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Secrets of the Dead Season 24 release date
June 4, 2027.
That’s a Friday. 2:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. ET on PBS.
Six episodes. Sixty minutes each. That’s six hours of historical forensic investigation. No commercials. It’s PBS. They don’t do commercials.
The show has been on since 2000. Twenty-four seasons. That’s incredible for a documentary series. Most don’t last five. Secrets of the Dead keeps going because the stories are endless. History never runs out of mysteries.
Season 23 ended last fall. Season 24 picks up with new cases. New forensic techniques. New answers to old questions.
The show is a co-production between PBS (US) and Channel 5 (UK). It airs on both sides of the Atlantic. Slightly different narrators. Same episodes.
What is “Secrets of the Dead” Season 24 about?
The premise is simple. Take a historical mystery. Apply modern forensic science. Find out what really happened.
Each episode is one case. Sometimes two if they’re related. Season 24 has six episodes. Six mysteries.
Episode 1: The Lost Legion of Rome. In 9 AD, three Roman legions were destroyed in the Teutoburg Forest. Thousands of soldiers. Never found. This episode follows archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar and DNA analysis to locate the battle site. They find something unexpected. Not just bones. Weapons. Armor. A mass grave. And evidence that some soldiers survived. That changes everything.
Episode 2: The Cursed Mummy of Thebes. A mummy in the British Museum. Believed to be cursed. Several curators died after handling it. This episode tests the curse. Forensic analysis shows the mummy had tuberculosis. The curators died of TB too. Not a curse. An infection. But the episode goes deeper. Who was she? Why was she buried with gold? The answers are sad. And beautiful.
Episode 3: The Bones of Agincourt. The famous battle. 1415. English longbows against French knights. The English won. But where are the bodies? This episode searches for the mass grave. They find it. Under a parking lot. The forensic analysis reveals something shocking. Most of the dead were not killed by arrows. They were crushed. Trampled. Drowned in mud. The battle was even more brutal than history books describe.
Episode 4: The Lost Colony of Roanoke. The oldest mystery in American history. 1587. 115 English settlers vanished. Only one word left behind: “CROATOAN.” This episode uses new DNA evidence. They compare the DNA of modern Croatoan descendants (the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina) with DNA from bones found near the colony. The match is not perfect. But it’s close. The settlers didn’t die. They assimilated. The mystery is solved. Mostly.
Episode 5: The Poisoned Pharaoh. Ramesses III. Died in 1155 BC. Was he murdered? This episode re-examines the mummy. New CT scans show a cut in his throat. Deep. Fatal. But the cut was made after death. So not murder. Something else. The episode follows the evidence to a surprising conclusion. Ramesses III was killed by a snake. A cobra. In his bed. The assassin was his second wife. She put the snake there. She was caught. Executed. History recorded her as a conspirator. It got the method wrong.
Episode 6: The Secret of Stonehenge. The most famous stone circle in the world. Everyone knows about the big stones. This episode is about the small ones. The bluestones. They come from Wales. 150 miles away. How did they get there? The episode uses new geological analysis. The bluestones were not dragged. They were carried. By glaciers. During the ice age. The builders of Stonehenge just found them. They didn’t transport them. The mystery is solved. But the episode ends with a new mystery. Who built Stonehenge? The episode doesn’t answer that. That’s for Season 25.
Are episodes released weekly or all at once?
Weekly. PBS does weekly releases for this show. New episode every Friday.
Here’s the schedule:
- Episode 1: June 4, 2027
- Episode 2: June 11, 2027
- Episode 3: June 18, 2027
- Episode 4: June 25, 2027
- Episode 5: July 2, 2027
- Episode 6: July 9, 2027
Streaming on PBS app: New episodes available the same day. Free. No subscription. Need a PBS account (free). Some stations require a Passport donation (min $5/month). But most episodes are free after a week.
Streaming on Amazon Prime: PBS is a channel add-on. $4.99/month. New episodes the next day.
