Abandoning The Titanic
secrets of the dead

Join a team of investigators as they search for the identity of the captain of a "mystery ship" that turned away from the "unsinkable" Titanic in its darkest hour, abandoning thousands of lives to the icy waters and their deaths.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 1706

About Secrets of the Dead:

Part detective story, part true-life drama, SECRETS OF THE DEAD unearths evidence from around the world, challenging prevailing ideas and throwing fresh light on unexplained events.

Using the most up-to-date science in the laboratory and in the field, scientists and researchers examine the missing pieces of each puzzle, completing the picture of what had been merely an assemblage of suppositions.


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Sun, Nov 24 10:00 P.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH Explore (11.2)
Mon, Nov 25 2:00 A.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH Explore (11.2)
Tue, Nov 26 8:00 P.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Nov 26 9:00 P.M. Jamestown's Dark Winter     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 27 1:00 A.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 27 2:00 A.M. Jamestown's Dark Winter     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 27 9:00 A.M. Lost Treasures of Angkor - King's Gold     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 27 10:00 A.M. Jamestown's Dark Winter     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Nov 27 10:00 P.M. Jamestown's Dark Winter     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Nov 28 3:00 A.M. Jamestown's Dark Winter     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Nov 30 5:00 A.M. Jamestown's Dark Winter     NH World (11.3)
Wed, Dec 11 10:00 P.M. The Sunken Basilica     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Dec 12 2:00 A.M. The Sunken Basilica     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Dec 13 4:00 P.M. The Sunken Basilica     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Dec 14 11:00 A.M. The Sunken Basilica     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Dec 15 2:00 A.M. The Sunken Basilica     NHPBS (11.1)


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