Legends & Lies
2015
📺 3 Seasons
🎬 34 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.
Seasons
Season 1
A profile of Jesse James.
Season 2
When the oppressive hand of British rule begins to trample on colonial liberty, a secret group of rebels put their lives on the line to stand up to the crown. The “Sons of Liberty” get their start as smugglers who refuse to pay repressive taxes, but they soon evolve into an underground political force - fighting for American independence. Masterminds Paul Revere and Sam Adams lead the insurgent movement as their treasonous plans - punishable by death – secretly spread throughout the colonies. The simmering tensions erupt into chaos when a British customs agent murders an 11 year-old boy, triggering three days of riots and the infamous Boston Massacre. The American Revolution has begun.
Season 3
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.