Shadows and Dust: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Gone but not forgotten. From the Peking Man to fugitive DB Cooper, from Columbus's sunken Santa Maria to Cambyses's vanished armies, history's missing pieces evade recapture. Ensnared in illicit dealings, cloaked in myth and rumour, hunted by the masses, phantom fragments inspire obsession and theories of sabotage, miscalculation, and worlds undone without warning. How did we allow these precious relics to slip from our grasp? And what, if anything, is left to be found? Investigators follow trails through the past, sifting through desert sands for ancient armour, combing coral reefs for traces of first contact and parsing FBI profiles for new suspects. Amid cloak and dagger rendezvous, forgotten testimonies, and new studies, are we on the verge of great rediscovery?

Series details

• Title: Shadows and Dust
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2026-09-14
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Super Channel Quest
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 94760
• IMDb ID: tt43589297

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-09-14; final listed air date 2026-10-26; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shadows and Dust 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.