History's Most Shocking

A dad leaps into action to try to save an animal handler from an alligator attack. Two vintage military aircraft collide at an airshow in Dallas.

A leopard goes on a rampage in India. A paraglider plummets to earth and uses his skills and fast thinking to survive. A woman gets a little too close for comfort to an elephant and suffers the consequences.

A construction worker is caught out on the ledge of a burning building. Two kayakers are swallowed alive by a humpback whale in a terrifying encounter that's happened before in history.

Controversy erupts when a man seeking his 15 minutes of internet fame crashes his plane into the Los Padres National Forest. The jaw-dropping moment when three giant snakes fall out of a family's roof.

Skydivers narrowly escape two colliding planes. A father and son are in danger as they drive through a raging wildfire. What to do and what not do when stalked by a cougar.

Why are people nearly getting hit by speeding trains all over the world? Chaos ensues when the wheels literally come off a vehicle going full speed on a busy highway.

A woman survives being sucked into a tornado. An out-of-control elevator reveals a long history of mishaps. A motorcyclist fights for his life as he is knocked down and swept away by a raging flood.

A pilot activates his ejector seat at the last second during a rocky landing. The harrowing moment a motorist tries to escape a forest full of falling trees.