Aykroyd has always been intrigued by things that don’t make complete sense. <\/p>
Get ready to discover some of history\u2019s most mysterious and bizarre people, things and inventions \u2013 with none other than Dan Aykroyd.<\/p>\n
In new documentary series The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd, the actor takes viewers on a journey through time to reveal the \u201cstrangest true stories in human history\u201d.<\/p>\n
From Boston\u2019s Great Molasses Flood to a man who survived being struck by lightning seven times, the new Sky History series has got it all. But what was Aykroyd\u2019s motivation for taking on a series like this?<\/p>\n
In an exclusive interview with RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Aykroyd revealed why he decided to narrate the series, noting that most people are \u201cfascinated by events that seem impossible and that defy the mind\u201d.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cSo when they told me that this was to be the nature of it, I signed up right away. I said, \u2018Yeah, I\u2019d love to do this\u2019 because I knew how much fun it would be. Also, I\u2019m a fan of Charles Fort. He went around the world at the late 1800s, turn of the century, collecting the weirdest stories from everywhere.\u201d<\/p> The actor, best known for his work in the Ghostbusters franchise and the likes of Trading Places and The Blues Brothers, explained he has always been a fan of Fort\u2019s work, and a series like The UnBelievable seemed like a no-brainer, given his history in spiritualism.<\/p>\n \u201cMy family has roots in spiritualism and my great grandfather was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario. He was also a spiritualist researcher,\u201d Aykroyd told RadioTimes.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThey had seances in the old farmhouse for a couple of decades there. And that\u2019s the whole reason I wrote Ghostbusters. Just because that\u2019s my family business. The concept was that the soul and the spirit can survive after death and not only can the spirit survive, but the consciousness and identity of the person can survive and reach back to us here with a proper chance.\u201d<\/p>\n It was from this that Aykroyd\u2019s interest in the series brewed. \u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in the unexplained, the supernatural and in the unbelievable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n