Modern Marvels - Episode Guide

The background in the disasters that caused the Leaning Tower of Pisa, a 1961 nuclear accident in Idaho, the U.S. Air Force, Texas Tower radar station and the space disasters of Soyuz 11, the Mars Polar Lander, and Mars Climate Orbiter.

Chemical and Biological Weapons

Episode: 8x13 | Airdate: May 7, 2001

International Airports (2)

Episode: 8x14 | Airdate: May 14, 2001

Codes

Episode: 8x15 | Airdate: May 21, 2001

The M-16

Episode: 8x16 | Airdate: Nov 14, 2002

The Colosseum

Episode: 8x17 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2001

Battle Gear

Episode: 8x18 | Airdate: Jun 19, 2001

Hardware Stores (1)

Episode: 8x19 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2001

World Trade Center

Episode: 8x20 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2001

Gadgets (2)

Episode: 8x21 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2001

Cattle Ranches

Episode: 8x22 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2001

Saloons

Episode: 8x23 | Airdate: Jul 25, 2001

Cannons

Episode: 8x24 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2001

Nuclear Subs

Episode: 8x25 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2001

Air Shows

Episode: 8x26 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2001

West Point

Episode: 8x27 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2001

Quarries

Episode: 8x28 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2001

Diamond Mines

Episode: 8x29 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2001

The House (1)

Episode: 8x30 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2001

The House (2)

Episode: 8x31 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2001

Work Clothes

Episode: 8x32 | Airdate: Oct 17, 2001

Bunkers

Episode: 8x33 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2001

Cemeteries

Episode: 8x34 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2001

War Games

Episode: 8x35 | Airdate: Oct 23, 2002

Drive-Thru

Episode: 8x36 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2001

Los Angeles

Episode: 8x37 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2001

Times Square

Episode: 8x38 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2001

Glass

Episode: 8x39 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2001

Firing Ranges

Episode: 8x40 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2001

The St. Louis Arch

Episode: 8x41 | Airdate: Dec 11, 2001

Season 9

Failed Inventions

Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Jan 2, 2002

Helicopters

Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2002

Private Jets (1)

Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2002

Private Jets (2)

Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: Jan 28, 2002

Remote Control

Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2002

Million Dollar Tech

Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2002

Pleasure Boats

Episode: 9x07 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2002

Bullet Proof

Episode: 9x08 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2002

Siege Machines

Episode: 9x09 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2002

Siege machines convert energy into mechanical force to breach barriers.

The Junkyard

Episode: 9x10 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2002

The F-14

Episode: 9x11 | Airdate: Mar 12, 2002

Motors

Episode: 9x12 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2002

The Wheel

Episode: 9x13 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2002

Star City

Episode: 9x14 | Airdate: Apr 9, 2002

Ice Breakers

Episode: 9x15 | Airdate: Apr 16, 2002

Fire & Ice

Episode: 9x16 | Airdate: Apr 18, 2002

Axes, Swords And Knives

Episode: 9x17 | Airdate: May 7, 2002

The World's Biggest Machines (1)

