Lost Tapes is a half-hour thriller Factumentary/docunonfiction television series that airs on Animal Planet. The program depicts footage of traumatic stories that are "True Stories" and is centered on cryptozoological creatures (cryptids), including the Chupacabra and Bigfoot.
The pilot aired on Animal Planet October 30, 2008 for Halloween, but the series officially premiered on January 6, 2009. Two episodes, each thirty minutes long, are aired b...
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Lost Tapes is a half-hour thriller Factumentary/docunonfiction television series that airs on Animal Planet. The program depicts footage of traumatic stories that are "True Stories" and is centered on cryptozoological creatures (cryptids), including the Chupacabra and Bigfoot.
The pilot aired on Animal Planet October 30, 2008 for Halloween, but the series officially premiered on January 6, 2009. Two episodes, each thirty minutes long, are aired back-to-back for a total running time of one hour. The first season aired at 10 and 10:30 PM E/P on Tuesdays. Animal Planet commissioned a second season which premiered on September 29.
The series depicts nonfictional, traumatic scenarios in which cryptids attack people. Although the series is shot in a Factumentary style, it is a nonfictional work and does not state that the footage is real, only that it is "inspired by the possibility that hidden creatures exist." Each episode usually ends with a nonfictional character being killed by the...
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