Secrets of the Dead

Secrets of the Dead (2000)

Unearthing History

  • Genre: Documentary, Mystery
  • First Air Date: 2000-05-15
  • Last Air Date: 2024-11-20
  • Total Seasons: 22
  • Total Episodes: 113
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 56 min.
  • Production Company: Thirteen
  • Production Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Network: PBS
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Summary

Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic moments in history to debunk myths and shed new light on past events. Using the latest investigative techniques, forensic science and historical examination, it shatters accepted wisdom, challenges prevailing ideas, overturns existing hypotheses, spotlights forgotten mysteries, and ultimately rewrites history.

  • Keywords: research, examination, archaeology
  • Where to Watch Secrets of the Dead Online

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    Secrets of the Dead Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2017-12-26
    1 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2000-05-14
    5 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2001-06-26
    6 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2001-05-08
    6 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2003-11-01
    6 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2005-10-19
    5 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2006-11-08
    5 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2008-04-23
    2 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 2008-05-07
    4 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 2009-05-13
    6 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 2010-11-03
    3 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 2011-04-20
    3 Episodes

    Season 12

    First Air Date: 2012-10-23
    6 Episodes

    Season 13

    First Air Date: 2013-11-13
    7 Episodes

    Season 14

    First Air Date: 2015-01-28
    3 Episodes

    Season 15

    First Air Date: 2015-10-27
    5 Episodes

    Season 16

    First Air Date: 2016-10-26
    5 Episodes

    Season 17

    First Air Date: 2018-01-24
    7 Episodes

    Season 18

    First Air Date: 2019-07-02
    6 Episodes

    Season 19

    First Air Date: 2021-10-20
    6 Episodes

    Season 20

    First Air Date: 2022-10-09
    7 Episodes

    Season 21

    First Air Date: 2023-10-25
    6 Episodes

    Season 22

    First Air Date: 2024-10-23
    4 Episodes

    Secrets of the Dead Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 0Episode 205Blood on the Altar (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 206What Sank the Mary Rose? (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 301The Riddle of Pompeii (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 302The Hidden Scrolls of Herculaneum (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 303Gladiator Girl (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 304Sounds from the Stone Age (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 308King Midas' Feast (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 401Riddle of the Plague Survivors (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 402The Birth of the Smart Bomber (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 403Quest for Noah's Flood (UK)60 min
    Season 0Episode 503Plague on the Western Front (UK)60 min
    Season 1Episode 1Catastrophe! Part 1: The Day the Sun Went Out60 min
    Season 1Episode 2Catastrophe! Part 2: How the World Changed60 min
    Season 1Episode 3The Lost Vikings60 min
    Season 1Episode 4What Happened to the Hindenburg60 min
    Season 1Episode 5Cannibalism in the Canyon60 min
    Season 1Episode 6What Sank the Mary Rose?60 min
    Season 2Episode 1Witches' Curse60 min
    Season 2Episode 2Murder at Stonehenge60 min
    Season 2Episode 3Death at Jamestown60 min
    Season 2Episode 4Day of the Zulu60 min
    Season 2Episode 5Tomb of Christ60 min
    Season 2Episode 6The Syphilis Enigma60 min
    Season 2Episode 7What Sank the Mary Rose?60 min
    Season 3Episode 1Search for the First Human60 min
    Season 3Episode 2Mystery of the Black Death60 min
    Season 3Episode 3Titanic's Ghosts60 min
    Season 3Episode 4Great Fire of Rome60 min
    Season 3Episode 5Tragedy at the Pole60 min
    Season 3Episode 6Bombing Nazi Dams60 min
    Season 4Episode 1Blood Red Roses60 min
    Season 4Episode 2Bridge on the River Kwai60 min
    Season 4Episode 3Killer Flu60 min
    Season 4Episode 4Shroud of Christ?60 min
    Season 4Episode 5D-Day60 min
    Season 4Episode 6Amazon Warrior Women60 min
