River Monsters

2009 • Animal Planet
4.7
1.81K reviews
TV-14
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Seasons 1-9 episodes (61)

1 Season 1 Episode 1: Alligator Gar
4/19/09
Season-only
In the deep South is a fish reputed to have committed a series of violent attacks on humans. This creature is said to be as vicious as a shark, big as a ‘gator. Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Texas to reveal the truth about the notorious Aligator Gar
2 Season 1 Episode 2: European Maneater
4/26/09
Season-only
Wade travels to Germany where he meets victims of a beast that has been raising its snout above the surface of freshwaters in Europe for the past 700 years. We discover that the Wels catfish is an aggressive predator of man eating proportions.
3 Season 1 Episode 3: Piranha
4/5/09
Season-only
In 1976 a packed coach crashed into the Amazon killing 39 people. By the time the bodies were pulled out by rescuers some had been so viciously mutilated by Piranhas they could only be identified by their clothes.
4 Season 1 Episode 4: Amazon Flesh Eaters
5/10/09
Season-only
A man swallowed whole by a fish, a body eaten alive from within. Another penetrated in a most unnatural fashion, yet more with multiple stab wounds. Jeremy Wade is in pursuit of some of the Amazon's most notorious flesh eaters.
5 Season 1 Episode 5: Amazon Assassins
5/3/09
Season-only
In the darkest depths of the Amazon lurks a dinosaur. Legends tell of an evil spirit inhabiting an enormous fish. Taller than a man, it is covered in scales and crushes its prey with a tongue made of bone. Jeremy Wade encounters the legendary Arapaima.
6 Season 1 Episode 6: Freshwater Shark
5/17/09
Season-only
No fish inspires the same terror as the shark. A creature with an insatiable hunger for brutal violence. But at least these killers are confined to the oceans. Or are they? Expert angler Jeremy Wade investigates the deadly Bullshark.
7 Season 2 Episode 1: Death Ray
4/25/10
Season-only
Jeremy Wade heads to The Mekong River in Thailand in search of one of the world's largest, most terrifying river fish, the Giant Freshwater Stingray. Armed with a venomous 10 inch barbed tail, this 700-pound monster tests Jeremy to his physical limit.
8 Season 2 Episode 2: Killer Snakehead
5/2/10
Season-only
Angler Jeremy Wade sets his sights on an aggressive Far Eastern predator that's now invading America's backyards. Accused of homicide, and said to breathe air and crawl on land, the Snakehead is a monster that sounds more like a gangster than a fish.
9 Season 2 Episode 3: Congo Killer
5/9/10
Season-only
Jeremy Wade travels to one of the few rivers left on earth that will still test a fisherman. The Congo, a river steeped in legends, and soaked in violence. One spirit in particular is said to lure fishermen from their boats to their death.
10 Season 2 Episode 4: Alaskan Horror
5/16/10
Season-only
Extreme angler, Jeremy Wade, searches for the lethal lake monster of native legend that's been dragging people down to an icy grave for centuries. Jeremy ends up landing the largest fish he's ever caught, but is this the monster?
11 Season 2 Episode 5: Rift Valley Killers
5/23/10
Season-only
Jeremy Wade is on a quest to Africa's Rift Valley, to explore the roots of fishing and the monsters these first fishermen faced.
12 Season 2 Episode 6: Hidden Predator
5/30/10
Season-only
The biggest Bull Shark ever recorded was caught in South Africa, in a river. Was this monsterous freshwater catch a horrifying fluke, or are there more shark giants prowling this river? Jeremy Wade heads to South Africa to see if he can land a monster!
13 Season 2 Episode 7: Demon Fish
5/31/10
Season-only
Jeremy Wade journeys to the infamous Congo River in Africa in search of the world's most ferocious fish. This supernatural monster predator pushes Jeremy to his physical and mental limit. It requires all of his skills and the help of a witch doctor.
14 Season 3 Episode 1: The Mutilator
4/10/11
Season-only
Jeremy Wade travels to Papua New Guinea to investigate a spate of bizarre deaths on the Sepik River. An island renowned for cannibalism, macabre rituals, and head hunters, Wade is on the trail of creature reported to devour certain male body parts.
15 Season 3 Episode 2: Flesh Ripper
4/17/11
Season-only
Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a mysterious man-eater described over two hundred years ago by a famous explorer. Is the eight-foot beast in question a mere legend, or could it be the same, flesh and blood creature that has attacked divers and children?
16 Season 3 Episode 3: Silent Assassin
4/24/11
Season-only
Jeremy Wade travels to the Paraná River in the remote corner of Argentina to investigate the death of a young girl. This creature is not armed with bone crunching jaws or razor sharp teeth but a razor-sharp blade tipped with tissue destroying venom.
