Credits
TV CREDITS:
2009 Death Masks (The History Channel)
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Writer of 2-hour marquee special weaving stories of historical figures with cutting edge technology to bring life and death mask to life and create a new paradigm for THC documentaries
2009 Secrets of the Founding Fathers (The History Channel)
Writer of 2-hour marquee special about little known political connections, sexual liaisons and influence of secret societies on founding fathers – Original Air Date: 06.29.09
2008 What Went Wrong: The Death of Steve Fossett (Discovery Channel)
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Writer of 1-hour documentary about discovery of Fossett remains and forensic study of crash site –
2 week turnaround
2008 The Wedding Planners (WE Network)
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Writer of four 1-hour episodes for reality docu-follow series about wedding planners
2008 Investigation X: Siberian Apocalypse (Discovery Channel)
Producer/Writer of 1-hour documentary – mounting scientific investigation to Siberian wilderness to search for possible causes of mysterious 1908 explosion – Original Air Date: 11.10.08
2008 Investigation X: Spontaneous Human Combustion (Discovery Channel)
Producer/Writer of 1-hour documentary – mounting scientific investigation into “reality” of burning death phenomenon known as SHC – Spontaneous Human Combustion – Original Air Date: 10.27.08
2008 Investigation X: UFO Outbreak (Discovery Channel)
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Producer/Writer of 1-hour documentary – mounting scientific investigation into “reality” of burning death phenomenon known as SHC – Spontaneous Human Combustion – Original Air Date: 10.13.08
2007 Military Miracles (The History Channel)
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Writer of 1-hour pilot on miraculous occurrences during taking of Baghdad in Operation Iraqi Freedom
2002-2007 Mail Call [Series] (The History Channel)
Writer of more than 400 segments (8 seasons) for this popular series of ½ hour and 1-hour shows about military history and hardware, including all host wraps and stand-ups for host R. Lee Ermey
This is such a HUGE list, even with dozens of the 400 episodes missing, you can take a look at this 5-year time-slice of my life gallivanting around the planet with “Gunny” (R. Lee Ermey) and the crew HERE and then pop right back…
2002-2006 Mail Call [Specials] (The History Channel)
Writer of the following 1- and 2-hour specials hosted by R. Lee Ermey:
War in the Pacific (2-hour comprehensive history of Pacific Theater in WWII)
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Gulf Coast Disaster (focus on military effort in wake of Hurricane Katrina - 2-week turnaround!)
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Back to Vietnam (2-hour personal history-based doc shot on location in Vietnam)
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Iwo Jima 60th Anniversary (Shot on location on Guam & Iwo Jima)
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D-Day 60th Anniversary (Recreation-heavy 2-hour special shot on location in France)
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Live from Operation Iraqi Freedom (Live wraps from Kuwait)
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Inside The Pentagon
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Christmas on the Front (History of Christmas holidays in wartime)
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1998-2007 History Channel Specials (The History Channel)
Writer of the following series pilots and documentaries:
Rogue Waves (tie-in with release of “Poseidon”)
First Flight Around the World (2 hours)
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Comanche Warriors (2 hours)
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The History of “War of the Worlds”
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Conquest of Hawaii (2 hours)
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Dirty Work: High-Power Linemen (Series Pilot)
Hombres: The Von Hoffman Brothers (Series Pilot)
Sparta (4 hours)
Apollo 12
The History of Punishment (2 hours)
The True Story of Alien Abduction
The Hell’s Angels
History of Sports I – Combat Sports (2 hours)
History of Sports II – Taming the Games (2 hours)
Natural Mummies
The Alamo Scouts
The Search for Noah’s Ark
American Stonehenge
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Operation Magic Carpet
America’s Secret Societies
America’s Most Secret Agency (history of the NSA – National Security Agency)
The Mysterious Pyramids of Japan (a THC underwater expedition to Yonaguni, Japan)
The Secret Celebrity Files of the FBI
Mind Control (History of CIA’s human mind control experiments)
Area 51 (History of Skunk Works/USAF super-secret testing facility)
Carlos the Jackal
The History of Mars
A Secret Story (Italian-American internment during WWII)
The FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List
The Howard Hughes Hoaxes
Vanished (Bios of George Mallory, Judge Crater, D.B. Cooper, Raoul Wallenberg, Madalyn Murray-O’Hair)
Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Roots of Jewish world conspiracy theory)
The Hitler Diaries
The Alien Hunters (History of deep space exploration)
The Brownsville Raid
2004 Safety Challenge: Street Scams (Court TV)
Writer of 1-hour hidden camera special where former scam artists teach their tricks of their trade:
2000 Joan Lunden: Behind Closed Doors (A&E)
Culinary Institute of America / Maximum Security Prison / Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Writer for these 3 1-hour, single-subject BCDs: Hosted by: Joan Lunden
2000 Travel Channel’s Secrets Of … (The Travel Channel)
Writer of 2 hours: Secrets of Hollywood, Secrets of Las Vegas
2000 Follow the Money (TLC)
Writer for 1-hour special on money in Las Vegas
1999-2000 Beyond Chance (Lifetime)
Sole Writer for pilot, Segment Writer for this 1-hour magazine series of “otherworldly” stories for women
Hosted by: Melissa Etheridge
1999 Exploring the Unknown / XPOSED (Fox Family Channel)
Wrap and Segment Writer for this 1-hour magazine series featuring the debunking of “Sightings”-type stories
Hosted by: Mitch Pileggi
1999 Home for The Holidays (CBS)
Wrap & Segment Writer for this 1-hour music/variety/public affairs special featuring stories about adoption
Hosted by: Steven Spielberg, Candace Bergen, Rene Russo, Ray Liotta, Morgan Freeman, etc.
1992-1998 Sightings (Fox/Synd/Sci-Fi)
Sole Writer of over 100 episodes for this reality-based series about the paranormal
Hosted by: Tim White
1998 When You Believe: Music From the Prince of Egypt (ABC)
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Writer for this 1-hour music/variety special
Hosted by: Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
1998 The Underground Railroad (The History Channel)
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Producer and Writer for this 2-hour THC Special Presentation — Cine Golden Eagle Award – Best Documentary
Hosted by: Alfre Woodard
1998 Danger In Our Skies (UPN)
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Producer and Writer for this 1-hour UPN Special investigating 34 seconds of alleged UFO footage
1998 Abduction: The Real Story (Sci-Fi Channel)
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Producer and Writer for this 2-hour Sightings Special Investigation into alien abduction
1998 Moms of a Lifetime (Lifetime)
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Writer for this 1-hour Special profiling 5 mothers and daughters – Winner: Cable Ace, Best Non-fiction Program
Hosted by: Jane Fonda
INTERNET:
2009 Spot411 “Splainer-Video”
( Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Spot411 and The Cimarron Group)
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NON-FICTION BOOKS:
Sightings (Simon & Schuster, 1996)
Sightings: UFOs (Simon & Schuster, 1997)
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© 2009 Susan H. Michaels. All Rights Reserved.
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