All language subtitles for Mysteries at the Museum - Season 01e01

(narrator) FOUR ARTIFICIAL
HUMAN HEADS THAT HOLD THE KEY

TO THE GREATEST PRISON BREAK
OF ALL TIME.

THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT ROOT FOR THESE GUYS,

THINKING MAYBE THEY DID MAKE IT.

A GROTESQUE MONSTER

WHOSE ORIGINS
ARE SHROUDED IN SECRECY.

WHEN I FIRST SAW IT,
I HAVE TO ADMIT

I OPENED THE DOOR
AND WALKED OUT FOR A MINUTE.

AND A MYSTERIOUS
METAL CANISTER

THAT SEALED THE FATE

OF THREE OF AMERICA'S
BRAVEST HEROES.

(man) Uh, Houston,
we've had a problem.

(static buzzing)

ACROSS THE UNITED STATES,

IN THE NATION'S
MOST REVERED INSTITUTIONS

OUR CELEBRATED HISTORY
IS ON DISPLAY--

WONDROUS TREASURES
FROM THE PAST,

BIZARRE RELICS,

BUT BEHIND
EVERY AMAZING ARTIFACT

IS ANOTHER TALE TO BE TOLD

AND A SECRET WAITING
TO BE REVEALED.

THESE ARE...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA--

THE WORLD-FAMOUS
CITY BY THE BAY

IS ALSO HOME
TO THE MOST INHOSPITABLE MUSEUM

ON THE PLANET,

ALCATRAZ.

ONCE AMERICA'S
MOST NOTORIOUS PRISON,

THIS LOOMING FORTRESS
SITS ON AN ISLAND

SURROUNDED BY ICY,

PURPORTEDLY
SHARK-INFESTED WATERS.

TODAY THE FORMER JAILHOUSE
IS A MUSEUM

DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY

OF THIS INFAMOUS ISLAND.

BUT OF ALL THE OBJECTS
IN THE ALCATRAZ COLLECTIONS,

ONE SET OF ARTIFACTS

STANDS OUT FROM THE REST--

FOUR MAKESHIFT DUMMY HEADS.

PAINSTAKINGLY CRAFTED

AND TOPPED
WITH REAL HUMAN HAIR,

THEY ARE STRANGELY LIFELIKE,

AND THEY ARE THE CENTERPIECE

IN A 50-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY.

DID THESE MASKS
HELP DESTROY THE REPUTATION

OF AMERICA'S
MOST FORMIDABLE PRISON?

AND WHAT BECAME OF THE MEN
WHO MADE THEM?

SPRING, 1961.

ALCATRAZ HAS BEEN
AMERICA'S MOST SECURE PRISON

FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.

ESCAPE IS BELIEVED
TO BE IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT ONE MAN

THINKS HE'S FOUND A WAY.

ALLEN CLAYTON WEST
IS SERVING TIME ON THE ROCK

FOR STEALING CARS.

FOUR YEARS INTO HIS STRETCH,

HE'S LANDED A JOB
AS A PRISON JANITOR.

(man) WORKING ON ALCATRAZ
WAS A PRIVILEGE.

MR. WEST'S JOB WAS
TO, UH, DO MAINTENANCE

INSIDE THE CELLHOUSE.

ONE DAY WHILE MAKING
HIS ROUNDS,

WEST MAKES A DISCOVERY

THAT WILL CHANGE THE HISTORY
OF ALCATRAZ FOREVER.

ALLEN WEST, WORKING UP ABOVE
THE CELL BLOCK,

LOOKING UP AT THE AIR VENT,

REALIZED THIS MAY BE A WAY OUT.

WEST IS SURE THE AIR SHAFT

LEADS DIRECTLY
TO THE PRISON'S ROOF.

HE SHARES HIS FIND
WITH THREE HARDENED CRIMINALS--

AN ARMED ROBBER
NAMED FRANK MORRIS,

AND TWO NOTORIOUS THIEVES,
JOHN AND CLARENCE ANGLIN.

TOGETHER, THEY HATCH A PLAN
TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE--

ESCAPE.

BUT BEFORE THEY CAN REACH
THE AIR SHAFT,

THEY MUST FIND A WAY OUT

OF THEIR 9x5-FOOT CELLS.

BUILT FROM SOLID CEMENT BLOCKS,

THE CELL WALLS
ARE IMPENETRABLE,

EXCEPT FOR ONE TINY AIR VENT
NEAR THE FLOOR.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL VENT

THAT THEY ESCAPED FROM

AND THEN USED SPOON HANDLES

TO CHIP THROUGH THE CONCRETE

TO WIDEN THIS HOLE LARGE ENOUGH

FOR A MAN TO CLIMB THROUGH.

BUT GETTING OUT OF THE CELL
IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

NEXT THEY MUST FIND A WAY

TO GET OFF THE ISLAND.

USING A STOCKPILE
OF PRISON-ISSUE RAINCOATS,

THEY DESIGN A RAFT.

THEY NEEDED A FLOATATION DEVICE
TO GET THEM TO SAN FRANCISCO.

15 TO 20 RAINCOATS LIKE THIS
COAT THAT YOU SEE HERE

WERE TRANSPORTED
INTO THE CELLHOUSE.

THEY CUT THESE COATS UP,
SEWED THEM TOGETHER,

GLUED THE SEAMS, AND PUMPED
THEIR HOMEMADE RAFT UP.

THE PLOTTERS HATCH A PLAN

TO SNEAK OUT OF THEIR CELLS
AT NIGHT

AND CONSTRUCT THE RAFT IN
A DISUSED PART OF THE PRISON.

BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.

THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN
LEAVE THEIR CELLS

WITHOUT THEIR ABSENCE
BEING NOTICED.

THERE WERE 12 HEAD COUNTS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
WERE COUNTING THE CONVICTS

EVEN AS THEY SLEPT.

THE SOLUTION THEY COME UP WITH

REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST
MASTERFUL ACTS OF DECEPTION

IN HISTORY.

IT, UH, WAS
VERY INGENIOUS.

AND THEY WOULD
DO IT RIGHT UNDERNEATH

THE CORRECTIONAL
OFFICERS' NOSES.

