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Running · 2000–

Secrets of the Dead

Drama / Mystery / History

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.

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S23 E02 · Lady Liberty · 2026-10-07

Seasons & episodes

Season 1 · 5 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · Catastrophe! Part 1: The Day the Sun Went Out
  2. S01 E02 · Catastrophe! Part 2: How the World Changed
  3. S01 E03 · The Lost Vikings
  4. S01 E04 · What Happened to the Hindenburg
  5. S01 E05 · Cannibalism in the Canyon
Season 2 · 7 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · Witches' Curse
  2. S02 E02 · Murder at Stonehenge
  3. S02 E03 · Death at Jamestown
  4. S02 E04 · Day of the Zulu
  5. S02 E05 · Tomb of Christ
  6. S02 E06 · The Syphilis Enigma
  7. S02 E07 · What Sank the Mary Rose?
Season 3 · 6 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · Search for the First Human
  2. S03 E02 · Mystery of the Black Death
  3. S03 E03 · Titanic's Ghosts
  4. S03 E04 · Great Fire of Rome
  5. S03 E05 · Tragedy at the Pole
  6. S03 E06 · Bombing Nazi Dams
Season 4 · 6 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · Blood Red Roses
  2. S04 E02 · Bridge on the River Kwai
  3. S04 E03 · Killer Flu
  4. S04 E04 · Shroud of Christ?
  5. S04 E05 · D-Day
  6. S04 E06 · Amazon Warrior Women
Season 5 · 5 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · The Hunt for Nazi Scientists
  2. S05 E02 · Gangland Graveyard
  3. S05 E03 · Voyage of the Courtesans
  4. S05 E04 · The Sinking of the Andrea Doria
  5. S05 E05 · Umbrella Assassin
Season 6 · 5 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · Dogfight Over Guadalcanal
  2. S06 E02 · Battle for the Bible
  3. S06 E03 · Herculaneum Uncovered
  4. S06 E04 · Headless Romans
  5. S06 E05 · Irish Escape
Season 7 · 2 episodes
  1. S07 E01 · Aztec Massacre
  2. S07 E02 · Escape from Auschwitz
Season 8 · 4 episodes
  1. S08 E01 · Doping for Gold
  2. S08 E02 · Sinking Atlantis
  3. S08 E03 · Executed in Error
  4. S08 E04 · Blackbeard's Lost Ship
Season 9 · 6 episodes
  1. S09 E01 · Michelangelo Revealed
  2. S09 E02 · The Airmen and the Headhunters
  3. S09 E03 · Mumbai Massacre
  4. S09 E04 · Japanese SuperSub
  5. S09 E05 · Churchill's Deadly Decision
  6. S09 E06 · Deadliest Battle
Season 10 · 5 episodes
  1. S10 E01 · The Silver Pharaoh
  2. S10 E02 · Slave Ship Mutiny
  3. S10 E03 · Lost Ships of Rome
  4. S10 E04 · Lost in the Amazon
  5. S10 E05 · China's Terracotta Warriors
Season 11 · 1 episodes
  1. S11 E01 · The World's Biggest Bomb
Season 12 · 6 episodes
  1. S12 E01 · The Man Who Saved the World
  2. S12 E02 · Bugging Hitler's Soldiers
  3. S12 E03 · Death on the Railroad
  4. S12 E04 · Caveman Cold Case
  5. S12 E05 · Ultimate Tut
  6. S12 E06 · Bones of the Buddha
Season 13 · 7 episodes
  1. S13 E01 · JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
  2. S13 E02 · The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone
  3. S13 E03 · Carthage's Lost Warriors
  4. S13 E04 · The Lost Gardens of Babylon
  5. S13 E05 · The Mona Lisa Mystery
  6. S13 E06 · Dick Cavett's Watergate
  7. S13 E07 · Resurrecting Richard III
Season 14 · 3 episodes
  1. S14 E01 · Ben Franklin's Bones
  2. S14 E02 · JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
  3. S14 E03 · The Real Trojan Horse
Season 15 · 5 episodes
  1. S15 E01 · Vampire Legend
  2. S15 E02 · Jamestown's Dark Winter
  3. S15 E03 · The Alcatraz Escape
  4. S15 E04 · Cleopatra's Lost Tomb
  5. S15 E05 · Teotihuacan's Lost Kings
Season 16 · 5 episodes
  1. S16 E01 · After Stonehenge
  2. S16 E02 · Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
  3. S16 E03 · Van Gogh's Ear
  4. S16 E04 · Nero's Sunken City
  5. S16 E05 · Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science
Season 17 · 3 episodes
  1. S17 Special · Secrets of Spanish Florida - A Secrets of the Dead Special
  2. S17 E01 · Scanning the Pyramids
  3. S17 E02 · Hannibal In The Alps
Season 18 · 5 episodes
  1. S18 E01 · The Woman in the Iron Coffin
  2. S18 E02 · The Nero Files
  3. S18 E03 · King Arthur's Lost Kingdom
  4. S18 E04 · Egypt's Darkest Hour
  5. S18 E05 · World War Speed
Season 19 · 6 episodes
  1. S19 E01 · Galileo's Moon
  2. S19 E02 · Bombing Auschwitz
  3. S19 E03 · Building Notre Dame
  4. S19 E04 · Viking Warrior Queen
  5. S19 E05 · Abandoning The Titanic
  6. S19 E06 · Gangster's Gold
Season 20 · 6 episodes
  1. S20 E01 · Magellan's Crossing
  2. S20 E02 · Lady Sapiens
  3. S20 E03 · The First Circle of Stonehenge
  4. S20 E04 · Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws
  5. S20 E05 · A Samurai in the Vatican
  6. S20 E06 · The Caravaggio Heist
Season 21 · 5 episodes
  1. S21 E01 · Archaeology of Althorpe
  2. S21 E02 · Last Days of Pompeii
  3. S21 E03 · The End of the Romans
  4. S21 E04 · Decoding Hieroglyphics
  5. S21 E05 · Hidden in the Amazon
Season 22 · 21 episodes
  1. S22 E01 · The Sunken Basilica
  2. S22 E02 · Jurassic Fortunes
  3. S22 E03 · Eiffel's Race to the Top
  4. S22 E04 · Death in Britannia
  5. S22 E05 · The Princes in the Tower
  6. S22 E06 · Returning to Babylon
  7. S22 E07 · Mozart's Sister
  8. S22 E08 · The Herculaneum Scrolls
  9. S22 E09 · The Civil War's Lost Massacre
  10. S22 E10 · Field of Vampires
  11. S22 E11 · Lost Treasures of Angkor – The Discovery
  12. S22 E12 · Lost Treasures of Angkor – King's Gold
  13. S22 E13 · Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part One)
  14. S22 E14 · Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part Two)
  15. S22 E15 · Rise and Fall of the Colosseum
  16. S22 E16 · Cleopatra's Last Temple
  17. S22 E17 · Cracking the Queen's Code
  18. S22 E18 · Chasing the Plague
  19. S22 E19 · Picturing Shakespeare
  20. S22 E20 · Queens of Combat
  21. S22 E21 · The Quest for Camelot
Season 23 · 4 episodes
  1. S23 E01 · China's Bronze Kingdom
  2. S23 E02 · Lady Liberty
  3. S23 E03 · Saving Tangier Island
  4. S23 E04 · Who Fought the American Revolution
Season 24 · 2 episodes
  1. S24 E01 · Africa's Golden City
  2. S24 E02 · Raising Lady Liberty

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