Mary Pickford, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey attained positions of wealth and power that few celebrities will ever achieve.

  Experts probe to ascertain whether they could have survived the icy waters of Devil's Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, which had evil spirits according to the Amerindians.

  The Amityville Horror was perhaps history's most famous haunting. Investigators use new technology to prove that these demonic spirits not only exist but also have taken over a new location.

  The investigators visit the Everglades of Florida where pet pythons have escaped and are multiplying and growing to huge sizes, preying on various animals, including an alligator.

  Venom, a deadly natural weapon, has independently evolved in diverse creatures. Bryan Fry shows how the the inland taipan has converted the building blocks of its body into lethal toxins.

  In the history of life on earth, sex is the ultimate survival skill, as the bottom line is reproduce or die. This driving force of life comes in many forms. How will sex evolve in the future?

  Jason and Bill visit Japan to learn Judo techniques; a world champion judoka gives the hosts match-winning tactics; a samurai descendant describes how judo and ju-jitsu differ.

  The pressure to survive has resulted in changing shapes. Explore the evolution of animal shape and how a slight alteration of a leg or head can mean the difference between life and extinction.