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For other uses, see Taboo (disambiguation). 2002 TV series or program
Taboo
Title screenshot/logo of Taboo
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMorris Abraham
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Original release
Release2002 –
present

Taboo is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on the National Geographic Channel. The program is an educational look into "taboo" rituals and traditions practiced in some societies, yet forbidden and illegal in others.

Each hour long episode details a specific topic, such as marriage or initiation rituals, and explores how such topics are viewed throughout the world. Taboo generally focuses on the most misunderstood, despised, or disagreed-upon activities, jobs, and roles.

Episodes

National Geographic TV producers did not produce Taboo in seasons of fixed episode counts, thus the number of episodes in each production batch varies wildly. The production order does not necessarily match the order episodes were arranged into for DVD "season" boxsets.

Season Episodes Originally aired
Specials 3
1 13 2002–2003
2 19 2003–2004
3 7 2004–2005
4 13 2007
5 14 2007–2008
6 7 2008–2009
7 6 2009–2010
8 6 2011
9 4 2012
10

Season 1

  1. "Healers"
  2. "Test of Faith"
  3. "Voodoo"
  4. "Rites of Passage"
  5. "Food"
  6. "Sexuality"
  7. "Tattoo"
  8. "Witchcraft"
  9. "Evil Spirits"
  10. "Marriage"
  11. "Blood Sports"
  12. "Drugs"
  13. "Death"

"Death" is not featured on the National Geographic page for the show. However it does appear on the first season boxset.

Season 2

  1. "Justice"
  2. "Delicacies"
  3. "Creature Cures"
  4. "After Death"
  5. "Body Perfect"
  6. "Sacred Pain"
  7. "Child Rearing"
  8. "Extreme Entertainers"
  9. "Blood Bonds"
  10. "Marks of Identity"
  11. "Initiation"
  12. "Gross Work"
  13. "Outcasts"
  14. "Extreme Living"
  15. "Spirit Worlds"
  16. "Extreme Cuisine"
  17. "Extreme Childhood"
  18. "Body Cutters"
  19. "Body Art"

Season 3

  1. "Gender Benders"
  2. "Gross Grub"
  3. "Rites of Manhood"
  4. "Altered States"
  5. "Possessed"
  6. "Blood Rites"
  7. "Crime Scene"

Season 4

  1. "Initiation Rituals"
  2. "Skin Deep"
  3. "Sexual Identity"
  4. "Signs of Identity"
  5. "Proving Ground"
  6. "Body Modification"
  7. "Nudity"
  8. "Trials of Faith"
  9. "Pets"
  10. "Gross Food"
  11. "Extreme Performers"
  12. "Jobs"
  13. "Mating"

Season 5

  1. "Trials of Faith"
  2. "Pets"
  3. "Gross Food"
  4. "Extreme Performers"
  5. "Jobs"
  6. "Mating"
  7. "Extreme Kids"
  8. "Touching Death"
  9. "Supreme Devotion"
  10. "Body Extremes"
  11. "Extreme Healing"
  12. "Trial by Fire"
  13. "Extreme Eats"
  14. "Outsiders"

Season 6

  1. "Drugs"
  2. "The Third Sex"
  3. "Extreme Punishment"
  4. "Bizarre Bodies"
  5. "Extreme Rituals"
  6. "Spilling Blood"
  7. "Sex"

Season 7

  1. "Prostitution"
  2. "Fat"
  3. "Misfits"
  4. "Narcotics"
  5. "Strange Love"
  6. "Beyond the Grave"

Season 8

  1. "Beauty"
  2. "Fantasy Lives"
  3. "Addiction"
  4. "Hoarders"
  5. "Prison Love"
  6. "Forbidden Love"

Season 9

  1. "Secret Lives"
  2. "Odd Couples"
  3. "Extreme Fighting"
  4. "Freaky Remedies"

Season 10

  1. "Living With the Dead"
  2. "Strange Behavior"
  3. "Teen Sex"
  4. "Booze"
  5. "Extreme Collectors"
  6. "Ugly"
  7. "Nasty Jobs"
  8. "Weird Weddings"

Specials

In addition to the above episodes, three compilation shows have been made. They include Quest for Acceptance, Marked for Life, and Sex Swap.

Featured individuals

  • The Lizardman, Erik Sprague, featured in the episode "Outcast".
  • Carnival Diablo was featured in the episode "Extreme Performers."
  • Eric Gein, owner of the controversial website serial killers ink was featured in the episode "Living with the Dead".

References

  1. Howard, Russell (November 20, 2002). "'Taboo: Sexuality' Premiers on National Geographic Channel". tgcrossroads.org. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  2. "'NGC Forum". National Geographic Channel Forum. February 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  3. "'TV.com".

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