Is Secrets of the Dead coming back?
Secrets of the Dead (2000–present) — drama · mystery · history on PBS
The answer: Yes — returns in 18 days.
Next episode · S23E01 · "China's Bronze Kingdom" · on PBS
22seasons
127episodes
4upcoming
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About Secrets of the Dead
Secrets of the Dead is part detective story, part true-life drama that unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events.
Secrets of the Dead episode schedule
4 upcoming · 123 aired . Next episode: May 27, 2026.
Upcoming · 4
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | S23·E1 | China's Bronze Kingdom |
| October 7, 2026 | S23·E2 | Lady Liberty |
| November 4, 2026 | S23·E3 | Saving Tangier Island |
| November 11, 2026 | S23·E4 | Who Fought the American Revolution |
Aired · 123
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February 4, 2026 | S22·E21 | The Quest for Camelot |
| January 28, 2026 | S22·E20 | Queens of Combat |
| November 12, 2025 | S22·E19 | Picturing Shakespeare |
| October 29, 2025 | S22·E18 | Chasing the Plague |
| October 22, 2025 | S22·E17 | Cracking the Queen's Code |
| October 15, 2025 | S22·E16 | Cleopatra's Last Temple |
| October 8, 2025 | S22·E15 | Rise and Fall of the Colosseum |
| February 26, 2025 | S22·E14 | Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part Two) |
| February 19, 2025 | S22·E13 | Plunderer: The Life and Times of a Nazi Art Thief (Part One) |
| November 20, 2024 | S22·E12 | Lost Treasures of Angkor – King's Gold |
| November 13, 2024 | S22·E11 | Lost Treasures of Angkor – The Discovery |
| October 30, 2024 | S22·E10 | Field of Vampires |
| October 23, 2024 | S22·E9 | The Civil War's Lost Massacre |
| October 16, 2024 | S22·E8 | The Herculaneum Scrolls |
| October 9, 2024 | S22·E7 | Mozart's Sister |
| October 2, 2024 | S22·E6 | Returning to Babylon |
| November 22, 2023 | S22·E5 | The Princes in the Tower |
| November 1, 2023 | S22·E4 | Death in Britannia |
| October 25, 2023 | S22·E3 | Eiffel's Race to the Top |
| October 18, 2023 | S22·E2 | Jurassic Fortunes |
| October 11, 2023 | S22·E1 | The Sunken Basilica |
| November 9, 2022 | S21·E5 | Hidden in the Amazon |
| November 2, 2022 | S21·E4 | Decoding Hieroglyphics |
| October 26, 2022 | S21·E3 | The End of the Romans |
| October 19, 2022 | S21·E2 | Last Days of Pompeii |
| October 9, 2022 | S21·E1 | Archaeology of Althorpe |
| November 24, 2021 | S20·E6 | The Caravaggio Heist |
| November 17, 2021 | S20·E5 | A Samurai in the Vatican |
| November 10, 2021 | S20·E4 | Hindenburg's Fatal Flaws |
| November 3, 2021 | S20·E3 | The First Circle of Stonehenge |
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| October 27, 2021 | S20·E2 | Lady Sapiens |
| October 20, 2021 | S20·E1 | Magellan's Crossing |
| November 18, 2020 | S19·E6 | Gangster's Gold |
| November 4, 2020 | S19·E5 | Abandoning The Titanic |
| July 7, 2020 | S19·E4 | Viking Warrior Queen |
| April 28, 2020 | S19·E3 | Building Notre Dame |
| January 21, 2020 | S19·E2 | Bombing Auschwitz |
| July 2, 2019 | S19·E1 | Galileo's Moon |
| June 25, 2019 | S18·E5 | World War Speed |
| April 3, 2019 | S18·E4 | Egypt's Darkest Hour |
| March 27, 2019 | S18·E3 | King Arthur's Lost Kingdom |
| February 20, 2019 | S18·E2 | The Nero Files |
| October 3, 2018 | S18·E1 | The Woman in the Iron Coffin |
| April 10, 2018 | S17·E2 | Hannibal In The Alps |
| January 24, 2018 | S17·E1 | Scanning the Pyramids |
| April 5, 2017 | S16·E5 | Leonardo: The Man Who Saved Science |
| March 29, 2017 | S16·E4 | Nero's Sunken City |
| December 14, 2016 | S16·E3 | Van Gogh's Ear |
| November 2, 2016 | S16·E2 | Graveyard of the Giant Beasts |
| October 26, 2016 | S16·E1 | After Stonehenge |
| May 24, 2016 | S15·E5 | Teotihuacan's Lost Kings |