IN STOLEN MOMENTS
BETWEEN INSPECTIONS,

USING SCRAPS OF NEWSPAPER,
SOAP, AND CEMENT,

THE FOUR PLOTTERS
START TO BUILD FAKE HEADS,

COPYING THEIR OWN FEATURES
IN PAINSTAKING DETAIL.

THEY PAINTED FACES
ONTO THESE HEADS, UH,

EYELASHES PUT ON THE, UH--
ON THE--ON THEIR FACES.

CLARENCE ANGLIN WORKED
IN THE BARBER SHOP

AND HAD ACCESS TO HUMAN HAIR
LAYING ON THE FLOOR,

AND IT WAS PERFECT.

AT NIGHT, WHEN THEY CREEP
OUT OF THEIR CELLS

TO BUILD THE RAFT,

THEY'D LEAVE THE DUMMY HEADS
IN THEIR BEDS

TO MISLEAD THE GUARDS.

AND THEY PULLED IT OFF.

IT FOOLED THE GUARDS.

FOR MONTHS, THE DUMMY HEADS
KEEP THE PRISON GUARDS

OFF THE INMATES' SCENT,

ALLOWING THE PLOTTERS
TO WORK ON THEIR PLAN.

AND ON THE NIGHT
OF JUNE 11, 1962,

THE MEN MAKE THEIR BREAK.

THEY SET OUT THEIR DUMMY HEADS

ONE LAST TIME.

IN THE CRAWL SPACE
BEHIND THEIR CELLS,

FRANK MORRIS MEETS
THE ANGLIN BROTHERS.

BUT THE PLAN'S MASTERMIND,

ALLEN WEST, IS A NO-SHOW.

AND THERE IS SOME SPECULATION
THAT ALLEN WEST REALIZED

THAT THEY WERE NOT
GOING TO MAKE THE PADDLE

ACROSS THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY.

SO HE DECIDED TO STAY BEHIND,

BUT THE OTHERS MADE THEIR BREAK.

AND THIS IS THE ACTUAL VENT
THAT THEY CAME THROUGH

INTO THE CORRIDOR

AND THEN CLIMBED UP THE PLUMBING

TO THE ROOFTOP
OF THE CELLHOUSE.

CAN YOU IMAGINE
THEIR ADRENALINE PUMPING

WHEN THEY GOT UP
ON THE ROOF HERE.

THEY'VE GOTTEN
OUT OF THE CELLHOUSE,

FREEDOM IN SIGHT.

SO AT THIS POINT,
THESE THREE CONVICTS

CLIMB OVER THE SIDE
OF THE ROOF,

SLIDE DOWN A SET OF PIPES

40 FEET DOWN TO THE GROUND,

HOP A FEW FENCES,

AND ENTER THE WATER.

THEY TAKE OFF INTO THE NIGHT,
NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.

AT 7:15 THE NEXT MORNING,

AN ALCATRAZ GUARD TRIES TO WAKE

WHAT HE THINKS
IS A SLEEPING PRISONER,

ONLY TO MAKE
A SHOCKING DISCOVERY.

HE, UH, JUMPED BACK
ABOUT 5 FEET,

AND, UH, SCARED
THE HECK OUT OF HIM.

AND HE KNEW HE HAD A PROBLEM.

THREE CONVICTS HAVE DONE
THE IMPOSSIBLE--

ESCAPED.

SOON A MASSIVE MANHUNT
IS UNDER WAY.

ALLEN WEST IS INTERROGATED

AND REVEALS THE DETAILS
OF THE PLOT.

BUT THERE IS ONE QUESTION
HE CAN NEVER ANSWER.

DID THE MEN SURVIVE?

THESE MEN WERE
IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY--

VERY COLD TEMPERATURE.

THE HYPOTHERMIA
SHUTS YOUR BODY DOWN.

DAYS LATER, A PADDLE
AND THREE HOMEMADE LIFE JACKETS

ARE FOUND FLOATING
IN THE 50-DEGREE WATER

OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY.

THE AUTHORITIES CONCLUDE

THAT THE MEN MUST HAVE DROWNED.

BUT TO THIS DAY,
NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE.

WHETHER THEY SURVIVED--
THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE,

I GUESS, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT ROOT FOR THESE GUYS,

THINKING MAYBE THEY DID MAKE IT.

AND MAYBE THEY DID.

ALIVE OR NOT,

THEIR DARING EXPLOIT

RUINED ALCATRAZ'S REPUTATION

AS THE TOUGHEST PRISON
ON THE PLANET.

ONE YEAR LATER,

THE PRISON IS CLOSED FOR GOOD.

BUT TODAY ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND,

THE FACES
OF THESE FOUR MEN REMAIN,

FOREVER FROZEN IN TIME.

FROM BREAKING OUT
TO BREAKING CODE--

ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE COUNTRY,

AT THE U.S. NAVY MUSEUM
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

THERE'S AN ENIGMATIC OBJECT
WHOSE WORKINGS

WOULD BAFFLE THE FINEST MINDS
OF ITS AGE.

HOW DID UNLOCKING
THE SECRETS OF THIS MACHINE

SPARK THE CREATION
OF A COMPUTER

THAT HELPED WIN WORLD WAR II?

FIND OUT

WHEN "MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM"
CONTINUES.

WASHINGTON, D.C.,

THE NATION'S CAPITAL,
IS HOME TO A MUSEUM

DEDICATED TO AMERICA'S
WARTIME HEROES.

THIS IS THE NATIONAL MUSEUM

OF THE U.S. NAVY.

IT HOUSES A VAST COLLECTION

OF GUNS, PLANES,
AND CHILLING MACHINES OF WAR.

BUT HIDDEN IN THIS HUGE ARSENAL

SITS AN INNOCUOUS OBJECT

WITH A MOST UNUSUAL NAME.

IT IS THE ENIGMA MACHINE.

AN ENIGMA MACHINE
RESEMBLES A TYPEWRITER.

IT HAS KEYS ON THE TOP,
AND YOU CAN FLIP OPEN THE LID

TO SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT
ROTORS IN THE BACK.

THE WHEELS, BUTTONS, AND DIALS
OF THIS ARCHAIC DEVICE

ARE ALMOST LAUGHABLE

COMPARED TO OUR SLEEK, MODERN
LAPTOPS AND SMART PHONES.

BUT LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING.

