Secrets of the Dead
The Syphilis Enigma (#206)
When Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492, his men carried with them diseases that all but wiped out the native Indian populations. As the Europeans and American Indians interacted, however, the transfer of diseases cut both ways, and common theory has the explorers carrying the scourge of syphilis back to Europe. But now, a pre-Columbus skeleton unearthed in a strange English monastery has placed accepted history in severe doubt. In this program, investigators examine twisted and deformed bodies ravaged by the disease and travel to port cities where the epidemic once spread. What they find might determine if the mysterious English skeleton offers cause to rewrite the history books. [56 minutes]
This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
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Secrets of the Dead | Caveman Cold Case | PBS (#1204)
Full Program: Journey to Spain to investigate a double Neanderthal mystery. 00:00
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Secrets of the Dead | Death on the Railroad | PBS (#1203)
Full Program: Find out how and why 57 Irish immigrants to the U.S. died in 1832. 00:00
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Secrets of The Dead | Bugging Hitler's Soldiers... (#1202)
Full Program: Spied upon by MI19 in a bugging operation of unprecedented scale and cunning, 4000 German POW's revealed their inner... 53:11
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Secrets of the Dead | Bugging Hitler’s Soldiers... (#1202)
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Secrets of The Dead | Bugging Hitler's Soldiers... (#1202)
Sixty years after an MI19 bugging operation of German POWs, Secrets of The Dead brings hours of chilling and totally... 13:00
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- 9-12
- Curricular Areas
- Social Studies
- Series Length
- 66 episodes
- Average Episode Length
- 59 minutes
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Series Description: Part detective story, part true-life drama, SECRETS OF THE DEAD unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events. Using the most up-to-date science in the laboratory and in the field, scientists and researchers examine the missing pieces of each puzzle, completing the picture of what had been merely an assemblage of suppositions.
All Upcoming Episodes
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The Airmen and the Headhunters (#902)
The story of airmen shot down over the jungles of Japanese occupied Borneo during Word War II. [56 minutes]
- Thu, May 23, 8:00 AM on IPTV World
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Lost Ships of Rome (#1101)
Marine archeologists discover the wrecks of five ancient Roman ships near the island of Ventotene. [56 minutes]
- Fri, June 14, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
- Fri, June 14, 8:00 PM on IPTV World
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Past Episodes
These episodes of Secrets of the Dead aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Cavemen Cold Case (#1204)
- Death on the Railroad (#1203)
- Bugging Hitler's Soldiers (#1202)
- Michelangelo Revealed (#901)
- The World's Biggest Bomb (#1104)
- Japanese Supersub (#904)
- Churchill's Deadly Decision (#1001)
- The Airmen and the Headhunters (#902)
- Slave Ship Mutiny (#1004)
- Deadliest Battle (#1002)
- Lost in the Amazon (#1102)
- Lost Ships of Rome (#1101)