In "City of Blood" we go beneath the streets of London to the many dark, dank places where infamous killers such as Jack the Ripper and Sweeney Todd would hide their nefarious activities from the authorities trying to stop them. We also learn of the body thieves stealing fresh corpses and selling them to medical schools when such bodies were hard to come by legally.
And in "Tunnels of Hell" we learn more of Okinawa during the dark days of World War II. One of the war's bloodiest battles was fought on and off the island's shores and many thousands of soldiers and civilians alike lost their lives fighting for what they believed in. Wildman even dives deep enough with special scuba gear to see one of the U.S. Navy ships downed by kamikaze pilots during the battle, capturing amazing images of the holes blown in the sides of the vessel and the monument placed there much later commemorating the deaths of those on board.
Wildman makes the history of these places come alive through his own narration, interviews with experts, and first-hand accounts of more modern events, making this a fun and educational program. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend you check out Cities of the Underworld on the History Channel and the Cities of the Underworld: The Complete Season Three DVD collection. Who says history has to be boring?
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