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Secrets of the Dead
Ben Franklin's Bones
Learn why Franklin held human skeletal remains in the basement of his British residence.
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Jamestown’s Dark Winter
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.
Jamestown’s Dark Winter
Season 14 Episode 4 | 54m 41s | CC
Archaeologists have been excavating in Jamestown for more than 20 years. In April 2012, a team of Historic Jamestowne archeologists discovered something surprising. In the trash layer of a cellar, among the butchered animal bones and household trash discarded by the Jamestown colonists, they found the mutilated skull and severed leg of a 14-year-old English girl dating back to 1609.
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