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Secrets of the Dead

Season 12 2012 - 2013
NR

  • 2012-10-23T19:00:00Z on PBS
  • 56m
  • 5h 29m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, Mystery
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.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2012-10-23T19:00:00Z

12x01 The Man Who Saved the World

Season Premiere

12x01 The Man Who Saved the World

  • 2012-10-23T19:00:00Z56m

An officer aboard a Soviet submarine refuses to fire a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

12x02 Bugging Hitler's Soldiers

  • 2013-05-01T19:00:00Z54m

German POWs reveal inner thoughts about the Third Reich, including military secrets that helped the Allies win World War II.

2013-05-08T19:00:00Z

12x03 Death on the Railroad

12x03 Death on the Railroad

  • 2013-05-08T19:00:00Z53m

Forensic and scientific analysis help determine how 57 Irish immigrants died less than two months after arriving in Pennsylvania to work on the railroad.

2013-05-15T19:00:00Z

12x04 Cavemen Cold Case

12x04 Cavemen Cold Case

  • 2013-05-15T19:00:00Z56m

Scientists say some of the 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidrón, Spain, bear signs of cannibalism.

2013-07-10T19:00:00Z

12x05 Ultimate Tut

12x05 Ultimate Tut

  • 2013-07-10T19:00:00Z56m

New scientific research provides insights into how King Tutankhamen was buried, why his tomb remained intact and how he died.

Season Finale

2013-07-23T19:00:00Z

12x06 Bones of the Buddha

Season Finale

12x06 Bones of the Buddha

  • 2013-07-23T19:00:00Z54m

Bones of the Buddha is a 2013 television documentary produced by Icon Films and commissioned by WNET/THIRTEEN and ARTE France for the National Geographic Channels. It concerns a controversial Buddhist reliquary from the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was released in May, 2013, and was broadcast in July 2013 in the US on PBS as part of the Secrets of the Dead series.

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