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Mystery Hunters
2002 - 2003 9.1 (7 votes) 2 Seasons
Official Website
Genres
Documentary
Networks
Discovery Kids
Created By
Jonathan Finkelstein

Mystery Hunters

Overview

Mystery Hunters is a Canadian Documentary television series aimed at a young audience. It aired on YTV in Canada and on Discovery Kids in the United States. It was also dubbed in Japanese and aired in Japan on NHK. Teenage hosts Araya and Christina investigate real-life reports of mysteries such as spirits, legendary creatures, monsters, dinosaurs and UFOs. They use scientific rigour to try to find plausible explanations for the sightings and eye-witness accounts that trigger their investigations. In another section of the show, Doubting Dave, a scientist played by David Acer, attempts to explain mysterious personal experiences that have been emailed in by viewers, in a feature called "V-Files", as well as a way to create your own versions of the mysteries in the show in his "Mystery Lab" segment. Produced by Apartment 11 Productions, four seasons and 78 episodes of the series have been made, and it has garnered awards and accolades from around the world, including eight Gemini Award nominations, a 2006 Parents' Choice Award, and a 2007 Japan Prize for the "Stonehenge" episode, awarded the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Prize in the Early Education category.

Key Crew

Writer: David Acer, Ramelle Mair

Producer: Jason Levy, Jonathan Finkelstein, Stacey Tenenbaum

Top Cast

Christina Broccolini
Christina Broccolini

David Acer

Doubting Dave

Araya Mengesha
Araya Mengesha

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

No overview available.

15 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Skunk Ape / Bigfoot
2002-09-09

Skunk Ape Pictures with the sheriff's department show something very strange walking in a Florida forest. Christina is on the lookout for a giant, smelly ape-man lurking in Florida Everglades. Big Foot Araya searches for the elusive Big Foot in the Oregon Forest. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave makes a footprint cast out of plaster. V-File What are those strange objects I spotted over the skies of Mexico? (Rodrigo Velasco Fuhrken - 15 years - Tetelpan, Mexico)

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Episode 2: The Prison Inn / Seeing-Ghost Dogs
2002-09-16

The Prison Inn Christina stays overnight in a hotel in Ottawa, Ontario, converted from a notorious prison on the very night (Feb. 11) a man was hanged in his cell. Using the latest hi-tech ghost hunting equipment, she investigates. Seeing-Ghost Dogs Araya goes with a dog on a ghost hunt in North Carolina. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave shows how to see your very own aura. V-File Why do black holes swallow all that is near them? (Valentina Aracil, 11 years - Mar-del-Plata Argentina)

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Episode 3: Ogopogo Lake Monster / Mummy Case
2002-09-23

Ogopogo Lake Monster There have been so many recent sightings of a strange creature in the waters of Lake Okaganagan in British Columbia, that Christina decides to go and investigate the legend of one of the world's best known lake monsters: the Ogopogo. Mummy Case Araya discovers the secrets behind a thousand year old mummy in Toronto, Ontario. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave mummifies a chicken. V-File Is my house haunted because it creeks? (Matthew Rogers - 9 years - Manchester, England)

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Episode 4: New England Vampires / Aurora Borealis
2002-09-30

New England Vampires Christina visits the supposed grave of an alleged vampire. Aurora Borealis Araya experiences the Aurora Borealis. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave shows how images can persist long after we have seen them.

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Episode 5: Hypnosis / Pet Psychics
2002-10-07

Hypnosis Christina subjects herself to mind control in Toronto, Ontario in an effort to exercise control over Araya and ends up getting to the truth about hypnosis. Pet Psychics Araya investigates the possibility of talking to pets telepathically in California. A psychic shows how she found a family's a lost dog. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave demonstrates hypnotic illusions. V-File How do magicians make people levitate? (Joseph Rowe, 11 years - London, UK)

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Episode 6: Ice Mummy / Cryonics
2002-10-14

Ice Mummy Dead bodies have been found on a mountaintop in Lima, Peru. They were brought down for examination, and ever since, some bad things have happened in the town. Christina's investigation takes her to a lab where she discovers the bodies brought down are ice mummies. Cryonics Araya learns about Cryogenics - bringing frozen people back to life without any aging, in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave constructs an igloo. V-File Why do people see a ""light"" when they're about to die? (Nicolas Cruces Pastorino - 11 years - Buenos Aires)

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Episode 7: Brown Mountain Lights / Spoon Bending
2002-10-21

Brown Mountain Lights Christina visits a hilltop in North Carolina with mysterious brown lights. Spoon Bending Araya attends a spoon-bending workshop in San Francisco. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave moves objects with his mind.

