Secrets of the Dead - 4 ª Season

As early as 1939, the Japanese had drawn up plans to build the railway, which was to provide a supply line capable of transporting 3,000 tons of supplies per day to support their front-line troops in Burma.

Scientists investigate the Spanish Flu, an unusually severe and deadly strain of avian influenza that caused the 1918 flu pandemic which killed almost 100 million people around the world.

Scientist investigate the Turin Shroud, a linen cloth that bears the image of a man who some believe to be the Jesus of Nazareth. Some also believe that the cloth is actually the burial shroud he was wrapped in after the crucifixion.

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of D-Day, SECRETS OF THE DEAD tells the story of how it all came together, and shows step by step how the Allies achieved victory on June 6, 1944. The film calls upon the testimony of and includes spectacular dramatic reconstructions and incorporates arresting 16mm archive footage that brings the panic and terror of D-Day to the fore. All of these elements combine to create a definitive and dramatic account of what really happened.

An American and a Russian archaeologists work over a period of ten years to dig out and positively identify the remains of warrior women of probable Scythian origin, and further determine that their bone DNA analysis are an exact match of contemporary Mongolian tribe women.