Special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use their skills and expertise to test the validity of various rumors and urban legends in popular culture.

It was supposed to be just an urban legend. On a snowy night in her grandmother's sprawling mansion, teenage Alex and best friend Miles discover a mysterious box hidden away in the attic. Inside are instructions for The Midnight Game, an ancient Pagan ritual said to summon the players' greatest fears. It all seems like harmless fun, until they unleash the terrifying spirit of the Midnight Man, an unholy force who pits them against their darkest demons...

Looks at legendary and "real" monsters, exploring their place in mythology and in fact.

Richard Greene stars as our gallant hero who fought the forces of the evil Prince John and his local official the Sheriff of Nottingham, who threatened the common people and loyal subjects of King Richard. Robin and his band of Merry Men lived in the shelter of Sherwood Forest, fighting their foes and hoping for the day when their beloved King Richard will return from the Crusades to rule once again!

Big as a mountain, with arms as big as oak trees, John Henry must prove he can do his job better than a machine.

For decades, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini-Green were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural, hook handed killer. In present day, an artist begins to explore the macabre history of Candyman, not knowing it would unravel his sanity and unleash a terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

Eight Mexican directors unite to bring tales of the most brutally shocking Mexican traditions and legends to life. Ocho directores mexicanos se unen para traer cuentos de las tradiciones y leyendas mexicanas más brutalmente impactante a la vida.

Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse's Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175km west of Alice Springs. This significant dreaming site for Western Arrernte people is steeped in mystery and tragedy. The story of its creation and the events that occurred there are narrated to the camera by Aunty Mavis Malbunka, one of the traditional story-tellers for the place. Legend says that while stars danced in the Milky Way, a child...

Renowned folklorist Helen Creighton single-handedly compiled North America's largest collection of folklore and music, much of which would have disappeared forever if not for her tenacity, collecting stories and songs from the Gaelic singers of Cape Breton, French Acadians, the Mi'kmaw, and the Black communities of Nova Scotia.

A large woman becomes stuck when she's suction-sealed onto an airplane toilet seat during a flight, requiring the crew to land before they could help her off-- myth or actual danger? Only two men are brave or foolish enough to find out: MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage. The foremost experts on myth busting, Jamie and Adam pit their thirty years of experience in special effects work against the most dangerous and bizarre theories and tales...