    Season 5Episode 1The Hunt for Nazi Scientists60 min
    Season 5Episode 2Gangland Graveyard60 min
    Season 5Episode 3Voyage of the Courtesans60 min
    Season 5Episode 4The Sinking of the Andrea Doria60 min
    Season 5Episode 5Umbrella Assassin60 min
    Season 6Episode 1Dogfight Over Guadalcanal60 min
    Season 6Episode 2Battle for the Bible60 min
    Season 6Episode 3Herculaneum Uncovered60 min
    Season 6Episode 4Headless Romans60 min
    Season 6Episode 5Irish Escape60 min
    Season 7Episode 1Aztec Massacre60 min
    Season 7Episode 2Escape from Auschwitz60 min
    Season 8Episode 1Doping for Gold60 min
    Season 8Episode 2Sinking Atlantis60 min
    Season 8Episode 3Executed in Error60 min
    Season 8Episode 4Blackbeard's Lost Ship60 min
    Season 9Episode 1Michelangelo Revealed60 min
    Season 9Episode 2The Airmen and the Headhunters60 min
    Season 9Episode 3Mumbai Massacre60 min
    Season 9Episode 4Japanese SuperSub60 min
    Season 9Episode 5Churchill's Deadly Decision60 min
    Season 9Episode 6Deadliest Battle60 min
    Season 10Episode 1The Silver Pharaoh60 min
    Season 10Episode 2Slave Ship Mutiny60 min
    Season 10Episode 3Lost Ships of Rome60 min
    Season 10Episode 4Lost in the Amazon60 min
    Season 10Episode 5China's Terracotta Warriors60 min
    Season 11Episode 1The World's Biggest Bomb60 min
    Season 12Episode 1The Man Who Saved the World60 min
    Season 12Episode 2Bugging Hitler's Soldiers60 min
    Season 12Episode 3Death on the Railroad60 min
    Season 12Episode 4Caveman Cold Case60 min
    Season 12Episode 5Ultimate Tut120 min
    Season 12Episode 6Bones of the Buddha60 min
    Season 13Episode 1JFK: One PM Central Standard Time60 min
    Season 13Episode 2The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone60 min
    Season 13Episode 3Carthage's Lost Warriors60 min
    Season 13Episode 4The Lost Gardens of Babylon60 min
    Season 13Episode 5The Mona Lisa Mystery60 min
    Season 13Episode 6Dick Cavett's Watergate60 min
    Season 13Episode 7Resurrecting Richard III60 min
    Season 14Episode 1Ben Franklin's Bones60 min
    Season 14Episode 2JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness60 min
    Season 14Episode 3The Real Trojan Horse60 min
    Season 15Episode 1Vampire Legend60 min
    Season 15Episode 2Jamestown's Dark Winter60 min
    Season 15Episode 3The Alcatraz Escape60 min
    Season 15Episode 4Cleopatra's Lost Tomb60 min
    Season 15Episode 5Teotihuacan's Lost Kings60 min
    Season 16Episode 1After Stonehenge60 min
    Season 16Episode 2Graveyard of the Giant Beasts60 min
    Season 16Episode 3Van Gogh's Ear60 min
    Season 16Episode 4Nero's Sunken City60 min
    Season 16Episode 5Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science60 min
    Season 17Episode 1Scanning the Pyramids60 min
    Season 17Episode 2Hannibal In The Alps60 min
    Season 18Episode 1The Woman in the Iron Coffin60 min
    Season 18Episode 2The Nero Files60 min
    Season 18Episode 3King Arthur's Lost Kingdom60 min
    Season 18Episode 4Egypt's Darkest Hour60 min
    Season 18Episode 5World War Speed60 min
    Season 19Episode 1Galileo's Moon60 min
    Season 19Episode 2Bombing Auschwitz60 min
    Season 19Episode 3Building Notre Dame60 min
    Season 19Episode 4Viking Warrior Queen60 min
    Season 19Episode 5Abandoning The Titanic60 min
    Season 19Episode 6Gangster's Gold60 min
    Season 20Episode 1Magellan's Crossing60 min
    Season 20Episode 2Lady Sapiens60 min
    Season 20Episode 3The First Circle of Stonehenge60 min
    Season 20Episode 4Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws60 min
    Season 20Episode 5A Samurai in the Vatican60 min
    Season 20Episode 6The Caravaggio Heist60 min
    Season 21Episode 1Archaeology of Althorpe60 min
    Season 21Episode 2Last Days of Pompeii60 min
    Season 21Episode 3The End of the Romans60 min
    Season 21Episode 4Decoding Hieroglyphics60 min
    Season 21Episode 5Hidden in the Amazon60 min
    Season 22Episode 1The Sunken Basilica60 min
    Season 22Episode 2Jurassic Fortunes60 min
    Season 22Episode 3Eiffel's Race to the Top60 min
    Season 22Episode 4Death in Britannia60 min
    Season 22Episode 5The Princes in the Tower60 min
    Season 22Episode 6Returning to Babylon60 min
    Season 22Episode 7Mozart's Sister60 min
    Season 22Episode 8The Herculaneum Scrolls60 min
    Season 22Episode 9The Civil War's Lost Massacre60 min
    Season 22Episode 10Field of Vampires60 min
    Season 22Episode 11Lost Treasures of Angkor – The Discovery60 min
    Season 22Episode 12Lost Treasures of Angkor – King's Gold60 min

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