Secrets of the Dead

Secrets of the Dead IV: Bridge on the River Kwai

This program tells the story behind the construction and destruction of one of the most heralded World War II engineering feats: the 250-mile River Kwai railway in Thailand.

Secrets of the Dead V: Gangland Graveyard

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.

Secrets of the Dead V: Voyage of the Courtesans

Voyage of the Courtesans follows the 18th-century women who settled Australia and their raucous journey from England to Australia.

Secrets of the Dead: Bugging Hitler's Soldiers

Spied upon by MI19 in a bugging operation of unprecedented scale and cunning, 4,000 German POWs revealed their inner thoughts about the Third Reich and let slip military secrets that helped the Allies win World War II.

Secrets of the Dead: Caveman Cold Case

A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation.

Secrets Of The Dead: D-Day The Ultimate

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of D-Day

Secrets of the Dead: Deadliest Battle

Secrets of the Dead: Death on the Railroad

In 1832, 57 young men from Ireland boarded a ship to America, leaving behind an impoverished country in hopes of a better life.

Secrets of the Dead: Dogfight at Guadalcanal

In the summer of 1942, two ace fighter pilots, one American and one Japanese, faced off during a dramatic dogfight in the skies over Guadalcanal.

Secrets of the Dead: Doping For Gold

Secrets of the Dead: Escape From Auschwitz

Secrets of the Dead: Executed in Error

Secrets Of The Dead: Great Fire Of Rome

In the early hours of July 19, 64 A.D., a fire struck Rome, engulfing some of the greatest buildings in antiquity and devastating the teeming city.

Secrets of the Dead: Headless Romans

In the back garden of a house in York, England, more than 45 decapitated, Roman-era skeletons are unearthed.

Secrets of the Dead: Herculaneum Uncovered

Pompeii, the lost Roman city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD, has long been a source of fascination to archaeologists.

Secrets of the Dead: Irish Escape

It has been called the most outrageous escape story in the history of the high seas.

Secrets of the Dead: Japanese Super Sub

Secrets of the Dead: Killer Flu

This program shows how modern scientists in both the U.

Secrets of the Dead: Lost in the Amazon

Secrets of the Dead: Michelangelo Revealed

Secrets Of The Dead: Search For The First Human

This "Secrets of the Dead" special paints a portrait of a missing link in the evolution of humans using forensic techniques.

Secrets of the Dead: Sinking Atlantis

Secrets of the Dead: The Airmen and the Headhunters

Secrets of the Dead: The Hunt for Nazi Scientists

The Hunt For Nazi Scientists tells the dramatic, untold story of the race to capture Germany's top scientists during the dying days of World War II and is filled with real-life accounts of the secret raids, rare archival f...

Secrets of the Dead: The Man Who Saved the World

Secrets Of The Dead: Titanic's Ghost

Secrets Of The Dead: Tragedy At The Pole

Secrets of the Dead: Umbrella Assassin

At the height of the Cold War, the KGB used one of the most ingenious and unobtrusive weapons to murder an outspoken Bulgarian dissident.