Episode: 9x18 | Airdate: May 14, 2002

Drag Racing

Episode: 9x19 | Airdate: May 21, 2002

Big Rigs of Combat: Tanks/Jeeps

Episode: 9x20 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2002

The Manhattan Project

Episode: 9x21 | Airdate: Jun 4, 2002

The Tackle Box

Episode: 9x22 | Airdate: Jun 11, 2002

Hunting Gear

Episode: 9x23 | Airdate: Jun 12, 2002

Camouflage

Episode: 9x24 | Airdate: Jun 18, 2002

Models

Episode: 9x25 | Airdate: Jun 20, 2002

Hangars

Episode: 9x26 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2002

Beach Technology

Episode: 9x27 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2002

Super Guns

Episode: 9x29 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2002

Strategic Air Command

Episode: 9x30 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2002

Gasoline

Episode: 9x31 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2002

Engines

Episode: 9x32 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2002

Towing

Episode: 9x33 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2002

Jet Engines

Episode: 9x34 | Airdate: Aug 8, 2002

Nordhausen

Episode: 9x35 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2002

Liberty Ships of WWII

Episode: 9x37 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2002

The Magnum

Episode: 9x38 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2002

Magnets

Episode: 9x39 | Airdate: Aug 27, 2002

Breweries

Episode: 9x40 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2002

The Chrysler Building

Episode: 9x41 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2002

The Autobahn

Episode: 9x42 | Airdate: Sep 17, 2002

Pickup Trucks

Episode: 9x43 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2002

Muscle Cars

Episode: 9x44 | Airdate: Sep 20, 2002

Home Tech

Episode: 9x45 | Airdate: Jan 3, 2001

Cranes

Episode: 9x46 | Airdate: Oct 8, 2002

The Internet: Behind the Web

Episode: 9x48 | Airdate: Sep 10, 2002

Sherman Tanks

Episode: 9x49 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2002

Train Wrecks

Episode: 9x50 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2002

The Secret Life of the Crash Test Dummy

Episode: 9x51 | Airdate: Sep 25, 2001

High Tech Sex

Episode: 9x52 | Airdate: Oct 30, 2002

The Spitfire

Episode: 9x53 | Airdate: Nov 6, 2002

Tunnels of Vietnam

Episode: 9x55 | Airdate: Nov 13, 2002

The Winchester

Episode: 9x56 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2002

James Bond Gadgets (1)

Episode: 9x57 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2002

James Bond Gadgets (2)

Episode: 9x58 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2002

Limos

Episode: 9x59 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2002

Digi-Tech

Episode: 9x60 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2002

Salt Mines

Episode: 9x61 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2002

Concept Cars

Episode: 9x62 | Airdate: Dec 10, 2002

Runways

Episode: 9x63 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2002

War Planes of World War II

Episode: 9x64 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2002

Season 10

Trans-Siberian Railroad

Episode: 10x01 | Airdate: Jan 1, 2003

Castles & Dungeons

Episode: 10x02 | Airdate: Jan 7, 2003

Ice Road Truckers

Episode: 10x03 | Airdate: Jan 30, 2003

Winter Warriors

Episode: 10x04 | Airdate: Jan 31, 2003

Booby Traps

Episode: 10x05 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2003

Alcan Highway

Episode: 10x06 | Airdate: Feb 11, 2003

Twin Towers Of The East

Episode: 10x07 | Airdate: Mar 4, 2003

Mackinac Bridge

Episode: 10x08 | Airdate: Mar 5, 2003

Bullet Trains

Episode: 10x09 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2003

Non-Lethal Weapons

Episode: 10x10 | Airdate: Mar 13, 2003

Army Corps Of Engineers

Episode: 10x12 | Airdate: Mar 18, 2003

Black Hawk: Night Stalker

Episode: 10x13 | Airdate: Mar 26, 2003

Titanic Tech

Episode: 10x15 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2003

Coal Mines

Episode: 10x16 | Airdate: Apr 2, 2003

Secrets Of The Acropolis

Episode: 10x17 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2003

Machine Guns

Episode: 10x18 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2003

Ball Turret Gunners

Episode: 10x19 | Airdate: May 1, 2003

U.S. Guns Of World War II

Episode: 10x20 | Airdate: May 8, 2003

MiG 15

Episode: 10x21 | Airdate: May 10, 2003

T-34: Russian Victory

Episode: 10x22 | Airdate: May 10, 2003

Tank Crews

Episode: 10x23 | Airdate: May 15, 2003

Harley-Davidson

Episode: 10x24 | Airdate: May 21, 2003

Torture Devices

Episode: 10x25 | Airdate: May 22, 2003

Cosmodrome

Episode: 10x26 | Airdate: May 26, 2003

Exterminator

Episode: 10x27 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2003

High Voltage

Episode: 10x29 | Airdate: Jun 24, 2003

Dangerous Cargo (1)

