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2022
1 Season
7.9 (162)

Through original archival material, expert testimony and dramatic re-creations using CGI technology to place Theo E.J. Wilson in the scene, each episode challenges ideas of what really happened during some of the most pivotal moments in history. This season explores Abraham Lincoln's assassination; the Hindenburg disaster; the Salem witch trials; the death of Jesse James; the Oklahoma City bombing; the battle of Stalingrad; H.H. Holmes' murder spree during the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; the Chernobyl accident; the 1965 Bloody Sunday march from Selma to Montgomery; the 1986 space shuttle Challenger disaster; the 1889 catastrophic Johnstown flood in eastern Pennsylvania and the St. Valentine's Day massacre.

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Seasons

12. The Battle of Stalingrad

May 9, 2022

Theo Wilson time-travels to the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, where the underdog Russian army is about to pull off a victory that will turn the tide of the war in favor of Allied forces.

11. Oklahoma City Bombing

May 2, 2022

Theo Wilson travels back in time to April 19, 1995, when Oklahoma City is rocked by a two-ton fertilizer bomb shortly after 9 AM. The catastrophic result of years of planning by domestic terrorist, Timothy McVeigh. Theo investigates the layers of this complicated story, taking us beyond the Ryder box truck carrying the explosives and into the mind of the man who perpetrated one of the most evil acts in American history.

10. St. Valentine's Day Massacre

April 25, 2022

Al Capone and a turf war triggered by American thirst for liquor turns into the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which was a bloody execution in a garage in downtown Chicago in 1929.

9. Bloody Sunday

April 18, 2022

How John Lewis led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday.

8. Challenger Disaster

April 11, 2022

With an audience of 2.5 million school children, the Challenger exploded in the sky, taking the lives of seven astronauts; with red flags and multiple chances to stop it, exploring why the Challenger ever took off.

7. Lincoln's Assassination

March 28, 2022

Theo Wilson time travels to 1865 and immerses himself in the events that lead John Wilkes Booth to hatch a plan to kill President Abraham Lincoln. Wilson uncovers a series of surprising moments, from a sibling rivalry to Booth's first encounter with Lincoln, which sharpened Booth's hatred for the president and led to him to murder Lincoln just when the United States of America needed the 16th President most. Featuring insights from leading historians.

6. Killer In The White City

March 21, 2022

Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1893 Chicago, finding himself in the lair of America's first famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes. But how did Holmes become such a prolific murderer? Theo follows Holmes dark road from conman, to the owner of a fiendishly engineered "murder castle," where he hunts his victims in the convenient shadow of the World's Columbian Exposition.

5. Battle Of Stalingrad

March 14, 2022

Theo Wilson time-travels to the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942, where the underdog Russian army is about to pull off a victory that will turn the tide of the war in favor of Allied forces.

4. Salem Witch Trials

March 7, 2022

Theo Wilson travels back in time to Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 where the village is self-destructing over allegations of witchcraft amongst dozens of its citizens.

3. Chernobyl Disaster

February 28, 2022

Theo Wilson time-travels to Russia on April 26th, 1986, as workers at the Chernobyl nuclear plant are in the throes of a disaster that will put the lives of millions of Soviet citizens and Europeans in jeopardy. From ground zero, Wilson explores the decisions and cover ups by the Soviets before, during and after the meltdown at the reactor, which still smolders today.

2. Johnstown: America's Deadliest Flood

February 21, 2022

Theo Wilson time-travels back to 1889 to the bucolic river shores of Johnstown, Pa., where the biggest flood in U.S. history is about to be unleashed.

1. Hindenburg Disaster

February 20, 2022

Theo Wilson travels back in time to 1937, finding himself aboard the world's most luxurious airship, the Hindenburg, where he must solve the mystery of what leads to its fiery fall from the sky--the first epic disaster ever caught on moving film.

Description

I Was There is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (12 episodes). The series first aired on February 20, 2022.

Where to Watch I Was There

I Was There is available for streaming on the History website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch I Was There on demand at Philo, Amazon, History, Vudu, Google Play and Apple TV.