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Taboo

Season 9 2012
TV-MA

  • 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z on National Geographic
  • 1h
  • 13h 30m (18 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Around the world there are people of different cultures who take actions and decisions that seem out of the ordinary to the average westerner. Considered taboo, these people and their stories are now being known.

18 episodes

Season Premiere

2012-06-18T00:00:00Z

9x01 Living with the Dead

Season Premiere

9x01 Living with the Dead

  • 2012-06-18T00:00:00Z45m

Though many people are disturbed by the sight of dead bodies, there are those who deal with death as a matter of course—for occupational, cultural, and sometimes questionable reasons.

2012-06-25T00:00:00Z

9x02 Strange Behavior

9x02 Strange Behavior

  • 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z46m

People with uncontrollable medical conditions share their stories. Included: a father whose Tourette's syndrome makes him an outcast; a 17-year-old stigmatized by self-harm.

2012-07-02T00:00:00Z

9x03 Booze

9x03 Booze

  • 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z45m

It's mankind's oldest intoxicant. But alcohol is also the drug that kills more people than any other. From Labor Day weekend parties in Arizona to binge-drinking resorts in Spain, alcohol shapes the lives of those who drink it in ways that can be heart-breaking and deadly.

2012-07-09T00:00:00Z

9x04 Teen Sex

9x04 Teen Sex

  • 2012-07-09T00:00:00Z45m

Whether we like it or not, teenagers are having sex. How their families – and their societies – deal with the sexual development of young teens, in particular, their daughters, varies wildly according to their culture and beliefs.

2012-07-16T00:00:00Z

9x05 Extreme Collectors

9x05 Extreme Collectors

  • 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z45m

Since ancient times, humans have expressed their passions and their personalities through their collections. But when a collection crosses the line from passion to obsession, ignoring legal, moral and taste boundaries, then it becomes taboo.

2012-07-23T00:00:00Z

9x06 Ugly

9x06 Ugly

  • 2012-07-23T00:00:00Z45m

Taboo shines a light on where the beauty/ugly dichotomy originates from, and what it means to be deemed “ugly” in a society that scorns it.

2012-07-30T00:00:00Z

9x07 Nasty Jobs

9x07 Nasty Jobs

  • 2012-07-30T00:00:00Z48m

People from around the world who spend their working lives up to their necks in filth.

2012-08-06T00:00:00Z

9x08 Weird Weddings

9x08 Weird Weddings

  • 2012-08-06T00:00:00Z45m

Nontraditional weddings; a naked wedding in Jamaica; dog wedding; a young man kidnaps his bride.

2012-08-20T00:00:00Z

9x09 Strange Passions

9x09 Strange Passions

  • 2012-08-20T00:00:00Z44m

``Baba'' Dez Nichols claims he's had sex with nearly 2,000 women; love of balloons; 40-year-old virgin.

2012-09-03T00:00:00Z

9x10 U.S. of Alcohol

9x10 U.S. of Alcohol

  • 2012-09-03T00:00:00Z44m

Examining the devastating effects of alcohol abuse.

2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

9x11 Extreme Bodies

9x11 Extreme Bodies

  • 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z45m

Body modification that has been taken to the extreme.

2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

9x12 Changing Gender

9x12 Changing Gender

  • 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z45m

In one married couple, each partner has switched gender; one person self-refers as a hybrid -- neither male nor female.

2012-10-03T00:00:00Z

9x13 Weird Collections

9x13 Weird Collections

  • 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z45m

People who take collecting into bizarre territories.

2012-10-10T00:00:00Z

9x14 Private Passions

9x14 Private Passions

  • 2012-10-10T00:00:00Z44m

Unique matches include a fruitarian couple who live off the fruit they find in dumpsters.

2012-10-17T00:00:00Z

9x15 Old Enough?

9x15 Old Enough?

  • 2012-10-17T00:00:00Z45m

Challenging the perceptions of what it means to be a child; a teenage girl who wants to become a male; a 9-year-old who drives race cars; Nepal girls who are worshiped as living goddesses.

2012-10-24T00:00:00Z

9x16 Strange Syndromes

9x16 Strange Syndromes

  • 2012-10-24T00:00:00Z44m

A profile of people living with conditions beyond their control that make them outsiders.

2012-10-31T00:00:00Z

9x17 Bizarre Burials

9x17 Bizarre Burials

  • 2012-10-31T00:00:00Z45m

The various ways that societies commemorate their loved ones' passing.

2012-11-20T01:00:00Z

9x18 Devils and Demons

9x18 Devils and Demons

  • 2012-11-20T01:00:00Z45m

Many cultures believe that evil can manifest in demonic spirits that enter a person's body.

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