| May 17, 2016 | S15·E4 | Cleopatra's Lost Tomb |
| March 29, 2016 | S15·E3 | The Alcatraz Escape |
| November 24, 2015 | S15·E2 | Jamestown's Dark Winter |
| October 27, 2015 | S15·E1 | Vampire Legend |
| October 13, 2015 | S14·E3 | The Real Trojan Horse |
| August 4, 2015 | S14·E2 | JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness |
| January 28, 2015 | S14·E1 | Ben Franklin's Bones |
| September 24, 2014 | S13·E7 | Resurrecting Richard III |
| August 8, 2014 | S13·E6 | Dick Cavett's Watergate |
| July 9, 2014 | S13·E5 | The Mona Lisa Mystery |
| May 6, 2014 | S13·E4 | The Lost Gardens of Babylon |
| April 2, 2014 | S13·E3 | Carthage's Lost Warriors |
| March 26, 2014 | S13·E2 | The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone |
| November 11, 2013 | S13·E1 | JFK: One PM Central Standard Time |
| July 23, 2013 | S12·E6 | Bones of the Buddha |
| July 10, 2013 | S12·E5 | Ultimate Tut |
| May 15, 2013 | S12·E4 | Caveman Cold Case |
| May 8, 2013 | S12·E3 | Death on the Railroad |
| May 1, 2013 | S12·E2 | Bugging Hitler's Soldiers |
| October 23, 2012 | S12·E1 | The Man Who Saved the World |
| May 16, 2011 | S11·E1 | The World's Biggest Bomb |
| May 4, 2011 | S10·E5 | China's Terracotta Warriors |
| April 20, 2011 | S10·E4 | Lost in the Amazon |
| November 17, 2010 | S10·E3 | Lost Ships of Rome |
| November 10, 2010 | S10·E2 | Slave Ship Mutiny |
| November 3, 2010 | S10·E1 | The Silver Pharaoh |
| May 19, 2010 | S9·E6 | Deadliest Battle |
| May 12, 2010 | S9·E5 | Churchill's Deadly Decision |
| May 6, 2010 | S9·E4 | Japanese SuperSub |
| November 25, 2009 | S9·E3 | Mumbai Massacre |
| November 11, 2009 | S9·E2 | The Airmen and the Headhunters |
| May 13, 2009 | S9·E1 | Michelangelo Revealed |
| April 22, 2009 | S8·E4 | Blackbeard's Lost Ship |
| September 30, 2008 | S8·E3 | Executed in Error |
| May 14, 2008 | S8·E2 | Sinking Atlantis |
| May 7, 2008 | S8·E1 | Doping for Gold |
| April 30, 2008 | S7·E2 | Escape from Auschwitz |
| April 23, 2008 | S7·E1 | Aztec Massacre |
| May 16, 2007 | S6·E5 | Irish Escape |
| May 9, 2007 | S6·E4 | Headless Romans |
| May 2, 2007 | S6·E3 | Herculaneum Uncovered |
| April 25, 2007 | S6·E2 | Battle for the Bible |
| November 8, 2006 | S6·E1 | Dogfight Over Guadalcanal |
| October 4, 2006 | S5·E5 | Umbrella Assassin |
| July 26, 2006 | S5·E4 | The Sinking of the Andrea Doria |
| November 23, 2005 | S5·E3 | Voyage of the Courtesans |
| November 16, 2005 | S5·E2 | Gangland Graveyard |
| October 19, 2005 | S5·E1 | The Hunt for Nazi Scientists |
| August 4, 2004 | S4·E6 | Amazon Warrior Women |
| May 19, 2004 | S4·E5 | D-Day |
| April 11, 2004 | S4·E4 | Shroud of Christ? |
| March 3, 2004 | S4·E3 | Killer Flu |
| November 12, 2003 | S4·E2 | Bridge on the River Kwai |
| November 1, 2003 | S4·E1 | Blood Red Roses |
| February 12, 2003 | S3·E6 | Bombing Nazi Dams |
| January 15, 2003 | S3·E5 | Tragedy at the Pole |
| November 27, 2002 | S3·E4 | Great Fire of Rome |
| November 20, 2002 | S3·E3 | Titanic's Ghosts |
| October 30, 2002 | S3·E2 | Mystery of the Black Death |
| August 6, 2001 | S2·E7 | What Sank the Mary Rose? |
| July 31, 2001 | S2·E6 | The Syphilis Enigma |
| July 24, 2001 | S2·E5 | Tomb of Christ |
| July 17, 2001 | S2·E4 | Day of the Zulu |
| July 10, 2001 | S2·E3 | Death at Jamestown |
| July 3, 2001 | S2·E2 | Murder at Stonehenge |
| June 26, 2001 | S2·E1 | Witches' Curse |
| May 8, 2001 | S3·E1 | Search for the First Human |
| June 15, 2000 | S1·E4 | What Happened to the Hindenburg |
| May 17, 2000 | S1·E5 | Cannibalism in the Canyon |
| May 16, 2000 | S1·E3 | The Lost Vikings |
| May 15, 2000 | S1·E2 | Catastrophe! Part 2: How the World Changed |
| May 15, 2000 | S1·E1 | Catastrophe! Part 1: The Day the Sun Went Out |
