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    What on Earth? Season 4 Episode 12 - Temple of Blood
    8.9/10(8 votes)

    #1 - Temple of Blood

    S4:E12

    An ancient man-made volcano might reveal buried treasure and bloody human sacrifice. When NASA discovers a strange pattern in the Arctic ice, experts investigate if it has alien origins. A mystery in the Sahara might have a sinister explanation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. What on Earth? Season 4 Episode 13 - North Korea's Forbidden Islands
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #2 - North Korea's Forbidden Islands

    S4:E13

    Man-made islands are spotted near a North Korean missile facility. When something unexpected is found in a remote desert, experts investigate a lost city of giants. A strange discovery in Siberia could reveal a mission to the center of the earth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. What on Earth? Season 4 Episode 20 - Mayan Armageddon: The New Evidence
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Mayan Armageddon: The New Evidence

    S4:E20

    New evidence might reveal how the Mayans vanished; when scientists investigate an abandoned settlement, they discover traces of ritualistic drug binges from the ancient world; a mysterious symbol in the desert points to a sex cult of millionaires.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. What on Earth? Season 5 Episode 3 - Satan in Siberia
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Satan in Siberia

    S5:E3

    A satanic symbol that points to an army of the dead in Siberia; a massive stone giant in a remote desert; evidence of a Russian doomsday device right on America's doorstep; cutting-edge technology helps experts answer sinister mysteries from space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. What on Earth? Season 7 Episode 8 - Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    #5 - Imhotep's Lost Labyrinth

    S7:E8

    After satellites spot an anomaly at Egypt's oldest pyramid, experts uncover a long-lost labyrinth that could lead them to the darkest secrets of Imhotep, the mysterious high priest who built this strange complex.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. What on Earth? Season 4 Episode 16 - Nazi Stonehenge
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Nazi Stonehenge

    S4:E16

    A mysterious Stonehenge-like structure in Russia might have links to the Nazis. Experts uncover clues to a mega-tsunami with the power to devastate the United States. A huge lake appears in the Sahara overnight, and its explanation could be mythical.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. What on Earth? Season 5 Episode 4 - Curse of the Ice Zombies
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Curse of the Ice Zombies

    S5:E4

    Zombie reindeer haunting the mountains of Norway. Strange circles in the sand by a secret US military base. A gigantic streak in the Arctic pointing towards alien life. Cutting-edge technology helps experts answer these sinister mysteries from space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. What on Earth? Season 5 Episode 7 - Mystery of the Desert Shipwrecks
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Mystery of the Desert Shipwrecks

    S5:E7

    Hundreds of shipwrecks in the middle of a desert in Africa. A ghost town where hundreds of its inhabitants have mysteriously died. Something strange in North Korea. Cutting-edge tech helps experts answer these sinister mysteries from space.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. What on Earth? Season 7 Episode 1 - Nazi Doomsday Forest
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Nazi Doomsday Forest

    S7:E1

    When mysterious structures are discovered deep in a remote forest, experts investigate if this strange site was the long-lost birthplace of a top-secret Nazi project that produced some of the deadliest weapons the world had ever seen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. What on Earth? Season 8 Episode 7 - Nazi Occult Temple
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Nazi Occult Temple

    S8:E7

    Satellites capture a temple-like, Nazi structure hidden deep in the forests of Poland, leading an expert to investigate and uncover a tale of terrifying rituals, black magic and the rise of the most feared division of Hitler's war machine.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. What on Earth? Season 5 Episode 6 - Finding Jack the Ripper
    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #11 - Finding Jack the Ripper

    S5:E6

    New discoveries from space give experts new clues in the hunt for Jack the Ripper; a strange object crash-lands in Antarctica, experts speculate it could be an alien visitor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. What on Earth? Season 6 Episode 4 - Aliens of the Infinity War
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Aliens of the Infinity War

    S6:E4

    When a strange pattern appears in a field, experts wonder if its an extraterrestrial response to a message sent to an alien star cluster in 1974, and using cutting-edge science, they uncover its true origin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. What on Earth? Season 7 Episode 3 - Chernobyl's Nuclear Monsters
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Chernobyl's Nuclear Monsters

