Weird or What?
Weird or What? is a series on the Discovery Channel and History (Canada) hosted by William Shatner (except for the U.S. version of Season 1, where his segments were replaced by a fourth story). Each episode contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained. As the show unfolds, it weighs various supernatural and scientific theories that attempt to explain the story, and sometimes features tests conducted as proof of a theory's plausibility. The show features phenomena such as ghosts, aliens, monsters, medical oddities and natural disasters.[1]
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Genre | Docudrama |
Directed by | Sean Michael Turrel, Stephen Scott, Logan Johnson |
Presented by | William Shatner |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 30 |
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Executive producers | Simon Lloyd, William Shatner |
Producer | Simon Lloyd |
Running time | 44 minutes |
Production companies | Shaw Media Cineflix |
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Original release | April 21, 2010 – August 14, 2012 |
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Dark Matters: Twisted But True, The UneXplained |
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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1 | 10 | April 21, 2010 | June 9, 2010 | |
2 | 10 | September 12, 2011 | November 21, 2011 | |
3 | 10 | May 28, 2012 | August 14, 2012 |
The U.S. version of season 1 of the show features four stories per episode. This version is also shown in New Zealand. The version generally shown outside of the U.S. features three stories per episode, in a different order and is hosted by William Shatner.
Season 1 (U.S. version)
Note: Online streaming of U.S. episodes are not available
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101 | "Strange Survival" | April 21, 2010 | |
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102 | "Ghost Ship" | April 28, 2010 | |
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103 | "Cocaine Mummies" | May 5, 2010 | |
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104 | "Grim Reapers" | May 12, 2010 | |
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105 | "Human Popsicle" | May 19, 2010 | |
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106 | "Personality Transplant" | June 2, 2010 | |
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107 | "Mind Control War" | June 9, 2010 | |
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Season 1 (International version)
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101 | TBA | ||
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104 | TBA | September 22, 2010 | |
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105 | TBA | September 29, 2010 | |
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106 | TBA | ||
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107 | TBA | October 13, 2010 | |
108 | TBA | ||
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109 | TBA | ||
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110 | TBA | ||
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Season 2
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201 | "Alien Encounters" | September 12, 2011 | |
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202 | "Life After Death" | September 19, 2011 | |
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203 | "Monsters" | September 26, 2011 | |
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204 | "End of the World" | October 3, 2011 | |
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205 | "Parallel Worlds" | October 17, 2011 | |
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206 | "Freaks of Nature" | October 24, 2011 | |
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207 | "Ghosts" | October 31, 2011 | |
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208 | "Medical Mysteries" | November 7, 2011 | |
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209 | "Power of the Mind" | November 14, 2011 | |
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210 | "Amazing Artifacts" | November 21, 2011 | |
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Season 3
No. | Title | Original air date | |
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301 | "Amazing Survival" | May 28, 2012 | |
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302 | "Man Beasts" | June 4, 2012 | |
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303 | "Aliens Walk Among Us" | June 11, 2012 | |
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304 | "Curses" | June 18, 2012 | |
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305 | "Weird Animal Behaviour" | June 25, 2012 | |
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306 | "Ghosts In The Machine" | July 9, 2012 | |
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307 | "Premonitions" | July 16, 2012 | |
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308 | "Mysterious Vanishings" | July 23, 2012 | |
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309 | "More Medical Mysteries" | July 30, 2012 | |
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310 | "Mind Control" | August 14, 2012 | |
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DVD Releases
Season 1 was released in Australia August 2, 2012. The DVD contains all 10 international version episodes of season 1.
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Season 2 was released in Australia November 7, 2012. The DVD contains all 10 episodes of season 2 episodes.
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References
- Szklarski, Cassandra.William Shatner tackles the weird and inexplicable in Weird or What?. Toronto Star, 2011.
- "Weird or What? Series 1 Episode Guide on DiscoveryUK.com PhotosSeries 1 Episode Guide". Discovery. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- "Weird or What? Series 2 Episode Guide on DiscoveryUK.com". Discovery. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- "Weird or What? Series 3 Episode Guide on tv database". Discovery. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- "Premonitions," Weird or What; Episode 7, Season 3; Director:Ryan Marley, Documentary TV Series, Broadcast July 17, 2012 (Canada).