Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2009
In 1976 a packed coach crashed into the Amazon killing 39 people. By the time the bodies were pulled out by rescuers some had been so viciously mutilated by Piranhas they could only be identified by their clothes.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2009
In the deep South is a fish reputed to have committed a series of violent attacks on humans. This creature is said to be as vicious as a shark, big as a gator. Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Texas to reveal the truth about the notorious Aligator Gar.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2009
Wade travels to Germany where he meets victims of a beast that has been raising its snout above the surface of freshwaters in Europe for the past 700 years. We discover that the Wels catfish is an aggressive predator of man eating proportions.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 3, 2009
In the darkest depths of the Amazon lurks a dinosaur. Legends tell of an evil spirit inhabiting an enormous fish. Taller than a man, it is covered in scales and crushes its prey with a tongue made of bone. Jeremy Wade encounters the legendary Arapaima.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 10, 2009
A man swallowed whole by a fish, a body eaten alive from within. Another penetrated in a most unnatural fashion, yet more with multiple stab wounds. Jeremy Wade is in pursuit of some of the Amazon's most notorious flesh eaters.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: May 17, 2009
No fish inspires the same terror as the shark. A creature with an insatiable hunger for brutal violence. But at least these killers are confined to the oceans. Or are they? Expert angler Jeremy Wade investigates the deadly Bullshark.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 28, 2010
Jeremy Wade journeys to the infamous Congo River in Africa in search of the world's most ferocious fish. This supernatural monster predator pushes Jeremy to his physical and mental limit. It requires all of his skills and the help of a witch doctor.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Apr 25, 2010
Jeremy Wade heads to The Mekong River in Thailand in search of one of the world's largest, most terrifying river fish, the Giant Freshwater Stingray. Armed with a venomous 10 inch barbed tail, this 700-pound monster tests Jeremy to his physical limit.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: May 2, 2010
Angler Jeremy Wade sets his sights on an aggressive Far Eastern predator that's now invading America's backyards. Accused of homicide, and said to breathe air and crawl on land, the Snakehead is a monster that sounds more like a gangster than a fish.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: May 9, 2010
Jeremy Wade travels to one of the few rivers left on earth that will still test a fisherman. The Congo, a river steeped in legends, and soaked in violence. One spirit in particular is said to lure fishermen from their boats to their death.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: May 16, 2010
Extreme angler, Jeremy Wade, searches for the lethal lake monster of native legend that's been dragging people down to an icy grave for centuries. Jeremy ends up landing the largest fish he's ever caught, but is this the monster?
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: May 23, 2010
Jeremy Wade is on a quest to Africa's Rift Valley, to explore the roots of fishing and the monsters these first fishermen faced.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: May 30, 2010
The biggest Bull Shark ever recorded was caught in South Africa, in a river. Was this monsterous freshwater catch a horrifying fluke, or are there more shark giants prowling this river? Jeremy Wade heads to South Africa to see if he can land a monster!
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Apr 10, 2011
Jeremy Wade travels to Papua New Guinea to investigate a spate of bizarre deaths on the Sepik River. An island renowned for cannibalism, macabre rituals, and head hunters, Wade is on the trail of creature reported to devour certain male body parts.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Apr 17, 2011
Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a mysterious man-eater described over two hundred years ago by a famous explorer. Is the eight-foot beast in question a mere legend, or could it be the same, flesh and blood creature that has attacked divers and children?
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Apr 24, 2011
Jeremy Wade travels to the Paraná River in the remote corner of Argentina to investigate the death of a young girl. This creature is not armed with bone crunching jaws or razor sharp teeth but a razor-sharp blade tipped with tissue destroying venom.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: May 1, 2011
Angler Jeremy Wade heads to the Australian outback to try and catch the rare and fearsome Freshwater Sawfish. This shadowy predator is said to be 18 feet long and attacks boats - but does the fact that it could slash Jeremy to shreds make it a killer?
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: May 15, 2011
Jeremy Wade travels to Brazil's 'wild west' in search of a river monster that has killed three cowboys. Jeremy finally corners his elusive prey in the most unexpected place. All he has to do then is catch it, without getting killed.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: May 22, 2011
Jeremy Wade travels to Japan, to try and uncover the truth behind two of their most extraordinary River Monster legends. He is about to discover a monster like nothing he has ever encountered before.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: May 30, 2011
Jeremy Wade sets out to discover the true river monster of South America. Piranha get all the press. There's a more fearsome predator lurking in its rivers? Tipped off by an attack on a diver, Jeremy soon discovers that there is a real monster to find.
