Season 1
6 episodes
44 min. per episode
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A brilliant team deciphers the mysteries of extraordinary lives, revealing how their untimely deaths shape our world today.
Episodes
Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris conducts a virtual autopsy to examine the case of the world's most famous axe murderess.
Dr Lindsey Fitzharris explores the mysterious death of Brian Jones, founder of the Rolling Stones, looking at the role that drink, drugs and rock'n'roll played, and whether there is evidence of murder.
In a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, over a hundred victims of the RMS Titanic disaster are buried, including a simple grave dedicated to an "Unknown Child." Who was this unfortunate youth who perished in the freezing North Atlantic on April 15, 1912? Where was he on the ship when tragedy struck? Who was his family? And does he have any living descendants? Follow this twisting and turning scientific search as medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris and her team of experts bring this Titanic victim back to life after over a century.
The death of actress Brittany Murphy in 2009 was immediately considered suspicious. People said it was unnatural, no accident, even murder. Stories in the press became increasingly sensational, and only heightened when her husband died in the same Hollywood mansion just five months later. So what really happened? Were drugs involved? Toxic mold? Could her mother have poisoned them both? Medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris separates the truth from the tabloid news, delivering her own verdict on this tragic death.
The most famous celebrity of the early 20th Century, the magician and escape artist's sudden death at the peak of health has long remained mysterious.
A team of experts analyze the deaths of notable people while examining their lives.