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Series · 2002–2006Ended

Mystery Hunters

9.1·4 seasons·78 episodes·25 min avg.

Teenage hosts Araya and Christina investigate real-life reports of mysteries such as spirits, legendary creatures, monsters, dinosaurs and UFOs. They use scientific rigour to try to find plausible explanations for the sightings and eye-witness accounts that trigger their investigations. In another section of the show, Doubting Dave, a scientist played by David Acer, attempts to explain mysterious personal experiences that have been emailed in by viewers, in a feature called "V-Files", as well as a way to create your own versions of the mysteries in the show in his "Mystery Lab" segment.

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Skunk Ape / Bigfoot
Skunk Ape / BigfootUp next
Sep 9, 2002

Skunk Ape Pictures with the sheriff's department show something very strange walking in a Florida forest. Christina is on the lookout for a giant, smelly ape-man lurking in Florida Everglades. Big Foot Araya searches for the elusive Big Foot in the Oregon Forest. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave makes a footprint cast out of plaster. V-File What are those strange objects I spotted over the skies of Mexico? (Rodrigo Velasco Fuhrken - 15 years - Tetelpan, Mexico)

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The Prison Inn / Seeing-Ghost Dogs
The Prison Inn / Seeing-Ghost Dogs
Sep 16, 2002

The Prison Inn Christina stays overnight in a hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, converted from a notorious prison on the very night (Feb. 11) a man was hanged in his cell. Using the latest hi-tech ghost hunting equipment, she investigates. Seeing-Ghost Dogs Araya goes with a dog on a ghost hunt in North Carolina. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave shows how to see your very own aura. V-File Why do black holes swallow all that is near them? (Valentina Aracil, 11 years - Mar-del-Plata Argentina)

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Ogopogo Lake Monster / Mummy Case
Ogopogo Lake Monster / Mummy Case
Sep 23, 2002

Ogopogo Lake Monster There have been so many recent sightings of a strange creature in the waters of Lake Okaganagan in British Columbia, that Christina decides to go and investigate the legend of one of the world's best known lake monsters: the Ogopogo. Mummy Case Araya discovers the secrets behind a thousand year old mummy in Toronto, Ontario. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave mummifies a chicken. V-File Is my house haunted because it creeks? (Matthew Rogers - 9 years - Manchester, England)

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New England Vampires / Aurora Borealis
New England Vampires / Aurora Borealis
Sep 30, 2002

New England Vampires Christina visits the supposed grave of an alleged vampire. Aurora Borealis Araya experiences the Aurora Borealis. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave shows how images can persist long after we have seen them.

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Hypnosis / Pet Psychics
Hypnosis / Pet Psychics
Oct 7, 2002

Hypnosis Christina subjects herself to mind control in Toronto, Ontario in an effort to exercise control over Araya and ends up getting to the truth about hypnosis. Pet Psychics Araya investigates the possibility of talking to pets telepathically in California. A psychic shows how she found a family's a lost dog. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave demonstrates hypnotic illusions. V-File How do magicians make people levitate? (Joseph Rowe, 11 years - London, UK)

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Ice Mummy / Cryonics
Ice Mummy / Cryonics
Oct 14, 2002

Ice Mummy Dead bodies have been found on a mountaintop in Lima, Peru. They were brought down for examination, and ever since, some bad things have happened in the town. Christina's investigation takes her to a lab where she discovers the bodies brought down are ice mummies. Cryonics Araya learns about Cryogenics - bringing frozen people back to life without any aging, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave constructs an igloo. V-File Why do people see a ""light"" when they're about to die? (Nicolas Cruces Pastorino - 11 years - Buenos Aires)

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Brown Mountain Lights / Spoon Bending
Brown Mountain Lights / Spoon Bending
Oct 21, 2002

Brown Mountain Lights Christina visits a hilltop in North Carolina with mysterious brown lights. Spoon Bending Araya attends a spoon-bending workshop in San Francisco. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave moves objects with his mind.

08
Nazca Lines / Trophy Heads
Nazca Lines / Trophy Heads
Oct 22, 2002

Nasca Lines Christina heads to Peru and nearby graves to investigate mysterious lines etched into the earth that stretch on and on, and twist in all directions. These humongous line drawings take on the familiar shapes of animals and people, forming a lost civilization. Mystery Lab Araya and Doubting Dave make giant chalk drawing drawings. V-File A black cat crossed my path is it true I will have bad luck? (Blanca Diaz Chavez, 12 years old, Ajijic, Mexico)

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Bermuda Triangle / Cave Ghost
Bermuda Triangle / Cave Ghost
Oct 23, 2002

Bermuda Triangle Araya investigates this most enduring of marine legends - the Bermuda Triangle in Florida. Reputed to swallow boats giant and small, and suck airplanes out of the sky, Araya is undaunted by this most dangerous area of the sea and heads out to do what he must. Cave Ghosts Christina moves on to Pennsylvania to discover cave ghosts. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave tries to make Ghost Photographs. V-File Does space have a limit? (Modestino Orsini - 9 years - Alife, Italy)

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Mexican Mummies / Secret Animal Talk
Mexican Mummies / Secret Animal Talk
Oct 24, 2002

Mexican Mummies Araya visits a Mexican cemetery full of mysteriously preserved bodies. Psychic Spy Christina explores the secret language of animals. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave creates a vegetable mummy.