Episode: 10x30 | Airdate: Jun 25, 2003

Gunslingers

Episode: 10x31 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2003

More Engineering Disasters

Episode: 10x32 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2003

Engineering Disasters (4)

Episode: 10x33 | Airdate: Jul 2, 2003

Nature Tech: Tsunamis

Episode: 10x34 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2003

Logging Tech

Episode: 10x35 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2003

Breaking The Sound Barrier

Episode: 10x36 | Airdate: Jul 16, 2003

4x4

Episode: 10x37 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2003

Car Crashes

Episode: 10x38 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2003

Sandhogs

Episode: 10x39 | Airdate: Jul 23, 2003

Convertibles

Episode: 10x40 | Airdate: Jul 24, 2003

Loading Docks

Episode: 10x41 | Airdate: Jul 30, 2003

Terror Tech: Military

Episode: 10x42 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2003

Nature Tech: Tornadoes

Episode: 10x43 | Airdate: Aug 5, 2003

Military Movers (1)

Episode: 10x44 | Airdate: Aug 6, 2003

Police Guns

Episode: 10x45 | Airdate: Aug 7, 2003

Terror Tech: Defending The Highrise

Episode: 10x46 | Airdate: Aug 12, 2003

Bullets

Episode: 10x47 | Airdate: Aug 13, 2003

Aircraft Carrier

Episode: 10x48 | Airdate: Aug 15, 2003

The Gunboats of Vietnam

Episode: 10x49 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2003

Metal

Episode: 10x50 | Airdate: Aug 19, 2003

Landmines

Episode: 10x51 | Airdate: Aug 21, 2003

Space Shuttle Columbia

Episode: 10x52 | Airdate: Aug 26, 2003

Overseas Highway

Episode: 10x53 | Airdate: Sep 3, 2003

Terror Tech: Civilian

Episode: 10x54 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2003

Machu Picchu

Episode: 10x55 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2003

The PT Boats

Episode: 10x56 | Airdate: Sep 24, 2003

Smart Bombs

Episode: 10x59 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2003

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Episode: 10x60 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2003

Inviting Disaster (1): Three Mile Island

Episode: 10x61 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2003

The Luftwaffe

Episode: 10x62 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2003

Panzers

Episode: 10x63 | Airdate: Oct 22, 2003

U-Boats

Episode: 10x64 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2001

Inviting Disaster (2): The Kursk

Episode: 10x65 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2003

FBI's Crime Lab

Episode: 10x66 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2003

Inviting Disaster (3)

Episode: 10x67 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2003

Inviting Disaster (4)

Episode: 10x68 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2003

Shipyards

Episode: 10x69 | Airdate: Nov 5, 2003

Extreme Trucks

Episode: 10x71 | Airdate: Nov 12, 2003

Guns of Infamy

Episode: 10x72 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2003

ET Tech

Episode: 10x73 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2003

The Technology Of Lewis And Clark

Episode: 10x75 | Airdate: Nov 27, 2003

B-52

Episode: 10x76 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2003

Extreme Sports Gadgets

Episode: 10x77 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2003

Early machine guns

Episode: 10x78 | Airdate: Oct 1, 2007

Tailgating

Episode: 10x79 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2003

Wheel Estate

Episode: 10x80 | Airdate: Dec 3, 2003

Sports Cars

Episode: 10x81 | Airdate: Dec 4, 2003

Technology Of Kitty Hawk

Episode: 10x82 | Airdate: Dec 17, 2003

Egyptian Pyramids

Episode: 10x83 | Airdate: Dec 18, 2003

The Berlin Wall

Episode: 10x84 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2003

Toys

Episode: 10x85 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2003

Engineering Disasters (5)

