Mysteries at the Museum: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mysteries at the Museum Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Brinks Heist, Saddam's Spider Hole, Ringdocus
Apr 17, 2012
Uncover the mysteries behind the largest armed robbery in US history, discover where Saddam Hussein was captured, and discover whether or not James Dean's car was really evil.
The Donner Party, the Shoe Bomber, FDR’s Cane
Apr 24, 2012
Don Wildman travels the country inspecting a 100-year-old tissue sample that sent a doctor to the gallows, a collection of birds killed by a mysterious epidemic and the kettle used
DB Cooper, Great Molasses Flood, Buddy Holly Curse
May 1, 2012
Don learns about one of the nation's weirdest industrial disasters, inspects the wax likeness of an airplane hijacker and examines a pair of sunglasses once worn by a rock-and-roll
Einstein's Brain, Morgan Affair, Brass Knuckles
May 8, 2012
Don Wildman examines sketches that depict otherworldly creatures said to have descended upon a Kentucky farm, a set of brass knuckles that protected a great president from a nefari
Reagan's Limousine, Keely’s Motor
May 15, 2012
Don Wildman examines an armored limousine that played a central role in an assassination attempt, a giant book filled with vivid illustrations of mysterious birds, and the only kno
Roanoke, Edgar Allan Poe, Greenbrier
May 22, 2012
Don Wildman investigates a lock of hair linked to Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious death, a sunken space capsule that provides clues to a NASA disaster, and a controversial medical man
Black Dahlia, French Angel, Sterling Hall Bombing
May 29, 2012
Don Wildman examines a mysterious box that holds clues to Hollywood's most infamous unsolved murder, inspects the strange bust of a grotesque figure and investigates a notorious an
Hitchcock's Birds, Hope Diamond, Phineas Gage
Jun 5, 2012
Don Wildman inspects a jar of strange, preserved creatures that helped inspire one of the scariest horror films of all time, admires a legendary blue diamond and examines the shatt
Chowchilla Kidnapping, Texas City Disaster
Jun 12, 2012
Don Wildman investigates how a school bus became involved in the largest kidnapping for ransom in US history, examines a deadly industrial accident, and seeks to unlock the mystery
James Bond, La Belle Shipwreck, Polio Vaccine
Jun 19, 2012
Don Wildman investigates a vial tied to a daring medical experiment, a barrel that provides clues to a centuries-old shipwreck and a plaster molding that some say is proof of a mys
Roulette Computer, LA Shootout, Brooklyn Enigma
Jun 26, 2012
Don Wildman investigates a wearable computer used in a gaming scheme, a bizarre weapon of war that’s controlled by pigeons and a custom-made suit of armor that helped perpetuate th
Easter Island, The Red Ghost
Jul 10, 2012
Don Wildman inspects the uniform worn by a highly unorthodox doctor, an antique bell linked to a monstrous creature and a monolith that may hold the key to the downfall of an ancie