All language subtitles for What.on.Earth.S04E12.1080p.DSCP.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[eng]

Narrator:
THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.

MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES
CIRCLE THE EARTH.

EVERY DAY, THEY UNCOVER NEW,

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.

[ BEEPING, DISTORTED MUSIC ]

DEATH AND TREASURE
AT THE TEMPLE OF DOOM.

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN
INCREDIBLY BLOODY, GORY EVENT.

Narrator: THE MASSIVE MESSAGE
AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD.

Kourounis: I ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

ON THE SURFACE OF MARS,

THERE ARE PATTERNS THAT
SOME SAY ARE A BINARY CODE.

Narrator:
AND THE SECRET ISLAND OF TERROR
RIGHT NEXT TO MANHATTAN.

WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS ISLAND
THAT CAUSED

EVERYONE TO STAY AWAY
FROM IT?

Narrator: BAFFLING PHENOMENA.

MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

[ BEEPING ]

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING ]

[ WHIRRING ]

**

[ FREQUENCY WARBLES ]

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JUNE 2012.

A WorldView-2 SATELLITE PASSES
OVER THE NEPEÑA VALLEY, PERU.

200 MILES NORTH
OF THE CAPITAL, LIMA,

IT CAPTURES
A STRANGE-LOOKING HILL.

THERE'S THIS CARPET OF GREEN,

AND THEN SUDDENLY,
THIS SANDY-LOOKING MOUND.

IT ALMOST SEEMS THAT A VOLCANO

HAS APPEARED
IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD.

Narrator: BUT THIS IS NOT
A NATURAL STRUCTURE.

SOMEONE BUILT IT.

THIS IS AN AMAZING IMAGE.

IT LOOKS LIKE A SACRED PLACE,
SOME KIND OF MASSIVE SHRINE.

Narrator:
THE STRANGE OBJECT SITS IN
THE LAND OF THE INCAS --

ONE OF THE NEW WORLD'S
MOST POWERFUL, BLOODTHIRSTY,

AND WEALTHY PEOPLES.

AND WHERE THERE IS AN INCA SITE,
THERE IS OFTEN TREASURE.

Hoffman: PERU IS AN
ARCHAEOLOGIST'S DREAM.

THERE ARE THINGS LONG LOST,
LONG BURIED.

[ HORNS HONKING ]

Narrator:
THE IMAGE COMES TO THE ATTENTION
OF ALEXEI VRANICH.

HE'S A SPECIALIST IN
ANCIENT PERUVIAN ARTIFACTS.

HE CHECKS THE SITE'S LOCATION.

IT'S AN AREA RICH
IN INCAN TREASURE.

Vranich: IF YOU SEE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS IN THIS VALLEY,

IT'S GONNA BE SIGNIFICANT.

THERE'S A CHANCE OF HAVING
SOME VERY AMAZING FINDS.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING
FROM A SATELLITE IMAGE,

BUT WE CAN'T TELL
EVERYTHING FROM THAT.

WE ACTUALLY
HAVE TO GO ON SITE.

Narrator: IF VRANICH GOES AHEAD
WITH THE EXPEDITION,

HE'LL BE HEADING DEEP
INTO BANDIT COUNTRY.

PERU HAS LONG BEEN THE CENTER

FOR THE BLACK MARKET
IN TRADING IN ANTIQUITIES.

THERE'S GOLD IN THOSE HILLS,
AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.

[ SIREN WAILS,
RAPID GUNFIRE ]

BUT THERE'S MANY SHOOT OUTS
BETWEEN THE AUTHORITIES

AND THE GOLD DIGGERS.

**

Narrator: VRANICH FINDS OUT
HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE

INTERESTED IN THE MOUND.

SOMEONE ELSE HAS
BRAVED THE BANDITS

AND HAS REPORTEDLY MADE
SOME IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES.

VRANICH HEADS NORTH
FROM LIMA AND BACK IN TIME.

Horton: THE INCAS ARE AMERICA'S
FIRST GREAT EMPIRE

WITH A HUGE TERRITORY THAT
EXTENDED ALMOST TO THE CARIBBEAN

IN THE NORTH RIGHT DOWN
TO ARGENTINA IN THE SOUTH.

THEY'RE ABLE TO BRING
IN PRECIOUS COMMODITIES,

PRECIOUS STONES,
GOLD IN HUGE QUANTITIES,

AND WERE SPECTACULARLY RICH.

Narrator:
SEVEN HOURS' HARD DRIVING
BRINGS VRANICH FACE-TO-FACE

WITH THE STRUCTURE.

Vranich:
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF MOUNDS,

BUT THIS ONE'S JUST
A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE.

THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY
PUT "LA HUAKA" ON TOP OF IT.

MEANING THAT IT'S
A SACRED LOCATION.

**

IT'S FREAKIN' HUGE.

WE GOT A 40-, 50-FEET TALL
PLATFORM MAYBE 300 FEET WIDE.

WHAT EXACTLY IS INSIDE OF IT,
OR WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

THAT'S SOMETHING
WE HAVE TO CHECK OUT

AND GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

Maca: THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF A MAN-MADE STRUCTURE

USING LOTS OF RESOURCES,
LOTS OF PEOPLE TO BUILD IT.

SO THIS MEANS IT WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT.

Narrator:
VRANICH HAS TRACKED DOWN
ANTHROPOLOGIST BOB BENFER.

HOWDY, BOB.
ALEXEI VRANICH.

HELLO.

BENFER HAS BEEN STUDYING
THE ANCIENT PERUVIANS

FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

VRANICH IS INTERESTED TO KNOW

WHAT PROFESSOR BENFER
HAS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE MOUND.

BENFER HAS CARBON-DATED THE SITE
USING RELICS HE DISCOVERED HERE.

THE REMAINS ARE FROM
THE 16th CENTURY,

WHEN THE INCA EMPIRE
WAS AT ITS HEIGHT.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

IF THE DATING IS CORRECT,

IT COINCIDES WITH
AN INCREDIBLE SERIES

OF ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Benfer: THERE WERE FOUR TOTAL
SOLAR ECLIPSES

BETWEEN 1527 AND 1543.

THERE REALLY ARE NORMALLY
ONLY ONE SOLAR ECLIPSE

EVERY 360 YEARS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE
ON THE PLANET HAS EVER SEEN

THAT MANY
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES

IN SUCH A SHORT TIME.

THE INCAS
WERE SUN WORSHIPPERS.

THE EMPEROR OR "SAPA" CLAIMED
DESCENT FROM THE SUN GOD

INTI HIMSELF.

INCAN HIGH PRIEST
ASTRONOMERS CAREFULLY

CHARTED THE CHANGING PASSAGE
OF THEIR SUN GOD ACROSS THE SKY.

THEY INVESTED THE HEAVENS WITH
HOLY MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE...

[ THUNDER BOOMING ]
...BUILDING THEIR TEMPLES

IN ALIGNMENT
WITH THE SUN AND STARS.

FOUR SOLAR ECLIPSES
IN QUICK SUCCESSION

MAY WELL HAVE CAUSED
REAL PANIC AMONG THE INCAS.

Krueger: JUST IMAGINE
WHAT KIND OF FEELINGS

THAT WOULD EVOKE IN
A PERSON EXPERIENCING THAT.

BECAUSE THERE WERE NO
SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATIONS

FOR WHAT WAS HAPPENING,

IT SURELY WOULD HAVE
BEEN EXPERIENCED

AS SOME TYPE OF AN OTHERWORLDLY
OR CATACLYSMIC EVENT

HAPPENING IN THEIR MIDST.

Narrator:
VRANICH BELIEVES IF THIS SITE

DOES HAVE SOME
ASTRONOMICAL SIGNIFICANCE,

THEN IT SHOULD ALIGN
WITH THE RISING SUN.

MOST LIKELY
AROUND THE SOLSTICE.

SOLAR RECORDS GIVE HIM
A POSITION

FOR THE SUN IN THE 1500s.

Vranich: WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR
IS ANY SIGNIFICANT ALIGNMENT

WITH SOMETHING
IN THE LANDSCAPE.

SPECIFICALLY
WITH THE SUMMER SOLSTICE.

THIS IS NORTH.

WE KNOW THAT THE SOLSTICE
500 YEARS AGO

WOULD HAVE COME UP
AT AROUND 294.

LOOKING OUT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE
ALONG THIS COMPASS LINE,

YOU REALLY CAN TELL
THERE'S NOTHING

THAT SIGNIFICANT
IN THE DISTANCE

THAT WOULD REALLY DRAW ATTENTION
IN THE PAST ON THAT DATE.

THERE REALLY MUST BE
ANOTHER REASON

WHY THAT IT WAS PLACED HERE.

Narrator: BUT THE MOUND SERVES
NO OBVIOUS PRACTICAL PURPOSE.

THIS SUGGESTS IT IS, IN SOME
WAY, MYSTICAL OR RELIGIOUS,

AND FOR THE INCAS, THAT OFTEN
MEANT TERRIFYING BLOOD RITUALS.

TO MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THEIR GODS,

THE PERUVIAN ANCIENTS MADE
A VARIETY OF OFFERINGS.

THIS TOOK THE FORM
OF SIMPLE PRAYERS,

BUT ALSO ANIMAL OFFERINGS,

AND THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
OF ALL.

HUMAN BEINGS.

Narrator:
ON THE DEATH OF A SUN KING,

MANY CHILDREN AND EVEN BABIES

WERE SACRIFICED
TO THE SUN GOD.

IS THIS A MOUND OF TERROR?

COMING UP...

THE MYSTERIOUS, HI-TECH DISHES
ON AMERICA'S DOORSTEP.

Baker:
I DON'T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND

THAT THAT'S
AN INNOCENT FACILITY.

Narrator:
AND A YOUNG, SACRIFICIAL VICTIM

COMES BACK FROM THE DEAD.

SO THEY ACTUALLY FOUND
THIS ROPE AROUND HER NECK

WHEN THEY EXCAVATED HER.
YEAH.

**

Narrator:
ARCHAEOLOGIST ALEXEI VRANICH
IS EXPLORING A VOLCANO-SHAPED,

MAN-MADE MOUND
PHOTOGRAPHED FROM SPACE.

HE'S LOOKING AROUND
THE AREA FOR CLUES.

HE LEARNS OF
ANOTHER SITE NEARBY

WHERE EVIDENCE
HAS BEEN UNCOVERED

OF THE MOST CRUEL
AND GRUESOME KILLINGS.

IT'S CALLED "EL BRUJO,"
OR THE WIZARD,

AND IT'S
A HUGELY SACRED SITE.

THIS COULD HOLD INFORMATION,
OR AT LEAST A FEW MORE CLUES,

ON THE ROLE OF SACRIFICE
IN ANDEAN RELIGION.

Narrator:
ENGRAVINGS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

DEPICTING SCENES
OF BLOODY TERROR.

Vranich:
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

THERE'S AN ENTIRE LINE OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN TIED TOGETHER.

IT'S A ROPE GOING FROM
ONE INDIVIDUAL

TO ANOTHER AROUND THEIR NECK.

AND THEY'RE BEING LED
IN THIS DIRECTION,

PERHAPS BEING LED
TO THEIR OWN SACRIFICE

AFTER HAVING BEEN
DEFEATED IN BATTLE.

Narrator:
COULD THIS SITE PROVIDE CLUES

TO THE PURPOSE
OF THE MYSTERY MOUND?

ONE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS
DIGGING HERE IS AUGUSTO BAZAN.

HOWDY.
I'M ALEXEI.

IT LOOKS LIKE
THE GRUESOME SCENES

DEPICTED IN THE CARVING
HAPPENED FOR REAL.

OH, MY.

TWO PIECES OF POTTERY...

AND THAT'S A KNIFE.

HE'S SIMILAR TO THE PEOPLE
ON THE MURAL WE SAW.

-EXACTLY.
-THEY'RE NAKED.

THEY HAVE A ROPE
AROUND THE NECK.

HE'S ABOUT THE CUT THE --
PROBABLY THE JUGULAR.

THE BLOOD
WOULD HAVE COME OUT,

AND IT WOULD HAVE
DRAINED INTO THE CUP.

YEAH.

WAS THIS THE ONLY WAY
THAT PEOPLE WERE SACRIFICED?

**

Vranich: THIS LOOKS LIKE
A VERY YOUNG INDIVIDUAL.

DO WE HAVE ANY CLUES
ON HOW OR WHY SHE DIED?

Bazan: SURE.

SO THEY ACTUALLY FOUND
THIS ROPE AROUND HER NECK

WHEN THEY EXCAVATED HER?
-YEAH.

THAT'S SOLID EVIDENCE.

THE OFFERING OF HUMAN BEINGS
TO THEIR GODS

WAS A BRUTAL INCA RITUAL.

HEADS WERE CHOPPED OFF.

BLOOD
SPURTED ALL OVER THE LAND

TO REJUVENATE
IN HONOR OF THE GODS.

Narrator: AS SHOCKING AS
THE HUMAN SACRIFICE

IS THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS.

Hoffman: IN 1527,
OVER 4,000 CONCUBINES,

SLAVES, SERVANTS
WERE ALL SACRIFICED

SO THAT THEY COULD JOIN
THEIR RULER IN THE AFTERLIFE.

Narrator:
THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS TO VRANICH
THAT THE STRANGE MOUND

MAY WELL HAVE BEEN
A MAJOR SACRIFICIAL SITE.

BUT WHAT TERRIFYING GOD
WERE THEY TRYING TO APPEASE?

VRANICH THINKS ITS SHAPE
IS A CLUE.

THIS THING
LOOKS LIKE A VOLCANO.

THE AREA IS INSIDE
THE RING OF FIRE --

A REGION KNOWN FOR
ITS MASSIVE VOLCANOES

AND DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKES.

IN THE PAST 12,000 YEARS,
ALL BUT 3 OF THE WORLD'S

BIGGEST VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS HAPPENED HERE.

A SEARCH OF INCA RECORDS REVEALS
THAT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY

COINCIDES WITH A GREAT
INCREASE IN HUMAN SACRIFICES.

Hunt: ALL OVER THE WORLD,

VOLCANOES ARE WORSHIPPED
AS LIVING CREATURES.

WHEN THE MAGNA FLOWS,
IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE A SERPENT,

AND IT'S POWERFUL STUFF.

IT MAKES YOU WONDER IF THAT
VOLCANO-SHAPED SITE

HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
THEY FORMED IT

IN A WAY
TO REPLICATE A VOLCANO?

YOU CAN THINK ABOUT PERHAPS
THE FIRE IN THE MIDDLE

CREATING SMOKE COULD
HAVE MADE THIS EFFECT.

Narrator:
VRANICH BELIEVES THIS IS
AN INCAN SACRIFICIAL SITE.

BENEATH THIS HILL, HE EXPECTS
TO FIND BODIES AND TREASURE.

Vranich: PRETTY CLEAR THAT
THE SITE IS SIGNIFICANT.

IT'S A TEMPLE OF SOME SORTS.

HAVE EVIDENCE OF RITUAL
THAT'S GOING ON.

THERE'S STILL SO MUCH
TO UNCOVER HERE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT
FOR ADDITIONAL

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS.

**

Narrator: COMING UP...

A DEADLY EPIDEMIC
THREATENS NEW YORK CITY.

Odell:
SHE'S KNOWN TO HAVE KILLED
AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE,

SOME BELIEVE UPWARDS TO 50.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A MAJOR SERIAL KILLER HERE.

Narrator: ...AND COMMUNISTS,
CARTELS, AND A NEW COLD WAR.

THESE GUYS ARE SOME OF THESE
MOST DANGEROUS PEOPLE

ON THE PLANET.

**

Narrator: MARCH 2016.

A WorldView-3 SATELLITE ORBITS
HIGH OVER CENTRAL AMERICA.

AS IT PASSES MANAGUA,
NICARAGUA'S CAPITAL CITY,

IT PHOTOGRAPHS A SECURE,
HIGH-TECH COMPOUND.

INSIDE, THERE IS A GIANT
SATELLITE DISH

AND FOUR OTHER LARGE DISHES.

Munoz: THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT
YOU CAN KIND OF PUT TOGETHER

FROM A TRIP TO RADIO SHACK
AND HOME DEPOT.

Pappalardo:
THESE DISHES ARE BIG.

THEY'RE REALLY POWERFUL.

THE BIGGER THE DISH, THE MORE
INFORMATION IT CAN SOAK UP.

Narrator:
WHAT PUZZLES ANALYSTS IS THAT,
ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL RECORDS,

THE NICARAGUANS DID NOT BUILD

AND DO NOT CONTROL
ANY COMMUNICATION CENTER

AT THIS SITE.

SO, WHO BUILT IT, AND WHAT
ARE THEY USING IT FOR?

Baker:
I DON'T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND

THAT
THAT'S AN INNOCENT FACILITY.

**

Narrator:
THE IMAGE COMES TO THE ATTENTION

OF FORMER CIA OPERATIVE
LINDSAY MORAN.

THIS AREA HAS
A TURBULENT HISTORY.

REVOLUTION, THE SANDINISTA,
THE CONTRAS,

AND MORE RECENTLY,
THE NARCOS.

Moran: WHAT'S WORRYING ABOUT
THE HOMEGROWN SATELLITE STATION

IS THAT A LARGE DEGREE
OF DRUG CARTEL ACTIVITY

HAS SEEPED INTO NICARAGUA.

Narrator:
NICARAGUA IS PART OF WHAT
DRUG-ENFORCEMENT AGENTS

CALL THE COCAINE CORRIDOR.

80% OF THE COCAINE THAT
COMES INTO THE UNITED STATES

PASSES THROUGH NICARAGUA.

Narrator: THE MONEY GENERATED
IS EXTRAORDINARY.

THE OPERATION RUN
BY PABLO ESCOBAR

WAS GENERATING
$20 BILLION A YEAR.

ESCOBAR ALONE WAS ONE OF
THE RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD.

THE CARTELS ARE IMMENSELY
WEALTHY, WELL-CONNECTED,

AND WELL-ORGANIZED,

DEPLOYING SOME OF
THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY

IN ARMS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

DRUG CARTELS HAVE ENORMOUS
AMOUNTS OF MONEY.

SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN
BUILT SMALL SUBMARINES

TO MOVE THEIR NARCOTICS
INTO THE UNITED STATES.

THEY WOULD TAKE THEM ACROSS
THE CHANNELS OVER TO FLORIDA.

THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD BE
BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

TO FURTHER THEIR
SMUGGLING OPERATION

IS NOT FAR-FETCHED.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS FEAR
THAT THIS SATELLITE ARRAY

MAY BELONG TO A CARTEL DESCRIBED
BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

AS THE MOST
TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED,

SOPHISTICATED, EFFICIENT,
VIOLENT, RUTHLESS,

AND DANGEROUS IN EXISTENCE.

[ RAPID GUNFIRE,
ALARM BLARING ]

THEY ARE CALLED LOS ZETAS,
OR THE Z's.

LOS ZETAS WERE FORMED
FROM SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNITS

WITHIN THE MEXICAN MILITARY
THAT BECAME SO CORRUPT,

THEY FIGURED IT WAS EASIER JUST
TO BECOME A CARTEL THEMSELVES.

[ SIREN WAILS ]

THEY RECRUIT YOUNG KIDS.
THEY BURN PEOPLE ALIVE.

THEY PUT 'EM IN VATS OF ACID.

LOS ZETAS ARE SOME OF THE MOST
DANGEROUS PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.

Narrator: CARLO MUNOZ IS
AN EXPERT ON THE CARTELS.

ALTHOUGH LOS ZETAS USE
LOTS OF HIGH-TECH,

HE BELIEVES EVEN THEY COULD NOT
BUILD A FACILITY THIS ADVANCED.

I HAVE YET TO SEE
ANY CARTEL CONDUCT

THE KIND OF INTELLIGENCE
OPERATION

THAT THIS NOTE INDICATES.

THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL,
ALMOST GOVERNMENT-TYPE FACILITY.

Narrator:
INVESTIGATIONS ON THE GROUND
OFFER MORE CLUES.

LOCAL RESIDENTS NEAR
THE BASE REPORT

THE PRESENCE
OF FOREIGNERS.

Munoz: WHEN YOU SPEAK TO THE
LOCALS AROUND THIS INSTALLATION,

THEY SAY THAT THE
PERSONNEL BASED THERE

ALL SPEAK FLUENT RUSSIAN.

Baker: YOU'VE GOT A RUSSIAN
SATELLITE FACILITY.

THEN YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S ITS PURPOSE,

WHY IS IT THERE?

Narrator: IN THE 1970s,

WHILE THE U.S.
BACKED THE CONTRAS,

RUSSIAN SOVIETS BACKED
THE LEFT-WING SANDINISTAS,

DRAWING NICARAGUA
INTO THE COMMUNIST BLOC.

NICARAGUA'S A VERY WELL-KNOWN
PAWN IN THE CHESS GAME

BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND THE SOVIET UNION

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY
OF THE COLD WAR.

THERE'S BEEN A FAIRLY
SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN RUSSIA AND NICARAGUA.

Narrator:
IT'S A RELATIONSHIP, IT SEEMS,
THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN,

HIMSELF A FORMER KGB AGENT,
WANTS TO KEEP ALIVE.

REPORTS OF PEOPLE SPEAKING
RUSSIAN SUGGEST THIS IS,

INDEED, A RUSSIAN BASE.

AND A RUSSIAN BASE
SO CLOSE TO THE U.S.

RAISES OBVIOUS CONCERNS.

Baker: FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN,
THE COLD WAR NEVER ENDED,

SO THE IDEA THAT
THEY WOULD CONTINUE

TO TRY TO INFLUENCE
THE LEADERSHIP

IN A PLACE LIKE NICARAGUA
MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

IT'S LIKE THE COLD WAR
RESURGENT AGAIN,

AND VLADIMIR PUTIN IS
RIGHT AT OUR BACK DOOR.

Narrator:
CONCERN GROWS WHEN INVESTIGATORS
ANALYZE THE IMAGE MORE CLOSELY.

THIS DISH IS POINTING STRAIGHT
AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN MANAGUA.

Narrator: ALARMINGLY,
THE SATELLITE COMPOUND

IS ONLY A MILE AND A HALF
FROM THE EMBASSY.

Pappalardo: HAVING A DISH
THIS POWERFUL

AIMED AT A TARGET LIKE
THE U.S. EMBASSY,

THAT MEANS THAT THIS THING

COULD BE COLLECTING
A LOT OF INFORMATION

COMING IN AND OUT
OF THAT BUILDING.

SO, IT'S A SECURITY RISK.

AND TO MAKE MATTERS EVEN WORSE,
THE RUSSIANS OWN IT.

Narrator:
THE NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT
HAS NOW RELEASED A STATEMENT.

THEY SAY THE FACILITY
IS A GPS SYSTEM,

BUT THE SYSTEM KNOWN
AS GLONASS HAPPENS

TO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED
BY THE RUSSIAN MILITARY

AND IS NOW USED BY
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT.

THIS DOES CREATE
A FEASIBLE EXPLANATION

AS TO WHY
RUSSIAN-SPEAKING PERSONNEL

ARE IN AND OUT OF THIS
FACILITY 24 HOURS A DAY.

Narrator: GLONASS HAS ITS
ORIGINS IN THE SOVIET UNION

AS A GUIDANCE SYSTEM
FOR BALLISTIC,

MISSILE-CARRYING SUBMARINES.

Baker:
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND

THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE USING
THAT FOR INTEL COLLECTION.

IT WOULD BE INSANELY NAIVE
TO THINK OTHERWISE.

Narrator:
THE SECURE BASE CAPTURED
IN THIS SATELLITE IMAGE

REMAINS A PLACE
OF EXTREME INTEREST

TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE OBSERVERS.

Pappalardo:
THE TRUTH IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THIS FACILITY

IS BEING USED FOR.

THE COVER STORY
JUST REALLY DOESN'T WASH.

**

Narrator: COMING UP...

THE CODE AT THE END
OF THE WORLD.

WHY WOULD SOMEONE COME AND DIG
THESE VERTICAL LINES LIKE THIS?

Narrator:
AND A DEATH STAR WEAPON
UNLEASHES HELL IN THE DESERT.

THIS IS SCIENCE-FICTION
LEVEL TECHNOLOGY.

THE KIND OF THING THAT YOU
WOULD EXPECT TO SEE

IN SOME "STAR WARS" MOVIE.

Narrator: MARCH 2017.

BANKS ISLAND, NORTHERN CANADA.

A NASA RESEARCH AIRCRAFT SPOTS
WEIRD MARKINGS

SEEMINGLY CARVED
INTO THE SEA ICE.