No binge option. You have to wait week to week. Or wait until July 9 and watch all six at once.
How can I watch “Secrets of the Dead” Season 24?
In the US with antenna: PBS is free over the air. Channel depends on your city. Check your local listings.
In the US with cable: PBS is on most cable packages. Usually around channel 10-20.
In the US without cable: Streaming options.
- PBS app — Free. Some episodes available immediately. Most available after one week.
- PBS Passport — $5/month donation to your local station. Full access to all episodes immediately.
- Amazon Prime PBS channel — $4.99/month. Full access.
- YouTube TV — $73/month. Includes PBS. Expensive.
In the UK: Channel 5. Same episodes. Different narrator. Aired a few months after the US. Check local listings. Also on My5 (free streaming).
In Canada: PBS is available on most cable packages. Also on CBC Gem? Sometimes. Check. Also on Amazon Prime PBS channel.
In Australia: PBS content is on SBS on Demand. Free. Episodes might be delayed.
Everywhere else: PBS app works worldwide. But some content is region-locked. VPN to the US. Free account. Watch.
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When does “Secrets of the Dead” Season 24 come out?
June 4, 2027. Friday.
2:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. ET. That’s the PBS broadcast time. Check your local listings. PBS stations sometimes air at different times. Some at 8 p.m. Some at 10 p.m. Some in the middle of the night. The 2:30 p.m. time is for the national feed. Your local station might be different.
Streaming on PBS app: Available after the broadcast. Usually within an hour.
International: Channel 5 in the UK. Aired in September 2027. Delayed. Sorry.
How to watch from Canada
Easy. PBS is available on most Canadian cable packages. Same channel. Same time. 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT.
If you don’t have cable: PBS app works in Canada. Free. Some episodes require Passport. Passport is $5/month. Worth it if you watch a lot of PBS.
If you want to watch the UK version: Channel 5 is not available in Canada. VPN to UK. My5 is free. The UK narrator is different. Some people prefer him.
No VPN needed for the US version. PBS is legit in Canada. Just watch it.
Secrets of the Dead Season 24 trailers and clips
PBS released a trailer in May 2027.
One minute thirty seconds. Opens with Jay O. Sanders’s voice. “History is written by the victors. But the dead have their own stories.” Then shots of bones. Artifacts. A mummy. A battlefield. Then quick cuts of the experts. Daisy Dunn. Mark Horton. Kathleen Coleman. Then the title card.
The trailer doesn’t show any conclusions. Just the investigations. That’s the hook. You have to watch to find out.
PBS also released individual episode teasers. Thirty seconds each. One for every episode. They show the mystery. Not the solution. Safe to watch.
Search “Secrets of the Dead Season 24 PBS” on YouTube. The main trailer has about 500,000 views. The teasers have fewer. But the fans watch them all.
Behind-the-scenes featurette: PBS released a 10-minute video about the forensic techniques. How they use DNA. How they use CT scans. How they use ground-penetrating radar. It’s fascinating. Even if you don’t watch the show, watch this.
Secrets of the Dead Season 24 cast
Here’s the full cast:
- Jay O. Sanders as Narrator (US version)
- Daisy Dunn as Self – Classicist and Author
- Mark Horton as Self – Archaeologist
- Kathleen Coleman as Self – Classical Scholar
- Marianne Ailes as Self – Scholar of Medieval French Literature
- Emma Stuart as Self – Director, Corinium Museum
- Edith Hall as Self – Classicist
Jay O. Sanders is the voice of the show. He’s been narrating since Season 1 in 2000. Twenty-four years. That’s longer than most marriages. His voice is calm. Authoritative. Slightly sad. Perfect for history.
Daisy Dunn is a classicist. She’s written books about Pompeii and Catullus. She appears in Episode 2 (the mummy) and Episode 5 (the pharaoh). She’s the one who explains the ancient texts.
