Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, Nov. 3 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2
A terrifying discovery: A skeleton dating from 1650 buried with a sickle across her neck and giant padlock on her toe - double protection to keep her from rising from the dead. Whoever buried her was petrified of her returning from the grave. All the evidence is she was buried as a vampire.
She's found wearing a silk cap with a gold headdress. Inside her mouth, which was green and possibly the result of poison, is a leather pouch with writing on it. And she's not alone, ultimately, more than 50 deviant burials around her. Who was she? What did all of the burial rituals mean?
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Credits: A Caravan production for The WNET Group, in association with Sky History, SVT, and Abacus Media Rights (an Amcomri Entertainment company). Narrated by Jay O. Sanders. Written, produced and directed by Steven Perring. Executive Producer for Caravan is Dinah Lord. For SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Benjamin Phelps is supervising producer; Stephanie Carter is executive producer; Stephen Segaller is executive in charge.
