Mysteries of the Unknown

There was "Mysteries at the Museum" and now "Mysteries of the Unknown". Different names, same format. I found the original series interesting, but also noted "inaccuracies" in some of the offered segments that I had some familiarity with. An "oddity" from a WW-II segment in the earlier series has stuck in my mind. It's a picture of a group of helmeted soldiers aiming flintlock rifles. Whatta hoot. I assume the series developers inserted that "Easter Egg" picture as a joke. I DO find the episodes interesting and enjoyable to watch most of the time.

We would really enjoy Mysteries of the unknown. But the background music or NOISE is WAY TOO LOUD. PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM. ASAP!!!! Why do we always continue to have this issue?

Over time, while watching episodes of these programs under various titles such as "Mysteries at the Museum" etc, I have noticed many, many inaccuracies. A prime example is an episode aired April 4, 2020 on the attempt by Swedish engineer, Salmon Andree to reach the North Pole by balloon. This episode represented Mr. Andre as having made his attempt by hot-air balloon, when in fact, he used hydrogen. I have also noticed that costumes supposedly representing a particular era are not of that era at all. I have seen episodes in which soldiers were armed with muskets when in fact they should have had rifles. If we cannot trust the accuracy of these details, how are we supposed to believe the accuracy of anything represented in this series.

An interesting selection of historical or quasi-historical episodes. However, every time I see the simulation of an event and US Civil War officers are wearing 20th century shoulder boards from the US Navy or WWII combatants are carrying muskets, I have to wonder just how small is the costuming budget for this show. And . . . Please get an actual paleontologist involved or at least somebody who knows the difference between a trilobite and a brachiopod.

This happens many times. Just watched the episode about the Lost Battalion (Season 2, Episode 25). Whittlesey was a MAJOR. The person portraying him not only had a dress uniform on, which would not be worn in the combat situation but had the eagles of a full bird colonel on his shoulders. This kind of stuff happens ALL THE TIME when this show portrays U. S. Military personnel. Please do some better research. I would think that you could get correct info just by doing a little better research. Makes me wonder about the correctness of other things. We enjoy the show but these kinds of mistakes take away from it.