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Taboo looks are exotic entertainers around the world including carnival performers in the United States, cross-dressing cabaret in Thailand, and geisha in Japan.

Taboo looks at dangerous and violent sports including cockfighting in the United States, bullfighting in Mexico, and bare-knuckle brawling ritual in Bolivia.

Taboo visits Indonesia, India, and the United States and looks at how burial practices and dealing with death varies from culture to culture.

Taboo examines at drug use around the world. It looks at San Pedro use in Peru, ecstasy use in the United States, and peyote use in Mexico.

Taboo looks at practices regarding spirits. It goes to Philippians, to observe and exorcism. It visits Brazil to see a conjurer cast a death spell. It also heads to Zimbabwe to interview a women haunted by spirits of her family.

Taboo investigates the fine line between what is food and what is forbidden. It looks at the eating of durian, insects, cobra, fugu, and dog.

Taboo investigates non-Western methods of healing. It examines the practices of a spirit healer Ethiopia, a Native American healer in New Mexico, and an indigenous healer in Bolivia.

Taboo investigates controversies surrounding marriage including child marriage in India, multiple marriages in Togo, and homosexual marriage in England.

Taboo looks at rites of passage around the world including a boy's circumcision in South Africa, an Apache's girls ritual of womanhood, and American couple's journey into old age.

Taboo investigates gender issues around the world that challenge traditional notions of masculinity and femininity.

Taboo investigates the worldwide craft of tattoo by examining Iban tribal tattoos in Borneo, Bessoribe body scarring in Benin, and a tattoo convention is Oslo.

Taboo looks at religious tests of faith including land diving on Pentecost Island, fire-walkers in Greece, and a man in the Philippines who braves crucifixion.

Taboo investigates the religious practices of voodoo. It examines rites of sacrifice and possession in Benin, Haiti, and Venezuela.

Taboo investigate the practice of witchcraft. It looks at the practices of a Witch in Mexico, a cleansing ceremony in Zimbabwe, and a group of Wiccans in the United Kingdom.

It's a basic human need. We all seek acceptance. But our motivations vary. Some seek beauty, while others want to show devotion. Sometimes acceptance comes through conformity while other times it comes from breaking boundaries and creating our own path. How far would you go to be accepted? How far is too taboo for you?

Nudity is explored including its use by a coven of witches, Christian naturist and Japanese Hadaka Matsuri.

Taboo looks at initiation rituals around the world including stick whipping and facial tattoos in the Fulani tribe of Benin, dancing on knife blades in South Korea, and enduring ant gloves in Brazil.

Taboo looks at how different cultures indicate status and identity through body modification including the stretched necks of the Padaung in Thailand, the full body tattoos of the Yakuza in Japan, and branding in the United States.

In San Francisco, ordinary people can become members of an underground fight club. In Indonesia, men prove themselves by throwing spears at each other. In Benin, boys become men by enduring extreme whipping.

In Los Angeles, Jackie stuffed her dog after its death. In San Francisco, Tia keeps the dead animals in the freezer in order to stuff them. In Nevada, a mother treats her monkey pet as her own daughter. In Fort Lauderdale, Ilene sees her iguana as her baby. In Miami, a family owns 500 snakes.

Californians clean remains from deaths. Sulfur miners in Indonesia work in volcanoes. In Tennessee, a woman researches body decomposition.

Taboo examines how societies view death and dead bodies including a month-long funeral in Indonesia, public immolation of the dead in India, and a pathologist in the the United States.

Taboo looks at different family arrangement around the world including the matriarchal Mosuo tribe in China, criminal gang families in South Africa, and polyandry in northern India.