Church Secrets & Legends | |
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Genre |
Documentary Reality |
Narrated by | Dave B. Mitchell |
Composer | 5 Alarm Music & PRS Music |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Gary Benthin |
Cinematography |
|
Editors | Duncan Sinclair, Greg Clausen, Rich Mason Joe Sperandeo |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Morningstar Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Travel Channel |
Release | March 16 March 30, 2014 | –
Related | |
Mysteries at the Castle Mysteries at the Hotel |
Church Secrets & Legends is an American documentary television series that premiered on Sunday, March 16, 2014, on the Travel Channel. The series features the secrets and legends hidden in the many churches, cathedrals and chapels, as well as other houses of worship all over the world. The first season episodes air every Sunday at 10:00 pm EST.
Each episode includes dramatic recreations featuring actors re-telling the most mysterious, secret and strange stories and legends from a church's holy and not-so-holy history that the pastors or priests do not want their parishioners to find out. These stories have either have occurred inside the church or near the world's most famous and even not-so-famous churches.
Opening Introduction: (narrated by Dave B. Mitchell):
From soaring cathedrals to intimate chapels, sanctuaries of all faiths provide a beacon for seekers and a stage for astonishing mysteries, from divine intervention to unholy terror. Discover the mysteries of the world’s greatest houses of worship on Church Secrets & Legends.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD and Blu-ray release date | ||||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
1 | 3 [1] | March 16, 2014 | March 30, 2014 | — | — | — |
Ep. # | Title | Original air date | |
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1.1 | "Salem Witch Trials; World's Largest Cathedral; Grand Mosque of Paris" | March 16, 2014 | |
Envisioned by
St. John, prophetic sculptures predating the events of
9/11 surround the exterior of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an unfinished Episcopal church in
New York City, New York. The origin story of the
Salem Witch Trials is connected with the
First Church in Salem in
Salem, Massachusetts when
Reverend Samuel Parris's slave is accused of witchcraft after putting a spell on his daughter who suffered from fits, making church minister
Nicholas Noyes to start executing accused witches. In 1940, the
Grand Mosque of Paris in
Paris, France served as a secret refuge for Jews during the
Holocaust led by Muslim elder of the mosque
Kaddour Benghabrit who also helped hide famous Jewish singer
Salim Halali when he was wanted by the
Nazis. One of the world's most unusual churches, with over 10,000 panes of glass, the
Crystal Cathedral in
Orange County, California, founded by
televangelist
Robert H. Schuller of the
Hour of Power TV program goes into a decline after he retires, leaving his family in a crisis as to who is going to take over. In 1775,
Old North Church in
Boston, Massachusetts becomes the spectacular stunt of English daredevil
John Childs when he flies off the church's 200 foot steeple to a crowd of spectators. | |||
1.2 | "Underground Railroad; Killer Priest; Notre Dame Cathedral Mystery" | March 23, 2014 | |
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in
Cumberland, Maryland becomes a stop on the
Underground Railroad when the church's minister recruits a young slave boy to help hide runaways through the basement tunnels. While preaching about resisting temptations of the flesh at
St. Joseph of the Holy Family in
New York City, New York,
Father Hans Schmidt goes against his
vow of celibacy and starts a sexual relationship with his chambermaid, leading to one of the bloodiest crimes in a house of God. The
Angelus Temple in
Los Angeles, California, a mega church with a 5,300 seat auditorium founded by Sister
Aimee Semple McPherson who became a celebrity preaching
Pentecostalism with the
Church of the Foursquare Gospel created a scandal claiming she was kidnapped. When the Master of Macabre,
Edgar Allan Poe mysteriously collapses on the street, he is buried without a headstone in
Westminster Hall’s burying ground in
Baltimore, Maryland and dark forces over his death ensue. The sin of
cannibalism near the
Notre Dame Cathedral in
Paris, France is linked to the parish of
Saint-Medard when a murderous butcher served human meat pies to two clerics, unbeknownst to what they were eating, they were excommunicated. | |||
1.3 | "Scientology; Dagger John; Napolean Murder Mystery" | March 30, 2014 | |
An FBI investigation code named
Operation Snow White involving the
Celebrity Centre International, part of the
Church of Scientology in
Hollywood, California has science fiction writer and founder
L. Ron Hubbard under suspicion of his new religion.
Central Congregational Church in
Fall River, Massachusetts becomes intertwined with member
Lizzie Borden when she is accused of murdering her parents in 1892. When the
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in
New York City, New York is attacked by
Nativists, anti-Catholic rioters,
Bishop "Dagger John" Hughes earns his nickname by rounding up an army of Irish immigrants to defend the church. Built by movie moguls in 1928, the once crumbling
Wilshire Boulevard Temple was the center of controversy when
Warner Bros. artist
Hugo Ballin painted memorial murals on the walls, causing an uproar by Jews who said the "graven images" violated the
Second Commandment, however, it was reversed when
Dura-Europos in
Syria was discovered with ancient art in its
synagogue. The mystery surrounding
Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb at the
Eglise du Dome (today called Les Invalides) in
Paris, France brought on a conspiracy that his body was switched when brought back from
St. Helena during his exile. |
Church Secrets & Legends | |
---|---|
Genre |
Documentary Reality |
Narrated by | Dave B. Mitchell |
Composer | 5 Alarm Music & PRS Music |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producer | Gary Benthin |
Cinematography |
|
Editors | Duncan Sinclair, Greg Clausen, Rich Mason Joe Sperandeo |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Morningstar Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | Travel Channel |
Release | March 16 March 30, 2014 | –
Related | |
Mysteries at the Castle Mysteries at the Hotel |
Church Secrets & Legends is an American documentary television series that premiered on Sunday, March 16, 2014, on the Travel Channel. The series features the secrets and legends hidden in the many churches, cathedrals and chapels, as well as other houses of worship all over the world. The first season episodes air every Sunday at 10:00 pm EST.