17 Season 3 Episode 4: Chainsaw Predator
5/1/11
Season-only
Angler Jeremy Wade heads to the Australian outback to try and catch the rare and fearsome Freshwater Sawfish. This shadowy predator is said to be 18 feet long and attacks boats - but does the fact that it could slash Jeremy to shreds make it a killer?
18 Season 3 Episode 5: Electric Executioner
5/15/11
Season-only
Jeremy Wade travels to Brazil's 'wild west' in search of a river monster that has killed three cowboys. Jeremy finally corners his elusive prey in the most unexpected place. All he has to do then is catch it, without getting killed.
19 Season 3 Episode 6: Cold Blooded Horror
5/22/11
Season-only
Jeremy Wade travels to Japan, to try and uncover the truth behind two of their most extraordinary River Monster legends. He is about to discover a monster like nothing he has ever encountered before.
20 Season 3 Episode 7: Jungle Killer
5/30/11
Season-only
Jeremy Wade sets out to discover the true river monster of South America. Piranha get all the press. There's a more fearsome predator lurking in its rivers? Tipped off by an attack on a diver, Jeremy soon discovers that there is a real monster to find.
21 Season 4 Episode 1: American Killers
4/1/12
Season-only
Angler Jeremy Wade normally travels into the most remote regions searching for freshwater monsters, but recently he's been getting reports of killers from an unexpected location. This two-hour special follows Wade's investigation of America's killers.
22 Season 4 Episode 2: Pack of Teeth
4/8/12
Season-only
From the Okavango swamps in southern Africa there are stories of a piranha-like fish that hunts in marauding packs, tearing into other fish, and even human flesh. Angler Jeremy Wade heads into the watery labyrinth to track down this deadly swarm.
23 Season 4 Episode 3: Invisible Executioner
4/15/12
Season-only
Jeremy Wade takes on Africa's wild Zambezi River to unmask an invisible predator that's dragging fisherman to their deaths. Crocs and hippos are guilty of killing many in plain view, yet it seems there's another monster stalking these deadly waters.
24 Season 4 Episode 4: Asian Slayer
4/22/12
Season-only
Angler Jeremy Wade returns to the remote rivers of India's Himalayas to investigate a fresh spate of savage attacks. Jeremy thinks he knows the perpetrator's identity, but his plans to catch the monster hit trouble when he learns it's a sacred animal.
25 Season 4 Episode 5: Russian Killer
5/6/12
Season-only
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Russia's remote Amur River, where the mysterious deaths of three men appear to be linked with a reclusive freshwater giant. The prime suspect is a predator that can top a ton and exceed eighteen feet in length.
26 Season 4 Episode 6: Mongolian Mauler
5/13/12
Season-only
When he hears of a recent bloody attack in a remote Mongolian river, angler Jeremy Wade wonders if it could be the work of a giant fish so rare that it's more legend than fact. Pound for pound, this man-sized monster is said to be one of the strongest.
27 Season 4 Episode 7: Phantom Assassin
5/20/12
Season-only
Jeremy Wade returns to Australia's predator-packed Fitzroy River in search of one of the world's rarest and least known fish - the Northern River Shark. It's so elusive that only twenty have ever been caught.
28 Season 4 Episode 8: Lair of Giants
5/28/12
Season-only
Jeremy Wade explores the hostile wildness of the Essequibo, Guyana's largest river and one of South Americas best kept secrets. Armed with only old journals and his rod, Jeremy is on a mission to discover if monsters of the past still exist.
29 Season 5 Episode 1: Atomic Assassin
4/14/13
Season-only
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a monster that leads him to the site of the worst nuclear accident in history - Chernobyl. In a nerve-shredding race against radiation and time, he searches for the perpetrator of a series of grizzly attacks.
30 Season 5 Episode 2: Killer Torpedo
4/21/13
Season-only
Angler Jeremy Wade ventures deep into the heart of Central America in search of a man-sized killer said to leap into boats and cause fatal injuries as it knocks fishermen unconscious and smashes their bones.
31 Season 5 Episode 3: Colombian Slasher
5/5/13
Season-only
Angler Jeremy Wade pushes himself and his gear past breaking point to discover what killed a bride in the Colombian Amazon. Amidst dense jungle and hostage-taking rebels, Jeremy discovers evidence that turns the investigation on its head.
32 Season 5 Episode 4: Vampires of the Deep
5/12/13
Season-only
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade embarks on a punishing mission to the heart of a thundering waterfall in the Pacific Northwest to battle an ancient river monster said to rise from the murky depths to attack swimmers.
33 Season 5 Episode 5: Face Ripper
4/7/13
Season-only
Angler Jeremy Wade investigates his most disturbing case yet - the story of a man who had his face ripped off in a remote Bolivian river. The journey through dangerous jungle ends with a confrontation with one of his oldest adversaries.
34 Season 5 Episode 6: Legend of Loch Ness
5/27/13
Season-only
Jeremy Wade is on a mission to track down the famous monster of Loch Ness, but can he succeed where so many have failed? The journey will take him from the depths of Loch Ness to the volcanoes of Iceland, all in pursuit of the mother of all monsters.
35 Season 6 Episode 1: Amazon Apocalypse
4/6/14
Season-only
Hundreds died when the Sobral Santos sank on the Amazon, many rumored to have been eaten alive. Jeremy Wade retraces the doomed boat's last voyage and faces adversaries, old and new, as he tries to uncover what was behind the Amazon Apocalypse.
36 Season 6 Episode 2: Jungle Terminator
4/13/14
Season-only
Jeremy Wade investigates three mysterious deaths in three South American countries on his most remote mission to date. Will living with a secretive jungle tribe help him discover the terrifying creature responsible?
37 Season 6 Episode 3: River of Blood
4/20/14
Season-only
Investigating reports of a brutal riverside mutilation, Jeremy Wade heads to remote wetlands. There, he comes face to face with one of South America's greatest freshwater fighters and uncovers the slasher stalking Argentina's River of Blood.
38 Season 6 Episode 4: Man-Eating Monster
5/4/14
Season-only
For years Jeremy Wade has hunted a legendary Amazon giant. Locals call it the lau-lau - a creature said to swallow men whole. The evidence he needs, a single colossal specimen, has so far eluded him. But this time he's not coming back without one.
39 Season 6 Episode 5: Bone Crusher
5/18/14
Season-only
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the trail of a new river monster after a corpse is found with highly unusual injuries. He also uncovers a spate of disappearances and a mysterious creature patrolling the water. Are all three things connected?
40 Season 6 Episode 6: Body Snatcher
5/26/14
Season-only
Jeremy Wade has heard tales of a body-snatching spirit that locals call the Water Mama. Now, people are disappearing without trace from these waters and Jeremy is convinced there is a real flesh and blood River Monster lurking behind the legend.
41 Season 7 Episode 1: Canadian Horror
4/5/15
Season-only
From Canada's waterlogged wilderness come stories of a twenty-foot lake monster that attacks humans. Freshwater detective Jeremy Wade tries to track down this shadowy predator with a mouth said to resemble a bear-trap.
42 Season 7 Episode 2: Mekong Mutilator
4/12/15
Season-only
A disturbing report from Southeast Asia, of something in the water that's sliced cleanly through a young man's testicle, is enough to lure freshwater detective Jeremy Wade to the shores of the Mekong - a river long renowned for its monstrous fish.
43 Season 7 Episode 3: Prehistoric Terror
4/19/15
Season-only
Jeremy Wade is on the trail of horrifying killers from the depths of time. Fearsome, prehistoric beasts are brought back to life using cutting edge technology and recently unearthed fossils in a quest to find the greatest river monster of all time.
44 Season 7 Episode 4: Alaska's Cold Water Killer
4/26/15
Season-only
For years fishermen have been vanishing in Alaska's remote and unforgiving wilderness - their deaths unseen, their bodies never found. For freshwater detective Jeremy Wade, a recent fatal incident sends him on a search for possible suspects.
45 Season 7 Episode 5: South Pacific Terrors
5/10/15
Season-only
In Fiji, people are coming under attack from unseen assailants in the water, but it's not clear if there are multiple culprits, or a single persistent perpetrator. Jeremy Wade battles tropical storms and thick jungle in an all-out search for a culprit.
46 Season 7 Episode 6: Africa's Deadliest
5/17/15
Season-only
Jeremy Wade returns to Africa's Okavango Delta to investigate a pack-hunting carnivore blamed for mauling the victims of a capsized boat. This time, Jeremy decides to put on his dive gear and offer himself as live bait in croc-infested waters.
47 Season 7 Episode 101: Season 7 Sneak Peek + 100 Miles From Nowhere Sneak Peek
3/30/15
Season-only
Sometimes the only way to hunt the monster, is to become the monster. The all-new River Monsters episodes are going to blow your mind. Tune in Sundays at 9/8c. Plus bonus 100 Miles from Nowhere Sneak Peek
48 Season 8 Episode 1: Deep Sea Demon
4/7/16
Season-only
Extreme angler and underwater detective Jeremy Wade goes in search of the real creature behind the enduring legend of the sea serpent - starting with a violent attack in the English Channel, and culminating in the dark depths of the Mediterranean Sea.
