Secrets of the Dead

(05/15/2000–02/05/2026)

DramaMysteryHistory

(7.7)

PBS (US)60 min

Secrets of the Dead is part detective story, part true-life drama that unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events.

Source: unknown Secrets of the Dead

Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

Catastrophe! Part 1: The Day the Sun Went Out

May 16, 2000 at 12:00 AM

S01E02

Catastrophe! Part 2: How the World Changed

May 16, 2000 at 12:00 AM

S01E03

The Lost Vikings

May 17, 2000 at 12:00 AM

S01E04

What Happened to the Hindenburg

June 16, 2000 at 12:00 AM

S01E05

Cannibalism in the Canyon

May 18, 2000 at 12:00 AM

Season 2

S02E01

Witches' Curse

June 27, 2001 at 12:00 AM

S02E02

Murder at Stonehenge

July 04, 2001 at 12:00 AM

S02E03

Death at Jamestown

July 11, 2001 at 12:00 AM

S02E04

Day of the Zulu

July 18, 2001 at 12:00 AM

S02E05

Tomb of Christ

July 25, 2001 at 12:00 AM

S02E06

The Syphilis Enigma

August 01, 2001 at 12:00 AM

S02E07

What Sank the Mary Rose?

August 07, 2001 at 02:00 AM

Season 3

S03E01

Search for the First Human

May 09, 2001 at 12:00 AM

S03E02

Mystery of the Black Death

October 31, 2002 at 01:00 AM

S03E03

Titanic's Ghosts

November 21, 2002 at 01:00 AM

S03E04

Great Fire of Rome

November 28, 2002 at 01:00 AM

S03E05

Tragedy at the Pole

January 16, 2003 at 01:00 AM

S03E06

Bombing Nazi Dams

February 13, 2003 at 01:00 AM

Season 4

S04E01

Blood Red Roses

November 02, 2003 at 01:00 AM

S04E02

Bridge on the River Kwai

November 13, 2003 at 01:00 AM

S04E03

Killer Flu

March 04, 2004 at 01:00 AM

S04E04

Shroud of Christ?

April 12, 2004 at 12:00 AM

S04E05

D-Day

May 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM

S04E06

Amazon Warrior Women

August 05, 2004 at 12:00 AM

Season 5

S05E01

The Hunt for Nazi Scientists

October 20, 2005 at 12:00 AM

S05E02

Gangland Graveyard

November 17, 2005 at 01:00 AM

S05E03

Voyage of the Courtesans

November 24, 2005 at 01:00 AM

S05E04

The Sinking of the Andrea Doria

July 27, 2006 at 12:00 AM

S05E05

Umbrella Assassin

October 05, 2006 at 12:00 AM

Season 6

S06E01

Dogfight Over Guadalcanal

November 09, 2006 at 01:00 AM

S06E02

Battle for the Bible

April 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM

S06E03

Herculaneum Uncovered

May 03, 2007 at 12:00 AM

S06E04

Headless Romans

May 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM

S06E05

Irish Escape

May 17, 2007 at 12:00 AM

Season 7

S07E01

Aztec Massacre

April 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM

S07E02

Escape from Auschwitz

May 01, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Season 8

S08E01

Doping for Gold

May 08, 2008 at 12:00 AM

S08E02

Sinking Atlantis

May 15, 2008 at 12:00 AM

S08E03

Executed in Error

October 01, 2008 at 12:00 AM

S08E04

Blackbeard's Lost Ship

April 23, 2009 at 12:00 AM

Season 9

S09E01

Michelangelo Revealed

May 14, 2009 at 12:00 AM

S09E02

The Airmen and the Headhunters

November 12, 2009 at 01:00 AM

S09E03

Mumbai Massacre

November 26, 2009 at 01:00 AM

S09E04

Japanese SuperSub

May 07, 2010 at 12:00 AM

S09E05

Churchill's Deadly Decision

May 13, 2010 at 12:00 AM

S09E06

Deadliest Battle

May 20, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Season 10

S10E01

The Silver Pharaoh

November 04, 2010 at 12:00 AM

S10E02

Slave Ship Mutiny

November 11, 2010 at 01:00 AM

S10E03

Lost Ships of Rome

November 18, 2010 at 01:00 AM

S10E04

Lost in the Amazon

April 21, 2011 at 12:00 AM

S10E05

China's Terracotta Warriors

May 05, 2011 at 12:00 AM

Season 11

S11E01

The World's Biggest Bomb

May 17, 2011 at 12:00 AM

Season 12

S12E01

The Man Who Saved the World

October 24, 2012 at 12:00 AM

S12E02

Bugging Hitler's Soldiers

May 02, 2013 at 12:00 AM

S12E03

Death on the Railroad

May 09, 2013 at 12:00 AM

S12E04

Caveman Cold Case

May 16, 2013 at 12:00 AM

S12E05

Ultimate Tut

July 11, 2013 at 12:00 AM

S12E06

Bones of the Buddha

July 24, 2013 at 12:00 AM

Season 13

S13E01

JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

November 12, 2013 at 01:00 AM

S13E02

The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone

March 27, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S13E03

Carthage's Lost Warriors

April 03, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S13E04

The Lost Gardens of Babylon

May 07, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S13E05

The Mona Lisa Mystery

July 10, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S13E06

Dick Cavett's Watergate

August 09, 2014 at 12:00 AM

S13E07

Resurrecting Richard III

September 25, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Season 14

S14E01

Ben Franklin's Bones

January 29, 2015 at 01:00 AM

S14E02

JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

August 05, 2015 at 01:00 AM

S14E03

The Real Trojan Horse

October 14, 2015 at 01:00 AM

Season 15

S15E01

Vampire Legend

October 28, 2015 at 01:00 AM

S15E02

Jamestown's Dark Winter

November 25, 2015 at 03:00 AM

S15E03

The Alcatraz Escape

March 30, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S15E04

Cleopatra's Lost Tomb

May 18, 2016 at 01:00 AM

S15E05

Teotihuacan's Lost Kings

May 25, 2016 at 01:00 AM

Season 16

S16E01

After Stonehenge

October 27, 2016 at 02:00 AM

S16E02

Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

November 03, 2016 at 02:00 AM

S16E03

Van Gogh's Ear

December 15, 2016 at 03:00 AM

S16E04

Nero's Sunken City

March 30, 2017 at 02:00 AM

S16E05

Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science

April 06, 2017 at 02:00 AM

Season 17

S17E01

Scanning the Pyramids

January 25, 2018 at 03:00 AM

S17E02

Hannibal In The Alps

April 11, 2018 at 12:00 AM

Season 18

S18E01

The Woman in the Iron Coffin

October 04, 2018 at 02:00 AM

S18E02

The Nero Files

February 21, 2019 at 03:00 AM

S18E03

King Arthur's Lost Kingdom

March 28, 2019 at 02:00 AM

S18E04

Egypt's Darkest Hour

April 04, 2019 at 02:00 AM

S18E05

World War Speed

June 26, 2019 at 12:00 AM

Season 19

S19E01

Galileo's Moon

July 03, 2019 at 02:00 AM

S19E02

Bombing Auschwitz

January 22, 2020 at 03:00 AM

S19E03

Building Notre Dame

April 29, 2020 at 12:00 AM

S19E04

Viking Warrior Queen

July 08, 2020 at 12:00 AM

S19E05

Abandoning The Titanic

November 05, 2020 at 03:00 AM

S19E06

Gangster's Gold

November 19, 2020 at 03:00 AM

Season 20

S20E01

Magellan's Crossing

October 21, 2021 at 02:00 AM

S20E02

Lady Sapiens

October 28, 2021 at 02:00 AM

S20E03

The First Circle of Stonehenge

November 04, 2021 at 02:00 AM

S20E04

Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws

November 11, 2021 at 03:00 AM

S20E05

A Samurai in the Vatican

November 18, 2021 at 03:00 AM

S20E06

The Caravaggio Heist

November 25, 2021 at 03:00 AM

Season 21

S21E01

Archaeology of Althorpe

October 10, 2022 at 12:00 AM

S21E02

Last Days of Pompeii

October 20, 2022 at 02:00 AM

S21E03

The End of the Romans

October 27, 2022 at 02:00 AM

S21E04

Decoding Hieroglyphics

November 03, 2022 at 02:00 AM

S21E05

Hidden in the Amazon

November 10, 2022 at 03:00 AM

Season 22

S22E01

The Sunken Basilica

October 12, 2023 at 02:00 AM

S22E02

Jurassic Fortunes

October 19, 2023 at 02:00 AM

S22E03

Eiffel's Race to the Top

October 26, 2023 at 02:00 AM

S22E04

Death in Britannia

November 02, 2023 at 02:00 AM

S22E05

The Princes in the Tower

November 23, 2023 at 03:00 AM

S22E06

Returning to Babylon

October 03, 2024 at 02:00 AM

S22E07

Mozart's Sister

October 10, 2024 at 02:00 AM

S22E08

The Herculaneum Scrolls

October 17, 2024 at 02:00 AM

S22E09

The Civil War's Lost Massacre

October 24, 2024 at 02:00 AM

S22E10

Field of Vampires

October 31, 2024 at 02:00 AM

S22E11

Lost Treasures of Angkor – The Discovery

November 14, 2024 at 03:00 AM

S22E12

Lost Treasures of Angkor – King's Gold

November 21, 2024 at 03:00 AM

S22E13

Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part One)

February 20, 2025 at 03:00 AM

S22E14

Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part Two)

February 27, 2025 at 03:00 AM

S22E15

Rise and Fall of the Colosseum

October 09, 2025 at 02:00 AM

S22E16

Cleopatra's Last Temple

October 16, 2025 at 02:00 AM

S22E17

Cracking the Queen's Code

October 23, 2025 at 02:00 AM

S22E18

Chasing the Plague

October 30, 2025 at 02:00 AM

S22E19

Picturing Shakespeare

November 13, 2025 at 03:00 AM

S22E20

Queens of Combat

January 29, 2026 at 03:00 AM

S22E21

The Quest for Camelot

February 05, 2026 at 03:00 AM