Video: Secrets of the Dead
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.
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Secrets of the Dead | The Airmen and the Headhunters | PBS (#902)
Full Program: Uncovers a WWII survivor tale of US soldiers lost in Borneo and their unlikely rescuers 52:36
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Secrets of the Dead | Irish Escape | PBS (#605)
Full Program: See the heroic escape story of Irish political prisoners, the Fremantle Six 54:23
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Secrets of the Dead | Herculaneum Uncovered | PBS (#603)
Full Program: Discover the fabled city of Herculaneum destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius 2,000 years ago 54:20
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Secrets of the Dead | Escape from Auschwitz | PBS (#702)
Full Program: Two Auschwitz prisoners were determined to expose the horrors of the Nazi genocide 53:50
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Secrets of the Dead | Aztec Massacre | PBS (#701)
Full Program: 400 skeletons are found in Zultapec. Who were the victims and why were they killed? 52:21
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Secrets of the Dead | Blackbeard's Lost Ship | PBS (#804)
Full Program: Has an archaeology team discovered Blackbeard's sunken flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge? 52:16
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Secrets of the Dead | The Hunt for Nazi Scientists | PBS (#501)
Full Program: Allied agents engage in a race to capture the elite of Germany's scientific community 54:54
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Secrets of the Dead | Executed in Error | PBS (#803)
Full Program: Investigators have re-opened the files on one of the crimes of the century 54:16
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Secrets of the Dead | Sinking Atlantis | PBS (#802)
Full Program: Uncover history-changing evidence of what happened to the ancient Minoans 52:32
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Secrets of the Dead | Michelangelo Revealed | PBS (#901)
Full Program: Art historians investigate strange inconsistencies in Michelangelo's famous Moses 52:32
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Secrets of the Dead | Killer Flu | PBS (#402)
Full Program: Where did this particular flu strain come from, and what made it so deadly? 54:53
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Secrets of the Dead | Dogfight Over Guadalcanal | PBS (#601)
Full Program: What really happened in this "high noon" style showdown over the jungles of Guadalcanal? 54:30
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Secrets of the Dead | Doping for Gold | PBS (#801)
Full Program: 2009 Emmy Nominee: Investigate one of the most alarming cover-ups in the history of the Olympic Games 53:36
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