Secrets of the Dead
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.
- 2000-2026
- 24 seasons
- Discovery Channel
- Documentary, Action & Adventure
- TV-PG
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.
Season 2 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2001
Episode 1
The Witches Curse
Tue, Jun 26, 2001
Historical accounts of witchcraft are re-examined in the light of modern forensics. Scientific theories are advanced to explain the events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials. Could a poisonous fungus be responsible?
Episode 2
Murder at Stonehenge
Tue, Jul 3, 2001 55 mins
Archaeologist Mike Pitts investigates the cause of death of a person, whose 3,000-year-old remains were found in a shallow grave at Stonehenge.
Episode 3
Death at Jamestown
Tue, Jul 10, 2001
Scientists investigate what led to the demise of the British colony of Jamestown, VA around 1610. Were the starvation and outbreaks they faced caused by a string of unfortunate events or did Spain have something to do with it as well?
Episode 4
Day of the Zulu
Tue, Jul 17, 2001
The battlefield and weapons of the famous Battle of Isandlwana are examined to determined what really happened on 22 January 1879 when the Anglo-Zulu War began with the forces of Zulu Kingdom beating the unstoppable British Empire.
Episode 5
Tomb of Christ
Tue, Jul 24, 2001 53 mins
Researchers Martin Biddle and his wife Birthe investigate whether or not the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem holds the tomb of the Jesus of Nazareth.
Episode 6
The Syphilis Enigma
Tue, Jul 31, 2001
Where did syphilis actually come from? An old theory suggests that indigenous people of South America may have given it to the first European colonists who followed Columbus, but is there another explanation?