Kourounis: I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

THAT IS BIZARRE.

Chamberlain: IT SEEMS LIKE IT
MUST BE MAN-MADE,

BUT WHY WOULD SOMEONE COME

AND DIG THESE VERTICAL
LINES LIKE THIS?

[ WIND WHISTLING ]

Narrator: MEASUREMENTS OF
THE MARKINGS REVEAL

THAT THEY ARE
ON A HUGE SCALE,

OVER 2,000 YARDS LONG.

THIS IS NOT JUST A BLIP
ON THE RADAR.

THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS HAPPENED

OVER A REALLY LONG STRETCH.

Narrator: ANALYSTS CHECK
HISTORICAL RECORDS.

THE ARCTIC HAS, IN THE PAST,

BEEN THE SCENE OF SOME
UNUSUAL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY.

SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF
THE REFRIGERATOR IN THE 1930s,

WE TAKE ICE FOR GRANTED.

BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WAS
SEEN AS A VALUABLE COMMODITY.

Sanford:
AT ONE POINT, WE HARVESTED
MASSIVE BLOCKS OF ICE

AND SHIPPED THEM --

THESE THINGS WEIGHING TONS --
ALL THE WAY TO INDIA.

Narrator: IN ITS HEYDAY, THE
AMERICAN ICE INDUSTRY IS HUGE,

EMPLOYING OVER 90,000 PEOPLE AND
WORTH HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.

VAST ICE HOUSES ARE BUILT
ALL ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER,

AND U.S. ICE IS MARKETED
AS A LUXURY PRODUCT.

IF YOU WERE A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE
AND HAD A PALACE IN THE BAHAMAS,

AND YOU WANTED ICE
FOR YOUR PIÑA COLADA,

HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET IT?

WELL, YOU WOULD HIRE SOMEONE
TO TAKE A BOAT UP TO THE ARCTIC,

CHOP AWAY HUGE CHUNKS OF ICE,
AND BRING IT DOWN TO YOU.

OF COURSE, MOST OF IT
WOULD BE MELTED

BY THE TIME IT GOT TO YOU,
BUT YOU STILL WOULD HAVE ENOUGH

TO SATISFY YOUR CARVING
FOR THAT COLD DRINK.

Sanford:
IS ICE HARVESTING COMING BACK?

ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE WILLING
TO PAY FOR ANCIENT ICE CUBES

IN THEIR DRINKS?

Narrator: BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM
WITH THIS THEORY.

THE ICE IN THE SATELLITE IMAGE
IS SEA ICE, NOT FRESHWATER ICE.

SEA ICE IS FROZEN SEA WATER.

FROZEN SEA WATER
IS NOT REALLY IDEAL

FOR PUTTING INTO YOUR DRINK

UNLESS YOU REALLY LIKE
AN EXTRA-SALTY MARGARITA.

TODAY, A FEW PREMIUM BRAND
VODKAS STILL USE NATURAL ICE,

BUT THEY HARVEST IT
IN THE RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS,

NOT THE CANADIAN ARCTIC.

ANALYSTS FOCUS ON THE REPEATED
VISUAL MOTIFS IN THE IMAGE.

SOME ARE REMINDED OF MARKINGS

FOUND IN AN EVEN MORE
INHOSPITABLE LOCATION.

I ACTUALLY HAVE SEEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

ON THE SURFACE OF MARS,

THERE ARE PATTERNS THAT
SOME SAY ARE A BINARY COD.

Narrator:
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER THE STRANGE
SURFACE MARKINGS ON MARS

IN 2016.

LIKE THE MYSTERIOUS
PATTERN IN THE ARCTIC,

THEY'RE HIGHLY REGULAR.

IT LOOKS TO SOME LIKE A SIGNAL
OR A MESSAGE OF SOME KIND.

BUT THIS IS MARS.

WHO OR WHAT COULD
HAVE PUT IT HERE?

IF THIS IS SOME
INTERPLANETARY MESSAGE,

IT'S STILL TO BE DECODED.

D'Antonio: WHAT THEY FOUND
WAS IT SAID, "BLEAH."

IT MADE NO SENSE.

THERE WAS NOTHING TO IT.

I THINK THE SAME THING
WILL HAPPEN HERE.

IF THEY TRY TO DECODE THIS
AND TURN IT

INTO SOME TYPE
OF BINARY MESSAGE,

THEY'RE GONNA GET
THE SAME KIND OF RESPONSE.

Narrator:
EXPERTS SWITCH THEIR FOCUS
TO THE NATURAL WORLD.

THEY FIND OTHER EXAMPLES
OF THIS PHENOMENON

DOTTED ACROSS
THE POLAR REGIONS.

IT'S A HIGHLY UNUSUAL PROCESS
CALLED FINGER RAFTING.

NORMALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE
TWO PIECES OF ICE

CRASHING INTO EACH OTHER,
THEY'LL CREATE RIDGES

WHERE THE EDGES BUMP UP
AGAINST EACH OTHER.

BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, WHEN
THE CONDITIONS ARE JUST RIGHT,

THE ICE WILL INTERLOCK,

AND YOU'LL GET
THESE FINGERS OF ICE

LAYERING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER
AND INTERLOCKING.

Narrator:
FINGER RAFTING ONLY OCCURS
WHEN TWO SHEETS

OF NEWLY FORMED ICE COLLIDE.

THESE BLOCKS ARE THIN ENOUGH
TO BEND WITHOUT SHATTERING.

THE SHEETS SLIDE OVER
AND UNDER EACH OTHER,

CREATING THE FINGER-LIKE
PATTERN.

Sanford:
THIS PATTERN LOOKS MAN-MADE,
BUT IT'S TOTALLY NATURAL,

AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS,
WHEN SEEN FROM ABOVE,

THAT JUST MAKES ME APPRECIATE
THE BEAUTY AND POWER OF NATURE.

**

Narrator: COMING UP...

A SPOOKY SYMBOL
IN THE DESERT ANALYSTS

ARE STILL TRYING TO EXPLAIN.

THIS ONE'S A MYSTERY TO ME.

I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU
WHAT IT IS.

Narrator: AND NEW YORK'S
SECRET ISLAND OF TERROR.

[ BIRD CHIRPING ]

Sanford:
HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED HERE?

