Dark Marvels: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Since the dawn of civilization through modern times, humankind's capacity for cruelty and darkness has known no bounds. Dark Marvels is a documentary series that explores the history and engineering behind the world's most diabolical inventions. From devious torture and death devices, to terrifying weapons of war, sinister spy tools, and games that kill, these are the fascinating origin stories of the innovations that emerged from the darkest recesses of the most wicked minds.

Compelling expert interviews, evocative recreations, archival footage, and premium 3D graphics unpack the twisted tales behind these nefarious technologies, their creators, and the historical figures who succumbed to their lethality. It's a heart-pounding probe into evil ingenuity, that shows the darkest marvel of all is the human imagination.

Series details

• Title: Dark Marvels
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2023-07-10
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: History
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 62 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 69447

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-07-10; final listed air date 2023-08-21; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Dark Marvels on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.