Secrets of the Dead

- Season 2

(2000)

Evidence leading to the conclusion that a major worldwide catastrophe occurred just prior to the start of the Dark Ages in Europe is reviewed.

Could a violent volcanic eruption of Krakatoa be responsible for the climatic cataclysm that hit Earth in 535 A.D. causing two years of darkness, famine, drought and disease, and did this lead to emergence of new nations and religions?

With the help of ever advanced technologies, scientists and researchers seek out and explore possible causes for the apparent and almost sudden and inexplicable disappearance of the Vikings of Greenland.

In 1937, dirigible LZ 129 Hindenburg, pride of the Third Reich, caught fire over Lakehurst, NJ and crashed. NASA scientist Addison Bain reexamines what may have been the cause of one of the most famous disasters of the 20th century.

Anasazi were a Native American tribe that lived in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. Scientists investigate if the newly discovered Anasazi remains in Chaco Canyon, NM imply that cannibalism may have been a part of their culture.