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2012
Angler Jeremy Wade normally travels into the most remote regions searching for freshwater monsters, but recently he's been getting reports of killers from an unexpected location. This two-hour special follows Wade's investigation of America's killers.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2012
From the Okavango swamps in southern Africa there are stories of a piranha-like fish that hunts in marauding packs, tearing into other fish, and even human flesh. Angler Jeremy Wade heads into the watery labyrinth to track down this deadly swarm.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2012
Jeremy Wade takes on Africa's wild Zambezi River to unmask an invisible predator that's dragging fisherman to their deaths. Crocs and hippos are guilty of killing many in plain view, yet it seems there's another monster stalking these deadly waters.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2012
Angler Jeremy Wade returns to the remote rivers of India's Himalayas to investigate a fresh spate of savage attacks. Jeremy thinks he knows the perpetrator's identity, but his plans to catch the monster hit trouble when he learns it's a sacred animal.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: May 6, 2012
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Russia's remote Amur River, where the mysterious deaths of three men appear to be linked with a reclusive freshwater giant. The prime suspect is a predator that can top a ton and exceed eighteen feet in length.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: May 13, 2012
When he hears of a recent bloody attack in a remote Mongolian river, angler Jeremy Wade wonders if it could be the work of a giant fish so rare that it's more legend than fact. Pound for pound, this man-sized monster is said to be one of the strongest.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: May 20, 2012
Jeremy Wade returns to Australia's predator-packed Fitzroy River in search of one of the world's rarest and least known fish - the Northern River Shark. It's so elusive that only twenty have ever been caught.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: May 28, 2012 (120 min)
Jeremy Wade explores the hostile wildness of the Essequibo, Guyana's largest river and one of South Americas best kept secrets. Armed with only old journals and his rod, Jeremy is on a mission to discover if monsters of the past still exist.
Season 5
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2013
Angler Jeremy Wade investigates his most disturbing case yet - the story of a man who had his face ripped off in a remote Bolivian river. The journey through dangerous jungle ends with a confrontation with one of his oldest adversaries.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2013
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a monster that leads him to the site of the worst nuclear accident in history - Chernobyl. In a nerve-shredding race against radiation and time, he searches for the perpetrator of a series of grizzly attacks.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2013
Angler Jeremy Wade ventures deep into the heart of Central America in search of a man-sized killer said to leap into boats and cause fatal injuries as it knocks fishermen unconscious and smashes their bones.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: May 5, 2013
Angler Jeremy Wade pushes himself and his gear past breaking point to discover what killed a bride in the Colombian Amazon. Amidst dense jungle and hostage-taking rebels, Jeremy discovers evidence that turns the investigation on its head.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: May 12, 2013
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade embarks on a punishing mission to the heart of a thundering waterfall in the Pacific Northwest to battle an ancient river monster said to rise from the murky depths to attack swimmers.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: May 27, 2013
Jeremy Wade is on a mission to track down the famous monster of Loch Ness, but can he succeed where so many have failed? The journey will take him from the depths of Loch Ness to the volcanoes of Iceland, all in pursuit of the mother of all monsters.
Season 6
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Apr 6, 2014
Hundreds died when the Sobral Santos sank on the Amazon, many rumored to have been eaten alive. Jeremy Wade retraces the doomed boat's last voyage and faces adversaries, old and new, as he tries to uncover what was behind the Amazon Apocalypse.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Apr 13, 2014
Jeremy Wade investigates three mysterious deaths in three South American countries on his most remote mission to date. Will living with a secretive jungle tribe help him discover the terrifying creature responsible?
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Apr 20, 2014
Investigating reports of a brutal riverside mutilation, Jeremy Wade heads to remote wetlands. There, he comes face to face with one of South America's greatest freshwater fighters and uncovers the slasher stalking Argentina's River of Blood.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: May 4, 2014
For years Jeremy Wade has hunted a legendary Amazon giant. Locals call it the lau-lau - a creature said to swallow men whole. The evidence he needs, a single colossal specimen, has so far eluded him. But this time he's not coming back without one.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: May 18, 2014
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a new river monster after a corpse is found with highly unusual injuries. He also uncovers a spate of disappearances and a mysterious creature patrolling the water. Are all three things connected?
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: May 26, 2014
Jeremy Wade has heard tales of a body-snatching spirit that locals call the Water Mama. Now, people are disappearing without trace from these waters and Jeremy is convinced there is a real flesh and blood River Monster lurking behind the legend.
Season 7
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2015
From Canada's waterlogged wilderness come stories of a twenty-foot lake monster that attacks humans. Freshwater detective Jeremy Wade tries to track down this shadowy predator with a mouth said to resemble a bear-trap.
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2015
A disturbing report from Southeast Asia, of something in the water that's sliced cleanly through a young man's testicle, is enough to lure freshwater detective Jeremy Wade to the shores of the Mekong - a river long renowned for its monstrous fish.