Episode: 10x86 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2003

Season 11

Guns Of The Russian Military

Episode: 11x01 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2004

The F-15

Episode: 11x02 | Airdate: Jan 17, 2004

Submarines

Episode: 11x03 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2004

Pacific Coast Highway

Episode: 11x04 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2004

Gangster Guns

Episode: 11x05 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2004

Racetrack Tech

Episode: 11x07 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2004

Oil Fire Fighting

Episode: 11x08 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2004

Command Central

Episode: 11x09 | Airdate: Mar 17, 2004

Front Line Reporting

Episode: 11x10 | Airdate: Mar 19, 2004

Nature's Engineers

Episode: 11x11 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2004

Bible Tech

Episode: 11x12 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2004

The Power Grid

Episode: 11x13 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2004

Bathroom Tech (1)

Episode: 11x14 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2004

Engineering Disasters (6)

Episode: 11x15 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2004

A look at some of history's most notorious engineering failures. Included are the USMC's Harrier Attack jet, the Piper Alpha North Sea oil platform fire, the collapse of the Pleasants Power Station cooling tower in West Virginia, and the derailment of high speed train in Germany. Also include is a look at the various close calls that almost led to nuclear war.

F-18 Hornet

Episode: 11x16 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2004

Hydraulics

Episode: 11x17 | Airdate: May 12, 2004

Plane Crashes

Episode: 11x19 | Airdate: May 26, 2004

D-Day Tech

Episode: 11x20 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2004

A-10 Tankbuster

Episode: 11x21 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2004

Rubber

Episode: 11x22 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2004

City Water

Episode: 11x23 | Airdate: Jun 15, 2004

Greatest Movie Gadgets

Episode: 11x24 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2004

Robots

Episode: 11x25 | Airdate: Jul 6, 2004

Nuclear Technology

Episode: 11x26 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2004

Distilleries

Episode: 11x27 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2004

Apollo 11

Episode: 11x28 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2004

World War I Tech

Episode: 11x29 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2004

Oil Tankers

Episode: 11x30 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2004

Engineering Disasters (7)

Episode: 11x31 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2004

Featured disasters include the Northridge Earthquake of 1994, the Baldwin Hills Dam collapses, the Electra airliner, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse, and the underground mine fire burning in Centralia, PA.

Athens Subway

Episode: 11x32 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2004

Extreme Aircraft (1)

Episode: 11x33 | Airdate: Aug 25, 2004

George Washington Bridge

Episode: 11x34 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2004

Building A Skyscraper (1): The Skeleton

Episode: 11x35 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2004

Building A Skyscraper (2): The Exterior

Episode: 11x36 | Airdate: Sep 6, 2004

Building A Skyscraper (3): The Human Environment

Episode: 11x37 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2004

Building A Skyscraper (4): The Arteries

Episode: 11x38 | Airdate: Sep 7, 2004

The Sears Tower

Episode: 11x39 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2004

SOS Tech

Episode: 11x40 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2004

Police Pursuit

Episode: 11x41 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2004

St. Lawrence Seaway

Episode: 11x42 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2004

St. Lawrence Tech

Episode: 11x44 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2004

World's Biggest Machines (2)

Episode: 11x45 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2004

Guns of Israel

Episode: 11x47 | Airdate: Aug 3, 2006

Engineering Disasters (8)

Episode: 11x48 | Airdate: Oct 5, 2004

Explosions of AP (a component in rocket fuel) at a PepCom AP plant in Henderson, Nevada. A section of the Mianus River bridge, a pin-and-hanger-bridge on Interstate 95 in Connecticut, collapsed dropping 4 vehicles into the river below. Ocean Ranger semi-submersible oil rig capsizes and sinks off the coast of Newfoundland killing all aboard. 1889 Johnstown Flood, killed 2,209 people, wiped the town off the map and was the worst 19th Century disaster in American history. Golfer Payne Stewart's private jet goes down for reasons still unknown.

