High on a Colorado ridge lie a set of scratch marks encased in rocks for 100 million years. Are they unprecedented evidence of a violent dinosaur clash? Secrets of the Underground s1e5: Rocky Mountain Monsters
And beneath the highly toxic waters of a Californian lake a strange bacteria is thriving against all odds leading some to believe it could be from another planet … The mysterious microbes of Mono Lake. ibid.
Near San Francisco seismologists are bracing for the next big quake. Secrets of the Underground s1e6: California’s Hidden Doomsday
Further up the Pacific coast a hole seems to be draining the Ocean. ibid.
Deep beneath a popular California resort town lurks a long-dormant super-volcano. Secrets of the Underground s1e7: Secret History of the New World
Hidden in thick brush on the Connecticut coast a cluster of mysterious ruins. ibid.
Deep inside a craggy cave in Texas Hill country countless ice-age fossils lie encased in the rock. Are these ancient remains evidence of an unknown mass-extinction. Secrets of the Underground s1e8: Great Lakes Bermuda Triangle
Beneath the seemingly placid waters of Lake Michigan, could a recently discovered shipwreck unravel the mystery behind a series of baffling disappearances? ibid.
In the Polish countryside a decades-old legend of Nazi riches. A monster-trove of Third Reich plunder rumoured to be buried deep inside a remote mountain fortress. Secrets of the Underground s2e1: Legend of the Nazi Gold
In Jerusalem rumours persist that King Herod’s temple treasures lie hidden beneath a Byzantine church. Secrets of the Underground s2e2: King Solomon’s Treasures
The tunnel stretches from the Temple mount almost a mile to all the way outside the city walls. ibid.
In downtown Detroit under the river and below the city streets could the city’s secrets of history’s largest rum-running operation still be buried? Secrets of the Underground s2e3: Tesla’s Final Secrets
Long Island New York Nicola Tesla … beneath his shuttered lab – is there stuff he didn’t reveal somewhere here? ibid.
The tragic annihilation of Pompeii is legendary. Now 2,000 years later beneath the same Italian coastline a ticking timebomb is brewing that could dwarf the Pompeii eruption. Secrets of the Underground s2e4: Doomsday Volcano Mystery
At the end of World War II the victors found gigantic unfinished systems of tunnels all over Nazi Germany. Hitler ordered the construction of some 800 underground complexes in an effort to keep the Nazi war machine alive. 60 years ago British and American bomber squadrons tried to destroy these subterranean shelters including Hitler’s very own Alpine bunker. The Reich Underground II: The Last Stand, Discovery 2004
Please! Please don’t hurt me, OK. Just let me go. 10 Cloverfield Lane 2017 starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead& John goodman& John Gallagher & Suzanne Cryer & Bradley Cooper et al, director Dan Trachtenberg
You’re lucky to be here at all … There’s nowhere to go, Michelle. ibid. Howard
I focused on being prepared. And I was. And here we are. ibid.
We’ve got to get underground. These guys are everywhere. London Has Fallen 2016 starring Gerard Butler & Aaron Eckhart & Morgan Freeman & Alon Moni Aboutboul & Angela Bassett & Robert Forster & Melissa Leo & Radha Mitchell & Charlotte Riley & Jackie Early Haley et al, director Babak Najafi, Banning
I don’t want to hide underground like my father. Gomorrah s3e2: To Death, Pietro, Sky Atlantic 2017
London’s underground sewer network stretches for an incredible 109,000 kilometres. Secret World of Your Rubbish s2e3, Channel 5 2020
During the Second World War a vast complex of secret bunkers was constructed under the streets of London. This world now lost to time was once an important refuge from the nightly onslaught of German air raids. This subterranean labyrinth kept the British government led by Winston Churchill safe through the darkest days of the War. Lost Worlds: Churchill’s Secret Bunkers, History 2006
Although it never fully served its purpose, Paddock was important: it helped engineers understand how to build bomb shelters, and it served as a prototype for many of Churchill’s bunkers. ibid.
Under this building in central London … with over 200 rooms it was the hub of Winston Churchill’s wartime world ... a refuge for Churchill and his cabinet even in the most desperate of times. ibid.
Beneath the streets of New York lies a labyrinth of dark tunnels. Legends say the sewers of New York harbour terrifying creatures. Frightening reports of attacks lead a team of experts to prove their existence. Monsterquest goes deep underground in search of Sewer-Gators. Monsterquest s3e5: Gators in the City, History 2009
Manhattan’s sewer network is made up of over 7,000 miles of pipe. ibid.
Subterranean cities hidden from human eyes. Mysterious tombs where mourners could speak directly to the dead. And caves filled with giant crystals that are as beautiful as they are deadly. The UnXplained with William Shatner s1e21: The Underground World, History 2021
Denver Airport: Could the United States’ government actually be operating a top-secret tunnel system whose epicentre is beneath one of the largest transportation hubs in the country? ibid.
It’s like an underground world filled with magical plants that bring nothing but righteousness and can help everyone feel so much better. And it’s all been outlawed by Babylon. The Gentlemen IV: An Unsympathetic Gentleman, Jimmy to girlfriend, Netflix 2024
On March 20th 1995 the Tokyo Metro was the scene of an attempt at mass murder. The attackers released the nerve agent Sarin, a chemical so powerful that in its pure form, the tiniest droplet is enough to kill. This was the first ever use of a weapon of mass destruction for terrorism. The group behind the attack turned out to be a new Japanese religion, called Aum Shinrikyo, or Aum the Supreme Truth. For them the murder of so many civilians was not an attempt to gain publicity for their cause, but a religious act, a holy act, a holy act. Zero Hour s1e4: Terror in Tokyo, Discovery 2024
In 8 years he has built Aum up from nothing to a flourishing organisation with 40,000 members worldwide. ibid.
The idea that Japanese citizens would ever commit such a large-scale and indiscriminate crime seems unimaginable. ibid.