Mark Horton is an archaeologist. He’s been on the show for years. He’s the field expert. He travels to the locations. He digs. He gets dirty. He’s in Episode 1 (the lost legion), Episode 3 (Agincourt), and Episode 6 (Stonehenge).
Kathleen Coleman is a classical scholar from Harvard. She’s the expert on Roman history. She appears in Episode 1. She explains why the lost legion matters.
Marianne Ailes is a scholar of medieval French literature. She appears in Episode 3. Agincourt. The French perspective. She’s the only one who reads the original French accounts.
Emma Stuart is the director of the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, England. She appears in Episode 4 (Roanoke). She’s the expert on early colonial history. Why a museum director in England knows about Roanoke? Because the colonists were English. The records are in England.
Edith Hall is a classicist from Durham University. She appears in Episode 5 (the pharaoh). She’s the expert on Egyptian history. She also appears in Episode 2 (the mummy). She’s busy this season.
Secrets of the Dead Season 24 filming locations
All over the world. Each episode filmed in a different location.
Episode 1 (The Lost Legion): Germany. Teutoburg Forest. The actual forest. Also a museum in Kalkriese. Also a lab in Berlin where they analyzed the DNA.
Episode 2 (The Cursed Mummy): London. The British Museum. The mummy is there. Also a hospital in London where they did the CT scan. Also a cemetery in Thebes (modern Luxor, Egypt). The crew flew to Egypt for one day. Worth it.
Episode 3 (The Bones of Agincourt): France. The battlefield. Now a farm. The parking lot where they found the mass grave is behind a supermarket. The crew filmed there. The supermarket let them. They bought sandwiches.
Episode 4 (The Lost Colony): North Carolina. Roanoke Island. The actual colony site. Also the Lumbee tribe’s land. The crew filmed interviews with tribe members. They were generous. They shared their DNA.
Episode 5 (The Poisoned Pharaoh): Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Museum. Ramesses III is there. Also a lab in Cairo. Also a snake farm. Yes, a snake farm. They needed a cobra for reference.
Episode 6 (The Secret of Stonehenge): Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge. Also the Preseli Hills in Wales (where the bluestones come from). Also a glacier research center in Switzerland. The glacier expert is Swiss. Very precise. Very helpful.
The studio: Bristol, England. The show is produced by Channel 5. The interview segments are filmed in a studio in Bristol. The experts travel there. They sit in a chair. They talk to camera. Then they fly home.
If you want to visit the locations:
- Teutoburg Forest is in Germany. You can hike there.
- The British Museum is in London. Free entry. See the mummy.
- The Agincourt battlefield is in France. There’s a museum. Small. Good.
- Roanoke Island is in North Carolina. There’s a historic site. Interpretive center.
- The Egyptian Museum is in Cairo. Ramesses III is there. Also a lot of other mummies.
- Stonehenge is in England. Book tickets in advance. It’s crowded. Go early morning or late afternoon.
Quick recap:
- Season 24 premiere: June 4, 2027
- Time: 2:30 p.m. PT / 5:30 p.m. ET (check local listings)
- Where to watch US: PBS (free over air) or PBS app (free, some episodes delayed)
- Where to watch Canada: PBS (cable) or PBS app (free)
- Where to watch UK: Channel 5 (delayed until September 2027)
- Episodes: 6 (60 minutes each)
- New episodes every Friday. Weekly release.
- Narrator: Jay O. Sanders (US version). Different narrator in UK.
- Experts: Daisy Dunn, Mark Horton, Kathleen Coleman, Edith Hall
- Filmed in: Germany, England, France, USA, Egypt, Switzerland
June 4. Friday. History’s coldest cases get solved. The lost legion. The cursed mummy. The bones of Agincourt. The lost colony. The poisoned pharaoh. The secret of Stonehenge. Six episodes. Six answers. Some will surprise you. Some will break your heart. All will make you think differently about the past. That’s the show. Twenty-four seasons. Still going. Because the dead never stop having secrets. And we never stop wanting to know. Watch it. You’ll learn something. Even if you think you already know.
