Name: Secrets of the Dead
Released: 1999-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Addison Bain, Salima Ikram, Chris Naunton

TV Show · Documentary · History

Experts use modern forensic techniques to shed new light on historical mysteries, such as the sinking of the Andrea Doria and the riddle of if a weather or geological event of some kind might have triggered the Dark Ages.

1999 · 54m

Starring Addison Bain, Salima Ikram, Chris Naunton

EPISODE 1

Vampire Legend

Scientists uncover deviant burials dating back to medieval England which may offer insight into the reasons for the formation of myths about vampires.

54m
EPISODE 2

Jamestown's Dark Winter

Archaeologists discover the remains of a young woman, dating back to 1609. She was one of the early settlers from England who sought to establish a thriving settlement but, as winter fell, the colony quickly crumbled.

54m
EPISODE 3

The Alcatraz Escape

Scientists theorize that the three men who escaped Alcatraz in 1962 may have been able to survive, contradicting the original thought that they perished at sea.

55m
EPISODE 1

After Stonehenge

Researchers working in secret inside a quarry study the charred remains of an English settlement that dates back 3,000 years.

55m
EPISODE 2

Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Scientists try to determine which animal was the apex predator 58 million years ago -- a 43-foot-long snake called the titanoboa or a giant crocodilian.

55m