49 Season 8 Episode 2: Death Down Under
4/14/16
Season-only
When six men vanish in the remote waters of northern Australia, extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels to the scene and embarks on one of his toughest investigations yet - taking on some of the deadliest animals on the planet in his search for a suspect.
50 Season 8 Episode 3: Razorhead
4/21/16
Season-only
Something is terrorizing the Florida Keys, attacking both visitors and locals alike - striking its victims so violently it is slicing open flesh, even smashing bones. Jeremy Wade is determined to identity the assailant, but is quickly out of his depth.
51 Season 8 Episode 4: Terror in Paradise
5/5/16
Season-only
In the West Indies, tales of swimmers being ripped from the surface of the islands' blue holes have been attributed to a monster known as the Lusca - half shark, half octopus. Extreme angler Jeremy Wade's investigation takes him to dangerous new depths.
52 Season 8 Episode 5: Invisible Killers
5/12/16
Season-only
Jeremy Wade has hunted down freshwater killers for 30 years, but those waters are infested with darker, deadlier creatures - parasites.
53 Season 8 Episode 6: Devil of the Deep
5/26/16
Season-only
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade's cases usually involve freshwater culprits, but with multiple reports of a deep water serial killer in Mexico's ‘Sea of Cortez', he must step out of his comfort zone and into unchartered depths in search of the red devil.
54 Season 9 Episode 1: Killers from the Abyss
4/23/17
Season-only
Fishing detective, Jeremy Wade, embarks on the biggest and most complex investigation of his career; to unravel the mystery of what happened to the passengers of a ship torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic during World War II.
55 Season 9 Episode 2: Ice Cold Killer
4/30/17
Season-only
When a sea monster washes up on an English beach, Jeremy Wade sets off to unmask the beast. His journey will take him to the ice sheets of Greenland and the fjords of Norway, where he races against the Arctic storm threatening to end his quest
56 Season 9 Episode 3: Coral Reef Killer
5/7/17
Season-only
When a snorkeler is impaled and killed by an unseen underwater assailant in the waters surrounding the tropical island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, Jeremy Wade travels to the remote islands to investigate a spate of similar attacks across the region.
57 Season 9 Episode 4: Return of the Killer Catfish
5/14/17
Season-only
Jeremy Wade investigates a case in Nepal that sounds strangely familiar - a lone fisherman dragged off his feet and into a mountain river by an unseen creature. Could the the original river monster, the goonch catfish, be back from the brink?
58 Season 9 Episode 5: Volcanic Island Terror
5/21/17
Season-only
On a volcanic island in the Pacific, a fishing community is being terrorized by something in the water that's left behind a trail of bloodied victims. The only clue they have to the attacker's identity are the large puncture wounds it's left behind.
59 Season 9 Episode 6: Malaysian Lake Monster
5/28/17
Season-only
After two men vanish from a remote lake in Malaysia, Jeremy Wade sets out to track down the possible culprit. A trail of evidence leads Jeremy into an ancient rainforest, where an old adversary lies in wait.
60 Season 9 Episode 101: Final Season Sneak Peek
4/10/17
Season-only
Check out this sneak peak of the final season of River Monsters. Jeremy will embark on his greatest adventure, which just happens to be his last.
61 Season 9 Episode 102: Jeremy's Monster Story
5/29/17
Season-only
In this special episode, Jeremy reveals brand new personal insights and untold stories behind the most epic and challenging adventures of his 'River Monsters 'career.

About this show

In River Monsters, join host, biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade, as he catches the extraordinary and supersized fish that lurk in our planet's rivers and lakes. Traveling the globe and risking his life, he searches for mysterious freshwater predators, on a mission to test the myths surrounding these almost supernatural creatures.

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4.7
1.81K reviews
Drum Blanket
May 29, 2013
So I get this episode on the legend of loch ness and Douchbag Mctavish decides hes gonna go to Iceland and then to Norway looking for a shark. Such a misleading title as he only spends a total of 20 minutes air time in Scotland looking for the creature. All the rest of the show is his galavanting around in search of some other creature and when he finds it there are no solid answers given. Just a ''ok thanks for watching '' type of ending with no resolve. If I could use this show for toilet paper, I would!
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Gabriel Lucatero
November 25, 2013
Awesome show. Even if you're not an angler yourself, or even remotely interested in fishing, this show is great. It's more about the animal he focuses on, and it's story than anything else.
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Casey Casselberry
May 25, 2013
Why do I friken need wifi to watch a show. I'm about to go on a friken 8 hour plane ride and I want something to watch. Please help me with this....I even purchased in HD.
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