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10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in September 2024

Do you need some free television to watch this month? HISTORY Play has got you covered with 10 free episodes from some incredibly popular shows!

Image: The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd

HISTORY Play is the number one place to catch up on incredible award-winning documentaries and factual television shows. New original seasons are being added every month, so you never have to watch the same show twice.

The extensive catalogue is available across Amazon Prime Video Channels, YouTube Primetime Channels and Apple TV Channels in the UK, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands for just £3.99 per month. Every month, 10 episodes are available to watch for free, so you can get a taste of the variety of content on HISTORY Play.

Make sure you act fast though because the free offer on these episodes must end on 30 September.

The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd – Season 1, Episode 1

Every mind-bending episode of The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd opens up a cabinet of curiosities to reveal the strangest true stories in human history. These seemingly-fictitious stories all actually happened, so watch as they are brought to life before your eyes. It’s a bizarro barrage of people, places and events that proves how weird our world can be.

Episode one looks at the world’s strangest places and the unbelievable things that have happened there. It’s time to explore the Lake Michigan Triangle and many other wild and weird places, including a creepy doll-filled island, and caves that harbour deadly viruses.

Ultimate Mysteries – Season 1, Episode 1

Ultimate Mysteries explores the paranormal and supernatural mysteries that have never been solved – taking a deeper look into the stories and theories that surround them. In addition, new facts and findings will bring many of these mysteries to a new light and closer to finally being solved.

The opening episode unravels the mysteries where people simply vanished into thin air, from the prisoners who escaped Alcatraz to the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

UFO Files – Season 1, Episode 1

UFO Files investigate facts and myths surrounding UFO sightings in every corner of the world. Audiences hear evidence and eyewitness accounts and explore the mysteries of what happened.

What would happen if a UFO actually did land on Earth and humans found it? In episode one, engineers try to answer this question by creating a ‘spaceship’ to see how alien technology would work.

Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified – Season 1, Episode 1

Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified shows how, despite recent denials, the significance of UFO sightings has been analysed and discussed at the highest level of government since the end of WWII.

The first episode looks into Project Blue Book, a US government plan that came into being during the Cold War. It aimed to gather and analyse UFO observations, but, to this day, many cases still raise questions.

The Proof Is Out There – Season 2, Episode 1

The Proof Is Out There investigates the world’s most mysterious videos, photos and audio recordings to try and render a credible verdict. Journalist Tony Harris takes nothing for granted in his quest for answers as he calls out the hoaxes in an attempt to better understand our world.

Season two kicks off with an episode all about UFOs caught on camera, as Tony Harris separates the fact from the fiction.

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies – Season 1, Episode 1

Craig Charles: UFO Conspiracies follows the long-time UFO enthusiast as he scrutinises compelling evidence relating to some of the most perplexing UFO encounters. With the help of astrophysicist Sarah Cruddas, Craig asks if the unexplained aerial phenomena prowling our skies are extra-terrestrial.

The first episode investigates whether or not a UFO was shot down by the RAF above South Wales in February 2016. Craig and Sarah examine the evidence as they try to discover if it really was an extra-terrestrial event.

Mission Unexplained - Season 1, Episode 1

With the recent declassification of military records, service women and men are coming forward for the first time to share eyewitness tales of unexplained events from the front lines – events for which no training could have prepared them. From mystifying lights to terrifying apparitions and mechanical mysteries, this series launches viewers into the action in an immersive way.

Episode one of Mission Unexplained presents the stories of an Air Force Police Officer who sees a strange aircraft near a shimmering light before developing cancer, and a staff sergeant who was shocked after seeing a shadowy figure.

The Curse of Oak Island - Season 11, Episode 1

The Curse of Oak Island is one of the most popular shows on HISTORY Play. Rick and Marty Lagina attempt to uncover the mysteries of Oak Island, a small land mass in Nova Scotia. Local experts help them explore the history, mythology and geography of the island to find out what is hiding beneath the surface.

In the special opening episode of the groundbreaking new season, Rick and Marty relaunch their quest to solve the Oak Island mystery. It doesn’t take long for them to start seeing some success as they make a number of the most historic discoveries ever unearthed in North America.

Encounter: UFO – Season 1, Episode 1

Encounter: UFO is a brand-new series that brings to vivid life the most incredible UFO sightings of the modern era. Combining the most compelling visual evidence with the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, this is a show that takes the biggest mysteries of our time and turns them into edge-of-the-seat viewing.

Episode one looks at the regular people, all around the world in the most ordinary places, who are spotting UFOs every day. This includes a security guard who saw something in the sky one night that changed his life forever.

Forged In Fire – Season 9, Episode 18

Forged In Fire is the hottest competition on television as world-class bladesmiths compete to recreate history’s most iconic edged weapons. In each episode, four of the finest bladesmiths put their skills and reputations on the line as they try to avoid elimination and win the $10,000 prize.

This free episode focuses on supersized weapons, as four smiths are asked to salvage steel from a massive railroad track to make their signature big blades. Which one will rise to the colossal challenge and take home the money?