70 YEARS AGO,

THIS MACHINE
WAS A CUTTING-EDGE,

TOP-SECRET WEAPON
THAT NAZI COMMANDERS BELIEVED

WOULD LEAD THEM TO VICTORY
IN WORLD WAR II.

(man) THE ENIGMA WAS

AN ENTIRELY SECURE
MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

THAT WOULD COMMUNICATE

VAST AMOUNTS OF DATA,

UM, BETWEEN FORCES

OVER A LONG DISTANCE.

THE ENIGMA MACHINE
SCRAMBLED IMPORTANT MESSAGES

LETTER BY LETTER,

TURNING VITAL
NAZI COMMUNICATIONS

INTO A SEEMINGLY RANDOM
STREAM OF TEXT.

THESE ENCRYPTED MESSAGES

WOULD THEN BE SENT VIA RADIO
TO AN OPERATOR

WHO WOULD TYPE
THE ENCODED LETTERS

BACK INTO ANOTHER
ENIGMA MACHINE.

IF THE SECOND ENIGMA MACHINE
WAS CALIBRATED CORRECTLY,

THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE
WOULD REAPPEAR.

WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF
AN ENIGMA MACHINE'S SETTINGS,

DECODING AN ENCRYPTED MESSAGE

WAS A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TASK.

AND THE NAZIS WOULD USE
THIS HIGH-TECH TOOL

TO THEIR DEADLY ADVANTAGE.

SUMMER, 1940--

WAR HAS BEEN RAGING IN EUROPE

FOR NEARLY A YEAR.

HITLER'S NAZI ARMIES

OCCUPY VAST STRETCHES
OF WESTERN EUROPE.

AND ONLY ONE COUNTRY
IS LEFT STANDING

IN THE FACE
OF THIS NAZI ONSLAUGHT--

GREAT BRITAIN.

BUT THEIR RESISTANCE
IS CRUMBLING.

FOR MONTHS, NAZI SUBMARINES,
OR U-BOATS,

HAVE BEEN TARGETING
U.S. SUPPLY SHIPS

BRINGING IN FOOD AND PROVISIONS

TO THE ISOLATED ISLAND.

THIS STRATEGIC MOVE IS DESIGNED

TO STARVE GREAT BRITAIN
INTO SURRENDER.

THE UNITED STATES WAS SENDING
SUPPLIES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

AND THE PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT

WAS THAT THE GERMAN U-BOATS
WERE A CONSTANT THREAT

TO THESE DIFFERENT CONVOYS.

THEY WOULD POP UP
OUT OF NOWHERE AND SINK SHIPS.

IT WAS HARD
FOR THE ALLIES TO KNOW

WHERE AND WHEN THESE U-BOATS
WOULD POP UP.

THAT YEAR, GERMAN U-BOATS

SANK OVER 2 MILLION TONS

OF ALLIED SUPPLIES,

BRINGING BRITAIN EVER CLOSER
TO STARVATION.

THE SECRET
OF THE NAZIS' SUCCESS--

THE ENIGMA MACHINE.

THIS HIGH-TECH
ENCRYPTION DEVICE

ALLOWS THE GERMAN U-BOATS

TO COORDINATE COMPLEX ATTACKS
AGAINST THE AMERICANS

IN COMPLETE SECRECY.

EVEN IF THE ALLIES INTERCEPT
A U-BOAT COMMAND,

THEY CANNOT DECIPHER IT.

FOR SOME INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

TRYING TO BREAK
INTO AN ENIGMA MESSAGE,

THEY WOULD HAVE HAD
GREATER LIKELIHOOD

TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

OR TO WIN A JACKPOT
IN A LOTTERY

THAN TO WORK THEIR WAY

INTO UNDERSTANDING
WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS.

THE U.S. SUPPLY SHIPS
ARE SITTING DUCKS,

AND GERMANY'S STRANGLEHOLD
ON GREAT BRITAIN IS TIGHTENING.

THE FATE OF THE FREE WORLD

RESTS ON SOLVING
THE ENIGMA PUZZLE.

AND ONE MAN
IS ALREADY FAST AT WORK--

A BRILLIANT MATHEMATICIAN
WHO WOULD GO ON TO BECOME

ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS
OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

HIS NAME IS ALAN TURING.

ALAN TURING WAS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO DECODING

SOME OF THE ENIGMA CODES.

HE COMPUTATED
HOW ONE COULD GO

THROUGH ALL THESE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CODES

IN THE LEAST AMOUNT
OF TIME POSSIBLE.

IN A TOP-SECRET FACILITY
OUTSIDE LONDON,

USING CAPTURED
ENIGMA TECHNOLOGY,

TURING AND HIS TEAM

ARE SUCCESSFULLY BREAKING
ENIGMA CODES.

BUT THEY FACE A PROBLEM.

THEY CAN'T DO IT FAST ENOUGH.

BY THE TIME A MESSAGE
HAS BEEN DECODED,

IT IS OFTEN OBSOLETE.

THE TEAM NEEDS A FASTER WAY

TO DECIPHER ENIGMA MESSAGES.

SO TURING DEVELOPS
A BRILLIANT SOLUTION...

ONE OF THE WORLD'S
FIRST COMPUTERS.

ALAN TURING WORKS WITH A TEAM

THAT PRODUCES A MACHINE
THAT'S SOLE FUNCTION

IS TO WORK OUT
WHAT THE SETTINGS WERE

ON A PARTICULAR DAY.

AIDED BY TURING'S MACHINE,

THE ENIGMA CODES ARE BEING
DECIPHERED FAST ENOUGH

TO ACT UPON.

THE ALLIES CAN NOW USE
INTERCEPTED INTELLIGENCE

TO REROUTE SUPPLY SHIPS
TO BRITAIN

AND AVOID GERMAN ATTACKS.

BUT THE ALLIES
DON'T STOP THERE.

U.S. NAVY HUNTER-KILLER PATROLS

BEGIN USING INTERCEPTED
ENIGMA INTELLIGENCE

TO LOCATE AND DESTROY
GERMAN U-BOATS IN THE ATLANTIC.

SUDDENLY A SURFACE SHIP
WOULD SHOW UP

AND START DROPPING DEPTH CHARGES
ON A U-BOAT.

THE U.S. NAVY SUCCESSFULLY
TURNS THE TABLES

ON THE GERMANS
IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC.

