Secrets of the Dead RSS feed for WLIW programming.http://watch.wliw.org/en-ushttp://watch.wliw.org/Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:08:34 -0500Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:08:34 -0500http://watch.wliw.org/video/1341327345/Timed for the first anniversary of the attacks, "Mumbai Massacre" brings viewers survivor accounts, closed-circuit footage from within the hotels and actual words spoken by victims and terrorists. Told from the perspective of the victims, the film places viewers inside the maelstrom, where they become witnesses to the critical events and decisions that meant the difference between life and death.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1341327345/Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:04:32 -0800HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Science & TechnologyNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesTechnologyTechnology/ElectronicsRetrace the harrowing hours of the tragic 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. NOTE: Graphic Content.tv-14surveillance, terrorism, technology, Islam, religion, Jews, cell phones, Mumbai, South AsiaHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageNews & Public AffairsNews & Public Affairs/Science & TechnologyNews & Public Affairs/Social IssuesTechnologyTechnology/Electronicshttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1327179571/In 1944, a U.S. bomber was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire, and the crew ejected and parachuted into the wilderness. They were taken in and protected by members of the Dayak tribe - the "wild men of Borneo," who were infamous for their custom of hunting and smoking enemy heads. Months later, the airmen were found by an eccentric British Major who devised an ingenious plan to rescue the men.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1327179571/Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:24:51 -0800HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/Asia-PacificHistory/BiographiesHistory/War & EspionageUncovers a WWII survivor tale of US soldiers lost in Borneo and their unlikely rescuerstv-pgPlane crash, natives, WWII, Borneo, jungle, soldiers, survivoral, Dayak, aborigines, rescueHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/Asia-PacificHistory/BiographiesHistory/War & Espionagehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1214340861/More than five centuries ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the darling of the Catholic Church. The Papacy commissioned him to create many of its most important pieces. Historians have long wondered about the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, but now, art historian Antonio Forcellino believes he has pieced together evidence of a deep rift between the Church and the esteemed artist.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1214340861/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:44:10 -0700Arts & LiteratureArts & Literature/ArchitectureArts & Literature/Drawing & PaintingArts & Literature/Renaissance (1400 AD - 1600 AD)Arts & Literature/SculptureCultureCulture/People & ProfilesHistoryHistory/Renaissance (1400 AD - 1600 AD)Art historians investigate strange inconsistencies in Michelangelo's famous Mosestv-pgart, religion, sculpture, painting, art history, Michaelangelo, Vatican, church, Spirituali, secret societiesArts & LiteratureArts & Literature/ArchitectureArts & Literature/Drawing & PaintingArts & Literature/Renaissance (1400 AD - 1600 AD)Arts & Literature/SculptureCultureCulture/People & ProfilesHistoryHistory/Renaissance (1400 AD - 1600 AD)http://watch.wliw.org/video/1240086878/In 1918, a flu pandemic ripped through the global population with such speed and virulence that by the end of the following year an estimated 40 million people would be dead. Where did this particular flu strain come from, and what made it so deadly? 85 years later, virologists and epidemiologists the world over are still hunting down the answers to those two critical questions.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1240086878/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 14:31:12 -0700Health & WellnessHealth & Wellness/Health ScienceHealth & Wellness/Public HealthHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageHistory/WorldScienceScience/MedicalWhere did this particular flu strain come from, and what made it so deadly?tv-pgwar, DNA, medicine, disease, epidemic, Flu, virus, World War 1, DoctorsHealth & WellnessHealth & Wellness/Health ScienceHealth & Wellness/Public HealthHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageHistory/WorldScienceScience/Medicalhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1208271760/Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard, was the most notorious pirate of his day. Now, 300 years later, a marine archaeology team believe they have found his sunken flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge, off the North Carolina coast. Did Blackbeard accidentally run his ship aground, or was it a deliberate plot to betray his crew and cheat them out of their share of the plunder?http://watch.wliw.org/video/1208271760/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:44:14 -0700HistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/EuropeHistory/The AmericasHistory/United StatesRegionRegion/North AmericaRegion/United StatesScienceScience/Archaeology & AnthropologyScience/ForensicHas an archaeology team discovered Blackbeard's sunken flagship, Queen Anne's Revenge?tv-pgHistory, archaeology, Pirates, shipwrecks, treasure, North Carolina, marine archaeologyHistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/EuropeHistory/The AmericasHistory/United StatesRegionRegion/North AmericaRegion/United StatesScienceScience/Archaeology & AnthropologyScience/Forensichttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1235658337/At the end of World War II, undercover Allied agents engaged in a desperate race against one another to capture the elite of Germany's scientific community in an effort to gain a major advantage in the looming Cold War and Space Race. "The Hunt for Nazi Scientists" examines this crucial pursuit through eye-witness accounts of these daring missions.