Is It Real? (2005)★ 7.1/10
- Documentary
- History
Directed by: Amy Doyle, Noel Dockstader, Cara Biega, Stella Cha, Jonathan Halperin
Written by: Holly Barden Stadtler, Cara Biega, Stella Cha, Heidi Christenson, Chad Cohen
Pre-Monster Quest, this series attempts to debunk some of histories greatest legends. Ranging from mysterious crop circles to the infamous legend of The Russian Bigfoot, are these myths escalated from legendary folklore - Or are they real?
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Cast & crew
Will LymanSelf - Narrator
Ian GregorySelf - Narrator
Joe NickellSelf - Paranormal Investigator
Benjamin RadfordSelf - Managing Editor, Skeptical Inquirer
Kevyn SettleDracula
Liam ShannonNarratorAndrew SpeitelDaniel
Michael ShermerSelf - Psychologist and Direct of 'The Skeptics Society'Richard EllisSelf - Author, 'Imagining Atlantis'Massimo PolidoroSelfLuigi GarlaschelliSelf - ChemistIgor BourtsevaSelf - Bigfoot Researcher
James RandiSelf - Psychic InvestigatorEsteban SarmientoSelf - PrimatologistKazuhiko FukudaSelf - Sleep Researcher
William HenrySelf - Ancient Astronaut Believer
Todd DisotellSelf - Biological AnthrolopologistAdam DaviesSelf - Civil ServantBill RodriguezSelf - Forensic Anthropologist
Larry ArnoldSelf - Author, 'Ablaze'David StezakerAlienRobert PurdySelf - Mott Fire Scene InvestigatorDavid WhiteSelf - Retired AviatorSuzie AmorActorChris McKaySelf - Planetary Scientist, NASA AmesManolo SantallaPhotographerGian QuasarSelf - Author, 'Into the Bermuda Triangle'Angela BellActorPenny BostonSelf - Astrobiologist, New Mexico TechMark BeneckeSelf - Forensic BiologistMarc Aeon BradleyWalter SickertCary TranthamSelf - PilotRobert ZubrinSelf - President, The Mars SocietyKerry SulivanServing WenchAdele WaldackSelf - Burn Victim
John HutchisonSelf - Independent PhysicistAndrew BullivantActorJimmy WhalenJesusMeerschaut KirkSelf - Adele Waldack's ER Physician
Bruce GernonAuthor, 'The Fog'Rosie DrewActorRichard C. HoaglandSelf - Lead Investigator, Enterprise MissionRandahl N. LindgrenJoseph of AramatheaJohn David DeHaanSelf - Fire Scene InvestigatorJames MattinglySelf - Physicist, Georgetown UniversityNatalie EdmondsActorJames GreenBible Man 2Tom FlynnSelf - CSICOPSusanna JonActorNatalie RoseBible Woman 1Derek MerklActor
Seth ShostakSelf - AstronomerMichael T. SettiAngel 1Jim LushineSelf - National Weather Service Meteorologist, RetiredLizzie MillneActorLibertad GreenMary MagdaleneSimon SmedleyActorArthur MarianoSelf - Oceanographer, University of MiamiLarry KuscheSelf - Author, 'The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved'Tracie WallaceActorCarol CollinsSelf - Flight InstructorEverett GibsonSelf - Senior Scientist, NASA JSC
Adrian BlackChristopher ColumbusJames GarvinSelf - Chief Scientist, Goddard Space Center
John LundbergSelf - Circlemaker
David JacobsSelf - Abduction Researcher
Jeffrey MeldrumSelf - Associate Professor of Anatomy & Anthropology
Jaime MaussanSelf - UFO InvestigatorCiarán O'KeeffeSelf - Parapsychologist
John HagelinSelf - Professor of Physics, MUM
Bob HeironimusSelf - Bigfoot ClaimantTim CridlandSelf - American Sideshow Performer
Reg PresleySelf - Musician & UFO Researcher
Bob LarsonSelf - Minister
John WabeSelf - Crop Circle Hoaxer
Rupert SheldrakeSelf - Biologist and AuthorJohn KirkSelf - Author, 'In the Domain of Lake Monsters'Richard WisemanSelf - PsychologistJimmy ChilcuttSelf - Fingerprint Expert