Each episode includes dramatic recreations featuring actors re-telling the most mysterious, secret and strange stories and legends from a church's holy and not-so-holy history that the pastors or priests do not want their parishioners to find out. These stories have either have occurred inside the church or near the world's most famous and even not-so-famous churches.
Opening Introduction: (narrated by Dave B. Mitchell):
From soaring cathedrals to intimate chapels, sanctuaries of all faiths provide a beacon for seekers and a stage for astonishing mysteries, from divine intervention to unholy terror. Discover the mysteries of the world’s greatest houses of worship on Church Secrets & Legends.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD and Blu-ray release date | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
1 | 3 [1] | March 16, 2014 | March 30, 2014 | — | — | — |
Ep. # | Title | Original air date | |
---|---|---|---|
1.1 | "Salem Witch Trials; World's Largest Cathedral; Grand Mosque of Paris" | March 16, 2014 | |
Envisioned by
St. John, prophetic sculptures predating the events of
9/11 surround the exterior of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, an unfinished Episcopal church in
New York City, New York. The origin story of the
Salem Witch Trials is connected with the
First Church in Salem in
Salem, Massachusetts when
Reverend Samuel Parris's slave is accused of witchcraft after putting a spell on his daughter who suffered from fits, making church minister
Nicholas Noyes to start executing accused witches. In 1940, the
Grand Mosque of Paris in
Paris, France served as a secret refuge for Jews during the
Holocaust led by Muslim elder of the mosque
Kaddour Benghabrit who also helped hide famous Jewish singer
Salim Halali when he was wanted by the
Nazis. One of the world's most unusual churches, with over 10,000 panes of glass, the
Crystal Cathedral in
Orange County, California, founded by
televangelist
Robert H. Schuller of the
Hour of Power TV program goes into a decline after he retires, leaving his family in a crisis as to who is going to take over. In 1775,
Old North Church in
Boston, Massachusetts becomes the spectacular stunt of English daredevil
John Childs when he flies off the church's 200 foot steeple to a crowd of spectators. | |||
1.2 | "Underground Railroad; Killer Priest; Notre Dame Cathedral Mystery" | March 23, 2014 | |
Emmanuel Episcopal Church in
Cumberland, Maryland becomes a stop on the
Underground Railroad when the church's minister recruits a young slave boy to help hide runaways through the basement tunnels. While preaching about resisting temptations of the flesh at
St. Joseph of the Holy Family in
New York City, New York,
Father Hans Schmidt goes against his
vow of celibacy and starts a sexual relationship with his chambermaid, leading to one of the bloodiest crimes in a house of God. The
Angelus Temple in
Los Angeles, California, a mega church with a 5,300 seat auditorium founded by Sister
Aimee Semple McPherson who became a celebrity preaching
Pentecostalism with the
Church of the Foursquare Gospel created a scandal claiming she was kidnapped. When the Master of Macabre,
Edgar Allan Poe mysteriously collapses on the street, he is buried without a headstone in
Westminster Hall’s burying ground in
Baltimore, Maryland and dark forces over his death ensue. The sin of
cannibalism near the
Notre Dame Cathedral in
Paris, France is linked to the parish of
Saint-Medard when a murderous butcher served human meat pies to two clerics, unbeknownst to what they were eating, they were excommunicated. | |||
1.3 | "Scientology; Dagger John; Napolean Murder Mystery" | March 30, 2014 | |
An FBI investigation code named
Operation Snow White involving the
Celebrity Centre International, part of the
Church of Scientology in
Hollywood, California has science fiction writer and founder
L. Ron Hubbard under suspicion of his new religion.
Central Congregational Church in
Fall River, Massachusetts becomes intertwined with member
Lizzie Borden when she is accused of murdering her parents in 1892. When the
St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in
New York City, New York is attacked by
Nativists, anti-Catholic rioters,
Bishop "Dagger John" Hughes earns his nickname by rounding up an army of Irish immigrants to defend the church. Built by movie moguls in 1928, the once crumbling
Wilshire Boulevard Temple was the center of controversy when
Warner Bros. artist
Hugo Ballin painted memorial murals on the walls, causing an uproar by Jews who said the "graven images" violated the
Second Commandment, however, it was reversed when
Dura-Europos in
Syria was discovered with ancient art in its
synagogue. The mystery surrounding
Napoleon Bonaparte's tomb at the
Eglise du Dome (today called Les Invalides) in
Paris, France brought on a conspiracy that his body was switched when brought back from
St. Helena during his exile. |