Forbidden History

Jamie Theakston explores claims that Nazis developed a flying saucer.

Did the Knights Templar discover a great treasure in Jerusalem? Did they bring it back to Europe and become more powerful than the Pope himself? Why did it disappear? We try to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time.

Did the High Priests of the Temple in Jerusalem, hide their most sacred items before the city was sacked by the Romans? Are the Dead Sea Scrolls actually a treasure map to these hidden wonders? What else lies under this ancient city?

Nikola Tesla was one of the most enigmatic, but least known, scientists of the last century. He was an early pioneer of both electricity and radio, and creatored one of the first electrical motors. How did he die in poverty and under suspicion by the FBI?

It is one of the great wonders of the ancient world, but who built the magnificent city of Petra in Jordan and why? What treasure remains buried there and what dark secrets remain hidden in this mysterious place?

What exactly was The Holy Grail? A cup from the Last Supper? A cup used to help cleanse Jesus's body after the Crucifixion? Does this most famous of all relics actually exist? And if so, where is it today?

In 1917, did three Portuguese children receive a prophecy in Fatima that foretold the date of the apocalypse? Did it warn of a plague and the destruction of the church? And has the Vatican covered it up for nearly a century?

Was Jesus really a flesh-and-blood rabbi? Did he marry and have children? And was his wife somehow smuggled out of Jerusalem by boat to southern France? It's one of the great mysterious questions of our time - but is it true?

Why do so many of our ancient cultures refer to giants? Are they simply myth and legend or did they once walk the earth? And are there tombs and skeletons of these giants now being discovered in Sardinia?

Who were the Oracles - the young women of the underworld who were consulted by ancient Greek society and whose visions helped shape the course of history? What is the truth behind their extraordinary trances and apparent psychic powers?

Nostradamus, Nicolas Flamel, John Dee; who were these alchemists who had such a profound effect on the world? Were they clever decievers, or could they really perform miracles? And how did they do it?

Who are the mysterious group known as "The Illuminati," where do they operate from and who are its members? Are they really some secret world government operating in the shadows; or is the whole thing simply one huge conspiracy theory?