BY 1945,
THE GERMANS ARE DEFEATED,

AND THE WAR IS OVER.

THE ALLIES' SUCCESS
IS DUE IN LARGE PART

TO THE BRILLIANT MINDS
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN

WHO CRACKED THE ENIGMA CODES

AND PUT AN END
TO THE GERMAN U-BOAT THREAT,

WHICH IS WHY TODAY

THE ENIGMA MACHINE MAINTAINS
A PLACE OF HONOR

AMONG THE VENERATED MONUMENTS

AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
OF THE U.S. NAVY.

300 MILES NORTH
AT THE MEAD ART MUSEUM

IN AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS,

A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF ENIGMA
LIES LOCKED AWAY.

IS IT A FREAKISH ABOMINATION
OF NATURE

OR AN ELABORATE HOAX?

THE ANSWER IS REVEALED
WHEN WE RETURN

TO THE "MYSTERIES
AT THE MUSEUM."

THE MEAD ART MUSEUM

AT AMHERST COLLEGE
IN MASSACHUSETTS

HOLDS AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION
OF FINE ARTS

AND WORLD ARTIFACTS.

BUT LOCKED OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW
IN THE BASEMENT VAULT

LURKS A GROTESQUE CREATURE.

ITS ORIGINS AND IDENTITY
ARE SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.

ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE

HAVE EVER GAZED UPON IT.

ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAS
HAD THE DUBIOUS PRIVILEGE

IS THE MEAD'S CURATOR,
ELIZABETH BARKER.

WHEN I FIRST TOOK THE JOB
AT AMHERST COLLEGE,

I WAS EAGER TO SEE EVERYTHING
WE HAD IN THE ART COLLECTION.

THE ROOM I LOOKED IN LAST

WAS A LITTLE BIT SPOOKY.

THE ROOM HAS A REAL AROMA
WHEN YOU WALK IN.

YOU CAN SMELL
THAT MANY OF THE THINGS

HAVE NATURAL COMPONENTS.

AND IF YOU TURN TO THE SIDE

AND LOOK SUDDENLY
ON ONE OF THE SHELVES,

THERE'S AN ABSOLUTELY
TERRIFYING FIGURE THERE.

WHEN I FIRST SAW IT,

I HAVE TO ADMIT
I OPENED THE DOOR

AND WALKED OUT FOR A MINUTE
AND ASKED WHAT IT WAS.

PROBABLY THE FIRST THING
THAT CAPTURES YOUR ATTENTION

ARE THE NASTY LITTLE CLAWS.

AND THEN YOU NOTICE
THE TINY SHARP TEETH

AND THE EXTREMELY DISTURBING
DESICCATED SKIN.

BUT ITS MOST UNUSUAL FEATURE

IS ITS SCALED, AQUATIC BODY.

LITTLE IS KNOWN

ABOUT THIS HALF FISH,
HALF HUMANOID SPECIMEN,

EXCEPT IT'S ALLURING NAME--

THE FIJI MERMAID.

THIS PARTICULAR SPECIMEN

PREDATES THE MEAD ART MUSEUM
AT AMHERST COLLEGE.

WE KNOW THAT THE COLLEGE
OWNED IT BY 1890,

AND WE ASSUME THAT IT WAS
ACQUIRED AS A SPECIMEN

FOR TEACHING NATURAL HISTORY.

IS IT CONCEIVABLE
THAT THIS OBJECT

IS THE REMAINS
OF A RARE AQUATIC SPECIES

NATIVE TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC

OR THE BASIS FOR THE MERMAIDS
OF MYTH AND LEGEND?

THE POSSIBILITIES
ARE ENTHRALLING,

WHICH IS WHY BARKER
IS ON A MISSION

TO FIND OUT WHAT THE MERMAID IS
AND WHERE IT CAME FROM.

THE FIRST STEP
IN HER INVESTIGATION

IS TO TAKE A LOOK
INSIDE THE CURIOUS CREATURE.

IN THIS X-RAY,

YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE SKULL.

WE'RE GUESSING THAT THIS WAS
PROBABLY SOME SORT OF MONKEY.

BUT THE CREATURE'S SKULL

HAS CLEARLY BEEN STITCHED
ONTO AN ARTIFICIAL BODY.

THERE IS ONE
VERY LONG WOODEN STAKE

THAT RUNS THE LENGTH
OF THE FIGURE,

FROM THE NECK
TO THE END OF THE TAIL.

AND ALL THROUGH THE PIECE,

THESE BRIGHT LINES
INDICATE METAL SUPPORTS.

THE X-RAYS PROVE IT.

RATHER THAN MERMAID,

THE ARTIFACT IS MAN-MADE.

SO WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

AND HOW DID IT GET
THE PROVOCATIVE

AND MISLEADING NAME
"FIJI MERMAID"?

(Fucik's "Entry of
the Gladiators" playing)

1842, NEW YORK CITY--

P.T. BARNUM,
FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS CIRCUS,

IS THE MOST INFAMOUS SHOWMAN
IN THE COUNTRY.

A MASTER OF SELF-PROMOTION,

HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS COLLECTIONS
OF OVER-THE-TOP,

WEIRD, AND WONDERFUL CURIOS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

AND HE HAS MADE A SMALL FORTUNE

SELLING VISITORS THE CHANCE

TO SEE THESE IMPROBABLE
ODDITIES FIRSTHAND.

WHEN HE STUMBLES

UPON A BIZARRE ARTIFACT
FROM ASIA

WITH THE HEAD OF A MONKEY
AND THE TAIL OF A FISH,

HE COMES UP WITH A PLAN TO
PROMOTE IT AS A SHOWSTOPPER--

A REAL-LIFE FIJI MERMAID.

BARNUM DEVELOPED
A BRILLIANT STRATEGY.

RATHER THAN SIMPLY
PRESENT IT HIMSELF,

BARNUM ARRANGED
TO INTRODUCE THIS

TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
VERY SUBTLY.

HE GIVES THE ARTIFACT
TO A FRIEND

AND HAS HIM POSE
AS A VISITING BRITISH SCIENTIST

CLAIMING TO HAVE FOUND
A REAL MERMAID.

WHEN THE PRESS CATCHES WIND
OF THE STORY,

THEY RUN WILD.

