shows on History

HISTORY is taking viewers inside a covert operation in the new fact-based drama series, GANGLAND UNDERCOVER, which chronicles meth dealer turned ATF infiltrator Charles Falco's mission inside one of America's most notoriously violent outlaw motorcycle gangs.

In 1771, a group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retaliation, the British close the port, and inflict even harsher penalties.

Forged in Fire: Knife or Death features fearless competitors as they race against the clock putting their blades and blade-wielding skills through a grueling gauntlet of challenges such as slicing through flying watermelons, hacking through massive ice blocks and severing various types of ropes, tubes, metals and item-filled crates.

The show reveals the truth about the most notorious motorcycle club in history, the Hells Angels.

The Superstition Mountains are an enigmatic land with a cursed history. Stretching across 160,000 acres of unforgiving Arizona desert may reside a $200 million fortune - lost gold that is the epicenter of a 500-year-old mystery. Thousands have tried and failed to decode the series of cryptic clues said to lead to the fortune, leaving a trail of bodies and blood for anyone who has gotten too close to the truth. Now, new evidence dares five brave treasure hunters to defy the curse and tackle the deadly terrain to unearth the secrets of the Lost Dutchman's gold.

The series gives first-person accounts of recent U.S. Special Operations Forces missions in the War of Terror.

Lost treasure is the foundation of legends and lore, and the greatest lost treasure of all belonged to the Knights Templar. Now, from the medieval fortified cities of Europe to the holy lands of the Middle East and from a secret pirate island in the Indian ocean to America's first great cities, renowned underwater explorer Barry Clifford and historian Scott Wolter are unearthing new evidence in an attempt to find hidden links between two of history's most legendary sects, separated by 500 years: the medieval Knights Templar and 17th century pirates. What they learn may very well alter the course of history and lead them to treasure that's been buried for centuries.

The show pits five teams of two in a grueling off-road challenge across Alaska. Journeying from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, this is an intense expedition and an adventure of epic proportions. From the muddy terrain to the unpredictable wilderness, these teams will travel across eight of the most dangerous and rugged trails in the world. The trails will be divided into two legs and the team with the lowest aggregated time from all the trails will be named the winner. As they race against time-and each other-the perils of their journey will not only test their trusty vehicles, but the teams themselves. Which team will be the victor of this quest to find out who can navigate the extreme wilderness of Alaska?

If you believe giants once roamed the earth, you are not alone. Jim and Bill Vieira are right there with you. They may even be a few steps ahead as they search far and wide for physical evidence of the long-limbed creatures they know to be more than simple legend. Be it hidden or merely lost, they are determined to expose the proof that those folk stories of giants told in so many cultures around the world are true.

This documentary series explores situations in which technology doesn't work correctly, such as building collapses and airplane crashes, resulting in spectacular (and often tragic) failures.