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2015
Jeremy Wade is on the trail of horrifying killers from the depths of time. Fearsome, prehistoric beasts are brought back to life using cutting edge technology and recently unearthed fossils in a quest to find the greatest river monster of all time.
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2015
For years fishermen have been vanishing in Alaska's remote and unforgiving wilderness - their deaths unseen, their bodies never found. For freshwater detective Jeremy Wade, a recent fatal incident sends him on a search for possible suspects.
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: May 10, 2015
In Fiji, people are coming under attack from unseen assailants in the water, but it's not clear if there are multiple culprits, or a single persistent perpetrator. Jeremy Wade battles tropical storms and thick jungle in an all-out search for a culprit.
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: May 17, 2015
Jeremy Wade returns to Africa's Okavango Delta to investigate a pack-hunting carnivore blamed for mauling the victims of a capsized boat. This time, Jeremy decides to put on his dive gear and offer himself as live bait in croc-infested waters.
Season 8
Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2016
Extreme angler and underwater detective Jeremy Wade goes in search of the real creature behind the enduring legend of the sea serpent - starting with a violent attack in the English Channel, and culminating in the dark depths of the Mediterranean Sea.
Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2016
When six men vanish in the remote waters of northern Australia, extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels to the scene and embarks on one of his toughest investigations yet - taking on some of the deadliest animals on the planet in his search for a suspect.
Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2016
Something is terrorizing the Florida Keys, attacking both visitors and locals alike - striking its victims so violently it is slicing open flesh, even smashing bones. Jeremy Wade is determined to identity the assailant, but is quickly out of his depth.
Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: May 5, 2016 (61 min)
TIn the West Indies, tales of swimmers being ripped from the surface of the islands' blue holes have been attributed to a monster known as the Lusca - half shark, half octopus. Extreme angler Jeremy Wade's investigation takes him to dangerous new depths.
Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: May 12, 2016
Jeremy Wade has hunted down freshwater killers for 30 years, but those waters are infested with darker, deadlier creatures - parasites.
Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: May 26, 2016 (74 min)
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade's cases usually involve freshwater culprits, but with multiple reports of a deep water serial killer in Mexico's Sea of Cortez', he must step out of his comfort zone and into unchartered depths in search of the red devil.
Season 9
Episode: 9x01 | Airdate: Apr 23, 2017 (120 min)
Wade takes on the biggest investigation of his career -- to unravel what happened to over 1,000 passengers of the RMS Laconia, torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic; he travels the globe, battling giant fish, massive sharks and a deep-sea monster.
Episode: 9x02 | Airdate: Apr 30, 2017
Traveling from London to Greenland and on to Norway, Wade follows the trail of an unknown sea monster; fishing through ice to extreme depths, he attempts to reel in this monster before the full fury of an Arctic storm hits.
Episode: 9x03 | Airdate: May 7, 2017 (70 min)
On the tropical island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, a tourist snorkeler and several local fishermen have been killed and injured by a mysterious sea creature that impales its victims; Wade investigates; live Q-and-A to follow.
Episode: 9x04 | Airdate: May 14, 2017 (70 min)
Jeremy Wade investigates a case in Nepal that sounds strangely familiar -- a lone fisherman dragged off his feet and into a mountain river by an unseen creature, thought to be the original river monster, the goonch catfish.
Episode: 9x05 | Airdate: May 21, 2017
On a volcanic island in the Pacific, terror grips a fishing community when something in the water leaves a trail of bloody victims in its wake; the only clues they have to the attacker's identity are the large puncture wounds it left behind.
Episode: 9x06 | Airdate: May 28, 2017
After two men vanish from a remote lake in Malaysia, Jeremy sets out to find the possible culprit; a trail of evidence leads Jeremy into an ancient rainforest, where an old adversary lies in wait.
Specials
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Apr 12, 2009
Two years ago, on the treacherous Kali River, high in the mountains of Northern India, Jeremy Wade unearthed the mother of all fisherman's tales and the ultimate freshwater horror: a super-sized freshwater fish turned man-eater. Jeremy takes on the biggest, toughest challenge he's ever faced as he heads back to the Himalayas to separate fact from fiction and track down the monstrous beast.
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Mar 6, 2011
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Apr 3, 2011
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: May 8, 2011
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: May 27, 2011
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: May 27, 2011
Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: May 29, 2011
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Apr 29, 2012
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: May 22, 2012
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: May 23, 2012
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: May 24, 2012
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: May 25, 2012
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: May 27, 2012
Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: May 19, 2013
Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: May 19, 2013
Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: May 24, 2013
Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Oct 31, 2013
Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Oct 31, 2013
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: May 18, 2014
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: May 20, 2014
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: May 21, 2014
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: May 22, 2014
Jeremy relives some of the most shocking and surprising finds of his career, all in America.
