Secrets of the Dead

The Woman in the Iron Coffin

Construction workers uncover the remains of a woman in an abandoned lot in Queens, N.Y., buried in an expensive iron coffin. (60 minutes)

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sun, 11/1 at 4:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

The 2022 discovery in Eastern Europe of more than 50 errant burials that indicate a perceived threat of vampirism in the 17th century. (60 minutes)

Wed, 11/4 at 9:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

Rising sea levels threaten tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia. (60 minutes)

Thu, 11/5 at 2:00 am on Austin PBS HDTV

Rising sea levels threaten tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia. (60 minutes)

Sun, 11/8 at 2:00 am on Austin PBS HDTV

Rising sea levels threaten tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia. (60 minutes)

Sun, 11/8 at 4:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

Rising sea levels threaten tiny Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay off the coast of Virginia. (60 minutes)

Wed, 11/11 at 9:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV

How the Continental soldiers' loss at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina turned the tide of the American Revolution. (60 minutes)