BARNUM PUTS THE MERMAID
ON DISPLAY,

SITS BACK, AND WATCHES
THE PROFITS PILE UP.

IT WAS ENORMOUSLY POPULAR.

PEOPLE COULDN'T WAIT
TO SEE IT.

IN THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS
OF ITS DISPLAY,

IT EARNED THE EQUIVALENT
OF $90,000

IN MODERN MONEY.

BUT IN 1865,

THE SHOW COMES
TO AN ABRUPT END

WHEN BARNUM'S COLLECTIONS
BURN TO THE GROUND.

♪♪♪

BUT WHAT BECAME
OF THE FIJI MERMAID?

MANY WONDER IF IT, TOO,

MET THE SAME FIERY FATE.

WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED

TO THE ORIGINAL FIJI MERMAID.

WHAT ELIZABETH BARKER DOES KNOW

IS THAT THE MERMAID
IN THE COLLECTION

OF THE MEAD MUSEUM OF ART
IN AMHERST

BEARS THE SAME NAME

AS BARNUM'S
HEADLINING ATTRACTION.

HOW IT CAME TO BE IN THE MUSEUM

IS STILL A MYSTERY.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW
HOW IT CAME HERE,

BUT SINCE WE'RE NOT NEAR
A BODY OF WATER,

WE CAN ASSUME
SHE DIDN'T SWIM.

THE TALE OF THE FIJI MERMAID

AND HOW IT CAPTIVATED
THE IMAGINATION OF A COUNTRY

IS A TESTAMENT TO THE AUDACITY
AND SHOWMANSHIP

OF ONE OF AMERICA'S
GREATEST ENTERTAINERS.

MORE THAN 100 YEARS LATER,

THE NATION WOULD BE GRIPPED
BY A VERY DIFFERENT SPECTACLE,

A LIFE-OR-DEATH CRISIS
THAT PLAYED OUT

IN THE DARKEST REACHES
OF OUTER SPACE.

AT THE CENTER OF THE STORY
IS THIS SMALL METAL BOX.

WHAT ROLE DID THIS
UNASSUMING GADGET PLAY

IN ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC
SPACE RESCUES OF ALL TIME?

(man) Uh, Houston,
we've had a problem.

NEXT ON
"MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM."

THE SPACE CENTER
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS,

IS DEDICATED TO THE HISTORY

OF THE LEGENDARY
NASA SPACE PROGRAM.

IT HAS PRESERVED
A ONE-OF-A-KIND COLLECTION

OF THE U.S. SPACECRAFT
THAT PIONEERED OUR EXPLORATIONS

INTO OUTER SPACE.

BUT THE MOST NOTEWORTHY PIECE
IN THIS COLLECTION

ISN'T A ROCKET OR A SPACE SUIT,

AND ITS IMPORTANCE
IS NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT

TO THE UNTRAINED EYE.

AT FIRST GLANCE, IT'S KIND OF
JUST AN UGLY METAL BOX.

THIS SMALL GRAY CANISTER
PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE

IN THE STORY OF A NEAR-TRAGIC
SPACE MISSION,

A TALE THAT HAS BEEN TOLD
AND RETOLD COUNTLESS TIMES.

BUT RELATIVELY FEW
HAVE EVER LAID EYES

ON THIS LIFE-SAVING PIECE
OF INTERSTELLAR TECHNOLOGY.

WHAT DID THIS UNREMARKABLE
SPACECRAFT PART DO

TO EARN ITS PLACE
AMONG THE CELEBRATED MONUMENTS

OF THE SPACE AGE?

THE ANSWER LIES

IN AN ILL-FATED VOYAGE

THAT TOOK PLACE 40 YEARS AGO.

APRIL 11, 1970,

ONE YEAR AFTER THE ICONIC
MOON LANDING,

NASA LAUNCHES ITS THIRD MISSION
TO THE MOON.

THIS BOLD NEW EXPEDITION

WILL SEND A MANNED LUNAR LANDER
FROM AN ORBITING SHUTTLE

ONTO THE MOON'S SURFACE

TO EXPLORE
ITS MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

THE CREW CONSISTS
OF VETERAN ASTRONAUT JIM LOVELL

AND TWO ROOKIES,
JACK SWIGERT AND FRED HAISE.

LITTLE DO THEY KNOW
THAT THEIR JOURNEY

WILL BECOME A LEGEND
FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS.

THE MISSION IS APOLLO 13.

♪♪♪

- (man) How do you look?
- (man) Looks good, flight.

- Okay.
- It looks fine.

55 HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT,

EVERYTHING IS GOING
ACCORDING TO PLAN.

BUT AS THE SPACECRAFT
APPROACHES THE MOON,

SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY WRONG.

THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP,
AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDED

LIKE A-A SHOTGUN GOING OFF.

(Jack) Okay, Houston,
we've had a problem here.

(man)
Say again, please.

(Jim) Uh, Houston,
we've had a problem.

THE INCIDENT COMPELS
COMMANDER JIM LOVELL

TO UTTER THOSE
NOW UNFORGETTABLE WORDS--

"HOUSTON,
WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM."

AND THERE WAS NO MISTAKING
THEIR MEANING.

SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC
HAS JUST HAPPENED.

A LARGE OXYGEN TANK

IN THE SPACECRAFT'S MAIN
COMPARTMENT HAS EXPLODED.

BACK ON EARTH,

THE NORMALLY CALM,
COLLECTED ENGINEERS

OF MISSION CONTROL
ARE STUNNED.

THE EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED
ON "APOLLO 13"

UP TO THAT POINT
WAS THE WORST THING

THAT HAD EVER HAPPENED
ON A SPACE FLIGHT.

THE BLAST HAS CRIPPLED
THE SPACECRAFT.

THE ASTRONAUTS
ARE RAPIDLY LOSING POWER.

AND WHAT'S WORSE,

THEIR OXYGEN SUPPLY
IS LEAKING INTO SPACE.

(Jim) And it looks to me,
looking at the, uh, hatch,

that we are venting something.

We are, uh--we are venting
something out, uh,

into the, uh--into space.

(man) Roger,
we copy your venting.

THE SITUATION IS DIRE.

IF THE ASTRONAUTS REMAIN
IN THE SHIP,

THEY FACE CERTAIN DEATH.