THERE IS BLOOD AND DEATH
ON THIS ISLAND.

**

Narrator: APRIL 2016.

A GeoEye-1 SATELLITE PASSING
OVER THE SAHARA

IN SOUTHERN ALGERIA

CAPTURES THESE MARKINGS
ON THE DESERT FLOOR.

THE IMAGE HAS BAFFLED EXPERTS
SINCE ITS DISCOVERY.

IT CONTINUES TO BE
A MYSTERY TO THIS DAY.

Bellinger:
IT LOOKS LIKE A COMPASS.

I'M WONDERING WHAT ON EARTH
IT'S DOING OUT HERE

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.

THIS THING IS TRULY BIZARRE.

I'VE DONE A LOT OF DIGGING
TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS THING IS.

AND SO FAR,
I HAVE COME UP EMPTY.

Narrator: SCALE ANALYSIS REVEALS
THE MYSTERY PATTERN

IS ALMOST TWICE THE SIZE
OF A FOOTBALL FIELD.

Pappalardo:
IT'S OBVIOUSLY MAN-MADE.

IT'S GOT DEFINITE SHAPE.

IT SHOULD HAVE
A DEFINITE FUNCTION,

BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT IT IS?

Narrator: SATELLITE ANALYSTS
SEARCH THE AREA RIGHT AROUND

THE BIZARRE SYMBOL.

IT STANDS ALONE -- NO SIGNS OF
ANY MODERN STRUCTURES OR LIFE.

THE LOCATION OF THE SYMBOL
SUGGESTS IT MAY HAVE SOME LINK

TO AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION.

Gough:
THE SHAPE IS REMINISCENT OF
A COLLECTION OF BURIAL SITES

KNOWN AS KEYHOLE TOMBS

THAT ARE LOCATED CONSPICUOUSLY
CLOSE TO THIS SYMBOL.

Narrator:
SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED
OVER 600 FUNERARY MONUMENTS

SHAPED LIKE KEYHOLES
IN THE SAHARA DESERT.

THE OLDEST DATE BACK
TO 3600 B.C.,

2,000 YEARS BEFORE THE GREAT
PYRAMID IN EGYPT IS BUILT.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS VENTURING INSIDE
HAVE DISCOVERED

CEREMONIAL VESSELS
AND STONE AGE WEAPONS.

THESE STRUCTURES
ALL FACE EAST --

APPARENTLY POINTING
TO THE RISING SUN.

ARCHAEOLOGIST KAREN BELLINGER
CROSS-CHECKS

THE IMAGE WITH A SERIES
OF SATELLITE FLYOVERS.

SHE SPOTS SOMETHING MISSING
IN ALL THE PICTURES

THAT THROWS THE TOMB
THEORY INTO DOUBT.

Bellinger: WHEN WE LOOK AT
IMAGES OF THIS STRUCTURE

TAKEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES
OF DAY

AND ON DIFFERENT DAYS
OF THE YEAR,

WE NEVER SEE A SHADOW.

THAT INDICATES THAT IT
DOESN'T HAVE ANY KIND OF

THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROFILE.

IT CANNOT BE
CONSTRUCTED OF STONE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS
WIDEN THE SEARCH AREA.

THE NEAREST SIGN OF CIVILIZATION
IS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED.

A DESERT AIRPORT.

BUT WHAT'S AN AIRPORT
DOING IN THE DESERT?

THE AIRPORT WAS PART
OF A PROGRAM RUN BY NASA

TO MAINTAIN SECONDARY
LANDING ZONES FOR SPACECRAFT

RE-ENTERING
THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.

Narrator: SPACE FLIGHT REMAINS
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS

AND COMPLEX
SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS.

COUNTLESS THINGS CAN GO WRONG,
AND SPACE SHUTTLES CAN BE FORCED

TO RE-ENTER EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

FOR ANY NUMBER OF REASONS.

AND IN ANY NUMBER OF PLACES.

TO COPE WITH FORCED RE-ENTRIES,

NASA HAS ESTABLISHED
33 EMERGENCY

LANDING SITES
ALL OVER THE WORLD,

OFTEN LOCATED FAR AWAY
FROM POPULATED AREAS.

Capps:
IF THIS WERE A SIGN POST FOR AN
EMERGENCY SPACE SHUTTLE LANDING,

YOU'RE HURTLING DOWN
TO THE GROUND,

YOUR SYSTEMS ARE FAILING,

AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE
VISUALLY NAVIGATING.

MAN, I BET YOU WOULD BE
HAPPY TO SEE THIS THING.

Narrator:
BUT A CHECK OF THE OTHER SHUTTLE
LANDING SITES REVEALS A PROBLEM.

Kourounis: THIS SYMBOL IS
NOT SEEN AT ANY OF THE OTHER

SPACE SHUTTLE
EMERGENCY LANDING SITES,

SO ODDS ARE THAT'S
PROBABLY NOT THE ANSWER.

Narrator:
ANALYSTS LOOK BACK AT HISTORICAL
SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE REGION.

THEY DISCOVER THE MYSTERY
STRUCTURE APPEARS IN 2000.

THEY LEARN THAT
AROUND THIS TIME,

THE EMERGENCY LANDING SITE

IS HEAVILY UPGRADED
FOR MILITARY USE.

Munoz: LOOKING AT THE IMAGE,
THE KIND OF DISTINCT MARKINGS

THAT IT HAS, IT COULD VERY WELL
SERVE AS A LARGE TARGET.

Narrator: IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN
REVEALED THAT THE U.S. MILITARY

IS USING ISOLATED
DESERT LOCATIONS

TO TEST A REVOLUTIONARY
NEW WEAPON...

A SUPER POWERFUL LASER.

INVISIBLE LASERS
ARE ABLE TO DESTROY

A FAST-MOVING TARGET
AT FAST DISTANCES.

THESE LASERS ARE
INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.

Narrator: A SINGLE BEAM FROM
THIS MINIATURE DEATH STAR

IS MORE POWERFUL
THAN A CRUISE MISSILE.

THE LASERS TRAVEL
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT,

50,000 TIMES FASTER
THAN AN ICBM.

IT'S LIKE FRYING AN ANT
WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS.

THIS SINGLE RAY OF ENERGY
BEING FOCUSED

ON ONE PARTICULAR TARGET.

IN THIS CASE, SUNLIGHT.

