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Oct 22, 2012
How, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a Soviet submarine fleet commander and K-19 survivor, Vasili Arkhipov, kept his cool under enormous pressure and prevented his men from starting WWIII after being surrounded by the US fleet.
Apr 30, 2013
An examination of British Intelligence's World War II systematic eavesdropping on German prisoners of war.
May 07, 2013
Has the 150-year-old mystery behind the deaths of 57 Irish immigrants who came to Pennsylvania to work on the railroad finally been resolved?
May 14, 2013
Scientists investigate the recently found 49,000 year-old remains of a group of Neanderthals in El Sidron, Spain. Could they have been victims of cannibalism?
Jul 09, 2013
Scientists investigate pharaoh Tutankhamun. Was his tomb originally his and why hasn't it been raided like the other pharaoh tombs? Also, how did he die, why was his burial so rushed and why was he erased from history by his successors?
Jul 22, 2013
in India in 1898, a British foreman called Willie Peppe supposedly found a jar that contained the remains of Gautama Buddha himself. Historian Charles Allen investigates this claim.
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Secrets of the Dead Season 13 (2013) is released on Oct 22, 2012 and the latest season 19 of Secrets of the Dead is released in 2019. Watch Secrets of the Dead online - the English Documentary TV series from United Kingdom. Secrets of the Dead is directed by Mark Lewis,Gary Johnstone,Mark Radice,Larry Engel and created by Melisa Akdogan with Liev Schreiber and Jay O. Sanders.
Mysteries involving notable historical events, people and locations are scientifically examined.