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: May 18, 2015
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: May 19, 2015
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: May 20, 2015
Episode: S07 Special | Airdate: May 24, 2015
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Dec 15, 2015
Jeremy Wade reflects on the time he tracked down the famous monster of Loch Ness.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Dec 15, 2015
Jeremy Wade reflects on his hunt for a twenty foot long predator in Canada.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Jan 1, 2016
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Apr 7, 2016
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Apr 7, 2016 (61 min)
Jeremy charts the journey that has taken him from freshwater rivers into the heart of the big blue and revisits the extraordinary and deadly monsters he has encountered along the way.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Apr 26, 2016 (61 min)
Thirty years after the worst nuclear radiation catastrophe in history, 100 times the combined amount of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, two scientists have now been allowed total access to the area surrounding the infamous Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Apr 28, 2016 (61 min)
As Jeremy looks back on some of his most spectacular moments, he wonders how many times outside, unseen forces may have intervened on his behalf.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: May 19, 2016
Jeremy revisits old cases and reveals new data received from his many scientific collaborations.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: May 26, 2016 (61 min)
On this 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Jeremy recounts his hunt for an elusive lake monster. His trail lands him at the most unlikely location: the site of the worst nuclear accident in human history - Chernobyl's reactor number 4.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: May 26, 2016
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: May 26, 2016 (62 min)
In this special edition of River Monsters, Jeremy relives his journey up the Congo River in search of two monstrous freshwater killers and to a place that almost killed him.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: May 27, 2016 (66 min)
Reports of a creature terrorizing the Florida Keys; aftershow to follow.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: May 28, 2016 (67 min)
Six men disappear in the waters of Northern Australia; aftershow to follow.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: May 30, 2016 (67 min)
Jeremy Wade goes on a quest to find the one, true, legendary sea serpent; aftershow to follow.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Jun 2, 2016 (61 min)
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads into new territory - the open ocean. Go behind the scenes as Jeremy and his crew face stormy seas, deep-water dives, dangerous creatures and extreme hardship as they produce an entire season at sea.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Apr 23, 2017 (130 min)
Wade takes on the biggest investigation of his career -- to unravel what happened to over 1,000 passengers of the RMS Laconia, torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic; live Q-and-A to follow.
Episode: S08 Special | Airdate: Apr 30, 2017 (68 min)
Traveling from London to Greenland and on to Norway, Wade follows the trail of an unknown sea monster; fishing through ice to extreme depths, he attempts to reel in this monster before the full fury of an Arctic storm hits; live Q-and-A to follow.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Apr 30, 2017
Jeremy relives the craziest, most insane stunts, epic journeys and raw confrontations involved in his hunts.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 7, 2017
Jeremy looks back at the injuries, accidents and moments of agony he inevitably endures in his line of work.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 7, 2017
On the tropical island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, a tourist snorkeler and several local fishermen have been killed and injured by a mysterious sea creature that impales its victims; Wade travels to the scene to investigate.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 14, 2017
Jeremy reveals the cunning, ingenuity and brainpower behind some of his most incredible catches.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 21, 2017 (70 min)
On a volcanic island in the Pacific, terror grips a fishing community when something in the water leaves a trail of bloody victims in its wake; the only clues they have to the attacker's identity are the large puncture wounds it left behind.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 21, 2017
Jeremy looks back at the most outlandish aquatic aliens he encountered on his missions.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 29, 2017
Jeremy heads to the frozen depths in Greenland and ice fishes in his deepest location yet on his final adventures.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 29, 2017
Jeremy hunts down an old nemesis when reports come in of a fisherman being dragged into the waters of Nepal.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 29, 2017
Jeremy heads to the Pacific Ring of Fire to investigate a mysterious fish leaving some gruesome puncture wounds on its victims.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 29, 2017
Jeremy investigates a mystery fish that impales swimmers around the volcanic islands of Indonesia on his final adventures.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 29, 2017
Wade takes on the biggest investigation of his career -- to unravel what happened to over 1,000 passengers of the RMS Laconia, torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic; he travels the globe, battling giant fish, massive sharks and a deep-sea monster.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: May 29, 2017
Jeremy reveals untold stories behind the most epic and challenging adventures of his career.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Jul 18, 2017 (30 min)
Jeremy Wade reveals his untold stories about unexpected and heart-stopping experiences while fishing for freshwater creatures in the remote waters around the world.
Episode: S09 Special | Airdate: Aug 6, 2017
Jeremy is on a quest to catch a massive, mysterious and predatory catfish that is haunting the waters of India.