Elizabeth F. LoftusSelf - Cognitive Psychlogist and Memory Expert
Andrew NewbergSelf - NeuroscientistRay HymanSelf - PsychologyJuan MartinezSelf - Prosecuting Attorney, Scott Falater TrialThomas B. AllenSelf - Author, 'Possessed'Scott FalaterSelf - Sleepwalking KillerBetsy Burnett-BelangerSelf - Lemp Mansion Tour GuideAndy ThomasSelf - Crop Circle ResearcherPhil JordanSelf - PsychicChester Moore Jr.Self - Bigfoot HunterPanos T. PappasSelf - SHC Researcher
Bryan BonnerSelf - Rocky Mountain ParanormalArlene GaalSelf - Ogopogo ExpertJim BerklandSelf - GeologistGary SchwartzSelf - Psychologist, University of Arizona
Mark PressmanSelf - Sleep Medicine Services, Lankenau Hospital
Paul LeBlondSelf - Cryptozoologist
Nancy TalbottSelf - Crop Circle ResearcherJoshua PragerSelf - AnesthesiologistPaul VigaySelf - Crop Circle ResearcherM.K. DavisSelf - Bigfoot ResearcherMark MahowaldSelf - Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center
Matthew WilliamsSelf - CirclemakerGeorge A. DillmanSelf - Ninth Degree Black BeltFred TravisSelf - Meditation ResearcherSusan CopeSelf - SleepwalkerMichael KimererSelf - Defense Attorney
Janice CarterSelf - Bigfoot ContacteeDaniel SchmittSelf - AnthropologistSusan ClancySelf - PsychologistSidney K. PierceSelf - BiologistLaura GuzmanSelf - Mycologist
Grant FredericksSelf - Forensic VideographerChris RobinsonSelf - Dream DetectiveRobin AllenSelf - CirclemakerJose Miguel AgostoSelf - EyewitnessNoel FaulknerSelf - Tourette SuffererKevin CarlyonSelf - ExorcistE.L. BousfieldSelf - Research Associate, Royal Ontario MuseumAngi M. ChristensenSelf - Forensic AnthropologistNarendra NayakSelf - Guru BusterIrshaad EbrahimSelf - Director of London Sleep CentreGabriele NanniSelf - Professor, Pontifical University of RomeGraham CopeSelf - Sleepwalker's HusbandBill ClarkSelf - WitnessRicky LummusSelf - RancherDaniel AltschulerSelf - Arecibo ObservatoryAllison CrainAlien #1Tony YouensSelf - Skeptical InvestigatorCarlos Gomez MendozaSelf - Morphologist, National Autonomous University of NicaraguaEmma CopeSelf - Sleepwalker's DaughterBryan FarhaSelf - Psychologist, Oklahoma City UniversityDavid DaeglingSelf - Anthropologist, University of FloridaTed ClaySelf - StatisticianMichael WallaceSelf - Son of Ray WallaceMarlene MartinSelf - WitnessBob IversonSelf - WitnessAndy PavittSelf - Owner of 'The Steadings Hotel', ScotlandDale Lee WallaceSelf - Nephew of Ray WallaceEmma KingSelf - PsychicMasamine SakuraiSelf - Sleep Paralysis PatientLuiseppi QuinonesSelf - Central Ufology AgencyRob ZappSelf - Franklin County Ghost DebunkersBill ClarkSelf - WitnessMotoji IkeyaSelf - PhycistHugh RickardsSelf - NeuropsychiatristBob KratochvilSelf - Agricultural ScientistElna WallaceSelf - Wife of Ray WallaceStephen BenasAlien #2Jorge Luis TalaveraSelf - FarmerJohn CathcartSelf - DetectiveJohn McDonaldSelf - Park RangerJoseph A. MolnarSelf - SurgeonChester Moore Sr.Self - Bigfoot HunterMario Ramírez TorresSelf - UFO WitnessEdmundo TorresSelf - Director of Scientific Research, UNAN-LeonJason LewisSelf - Ghost HunterDavid HughesSelf - FarmerVirgilio Sanchez-OcejoSelf - Miami UFO CenterMark CopeSelf - Sleepwalker's SonMallory LummusSelf - Rancher's DaughterSergio FuentesSelf - UFO WitnessRod FalkSelf - Yogic FlyerRavi CoreaSelf - President, Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation SocietyBob ClarkSelf - WitnessDiane BalichSelf - VeterinarianLeon JaySelf - Eighth