World War Speed

The story of 350 American POWs held at a reclusive and secret concentraion camp administered by the Nazi regime.

This story follows one man's quest to uncover the origins and reveal the mysteries of a possible Holocaust artifact some historians now say never existed: lampshades made of human skin. When the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina receded, they left behind a wrecked New Orleans and a strange looking lamp that an illicit dealer claimed was 'made from the skin of Jews.'

It’s long been known that German soldiers used a methamphetamine called Pervitin during WWII. But have tales of Nazis on speed obscured the massive use of stimulants by British and American troops? Did total war unleash the world’s first pharmacological arms race? And in the face of industrial slaughter, what role did drugs play in combat? Historian James Holland is on a quest to dig deeper and unearth the truth behind 'World War Speed'.

Scientists investigate the case of bank robbers, Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin, who in 1962 tried to escape from Alcatraz only to vanish in the stormy waters surrounding the prison island. Could they have survived?