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Secrets of the Dead Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2005 - 2006
Episode 1
The Hunt for Nazi Scientists
Wed, Oct 19, 200547 mins
World War 2 offered few spoils for the victors. But the Nazi nuclear and aeronautical scientists were a well recognized prize that could have geopolitical implications in the post war world. The desperate efforts of Russians and Allies to capture the scientists, their equipment and creations are described.
Episode 2
Gangland Graveyard
Wed, Nov 16, 200560 mins
On October 6, 2004, FBI agents began digging up a Queens swamp in the hopes of finding the remains of the man who killed John Gotti's son. Instead, they unearthed a severed foot and other pieces of human skeleton, along with personal effects. Forensic tests tied the remains to Mob family captains who had been killed by mob boss Joseph "Big Joey" Massino. This program documents the search which opens a window into the grisly world of the mob.
Episode 3
Voyage of the Courtesans
Wed, Nov 23, 2005
The story of Australia's founding mothers and their bawdy journey to a new land as convicts on a floating brothel. Female convicts set up a brothel for sailors on a ship sailing from London to Australia in 1789.
Episode 4
The Sinking of the Andrea Doria
Wed, Jul 26, 2006
The 1956 sinking of the luxurious Italian liner Andrea Doria is detailed. After being rammed near Nantucket by the Swedish liner Stockholm, the Andrea Doria stayed afloat for many hours, allowing most aboard to be rescued. This documentary explores who might have been at fault and includes interviews with survivors from both ships.
Episode 5
Umbrella Assassin
Wed, Oct 4, 200656 mins
The mysteries behind the apparent Cold War murder of political dissident and author, Georgi Markov, a vocal anti-communist Bulgarian defector assassinated in London in 1979, are revealed.