages from extraterrestrial forces or clever hoaxes?
1x10 - At Death's Door
September 16, 1994
Myths and beliefs surrounding the final frontier : death
1x11 - Callers from the Cosmos
September 23, 1994
Investigation into whether extraterrestrials are trying to contact man, and alleged alien abductions
1x12 - The Evil Eye
September 30, 1994
Tales of curses and omens which defy logical explanation
1x13 - Secrets of the Pyramids
October 7, 1994
What recent evidence reveals about the mystery of the pyramids
1x14 - Mysteries of the Maya
October 14, 1994
The sci-fi writer talks to archaeologists trying to uncover the truth about the Mayan civilization
1x15 - Squaring the Bermuda Triangle
October 21, 1994
Scientific theories surrounding the bizarre disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle
1x16 - Doom of the Dinosaurs
October 28, 1994
Possible reasons for the dinosaurs' extinction, including a meteorite impact which could have caused a nuclear winter
1x17 - Cracking Codes: Writings, Runes and Other Riddles
November 4, 1994
Unravelling the mystery surrounding the Vinland map and the Kensington Runestone
1x18 - Zombies, The Living Dead?
November 11, 1994
Are tales of the living dead simply superstition, or is there a medical explanation?
1x19 - The Strange Powers of Animals
November 18, 1994
Topics include Canine cancer detection, Learned pig, Clever hans.
1x20 - Into Thin Air
November 25, 1994
Topics include Crocker Land Expedition, Fata Morgana (mirage), Phantom Island, Pepys Island.
1x21 - Baffling Bombardments
December 2, 1994
Arthur attempts to find the reason behind the bizarre items which fall from the skies.
1x22 - Meeting Mary: Visions Of The Virgin
December 9, 1994
Topics include Miracle of the Sun, Our Lady of Fatima, Steuart Campbell, James Horan (monsignor), Moving statues, Our Lady of Medjugorje.
1x23 - Secrets Of Ancient Worlds
December 16, 1994
Topics include Bimini Road, Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Santorini caldera, Minoan eruption, Anthony Bonanno, Olmec colossal heads, Misraħ Għar il-Kbir
1x24 - Spirits Of Place: Hauntings & Spectres
December 23, 1994
Topics include Spirit photography.
1x25 - True Or False: More Than Meets The Eye?
December 30, 1994
Topics include Drake's Plate of Brass, New Albion, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Frank Asaro, Hermann Loew, Archaeopteryx, Sherbone Bone.
1x26 - Mysteries Of The North
January 6, 1995
Topics include Almas (folklore wildman), Viking expansion, Storsjöodjuret.