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1235658337/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:44:34 -0700HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/EuropeTechnologyTechnology/AviationTechnology/EngineeringAllied agents engage in a race to capture the elite of Germany's scientific communitytv-pgscience, rockets, Cold War, World War II, Holocaust, Nazis, Russia, bombs, planes, AlliesHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/EuropeTechnologyTechnology/AviationTechnology/Engineeringhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1211797061/In 1910, an American doctor named Hawley Crippen was convicted in England of poisoning and dismembering his wife. The vicious murder-and execution that followed-made international headlines. It was a landmark case-the first trial by media, and the first to be dominated by forensic science. But did the prosecutors get it right? Almost one hundred years later, investigators have re-opened the files.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1211797061/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:44:11 -0700HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/EuropeScienceScience/ForensicScience/ProfilesInvestigators have re-opened the files on one of the crimes of the centurytv-pgmurder, History, crime, Journalism, forensics, execution, mass media, poisonHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/EuropeScienceScience/ForensicScience/Profileshttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1204753806/5000 ago, the Minoans, Europe's first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. The sophisticated inhabitants were the first Europeans to use a written language and construct paved roads. But inexplicably, at the height of their power, the Minoans were wiped from the pages of history. The reason for their disappearance has perplexed historians for generations -- until now.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1204753806/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:49:09 -0700HistoryHistory/Ancient & Classical (8000 BC - 400 AD)History/EuropeScienceScience/Archaeology & AnthropologyUncover history-changing evidence of what happened to the ancient Minoanstv-pgGreece, History, tsunamis, archaeology, Minoans, ancient civilization, sedimentHistoryHistory/Ancient & Classical (8000 BC - 400 AD)History/EuropeScienceScience/Archaeology & Anthropologyhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1239877248/Imagine if today's athletes were unknowingly involved in a government-sponsored secret doping program, leaving them with tarnished honors, broken bodies and damaged psyches. Doping for Gold investigates one of the most alarming cover-ups in the history of the Olympic Games - East Germany's organized use of steroids and testosterone to bolster its athletes' performance from 1960s through the 1980s. This program received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Science, Technology and Nature Programming.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1239877248/Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:20:11 -0700Health & WellnessHealth & Wellness/PharmacologyHealth & Wellness/Sports & FitnessHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/EuropeHistory/WorldRegionRegion/EuropeScienceScience/Medical2009 Emmy Nominee: Investigate one of the most alarming cover-ups in the history of the Olympic Gamestv-pgCold War, drugs, Sports, olympics, gender, steroids, East Germany, swimming, sexualityHealth & WellnessHealth & Wellness/PharmacologyHealth & Wellness/Sports & FitnessHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/EuropeHistory/WorldRegionRegion/EuropeScienceScience/Medicalhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1215284329/In A.D. 79, the people of Herculaneum, a seaside town in Italy's Bay of Naples, watched in horror as Mount Vesuvius erupted, hurling a boiling, churning column of gas and ash 10 miles high into the sky towards the neighboring city of Pompeii. It was only a matter of time before Vesuvius would unleash its fury on Herculaneum, killing its citizens in an even more spectacular and gruesome way.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1215284329/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:52:36 -0700Arts & LiteratureArts & Literature/Ancient & Classical (8000 BC - 400 AD)Arts & Literature/ArchitectureArts & Literature/SculptureHistoryHistory/Ancient & Classical (8000 BC - 400 AD)History/EuropeRegionRegion/EuropeDiscover the fabled city of Herculaneum destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius 2,000 years agotv-pgvolcanoes, Italy, archaeology, Herculaneum, Vesuvius, ancient civilizations, Roman, frescoesArts & LiteratureArts & Literature/Ancient & Classical (8000 BC - 400 AD)Arts & Literature/ArchitectureArts & Literature/SculptureHistoryHistory/Ancient & Classical (8000 BC - 400 AD)History/EuropeRegionRegion/Europehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1239472626/Nazi records show that tens of thousands of Jews from German-occupied territories were sent to Auschwitz to be executed each month. But two Auschwitz prisoners, Rudolph Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, were determined to expose the horrors of the Nazi genocide and stop the killing factories forever. To do that, they had to become the first to escape from the heavily-guarded camp.