NOW TAKE THAT ANALOGY
AND EXPOUND IT BY 10 MILLION,

AND THAT IS LASERS.

THIS IS SCIENCE-FICTION
LEVEL TECHNOLOGY --

THE KIND OF THING
THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT

TO SEE IN SOME "STAR WARS"
MOVIE.

BUT IN ACTUALITY,
THEY'RE USING THEM NOW.

**

Narrator: MILITARY DATA
DISCLOSES THAT THE TECHNOLOGY

IS STILL AT TEST STAGE.

THIS SUPER DEADLY WEAPON
IS UNPREDICTABLE.

YOU DO WANT A LARGE,
UNPOPULATED SPACE

WITH A RELATIVELY
LARGE TARGET TO AIM AT

WHEN TESTING THESE
TYPE OF WEAPONS.

'CAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT COULD HAPPEN

IF THINGS DO GO WRONG.

BUT WHEN INVESTIGATORS ANALYZE
THE SATELLITE IMAGE IN CLOSE-UP,

THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING.

IF THIS WERE A TEST SITE
FOR LASERS OR SOME OTHER WEAPON,

THERE WOULD BE BURN MARKS.

THE OBVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THAT
IS THAT IT LOOKS PRISTINE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FINE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S EVER
BEEN DISTURBED IN ANY WAY.

Narrator: CARLO MUNOZ TAKES
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE IMAGE.

HE COMPARES IT
WITH ANOTHER SYMBOL

FORMED IN THE SAHARAN SANDS.

IN NEIGHBORING NIGER, THERE IS
A SIMILAR SITE WITH MARKINGS

THAT BASICALLY
REPRESENT AN AIRCRAFT.

THOSE MARKINGS ARE A MEMORIAL.

Narrator:
THIS SYMBOL MARKS THE SITE
OF A PLANE CRASH.

IN 2003,
A BOEING 737 CAME DOWN,

KILLING ALL BUT 1
OF ITS 102 PASSENGERS.

THAT'S CLEARLY NOT THE PURPOSE
OF THIS SYMBOL

IN THIS SATELLITE IMAGE.

IF IT'S SOME SORT OF MEMORIAL,
BUT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT,

THEN IT'S NOT MUCH
OF A MEMORIAL.

Narrator: ANALYSTS ARE STILL
TRYING TO EXPLAIN

AND DECODE THE IMAGE
IN THE DESERT SEEN FROM SPACE.

IT'S GONNA REMAIN A MYSTERY
FOR QUITE SOME TIME, I THINK.

Narrator:
STILL TO COME,

THE HOSPITAL FROM HELL
ON A NEW YORK ISLAND.

IMAGINE A WHOLE HOSPITAL FULL
OF PEOPLE GOING COLD TURKEY.

IT'S HORRIFYING TO THINK ABOUT.

**

Narrator: NEW YORK CITY.

AUGUST 1968.

THE CORONA SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHS
AN ISLAND IN THE EAST RIVER

CLOSE TO BROOKLYN.

IT SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A FUNCTIONING ISLAND

WITH SEVERAL BUILDINGS.

BUT OVER 40 YEARS LATER
IN 2010,

AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH
OF THE SAME AREA

REVEALS NOTHING BUT ABANDONED,
OVERGROWN RUINS.

Sanford:
IN A PLACE LIKE NEW YORK CITY,

TO SEE SOMETHING THAT'S
CRUMBLING AND FALLING APART

IS JUST REALLY OUT OF PLACE.

Carter:
WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS ISLAND

THAT CAUSED EVERYONE
TO STAY AWAY FROM IT?

Narrator:
JOURNALIST DAVE MOSHER IS A NEW
YORKER WHO LIVES IN MANHATTAN.

ALTHOUGH
HE KNOWS THE CITY WELL,

UNTIL HE SEES
THE SATELLITE IMAGE,

HE HAS NO IDEA THAT
THE ISLAND EVEN EXISTS.

SO WHEN I TALK TO OTHER
NEW YORKERS ABOUT THIS ISLAND,

FEW PEOPLE SEEM TO REALLY KNOW
WHAT IT IS OR WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

WE'VE HEARD STORIES ABOUT
A WOMAN BEING BROUGHT THERE

FOR SOME DISEASE, BUT BEYOND
THAT, IT'S SORT OF A MYSTERY.

ALL I DO KNOW IS THAT
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO THERE.

IT'S COMPLETELY OFF-LIMITS.

Narrator:
FOR OVER 50 YEARS,

THE ISLAND KNOWN
AS NORTH BROTHER ISLAND

HAS BEEN UNINHABITED
AND IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH

BY REGULAR TRANSPORT.

Mosher:
SO AFTER A BUNCH OF PHONE CALLS,
I FINALLY GOT PERMISSION

TO GO TO NORTH BROTHER ISLAND.

AND NOT ONLY THAT,

I FOUND SOMEONE
WHO'S WILLING TO TAKE US THERE.

[ HORN BLOWS ]

Narrator: MOSHER'S BOAT
APPROACHES THE ISLAND,

BUT THE ORIGINAL DOCK
IS CRUMBLING AWAY.

THE SKIPPER IS FORCED
TO BEACH THE BOAT.

FROM GROUND LEVEL, THE ISLAND
LOOKS EVEN MORE WEIRD

AND SINISTER.

Mosher:
THIS IS SUPER CREEPY.

I FEEL LIKE I AM WALKING THROUGH
A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD.

EVERYTHING IS JUST
COMPLETELY OVERGROWN.

NOBODY'S LIVED HERE
IN WHAT SEEMS LIKE DECADES.

Narrator:
THERE'S NO OBVIOUS CLUE AS
TO WHAT TOOK PLACE ON THE ISLAND

UNTIL DAVE MOSHER SPOTS
SOMETHING.

Mosher: CHECK THIS OUT.

RIGHT OVER THERE, I CAN
SEE THAT IT SAYS RIKERS.

THIS MEANS IT'S RIKERS ISLAND.

THIS IS THE FAMOUS PRISON
OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK CITY.

Narrator:
THE PROXIMITY OF RIKERS ISLAND,
NEW YORK'S BIGGEST JAIL,

SUGGESTS THAT
NORTH BROTHER ISLAND

MIGHT ALSO HAVE BEEN A PRISON.