THEY NEEDED
SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GO,

SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT HAD
A LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM,

UM, SOMETHING
THAT WAS FUNCTIONING.

THEIR ONLY HOPE OF MAKING IT
BACK TO EARTH ALIVE

IS TO RETREAT INTO
THE LUNAR LANDER,

THE SMALL VEHICLE
DESIGNED TO SHUTTLE THEM

TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

THEY LOOKED AT THE LUNAR LANDER
AS A LIFE BOAT.

THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SURVIVE

THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
THAT IT TOOK

TO GET BACK TO THE EARTH.

BUT CRAMMED
INTO THE SMALL CAPSULE,

IT QUICKLY DAWNS ON THE MEN
THAT THEY FACE

A NEW AND EVEN GREATER DANGER.

WITH EVERY BREATH OF OXYGEN
THAT THEY INHALED,

THEY WERE EXHALING
A POISONOUS GAS--CARBON DIOXIDE.

AND THAT WAS BUILDING UP
IN THE SPACECRAFT.

THE AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM
IN THE LUNAR LANDER

DEPENDS ON SPECIAL CANISTERS

THAT REMOVE THE CARBON DIOXIDE
FROM THE AIR.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VESSEL

IS ONLY DESIGNED
TO SUPPORT TWO PASSENGERS.

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH
FILTRATION CANISTERS

IN THE LUNAR LANDER TO KEEP
ALL THREE ASTRONAUTS ALIVE

UNTIL THEY GET BACK TO EARTH.

THE ONLY SPARE CANISTERS
THEY HAVE

ARE IN THE MAIN CABIN

OF THE CRIPPLED SPACESHIP.

BUT THEY ARE THE WRONG SHAPE.

THE CANISTERS
FROM THE COMMAND MODULE

WERE NOT COMPATIBLE
WITH THE LUNAR LANDER.

THE PROBLEM IS
FRUSTRATINGLY SIMPLE.

THE SHIPS CANISTERS
ARE SQUARE,

AND THE LUNAR LANDER'S
FILTRATION SYSTEM

IS CYLINDRICAL.

THE ASTRONAUTS
HAVE LESS THAN 48 HOURS

TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE
THE CANISTERS WORK

OR THEY WILL SUFFOCATE.

BACK ON EARTH,
ENGINEERS AT MISSION CONTROL

WORK FEVERISHLY
TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION

- TO SAVE THE CREW.
- (man) Let's everybody keep cool,

- see if we can get some more brain power on this thing.
- (man) We've got one here.

BUT THEY ARE SEVERELY LIMITED.

USING AN IDENTICAL CANISTER

AND THE ONLY TOOLS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO THE ASTRONAUTS--

A PLASTIC BAG, A TUBE,
AND A ROLL OF DUCT TAPE--

NASA ENGINEERS ATTEMPT TO BUILD
AN AIRTIGHT SEAL

THAT WILL FORCE AIR
THROUGH THE SQUARE CANISTER.

AFTER MORE THAN 30 HOURS
OF TENSE TRIAL AND ERROR,

NASA ENGINEERS COME UP
WITH A DESIGN.

THEY RELAY THEIR MAKESHIFT
REPAIR TO THE ASTRONAUTS,

WHO URGENTLY BEGIN
REPLICATING THE FIX.

WITH ONLY HOURS
UNTIL THEY RUN OUT OF AIR,

THE ASTRONAUTS WAIT TO SEE
IF THE CANISTER WORKS.

AND JUST IN A MATTER OF MINUTES,

THOSE DANGEROUS LEVELS
OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE GAS

IMMEDIATELY STARTED
COMING DOWN.

THE CANISTER I-IS REALLY
WHAT KEPT THE ASTRONAUTS ALIVE.

WITH THEIR AIR SUPPLY RESTORED,

THE CREW OF "APOLLO 13"
CAN TURN THEIR ATTENTION

TO THE NEAR-IMPOSSIBLE TASK

OF GUIDING THE LUNAR ROVER
BACK TO EARTH.

ON APRIL 17, THEY SUCCEED.

"APOLLO 13"
ENTERS EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

AND SPLASHES DOWN
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

(cheering)

(man) Odyssey, Houston,
we show you on the mains.

It really looks great.

A TRAGEDY IS AVERTED,

AND THE NATION BREATHES
A SIGH OF RELIEF.

AND TODAY,
THIS SMALL METAL CANISTER

REMAINS SAFELY PRESERVED
AT THE SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON

AS A CONSTANT REMINDER
OF THE POWER OF HUMAN TENACITY

IN THE FACE OF IMPOSSIBLE ODDS.

WHILE "APOLLO 13" ROSE
TO SPECTACULAR HEIGHTS

AND LANDED SAFELY,

AT MICHIGAN'S
HENRY FORD MUSEUM,

THIS FUTURISTIC CREATION,

ONCE POISED
TO REVOLUTIONIZE AMERICA,

CRASHED BEFORE IT EVER GOT
OFF THE GROUND.

WHAT WENT WRONG?

FIND OUT WHEN "MYSTERIES
AT THE MUSEUM" RETURNS.

JUST OUTSIDE OF DETROIT,

THE WORLD-FAMOUS
HENRY FORD MUSEUM

IS AN AWE-INSPIRING REPOSITORY

OF ENGINEERING MARVELS.

AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
THROUGH 9 ACRES

OF AUTOMOTIVE AMERICANA,

TUCKED AWAY
IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER

IS AN ARTIFACT THAT LOOKS
NOTHING LIKE A MUSTANG

OR A MODEL T.

IN FACT, IT WASN'T DESIGNED

BY HENRY FORD AT ALL.

A ROUND, METALLIC STRUCTURE,

THIS MASSIVE OBJECT COULD
EASILY PASS FOR A FLYING SAUCER

OR EVEN AN ALIEN RELIC.

BUT IT'S NOT RIPPED
FROM THE PAGES

OF SCIENCE FICTION,

NOR IS IT A FLYING MACHINE.

FIREPROOF, FLOOD-RESISTANT,

AND ABLE TO WITHSTAND
EARTHQUAKES,

IT IS ONE MAN'S VISION

OF THE HOME OF THE FUTURE.

IT'S CALLED THE DYMAXION HOUSE.

