From crippled infrastructure to international embarrassment, a government shutdown can be bad news for a country's leaders as well as its citizens. And government shutdowns have occurred in the past. So why do some pundits and theorists believe there's something else to this story? Tune in to learn more.

By all accounts, General Butler was a national hero. So when he told Congress that a group of businessmen were periously close to overthrowing the US government, lawmakers took him seriously. But did a group of well-to-do businessmen really try to overthrow the US government?

The Dogon people are renowned for their artistic traditions -- and their spiritual traditions are no less fascinating. But why did a French anthropologist believe they may have had contact with extraterrestrials?

If there's no inarguable evidence of sophisticated life on Mars, then what about bacterial life? And what about the people who say humanity has already discovered alien life - and our leaders are keeping it secret?

For centuries human beings have searched for intelligent life beyond the bounds of Earth - and, often, humanity has looked to our planetary neighbor in hopes of discovering that life. But why do people think there was (or is) life on Mars?

A front company doesn't necessarily have to be a flower shop or an import business. It could also be an NGO or part of a religious organization. Tune in and learn about more famous front companies in this episode.

We hear the phrase constantly in TV shows and film, but what exactly is a front company? Are they really that prevalent? Who uses them, and why? Tune in to learn more.

According to its caretakers, the Ark of the Covenant is real. For centuries the Orthodox Christians of Ethiopia have claimed to possess this biblical artifact, storing it in the Chapel of the Tablet, near the St. Mary Church of Zion. Could the claims be true?

Located near North Yorkshire, the RAF Menwith Hill station provides intelligence for both the United Kingdom and United States. But who runs it, exactly? What are they looking for? Tune in to learn more.

You've probably heard the rumors before - that there's actually no gold in Fort Knox, that vast amounts of the substance have been stolen in times of unrest, or even that world governments in general have much less gold than they'd have their citizens believe. Tune in to learn more.