    S7:E3

    When strange circles of reindeer appear in the remote tundra of Sweden, experts investigate if this mysterious event could be evidence of fatal aftershocks from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. What on Earth? Season 7 Episode 11 - Ruins Of Cannibal City
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Ruins Of Cannibal City

    S7:E11

    When an extreme drought hits Spain, the ruins of a long-lost civilization suddenly emerge, and using cutting-edge technology, experts investigate evidence of ancient cannibalism.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. What on Earth? Season 8 Episode 3 - Island of the Alien Ooze
    7.7/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Island of the Alien Ooze

    S8:E3

    Satellite images capture a volcanic island that suddenly appears in the Pacific Ocean, and when NASA scientists arrive to investigate, they are baffled to find it's home to a primordial slime and zombie creatures with origins in outer space.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. What on Earth? Season 8 Episode 6 - The Damned of Devil's Island
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #16 - The Damned of Devil's Island

    S8:E6

    The remains of an abandoned settlement high in the mountains of Peru could be an ancient Roman village, leaving experts to speculate if the Romans visited the Americas centuries before Columbus; if so, it could point to long-lost gold.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. What on Earth? Season 3 Episode 12 - Curse of the Sea Monster
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Curse of the Sea Monster

    S3:E12

    A strange mass breaches surface of an ocean near Antarctica, sparking rumors of a mythological sea monster. An area of the US-Mexico border becomes an international mystery. Ancient rock carvings depict weird, unearthly beings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. What on Earth? Season 4 Episode 10 - Treasures Of Valhalla
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Treasures Of Valhalla

    S4:E10

    Evidence of human sacrifice for the Viking god Odin; shedding new light on Genghis Khan.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. What on Earth? Season 5 Episode 2 - Monsters at Fort Madness
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Monsters at Fort Madness

    S5:E2

    Alien monoliths haunt the coast of England; an obliterated jungle points to an brutal narco gold rush; evidence of a strange blood-red creature emerging from the deep.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. What on Earth? Season 7 Episode 7 - Ghost Town Terror
    7.6/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Ghost Town Terror

    S7:E7

    When satellites discover a strange abandoned city frozen in time, experts investigate what caused the people who lived here to disappear overnight; using cutting-edge tech, they follow fresh leads to uncover if this mysterious city has a dark secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. What on Earth? Season 8 Episode 4 - Chinese Nuclear Pyramid
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Chinese Nuclear Pyramid

    S8:E4

    Experts suspect a lost pyramid in China could be a secret military base.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. What on Earth? Season 3 Episode 16 - Siberian Hell Pit
    7.5/10(13 votes)

    #22 - Siberian Hell Pit

    S3:E16

    A massive chasm in a Siberian forest may be a gate to the underworld.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. What on Earth? Season 4 Episode 18 - Forbidden City of Inca Gold
    7.5/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Forbidden City of Inca Gold

    S4:E18

    Treasure hunters have searched for a lost Incan city of untold wealth for a century, but new technology might finally locate its riches; a strange mountain in Egypt sparks an investigation into Cleopatra's gems and the tomb of Alexander the Great.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. What on Earth? Season 5 Episode 1 - CIA Killer Monks
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #24 - CIA Killer Monks

    S5:E1

    Something strange in the Himalayas could be evidence of a top-secret CIA program to turn monks into killer agents; cutting-edge science helps experts investigate the truth behind the mysterious anomaly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. What on Earth? Season 6 Episode 7 - Curse of Genghis Khan
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Curse of Genghis Khan

    S6:E7

    When an strange structure is discovered in the Gobi Desert, experts investigate if this mysterious site could reveal the whereabouts of lost treasure, which might change everything we know about Genghis Khan and the Mongol warriors who once lived here.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Temple of Blood" is the best rated episode of "What on Earth?". It scored 8.9/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/16/2018. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "North Korea's Forbidden Islands".