(man) IT'S SHINY.
IT'S CIRCULAR.

IT'S GOT A PEAKED ROOF.

NOTHING ABOUT THE EXTERIOR
APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE

SUGGESTS A HOUSE
OTHER THAN WINDOWS, PERHAPS.

CONCEIVED IN THE 1920s

AS AN INEXPENSIVE
PREFAB DWELLING,

THE ULTRA-MODERN HOUSE
FEATURES INNOVATIONS

THAT WERE WELL AHEAD
OF THEIR TIME--

SPACE-SAVING ROTATING SHELVES,

WATERLESS TOILETS
THAT WOULD SHRINK-WRAP WASTE

FOR COMPOSTING,

DOWN-DRAFT VENTILATION

THAT NATURALLY FILTERED DUST
AND IMPURITIES

FROM THE INTERIOR AIR.

THE DYMAXION HOUSE

IS A PRECURSOR OF MUCH
OF THE THINKING WE NOW HAVE

IN THE ARENA OF, UM,
ENVIRONMENTALISM.

THIS INVENTION COULD'VE
CHANGED THE WAY WE LIVE

AS SIGNIFICANTLY
AS THE MOTOR CAR

OR ASSEMBLY LINE,
SO WHY DIDN'T IT?

WHY AREN'T WE ALL LIVING

IN ONE OF THESE
AMAZING HOMES TODAY?

THE ANSWER LIES IN THE GENIUS

OF THE DYMAXION HOUSE'S
DESIGNER,

THE ECCENTRIC INVENTOR
NAMED BUCKMINSTER FULLER.

HE HAD INTERESTING WAYS
OF LOOKING AT THINGS.

ANY IDEA WAS WORTHY
OF SOME KIND OF INVESTIGATION.

SOMETIMES IT'S ARCHITECTURAL.
SOMETIMES IT'S TRANSPORTATION.

MANY OF FULLER'S
FAR-FETCHED IDEAS

STILL HAVE AN APPEAL.

1945--

BUCKMINSTER FULLER

IS A SELF-MADE INVENTOR
AND ARCHITECT

OBSESSED WITH FINDING
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

FOR SOCIETY'S NEEDS.

HE WOULD GO ON TO DESIGN
THE GEODESIC DOME

AND PEN SEVERAL BOOKS
ON SUSTAINABLE LIVING,

POPULARIZING THE PHRASE
"SPACESHIP EARTH."

BUT UP UNTIL NOW,

HE'S HAD VERY LITTLE SUCCESS

BRINGING HIS PLANS TO LIFE.

BUT HISTORY IS ABOUT TO HAND
HIM A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

TO MAKE HIS NAME IMMORTAL.

AS MILLIONS OF AMERICAN
SOLDIERS RETURN

FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS
OF WORLD WAR II,

THE COUNTRY FACES
A MASSIVE HOUSING SHORTAGE,

AND FULLER HAS A SOLUTION,

A DESIGN HE'S BEEN DEVELOPING

FOR 20 YEARS--

THE DYMAXION HOUSE.

IT'S DESIGNED TO BE
READILY TRANSPORTABLE.

IT'S DESIGNED TO BE LIGHTWEIGHT.

BUT IT SITS ON A VERY,
VERY SMALL FOUNDATION.

FULLER'S HOUSE IS CHEAP,

EASY TO ASSEMBLE,

AND CAN BE PUT ANYWHERE.

THE DYMAXION HOUSE
IS THE RIGHT INVENTION

AT THE RIGHT TIME.

W-WE KNOW THAT THERE WAS

ACTUALLY A VERY,
VERY POSITIVE REACTION.

AN AWFUL LOT OF INQUIRIES
CAME IN

REGARDING THE--THE COST
AND AVAILABILITY AND PREORDERS.

SO WHY DOES THE DYMAXION HOUSE
LIVE IN A MUSEUM

AND NOT ON EVERY ONE
OF OUR CITY STREETS?

FULLER'S A VISIONARY.
THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.

VISIONARIES ARE OFTEN VERY GOOD
AT GETTING THINGS STARTED,

BUT NOT NECESSARILY
AT SUSTAINING THEM.

FULLER SECURES THE BACKING
OF A GROUP OF INVESTORS,

BUT HE CANNOT RESIST TINKERING
WITH HIS DESIGN.

THERE'S NO GETTING
AROUND THE FACT

HE--HE LIKED PROBLEM-SOLVING.

PEOPLE HID STUFF WHEN THEY SAW
HIM COMING INTO THE PLANT,

BECAUSE THEY KNEW
THERE'D BE JUST ONE MORE--

ONE MORE ADJUSTMENT.

1946--

AFTER MONTHS OF DELAYS
AND FRUSTRATION,

FULLER AND HIS INVESTORS
PART WAYS.

PRODUCTION
OF THE NEW AMERICAN HOME

GRINDS TO A HALT.

AND INSTEAD,
THE COUNTRY BUILDS MILLIONS

OF NEW SQUARE HOMES
FOR ITS RETURNING G.I.s.

BUCKMINSTER FULLER'S
VISION OF THE FUTURE,

AN AMERICA OF SHINY-DOMED
DYMAXION HOMES

IS DESTROYED.

ALL THAT REMAINS
IS ONE INTRIGUING EXAMPLE

OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

THIS IS THE SOLE SURVIVING
DYMAXION HOUSE.

THIS IS IT.
YOU WANT A DYMAXION HOUSE,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME HERE
AND LOOK AROUND THIS ONE.

WHILE THE FORD MUSEUM
IN DEARBORN

MAY BE THE ONLY PLACE TO SEE
A DYMAXION HOUSE...

IF YOU WANT TO SEE
THE "MONA LISA,"

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL
TO PARIS.

YOU CAN SEE THIS MASTERPIECE

RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES

AT THE WALTERS MUSEUM OF ART
IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE
THE ORIGINAL?

THAT'S COMING UP NEXT
ON "MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM."

THE "MONA LISA"--

LEONARDO da VINCI'S
MOST ENDURING MASTERPIECE.

FOR CENTURIES
SHE HAS ENTICED ART LOVERS

WITH HER MYSTERIOUS SMILE.

I WOULD SAY
THAT THE "MONA LISA"

IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S
MOST FAMOUS WORKS OF ART.

