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Secrets of the Dead Season 13 Episodes
Season 13 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2013 - 2014
Episode 1
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Wed, Nov 13, 201373 mins
How the JFK assassination was reported by journalists on the scene in Dallas and Walter Cronkite, who anchored CBS News coverage from New York. Included. The recollections of Dan Rather , Bob Schaeffer, Marvin Lamb. Narrated by George Clooney.
Episode 2
The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone
Wed, Mar 26, 201453 mins
From PBS - "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" To celebrate the 200th anniversary of David Livingstone's birth in March 1813, The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone, follows a pioneering American team's ground-breaking attempts to decipher the legendary explorer's last field diary. By digging out these forgotten diary pages, they began an incredible journey inside the mind of this extraordinary 19th-century adventurer. Was Livingstone the hero he's made out to be? The original pages of his last field diary contain a secret, hidden until now. Scrawled over an old copy of The Standard newspaper in an 'ink' made of berry juice, the words are faded and illegible. No one has been able to read these words since Livingstone's death 140 years ago. Now, state-of-the-art multi-spectral imaging technology can help us see the invisible. And the pages reveal Livingstone witnessed a shocking massacre in an African slave-trading village. Is it possible that Livingstone, a crusader for the abolition of slavery, worked with slaves?
Episode 3
Carthage's Lost Warriors
Wed, Apr 2, 201456 mins
From PBS - At the headwaters of the Amazon, a German professor believes he is able to solve the mystery of the Chachapoya, a tribe which was lost centuries ago. This warrior people of the Andes is surrounded by secrets, and its origin remains the largest secret of all.
Episode 4
The Lost Gardens of Babylon
Tue, May 6, 201456 mins
From PBS - A world wonder so elusive; it must be mythical... Centuries of digging have turned up nothing. Is it possible everyone has been looking in the wrong place? The Lost Gardens of Babylon follows Dr. Stephanie Dalley as she hunts to find the location of one of the ancient wonders of the world. Until now; no one has been able to find a trace of the spectacular gardens. Dalley will use ancient cuneiform texts and declassified spy satellite images to uncover evidence that supports her theory that the gardens were built 100 years before is commonly believed. Her search takes her to one of the most dangerous places on earth¬-Iraq which was plagued with violence during her trip there but may just be the home of the garden. Along the way; she visits the remains of a vast and complex canal system that may have provided water to the gardens and learns about highly skilled feats of engineering used hundreds of years before it is thought the Romans invented them. It's a modern-day adventure story about the search to find a site thousands of years old.
Episode 5
The Mona Lisa Mystery
Wed, Jul 9, 201456 mins
From PBS - It is the most famous painting in the world, created by the hand of a genius, marvelled at by millions every year in the Louvre in Paris--but could there be a second Mona Lisa? In 1913, an interesting portrait surfaced, the so-called "Isleworth Mona Lisa." Using sophisticated scientific analysis, scientists will test both paintings to determine whether Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait.
Episode 6
Resurrecting Richard III
Wed, Sep 24, 2014
With the 2013 discovery of Richard III's body, a team of experts investigate: Could the slight, English King who had severe scoliosis, been the feared warrior depicted in contemporary accounts ? For an answer, scientists employ a war re-enactor, who happens to have a similar build and medical condition. Dominic Smee is outfitted with 15th Century armor and sword, then trained on medieval horseback combat. Richard was the last British monarch killed on a battlefield. His 1485 defeat at Bosworth Field, marked the end of the Plantagenet Dynasty and the Middle Ages in England, plus the beginning of Tudor reign. Or was Richard the cowardly villain portrayed by Shakespeare, as killing his nephews as children, to become King ?