Degree Black BeltRebecca CapeSelf - Fire LookoutGerald N. CallahanSelf - SHC ResearcherPaul KolocSelf - PhysicistAchariya SatyanandSelf - GuruAlejandro FranzSelf - UFO InvestigatorJim KunkleSelf - VeterinarianMichel BornemannSelf - Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders CenterPedrarias Davila PradoSelf - Zoologist, National Autonomous University of NicaraguaPrabir GhoshSelf - Guru BusterTom CallenSelf - Astronomy EducatorHerb MarshallSelf - SheriffMark ManningSelf - AACSICHRick O'KelleySelf - DeputyJim SeffrinSelf - Infrared ExpertDavid MoralesSelf - Puerto Rico Agriculture DepartmentGuillermo ArreguinSelf - UFO WitnessDebbie McGillivraySelf - Pet PsychicMichael BlampiedSelf - GeologistKriss StephensSelf - Bigfoot HunterMichelle KarrasSelf - Parrot BehavioristJason GearySelf - Franklin County Ghost DebunkersChris NashSelf - CirclemakerDave RetsickerSelf - DetectiveHoward HallSelf - Clinical PsychologistDaniel DomínguezSelf - UFO InvestigatorMario Mendez-AcostaSelf - SkepticJeremy SternSelf - Chairman, Tourette Syndrome Association
Giorgio A. TsoukalosSelf - Director of Research, LegendaryTimes.com
Patricia CornwellSelf - Author, 'Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed'
Lorraine WarrenSelf - PsychicTracy TwymanSelf - Author, 'The Merovingian Mythos'
Erich von DänikenSelf - Author, 'Chariots of the Gods'
Elizabeth TeissierSelf - AstrologerDon HenrieSelf - Vampire
Lynn PicknettSelf - Co-Author, The Templar Revelation
Salima IkramSelf - Egyptologist, American Univerity in CairoEric H. ClineSelf - Archaeologist, The George Washington University
Martin KempSelf - Art Historian, University of Oxford
Kylie DakotaMissy
Dionicio VirvezNative American
Lloyd PyeSelf - Lead Researcher, Starchild Project
Clive PrinceSelf - Co-Author, 'The Templar Revelation'Rebecca TaylorSarah
Louis B. SchlesingerSelf - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Jennifer BobiwashCave Woman
João de DeusSelf - Brazilian HealerBobby MackeySelf - Owner, Bobby Mackey's Music World
Ric OsunaSelf - Author, The Night the DeFeos DiedDouglas HensleySelf - Author, Hell's Gate: Terror at Bobby Mackey's Music World
Kirk LambertFather Pecoraro
Costas Emmanuel SynolakisSelf - Engineer, University of Southern CaliforniaSean ManchesterSelf - Vampire ExorcistStephen RyderSelf - Editor, 'Casebook: Jack the Ripper'
Robert MasseySelf - AstronomerShara BaileySelf - Physical AnthropologistKim GoldsmithSelf - ArchaeologistAnna SantanielloSelf - Healed Person
Stewart BrandSelf - Co-founder, Long BetsStewart EvansSelf - Crime HistorianFrederick ZugibeSelf - Forensic Pathologist
Ken FederSelf - Professor of Anthropology, CCSUJean-Luc ChaumeilSelf - Investigative JournalistNicholas BellantoniSelf - State Archaeologist of ConnecticutFloyd McCoySelf - Geologist, University of HawaiiJennifer EmeryMary MagdalineJean-Charles de FontbruneSelf - Author, 'Nostradamus: Medecin Et Prophete'Richard LeighSelf - Co-Author, 'Holy Blood, Holy Grail'Michael BellSelf - FolkloristGiorgio BongiovanniSelf - StigmaticOliverSelfPeter GumpelSelf - Jesuit General HeadquartersNicolae PaduraruSelf - Transylvanian Society of DraculaDan FesslerSelf - AnthropologistPaul SaffoSelf - Director, Institute for the FutureWallace SwettSelf - President, Primarily Primates San Antonio, TexasElizabeth Mary NolanKathy LutzVictor BainesSelf - Author, 'Remember the Future'Peter LemesurierSelf - Author, 'The Unknown Nostradamus'Peter BowerSelf - Forensic Paper AnalystElizabeth MillerSelf - Author, 'Dracula: Sense and Nonsense'Carl LawsonSelf - Former Employee, Bobby Mackey's Music WorldEsther M. SternbergSelf - Prayer ResearcherDebbie MartyrSelf - ConservationistSharan NewmanSelf - Author, 'The Real History Behind the Da Vinci Code'Charles SciclunaSelf - The Holy See, Vatican CityDavid ChiversSelf - Primate Biologist, Cambridge UniversityPeter Frost-PenningtonSelf - Resident, Muncaster CastleJames HouranSelf - Editor, 'Hauntings and Poltergeists'Ricardo SanchezSelf - Husband of StigmaticPeter BancelSelf - Analyst, Global Consciousness ProjectMaria Lucia ColellaSelf - CatholicLeroy JenkinsSelf - Minister, Leroy Jenkins Evangelistic AssociationJacques PerrierSelf - Bishop of LourdesTammy DiNicolaSelf - Former Member, Opus DeiLenore BarbianSelf - National Museum of Health and MedicineJacqueline AlemandSelf - Curator, Musée de NostradamusJulia KimSelf - StigmaticWilliam StetsonSelf - Director, Catholic Information Center, Washington DCPatrice GuinardSelf - Nostradamus ScholarIoan IovanceaSelf - Officer, Celaru Police DepartmentWill Harcourt-SmithSelf - Paleoanthropologist, American Museum of Natural HistoryBob LeatherowSelf - Police OfficerChristopher SandersonSelf - Co-Founder, The Future LaboratoryPeter TseSelf - Neuroscientist, Dartmouth CollegeHong Chol SongSelf - Catholic Church of NajuAnne StoneSelf - GeneticistElizabeth SanchezSelf - StigmaticChip HeathSelf - Stanford School of BusinessMaziar YafehSelf - Stanford ResearcherAndrew SandersonSelf - Travel AgentMartin RaymondSelf - Co-Founder, The Future LaboratoryMario MartinezSelf - Stigmata ResearcherMoody MustafaSelf - HematologistPeter KimSelf - Head Volunteer for Julia KimOle AnthonySelf - Trinity FoundationJason BraithwaiteSelf - PsychologyCarolyn SchneiderSelf - PublicistRay YoungSelf - Owner, Starchild SkullMelanie YoungSelf - Owner, Starchild SkullTed StrainCryptoarcheologistJason EschelmanSelf - DNA ResearcherNancy ReedSelf - Professor of Ancient TechnologySwami YomahmiSelf - Sideshow PerformerNina GrinyovaSelf - JournalistJonanthan TateChristopherEileen MoorSelf - Castle HousekeeperMatthew IrelandSelf - Healed PersonGerardo PierroSelf - Archbishop of SalernoPatrick TheillierSelf - Lourdes Medical BureauIvor EdwardsSelf - Author, 'Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals'Domenico Della PortaSelf - DoctorIvy WestSelf - Stargate of the Gods TourJeffrey P. BlomsterSelf - AnthropologistBill BrownSelf - EngineerGeorge EriksonSelf - Co-Author, Atlantis in the AmericasJ.V. MartinNarrator
Phil PlaitSelf - Astronomer
Ronald HuttonSelf - Professor of History, Bristol University
Graham PhillipsSelf - Author, King Arthur: The True Story
Linda A. MalcorSelf - Arthurian ScholarCharles NelsonSelf - Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolGeoffrey AsheSelf - Author, The Discovery of King ArthurMark GriffinSelf - Medeival Weapons ExpertDouglas CandlandSelf - Author, Feral Children & Clever AnimalsRichard BarberSelf - Author, King Arthur: Hero and LegendMolly WasswaSelf - Kamuzinda Christian OrphanageJohn SsebunyaSelf - Ugandan Monkey BoyJay GeiddSelf - Brain Research SpecialistPeter ApellSelf - Ugandan Wildlife SpecialistAdriana BenzaquénSelf - Author, Encounters with Wild ChildrenDavid DumvilleSelf - Professor of History, University of AberdeenBradley Everett WilsonVillage Crop Circle Maker (uncredited)