Beyond the Unknown

These are not new stories. They are resorted stories from Mysteries at the Museum. If you've watched most of the MATM episodes, don't waste your time watching these.

This series is Mysteries at the Museum with a different title. Why bother?

The show was apparently created by a guy that liked telling little kids that there was a Santa Claus, since that's basically what it is: The backstory of a legend followed by revealing a mundane explanation. That's OK, though. It beats the 'push a conspiracy theory with no rational thought attached' crap out there. So, that alone makes it watchable.

Where it becomes unintentionally hilarious is at the end of every segment, they show some object from a museum that you would think would be part of the story. But most of the time, it's an item "reminiscent of the actual item". It just seems incredibly lazy and pointless, especially since actual artifacts from many of the stories actually exist...in museums!

My favorite was the segment on Lake Nyos in Cameroon that suffered a linnie carbon dioxide) eruption. The issue was fixed by sticking a few pipes deep in the lake. What do they show us? A plain old PVC pipe from a plumbing museum in Massachusetts. Why?

As others have said, there are also plenty of fact and costuming inaccuracies, but these don't bother me as much as they apparently bother some people. Geez.

It's an enjoyable show, but they need to fact check their research before airing. In almost every episode there are multiple inconsistencies or incorrect parts. Ie; in S3-Ep10, the mystery of Ambrose Small - he (and his theatre) was from London Ontario, not Toronto Ontario. So when they say they dredged the lake in Toronto, that makes no sense.

I'd like to correct a review about Season 3, Ep10, The Disappearance of Ambrose Small. Where the reviewer says there is an inconsistency because Ambrose Small disappeared from the Grand Theatre in London, not Toronto.

I just watched the episode, and they actually reported it correctly. Small was last seen in the Grand Opera House at 11 Adelaide St. West in Toronto which he had sold that very day along with other theatres across the country including one in London. But the Grand Opera House was where Small kept his office, and it is some 3 blocks away from the Toronto Harbour so it does make sense that the Toronto police would dredge the harbour.

Grand Opera House, not to be confused with the Grand Theatre.