Harvesting

Episode: 11x49 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2004

Engineering Disasters (9)

Episode: 11x50 | Airdate: Oct 12, 2004

Deadliest grain elevator explosion in the US caused by dust. A portion of the Schoharie Creek Bridge collapses with trucks & cars plunging into the river, due to erosion of the foundation by the river. The freighter Bright Field looses power heading into its New Orleans' port on the Mississippi River and crashes into the Riverwalk wharf. British R-101 airship disaster in 1930, resulted in 48 deaths and the ending of the British airship program. Sports arena roof failures. 1979 Rosemount Horizon arena's roof collapses during construction due to the construction crew ...

Guns Of The Civil War

Episode: 11x51 | Airdate: Oct 15, 2004

Engineering Disasters (10)

Episode: 11x52 | Airdate: Oct 19, 2004

Disiasters discussed: Hutchinson, KS gas explosions, Tanker, Puerto Rican, explosion, Tropicana Casino garage collapse, the White Sea Canal project and the Bhopal chemical plant disaster.

Presidential Movers

Episode: 11x53 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2004

Gas Tech

Episode: 11x54 | Airdate: Oct 20, 2004

Engineering Disasters (11)

Episode: 11x55 | Airdate: Oct 26, 2004

Disasters profiled are a liquid natural gas explosion in Cleveland, the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt walkway, flooding of the Yangtze River in 1931, as well as sinkholes caused by sewer collapses in San Francisco and Atlanta. Also features the impacts of asbestos on the modern world.

The World's Longest Bridge

Episode: 11x56 | Airdate: Oct 27, 2004

M1 Abrams Supertank!

Episode: 11x58 | Airdate: Oct 29, 2004

Engineering Disasters (12)

Episode: 11x59 | Airdate: Nov 9, 2004

Featured disasters and mishaps include the malfunctioning baggage carousel at the Denver International Airport, the Texas A&M bonfire, the M-4 Sherman tank, the 1993 Milwaukee Water Treatment disaster, and the collapse of the Skyline Plaza.

Surveillance Tech

Episode: 11x60 | Airdate: Nov 10, 2004

Engineering Disasters (13)

Episode: 11x61 | Airdate: Nov 16, 2004

Engineering disasters profiled in this episode include flaws in the Patriot Missle system, the Cocoanut Grove night club fire, a failed building demolition, the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7, and a toxic waste dump in Love Canal, NY.

Sub Disasters

Episode: 11x62 | Airdate: Nov 17, 2004

Engineering Disasters (14)

Episode: 11x63 | Airdate: Nov 23, 2004

Profiled are disasters involving a freeway ramp collapse, a fighter plane crash, a subway tunnel cave in, an explosion on an oil tanker, and a flash flood of molasses.

Movie Theaters

Episode: 11x64 | Airdate: Nov 24, 2004

Washington Monument

Episode: 11x65 | Airdate: Dec 1, 2004

Engineering Disasters (15)

Episode: 11x66 | Airdate: Dec 8, 2004

Engineering disasters profiled include a flood in Chicago, tunnel fires in the Alpine, a riverboat explosion, a building collapse, and a plane crash.

Snackfood Tech (1)

Episode: 11x67 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2004

Commercial Fishing

Episode: 11x68 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2004

Dangerous Cargo (2)

Episode: 11x69 | Airdate: Dec 21, 2004

Ancient Discoveries (1)

Episode: 11x70 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2004

Ancient Discoveries (2)

Episode: 11x71 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2004

Ancient Discoveries (3)

Episode: 11x72 | Airdate: Dec 22, 2004

Engineering Disasters (16)

Episode: 11x73 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2004

Engineering Disasters: Gasoline explosion in a sewer pipe in Guadalajara, Mexico; Cargo door flies off of a 1974 flight over Paris resulting in over 300 deaths; The bursting of two mining damns in 1985 Italy, sees the town of Stava almost wiped off the face of the Earth; New London, Texas school explosion caused by natural gas, resulting in the death of 319 students & teachers; 1967 grounding of the Torrey Canyon tanker off the coast of England and the worlds' introduction to supertanker oil spills and problems with autopilot technology.