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Episode 8: Nazca Lines / Trophy Heads
2002-10-22

Nasca Lines Christina heads to Peru and nearby graves to investigate mysterious lines etched into the earth that stretch on and on, and twist in all directions. These humongous line drawings take on the familiar shapes of animals and people, forming a lost civilization. Mystery Lab Araya and Doubting Dave make giant chalk drawing drawings. V-File A black cat crossed my path is it true I will have bad luck? (Blanca Diaz Chavez, 12 years old, Ajijic, Mexico)

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Episode 9: Bermuda Triangle / Cave Ghost
2002-10-23

Bermuda Triangle Araya investigates this most enduring of marine legends - the Bermuda Triangle in Florida. Reputed to swallow boats giant and small, and suck airplanes out of the sky, Araya is undaunted by this most dangerous area of the sea and heads out to do what he must. Cave Ghosts Christina moves on to Pennsylvania to discover cave ghosts. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave tries to make Ghost Photographs. V-File Does space have a limit? (Modestino Orsini - 9 years - Alife, Italy)

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Episode 10: Mexican Mummies / Psychic Spy
2002-10-24

Mexican Mummies Araya visits a Mexican cemetery full of mysteriously preserved bodies. Psychic Spy Christina explores the secret language of animals. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave creates a vegetable mummy.

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Episode 11: Ghettysburg Ghosts / Voodoo
2002-10-25

Gettysburg Ghosts Araya looks for ghosts from the American Civil War. Voodoo Christina learns how to perform voodoo. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave goes on the hunt for ghosts with low-tech equipment. V-File Why is yawning contagious?

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Episode 12: MacBeth / Salem
2002-10-28

MacBeth Araya invokes the dreaded curse behind Shakespeare's play Macbeth. Salem Christina travels to Salem where she meets a modern day witch to learn the true story of witchcraft. Mystery Lab Doubting Dave creates his own curse and investigates fangs.

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Episode 13: Dragons / Sewer Gators
2002-12-02

Christina investigates reports of alligators breeding underneath New York City. Araya walks the hill where a dragon was allegedly slain. Doubting Dave makes plastic fangs.

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Episode 14: Desert Mummies / Remote Viewing
2002-12-09

Araya tests his ‘PSI’ abilities in a remote viewing facility. Christina unwraps an ancient mummy. Doubting Dave tests his own ESP.

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Episode 15: Loch Ness / Whooper
2002-12-16

Christina pursues some ghostly screams heard in the woods of New Brunswick. Araya travels to Loch Ness, Scotland in search of the legendary sea creature. Doubting Dave makes his own fake Nessie video.

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Season 2 (2002)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Ambrose Small / Missing Princess
2002-12-23

Christina investigates the haunting of Ambrose Small in the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. Araya explores the Tower of London where two young princes were imprisoned and never found. Doubting Dave constructs a Ouija Board.

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Episode 2: Werewolves / Dracula
2002-12-30

Araya visits Count Dracula’s homeland to investigate the truth behind the terrifying legend. Christina is on the hunt for a hairy wolf-beast roaming the roads and woods of Wisconsin. Doubting Dave cooks up some fake blood.

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Episode 3: Area 51 / Roswell
2003-01-06

Christina travels to a top-secret air force base where an alien spaceship is thought to be stored. Araya explores the alleged crash site of a UFO in the town of Roswell, New Mexico.

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Episode 4: Bell Witch / Anne Boleyn
2003-01-13

Christina ventures to the former location of the John Bell Farm to investigate a famous poltergeist. Araya visits the childhood home of a beheaded Queen who is known to roam the grounds.

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Episode 5: Giant Squid / Cannibals
2003-01-27

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Episode 6: Dinos / Imhotep
2003-02-03

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Episode 7: Alien Encounter / Crop Circles
2003-02-10

Not only that, but he and a team of crop-circle experts make their own crop-circle

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Episode 8: Blackbeard / Castle Ghosts
2003-02-17

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Episode 9: King Tut Curse / King Tut Murder
2003-02-24

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Episode 10: Giant Sloth
2003-03-03

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Episode 11: Best Of MH Investigations
2003-03-10

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