The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd - Season 1 - Eps 7: Unusual Rituals
Human bones as a "miracle cure" for gout; living mummies buried alive; a truly bizarre Victorian way to lose weight -- with tapeworms; from daily rites to once-in-a-lifetime rituals, the stranger side of human nature is revealed in these rituals.
About The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
Title: The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd
First Air Date: 2023-12-01
Last Air Date: 2025-01-31
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 5.6/10 (from 7 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 21
Network: History
Genres: Documentary, Drama, Reality
Production Companies: Six West Media, History
Synopsis
Each episode opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest-but-true stories in human history, brought to life through dynamic recreation, compelling graphics, and arresting archival. From Boston’s Great Molasses Flood to a man who survived being struck by lightning not once, not twice, but SEVEN times, these seemingly tall tales all actually happened, and our cast of experts dives into the historical record to tell you how and why.
Cast
Dan Aykroyd
Self - Host
Adam Richman
Self - Tv Host, Historian
