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Smithsonian Channel Welcomes You To Polar Bear Town

November 15, 2016 Meredith Ennis

Every fall, the tiny town of Churchill, Manitoba (pop. 800) welcomes approximately 10,000 tourists from around the world, all there to see another group of visitors: roughly 1,000 hungry polar bears that pass through Churchill on their way to Hudson Bay — prime seal-hunting territory for the bears. The “Lords of the Arctic” can grow to be 10 feet tall and can weigh more than 1,300 pounds. They are also skilled hunters that can detect the presence of seals beneath three feet of snow and ice and can pick in scents from nearly 20 miles away. Known as the “polar […]

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The Killing Season Documents How Serial Killers Are Terrorizing Our Country, Not Just Long Island

November 8, 2016 Barb Oates

Serial killers are roaming our nation right now and few people are paying attention. Documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills look to change this with The Killing Season, a chilling wake-up call to the mass carnage occurring across our nation. The eight-episode, can’t-turn-away docuseries is a candid, emotional and active investigation into identifying these serial killers. The series will air on A&E Saturdays at 9/8c beginning Nov. 12. The Killing Season starts with Zeman and Mills going back to Long Island’s Ocean Parkway, a dark, desolate stretch of highway where in 2010 police uncovered four female bodies wrapped in burlap […]

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New TV Specials Re-Examine The Sad Allure of JonBenét Ramsey

September 9, 2016 Kellie Freeze

Nearly 2o years after the Christmastime murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, several new TV specials re-examine the cold case and try to solve the case that horrified and captivated a nation. Related: TV Guide Magazine‘s Ileane Rudolph takes a closer look at the three JonBenét Ramsey specials on our sister site, TVInsider.com. The Dr. Phil Show Airs: Monday, Sept. 12; Tuesday, Sept. 13 and Monday, Sept. 19 (check here for local channel/time) What’s It All About? Dr. Phil McGraw presents a three-part interview with JonBenét’s now 29 year-old brother, Burke. At the time of his sister’s murder, Bure was a […]