AND IT'S THE ENIGMATIC
EXPRESSION, I THINK,

THAT REALLY DRAWS PEOPLE IN.

IT LEAVES US WONDERING
WHO THIS LADY IS.

WHAT IS SHE SMILING ABOUT,
IF SHE IS INDEED SMILING?

AND IT'S A MYSTERY.

MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE
THE "MONA LISA"

HANGS IN THE LOUVRE IN PARIS.

BUT FOR DECADES,
RUMORS ABOUNDED

THAT THE REAL "MONA LISA"
ACTUALLY RESTS HERE,

AT THE WALTERS MUSEUM OF ART
IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COULD THIS PAINTING BE
THE ORIGINAL?

THE MYSTERY OF THE WALTERS
ART MUSEUM'S "MONA LISA"

BEGINS A CENTURY AGO,
WHEN THE MUSEUM'S FOUNDER,

HENRY WALTERS, PURCHASED
A COPY OF THE "MONA LISA"

IN A LONDON AUCTION.

HENRY WALTERS ACQUIRED
THE PAINTING IN 1909

AT AN AUCTION IN LONDON
THROUGH AN AGENT.

AND AT THE TIME,
IN THE, UH, AUCTION CATALOG,

THE PAINTING IS REFERRED TO

SIMPLY AS "LEONARDO da VINCI
PORTRAIT OF MONA LISA."

SO WHY DO SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE

THAT THE ORIGINAL "MONA LISA"

NOW HANGS IN BALTIMORE?

COULD THEY SOMEHOW
HAVE BEEN SWAPPED?

THE ANSWER LIES

IN ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING
ART THEFTS IN HISTORY.

PARIS,

AUGUST 21, 1911--

A MAN NAMED VINCENZO PERUGGIA,

AN EX-EMPLOYEE
OF THE LOUVRE MUSEUM IN PARIS,

DOES THE UNTHINKABLE.

UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT,

HE STEALS THE "MONA LISA."

HE WAS A MAN WHO BELIEVED

THAT THIS PIECE WAS
AN ITALIAN NATIONAL TREASURE.

AND HE SAW IT AS HIS DUTY
TO TAKE IT BACK TO ITALY.

FOR TWO WHOLE YEARS,

THE FAMOUS PAINTING
IS LOST TO THE WORLD.

AND IT IS DURING
THESE DARK DAYS

THAT RUMOR AND MYSTERY
SURROUNDING da VINCI'S PAINTING

SPREADS ACROSS THE WORLD.

SOME BELIEVE
AN ARGENTINEAN CON MAN

MASTERMINDED THE THEFT

SO THAT HE COULD SELL
ILLICIT BUYERS

NEAR-PERFECT FORGERIES.

AT ONE POINT, PABLO PICASSO
IS QUESTIONED IN THE THEFT

BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP
TO AN ALLEGED SUSPECT.

FINALLY IN 1913
IN FLORENCE, ITALY,

VINCENZO PERUGGIA ATTEMPTS
TO SELL THE "MONA LISA,"

OR WHAT HE CLAIMS TO BE
THE "MONA LISA,"

TO ITALIAN OFFICIALS.

INSTEAD,
HE IS PROMPTLY ARRESTED.

THE PAINTING IN HIS POSSESSION

GOES BACK TO THE LOUVRE.

BUT DID THE AUTHORITIES RECOVER

THE RIGHT "MONA LISA"?

IN THIS TUMULTUOUS PERIOD

OF INTERNATIONAL ART DEALING,

IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT WALTERS'S 1909 COPY,

HELD IN HIS PRIVATE COLLECTION,

WAS SOMEHOW SWITCHED
WITH THE STOLEN ORIGINAL?

THE THEORY HAD BEEN
PUT FORWARD THAT A--

POSSIBLY A SUBSTITUTION
HAD BEEN MADE.

100 YEARS LATER,
USING MODERN SCIENCE,

THE CURATORS AT THE WALTERS

HAVE A DEFINITIVE WAY

TO ANSWER THESE
FANTASTIC SPECULATIONS.

WHAT THE X-RAYS DO IS SHOW
THE INSIDES,

THE WORKINGS OF HOW
THE PAINTINGS WERE PUT TOGETHER.

AND THESE X-RAYS SHOW SOMETHING

COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED.

ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING
ASPECTS OF THIS PAINTING

IS NOT ON THE SURFACE,
BUT WHAT'S UNDERNEATH.

THE IMAGE ON THE X-RAY
WAS REALLY REMARKABLE,

BECAUSE IT WAS
A COMPLETE OTHER PAINTING.

WE SAW A VERSION
OF ST. VERONICA

HOLDING THE VEIL OF CHRIST.

THE PAINTING OF ST. VERONICA
IS ATTRIBUTED

TO A FRENCH ARTIST
NAMED SIMON VOUET.

MOST IMPORTANTLY,

CURATORS DATE VOUET'S WORK
TO THE 1630s,

MORE THAN A CENTURY
AFTER da VINCI PAINTED

THE ORIGINAL "MONA LISA."

SO THE ARTIST
REUSED THIS PAINTING

TO REPAINT A COPY
OF THE "MONA LISA."

WHATEVER DOUBT HAS SWIRLED
AROUND THIS "MONA LISA"

HAS BEEN CONCLUSIVELY
PUT TO BED.

THE PAINTING AT THE WALTERS
IS NOT THE ORIGINAL.

WE WOULD LOVE TO OWN
THE "MONA LISA,"

BUT, UH, UNFORTUNATELY
WE DO NOT.

THE ORIGINAL VERSION
IS IN THE LOUVRE.

AUTHENTIC OR NOT,

THE SUBTLE EXPRESSION
OF THE WOMAN IN THIS PAINTING

IS MASTERFUL ENOUGH
TO MAKE MUSEUM-GOERS STOP

AND WONDER WHAT SECRETS LIE

BEHIND HER TIMELESS SMILE.

"MONA LISAS" AND MERMAIDS...

- HEROIC DEEDS...
- (cheering)

DARING ESCAPES,

HOMES OF THE FUTURE

AND TREASURES OF THE PAST,

AMAZING OBJECTS,

EACH GUARDING
AN INCREDIBLE SECRET--

THESE ARE THE MYSTERIES
AT THE MUSEUM.