BUT A PRISON OF A
PARTICULARLY GRUESOME KIND.

OH, WOW, WHAT IS THIS?

IT LOOKS LIKE A CERTIFICATE
OF SOME KIND.

IT SAYS "PASTEUR."

I CAN'T READ THE LAST PART.

DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALS,
CITY OF NEW YORK.

Narrator:
NORTH BROTHER ISLAND WAS
NO ORDINARY PRISON HOSPITAL.

IT WAS USED TO LOCK AWAY THOSE
WITH DEADLY, INCURABLE DISEASES.

THIS WAS AN ISLAND
OF PLAGUE CARRIERS.

THE MOST FAMOUS INMATE
WAS AN IRISH COOK

WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S.
IN 1883.

HER NAME WAS MARY MALLON,

BUT NEW YORKERS
CALLED HER TYPHOID MARY.

SHE'S KNOWN TO HAVE KILLED
AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE.

SOME BELIEVE UPWARDS TO 50.

Narrator: IN THE EARLY 1900s,

TYPHOID IS ONE OF NEW YORK'S
BIGGEST KILLERS,

AND MARY MALLON
IS AN ANGEL OF DEATH.

SHE SPREADS THE KILLER DISEASE,
BUT SHOWS NO SYMPTOMS HERSELF.

Odell: SHE WORKED AS A COOK.

I MEAN, WHAT'S A MORE PERFECT
WAY TO SPREAD A DISEASE

THAN TOUCHING PEOPLE'S FOOD?

Narrator:
A TRAIL OF INFECTED AND DEAD
PEOPLE LEADS TO MARY MALLON.

SHE IS ARRESTED AND FORCED
TO LIVE THE REST OF HER LIFE

SHUT WAY ON THIS ISLAND.

IT'S ACTUALLY INCREDIBLY SAD.

THIS WOMAN, SHE DIDN'T MEAN
TO CONTRACT TYPHOID.

WE JUST HAD NO OTHER WAY
OF TREATING HER.

Narrator: TYPHOID MARY LIVES
FOR THREE LONG DECADES,

ISOLATED AND ALONE.

SHE DIES IN 1938, BUT THE
BUILDINGS HERE ARE MORE RECENT.

Mosher: JUST BY LOOKING
AT THE BRICKWORK HERE,

THIS IS NOT FROM THE TIME
OF TYPHOID MARY,

WHICH IS PRETTY
SURPRISING TO ME.

WHAT'S THIS OVER HERE?

LOOKS LIKE A MAILBOX.

OH, HEY.

THERE YOU GO.
1941.

SO WE DEFINITELY KNOW
THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED

AFTER TYPHOID MARY DIED.

Chamberlain:
THIS BUILDING WAS KNOWN
AS THE TUBERCULOSIS PAVILION,

AND IT WAS BUILT IN 1941 TO
HOUSE AND TREAT T.B. PATIENTS

FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.

Narrator: AT THE TIME, THERE'S
NO KNOWN CURE FOR T.B.,

APART FROM REST
AND CONFINEMENT.

THE RICH GO TO CLINICS
IN THE MOUNTAINS.

THE POOR ARE DESTINED
TO CHANCE THEIR LUCK

COOPED UP
ON NORTH BROTHER ISLAND.

IN FACT, AMONG
THE WORKING CLASS,

40% OF DEATHS WERE
ATTRIBUTED TO TUBERCULOSIS.

Narrator: WORK ON THE T.B.
FACILITY BEGINS IN 1941,

BUT WHEN CONSTRUCTION
FINISHES TWO YEARS LATER,

THE FIRST ANTIBIOTICS
HAVE APPEARED,

AND THE SANITARIUM
IS REDUNDANT.

IT IS NEVER FINISHED
OR OCCUPIED.

BUT AS MOSHER WANDERS
AROUND THE BUILDING,

IT'S OBVIOUS THAT
IT WAS BOTH OCCUPIED

AND FURNISHED
WITH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE,
THERE'S A WEIGHING SCALE.

SOMETHING LIKE THIS SUGGESTS
A MEDICAL PURPOSE OF SOME KIND.

Narrator: DISTURBINGLY,
THERE APPEAR TO BE METAL GRATES

COVERING SOME OF THE WINDOWS.

SO THIS LOOKS LIKE SOME
KIND OF PRISON ALMOST.

I SEE THESE GRATES THAT YOU
WOULD SHUT AND LOCK

TO KEEP SOMETHING
INSIDE OF HERE

OR MAYBE TO KEEP
SOMEBODY OUT OF HERE.

Narrator: MOSHER'S GUT INSTINCT
IS CORRECT.

THE HOSPITAL IS REVIVED
IN THE EARLY 1950s

TO TREAT A NEW KIND OF PLAGUE.

Woman:
I DIDN'T FEEL SO GOOD WHEN
I CAME HOME HIGH THAT NIGHT.

MY DAD KNEW SOMETHING WAS
WRONG,

BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT.

IT BECAME A DRUG
TREATMENT CENTER,

A PLACE FOR PEOPLE
WHO WERE ADDICTED TO HEROIN,

BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE.

THIS WAS NOT LIKE THE DRUG
TREATMENT CENTERS TODAY.

THERE IS NO WALK
IN THE PARK HERE.

Narrator: THE HOSPITAL HAS BEDS
FOR 150 ADDICTS.

IT'S LIKE A NIGHTMARE.

INMATES PROSTITUTE THEMSELVES
TO GUARDS FOR DRUGS.

SEVERAL DIE TRYING TO SWIM
TO THE MAINLAND.

FEW ESCAPE.

ONE TEENAGER IS
RETURNED 17 TIMES.

IMAGINE A WHOLE HOSPITAL
FULL OF PEOPLE GOING COLD TURKEY

PROBABLY IN NOT
GREAT CONDITIONS.

IT'S HORRIFYING TO THINK ABOUT.

Narrator: AFTER 11 YEARS,
IT CLOSES IN 1963.

THERE WERE PLANS TO TURN
THE ISLAND INTO A CASINO,

A MOVIE STUDIO,
AND AMUSEMENT PARK,

BUT NONE OF THEM
EVER CAME TO FRUITION.

THIS ISLAND JUST HAS
A DARK, DARK HISTORY.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED HERE?

THERE IS BLOOD AND DEATH
ON THIS ISLAND.