Season 12 Episodes : Secrets of the Dead (2000) - MyMovieRack

- Secrets of the Dead : Season 12
- Air date: 23 Oct '12 - 6 episodes
  
  Part detective story, part true-life drama, Secrets of the Dead investigators travel the globe unearthing evidence that throws fresh light on mysteries of the past. The PBS series is produced by WNET New York. The earliest programs are versions of shows originally produced in the UK and broadcast on Channel 4 starting in 1999. Those early shows purchased by PBS are indicated in the episode descriptions as (UK/PBS) and were re-edited, re-branded, and re-narrated by Americans. (PBS) indicates original PBS (thirteen/WNET) productions. Episode topics have included the Titanic, D-Day, the Shroud of Turin, the Salem Witch Trials, Blackbeard's lost ship, and the first English translations of the Bible. PBS premiered the series in the United States on May 15, 2000, airing four programs in three days. Despite an irregular schedule, new episodes continue to air. Run time varies from episode to episode but are edited to fit into an hour time slot for PBS.
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List of Episodes (6)
Secrets of the Dead (2000)

1. The Man Who Saved the World

23 Oct '12

An officer aboard a Soviet submarine refuses to fire a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

Secrets of the Dead (2000)

2. Bugging Hitler's Soldiers

01 May '13

German POWs reveal inner thoughts about the Third Reich, including military secrets that helped the Allies win World War II.

Secrets of the Dead (2000)

3. Death on the Railroad

08 May '13

Forensic and scientific analysis help determine how 57 Irish immigrants died less than two months after arriving in Pennsylvania to work on the railroad.

Secrets of the Dead (2000)

4. Cavemen Cold Case

15 May '13

Scientists say some of the 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidrón, Spain, bear signs of cannibalism.

Secrets of the Dead (2000)

5. Ultimate Tut

10 Jul '13

New scientific research provides insights into how King Tutankhamen was buried, why his tomb remained intact and how he died.

Secrets of the Dead (2000)

6. Bones of the Buddha

23 Jul '13

Bones of the Buddha is a 2013 television documentary produced by Icon Films and commissioned by WNET/THIRTEEN and ARTE France for the National Geographic Channels. It concerns a controversial Buddhist reliquary from the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was released in May, 2013, and was broadcast in July 2013 in the US on PBS as part of the Secrets of the Dead series.

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