Secrets of the Dead (2000)
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.
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Episode 1 - Vampire Legend
Release Date: 2015-10-27Information gathered about aberrant, unorthodox burial practices from medieval times shed some light on how today's myths about vampires may have started.
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Episode 2 - Jamestown's Dark Winter
Release Date: 2015-11-24Forensic anthropologists excavate an early American colony of Jamestown, Virginia.
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Episode 3 - The Alcatraz Escape
Release Date: 2016-03-29Scientists investigate the 1962 Alcatraz Escape by bank robbers, Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin. Three men who vanished out into the dark waters surrounding the notorious prison island.
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Episode 4 - Cleopatra's Lost Tomb
Release Date: 2016-05-17Dr. Kathleen Martinez searches for the lost tomb of Cleopatra. Following her excavations of a 35-meter deep underground shaft in a temple complex in a temple complex dedicated to the ancient Egyptian god Osiris and goddess wife Isis.
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Episode 5 - Teotihuacan's Lost Kings
Release Date: 2016-05-24International scientists study and document the ancient royal tombs beneath the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacán