''MysteryQuest'' is an American

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series that premiered on September 16, 2009, on

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. Produced by KPI Productions, the program is a

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of ''

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''. The series

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is "What if everything you believe is wrong?"

Overview

The purpose of the show is best described by the narrator in the introduction: The series examines various persistent mysteries (dubbed "case files") around the world, following teams of investigators who travel abroad to collect and examine evidence and study both popularly accepted explanations and alternate viewpoints regarding a particular case file.

Reviews

"''MysteryQuest'' delivers on its promise to attempt to unlock new answers to unsolved mysteries." ~ Season one DVD review, Zach Freeman, TV Rage "...it sometimes seems like the writers go into a particular mystery with a preconceived idea of what happened and only look at evidence that supports that idea." ~ ''

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Notable case findings

The episode titled "Hitler's Escape" made news after the forensic exam performed by Nick Bellantoni and

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by Linda Strausbaugh, Craig O'Connor, and Heather Nelson concluded that a skull fragment in the Russian state archives possesses and purported to be

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's is actually from a woman between 20 and 40 years of age. In "Rise of the Fourth Reich", investigators uncovered documentary evidence that the organization called

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was known to authorities well before being "exposed" by

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. In "Jack the Ripper", forensic handwriting analysis expert Michelle Dresbold and psychological profiling expert Brent Turvey identified "quack" medicine purveyor Francis Tumblety as the most likely identity of the infamous serial killer.

Episodes

Broadcast airings

Repeats of the series have aired on the digital broadcast network

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mysteryquest History (American TV channel) original programming Paranormal television 2009 American television series debuts 2009 American television series endings