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Ghettysburg Ghosts / Voodoo
Ghettysburg Ghosts / Voodoo
Oct 25, 2002

Gettysburg Ghosts Araya looks for ghosts from the American Civil War. Voodoo Christina learns how to perform voodoo. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave goes on the hunt for ghosts with low-tech equipment. V-File Why is yawning contagious?

12
MacBeth / Salem Witches
MacBeth / Salem Witches
Oct 28, 2002

MacBeth Araya invokes the dreaded curse behind Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Salem Christina travels to Salem where she meets a modern day witch to learn the true story of witchcraft. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave creates his own curse and investigates fangs.

13
Sewer Gators / Dragons
Sewer Gators / Dragons
Dec 2, 2002

Christina investigates reports of alligators breeding underneath New York City. Araya walks the hill where a dragon was allegedly slain. Doubting Dave makes plastic fangs.

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Desert Mummy / Remote Viewing
Desert Mummy / Remote Viewing
Dec 9, 2002

Araya tests his "PSI" abilities in a remote viewing facility. Christina unwraps an ancient mummy. Doubting Dave tests his own ESP.

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Loch Ness / Whooper
Loch Ness / Whooper
Dec 16, 2002

Christina pursues some ghostly screams heard in the woods of New Brunswick. Araya travels to Loch Ness, Scotland in search of the legendary sea creature. Doubting Dave makes his own fake Nessie video.

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Ambrose Small / Missing Princes
Ambrose Small / Missing Princes
Dec 23, 2002

Christina investigates the haunting of Ambrose Small in The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. Araya explores the Tower of London where two young princes were imprisoned and never found. Doubting Dave constructs a Ouija Board.

17
Werewolves / Dracula
Werewolves / Dracula
Dec 30, 2002

Araya visits Count Dracula's homeland to investigate the truth behind the terrifying legend. Christina is on the hunt for a hairy wolf-beast roaming the roads and woods of Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Doubting Dave cooks up some fake blood and views a "V-File" e-mail about wolves.

18
Area 51
Area 51
Jan 6, 2003

Christina travels to a top-secret air force base in Rachel, Nevada where an alien spaceship is thought to be stored. Araya explores the alleged crash site of a UFO in the town of Roswell, New Mexico. Doubting Dave takes his own fake UFO photos. Why does the government want to keep aliens a secret?

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Bell Witch / Anne Boleyn
Bell Witch / Anne Boleyn
Jan 13, 2003

Christina ventures to the former location of John Bell's farm in Adams, Tennessee to investigate a famous poltergeist. Araya visits the childhood home of a beheaded queen who is known to roam the grounds. Doubting Dave experiments with telekinesis.

20
Giant Squid / Cannibals
Giant Squid / Cannibals
Jan 27, 2003

Araya fishes for giant squid in Atlantic Canada and tries to find one for himself. Christina investigates the disappeared culture of the Chaco, who were said to be cannibals. Doubting Dave has fun with suction.

21
Pirates / Castle Ghosts
Pirates / Castle Ghosts
Feb 17, 2003

Christina investigates the wreckage and artifacts of an old pirate ship. Araya visits a haunted castle in northern England. Doubting Dave performs some ghostly magic tricks.

22
Dinos / Imhotep
Dinos / Imhotep
Feb 3, 2003

Christina explores the ancient homeland of the dinosaurs for clues to their extinction at Meteor Crater in Arizona. Araya travels to Saqqara, Egypt in search of the ancient pyramid builder Imhotep. Doubting Dave builds a pyramid. What happens when an asteroid hits the earth.

23
Alien Encounter / Crop Circles
Alien Encounter / Crop Circles
Feb 10, 2003

Araya witnesses some mysterious crop formations. Christina investigates the site of an alien encounter in Brazil. Doubting Dave creates his own alien hoax.

24
King Tut Curse / King Tut Murder
King Tut Curse / King Tut Murder
Feb 24, 2003

Was a young pharaoh murdered in ancient Egypt and is his tomb cursed? Christina and Araya both explore this ancient legend. Araya explores Valley of the Kings. Christina travels to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children as well as the Royal Ontario Museum. Doubting Dave makes paper.

25
Mapinguari / Giant Sloth
Mapinguari / Giant Sloth
Mar 3, 2003

Does a huge prehistoric creature that was thought be extinct still lurk in the Amazon jungles? Christina and Araya investigate. Doubting Dave makes a fossil

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The Best of Mystery Hunters
The Best of Mystery Hunters
Mar 10, 2003

Christina, Araya and Doubting Dave exchange their scariest, funniest and wackiest moments on Mystery Hunters.

Cast

3 credited
Christina Broccolini
Self
DA
David Acer
Doubting Dave
Araya Mengesha
Self

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