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1239472626/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:39:43 -0700HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/BiographiesHistory/EuropeHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/EuropeTwo Auschwitz prisoners were determined to expose the horrors of the Nazi genocidetv-pgwar, genocide, History, Poland, World War II, Holocaust, Jewish, escapes, SecretsHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/BiographiesHistory/EuropeHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/Europehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1207009525/Archaeologists make a grisly find: Four hundred skeletons buried in a mass grave. The bodies have lain undisturbed for 500 years, since the time of the Spanish conquest. But this is no ordinary gravesite. The remains suggest these people met a gruesome end at the hands of the Aztecs, who ruled Mesoamerica in the 14th through 16th centuries. But who were the victims and why were they killed?http://watch.wliw.org/video/1207009525/Thu, 3 Sep 2009 06:44:14 -0700HistoryHistory/EuropeHistory/The AmericasRegionRegion/Latin AmericaScienceScience/Archaeology & Anthropology400 skeletons are found in Zultapec. Who were the victims and why were they killed?nrwar, History, Massacre, The Americas, Aztecs, Hernando Cortes, blood sacrifice, conquistadorsHistoryHistory/EuropeHistory/The AmericasRegionRegion/Latin AmericaScienceScience/Archaeology & Anthropologyhttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1290027448/In 1789, more than 200 female thieves, prostitutes and con-artists rounded up from London's most prisons were shipped off to an Australian penal colony aboard a leaky vessel named the Lady Juliana. But once aboard, the women turned their banishment into opportunity, transforming their ship into a floating brothel on a journey that ended with the women as the founding mothers of Australia.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1290027448/Fri, 9 Oct 2009 12:38:29 -0700HistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/Asia-PacificHistory/BiographiesHistory/EuropeFollow the racuous journey of the 18th century women who settled Australiatv-pgcrime, Australia, England, prostitution, sailing, ships, sea travel, settlers, penal colony, genealogyHistoryHistory/18th CenturyHistory/Asia-PacificHistory/BiographiesHistory/Europehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1282032064/A plea is smuggled to a New York reporter from within Western Australia's Fremantle Prison. This letter launched an American whaler that stood its ground against an armed British steamer for freedom and independence. The whaler was the Catalpa, its captain was George Anthony and its human cargo consisted of six Irish political prisoners, who had suffered at the Fremantle prison for a decade.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1282032064/Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:51:55 -0700HistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/EuropeHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/EuropeSee the heroic escape story of Irish political prisoners, the Fremantle Sixtv-pgescape, politics, Revolution, History, Australia, England, Ireland, jail break, Irish independanceHistoryHistory/19th CenturyHistory/EuropeHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/Europehttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1297503569/"Gangland Graveyard" takes viewers into the world of the Mafia through expert insight provided by Joseph D. Pistone, the real life Donnie Brasco. In 1981, Three Mafia captains were murdered by Massino in a power play for control of the Bananno family. Over the next 20 years the FBI would use undercover testimony and accounting forensics to eventually topple Massino's Mafia career.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1297503569/Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:45:02 -0700HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/The AmericasDelve into the world of the Mafia through the insight of the real life Donnie Brascotv-pgNew York, murder, History, crime, Mafia, Donnie Brasco, mob, accounting forensicsHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/The Americashttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1258888794/Deep in the jungle of Guadalcanal in the South Pacific are the rusting remains of a World War II-era fighter plane. Research confirms that the plane is the doomed Wildcat flown by James "Pug" Southerland in WWII. This documentary examines and recreates every dramatic moment of the legendary showdown between 30-year-old Southerland in his Wildcat, and Saburo Sakai, 25, in his Mitsubishi Zero.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1258888794/Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:19:12 -0700HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageScienceScience/ForensicScience/PhysicsWhat really happened in this "high noon" style showdown over the jungles of Guadalcanal?tv-pgAmerican, History, Aviation, World War II, forensics, dogfight, Japanese, fighter planes, jungleHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageScienceScience/ForensicScience/Physicshttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1355566832/On September 11, 1978, Bulgarian emigre, writer and broadcast journalist Georgi Markov died. Three days before, while waiting for a bus, Markov felt a sudden sting in the back of his thigh. Markov was soon hospitalized. After his death, an investigation ruled Markov had been poisoned. A pellet containing ricin had been shot into his leg. How had this political murder been executed?http://watch.wliw.org/video/1355566832/Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:15:49 -0800HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/EuropeScienceScience/BiologyScience/ChemistryScience/ForensicSolve the mystery of the Cold War politcal murders of a Bulgarian defector in Londontv-pgpolitics, Cold War, murder, crime, Europe, forensics, poison, USSR, assassin, weapons, BulgariaHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/War & EspionageRegionRegion/EuropeScienceScience/BiologyScience/ChemistryScience/Forensichttp://watch.wliw.org/video/1312687902/On the last night of an Atlantic voyage, the Andrea Doria luxury liner was broadsided by the 13,000-ton Stockholm in an accident that imperiled more than 1,700 passengers and crew. With the world watching in horror during one of the first televised tragedies, the Andrea Doria sank, sparking a ferocious debate over fault that remains to this day and ended the era of luxury cruise liners.http://watch.wliw.org/video/1312687902/Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:52:04 -0700HistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/The AmericasSee testimonies and footage of the accident that ended the era of luxury cruise linerstv-pgDocumentary, shipwrecks, Andrea Doria, luxury liners, boats, high seas, rescuesHistoryHistory/20th & 21st CenturiesHistory/The Americas