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. Check out the website at pbs.org/secrets
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- History / Science / Documentary
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Secrets of the Dead Secrets of the Dead is coming to iTunes! Full episodes going back several seasons will be available July 13th.
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New scientific and historical insights reveals that Michelangelo, the darling of the Catholic Church, was a man conflicted about his religion and involved with a clandestine sect trying to reform the Church from within.
Its a new episode of Secrets of the Dead: Michelangelo Revealed, Wednesday May 13th at 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
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In 1918, an influenza pandemic ripped across the globe, killing as many as 50 million people. Follow along with a group of virologists that have mapped the genetic code of the 1918 strain in the hope of revealing why it was so deadly and how it mutated from an animal virus into one easily transmissible by humans.
It's... a special presentation of Secrets of the Dead: Killer Flu, Wednesday May 6th, at 8 p.m. on PBS.Read More
It's... a special presentation of Secrets of the Dead: Killer Flu, Wednesday May 6th, at 8 p.m. on PBS.Read More
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In 1789, more than 200 female thieves, prostitutes, and con artists were shipped off to an Australian penal colony aboard the Lady Juliana. Onboard, the wily women turned their banishment into opportunity and helped guarantee a new world’s future.
Watch Secrets of the Dead: Voyage of the Courtesans Wednesday April 29th at 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings).
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Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, was the most notorious pirate of his day. At the height of his rein, he commanded a fleet of four ships and a crew of 400 men. They were ruthless seafaring raiders who terrorizing vessels in American waters. In 1717, Blackbeard even blockaded the city of Charleston, crippling its economy.... Eventually he was caught and beheaded by a posse from the Royal Navy. Now, 300 years later, a marine archaeology team believe they have found his sunken flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, off the North Carolina coast. The remains of the shipwreck are helping solve the most enduring mystery surrounding the infamous pirate captain – did he accidentally run his ship aground, or was it a deliberate plot to betray his crew and cheat them out of their share of the plunder?
THIRTEEN’s Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard’s Lost Ship premieres nationally, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings).Read More
THIRTEEN’s Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard’s Lost Ship premieres nationally, Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings).Read More
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Thirteen/WNET New York’s SECRETS OF THE DEAD Executed in Error, premiering Wednesday, October 1 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings), traces the steps of the modern-day re-investigation. Narrated by actor Liev Schreiber (CSI, Manchurian Candidate), the film follows a team of American science and history researc...hers as they resurrect and retrace the case. Forensic toxicologist John Trestrail, DNA expert David Foran, and genealogist Beth Wills re-examine recently declassified case files, use modern DNA analysis on the original evidence, track down long-lost relatives of Crippen and his wife, and cast serious doubt on the original verdict.Read More
Secrets of the Dead Near the fabled Pompeii is Herculaneum, another city buried and frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Herculaneum Uncovered follows geo-archaeologists as they unearth precious artifacts that reveal what life was like before the eruption, and how the volcano devastated the town in a very different manner to Pompeii.
Secrets of the Dead At the end of World War II, undercover Allied agents engaged in a desperate race against one another to capture the elite of Germany’s scientific community in an effort to gain a major advantage in the looming Cold War and Space Race. The Hunt for Nazi Scientists examines this crucial pursuit through eye-witness accounts of these daring missions.
Secrets of the Dead Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe’s first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. Yet in their heyday, they mysteriously disappeared. Sinking Atlantis digs deep into the Minoan soil and history, following archaeologists who are finding evidence of a massive tsunami that devastated the Minoans – and may have spawned the myth of Atlantis.
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