The BEST episodes of Secrets of the Dead season 18
Every episode of Secrets of the Dead season 18, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Secrets of the Dead season 18!
Sometimes the truth gets carried to the grave. The techniques of modern forensic science are used to investigate a historical mystery to find proof of what really happened.
#1 - Galileo’s Moon
Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/2/2019
When it was published in 1610, Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) set in motion a scientific revolution. Using observations he made of both the earth’s moon and Jupiter’s moons, Galileo proved earth is not the center of the universe. Five hundred and fifty copies of the original treatise were originally printed and roughly 150 are known to exist today. When an original copy with Galileo’s signature and seemingly original watercolor paintings of the phases of the moon believed to be done by Galileo himself came on the market in 2005, Sidereus Nuncius caused a worldwide sensation 400 years after its creation… and again in 2012 when it was proved a fake.
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#2 - Building Notre Dame
Season 18 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/2020
People often assume they're simply decorative but the gargoyles are vital to the structure of Notre Dame, serving as part of the water drainage system. Still in use today, when the drainage system was built in the Middle Ages, it led to significant architectural advancements for the cathedral.
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#3 - Viking Warrior Queen
Season 18 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/7/2020
A team of archaeologists examine one of the most significant Viking graves ever found and test the DNA of the remains of the female warrior buried inside, rewriting our understanding of Viking society.
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#4 - Bombing Auschwitz
Season 18 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2020
On December 3, 1944, The Washington Post published an editorial on the atrocities in Auschwitz with the headline “Genocide,” marking the first time the word appeared in a national newspaper.
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#5 - Gangster's Gold
Season 18 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/2020
Join three groups of treasure hunters, armed with modern technology and newly uncovered clues, as they set out to find the lost treasure of notorious Prohibition-era gangster Dutch Schultz and solve an 85-year-old mystery.
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#6 - The End of the Romans
Season 18 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/2022
What if climate change and pandemics were the real causes of the decline of the Roman Empire? Scientists from a range of disciplines are accumulating clues to show that three successive waves of deadly epidemics and powerful temperature drops could have caused the collapse of the Empire — and draw frightening parallels to today.
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